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Ol Janx Spirit

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51. Does he really not know that Norway doesn't actually give out the prize? That it is the...
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 10:36 AM
Jan 19

...Norwegian Nobel Committee? Yes, it is comprised of Norwegian nationals selected by the Storting (the Norwegian parliament,) but it is a private body tasked with awarding a private prize on behalf of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel's estate. It does not actually represent the Norwegian government.

I guess it does not matter either way...

But the 25th Amendment is seriously DOA unless the president is truly incapacitated to the extent that he can't write a letter on his behalf--and even then I'm sure Stephen Miller would write it and take it to the SCOTUS...and probably win.

It is DOA otherwise because it is even harder for Congress to pass a 25th Amendment vote than it is to impeach a president. This is because IF the cabinet invokes it and then the president writes a letter saying he isn't in fact incapacitated, the 25th Amendment requires Congress to determine "by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office."

Impeachment only requires a simple majority in the House--but then a two-thirds majority in the Senate.

It is far more likely that nature will bail us out than that Congress will ever have a full two-thirds of both Houses (357 members out of 535 total) agree to do what is right.

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Bat shit crazy is kind malaise Jan 19 #1
Nobel Prize and crazy man maliaSmith Jan 19 #61
Obama got one, I WANT MINE TOOOOOOOO !!! Pluvious Jan 19 #91
He's an abuser. C_U_L8R Jan 19 #2
Trump is a Jedi master of "DARVO"... keep_left Jan 19 #67
"Look at what you made me do" Pluvious Jan 19 #92
Americans are allowing a batshit crazy psychopath destroy the world. Irish_Dem Jan 19 #3
No one wants to "make waves" before the Midterms Miles Archer Jan 19 #4
I never realized that Americans either have no courage, or no moral core. Irish_Dem Jan 19 #6
Many of us didn't realize it either. Biophilic Jan 19 #10
I feel like a stranger in a strange land. Irish_Dem Jan 19 #11
Exactly. So little of it makes sense. Biophilic Jan 19 #12
Makes no sense based on what we were taught. Irish_Dem Jan 19 #15
Yup. Biophilic Jan 19 #18
"Liberty and Justice for all" was a commercial. LuvLoogie Jan 19 #33
That was the lesson plainly illustrated by the OJ Simpson trial misanthrope Jan 19 #86
Here is the irony. LAPD tried to fuck with the evidence, due to their racism. LuvLoogie Jan 19 #98
That is exactly right. mnhtnbb Jan 19 #108
Two things can be true and drive the same out come. The variables do not cancel each other out. LuvLoogie Jan 19 #112
Correct. That said, had Simpson been an average Joe with a court-appointed attorney misanthrope Jan 20 #115
Sad but TRUE! Lokee11 Jan 19 #50
The nation is what it has mostly been before misanthrope Jan 19 #85
dumb maliaSmith Jan 19 #62
The lyrics of "You're a Grand Old Flag" convinced me of that when I was very young. malthaussen Jan 19 #77
Problem is Trump voters are even more batshit crazy than he is. sop Jan 19 #7
True, and weak people avoid engaging crazy people Miles Archer Jan 19 #8
Yes, they are.. thomski64 Jan 19 #20
It's not only Trump and his supporters peggysue2 Jan 19 #65
In this new version, BidenRocks Jan 19 #105
Yeah, no. Plus there are no waves to make, at least not from our elected Democrats that are in the minority. W_HAMILTON Jan 19 #79
Not Americans! Repugnants are allowing this. They can stop it in a jiffy if they are so inclined. overleft Jan 19 #48
Wasn't Fat Hitler saying just a few months ago he'd stopped 10-11 wars? Now it's 8. Bengus81 Jan 19 #72
WE THE PEOPLE - Yes! yellow dahlia Jan 19 #87
Good article discussing using the 25th Amendment. sop Jan 19 #5
There is a letter and agreement - Treaty of the Danish West Indies underpants Jan 19 #38
kingpig pedo doesn't know anything like that, and Justice matters. Jan 19 #76
The 53,000+ people who live there own Greenland Farmer-Rick Jan 19 #43
he sees them as indigenous brown people to be deported. rampartd Jan 19 #83
His brain is both broken and malignantly narcissistic. ShazzieB Jan 19 #90
He thinks he can wrap a string of police tape around Greenland and make it his...what a freak... wcmagumba Jan 19 #102
Impeachment is a lower bar. onenote Jan 19 #58
Does the article point out that soldierant Jan 19 #109
If he is such an amazing leader... The Madcap Jan 19 #9
Will FoxNews dare to criticize him??? That would be the real breaking point. LymphocyteLover Jan 19 #13
His bodily fluids are impure. Kid Berwyn Jan 19 #14
Spirochetes and bile are killing him... displacedvermoter Jan 19 #28
The Black Hand Kid Berwyn Jan 19 #37
I believe this hand discoloration displacedvermoter Jan 19 #45
Trump could Nuke Nuuk or Copenhagen by this Thursday at this rate Blues Heron Jan 19 #16
France and the UK have nukes and would retaliate. Dave Bowman Jan 19 #34
