Yeah, trust me, I'm not saying, "It'll all be okay, the President doesn't have any real power..."

More like, "Hey, hundreds/thousands of people may not die due to FEMA incompetence next week!"

Assuming we fade a nuclear holocaust under Trump, he'll likely never get much blame for the many thousands of deaths he causes by speeding up global warming through deregulation and putting science deniers at the heads of important agencies. When a Category 5 monster hits a major city in like 2030, and ~2 degrees of ocean temperature made the difference in it being a Category 3 or Category 5, that'll be on Trump... But that won't stick in the eyes of the public.

Yeah, I've often reflected on this as well. Worth pointing out that this is not unique to religious people. For instance, I believe that money cannot buy happiness, but I don't really live my life as though I believe it. Those kind of beliefs operate on a different level than, e.g., my belief that I cannot touch a hot stove.

What various spiritual traditions usually refer to as "insight" or "enlightenment" is in part a process of converting these superficial beliefs into something more intrinsic and deeply held. Insight is less seeing something new and more getting a deep gut level feel for the truth of something which one already thinks is true.

The Trump do-over where is interacts with Harvey victims is probably the most he has talked to "the blacks" other than Ben Carson.

The second paragraph is interesting.

Regarding the first, you should join my anarcho-syndicalist-utopian-cooperative. It's moving into phase 2 next weekend.

sunday is national president can EAD day, by +rep proclamation

not going to be praying, and will be working on the sabbath as usual

I put it at at least 20% that he thinks if he proclaims it, people have to do it.

I have been praying for a new president all morning (not named pence)

EPA hasn't been checking on their Superfund sites (basically heavily polluted sites put under EPA control for cleanup) in Houston but the AP has

Kind of embarrassing for Trump to bag on the media for not braving the hurricane and then have the AP do the EPA's job for them

https://apnews.com/27796dd13b9549b0ac76aded58a15122

Zero chance trump could explain what a superfund site is.

FYP.

EPA is useless and bloated, republicans dont want to have an agency to check the status of toxic waste dumps in their backyards

I prayed for a Labor Day tweet thanking THE TROOPS. My tweet-based deity usually delivers.

Obama messed up by writing a note for Trump during the handover of power. He should have filmed a YouTube video instead. This will go down as one of the biggest whoopsie daisies in history although it’s not fair to blame obama for trump’s inability to read.

The crooked media at work

so much for not giving out any strategy secrets

ok donald, you just go ahead and stop trading with china, that's going to happen.

And Russia.

Just when you think trump has said his dumbest thing. Boom outcomes the threat to stop trade with china.

No human will ever be as stupid in any role across the rest of time.

trump's ties and ivanka's shoes are a small price to pay for regional stability.

but seriously,