If we're at war, he could maintain power through 2032..... Or did y'all think he was riling up Greenland and Canada for shiggles?
I think that Schwarzenegger should run against Trump. I already have the perfect title for the election: Alien vs. Predator.
The bullshit excuse will be no consecutive terms or some bullshit like that, but it would be 100% hilarious. Would be even better if they give the go ahead on 3rd terms and Trump dies between now and then and this opens up Obama Part 3.
The Tennessee lawmaker who wrote a bill about it made sure it was specifically for presidents who serve two non-consecutive terms, so Trump would be the only living president who could run if that were the case. I just wonder how much of the MAGA base would fall away if these things become real, and what would do it. Third term? Literally invading Greenland with military force? Gutting social security? I know that a chunk of idiots would never admit they were wrong, but some would give up on him.
I’ve been staying with in my in laws the past 2 months while our kitchen is being worked on. I wouldn’t say they are hardcore MAGA types but they are dyed in the wool republicans. With few exceptions, the gop can do no wrong. Fox News is on tv all day. All the wacky shit is literally never spoken about. Not at all. Most of the day is spent with headlines and chyrons with versions of “Dems in disarray”. That’s it. They literally are not told about the crazy shit. And they don’t watch anything else. It’s the main reason in my opinion why he gets away with so much.
pretty sure that’s my dad’s situation. But at the same time…he’s not talking politics anymore. Nobody around me (in the reddest area of a red state) is talking politics anymore. Not admitting fault, but ignoring the writing,
A lot of, “well, let’s just wait and see what happens” or “Let’s wait till the dust settles and go from there.” No admission that something is wrong or shits fucked up. FiL mumbled something about Hillary’s emails the other day when that signal chat story was hot. Nothing means anything.
What did he mumble, and how could it be anything other than “hey this is what they were saying happened with Hillary’s emails!”
It was basically about her 30,000 deleted emails were way worse. He just gets super angry a lot. He’s a miserable person. And that signal is approved for use in the government so it’s okay.
Having just moved to Australia and going through the Visa process, it's not easy. The "jokes" about how long it takes to come legally into a country vs being an illegal alien is no joke. I'm lucky enough to have my wife being an Australian citizen, but if that was not the case, we'd never be able to make it here. There would be too many hoops to jump through and reasons to deny us moving. There's a bit of difference if you want to go to some not so western countries, mainly things in South America, Malaysia or Africa, but anything like Australia, Canada, Europe, China, Japan, you're in for a long, expensive process.
A few years ago I looked into New Zealand, and was pretty sure I'd get in based on special skills. However I may have dropped a few points in the interim due to getting older, so it may be harder path now.
I'm so damn jealous of you right now. I wish I could just abandon this shit hole to the MAGAts, but I'm just too damn old at this point.
Well, like the rest of the world we're a little skeptical of anyone who comes from a country that not only had a rabid ginger nut for a president but voted him in a second time. We do insist that to become accepted into Australia you must be able to take a joke but there is a subtle difference between a joke and a fuckin nightmare. We do tend to accept refugees every now and then.
Depending on your age, job skills, financial situation and desired country it can range anywhere from "super easy" to "basically impossible." A number of less wealthy countries have golden visas where you can just buy your way in. Actually a lot of countries have golden visas of some sort but rich countries have investment thresholds in the millions. New Zealand has a pretty good path for special skills because they're so isolated. Beautiful country but I hope you like flying if you want to visit anyone. A number of European countries have "retirement visas" (you don't have to be at retirement age) where you are allowed to exist in the country indefinitely as long as you can prove you have sufficient investment income that you won't be a financial burden to the country. The threshold usually isn't that high - for example, I think Italy's threshold is something like $40k/year for an individual with incremental amounts more depending on how many family members you bring. If you stay in Italy for 10 years, you can then apply for citizenship.
We looked semi-seriously during the last shit show and it didn't look like a real option. That being said, we were looking at a small handful of desirable countries. Having a company sponsor my husband would have been the most doable but it's still about impossible, given his skill set. And now we are over 35... I also have huge hesitation with going all in on a European country. It takes time to get immersed and develop trust with others, plus language barriers. Every world war that breaks our, Europe gets fucking raped. Literally and figuratively. War is an absolute horror and I still feel safer here than there.
What is wrong with these racist, xenophobic countries that won't let us in?! They should be allowing anyone who wants a better life! No person is illegal! Oh wait, I forgot, it's only bad if the United States does that. Carry on.
I've probably posted the text version of this before, but John Lithgow reading shit always makes it better: