[cross-posted to Lounge -> Things-that-make-you-go-hmmmm...]

It did not take long for the expected blowback from Trump's Zionist-demographic-pleasing inanity w.r.to Jerusalem to begin:

[url=https://www.thebeaverton.com/2017/12/palestinians-recognize-texas-part-mexico/]Palestinians recognize Texas as part of Mexico[/url] | The Beaverton

The onion has many adept, right?

[QUOTE=firejuggler;473469]The onion has many adept, right?[/QUOTE]

The Onion has deteriorated markedly since being bought by a billionaire Hillary booster a few years back - but thankfully numerous sites (and even 'legitimate' news outlets such as above, by way of running an occasional Onionesque piece) have stepped in to fill the void. On the military side we have Duffel Blog, in the UK we have Daily Mash, etc.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;473493]The Onion has deteriorated markedly since being bought by a billionaire Hillary booster a few years back - but thankfully numerous sites (and even 'legitimate' news outlets such as above, by way of running an occasional Onionesque piece) have stepped in to fill the void. On the military side we have Duffel Blog, in the UK we have Daily Mash, etc.[/QUOTE]

I'm not sure the Onion is much worse than Fox. They tend to be equally dishonest.

If you disagree please present counter arguments.

[QUOTE=chalsall;473508]I'm not sure the Onion is much worse than Fox. They tend to be equally dishonest.

If you disagree please present counter arguments.[/QUOTE]
The Onion was, at least, excellent satire, cleverly presented. I can't say I've kept up with it in years, but I still get a kick out of a May 2002 headline and article,
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[QUOTE=kladner;473517][SIZE=3][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]Pope Forgives Molested Children[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]
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Yes, we also remember that one, a link was posted here around by somebody, not so long time ago. Really a master piece. :tu:

Trump's ambassador to Netherlands in 'fake news' blunder

Press article (in English): [URL]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42460055[/URL]

So, he denies, on tape, that he ever said what he said on tape. Then denies that he denied, on tape. Ironic that such a fumbling idiot once chaired the House [U]Intelligence[/U] Committee.

In the background, Dan is saying, "They lie and don't care that they do. He denied it, so it didn't happen."
The Ambassadorial Embarrassment sure was denying some doosies of Right Wing blather. "Politicians set on fire"?!? I wonder which Foxian creature was peddling that bit of genuine "Fake News."

Pruitt appoints FDIC-banned banker buddy to lead Superfund division at EPA
 

[URL]https://theintercept.com/2017/12/28/scott-pruitt-failed-banker-running-epa-superfund-program/[/URL]
Birds of a feather have cozy relationships. The banker had issued mortgages to Pruitt in the past. Surprise!
[QUOTE]In May, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation fined Oklahoma banker Albert Kelly $125,000. According to a [URL="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4336500-2017-11-17-08-59-12.html"]consent order[/URL], which The Intercept obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the FDIC had “reason to believe that [Kelly] violated a law or regulation, by entering into an agreement pertaining to a loan by the Bank without FDIC approval.”

Two weeks later, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt appointed Kelly to lead an effort to streamline the Superfund program. In July, the FDIC went further, banning Kelly from banking for life. The “order of prohibition from further participation” explained that the FDIC had determined Kelly’s “unfitness to serve as a director, officer, person participating in the conduct of the affairs or as an institution-affiliated party of the Bank, any other insured depository institution.”

But Pruitt, who had received loans from Kelly’s bank, apparently didn’t find Kelly’s unfitness to serve in the financial industry as disqualifying his longtime friend from serving as a top official at the EPA. Since May, Kelly, or Kell as he was known in Oklahoma, has led the effort to streamline the Superfund program — which oversees remediation of some of the country’s most toxic sites.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=kladner;475200][URL]https://theintercept.com/2017/12/28/scott-pruitt-failed-banker-running-epa-superfund-program/[/URL]
Birds of a feather have cozy relationships. The banker had issued mortgages to Pruitt in the past. Surprise![/QUOTE]

Reminiscent of the "Friends of Angelo [Mozilo]" in congress during the subprime-mortgage-ensuing global financial crisis.

They say that seeing is believing, but when you see the [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9qv8RSreIM]Official Trumpy Bear commercial[/url] you [i]still[/i] won't believe it.

Assuming it's a real thing (not just a spoof), I can say with confidence that it would make a better president than the one we've got.