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Orrex

(66,668 posts) Tue Dec 9, 2025, 07:18 AM Dec 9

Is he dead yet?

Concussion from head hitting the table when he abruptly nods off during another cabinet meeting?

Felled by aggressive cancer after judge overturns windmill ban?

Stabbed in the jugular with a pen possibly belonging to a female reporter tired of his bullshit?

Just fucking died already for literally any reason at all?

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Is he dead yet? (Original Post) Orrex Dec 9 OP

Sadly, not yet, but the fortunate event is likely to occur soon SheltieLover Dec 9 #1

He has access to the best health care in the world Buckeyeblue Dec 9 #12

Not soon enough. surfered Dec 9 #20

Not until we see this Coldwater Dec 9 #2

I have been pondering... Hugin Dec 9 #3

It's interesting to note... GiqueCee Dec 9 #9

I have recently seen both episodes... Hugin Dec 9 #13

I'd forgotten about the water skis... GiqueCee Dec 9 #14

While I was watching... Hugin Dec 9 #17

Henry had been a water skiing instructor at a summer camp when niyad Dec 9 #26

Oh, how I yearn for the day... GiqueCee Dec 9 #4

Now would be good surfered Dec 9 #5

I'm stealing this malaise Dec 9 #7

🙏 surfered Dec 9 #10

That is better than I could do. Bravo. twodogsbarking Dec 9 #11

lol... Coldwater Dec 9 #18

Good one! Joinfortmill Dec 9 #24

No but malaise Dec 9 #6

Fell asleep in a staff meeting. Rather than wake him they let him sleep. After 3 days they realized, twodogsbarking Dec 9 #8

Bwaaaah malaise Dec 9 #15

Alas, my bottle of bubbly remains unopened. niyad Dec 9 #16

Soon, my champagne is losing patience 🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾 surfered Dec 9 #19

Alas , niyad, time passes Gordcanuck Dec 9 #22

I am on my third bottle these days. Actually, I keep two chilled. A split niyad Dec 9 #27

Please check it everyday for bluestarone Dec 9 #30

Thank you, I will do that. niyad Dec 9 #31

He will die on a national holiday! Wonder Why Dec 9 #21

No, but I keep praying....TickTock. Joinfortmill Dec 9 #23

"when he nods off for the last time..." hlthe2b Dec 9 #25

'Shuffling off this mortal coil': Analysis sees signs that Trump knows the end is near LetMyPeopleVote Dec 9 #28

Rumors of his pending death are greatly increasing Blue Owl Dec 9 #29

Chunk of Venezuelan fishing boat goes airborne, flies many miles Wicked Blue Dec 9 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author HeartsCanHope Dec 10 #33

SheltieLover

(76,717 posts)

1. Sadly, not yet, but the fortunate event is likely to occur soon

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 07:21 AM

Dec 9

Buckeyeblue

(6,190 posts)

12. He has access to the best health care in the world

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:13 AM

Dec 9

My guess is that they can keep him alive and semi functional for a long time.

surfered

(11,462 posts)

20. Not soon enough.

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:57 AM

Dec 9

Coldwater

(919 posts)

2. Not until we see this

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 07:33 AM

Dec 9

Hugin

(37,417 posts)

3. I have been pondering...

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 07:44 AM

Dec 9

When exactly during this second imposition was the first time he jumped the shark? I know there have been many, but there’s always a first.

For the first imposition, I’d say it was the lies about the inaugural attendance.

(Apologies to The Fonz.)

GiqueCee

(3,396 posts)

9. It's interesting to note...

Reply to Hugin (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:09 AM

Dec 9

... that through the 10 years that Happy Days was on the air, Henry Winkler (AKA Arthur Fonzerelli) never actually learned to ride a motorcycle. Or so legend has it.
WInkler's comparatively diminutive stature would have made it hard to muscle around a 500-pound Harley on a sound stage, though the series-shattering scene that gave us the phrase, "jumped the shark", was a location shot, as I recall.

Hugin

(37,417 posts)

13. I have recently seen both episodes...

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:17 AM

Dec 9

The original where The Fonz jumps a number of upright 55 gallon drums. The bike he’s shown riding is a smaller bike. It looked relatively stock too.

The shark jumping was on waterskis. It was a location shot in an area used quite often in the era.

GiqueCee

(3,396 posts)

14. I'd forgotten about the water skis...

Reply to Hugin (Reply #13)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:22 AM

Dec 9

... but the stuntman earned his shekels on both days!

Hugin

(37,417 posts)

17. While I was watching...

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:43 AM

Dec 9

All I could think of is how miserable it must’ve been to wear a wet leather jacket.

niyad

(129,505 posts)

26. Henry had been a water skiing instructor at a summer camp when

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 09:54 AM

Dec 9

he was younger. With the exception of the actual moment over the shark, it wwas Henry. Who, by the way, is an absolute hoot in an interview. And his biography is interesting. He is a severe dyslexic.

