Can we “Normanize” Trump?

Norman was the head humanoid robot in the Star Trek episode “I, Mudd”.

In front of Norman, a crew member pointed at another crew member and said, “He always tells the truth.”  The second crew member pointed to the first and said, “He always lies.”  They continued this back-and-forth as Norman looked from one to the other.  Eventually, in true movie fashion, Norman’s head began to smoke and he became inoperative.

I don’t wish to see Trump’s head smoke, but is there any contradiction of his that could be used to get him to resign because the job has become too hard?  He has walked out of deals before.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/prisoner-of-his-own-impulse-inside-trumps-cave-to-end-shutdown-without-wall/2019/01/25/e4a4789a-20d5-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html?utm_term=.beae40a2ec9c

Stop using "leader of the free world", a contradiction

If the President of the United States is "leader of the free world", shouldn't all the citizens of the "free world" be able to vote for him or her.

It is a bit of puffery to call the President of one country, too often elected by a minority of the citizens of that country, as a leader of many other countries.

Disconnect on surveillance?

As I easily stopped for a yellow light this afternoon, a driver in the other lane came whipping by me and went through the light that had already turned red.  If there had been a surveillance camera at that intersection, he or she would soon be receiving a ticket.

However, many consider robo-cops a bad idea, an infringement of rights, etc. etc.

My question is, of the people who protest about being caught disobeying a traffic law, how many are all for the excessive NSA surveillance of telephone and internet usage?

In the first case, a person is caught doing something illegal.  In the second case, a person may only be thought to be doing something illegal.

Whether one is killed or injured by a terrorist with a bomb or killed or injured by somebody running a red light is rather a moot point.  One is just as dead or hurt by either illegal activity.

Unlimited with restrictions: corporate doublespeak

Ad on Facebook:

Want to be Unlimited
sprint.com
Switch to Sprint for unlimited data, text and more.  Restrictions apply.

Duh!  If there are restrictions then the service cannot be unlimited!

I have Virgin Mobile on my iPhone, which uses Sprint towers.  True, I don't worry about how many phone calls I make, how many people send me unsolicited texts, and how often I am online.  In fact, accessing the web with the iPhone through a tower beats using sporadic wi-fi hotspots.

On the other hand, Sprint has dead spots where one wouldn't expect them, like on I-35 at mile 175 between Duluth and the Twin Cities.  That is a restriction and a limitation.

Having your cake and eating it too!

"For example, 53% of Americans believe the debt and deficits should be cut significantly... but the same percentage agrees that taxes should not be raised on anyone.

Similarly, 53% of Americans think that the influence of banks and corporations should be reined in... but that regulations on businesses should be pared back."
- "New Poll: Americans Now Think Economy Favors Super-Rich", Henry Blodget, Daily Ticker, 2011-11-08

Who's a sexist?

At coffee and at the barber's I asked the one about the barber who shaved all the men in town who didn't shave themselves.  Who shaved the barber?  My barber answered, "the barber".  The usual response is that it is a contradiction; I've long held that the barber is a woman.

My barber replied with a man and his son were in a car crash.  The father was killed but the son was rushed to the hospital.  The doctor walked out of the operating room and said, "I can't operate; the patient is my son."  Who is the boy's father.  I replied, "The doctor is the boy's mother."

I told this to my wife when I got home, and she puzzled over an answer.

A dietary conundrum

A saying is "Waste not, want not", but often the truth is "To waist is to want more".