Post #7467 M: Trump Launches War on Drug Traffickers; McClanahan on The New Blasphemy; Spontaneous Order: An Introduction

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Love works in miracles every day: such as 

weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; 

making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; 

favouring the passions, destroying reason, 

and in a word, 

turning everything topsy-turvy.

Marguerite De Valois  

Trump Launches War on Drug Traffickers… Unless They’re Also Honduran Ex-Presidents

McClanahan on The New Blasphemy

Spontaneous Order: An Introduction

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Post #7466 M: Trump Can’t Stop Falling Asleep at Cabinet Meeting; McClanahan on Should We Make Nixon Great Again?; She Spent Life Savings on Salon...City Council: “Nope.”

 Quote of the Day

Maturity is achieved when 

a person postpones immediate pleasures 

for long-term values.

Joshua L. Liebman

Trump Can’t Stop Falling Asleep at Cabinet Meeting

McClanahan on Should We Make Nixon Great Again?

She Spent Life Savings on Salon...City Council: “Nope.”

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Post #7465 M: Trump Berates Reporters; Stossel on Disparate Impact; Why Do So Many Americans STILL Feel Poor?

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People are in greater need of your praise when they try and fail, 

than when they try and succeed.

Bob Moawad  

Trump Berates Reporters

Stossel on Disparate Impact

Why Do So Many Americans STILL Feel Poor?

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Post #7464 M: Epstein White House Briefing Cold Open; Stossel on Putting a Price on Life; Did Trump and Biden turn pardons into a corrupt joke?

 Quote of the Day

To see what is right, and not to do it, is 

want of courage or of principle.

Confucius  

Epstein White House Briefing Cold Open

Stossel on Putting a Price on Life

Did Trump and Biden turn pardons into a corrupt joke? 

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Post #7463 M: Yes, We Are Paying the Tariffs; Who Said It?: President Trump vs. Cartoon Characters; McClanahan on Race and Reunion

Quote of the Day

The brain is a wonderful organ. 

It starts working the moment you get up in the morning 

and does not stop until you get into the office.

Robert Frost   

Yes, We Are Paying the Tariffs

Who Said It?: President Trump vs. Cartoon Characters

McClanahan on Race and Reunion

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Post #7462 Social Media Digest

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No. He's a war criminal who has signed the largest peacetime military budgets in world history.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 24, 2025

It depends on the charges. Not partisan charges. I'm sympathetic to abuse of authority involving foreign intervention, his unconstitutional trade wars, his explicit weaponization of the justice system, etc. https://t.co/oiMF3Fl6Yo

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 24, 2025

No. First, the states, not the federal government, conduct elections. Second, states already validate citizenship. Third, there is scant evidence of illegal voting. It's based on sore loser Trump's absurd conspiracies over the 2020 election he lost. pic.twitter.com/pdO5iCYAvl

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 24, 2025

Trump pardoned Gobble and Waddle for their involvement in the J6 riots. #Sarcasm pic.twitter.com/hTPbbd2Uye

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 26, 2025

Mom once told me my grandmother and godmother used to cook cretons (a savory ground pork spread, still my favorite food) for the store. Grandmother was proud of her master weaver skills at local textile mills, but Grandfather insisted that she stay at home after their wedding.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 26, 2025

My maternal grandfather was a mom-and-pop Fall River grocer without the economies of scale of modern supermarkets. Believe me, I understand the competitive challenge of supermarkets using loss leaders to attract customers making impulse purchases.

Via Yahoo: pic.twitter.com/S3ZyvKiWE8

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 26, 2025

Although not as stupid as Trump's disingenuous use of Walmart's apples and oranges Thanksgiving feast promotion over the past year, this is still deliberately misleading. Thanksgiving turkeys are loss leaders, and wholesale prices are soaring due to bird flu.

Via ABC: pic.twitter.com/AdO7C6gsOi

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 26, 2025

Bullshit, and I'm no Dem. Not only has Trump killed civilians by drones, but he didn't want civilian casualties reported.

