# Surprises coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces Party **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 12, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166 "2024-11-12T19:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 157
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3121 "2025-04-30T14:14:25Z")
You know, all these years later, I remembered that first Jimmy the Greek quote, but either missed or forgot that second one. Just blech. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3122 "2025-04-30T14:20:59Z")
> [@](#): > > What country before ever existed a century and half without a rebellion? Hmmm. Civil war was 1860. A century and a half later is 2010. I guess we’re overdue. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3123 "2025-04-30T14:22:20Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > You know, all these years later, I remembered that first Jimmy the Greek quote, but either missed or forgot that second one. Just blech. I should have included the third part of Synder’s quote instead of snipping, which may help explain part of the fervent anti-DEI agenda that Trump is so set on: > 1. “They’ve [blacks] got everything. If they take over coaching like everybody wants them to, there’s not going to be anything left for the white people. I mean, all the players are black. I mean, the only thing that the whites control is the coaching jobs.” ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3124 "2025-04-30T15:39:11Z")
Gah. Well, you sent me down a rabbit hole. On top of all that, Frank Deford offering a kind of explanation/apology where in my opinion none is needed. > Frank Deford sympathetically noted that Jimmy often tried to sound more educated than he actually was and that his comments were basically him trying to make a point about a subject on which he knew nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3125 "2025-04-30T15:58:49Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Trump got involved in the NFL draft last weekend, supposedly on the behalf of Shedeur Sanders, a Colorado QB, drama prince son of Deion Sanders. It didn’t work out well for Sanders. From the article: > [@](#): > > **Did Trump have anything to do with the Browns finally picking Sanders?** > > Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, says so. Maybe she’s got her tongue in her cheek, or maybe not. Depends on which “cheek” we’re talking about. And where her head is rammed at the time. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Streetwise…good genes…my god. Yeah, I flagged that too. Yeesh. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3126 "2025-04-30T16:00:54Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > him trying to make a point about a subject on which he knew nothing. Sounds like every trump speech, interview, soundbite, press conference, rally… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3127 "2025-04-30T18:49:13Z")
Fun article, but this had me rolling… _…he managed good numbers at Colorado despite playing behind a porous offensive line that may as well have constituted an OSHA violation._ 😆 ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3128 "2025-05-02T00:28:37Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > despite playing behind a porous offensive line As we say around here, the Sanders guys are all hat and no cattle. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3129 "2025-05-02T04:05:43Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Trump chooses not to use the word “genocide” for the atrocities of the Ottoman Empire against Armenians. You’re making me defend Trump, which is not great. But singling him out here is a bit dubious. Not using the word “genocide” about the Armenian genocide is a failing that could be levelled against many, many world leaders that I suspect most of us here would otherwise respect. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3130 "2025-05-02T05:55:11Z")
WaPo story about Hamilton MT, a rural town whose county voted 69% for Trump. It’s also the home of Rocky Mountain Laboratories and the Bitterroot National Forest, both of which have had layoffs and likely will have more. Now they’re begging the NIH and USDA to reverse those layoffs. Good luck with that. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/01/hamilton-montana-federal-government-job-cuts/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/01/hamilton-montana-federal-government-job-cuts/) Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a gift link for this. Probably because I canceled my subscription, even though the subscription still has a few months more on it. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3131 "2025-05-02T09:06:18Z")
Yesterday I saw on the TV a group of miners from Morgantown, WV upset that mine safety and black lung screening where on the chopping block. Just because Trump is pro-coal doesn’t mean he’s pro coal _miner_ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3132 "2025-05-02T09:29:50Z")
I mean, he promised to bring coal jobs back in 2016 and then all he did was cut mining safety standards which resulted in a jump in the number of mining deaths. But _this time_… ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3133 "2025-05-02T09:33:04Z")
Well, if coal miners die then you’ll need to hire new people to do the work so I _guess_ you could call that “more jobs”? Because look - they’re hiring! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3134 "2025-05-02T09:39:10Z")
