01 Sep 17
Speaking of love and generosity, it seems Trump is using his Hurricane Harvey press conferences to promote his latest $40 hat:
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/trump-harvey-hat?llid=86mAK&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fbpdliquids&utm_term=EAgJ
Walter Shaub, the former head of the Office of Government Ethics, tweeted out, "NO!! The Presidency is not your profit center!!"
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-hurricane-visit-merchandise-cap-ethics-chief-657103
01 Sep 17
Originally posted by @finneganI understand the Oval Office has just completed a "renovation".
Speaking of love and generosity, it seems Trump is using his Hurricane Harvey press conferences to promote his latest $40 hat:
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/trump-harvey-hat?llid=86mAK&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fbpdliquids&utm_term=EAgJ
Walter Shaub, the former head of the Office of Government Ethics, tweeted out, ...[text shortened]... !!"
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-hurricane-visit-merchandise-cap-ethics-chief-657103
They should probably cut the crap and just make it look like the sewer it's become.
"Drain the swamp"? More like "Fill the swamp"!
01 Sep 17
Originally posted by @finneganHere's a radical idea: You don't want one? Don't buy one.
Speaking of love and generosity, it seems Trump is using his Hurricane Harvey press conferences to promote his latest $40 hat:
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/trump-harvey-hat?llid=86mAK&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fbpdliquids&utm_term=EAgJ
Walter Shaub, the former head of the Office of Government Ethics, tweeted out, ...[text shortened]... !!"
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-hurricane-visit-merchandise-cap-ethics-chief-657103
01 Sep 17
Originally posted by @shavixmirConsidering how toxic Trump is, while a large part of the American population loves him, the Chemistry one seems appropriate.
The tackiness is brilliant.
I think Trump deserves a Nobel prize.
Not sure which one though.
01 Sep 17
Originally posted by @kazetnagorraShould we be looking to the Ig Nobel prizes? For instance:
Considering how toxic Trump is, while a large part of the American population loves him, the Chemistry one seems appropriate.
CHEMISTRY PRIZE [GERMANY] — Volkswagen, for solving the problem of excessive automobile pollution emissions by automatically, electromechanically producing fewer emissions whenever the cars are being tested.
REFERENCE: "EPA, California Notify Volkswagen of Clean Air Act Violations", U.S. Environmental Protection Agency news release, September 18, 2015.
Although I also considered:
ECONOMICS PRIZE [NEW ZEALAND, UK] — Mark Avis, Sarah Forbes, and Shelagh Ferguson, for assessing the perceived personalities of rocks, from a sales and marketing perspective.
REFERENCE: "The Brand Personality of Rocks: A Critical Evaluation of a Brand Personality Scale," Mark Avis, Sarah Forbes ,and Shelagh Ferguson, Marketing Theory, vol. 14, no. 4, 2014, pp. 451-475.
WHO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY: Mark Avis and Sarah Forbes
http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/