Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

I always assumed they also offered a cash alternative far below the value of the prize. In the UK, we had a game show called Bullseye and many of the contestants seemed to come from the landlocked bits of the midlands, and the prize was often a speedboat, and really what's the fucking point of that?

^^^ Likewise, easier for all involved to just give cash when the show is over.

You don't pay tax on gameshow wins at all in the UK, I believe.

yeah but the questions are too hard there

Also Australia. I live in a city where a massive Bond-villain art museum is paid for by the margins made on European track betting, and the owner had to take the state government to court for trying to tax the income that keeps it afloat. One of the stupidest attempts to kill the golden goose that I’ve ever seen.

Ha Matt I was just about to also mention MONA.

(As I was reading down before I saw your comment I mean)

yeah but the questions are too hard there

Bullseye was literally a game show based around playing darts

the question was 'can u hit a bullseye' and that's hard to do tbf

Darts is hard!

Just ask Adrian Chiles...

iiiiiin #onethread

JUST IN: Jim TRUSTY, who dropped off of Trump's criminal defense team last week, is now withdrawing from Trump's lawsuit against CNN, citing "irreconcilable differences" with his client. https://t.co/vNocXg40Aq pic.twitter.com/OgxqRPeuA9

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 16, 2023

you can always tell when the lawyer has sent the third invoice to Trump

lol

a lawyer called Trusty, eh? hmm.

irl lol @ Neanderthal's post

i lold

It would be hilarious if the motion were denied.

Happy Father's Day!

Based solely on what’s known publicly, I was skeptical that Trump would be indicted as part of the January 6th investigation.

But Barr is one of a number of people who likely have inside information who are predicting an indictment. It appears Barr has spoken with Smith’s team. https://t.co/mSbtg10tGL

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 18, 2023

can't help but want to see him crack and start showing up in court in his bathrobe in a wheelchair. with a neck brace on. old man mafia-style. but it probably won't happen.

That worked for Weinstein.

Oh wait, it didn’t.

he could hold one box labelled *beautiful mind* on his lap. and ask it for advice every once in a while. how sad! you can't convict!

Maybe Smith can just ask Baier to cross-examine him.

a little behind just seeing these clips now lol!!

Trump brags to Bret Baier about granting Alice Johnson clemency.

Baier informs him that she would be killed under his policy proposal of executing drug dealers.

Trump is caught off guard: "No, no. No. Under my pl–. Under that? UHHHHHHHHHHH..." pic.twitter.com/WxSWOIQVi5

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 20, 2023

"Okay. Starting now."

UHHHHHHHHHHH

Perfect

She would be executed under his plan, but the flip side is she would've served far less time.

well yeah, they would kill her when she was still young and bad rather than old and good.

Trump's plan was to make Henry McMaster the Governor of South Carolina. But first he had to get rid of the mediocre Nikki Haley by...appointing her U.N. Secretary.

Trump: Nikki Haley hasn't caught on, everyone knows she is highly overrated…
 
Baier: That's why you put her in the position for the U.N.? pic.twitter.com/u1gOSo3IkC

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 20, 2023

trying to ask him why he did anything at all is going to be a useless endeavor because he just... does stuff

It certainly illustrates that his appointments are not well thought out when so many major ones end up under the bus, not exactly a picture of quality executive leadership.

At this point, further proof of Trump's incompetence is truly coals to Newcastle.

“So nice to see that Sloppy, Low Energy RINO Bill Barr, gets loudly booed and shouted at everywhere he goes! He is sooo bad for America,” Trump wrote Tuesday on his Truth Social platform.

Barr gets booed?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNxIatB-kqQ

so weird how these terrible traitors always seemed to elude his judgment when he nominated them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMzIk2pUuNU

Going great!

At Bedminster last night, Trump says some of the best lawyers and law firms in the country contacted him offering their help but he told them he didn’t need it. pic.twitter.com/63UkRZVqog

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 23, 2023

"They had me at 'sir'" ...

the biggest people

he doesn't need them, he got Rudy

Rudy (as we all know) can't fail

Meantime, this filing in re the Carroll suit and an appeal may seem pro forma:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045.209.0.pdf

But to quote Mitchell Epner on Bluesky:

In my 25+ years as an attorney, I've never seen an appellant who had the $ that couldn't get a supersedeas bond. Donald Trump is so distrusted by the bonding community (who usually deal w/felons) that he has to deposit 110% of the $5M verdict into the Southern District of New York ($5.5M) to take an appeal.

Donnie Empty-Pockets

lmao 110%

111%!

Accordion hands: a definite tell. ✅ pic.twitter.com/DP75k8tEv1

— Ali Adair #DoTheRightThing 🟧 (@AliAdair22) June 23, 2023

I like the read of this:

ALERT: Special Counsel Jack Smith files motion with Judge Aileen Cannon in Trump criminal case

“The government files this motion to continue the trial date to December 11, 2023”

(More)

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) June 24, 2023

Namely, that this is not a delay but rather the counter, moving the tent date to a firm December, thus preempting Trump's typical delay strategy, while at the same time giving him several more months to put his foot in his mouth, while at the same time giving the government even more time to firm up its case, do interviews, find more evidence, etc.