I live in Ecuador and found answering my phone in English didn’t deter some of the craftier telemarketers because they also spoke English. I now have the ultimate deterrent! Even my wife will immediately refer the caller to me when she gets one of those pesky salespeople on the phone.
I speak to them in Erse. I’ve yet to find one who understands and can speak Irish!
Given that a large number of qualified observers (either long-term political observers/commentators, fully-accredited psychologic/psychiatric physicians, senior members of his former cabinet, or serving Members of Congress, as well as the electorate) have watched Trump’s activities over the last 2 weeks^ and have remarked that he appears to be demented, and given that Trump adamantly refuses to expose his medical records for the past 4 years, one is left to wonder if we really are voting for JD Vance as President.
Frankly, I see two possible outcomes of a Trump win:
1) Trump realizes the danger he is in (of being displaced by the VP and his cabinet declaring him mentally unfit under to serve, and has Vance assassinated immediately after the election … or
2) Vance succeeds in getting Trump displaced and seizes the Presidency for himself.
25th Amendment to the US Constitution, Section 4
“Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.”
Can we risk either of those?
Vote.
^ See:
- On Trump: “It appears to be ‘what one would call dementia’” – Michael Cohen, MSNBC
- ‘I can’t vote for them’: AZ Republicans explain why they’re abandoning Trump and Kari Lake – Carl Gibson, AlterNet
“’How sane is he?’ Larry Sabato”, Tom Boggioni, Raw Story
MS72 26 days ago
Make it bagpipes and I’m in.
sandflea 26 days ago
Put a call screener on your phone. Works great blocking spam calls.
Linguist 26 days ago
I live in Ecuador and found answering my phone in English didn’t deter some of the craftier telemarketers because they also spoke English. I now have the ultimate deterrent! Even my wife will immediately refer the caller to me when she gets one of those pesky salespeople on the phone.
I speak to them in Erse. I’ve yet to find one who understands and can speak Irish!
mistercatworks 26 days ago
Those incessant pan pipes probably would be a better deterrent than a simple hangup.
Jingles 26 days ago
that infomercial of the LP with the pan-pipes guy. old school mail order cheese.
SrTechWriter 26 days ago
And once again, the real world intrudes:
Non-scientific poll on AlterNet:
Do you feel Trump is mentally fit for office?
Yes – (789) votes
No – (9082) votes
Given that a large number of qualified observers (either long-term political observers/commentators, fully-accredited psychologic/psychiatric physicians, senior members of his former cabinet, or serving Members of Congress, as well as the electorate) have watched Trump’s activities over the last 2 weeks^ and have remarked that he appears to be demented, and given that Trump adamantly refuses to expose his medical records for the past 4 years, one is left to wonder if we really are voting for JD Vance as President.
Frankly, I see two possible outcomes of a Trump win:
1) Trump realizes the danger he is in (of being displaced by the VP and his cabinet declaring him mentally unfit under to serve, and has Vance assassinated immediately after the election … or
2) Vance succeeds in getting Trump displaced and seizes the Presidency for himself.
25th Amendment to the US Constitution, Section 4“Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.”
Can we risk either of those?
Vote.
^ See:
- On Trump: “It appears to be ‘what one would call dementia’” – Michael Cohen, MSNBC
- ‘I can’t vote for them’: AZ Republicans explain why they’re abandoning Trump and Kari Lake – Carl Gibson, AlterNet
“’How sane is he?’ Larry Sabato”, Tom Boggioni, Raw Story