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The Trump Presidency 14

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Fast Eddie B said:
Straight?*

More than almost anything in the world I would love to see the "stable genius" that paints others as "low IQ" actually take an IQ test.


*Still up with the misspelling 3 hours later.
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A common misspelling of a homophone is less indicative of poor intelligence than misapplication of capitalization, I feel. One is a simple error of word choice, the other indicates a lack of awareness of a fundamental rule of written English and suggests aliteracy because only unfamiliarity with written English could explain the persistence of the mistake.
 
JoeMorgue said:
Is there really any "apolitical" sphere of social discourse at this point?

I thought "Oh look it's a picture of a cute kitten.... and people are arguing politics in the comment section" was so well established it had reached meme level at this point.
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That kitten favors the Hyde Amendment, signed a petition to let gays into the Boy Scouts, and you only find it cute because the patriarchal culture in which you were raised brainwashed you with its conceptions of acceptable beauty. You should be ashamed of yourself.
 
The Atheist said:
Now what would be really funny is if this thread's still going in 2025 as Ivanka starts her second term as President, succeeding daddy, of course.
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You think you're joking, don't you?
Ivanka and husband Jared Kushner agreed to join her father’s administration — against the advice of “almost everyone they knew” — in the hope that it would propel her into the presidency one day, according to “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.”
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https://nypost.com/2018/01/03/ivanka-wants-to-be-the-first-female-president/
 
TragicMonkey said:
Straight?*

More than almost anything in the world I would love to see the "stable genius" that paints others as "low IQ" actually take an IQ test.
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A common misspelling of a homophone is less indicative of poor intelligence than misapplication of capitalization, I feel. One is a simple error of word choice, the other indicates a lack of awareness of a fundamental rule of written English and suggests aliteracy because only unfamiliarity with written English could explain the persistence of the mistake.
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Personally I'm not even that concerned about mistakes with capitalization. After all, if you're tweeting on a smart phone, its easy to miss the shift key.

Frankly, I think there's more than enough to establish that Trump is an idiot from the actual content of his messages and his speeches, without worrying about "did he make a mistake with word choice/use of capitals/etc.".
 
Segnosaur said:
Personally I'm not even that concerned about mistakes with capitalization. After all, if you're tweeting on a smart phone, its easy to miss the shift key.

Frankly, I think there's more than enough to establish that Trump is an idiot from the actual content of his messages and his speeches, without worrying about "did he make a mistake with word choice/use of capitals/etc.".
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It's not a missing of the shift key though but a deliberate selection of it, as he chooses to capitalise words that don't need it.
 
Segnosaur said:
From: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/24/media/ravelry-trump-ban-scli-intl/index.html
Ravelry, a community site that allows users to share ideas about knitting and textile projects, said in a blog post Sunday that it will remove users if they express support for Trump on its forum, profile pages or any other content.

ETA: They included a statement that they are not taking a pro-democrat or anti-republican stance, but that it is specifically Trump (and his support of neo-nazis and other bigoted groups) that it is the issue.

You wouldn't think a site dedicated to such a non-political hobby to have a problem with Trumpers. (Anyone have access to the site? Do they have any sort of general discussion threads where politics were openly discussed? Or did things just sort of 'creep in'?)
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Yeah, it crept in.

You'd be amazed at some of the projects that were put up and some of the commentary in the section - a man can't locate a decent knitting pattern for mitts without some idiot throwing a swastika on it....

yes, I knit. Yes, some arse put up a pattern for scandanavian/Baltic mitts with frakking swastikas on them (and thankfully they were pulled down after less than a day).
 
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ChrisBFRPKY said:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/po...ot-given-final-approval-iran-strikes-n1020386

Here's the partial interview. The time mentioned was 30 minutes before the attack when he asked the "General" how many Iranians would be killed. The "General" replied "Sir I'll get back to you on that." So obviously he (the General) checked the current intelligence available and then gave Trump the 150 deaths number. At that point President Trump called it off as it was not proportional.

Keeping in mind no operation is allowed to proceed without the President's OK, no planes were in the air. My assessment is spot on according to the linked interview.

Do you think the US should have attacked Iran and killed 150 of their people over a lost drone? If not then like it or not you agree with President Trump.

Chris B.
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The general , if he took his oath of enlistment seriously, should have put a bullet into the space that a brain would occupy in an actual human.

Then two in the chest to make sure.

But we know there’s no heart there, so a wood chipper to finish the job.

Then the General would have earned a Medal of Honor.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

#KeepAmericaGreat
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I see that nobody was able to convince him that using the tagline from one of the films in the Purge horror franchise was a bad idea.
Especially considering that the film in question was about a Presidential candidate plotting to have his opponent murdered so the rich and powerful could hold onto power and continue to oppress and kill the poor.
 
Juniversal said:
If you believed i was defending Trump in any way, shape or form after reading my comments than I'm not sure you actually read my comments. Trump may be the worst President in my lifetime if not in the last 100 years. Point is Hilary is a mediocre candidate. I'm tired of "competent". The fact we're settling for merely "competent" is ridiculous...