Vaccines have always been part of fitness for duty. One of the first COVID outbreaks was on a Navy ship.

Article 92 of UCMJ discusses unlawful orders. pic.twitter.com/7E2JjdpKQw

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 26, 2025

No, Kirk was a murder victim with no significant achievements, and he was a divisive political voice.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 26, 2025

No, Trump ran for reelection to evade being tried for his well-documented federal felonies. He works for his only principles, his own power and glory. He's unqualified, incompetent, corrupt, indecent, vain, and dishonest.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 26, 2025

Nope. Turkeys at the wholesale level are up over 40%, in part to supply shocks and as a meat alternative to high beef prices. Some Thanksgiving items are priced as loss leaders to drive customer loyalty and intended to lure purchase of higher-margin impulse purchases. pic.twitter.com/iRdPMdVyWK

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 26, 2025

Resign already.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 26, 2025

First of all, Trump is a failed businessman who bankrupted his company 6 times. Second, Trump is a corrupt convicted felon and routinely engages in illegal and/or constitutional crimes.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 26, 2025

No. Musk is a liar. States verify voter eligibility at registration. Many election polls require signature match. No, the states mentioned don't ban ID, in fact require it if not supplied during registration.

Via NCSL: pic.twitter.com/baVxRw1CsV

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 26, 2025

Because Trump did, and the US has had tariffs on every trade partner since the country became independent. Trump without provocation decided to literally quadruple or worse tariffs illegally and unconstitutionally.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 26, 2025

Trump boasts of his "accomplishments" so many times that mock posts are going to go viral. I do know Trump and/or his propaganda chief in the recent past had hyped an outlier poll reporting a high job approval level. I know in some cases I suspected a hoax & it turned out real. pic.twitter.com/wZeFiZVtiU

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

No. Over a million Americans were killed or injured under Lincoln's invasion of the South.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

Unlawful provocations have consequences, just like Trump's warmongering. As a libertarian, I don't believe in murder and other violence. But Trump has blood on his hands over his constitutional misconduct.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

Economically illiterate rubbish. No, Trump didn't cure the avian flu. Trump's illegal, unconstitutional tariffs have exacerbated inflation by limiting price competition and passing along government taxes. Market forces have much to do with it. Price shock has lowered demand.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

Nope. Bur he's earned a spot in the Felon Hall of Fame. He's also earned more federal felony charges than any POTUS in American history.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

Newsom is not eligible because of term limits.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

Donalds is just another xenophobic Trumpkin.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

Never. Not only did he demand no reports on civilian casualties in Afghanistan, he made unprovoked attacks on Syria, Iran, and Venezuelan ships, he supported genocide in Yemen and Gaza, etc.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

Not only that, but "Two Corinthians" Trump has a scam of selling his branded Bibles to Trumpkins.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

Trump's xenophobic scapegoating rant at Afghan immigrants over the shooting of National Guard members in Trump's provocative legally dubious DC deployment is despicable and unworthy of any American POTUS. Immigrants as a whole engage in less violent crime. pic.twitter.com/UsKtpIOp1n

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

Trump's reaction to the National Guard shooting is an example of just why the Trump presidency has been and continues to be a failure. Trump put these people on a mission for which they are not trained for, domestic law enforcement, and his response is to supersize their risk.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

Both Biden and Trump are failed Presidents. Trump is more incompetent, egotistical, and corrupt.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

The xenophobic attacks scapegoating social security are absurd. First of all, even unauthorized aliens have to pay payroll taxes, even though they are ineligible for benefits. Second, we had strong immigration before the birth of social security in the 1930's.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

Trump is a former registered Dem. Dems have been opposed to immigration for reasons of labor protectionism (union support ). Remember Trump's bashing Nabisco's involvement with a modernized factory in Mexico? Never mind the US' domestic protection of sugar. above the global price

