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Orrex

(64,933 posts)
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 08:27 AM Dec 2024

DU has disappointed me yet again

This is where I go for my first dose of news each day, and this morning there are still no headlines about Trump's death.

Thanks for nothing, DU. See you tomorrow.


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DU has disappointed me yet again (Original Post) Orrex Dec 2024 OP
hoping for success in your endeavor rurallib Dec 2024 #1
More drones coming soon. I prophecy. BoRaGard Dec 2024 #2
He can't die until ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2024 #3
Ha mountain grammy Dec 2024 #7
Even AI chatbots can't do that IronLionZion Dec 2024 #9
Alas! ChazInAz Dec 2024 #16
Or Christopher Hitchens! tonekat Dec 2024 #25
Don't forget Mark Twain wcollar Dec 2024 #49
And yet Groucho speaks from the beyond: AZ8theist Dec 2024 #62
If we can get somebody 'from beyond.....' MyOwnPeace Dec 2024 #67
OMG!!! Funny!!! n/t SupportSanity Dec 2024 #34
When the time comes I'm guessing these two won't make the cut. Xavier Breath Dec 2024 #45
Bwaaaah malaise Dec 2024 #4
Well, he ain't getting any younger. Take heart -- oh how the champagne will pop. nt allegorical oracle Dec 2024 #5
And there will be dancing in the streets! 💃🏻 LuckyLib Jan 1 #81
I've been checking every morning for years IronLionZion Dec 2024 #6
Better luck tomorrow. mountain grammy Dec 2024 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 2024 #10
Fortunately nowforever Dec 2024 #11
Don't worry, President Mush will be in charge Wicked Blue Dec 2024 #22
I've been waiting to exhale. yellow dahlia Dec 2024 #42
That bottle of Champagne is going to be sweet nectar!! aeromanKC Dec 2024 #12
Us too. We have a bottle of Moet yellow dahlia Dec 2024 #38
I have a bottle of the Widow chilling. My friends and I deserve it ( late niyad Dec 2024 #68
Hell, right now, I'd settle for reports of a bad case of diarrhea. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2024 #13
Good one! It's like an old joke PJMcK Dec 2024 #14
Thanks, I was going to post that if no one else did ! I re-read it just recently here on DU, but don't remember ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2024 #35
Perhaps we need a series of visualization exercises EYESORE 9001 Dec 2024 #15
Yeah...and nothing more than visualization, eh? Reminds me of the "olden" days when the late allegorical oracle Dec 2024 #41
I get up every morning for the same reason. Greybnk48 Dec 2024 #17
Thankfully, he has all the personality of a pile of trash (and a great deal niyad Dec 2024 #29
My feelings surfered Dec 2024 #18
I thought of this meme when I read the OP LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2024 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 2024 #19
Something about Threads Like This Is Very Disturbing. MineralMan Dec 2024 #20
You gotta have hope, Orrex Wicked Blue Dec 2024 #21
Not to worry. Tomorrow we'll be dancing in the street. chouchou Dec 2024 #23
Keep the hope alive. That's all we can do. It's going to happen, it's a fact of life. Autumn Dec 2024 #24
I share in your disappointment. Every single morning. niyad Dec 2024 #26
You should use the sarcasm thingy, don't doc03 Dec 2024 #27
I agree 👍 I'm waiting for that to happen too. TommieMommy Dec 2024 #28
lol. i used to go to a twitter feed: "is mitch mcconnell dead yet?" (they posted every day. he never was.) nt orleans Dec 2024 #30
Mitch gets treatments. usonian Dec 2024 #46
God I was just looking for the same thing! ananda Dec 2024 #31
Out of order IbogaProject Dec 2024 #32
That reminds me of the old Soviet joke. A man shows up at a news stand every morning, buys the paper, looks... NNadir Dec 2024 #33
Ah, you're the one ! I knew I had read that recently (see Reply #14). nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2024 #36
I'm watching the front pages every day. calimary Jan 1 #86
I bet many Russians right now are looking for the same sort of obituary. LeftishBrit Jan 5 #87
Do you really want President Vance? LeftishBrit Dec 2024 #37
The way I look at it Demobrat Dec 2024 #73
It's not DU's fault Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #39
Thank you for the good chuckle. yellow dahlia Dec 2024 #40
I have this funny feeling - next year is going to be different ... FakeNoose Dec 2024 #43
Because what you wish on others. ThePartyThatListens Dec 2024 #44
Since nobody has the cojones to post: Here. WARNING! ⚠️ That face that launched 1000 shits. ⚠️ usonian Dec 2024 #47
Nice collection! canetoad Dec 2024 #48
When not doing computer graphics (less the AI stuff) usonian Dec 2024 #54
You made mama's pasta 'gravy' recipe! sprinkleeninow Jan 1 #83
The store stuff always tasted like pizza sauce. usonian Jan 1 #85
Maybe tRump can perform oral sex on a cruise missile Seinan Sensei Dec 2024 #76
Best hummer ever. Nobody can make it ... usonian Dec 2024 #77
I'm disappointed daily as well! pandr32 Dec 2024 #50
I just hope I live to see the day when I'm here and he's not. (nt) Different Drummer Dec 2024 #51
! Marcuse Dec 2024 #53
LOL Kali Dec 2024 #55
Yea, I didn't see it either. dmr Dec 2024 #56
Orrex buys a newspaper every morning... jmowreader Dec 2024 #57
Lol, great post. Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #58
I'm reminded of the time that Donald Rumsfeld was giving the president his daily briefing. Dr. Strange Dec 2024 #59
Yup...everyday we all wait for that piece of news! PortTack Dec 2024 #60
This works well as a browser start page: LudwigPastorius Dec 2024 #61
Same Here WiVoter Dec 2024 #63
that guy is super lucky ecstatic Dec 2024 #64
But then we'd be stuck with Vance Indyfan53 Dec 2024 #65
Then I'll have something new to wish for. Orrex Dec 2024 #75
Same here 😹 Meowmee Dec 2024 #66
I FOR one hopes YoshidaYui Dec 2024 #69
Sounds like a Festivus "Airing of Grievances" Blue Owl Dec 2024 #70
I am concerned about this Dan Dec 2024 #71
Hope springs eternal, though. alarimer Dec 2024 #72
I'm still in the planning stages Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #74
You know DU would crash because of the traffic! LeftInTX Dec 2024 #78
I hear ya. Eko Dec 2024 #79
Really, how hard is it to hit one guy with a lightning bolt? tclambert Dec 2024 #80
Never had a welcome to wear out either. czarjak Jan 1 #82
I'm with you..... EJRocketMan Jan 1 #84
Sorry to disappoint apeshot Jan 6 #88
im still waiting for dead pool...or better yet.. samnsara Jan 7 #89
What is holding you back? The Grand Illuminist Jan 7 #90

