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[–] silence7 15 points 1 month ago

The one book somebody actually saw Trump reading was an anthology of Hitler's speeches, back around 1990:

Last April, perhaps in a surge of Czech nationalism, Ivana Trump told her lawyer Michael Kennedy that from time to time her husband reads a book of Hitler’s collected speeches, My New Order, which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed. Kennedy now guards a copy of My New Order in a closet at his office, as if it were a grenade. Hitler’s speeches, from his earliest days up through the Phony War of 1939, reveal his extraordinary ability as a master propagandist.

“Did your cousin John give you the Hitler speeches?” I asked Trump.

Trump hesitated. “Who told you that?”

“I don’t remember,” I said.

“Actually, it was my friend Marty Davis from Paramount who gave me a copy of Mein Kampf, and he’s a Jew.” (“I did give him a book about Hitler,” Marty Davis said. “But it was My New Order, Hitler’s speeches, not Mein Kampf. I thought he would find it interesting. I am his friend, but I’m not Jewish.”)

[–] silence7 1 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I don't think I've seen studies of any kind of teleconnection between Gulf of Mexico conditions and European weather, though higher temperatures tend to mean both more intense rain and more intense droughts.

[–] silence7 13 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I believe the state insurer there (Citizens) is undercapitalized. There's a very good chance that Florida will be forced to collect supplemental assessments from everybody who has any kind of insurance policy there.

[–] silence7 12 points 1 month ago

Yeah, was looking at stats on housing in the Tampa area; most of it is older then the hurricane resistance building codes, and large areas are going to be inundated.

There is going to be a lot of suffering from this one.

[–] silence7 5 points 1 month ago

The Senate is absolutely a very tough lift; it's going to be really tough for the Democrats to get even 50 seats.

[–] silence7 15 points 1 month ago

He could back in 1990. It's far from clear that he still can.

[–] silence7 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The one book somebody has seen him read is an anthology of Hitler's speeches:

Last April, perhaps in a surge of Czech nationalism, Ivana Trump told her lawyer Michael Kennedy that from time to time her husband reads a book of Hitler's collected speeches, My New Order, which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed. Kennedy now guards a copy of My New Order in a closet at his office, as if it were a grenade. Hitler's speeches, from his earliest days up through the Phony War of 1939, reveal his extraordinary ability as a master propagandist.

[–] silence7 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Which is why it's absolutely essential to elect enough Democrats in the Senate to enable court expansion.

[–] silence7 22 points 1 month ago

A lot of what campaigns do is try to fire up supporters so that they actually vote. Merely "supporting" without actually casting a ballot doesn't help.

[–] silence7 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

They're referring to a podcast named Call her Daddy

[–] silence7 -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm making the point for others reading it, not for the troll.

[–] silence7 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

k = thousand

J =joules

/ = per

cm² = square centimeter

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