# Trump trying to rush approval for firing squads for federal executions **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 28, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626 "2020-11-28T00:06:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/81 "2020-12-11T03:40:11Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Wondering if a good execution for 45 Cents would be to jaunt him. What does this mean? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/82 "2020-12-11T03:51:44Z")
Thank you . I am puzzled too. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/83 "2020-12-11T04:35:03Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > What does this mean? > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Thank you . I am puzzled too. Apologies - the jaunt reference is from this Stephen King short story: [The Jaunt - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jaunt) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/84 "2020-12-11T06:19:57Z")
That hack _flat out stole that_ from _The Stars My Destination_ a science fiction novel by American writer Alfred Bester published in 1956, 25 years before. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/85 "2020-12-11T06:28:31Z")
Oh. TIL. Will check out. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/86 "2020-12-11T11:42:28Z")
It’s very, very good, a classic that has earned that reputation and yet remains a blast to read. I also very much enjoy Bester’s _Demolished Man._ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/87 "2020-12-11T15:44:02Z")
King doesn’t clam to have invented the concept. I think it’s a great short story. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/88 "2020-12-11T16:21:38Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Apologies - the jaunt reference is from this Stephen King short story: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Jaunt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jaunt) I’m glad you came back to explain. I’d simply assumed you’d been dictating your typing and between voice to text & auto-spell correct, silliness had ensued. I had never heard of any of these stories before. Good to learn about. And to your original post, I agree withthe ETA. To T, almost eternity with nothing to give orders to and nothing to fawn at him would be Hellish. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/89 "2020-12-11T16:35:44Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > That hack _flat out stole that_ from _The Stars My Destination_ a science fiction novel by American writer Alfred Bester published in 1956, 25 years before. King didn’t “steal” anything, except possibly the single word “jaunt” as a descriptor for teleportation. The major plot point and ending of King’s _The Jaunt_ has nothing to do with Bester’s novel. Anyway, a total digression here so I’m done. I enjoyed King’s short story. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/90 "2020-12-11T16:48:27Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > Obviously this is time well spent for trump. No other pressing issues (cough_coronavirus_cough) that need to be dealt with or anything. Couldn’t possibly work to just put a moratorium on federal executions and work on promoting a bill for corona relief. Nope. /sarcasm Yes, this is just Trump being Trump – ever obsessed with the death penalty, even for the innocent. He still refuses to acknowledge that his full-page ads taken out in 1989 calling for the execution of the Central Park Five was a horrific mistake, even after they were fully exonerated and awarded $41 million in compensation by the City of New York. Trump’s reasoning is that from the looks of them, they were definitely guilty of _something_, even if not this particular crime. Truly, the man is a prince, not to mention a master of jurisprudence and philosophy. 🙄 > **[Trump still refuses to admit he was wrong about the Central Park 5](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/18/18684217/trump-central-park-5-netflix)** > > "You have people on both sides of that." ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/91 "2020-12-11T17:00:55Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > He still refuses to acknowledge that his full-page ads taken out in 1989 calling for the execution of the Central Park Five was a horrific mistake, even after they were fully exonerated Even when asked about it again when Don Jr said, seemingly defending Kyle Rittenhouse’s actions in Kenosha, ‘we all do stupid things when we’re 17’. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/92 "2020-12-11T18:19:22Z")
Did he give credit to Bester? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/93 "2020-12-11T18:55:09Z")
Yes, according to the [Wiki article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jaunt) that was linked earlier: > The term “Jaunting” is stated within the short story to be an homage to _[The Stars My Destination](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars_My_Destination)_ , a science fiction novel by [Alfred Bester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bester). So use of the term was an acknowledged tribute, rather than a steal. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/94 "2020-12-11T19:05:41Z")
Ok, then I apologize to Mr King. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/95 "2020-12-12T05:56:32Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > [Trump]: “You have people on both sides of that.” Just like in Charlottesville… and Omaha Beach. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/96 "2020-12-13T07:17:06Z")
Say what you will about the guillotine, it’s really cutting-edge technology. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/97 "2020-12-13T07:36:30Z")
Go and stand in the corner. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/98 "2020-12-13T08:37:05Z")
chop chop! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/99 "2020-12-13T15:22:40Z")
You Sir, should be cut from this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/100 "2020-12-13T17:22:47Z")
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