The GIF of the Year Award Goes to ....

https://i.imgur.com/wun8rpY.gifv

Salinsky wrote:

Brilliant!

THAT,     is a work of art!!
It's got all of Trump's main personality traits in it and has accomplished that with such an efficiently created animated caricature.  It's in the minimalist vein,  but it's one of those rare minimalist pieces where each and every element of it is so beautifully crafted that each is a work of art in itself.

There's only one element missing though.  While it does indeed convey the level of energy Trump has been able to continuously draw on for six straight months,  it forgot that Trump is even older than Hillary.
I would have included some visible blood vessels in the brain area of the head,  with a couple of them balooned out and ready to pop.  Because if that old fart thinks he can keep up this level of energy all the way through next November,   I'm predicting either stroke or heart attack.

They say it's risky for old people to sit on an airplane like this for a long time because it can lead to blood clots in the legs. 



I just googled it and he's already flown 820,000 miles since August 3rd.
He needs to get one of those little machines they hook your legs to in the hospital bed that keeps them wiggling to keep the blood flow regular. 
Without that,  I think we've just figured out what'll take him out of contention.  Blood clot.

I have a friend who I have bumped into only a couple times over the last twenty years. I posted this in the PNJ years ago, but he was the MC for a lot of beauty pagants in his youth and got to know Donald Trump pretty well. He was a handsome man with an excellent voice and enjoyed money and woman for thirty years before he settled down with his dentist wife. I knew him in his youth when he could be a bit of a superficial pretty boy, but he was basically a good guy, and when we see each other we have a pleasant conversation, but the last time I saw him was fifteen years ago, and I mostly keep in touch from mutual friends. He thinks Trump is a great guy personally, and once Trump trusts you he is extremely loyal. Here is a Tribune article talking about Jim's relationship with Trump and how they have kept close over the years. I do not like Trump, but I have been hearing Jim for 10 years on his web pages and facebook not say any thing but good things.......so here is another perspective

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-trump-st-0817-20150817-story.html

Seaoat...all well and good for his friend, but you should read this. I know you are a developer, which I don't think is a dirty word, as I have worked for numerous developers through the years, both in Texas and in Florida. You know there are some who skirt the law and use "connections" to circumvent zoning, environmental, and tax law to maximize profits. Trump seems to have that formula going for him in spades. I don't think he should be applauded for that.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/11/nation/la-na-trump-20110511

Trump has thrived with government's generosity
The potential presidential candidate and opponent of big government has relied on tax breaks and federal funding to build his real estate empire.
May 11, 2011|By Geraldine Baum, Tom Hamburger and Michael J. Mishak, Los Angeles Times

"Donald Trump, the developer and would-be presidential candidate, portrays himself as a swashbuckling entrepreneur, shrewder and tougher than any politician, who would use his billionaire's skills to restore discipline to the federal government.

In his disdain of big government, however, Trump glances over an expensive irony: He built his empire in part through government largesse and connections.

From his first high-profile project in New York City in the 1970s to his recent campaigns to reduce taxes on property he owns around the country, Trump has displayed a consistent pattern. He courted public officials, sought their backing for government tax breaks under extraordinarily beneficial terms and fought any resistance to deals he negotiated.

He has boasted of manipulating government agencies, misleading officials in one case into believing he had an exclusive agreement to develop a property and then retroactively changing the development's accounting practices to shrink his tax bill. In New York, Trump was the first developer to receive a public subsidy for commercial projects under programs initially reserved for improving slum neighborhoods. Such incentives have now become the norm in the powerful New York real estate community.

Karen Burstein, a former auditor general of New York City, reviewed a major Trump project in the 1980s and concluded he had "cheated" the city out of nearly $2.9 million. Decades later, Burstein said she was still appalled at the way Trump operated.

"It's extraordinary to me that we elevated someone to this position of public importance who has openly admitted that he has used government's incompetence as a wedge to increase his private fortune," she said in a recent interview.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) fought Trump over hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding that the developer wanted for a luxury apartment complex in Nadler's district.

"He sought to abuse the taxpayer and stretch the law," Nadler said. "He said he ought to get a massive government subsidy. I said, 'Listen, Mr. Trump, if you think this is a good project, you spend the money.' "

In a phone interview last week, Trump was unapologetic about pressing for government tax breaks, noting that he had used them not only for his own profit but to spur development in foundering parts of the city.

Referring to how he managed to win a 40-year tax abatement for rebuilding a crumbling hotel at Grand Central Station — a deal that in the first decade cost taxpayers $60 million — Trump said, "Someone said, 'How come you got 40 years.' I said, 'Because I didn't ask for 50.' "

He said his success at manipulating city and state governments was itself an argument for his presidential candidacy..."

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Read the whole article, Seaoat, and then tell me whether you agree with the Trump approach to doing business.

There's one thing that's kinda surprising to me.
 
I think it's safe to say that,  right now,  Trump is under the biggest microscope in the world.  And it's not just the normal kind of digging.  That's because he has SO MANY different individuals and groups of people and  races/religions/nationalities and media and opposing candidates and establishment who all want to bring him down any way they can.  And if there is anything to find (like Edwin Edwards' famous quote:  "don't get caught in bed with a live woman or a dead boy" kinda thing),  they WILL find it. 
But,  the really interesting thing about that is they've already had enough time to do serious digging and guess what.  They haven't found ANYTHING on him that would sour him with his cult.  So if I had to bet on it,  he'll go all the way and it will end up a Trump/Cruz ticket.

But I don't think it matters.  Because winning the nomination is like getting to the Moon.  Getting there don't mean shit unless you can also make the trip back.  And that trip back is the general election.

Whoops.  I got that quote backwards.  It's supposed to read "caught in bed with a dead woman or a live boy".  Not the reverse/!!

Read the whole article, Seaoat, and then tell me whether you agree with the Trump approach to doing business.


I do not like Donald Trump. I will never vote for him. He is not an evil man but nonetheless he is self centered and selfish, and not good for America. His narcissism is what has been wrong with America for the last thirty years.

2seaoat wrote:Read the whole article, Seaoat, and then tell me whether you agree with the Trump approach to doing business.


I do not like Donald Trump. I will never vote for him. He is not an evil man but nonetheless he is self centered and selfish, and not good for America. His narcissism is what has been wrong with America for the last thirty years.

But you would vote for hillary... lol.

But you would vote for hillary... lol.


I will vote for the most qualified and capable candidate. Other than Kasich Cristy, and Bush there is not Republican candidate who is in the same zip code of intelligence and experience as Hillary. My candidate remains Kasich. However, if it is Trump vs Hillary, I will vote for the first time for a democratic presidential candidate without hesitation. Last election my disdain for Romney forced me to vote for the Republican Johnson because I still had serious reservations about Obamas positions on teachers, student loans, police and fire, and the idea more public employees is a good thing. However, I wasted my vote because Obama was clearly the best candidate and I allowed my party affiliation to interfere with picking the best candidate. I will not make that mistake again.