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,041 posts)
3. He can't die until ...
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 08:40 AM
Dec 2024

... they find someone to deliver a eulogy without laughing.

The search continues ...

wcollar

(202 posts)
49. Don't forget Mark Twain
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 02:51 PM
Dec 2024

"I didn't attend his funeral, but I sent a lovely note approving of it."

IronLionZion

(48,237 posts)
6. I've been checking every morning for years
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 09:03 AM
Dec 2024

I had a glimmer of hope so many times when it got close, like when he got COVID.

Response to Orrex (Original post)

nowforever

(476 posts)
11. Fortunately
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 09:45 AM
Dec 2024

Dementia is really taking it's toll and he is just an eyelash away from the blithering idiot stage. Vance is a hapless scared puppet, my hope is we make it through the first two years without WWIII breaking out.

Wicked Blue

(7,756 posts)
22. Don't worry, President Mush will be in charge
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 10:38 AM
Dec 2024

and he will do whatever makes him the most money.

aeromanKC

(3,614 posts)
12. That bottle of Champagne is going to be sweet nectar!!
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 09:47 AM
Dec 2024

It's in my fridge just waiting to be popped open. C'mon DU, print the story already!!

niyad

(122,946 posts)
68. I have a bottle of the Widow chilling. My friends and I deserve it ( late
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 06:29 PM
Dec 2024

christmas, early birthdays, a world day of celebration, whatever we call it!!!).

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,678 posts)
13. Hell, right now, I'd settle for reports of a bad case of diarrhea.
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 09:59 AM
Dec 2024

Anything that makes TFG's life miserable is a plus for America......