[Hey, it worked for Britain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBHHFnUqo5o). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3135 "2025-05-02T11:38:18Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > WaPo story about Hamilton MT, a rural town whose county voted 69% for Trump. It’s also the home of Rocky Mountain Laboratories and the Bitterroot National Forest, both of which have had layoffs and likely will have more. Now they’re begging the NIH and USDA to reverse those layoffs. Good luck with that. > > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/01/hamilton-montana-federal-government-job-cuts/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/01/hamilton-montana-federal-government-job-cuts/) > > Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a gift link for this. Here ya go- gift link: # “A small Montana town has thrived on federal jobs. Now come Trump’s cuts.” [https://wapo.st/4lVV11l](https://wapo.st/4lVV11l) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3136 "2025-05-02T11:40:42Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a gift link for this. Probably because I canceled my subscription, even though the subscription still has a few months more on it. Here’s a link to another story about it, based on the WaPo article: > **[Anti-government MAGAs in rural Montana shocked to find their finances rely on...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/1/2319916/-Anti-government-MAGAs-in-rural-Montana-shocked-to-find-their-finances-rely-on-the-federal-government?utm_campaign=trending)** > > Montana town votes for DOGE. Immediately regrets it. If ignorance is bliss, then the people of Hamilton, MT, should be blissful. But they aren't. They voted for Trump. They got Trump. Now, they are shocked to discover that Trump is doing exactly... ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3137 "2025-05-02T11:49:42Z")
I’m going fly fishing in Montana next month. The guide I use is further to the left than I am and he hates Montanans. I suspect we’ll catch fish and laugh and laugh about stories like this. > **[Trump Tariffs Hit Montana’s Canadian Tourism Hard](https://kyssfm.com/ixp/108/p/trump-tariffs-hit-montanas-canadian-tourism-hard/)** > > Less tourists, fewer tips, fewer Canadians asking if you take “funny money.” [https://www.kulr8.com/features/ag-report/cattle-country-concerned-about-retaliatory-tariffs/video\_bad6eb68-f7c1-55ef-ab2a-8473856fd52a.html](https://www.kulr8.com/features/ag-report/cattle-country-concerned-about-retaliatory-tariffs/video_bad6eb68-f7c1-55ef-ab2a-8473856fd52a.html) ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3138 "2025-05-02T12:57:30Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > WaPo story about Hamilton MT, a rural town whose county voted 69% for Trump. It’s also the home of Rocky Mountain Laboratories and the Bitterroot National Forest, both of which have had layoffs and likely will have more. Now they’re begging the NIH and USDA to reverse those layoffs. Good luck with that. I think I see part of the reason why [Rocky Mountain Laboratories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Laboratories) may be targeted: > **Rocky Mountain Laboratories** (RML) is part of the [NIH Intramural Research Program](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIH_Intramural_Research_Program) and is located in [Hamilton, Montana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton,_Montana). Operated by the [National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Allergy_and_Infectious_Diseases), RML conducts research on maximum containment pathogens such as [Ebola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola) as well as research on [prions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion) and intracellular pathogens such as _[Coxiella burnetii](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxiella_burnetii)_ and _[Francisella tularensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisella_tularensis)_ .[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Laboratories#cite_note-nih2-2)[[3]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Laboratories#cite_note-nih3-3)[[4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Laboratories#cite_note-nih4-4) RML operates one of the few [Biosafety level 4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosafety_level_4) laboratories in the United States, as well as [Biosafety level 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosafety_level_3) and ABSL3/4 laboratories.[[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Laboratories#cite_note-nih5-5) RML is guilty of at least two sins: 1) it’s part of NIAID, which was run by Fauci, whom both Trump and RFK, Jr. despise, and 2) it studies infectious diseases, which RFK, Jr. doesn’t think need researching. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3139 "2025-05-02T22:45:18Z")
Oh dear, fast fashion is now threatened. (One person who I know will be impacted by this is actually left-leaning; she buys clothes like this so she can look nice at work and not worry about expensive clothes being ruined by exposure to hair dye.) > **[Temu to stop selling goods from China directly to US customers](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy79j2n7d4o)** > > The online marketplace says it will move to a "local fulfillment model" in the US, with sales handled by locally based sellers. Also, I thought it was pronounced “TEEE-MOO,” but I just learned on the news that it’s “TIM-oo.” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3140 "2025-05-03T03:47:35Z")
I’ve been buying Shein and some Temu for years. I too am poor and wanted to look nice for work. ISTM that moving to a local fulfillment model will put an end to the affordability and lose most of it’s appeal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=156) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=158)