Will be lucky if trump doesn't get us nuked! Blues Heron Jan 19 #44
It is scary MissHoneychurch Jan 19 #17
There are too many correctly spelled words for this to be just tsf. rubbersole Jan 19 #29
Miller is almost always the author of the worst evil radical noodle Jan 19 #39
The land-grabbing rapist felon is the biggest threat to world peace and must be considered as such. dalton99a Jan 19 #19
Here is the letter that trump sent to Norway linking Nobel Peace Prize to USA takeover of Greenland. LetMyPeopleVote Jan 19 #21
Obviously there's no James Schlesinger in this White House. Ocelot II Jan 19 #30
I really believe his minions bypass him at all costs vapor2 Jan 19 #81
Stephen Miller seems to be in charge. Ocelot II Jan 19 #84
This isn't Chump's signature FakeNoose Jan 19 #100
Maybe it's an autopen! Ocelot II Jan 19 #107
Who took his strawberries ? rickford66 Jan 19 #22
"...but we had boats landing there, also." ??? 0rganism Jan 19 #23
"We" didn't have boats landing in Greenland 300 years ago. We weren't a country 300 years ago. Ocelot II Jan 19 #27
Also if the US had been a country 300 years ago Farmer-Rick Jan 19 #46
He might have been referring to the British Wednesdays Jan 19 #63
maga - make assholes grovel again samsingh Jan 19 #24
Off ZDU Jan 19 #25
We know a lot of (already rich) powerful people are getting richer under Trump's criminal administration Attilatheblond Jan 19 #26
I wish some reporter would ask Trump to name the 8 wars he has stopped. Lonestarblue Jan 19 #31
Someone please tell Trump that Greenland is protected from China and Russia by NATO, unless he destroys that, too surfered Jan 19 #32
He was reminded by the Prime Minister of Norway, Ocelot II Jan 19 #35
I'd love to read the response in English and not behind a paywall I'll look for it. mountain grammy Jan 19 #52
Here's part of the speech the PM gave at a conference the day after he got the letter: Ocelot II Jan 19 #56
The world is not safe until we have complete and total control of the world. dem4decades Jan 19 #36
All the while, the next superpower, China, is busy... Justice matters. Jan 19 #78
Treaty of the Danish West Indies underpants Jan 19 #40
What a jackass catbyte Jan 19 #41
Sure it wasn't the onion? Dan Jan 19 #42
Sadly, no it wasn't. WestMichRad Jan 19 #49
The Pisswig will declare dweller Jan 19 #47
Does he really not know that Norway doesn't actually give out the prize? That it is the... Ol Janx Spirit Jan 19 #51
Very well crafted, written, and with facts too. Botany Jan 19 #57
For the most part, no. But that doesn't mean they don't exist and that other people... Ol Janx Spirit Jan 19 #64
However some facts are treated as if they are just mere inconveniences or thatbscience doesn't matter. Botany Jan 19 #66
True that. Some facts are just too inconvenient to address head-on for many people. Ol Janx Spirit Jan 19 #69
This fucker is straight-up warmongerer. His "peace" crap is all bullshit. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 19 #53
hem AllaN01Bear Jan 19 #54
criminey i hope he didnt sign OUR name to that thing!!!! samnsara Jan 19 #55
the only proper response would be to send this link to the white house Oliver Bolliver Butt Jan 19 #59
A REPLY Jimvanhise Jan 19 #60
#rump's hilarious impression of James Austin Johnson deserves an emmy William Seger Jan 19 #68
MaddowBlog-Trump connects his Greenland crusade to his failure to win a Nobel Peace Prize LetMyPeopleVote Jan 19 #70
YAWN..more diversion. EPSTEIN FILES....EPSTEIN FILES....EPSTEIN FILES...EPSTEIN FILES Bengus81 Jan 19 #71
Give him the moondust Jan 19 #73
End the madnes! Clouds Passing Jan 19 #74
Is this why he's putting together his "board of peace..." ananda Jan 19 #75
The original version... Pluvious Jan 19 #80
This was easy to see coming misanthrope Jan 19 #82
THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT - YOU MADE ME DO THIS!!!!! Marie Marie Jan 19 #88
How does this end? xuplate Jan 19 #89
Come on, Big Macs! Initech Jan 19 #94
He's fucking Satan. mdbl Jan 19 #93
Is that an adjective or a verb? The Madcap Jan 19 #103
Dude should be permanently banned for life from the Nobel Committee for this. Initech Jan 19 #95
I have a solution... AntiFascist Jan 19 #96
Norway should contact WH staff, ask them to confirm if this is authentic, while expressing strong doubts that it is. eppur_se_muova Jan 19 #97
Dear Mr. Trump stillspkg Jan 19 #99
He's getting crazier and crazier. He'd not going to get better; he's not going to stay the same, he's going to get Fil1957 Jan 19 #101
We are an international embarrassment. BigDemVoter Jan 19 #104
His dementia is becoming sooo obvious. With nuclear codes..... Evolve Dammit Jan 19 #106
He's not going to get Olympic gold either. Sneederbunk Jan 19 #110
Ladies and Gentlemen! I present to you THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! Kablooie Jan 19 #111
He's an embarrassment, as is the Republican party that spawned, supports and defends him... Beartracks Jan 19 #113
MaddowBlog-Trump's weird letter to Norway's prime minister renews 25th Amendment talk LetMyPeopleVote Jan 20 #114
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