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Politics - Episode 9: The Lurking Fear

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Old thread here.

Fortune favors the bald.

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    The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.

    Abomination!

    But he is not a crook!

    I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"*

     

    *If you can't tell, it's you. ;)

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    Trump's new director of communications, Scaramucci, is an...interesting fellow, to say the least.

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    Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved - indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.

    Trump's new director of communications, Scaramucci, is an...interesting fellow, to say the least.

     

    He's going to be hugely popular with the Trump supporters. No doubt about his public speaking abilities. Spicer was like a pinwheel that you could tell which direction he was spinning. I fear mucci you'll know everything is being spun bit it's hard to tell which way, without the proper knowledge of the subject. He's gonna peddle a lot of bull****, I can see it now.

     

    Trump's new director of communications, Scaramucci, is an...interesting fellow, to say the least.

     

    He's going to be hugely popular with the Trump supporters. No doubt about his public speaking abilities. Spicer was like a pinwheel that you could tell which direction he was spinning. I fear mucci you'll know everything is being spun bit it's hard to tell which way, without the proper knowledge of the subject. He's gonna peddle a lot of bull****, I can see it now.

     

    Sarah H. Sanders is going to be the WH Press Secretary though, not Scaramucci.

     

     

    Trump's new director of communications, Scaramucci, is an...interesting fellow, to say the least.

     

    He's going to be hugely popular with the Trump supporters. No doubt about his public speaking abilities. Spicer was like a pinwheel that you could tell which direction he was spinning. I fear mucci you'll know everything is being spun bit it's hard to tell which way, without the proper knowledge of the subject. He's gonna peddle a lot of bull****, I can see it now.

     

    Sarah H. Sanders is going to be the WH Press Secretary though, not Scaramucci.

     

     

    That's right, I keep forgetting there are two positions. Regardless he brings extra slime to the swamp...

    "Democrats' motto should be "We hate America and we're doing everything we can to destroy it!"."

     

    "That's the republicans"

     

    Funny how you people genuinely say that :p Don't you find that a bit... bold?

     

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    "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before"

    Thomas Sowell

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    Libertarian entry should be them whining about having their taxes go to something that doesn't directly concern them, well or beating off to how they made themselves with no outside help whatsoever, really.

    Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

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    That's the Republicans, not Democrats :p

    No, the Republican motto is "We're dumb as rocks, and we do whatever our corporate masters tell us."

    "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan

    Someone had to write it for them.

    "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan

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    The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.

    I like Kushner but my verdict is definitely uncertain on Scaramucci ....he is nauseatingly obsequious to Trump but that may be part of his strategy to generally rebuild a better relationship with the media. In other words he has to pay the constant public homage to Trump that is expected from all Trump supporters  but he will work behind the scenes to create a more robust and constructive working environment from the White House around communication strategy   

    "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss”

    John Milton 

    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -  George Bernard Shaw

    "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela

     

     

     

     

    That's the Republicans, not Democrats :p

    No, the Republican motto is "We're dumb as rocks, and we do whatever our corporate masters tell us."

     

    Isn't that to long of a motto for dumb as a rock party?

     

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/24/poland-president-to-veto-controversial-laws-amid-protests

     

    Sharp_one whats wrong with your ruling party? Why do some members of your government think they should have the right to appoint members of the supreme court and judiciary....this was an unacceptable expectation that was set and would never be tolerated in a Democratic institution like the EU

     

    Well your president has prudently vetoed, I dont think he  wanted to but he had no choice,  these proposed laws. I imagine you must be feeling very embarrassed by what your government tried to do? 

    "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss”

    John Milton 

    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -  George Bernard Shaw

    "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela

     

     

     

     

     

     

    That's the Republicans, not Democrats :p

    No, the Republican motto is "We're dumb as rocks, and we do whatever our corporate masters tell us."

     

    Isn't that to long of a motto for dumb as a rock party?