GiqueCee

(3,396 posts)

4. Oh, how I yearn for the day...

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 07:59 AM

Dec 9

... when the answer to your title question is... YES!

surfered

(11,462 posts)

5. Now would be good

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:03 AM

Dec 9

malaise

(292,679 posts)

7. I'm stealing this

Reply to surfered (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:08 AM

Dec 9

surfered

(11,462 posts)

10. 🙏

Reply to malaise (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:10 AM

Dec 9

twodogsbarking

(17,569 posts)

11. That is better than I could do. Bravo.

Reply to malaise (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:11 AM

Dec 9

Coldwater

(919 posts)

18. lol...

Reply to malaise (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:45 AM

Dec 9

Joinfortmill

(20,032 posts)

24. Good one!

Reply to surfered (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 09:11 AM

Dec 9

malaise

(292,679 posts)

6. No but

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:07 AM

Dec 9

They say he’s getting weaker
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220855309

twodogsbarking

(17,569 posts)

8. Fell asleep in a staff meeting. Rather than wake him they let him sleep. After 3 days they realized,

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:09 AM

Dec 9

that is was PARTY TIME!!

malaise

(292,679 posts)

15. Bwaaaah

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:23 AM

Dec 9

😂😂😂😫😫

niyad

(129,505 posts)

16. Alas, my bottle of bubbly remains unopened.

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:37 AM

Dec 9

Still, the day is yet young. One dares to dream.

surfered

(11,462 posts)

19. Soon, my champagne is losing patience 🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾

Reply to niyad (Reply #16)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:56 AM

Dec 9

Gordcanuck

(150 posts)

22. Alas , niyad, time passes

Reply to niyad (Reply #16)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 09:04 AM

Dec 9

but he doesn’t. So drink up, drown your sorrow over his persistence, and get another bottle in readiness!

niyad

(129,505 posts)

27. I am on my third bottle these days. Actually, I keep two chilled. A split

Reply to Gordcanuck (Reply #22)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:02 AM

Dec 9

just for me, as soon as I hear the news. A regular one for the celebration at a friend's house immediately thereafter.

bluestarone

(21,138 posts)

30. Please check it everyday for

Reply to niyad (Reply #16)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:31 AM

Dec 9

Maybe new bubbles floating around. THAT would be a good sign.

niyad

(129,505 posts)

31. Thank you, I will do that.

Reply to bluestarone (Reply #30)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:34 AM

Dec 9

Wonder Why

(6,548 posts)

21. He will die on a national holiday!

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:59 AM

Dec 9

Joinfortmill

(20,032 posts)

23. No, but I keep praying....TickTock.

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 09:06 AM

Dec 9

hlthe2b

(112,793 posts)

25. "when he nods off for the last time..."

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 09:49 AM

Dec 9

"Then wake me!"

LetMyPeopleVote

(174,820 posts)

28. 'Shuffling off this mortal coil': Analysis sees signs that Trump knows the end is near

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:12 AM

Dec 9

trump is not well

Tick tock, mofo. We need a Merry Xmas, a Happy Hanukah & a Kickass Kwanzaa. Do us & the world a favor. DO go ____ly into that bad night. Think of the ratings!

'Shuffling off this mortal coil': Analysis sees signs that Trump knows the end is near

www.rawstory.com/trump-mortal...
— ScruffyR (@scruffyr.bsky.social) 2025-12-09T14:40:03.642Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mortality-2674381659/

President Donald Trump has been sending signals that his health is fading — and he's losing his grip on power, according to an analyst.

The 79-year-old president has been dozing off in public meetings and showing other signs of diminished health, including mysterious bruising on his hand and swollen ankles. Foreign policy analyst David Rothkopf told The Daily Beast Podcast that Trump seemed aware of his eventual demise.

“They actually are serious issues because they are evidence that Donald Trump is at the end of his story,” Rothkopf said. “They are signs to the world that this is not a vigorous person. This is not a person whose biography is about their future. It’s about their past, and everybody can see that in Washington.”.....

Rothkopf also highlighted the president's increasingly frequent moves to rename institutions and buildings after himself — such as the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Kennedy Center — as another indicator that Trump is thinking about his legacy as his life comes to a close.

“If you’re watching his Band-Aids and you’re watching his cankles, the number of things he wants to name after himself, I think, is a good indicator of how ill he thinks he is, because this is just him looking for some legacy,” Rothkopf said. “It’s just him saying, ‘Well, that could make me immortal.’ Because I think he realizes that he is shuffling off this mortal coil sooner rather than later.”