Well, he does have a horrible case of diarrhea of the mouth......

PJMcK

(23,415 posts)
14. Good one! It's like an old joke
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 09:59 AM
Dec 2024

Every day, a man goes to the newsstand and pays for the paper. He looks at the front page then tosses it back down in disgust. After weeks of this behavior, the stand's owner asked the man, "Why do you do that every day?" "I'm looking for an obituary," said the man. "But the obits are in the second section," replied the owner. "The obituary I'm looking for will be on the front page!" declared the man.

eppur_se_muova

(38,665 posts)
35. Thanks, I was going to post that if no one else did ! I re-read it just recently here on DU, but don't remember ...
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 12:02 PM
Dec 2024

who it was that shared it. IIRC it was an old Soviet joke, which helps explain why the man didn't dare say whose obit he was looking for.

EYESORE 9001

(27,967 posts)
15. Perhaps we need a series of visualization exercises
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 10:05 AM
Dec 2024

Those visions transport me to my happy place.

allegorical oracle

(4,440 posts)
41. Yeah...and nothing more than visualization, eh? Reminds me of the "olden" days when the late
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 01:35 PM
Dec 2024

Art Bell used to be on the radio. He swore that if his audience just coordinated, and thought the same thoughts, a particular outcome would occur. (No, the hurricanes still struck and no aliens ever landed as best we knew.)

Greybnk48

(10,500 posts)
17. I get up every morning for the same reason.
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 10:08 AM
Dec 2024

Another disappointing morning. Although JD Vance may be worse than Trump. Trump's a buffoon, but he's a snake.

niyad

(122,946 posts)
29. Thankfully, he has all the personality of a pile of trash (and a great deal
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 11:01 AM
Dec 2024

less useful), so we possibly would not have the cult-love factor.

Response to Orrex (Original post)

MineralMan

(148,762 posts)
20. Something about Threads Like This Is Very Disturbing.
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 10:21 AM
Dec 2024

I'd rather not see them posted here. But, it's not my site.

Autumn

(47,619 posts)
24. Keep the hope alive. That's all we can do. It's going to happen, it's a fact of life.
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 10:52 AM
Dec 2024

niyad

(122,946 posts)
26. I share in your disappointment. Every single morning.
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 10:57 AM
Dec 2024

That bottle of the good bubbly is still waiting in my fridge.

orleans

(35,824 posts)
30. lol. i used to go to a twitter feed: "is mitch mcconnell dead yet?" (they posted every day. he never was.) nt
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 11:02 AM
Dec 2024

ananda

(31,409 posts)
31. God I was just looking for the same thing!
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 11:27 AM
Dec 2024

I'm not looking forward to the new year, to put it
mildly.

IbogaProject

(4,181 posts)
32. Out of order
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 11:27 AM
Dec 2024

Need to loose a few Reps and Senators enough to alter leadership. Then we would be better prepared for the Constitutional challange of loosing a VP & Prez niminee between 1-06 & 1-20. My unanswered prayers were for some SC vacancies b4 Christmas too. So not much luck. Not wishing any to decease just not able to fulfil roles or w Execs to even be able to nominate cabinent nor take the oath. Whew at best going to be a bumpy 24-48 months.

NNadir

(35,419 posts)
33. That reminds me of the old Soviet joke. A man shows up at a news stand every morning, buys the paper, looks...
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 11:29 AM
Dec 2024

...at the headline, and then throws the paper in the waste basket.

After a time, the news stand attendant can't stand it, and asks the guy why he does that.

The guy answers, "I'm looking for an obituary."

The news stand attendant says "Those are on the last page."

The guy answers, "The one I'm looking for will be on the front page."

Demobrat

(10,103 posts)
73. The way I look at it
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 08:38 PM
Dec 2024

President Vance would be run by the same people who run President Trump, but the MAGA cult would dissolve, and that can only be a good thing.

So the first thing I do each morning upon awakening is check to see if that vile pig of a man is dead.

FakeNoose

(37,040 posts)
43. I have this funny feeling - next year is going to be different ...
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 01:41 PM
Dec 2024

Until then ... keep the faith!

usonian

(16,806 posts)
47. Since nobody has the cojones to post: Here. WARNING! ⚠️ That face that launched 1000 shits. ⚠️
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 02:30 PM
Dec 2024

Not the Simpsons

But it has been floating around the internet for many years.

