Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, in an interview Tuesday with Fox News, called Trump “unfit for office” because he put himself “above the Constitution,”
Joe’s banana republic is a darn sight better than the trump version.. To each their own but… listen to what trump says, among the rambling nonsense there are some hints of a real banana republic.
Bananas are not to blame for banana republics; the blame belongs rather to US imperialism, animated by US racism, greed, and the kind of corruption that turned the USMC into goons for Dole and Chiquita.
DJT has been quite open about his plans for the republic if he manages to take office again.
Banana republic is not half of it. Though we seem to have plenty of banana republicans running about, each with their own vision of a “proper” United States.
Biden has saved this Great Nation from tRump’s destruction. There is no one else right now that can. We have to hope Biden can continue to manage his age in order to keep the U.S. Leader of the Free World.
“… In today’s fast-paced and complex information environment, news consumers must make rapid-fire judgments about how to internalize news-related statements – statements that often come in snippets and through pathways that provide little context. A new Pew Research Center survey of 5,035 U.S. adults examines a basic step in that process: whether members of the public can recognize news as factual – something that’s capable of being proved or disproved by objective evidence – or as an opinion that reflects the beliefs and values of whoever expressed it.
The findings from the survey, conducted between Feb. 22 and March 8, 2018, reveal that even this basic task presents a challenge. The main portion of the study, which measured the public’s ability to distinguish between five factual statements and five opinion statements, found that a majority of Americans correctly identified at least three of the five statements in each set. But this result is only a little better than random guesses. Far fewer Americans got all five correct, and roughly a quarter got most or all wrong. Even more revealing is that certain Americans do far better at parsing through this content than others. Those with high political awareness, those who are very digitally savvy and those who place high levels of trust in the news media are better able than others to accurately identify news-related statements as factual or opinion.
For example, 36% of Americans with high levels of political awareness (those who are knowledgeable about politics and regularly get political news) correctly identified all five factual news statements, compared with about half as many (17%) of those with low political awareness. …" — pewresearch .org/journalism/2018/06/18/distinguishing-between-factual-and-opinion-statements-in-the-news/
In political science, the term banana republic describes a politically and economically unstable country with an economy dependent upon the export of natural resources. In 1904, American author O. Henry coined the term12 to describe Guatemala and Honduras under economic exploitation by U.S. corporations, such as the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita). Typically, a banana republic has a society of extremely stratified social classes, usually a large impoverished working class and a ruling class plutocracy, composed of the business, political, and military elites.3 The ruling class controls the primary sector of the economy by way of exploitation of labour.4 Therefore, the term banana republic is a pejorative descriptor for a servile oligarchy that abets and supports, for kickbacks, the exploitation of large-scale plantation agriculture, especially banana cultivation.4
A banana republic is a country with an economy of state capitalism, whereby the country is operated as a private commercial enterprise for the exclusive profit of the ruling class. Such exploitation is enabled by collusion between the state and favoured economic monopolies, in which the profit, derived from the private exploitation of public lands, is private property, while the debts incurred thereby are the financial responsibility of the public treasury.
The New York Times this morning had a piece about the forthcoming film “the Apprentice” about Donald Trump and Roy Cohen. Film distributors and theater chains are reluctant to get involved for fear of retaliation should Orange XXXIV prevail in November. So much that it may not be released in the USA either in theaters or streaming despite rave reviews at the Cannes film festival and wide release in Canada, Europe, and elsewhere.
Combover Caligula has already blasted it. Emanuel Nuñez, president of the production company Kinematics, one of the film’s investors, is quoted as saying “Trump attacked the film and, unfortunately, it appears that Hollywood right now doesn’t have the stomach to release this film and take him on.”
Too bad about Tucker’s mental decline. In 1999 Carlson wrote that Trump was “the single most repulsive person on the planet”. Paul Ryan seems to be rational now.
rs0204 Premium Member 12 days ago
Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, in an interview Tuesday with Fox News, called Trump “unfit for office” because he put himself “above the Constitution,”
Vote President Biden, 2024
steveandeileen 12 days ago
MAGA wants its own Banana Republic.
Chazz 12 days ago
Project 2025
Alberta Oil Premium Member 12 days ago
Joe’s banana republic is a darn sight better than the trump version.. To each their own but… listen to what trump says, among the rambling nonsense there are some hints of a real banana republic.