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

Trumpkins like you are ignorant bastards. pic.twitter.com/yk9e59gDjp

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

Unlawful provocations have consequences, just like Trump's warmongering. As a libertarian, I don't believe in murder and other violence. But Trump has blood on his hands over his constitutional misconduct.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

pic.twitter.com/oQK0HLgf88

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 26, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! Remember not to discuss politics and ruin the dinner. There are other quarrels to make. One of my brothers-in-law puts ketchup on a steaming slice of turkey breast, (Not giblet gravy!) That's sacrilege! What's worse? My goddaughter takes after him.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

One of my personal Thanksgiving traditions is watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. What a treat to hear 90's icon Jewel perform one of her classic hits!

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 27, 2025

How embarrassing for Xenophobe-in-Chief Trump trying to scapegoat the Biden Administration for alleged National Guard in DC shooter Afghan Rahmanullah Lakanwal. It turns out that the Trump Administration vetted him and granted him asylum in April.https://t.co/mN5fODzYTc

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 28, 2025

You mean like threat, teat, tent, test, tort, that, treat or tot?

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 28, 2025

Maybe Charles will welcome her to the UK.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 28, 2025

All I see is convicted felon Trump & the immigrant wife he cheated on with a porn actress while she was nursing his youngest son that we know about. I don't know if the best President, Grover Cleveland, had a photo with Frances.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 28, 2025

Pathological liar, felon and un-American xenophobe, the literally most corrupt stupidest, unqualified, unaccomplished mentally ill POTUS of all time. You are unfit to serve as leader of the free world. You have the 2 longest government shutdowns in US history and can't negotiate.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 28, 2025

The Xenophobe in Chief is a proven liar and like the little boy who called wolf, has no credibility in citing fake emergencies which he invents to rationalize power grabs. He is morally responsible for those shot National Guard in his unconstitutional deployments. Via CNN: pic.twitter.com/JA2RFhzJca

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 28, 2025

Less than 50% of Americans voted for the convicted felon, and he currently has a 43% job approval and even worse net disapprovals on immigration and the economy. His unconstitutional trade wars have hurt economic growth and diminished our standard of living.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 28, 2025

Stupid voters.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 28, 2025

Once again, the Xenophobe-in-Chief has no moral, legal, or constitutional authority to violate the rule of law or US asylum law.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 28, 2025

Rahmanullah Lakanwal is not a "terrorist"; there is no evidence of motive behind the alleged criminal acts of the shootings. He was a US ally soldier in the Afghanistan war, considered to be at risk from Taliban reprisals. Trump Admin approved his asylum.https://t.co/dQp19PsVXE

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 28, 2025

It's hard to understand how over 70 million law-and-order American voters voted for a convicted felon with 41 well-documented federal criminal charges. It's like voting a fox guardian of the henhouse. https://t.co/qhfvEiC2sn https://t.co/pPOLxUeDku

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 28, 2025

Quack! Quack! "Mr. President"

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 28, 2025

In Texas, there is no bigger rivalry than the Horns/Aggies. There was a gap of a dozen years when the Aggies joined the SEC first. In a sister's family, 3 nephews are A&M graduates & 2 siblings are UT. My middle brother, another nephew, and I also hold Horn degrees. We beat them.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 29, 2025

Who gives a damn what the lying incompetent Felon-in-Chief thinks? Beyond executive orders, he generally can't overrule a prior President's actions like bill signings or pardons. The use of autopen is constitutional.