     

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/24/poland-president-to-veto-controversial-laws-amid-protests

     

    Sharp_one whats wrong with your ruling party? Why do some members of your government think they should have the right to appoint members of the supreme court and judiciary....this was an unacceptable expectation that was set and would never be tolerated in a Democratic institution like the EU

     

    Well your president has prudently vetoed, I dont think he  wanted to but he had no choice,  these proposed laws. I imagine you must be feeling very embarrassed by what your government tried to do? 

     

    EU cannot do jack, because to do anything they would need consensus of all the countries and Visegrad group would never allow to do anything to one of it's members.

    Polish ruling party as all socialistic parties just want more power for themselves and less for everybody else.

    President could of course just sign those, what do you mean he had no choice? He was widely criticizes for signing everything his party sent to him. That's why it was such a shocker home and abroad he did those two vetoes. 

    Personally I think it was due to his private conversation with Donald Trump.

     

    There were thousands of people who took to the street in protest, I imagine the signing of these new laws would have been very bad for the popularity of the ruling party in the next election. So Andrzej Duda’s decision was about political expediency and survival rather than he cares personally if these laws are reasonable 

     

     

    I do think Trump influenced this decision in some ways but the concern about populism sweeping through the world in Democratic countries is not much of a worry to me anymore. We can see from the local elections in Austria, Netherlands and France that the majority of people in the EU dont support this 

    "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss”

    John Milton 

    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -  George Bernard Shaw

    "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela

     

     

    I bet Nixon rolled over in his grave when Trump dropped the possibility of a self pardon. "Why didn't I think of that?"

     

    For the last two weeks I've paid 0 attention to politics, or even national news for that matter. Yes it's because I had something else on my mind but still. I must admit... I didn't miss it. And it appears I didn't miss much either.

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    "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before"

    Thomas Sowell

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    I bet Nixon rolled over in his grave when Trump dropped the possibility of a self pardon. "Why didn't I think of that?"

     

    For the last two weeks I've paid 0 attention to politics, or even national news for that matter. Yes it's because I had something else on my mind but still. I must admit... I didn't miss it. And it appears I didn't miss much either.

     

    Nixon and his lawyers actually looked at that a couple days before he resigned and decided they couldn't.

    Trump wants Sessions out. I actually support Sessions a lot more than Trump.

     

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    Looks like it's over for him anyway.

     

    Edit: Also it was Trump's big mouth that got him Mueller, not Sessions:

     

    https://twitter.com/kausmickey/status/889799520481034240

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    "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan

    Trump wants Sessions out. I actually support Sessions a lot more than Trump.

     

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    Looks like it's over for him anyway.

     

    Edit: Also it was Trump's big mouth that got him Mueller, not Sessions:

     

    https://twitter.com/kausmickey/status/889799520481034240

     

    WOD I have never  considered you a hardcore Trump supporter, there arent any on this forum but I do value your opinion as someone who represents the US in more conservative circles from a Republican perspective

     

    You seem to be more critical or frustrated with Trump, what has he done or not done that has shaped your opinion lately on him?

     

     

    My view on Trump since he became president has improved but I am primarily  concerned with US  foreign policy. I am constantly surprised how the Trump strategy domestically just seems to be so counterproductive ....there are several things he does that surprise and or frustrate me as they not necessary 

     

    For example, why do his supporters have to always make these sycophantic comments about him being " the best or the greatest at everything ...yes apparently he likes his surrogates to support him in that way but to me it just comes across as insecure and false 

    "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss”

    John Milton 

    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -  George Bernard Shaw

    "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela

     

     

    You seem to be more critical or frustrated with Trump, what has he done or not done that has shaped your opinion lately on him?

    This thing with Sessions got me upset. But more generally Trump's lack of self control or judgment.

    "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan

    Where has this John McCain been the last 20 years?

     

    https://youtu.be/Nyy6SPmbqJo

    "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before"

    Thomas Sowell

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    One has to just love surprise laws.

    I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene"

    Funny how the alt-right nutjobs are just as much obsessed with these things as the libruhls are. Why can't they both just shut up?

    No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.

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