"Not Trump" is not satisfactory for me... We're judging against a president that's borderline fascist.
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That HRC was a "mediocre candidate" is your opinion, and not one with which I agree. Not at all.

Your definition of 'competent' seems to be different than mine, too.

adjective: competent
1. having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully
1. (of a person) efficient and capable.
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I would love to have a president who meets the above definition. What more do you want in a president than to be efficient, capable, and successful as POTUS?
 
ChrisBFRPKY said:
"Nothing was green lighted until the very end because things change."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/po...ot-given-final-approval-iran-strikes-n1020386

You are making yourself look foolish.

Chris B.
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Are you seriously this confused or are you just digging your heels in because you can't admit Trump lied? There is no evidence whatsoever that the number of projected casualties changed between the time Trump was advised of them earlier in the day and 10 minutes before the attack was to begin. In fact, evidence supports that they did not:

One of the things his advisers discussed with him was the potential for a high Iranian body count. With the possible death toll made clear, the president approved the preparations for striking Iran.
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...Trump was given an estimated death toll long before he asked military officials for the count just a half-hour to spare before the strikes
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Another administration official said that while Trump had received the casualty assessment earlier that day, “he made the call when he internalized the severity of casualties.”
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Notice in the quote above, the word is "THE" casualty assessment, not "A". The admin official did not say he was given a NEW number, but that he called off the attack when he finally understood the severity.

Stop digging. You're making yourself look foolish.
 
Ethan Thane Athen said:
It's not a missing of the shift key though but a deliberate selection of it, as he chooses to capitalise words that don't need it.
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And it's also the strange use of scare quotes. Putting quotes around random words can give the wrong impression. For example...

Yes, of course I "showered" this morning.

See?
 
Juniversal said:
If you believed i was defending Trump in any way, shape or form after reading my comments than I'm not sure you actually read my comments. Trump may be the worst President in my lifetime if not in the last 100 years. Point is Hilary is a mediocre candidate. I'm tired of "competent". The fact we're settling for merely "competent" is ridiculous...

"Not Trump" is not satisfactory for me... We're judging against a president that's borderline fascist.
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Competent is good. A competent leader is one who steers the country through a period of boring prosperity. Great leaders only tend to appear in times of great crisis like civil wars, economic depressions or existential threats from enemies. Few people in Britain could name the prime minister in power when slavery was abolished here. However, a lot of us know that Abraham Lincoln was the President during the American Civil War. If you were an ordinary person of military age, or your son was, would you prefer our abolition process or yours? You had a great president at that time. We had competent or possibly incompetent prime ministers.

ETA I’m not saying Lincoln caused the Civil War only that the emergence of a great leader was a sign of very bad times.
 
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Monza said:
And it's also the strange use of scare quotes. Putting quotes around random words can give the wrong impression. For example...

Yes, of course I "showered" this morning.

See?
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Yeah, but did you "eat" the chicken?


...damn that really does work.
 
jeremyp said:
Competent is good. A competent leader is one who steers the country through a period of boring prosperity. Great leaders only tend to appear in times of great crisis like civil wars, economic depressions or existential threats from enemies. Few people in Britain could name the prime minister in power when slavery was abolished here. However, a lot of us know that Abraham Lincoln was the President during the American Civil War. If you were an ordinary person of military age, or your son was, would you prefer our abolition process or yours? You had a great president at that time. We had competent or possibly incompetent prime ministers.

ETA I’m not saying Lincoln caused the Civil War only that the emergence of a great leader was a sign of very bad times.
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I agree. There is a difference between a 'great' president (as Juniversal misquoted me) and an 'excellent' president (which is what I said), too.

Lincoln may have been a very lackluster president in a time of peace.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

I am pleased to announce the launch of (link: http://tmagac.winred.com) tmagac.winred.com. This new platform will allow my campaign and other Republicans to compete with the Democrats money machine. This has been a priority of mine and I’m pleased to share that it is up and running! #KeepAmericaGreat
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WinRed, eh?

Know what that brings to mind for most Australians? This.

Winnie Reds
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

I am pleased to announce the launch of (link: http://tmagac.winred.com) tmagac.winred.com. This new platform will allow my campaign and other Republicans to compete with the Democrats money machine. This has been a priority of mine and I’m pleased to share that it is up and running! #KeepAmericaGreat
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In past elections, the Republicans have benefited from big-money donors like the Koch brothers and the Mercers. And in many years, the Republicans get more contributions, for either Congress, the Presidency, or both.

Some of the big-money donors have decided to cut back on their support for the republicans this time around. I guess after 2 years of Stubby McBonespurs and The Turtle stumbling around Washington and getting very little accomplished (They did get a tax cut passed, but also have a trade war and a stock market that is currently floundering), and seeing the Democrats win control of the House in 2018, hopefully some of them will decide that the benefits to having the republicans in office just aren't worth it for them.

They want to compete with the Democrat's "money machine"? Get the GOP to stop supporting a racist in the white house who doesn't understand the concept of a 'tariff'.
 
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