Convicted felon US Prez 47/Don't Say His Name

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US Prez 47/Don't Say His Name
From: Helen
Date: 25 Feb 26 - 02:10 AM

"Bloviating" - I had to look it up, but my guestimation of its meaning was very close. (Note: Putting it in a sentence about tRump made it easy to guess.)

Funny!

A 108 minute speech - not funny, especially when it was delivered by that thing.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US Prez 47/Don't Say His Name
From: Helen
Date: 25 Feb 26 - 02:20 AM

Sorry (not sorry!). I just saw an article in our local paper about the invasive and poisonous cane toad species which has just been found in our area. Normally they live farther north but they do creep down south a bit now and then until they are tracked down and exterminated.

Every time I see a picture of a cane toad I see how much they look like tRump:

Donald Trump as a poisonous, invasive cane toad

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US Prez 47/Don't Say His Name
From: r.padgett
Date: 25 Feb 26 - 04:45 AM

State of the Union full of error spin and ill though plans

Ray

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US Prez 47/Don't Say His Name
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Feb 26 - 06:01 AM

It is the Spate of the Union.

It is a silly tradition that Thomas Jefferson ignored.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US Prez 47/Don't Say His Name
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 25 Feb 26 - 06:20 AM

Par for the course, Ray.* Just seen this in RISKS Digest 34:18 ....

DoT's vibe-regulate U.S. transport with Gemini (Pivot to AI)

Gabe Goldberg

The US Department of Transportation wants to “revolutionize the way we draft rulemakings.” This means they’re going to write the regulations with Google’s Gemini chatbot! [ProPublica]

This plan was dropped on DOT staff in December. President Donald Trump is reportedly “very excited about this initiative.”

You might think making rules requires knowledge, even expertise, and checking the facts on the ground. But the heads of the DOT don't have time for that nonsense:

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/13/lets-vibe-regulate-us-transport-with-gemini/

* Ahem.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US Prez 47/Don't Say His Name
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 25 Feb 26 - 04:15 PM

What the hell was that state of the nation nonsense all about yesterday?

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US Prez 47/Don't Say His Name
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 25 Feb 26 - 04:43 PM

The usual meaningless word-salad from the Fat, Ugly, Orange Bastard.

Subject: RE: SPATE OF THE UNION
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Feb 26 - 08:21 PM

20,000 words in search of a coherent thought.

Here we go on another WMD hunt in the Middle East.
Please do not join in this time.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US Prez 47/Don't Say His Name
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Feb 26 - 03:36 PM

A timely song called Manchild by Sabrina Carpenter (sung by Whitney Avalon and Hildegard von Blingin') - not sure how many of the names are real, sounds like it's from an SCA group. Clever. About Richard, but really about Donald. :)

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US Prez 47/Don't Say His Name
From: Helen
Date: 26 Feb 26 - 04:46 PM

Thanks for the link, SRS. Funny! I can't decide whether it was created to reference tRump, but it definitely describes him, IMO.

(Note: Hildegard von Blingin' is a play on the name of an amazingly clever woman called Hildegard von Bingen who composed so many beautiful hymns and other pieces of music in the 12th Century. Also, that video is part of the very funny Bardcore collection of music which has many musical artists re-working modern songs into Middle Ages format.)

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US Prez 47/Don't Say His Name
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Feb 26 - 06:59 PM

That sounds right - my daughter and daughter-in-law participate in the Society for Cultural Anachronism (SCA) and the spoof names are part of the program.

The next ridiculous ammo that is going to bring up court cases are snowballs. An organized snowball fight in New York City's Washington Square Park was visited by police, some of whom were hit with snowballs. Subway sandwich, snowballs, what next? Eggs and tomatoes come to mind.