"Trump Declares Biden's Autopen Documents Invalid" pic.twitter.com/tmP7fi2ted

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 29, 2025

It's sad when Trumpkins accept the Felon-in-Chief's rude, unprofessional behavior that they wouldn't tolerate coming from their own fifth-grade kids. https://t.co/umlnjnmHWX

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 29, 2025

The Crybaby-in-Chief is constantly whining about being a "victim". Other Presidents, like Carter and George HW Bush, lost reelection with grace. Trump lacks the integrity and maturity to accept his rejection by voters.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 29, 2025

Trump and the US Congress

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 29, 2025

Don't you just love how corrupt "law and order" Trump unconstitutionally abuses his pardon authority? "NJ Ponzi schemer pardoned by Trump [2021] is headed back to prison over $44M COVID-19 scam" https://t.co/xdttOxMvlS

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 29, 2025

The last time I attended a game at Memorial Stadium was with male relatives on a cold rainy Thanksgiving where the Aggies won. The folks weren't going to wait on us for the feast. But as we headed back down I-35, one of my BIL's kept pushing us to stop for hot dogs.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 29, 2025

We libertarians reject warmonger Trump's decision to revert the name of Department of Defense to the Department of War. We reject opening a Pandora's Box of international meddling. Trump seems obsessed with projecting a badass vision overseas. That undermines America First.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 29, 2025

What's equally despicable is Trump's xenophobic policies which motivate Trumpkins to lash out at foreign residents. Recall the 2015 incident where Boston Trumpkins pissed on a Latino and beat him with a pipe? pic.twitter.com/qSlfkUJLOO

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 29, 2025

I really don't get excited over dissidents chanting "Death to America!" They are clearly rejecting the rogue Trump regime. I'm personally disgusted by Trump's international badass bullying, meddling, and unprovoked trade wars. I despise his heretical jingoism and nationalism.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

The Ugly American-in-Chief is exacerbating anti-American tensions with his condescending, immoral meddling in the hemisphere. I'm not supporting his attempts to create Trumpkin sycophant puppet regimes.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

Hegseth is by far the most incompetent, unqualified Defense Secretary in my lifetime, and I'm older than most people.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

Trump tries to explain the way he asked Russia for political help in 2016 with the disingenuous excuse of making a joke. An intelligent candidate would never raise the appearance of a quid pro quo with an American adversary. At the time Obama, not 6-bankruptcy Trump, was POTUS.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

All bullshit lies by the sycophant Trumpkin Propaganda Secretary. The reason we require a natural-born citizen to be POTUS has to deal with the fear of international meddling. Trump specifically asked for Russia to release classified emails from Hilary Clinton. Junior met them.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

Secretary of Evil

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

Nope. Vaccines have been mandatory for fitness for military duty since the Revolutionary War. (Innoculation was a precursor to vaccination.) From NIH: pic.twitter.com/Uv31qLMBNZ

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

One of the earliest COVID-19 outbreaks was on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. https://t.co/HUB3OkU5Sa

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

Insane opinion by Musk. There was no "illegal order" about vaccines designed to prevent hospitalization or death by then one of the leading causes of death. Vaccines had been an integral part of fitness for duty, and military duty often requires close proximity during contagion.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

Believing in anything Trump has to say

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

Trump is the definition of fake news.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

Biden had reversed course on post-COVID border policy long before Trump started taking credit for it. Trump's xenophobia has exacerbated issues driving asylum seekers, who are entitled to due process in US asylum law, which Trump unconstitutionally refuses to enforce.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

None of the above, but Zelensky is the best one, staving off the unprovoked invasion of a much bigger nuclear power led by an international war criminal.

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

A good short clip on why we libertarians dislike Trump: https://t.co/a9J118MV2S

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

Even if you accept the Trump regime's legally dubious rationale for unprovoked attacks on Venezuelan civilian vessels. Hegseth's alleged order to leave no civilian casualties alive is blatantly illegal; Hegseth should be impeached and removed, prosecuted.

Via the Independent: pic.twitter.com/VgRK3LVzlS

— raguillemette (@raguillemette) November 30, 2025

Post #7461 M: Real sugar used to be in everything. Then this happened; RFK Hospital; Marshals Nab the Wrong Grandma

 Quote of the Day

It is always easier to believe than to deny. 

Our minds are naturally affirmative.

John Burroughs  

Real sugar used to be in everything. Then this happened.

RFK Hospital

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