"AND YOU STILL HAVE THE NERVE TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH..."
Too sharp not to share.
This Australian's response to Trump's rant that "NATO doesn't exist for America" is perfect:
"Mate,
You run a country where 600,000 homeless people will sleep on the streets tonight.
A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money.
A country where insulin costs more than a car payment, and people ration it just to stay alive.
A country where medical debt is the number one cause of bankruptcy.
A country where women die in hospital parking lots because doctors are too afraid of abortion laws to treat miscarriages.
You imprison more of your own citizens than any other country on Earth.
More than China.
More than Russia.
More than North Korea.
In the land of the free, 2 million people are held in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything.
They're just too poor to make bail.
Your life expectancy is falling. You're the only developed country where that's happening.
Your infant mortality rate is higher than Cuba's.
Your children practice active-shooter drills between math and English classes while you sell gun stocks to your friends.
Your minimum wage hasn't changed in 15 years...
You have teachers working two jobs, veterans sleeping under bridges, and you've just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that never attacked you.
And a convicted criminal, found liable in a rape case, defending a pedophile, sleeping with a porn star, and leading the biggest dumpster-fire campaign since the Taliban, thanks you for yet another failure.
And you're calling Greenland poorly governed?
Greenland has universal healthcare.
Free education.
One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world.
Nobody goes bankrupt because they got sick.
Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance company said no.
'NATO wasn't there when we needed them.'
When exactly was that, champ?
September 11?
Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in its history for you.
Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan for you.
Australia wasn't even in NATO, and we still showed up.
For twenty years.
And then you left at two in the morning without telling anyone and left them to clean up the mess.
You don't care that a great nation is being terrorized by your friend. You haven't shown it a shred of sympathy.
So maybe, before you start calling other countries poorly governed, take a look at your own backyard, you aluminum-siding salesman with a spray tan.
The only thing being poorly managed in this picture is your damn mouth.
And you still have the nerve to lecture everyone else?"
Wer erinnert sich an meinen Mandanten, der im Januar auf einer vereisten Fläche am Hackeschen Markt stürzte und sich leider das Handgelenk brach.
Der Unfall ereignete sich wohlgemerkt nicht auf einem abgelegenen Waldweg in der Uckermark, sondern mitten in Berlin am Hackeschen Markt.
Inzwischen entwickelt sich die Angelegenheit zu einer Fortbildungsveranstaltung über Zuständigkeiten.
Das Land Berlin vermutet die BSR. Hilfsweise das Bezirksamt Mitte.
Das Bezirksamt Mitte hat sich bislang nicht berufen gefühlt, die Vermutung zu bestätigen.
Die Bahn vermutet das Land Berlin.
Die BVG schweigt.
Und die Haftpflichtversicherung der BSR bestreitet mit Nichtwissen, ob die vereiste Fläche überhaupt etwas mit dem Sturz zu tun hatte.
Die Bahn wiederum hält die Schuhe meines 82-jährigen Mandanten für „völlig ungeeignet“ und erläutert dies unter anderem anhand der Profilgestaltung von Winterreifen.
Nach mehreren Monaten Korrespondenz habe ich heute Deckungsschutz für die gerichtliche Klärung beantragt.
Denn möglicherweise lässt sich vor Gericht klären, wer für die Fläche zuständig war.
Vielleicht gelingt dabei sogar die noch kühnere Feststellung, dass vereiste Flächen und gebrochene Handgelenke gelegentlich in einem ursächlichen Zusammenhang stehen.
Und bevor jemand auf die Idee kommt: Nein, der Sturz ereignete sich nicht auf Privatgelände. Jedenfalls hat bislang noch niemand behauptet, der Hackesche Markt gehöre meinem Mandanten.
Sollte das Gericht darüber hinaus klären können, wer in Berlin tatsächlich für die Beseitigung von Winterglätte zuständig ist, wäre dies möglicherweise der eigentliche Erfolg des Verfahrens.
Too on point not to share. This is great, but too bad the Orange Felon’s enablers won’t let him see it.
This Australian's reply to #Trump's rant about “NATO not being there for America” is perfect.
"Mate. You run a country with 600,000 homeless people sleeping on the street tonight. A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment and people are rationing it to survive. A country where medical debt is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. A country where women are dying in hospital car parks because doctors are too scared of abortion laws to treat a miscarriage.
You lock up more of your own citizens than any nation on earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. The land of the free has 2 million people in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything. They're just too poor to make bail.
Your life expectancy is going backwards. You're the only developed nation where that's happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between maths and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates.
Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that didn't attack you.
And you’ve got a convicted felon, adjudicating raping, paedophile protecting, porn star shagging insurrectionist running the biggest dumpster fire war campaign since the Taliban thanked you very much for losing again.
And you're calling Greenland poorly run?
Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody goes bankrupt there because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance said no.
'NATO wasn't there when we needed them." When exactly was that, champ? September 11? Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU. Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU. Australia wasn't even in NATO and we still showed up. For 20 years.
And you pulled out at 2am without telling anyone and left them to deal with the mess.
So maybe before you start calling other countries poorly run, have a look at your own backyard, you spray-tanned aluminium siding salesman. The only thing poorly run in this picture is your f----- mouth."
- Tony Locke
Abraham Lincoln got shot in the head and still managed to keep the country together. Franklin Roosevelt ran the entire Second World War from a wheelchair. Eisenhower defeated Hitler and then, just to stay busy, built 48,000 miles of motorway. Kennedy looked at the moon, said “we’ll have that,” and inside a decade they did. Reagan stared down the Soviet Union until it simply gave up and went home.
Two hundred and fifty years. Forty-six men. Men who stormed beaches, split atoms, faced down nuclear annihilation over breakfast and then filed sensible paperwork about it afterward.
And then, after all of that, the entire accumulated weight of American history, the most consequential democratic experiment the world has ever seen, produced this.
A television review.
No Mars landing. No cure for cancer. No Soviet empire dissolved before lunch. Just a man in the White House, in the year 2026, informing the internet that a CBS chat show host had no talent.
That is what 250 years of American greatness built. America should be deeply, permanently ashamed of itself.
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