Comments on: Donald Trump proves he's not half orangutan, demands $5 million from Bill Maher

By: Leeroy Berlin

Leeroy Berlin — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:58:00 +0000

Not to drink, but to threaten unwelcome guests with I presume.

By: His Shadow

His Shadow — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 19:37:00 +0000

I accepted his offer and he owes me $ 5 million

Nice try, but no one owns Trump a fucking dime. Some charity is owed 5 mil. But then Trump’s favourite charity is Trump.

By: BillStewart2012

BillStewart2012 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:20:00 +0000

Don’t say the M-word anywhere near the Librarian.

By: BillStewart2012

BillStewart2012 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:18:00 +0000

The biggest threat to orangutans is habitat destruction from palm oil plantations in Indonesia. You can help by not buying products that include palm oil. Some of the most common are
- ramen noodles (almost all of them use palm oil, because it’s cheap and saturated; the ones that don’t are mostly non-fried ramen or sometimes canola.)
- “no-stir” peanut butter (most of that uses palm oil, though some uses other oils.)
- Nutella (sigh… some of its competitors use other oils.)
- Girl Scout cookies

There is responsibly harvested palm oil, mostly from Africa, but the Asian market.

By: BostonSteve

BostonSteve — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:18:00 +0000

Love the Donald…..these charities will benefit nicely once the lawsuit is settled.

By: pringleflicker

pringleflicker — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:32:00 +0000

Another Brit here.

“He bought himself a winery here in Virginia and put his name on the wine. Like anyone is going to want to drink anything with his name on it.”

Since reading that, I’d like to own a bottle of Trump Wine.

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:11:00 +0000

”Aliens!”

By: Frank W

Frank W — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:26:00 +0000

No, give it to the Orangutan Fund!

http://www.orangutan.org/

By: phuzz

phuzz — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:19:00 +0000

In UK slang, ‘trump’ is another word for fart.
eg “did you just trump?”
Just thought I’d add that to the discussion.

By: bryan rasmussen

bryan rasmussen — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:43:00 +0000

What if his mother is half orangutan and his father is half orangutan?

also, if Maher offered to donate $5 million to the charity of Trump’s choice then Trump doesn’t get to say: ” I accepted his offer and he owes me $ 5 million dollars which I am going to give to charity”
All he should be able to do is to tell Maher the address/name/banking details of the charity and Maher donates the money – after determining it’s not just a secret slush fund for quarter orangutan/humanish hybrids.

In fact it seems likely to me that given the wording Maher used it is still Maher that can deduct the money from his taxes.

By: Eric Raskin

Eric Raskin — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:50:00 +0000

Bill gave obama 1 million , now he has to pay up

By: IconoclastTwo

IconoclastTwo — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 05:03:00 +0000

The transcript for that will be giving comedians gold for years…

By: Petzl

Petzl — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:30:00 +0000

I’d rather the money go to the Human Fund.

By: Petzl

Petzl — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:25:00 +0000

You can’t explain that.

By: Marc45

Marc45 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:59:00 +0000

This won’t go to a court of law, only the court of public opinion and we are a very fickle bunch!

By: pjcamp

pjcamp — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:05:00 +0000

We need to see the long form.

By: pjcamp

pjcamp — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:05:00 +0000

Also, that only means a human male was standing there when he was squirted out, not when he was squirted in.

By: glittalogik

glittalogik — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:02:00 +0000

Donald doesn’t need a court case to make himself look good, he’d do far better with a hairdresser.

By: Gregory Free

Gregory Free — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1350807/How-humans-97-orangutans-New-research-shows-DNA-matches.html

Orangutans are 97% human…

By: Gregory Free

Gregory Free — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:57:00 +0000

Okay here is an idea: Get the wonderful people on boing boing and reddit to flash sabbatage google images and wikipedia and equate Donald with an Orangutan, providing more proof that is needed for Bill’s case. I can’t wait for this one to play out.

By: iCowboy

iCowboy — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:56:00 +0000

The birth certificate doesn’t mention the father’s species – only his name. And Fred is a perfectly good name for an orang utan.

By: dethbird

dethbird — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:02:00 +0000

Maybe he’s not half orangutan but can he prove he’s not half orange?

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:53:00 +0000

Oh, he’ll accept THIS challenge, but not Colbert’s challenge to let him dip his testicles in Donald Trump’s mouth.

WHAT IS HE HIDING?

By: lafave

lafave — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:34:00 +0000

There was no offer nor was there mutuality of intent. There was no contract.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:30:00 +0000

To be fair, oral contracts are normal and enforceable in the entertainment industry, so it’s not quite as crazy as it would be in a different business setting.

By: Deidzoeb

Deidzoeb — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:21:00 +0000

Also his businesses have gone bankrupt more times than you’d expect from a business wizard.

By: amarx

amarx — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:17:00 +0000

Donald Trump also offered $5 million to Tyler Perry: http://hollywoodandswine.com/donald-trump-offers-5-million-to-tyler-perry-for-proof-he-can-write-a-good-screenplay/

By: Mordicai

Mordicai — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:11:00 +0000

I mean, that doesn’t exactly make Maher a genius. Sort of a bully, picking on the half-orangutan!

By: lafave

lafave — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:01:00 +0000

While making a public statement about filing a lawsuit is not the same as actually filing said lawsuit. In this instance, if the lawyer actually files a claim for breach of contract, he is arguably in violation of the New York Bar ethics rules:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/ny/code/NY_CODE.HTM#7-102%28a%29%281%29

By: max00

max00 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:47:00 +0000

I imagine he focuses on not breaking any laws while doing what ever Trump tells him to (in contrast to trying to act like some kind of reasonable person).

(And so would lots of people if they had the opportunity)