Rhetor 12 days ago
Bananas are not to blame for banana republics; the blame belongs rather to US imperialism, animated by US racism, greed, and the kind of corruption that turned the USMC into goons for Dole and Chiquita.
old1953 12 days ago
DJT has been quite open about his plans for the republic if he manages to take office again.
Banana republic is not half of it. Though we seem to have plenty of banana republicans running about, each with their own vision of a “proper” United States.
ncorgbl 12 days ago
Biden has saved this Great Nation from tRump’s destruction. There is no one else right now that can. We have to hope Biden can continue to manage his age in order to keep the U.S. Leader of the Free World.
charliekane 12 days ago
Many a slip . . .
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member 12 days ago
Peel back the waxy exterior, and you’ll find bruises and rot. On the other hand, I suppose he is at least a good source of potassium.
truthsocialol 12 days ago
What?? Not one joke about trump’s lack of “appeal”??? But I get it. trump is such an as hole, nothing about him is funny.
superposition 12 days ago
Political perception …
“… In today’s fast-paced and complex information environment, news consumers must make rapid-fire judgments about how to internalize news-related statements – statements that often come in snippets and through pathways that provide little context. A new Pew Research Center survey of 5,035 U.S. adults examines a basic step in that process: whether members of the public can recognize news as factual – something that’s capable of being proved or disproved by objective evidence – or as an opinion that reflects the beliefs and values of whoever expressed it.
The findings from the survey, conducted between Feb. 22 and March 8, 2018, reveal that even this basic task presents a challenge. The main portion of the study, which measured the public’s ability to distinguish between five factual statements and five opinion statements, found that a majority of Americans correctly identified at least three of the five statements in each set. But this result is only a little better than random guesses. Far fewer Americans got all five correct, and roughly a quarter got most or all wrong. Even more revealing is that certain Americans do far better at parsing through this content than others. Those with high political awareness, those who are very digitally savvy and those who place high levels of trust in the news media are better able than others to accurately identify news-related statements as factual or opinion.
For example, 36% of Americans with high levels of political awareness (those who are knowledgeable about politics and regularly get political news) correctly identified all five factual news statements, compared with about half as many (17%) of those with low political awareness. …" — pewresearch .org/journalism/2018/06/18/distinguishing-between-factual-and-opinion-statements-in-the-news/
Frankfreak 12 days ago
In political science, the term banana republic describes a politically and economically unstable country with an economy dependent upon the export of natural resources. In 1904, American author O. Henry coined the term12 to describe Guatemala and Honduras under economic exploitation by U.S. corporations, such as the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita). Typically, a banana republic has a society of extremely stratified social classes, usually a large impoverished working class and a ruling class plutocracy, composed of the business, political, and military elites.3 The ruling class controls the primary sector of the economy by way of exploitation of labour.4 Therefore, the term banana republic is a pejorative descriptor for a servile oligarchy that abets and supports, for kickbacks, the exploitation of large-scale plantation agriculture, especially banana cultivation.4
A banana republic is a country with an economy of state capitalism, whereby the country is operated as a private commercial enterprise for the exclusive profit of the ruling class. Such exploitation is enabled by collusion between the state and favoured economic monopolies, in which the profit, derived from the private exploitation of public lands, is private property, while the debts incurred thereby are the financial responsibility of the public treasury.
richardclayton1000 12 days ago
I think his stem is too big.
Newenglandah 12 days ago
The New York Times this morning had a piece about the forthcoming film “the Apprentice” about Donald Trump and Roy Cohen. Film distributors and theater chains are reluctant to get involved for fear of retaliation should Orange XXXIV prevail in November. So much that it may not be released in the USA either in theaters or streaming despite rave reviews at the Cannes film festival and wide release in Canada, Europe, and elsewhere.
Combover Caligula has already blasted it. Emanuel Nuñez, president of the production company Kinematics, one of the film’s investors, is quoted as saying “Trump attacked the film and, unfortunately, it appears that Hollywood right now doesn’t have the stomach to release this film and take him on.”
So who is going “after his political enemies”?
Woodstock Generation Premium Member 12 days ago
Too bad about Tucker’s mental decline. In 1999 Carlson wrote that Trump was “the single most repulsive person on the planet”. Paul Ryan seems to be rational now.
tee929 12 days ago
He is definitely “on the Dole”!
walstib Premium Member 12 days ago
The arrested adolescent in me just can’t resist the Mae West quote: “Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”
Grandma Lea 12 days ago
all the girls say his winky is way smaller than that; need an ice cube and tweezers and that may be overkill
gammaguy 11 days ago
Donald Trump… the TOuPee banana.