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maxrandb

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Thu May 2, 2024, 09:40 AM May 2024

"Eff" Time Magazine [View all]

I guess the 500lbs of orange bile in a 200lb wrinkled bratwurst casing won't have to create fake Time Magazine covers, he'll just be able to hang this waste of ink in the Confederate White House in Florida.

It just frickin floors me. The waste of time and serious thought spent on this worthless dumbass is a symptom of insanity.

Look, you could write a 10,000 word essay on a pile of dog shit, but it's still dog shit.

I keep going back to my Navy days. It was 30 years of my life, so yeah, it was a significant part of my life.

One of my favorite things was Damage Control training. I was in a "in the rear with the gear" type of job. DC training broke up the monotony. It was, for me, the "adventure part". I actually was a member of several of my ships Damage Control Training Teams.

We drilled a LOT in Damage Control. When you stand on Deck, and get a 360 degree view of nothing but ocean for as far as the eye can see, you understand that your most important safety device is what you are standing on.

I never worried about the Russian, or Chinese "Sears Catalog" navy. Since WWII, they VAST majority of US Navy casualties have been from accidents. We worried about collisions with other ships, or reefs. We worried about Main Space fires. We worried about planes crashing on Flight Decks.

We practiced and drilled on evacuation and how to light off the Halon Flooding System. We trained on using "Tilly" to push the flaming wreckage of an aircraft over the side.

Know what we NEVER did? Interview the fire about its motive, plans, or policy positions.

See, a fire has one goal. To burn up and destroy EVERYTHING in its path until extinguished. And it shouldn't and doesn't matter if 41, 43, 45, or 47% of the Sailors are "rooting for the fire".

That's it. That's all a fire wants to do.

You're welcome Time Magazine, because I think I just saved you 9,998 words.

I get that you feel this is "news" that needs to be covered, because millions of voters have lost their FUCKING minds, but the story is not the psychopath, it's the mass psychosis.

Providing "coverage" to this moron, is like providing oxygen to a fire.

Ask yourself this Time. If your house was on fire, would you get out your notebook and interview the fire about its plans and policies, or would you do all you could to deprive it of oxygen?

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"Eff" Time Magazine [View all] maxrandb May 2024 OP
Your last paragraph said it all. I think some editors need to see it. Boomerproud May 2024 #1
Sure looked clear to me. QUITE a "bottom line." calimary May 2024 #14
TIME is saying the house is on fire with Fascism. Read this..... KS Toronado May 2024 #28
Is Time Magazine Still Being Published? NonPC May 2024 #41
Please send this to them. piddyprints May 2024 #2
I second that. Definitely needs submitted to Time's letters KPN May 2024 #19
Hear!!! Hear!!! niyad May 2024 #3
Choices, choices..... brooklynite May 2024 #4
There is a "Third Way" maxrandb May 2024 #7
Oh MAN, would I like to see that! calimary May 2024 #27
They should have ignored the asshole when he rode down the escalator. 3catwoman3 May 2024 #29
Gave him over $2 billion in free air time, before the 2016 election. Hermit-The-Prog May 2024 #34
This asspickle was born with a microphone in his hand and looking for a camera maxrandb May 2024 #40
24/7 free advertising damifino10 May 2024 #48
Commercial Media Roy Rolling May 2024 #53
In that case, only his lies would be reaching the public. soldierant May 2024 #43
Me, too! ShazzieB May 2024 #49
the framers had a patriotic duty in mind for the press -- alerting the nation to tyranny. unblock May 2024 #5
Altering or alerting? 3catwoman3 May 2024 #30
Thanks, fixed. Guess that did change the meaning juuuust a little bit lol unblock May 2024 #33
Too much consolidation of media has been allowed. Hermit-The-Prog May 2024 #35
Boy, THAT'S for sure. calimary May 2024 #36
It is interesting that my latest metaphor for the never ending exclusives... Hugin May 2024 #6
Perfect! Goddessartist May 2024 #8
If all this negative stuff is in their interview, I'd encourage Rs to buy it. KS Toronado May 2024 #9
Please don't buy one judesedit May 2024 #15
How will we ever know if they are praising or condemning him? KS Toronado May 2024 #22
II can find one, I WILL buy it. ShazzieB May 2024 #52
Who's your Party now, Nicolle? czarjak May 2024 #50
People need to read this stuff! ShazzieB May 2024 #51
I don't agree with all of this but I gave it a rec. hay rick May 2024 #10
Agreed Rebl2 May 2024 #12
The more Trump's rhetoric is out there, the better we have of beating him. In Too Deep May 2024 #17
Me too. Plus I think Max should submit it as a letter to KPN May 2024 #21
It's a rag in search of relevance. Not even good enough for birdcage liner. littlemissmartypants May 2024 #39
Excellent essay! Wild blueberry May 2024 #11
Brought back a lot of memories. ⚓️ IrishAfricanAmerican May 2024 #13
I linked this excellent post to my Facebook page. John1956PA May 2024 #16
Best description I've read in a long time of the country's orange excrescence. Warpy May 2024 #18
I pay no attention to him. PennRalphie May 2024 #20
Brilliant. Baitball Blogger May 2024 #23
I love this--well said! pandr32 May 2024 #24
Just more enshitification of the fascist media. Their job is to install him, and to demoralize us. onecaliberal May 2024 #25
Practical application Hoosier_Progressiv May 2024 #26
"500lbs of orange bile in a 200lb wrinkled bratwurst casing" LastDemocratInSC May 2024 #31
"Look, you could write a 10,000 word essay on a pile of dog shit, but it's still dog shit." 3catwoman3 May 2024 #32
And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, IS the donald trump story. calimary May 2024 #37
Well said, excellent analogy about fire on a ship.. Permanut May 2024 #38
Superbly well-said. Aristus May 2024 #42
Mass psychosis indeed, spot on duckworth969 May 2024 #44
I have always loved your rants and your use of language but... llmart May 2024 #45
Thanks, I think Time is like a great deal of print media today maxrandb May 2024 #46
TIME's interview was excellent and needed. summer_in_TX May 2024 #47
Wow, that's a great piece you did there! A great comparison. liberalla May 2024 #54
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