# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 19, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2023-05-19T03:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 45
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/881 "2023-07-17T23:15:48Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > callousness cowlessness ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/882 "2023-07-17T23:26:42Z")
Why a ladder? Why not AN ESCALATOR?! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/883 "2023-07-17T23:29:57Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > I’m going to go all skeptic here and say I don’t believe this. Nobody has ever said anything like that. Nobody is that stupid, possibly not even Trump. I have no idea what the backstory is. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUh6xVoXIAAbePB.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUh6xVoXIAAbePB.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/884 "2023-07-17T23:31:59Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > In the case of Trump, what can’t be attributed to Stupidity can be attributed to callousness. A random thought: it is a merciful thing, and perhaps evidence that there is a God, that Trump considers it beneath his dignity to have a dog. Were it otherwise, that poor thing would be the most mistreated canine in existence. It would try, as dogs do, to show affection and loyalty, and would receive none in return. It would receive neither affection nor training, and would have ketchup-laded dishes thrown at it for perceived offenses that it didn’t even understand – which would be the least of its problems. While all of the above is literally true, it can also be taken as a parable of what it must be like living in the world of the Orange Shitstain. > [@running\_coach](#): > > I have no idea what the backstory is. Does the backstory involve Photoshop? ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/885 "2023-07-17T23:37:24Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Does the backstory involve Photoshop? I sure hope so, that would be terrifying for the poor cow if real. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/886 "2023-07-18T00:10:07Z")
Maybe a flood? During Tropical Storm Allison (summer 2001), thousands of laboratory animals in the Texas Medical Center died when floodwaters inundated basement floors of several buildings. One cow survived by being led up two flights of stairs and temporarily stashed in a women’s lavatory. > **[How A Houston Hospital Stays Afloat During Extreme Weather](https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/10/02/houston-hospital-weathers-storm)** > > A Houston hospital system knows how to stay afloat during Tropical Depression Imelda thanks to hard lessons learned during past storms. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/887 "2023-07-18T00:34:51Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > So instead of ladders, how about we put parachutes on the cows and toss them over the wall using a catapult or Trebuchet? “Cowapult”. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/888 "2023-07-18T00:38:37Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Why a ladder? > > Why not AN ESCALATOR?! Why not an ESCOWLATOR? ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/889 "2023-07-18T00:42:33Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > “Cowapult”. Cattlepult. Or a bullista. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/890 "2023-07-18T01:09:26Z")
Tre-moo-chet ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/891 "2023-07-18T01:11:17Z")
Or Trebullchet (not to be confused with a Treblechet, used to fling piccolos and other similar musical instruments). ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/892 "2023-07-18T01:12:45Z")
Cowabungee ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/893 "2023-07-18T01:44:54Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > You mean the guy who wanted to buy Greenland, and thought injecting bleach would cure Covid? Let’s be fair; he’s also the guy who wanted to nuke hurricanes. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/894 "2023-07-18T01:55:55Z")
> Wow! Twenty new posts to the Schadenfreude thread! I’ll bet there are _dozens_ of news items and insightful comments… - - Me, hoping for some schadenfreude news to be able to cope. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/895 "2023-07-18T02:05:24Z")
Here you go. (Gift link.) > **[Georgia Supreme Court Rejects Trump Effort to Quash Investigation](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/georgia-supreme-court-trump-investigation.html?unlocked_article_code=mAfK6P11mWFST_O3aPSRznc9aVIaDJ5YeoWlCmGK_o6-UrexSLe6uS6ZHyYsPefDxz2MAjiP5UtjOd95r1GhkIdoLBsCHd52gp70k1mKx1Xbkp_2p9lDLmRLES1Exs-_7oSvNBAfDVei3bN_GtDRwfPCYKZ8hPn1umBw7yiz74zKytXHVZi5u4M-3tHytPp7lP4rTmkL1TVst2eNJW7cxT5DLyXbbL7ViUTPTwVge5YWgCuVwBVIEmdjqugbn7_C_sYPhF3Qp-ogBCFAcM096uKAne6X0AkeJO0o5kITdBRLG4Or_5PpXB564cJidgDoVMYpxoMkrO_iqzJeGalKdOCaybBmvwgFWgX25gwOjQ&smid=url-share)** > > With indictment decisions imminent, the court refused to scuttle an investigation into whether the former president and his allies interfered in the 2020 election. And they did it in record time, too. I haven’t yet read the ruling, but I understand it is scathing. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/896 "2023-07-18T02:09:10Z")
[Ruling ruling ruling!](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23879263-georgia-supreme-court-opinion-trump-v-willis-et-al) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/897 "2023-07-18T02:14:45Z")
Thank ya!! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/898 "2023-07-18T02:17:27Z")
I just read through it. IANAL, but it appears to me to say that the Georgia Supreme Court isn’t the right spot to air their demands, but even if it were, the reasons aren’t valid. One of the requests from the Trump team was to disqualify Fani Willis, but: > And, with regard to Petitioner’s request to disqualify Willis from representing any party in any and all proceedings involving him, we note only that Petitioner has not presented in his original petition either the facts or the law necessary to mandate Willis’s disqualification by this Court at this time on this record. So, like most of his blather, Trump once again is missing both the facts and the law. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/899 "2023-07-18T04:31:26Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > As my wife frequently says (quoting _Hill Street Blues_) “Cows have no _down_ genes” . Wow, someone else remembers that episode? I think I even remember what happened to the cow. Dropped from a helicopter, wasn’t it? ETA: Frequently? I want to be in a world where I have frequent occasions to use that quote. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/900 "2023-07-18T04:50:29Z")
I remember the cop, Renko?, talking to the TV camera, describing how they;d got a bellyband under the cow _"But then it just started buckin’ and mooin’ "_ and in the background there was a big sheeted figure on the hood of the crushed car. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=46)