Tan suit of death


To Serve Man


"Hot" mike


Emails to read


Suicide


Goose is cooked


Goose is served


Biff finds a job


Fuck You, Pay me


A scenic cruise (missile)

usonian

(16,806 posts)
54. When not doing computer graphics (less the AI stuff)
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 03:14 PM
Dec 2024

I do the usual chores of (mis) managing a three bedroom home, and 7 acres of scrub that keeps growing back.
Some parts are quite steep and require good hiking shoes.


practice classical pieces on the piano

(That's not me)

take some damn fine photographs

I did that!

and assorted other fun things.

P.S. There IS NO spare time.
Having pasta with Mom's recipe meat gravy that I made, tonight.
Quanto Saporito!

And P.P.S. those graphics were created over several years, the ones that I didn't just copy off the internet.

sprinkleeninow

(20,720 posts)
83. You made mama's pasta 'gravy' recipe!
Wed Jan 1, 2025, 02:22 AM
Jan 1

That's right. You mentioned once before that you are of Italian heritage influence.
"Quanta si bella!"

usonian

(16,806 posts)
85. The store stuff always tasted like pizza sauce.
Wed Jan 1, 2025, 03:15 AM
Jan 1

Simple is beautiful. I still remember the Christmas vigil dinners. Feast of the seven fishes. And learned to make all the good stuff.

Posts:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19772910

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217494028

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1157136396

Reference:
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/articles/feast-of-the-seven-fishes

Hope I got these right.

This year, I made cioppino with shrimp and scallops. Easy. No more than that.

Grandparents all came from Italy and settled in the Boston area. I am FBI. Full Blooded Italian.

No wonder the music and engineering likes. Following the inventor Macaroni, composer Rotini, and artist of the same name (Redacto)

And specimen Spocco! (Specimen is Italian for Spaceman)




CIAO!

usonian

(16,806 posts)
77. Best hummer ever. Nobody can make it ...
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 09:56 PM
Dec 2024


Have a good 2025, whatever that means!

At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch-22 over its whole history.

Heller responds,“Yes, but I have something he will never have – ENOUGH.”

jmowreader

(52,053 posts)
57. Orrex buys a newspaper every morning...
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 03:37 PM
Dec 2024

glances at the front page and hands it back to the cashier. This goes on for weeks until the cashier asks him about it.

"Excuse me, Mr. Orrex, why do you buy a newspaper every morning and give it back to me?"
"I'm looking for an obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on A1."
"This one will be."

Dr. Strange

(26,025 posts)
59. I'm reminded of the time that Donald Rumsfeld was giving the president his daily briefing.
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 03:49 PM
Dec 2024

He concluded it by saying: "Yesterday, three Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

ecstatic

(34,701 posts)
64. that guy is super lucky
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 04:49 PM
Dec 2024

Between the covid "scare" and then the 2 so called assassination attempts, it's clear that the universe wants us to suffer through this period for some reason.

Dan

(4,491 posts)
71. I am concerned about this
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 08:23 PM
Dec 2024

Because I’m not sure where the urinal will drain from his grave?

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
78. You know DU would crash because of the traffic!
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 10:03 PM
Dec 2024

Heck.. maybe the entire internet would crash!

tclambert

(11,156 posts)
80. Really, how hard is it to hit one guy with a lightning bolt?
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 11:02 PM
Dec 2024

He spends a lot of time on golf courses, too, just asking for it.

apeshot

(7 posts)
88. Sorry to disappoint
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 03:25 PM
Jan 6

The Universe and its supposed Master have a wicked sense of humour. fat trump will live way past 100, and will be the Esteemed Ruler, the Respected And Beloved Dear Leader of his own Amerika, until that day arrives. And he'll have help from the much younger Elon Musk in securing their oligarchy, until that ultimate lovers' quarrel, at an unknown point somewhere in the future. Of course, I hope I am wrong--but I've been using that standard disclaimer since 2016 or so. It sucks to always be right!

samnsara

(18,454 posts)
89. im still waiting for dead pool...or better yet..
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 10:04 AM
Jan 7

a GoFundMe ...



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