The Political Quinceañera Thread

[ShadySands]

I thought HuffPo too but it's page rank is a little lower but similar to Breitbart and it's not as far left as BB is right. At least according to the bias stuff I posted a while back.

But yeah, I guess that'd be the closest though still not a good equivalent

I guess it's not surprising though as that study showed that the right gets it's news from less places than the left which of course means that the left is spread out between more sites.

And Salon while further left isn't even close in traffic

Edited January 31, 2018 by ShadySands

[injurai]

Funny enough, Andrew Breitbart is behind both sites.

[smjjames]

The Hill is news paper, owned by registered republicans 

 

If it is owned by Republicans, it's pretty neutral, though sometimes it seems like they have a slightly Democrat bent. They do cater to both sides with opinion pieces.

[Valsuelm]

HuffPo probably has a similar reach to Breitbart. Actually probably even broader.

 

For what Alexa is worth, it says that Breitbart is actually quite a bit more visited than Huffpo these days.

 

That of course may change, and again.... for what Alexa, a company owned by Amazon, is worth....

[injurai]

I'll bite. Tell me about Amazon.

[Valsuelm]

The Hill is news paper, owned by registered republicans 

 

Would it be better if it was owned by registered Democrats?

 

Would it be better if it was owned by unregistered Republicans? Unregisted Democrats?

 

What about if it was owned by someone registered 'Independent'? Or unregistered?

 

Would it be better if it was owned by a business magnate mostly only interested in gaining more power, who buys and sells all of the aforementioned regularly to get what they want?

 

Or would a foreign business magnate up to the same be better?

Edited January 31, 2018 by Valsuelm

[Valsuelm]

I'll bite. Tell me about Amazon.

 

Lots to be said there.

 

It's an online retailer, principally owned and run by Jeff Bezos.

 

If you're really interested in Amazon, I suggest getting really interested in Jeff Bezos.

 

Also, understand how the market works, it's history, and the impact of online retailing on the marketplace. Understanding how Jeff Bezos became the reported 'wealthiest person in the world', is of no small import, if one wants to learn about Amazon.

[smjjames]

He was responding to HoonDing that it wasn't some liberal far-left wing thingy. Also, are you guys spelling prietprat correctly? It doesn't show up in wikipedia.

[injurai]

I was more interested in how the reputation that proceeds it casts concerns over Alexa's reporting.

 

I feel Amazon's brutal market operations would attempt to offer accurate services to anyone who would constitute a bidder.

[smjjames]

Actually, google says it's prietpraat and it's Dutch or something.

[Malcador]

Feel sorry for the Politifact guy trying to fact check this speech.

 

Okay, apparently one change to the ROE is the US will no longer tell its enemies its plans. Didn't think they did that.

 

Hm, wonder when soldiers started being called warriors.

[smjjames]

 

Hm, wonder when soldiers started being called warriors.

 

Since always?

[Malcador]

Don't really recall it that much in speeches and such, at least before 9/11. Then again, probably a sampling thing as post 9/11 the US loves uniforms more than before, I guess, heh.

 

Interesting anecdote about the guy who got run over by a train and whose family had to eat dirt under the NK == Bad people section.

[SonicMage117]

In my opinion, it was definitely one of the better speeches within the last 10 years that American presidents had given. It was funny to see everyone clapping and standing except for one group of people who were visibly grinding their teeth. Lemme guess, those were the only people with "sense"? Lol

 

I think the president did well to show legitimate compassion for vets and families who have lost someone. I was saddened to be in the right to think "Oh boy, it's only a matter of time before some angry democrats start commenting on a youtube video saying that Trump and his cabinet hired actors" which happened as soon as the videos uploaded.

 

Also, gotta credit the first lady who was clearly trolling nay-sayers such as Sarah Beachamp by faking being uncomfortable/sad and then laughing about it afterwards..

 

If you don't know what I'm talking about, here is the video of the Sarah Beauchamp interview the night before:

 

https://youtu.be/cjo-d8jvkOA

 

The democratic response... well, looks like non-Trump supporters are angrier than ever because our president gave a good speech and hit on some important topics with some statistically valued facts. I understand that democrats want him to fail and are pointing out every little thing as desperation is calling them to but at least he extended his hand to democrats and is doing so in an effort of relievibg them from fear. Republicans on the other hand seem happy again but appears they have a new democratic problem to deal with, now if we can just force republicans hands to our side, maybe things would go much smoother for us all. I don't know.

 

Were you happy with the speech or no?

[Pidesco]

Trump certainly has improved on his ability to read from a teleprompter over the past year.

[HoonDing]

State of the Union: its a ****hole *drops mic*

[Guard Dog]

I was very pleased by what I saw last night. Very pleased indeed. The folks I like were cheering the and rest were sitting on their hands grinding their teeth. It was definitely compelling TV. It was very exciting. Matheson, Dadonov, Yandle, and Huberdeau all scored goals. Harri Sateri stopped 32 shots and got his first NHL win in goal and the Panthers beat the Islanders 4-1.

[BruceVC]

I was very pleased by what I saw last night. Very pleased indeed. The folks I like were cheering the and rest were sitting on their hands grinding their teeth. It was definitely compelling TV. It was very exciting. Matheson, Dadonov, Yandle, and Huberdeau all scored goals. Harri Sateri stopped 32 shots and got his first NHL win in goal and the Panthers beat the Islanders 4-1.

But is it normal for people to clap and cheer over literally every comment a president makes...I cant recall if thats normal to other State of the Unions I have seen?

[Guard Dog]

 

I was very pleased by what I saw last night. Very pleased indeed. The folks I like were cheering the and rest were sitting on their hands grinding their teeth. It was definitely compelling TV. It was very exciting. Matheson, Dadonov, Yandle, and Huberdeau all scored goals. Harri Sateri stopped 32 shots and got his first NHL win in goal and the Panthers beat the Islanders 4-1.

But is it normal for people to clap and cheer over literally every comment a president makes...I cant recall if thats normal to other State of the Unions I have seen?

 

I wasn't kidding when I called it political theater. That isn't new. It's been that way as long as I can remember. The first one of those I remember watching was Gerald Ford in '75. He's obligated to nothing he said in that speech. And if he was a Democrat and said essentially the same things the Dems would be cheering and Republicans stone faced. It's a farce.

[Raithe]

Trump's state of the union speech causes fact-checking website to crash

 

 

A fact-checking website crashed as scores of people checked the accuracy of Donald Trump's State of the Union speech.

 

PolitiFact, which is owned by the non-profit Poynter Institute and run from a reporting team at the Tampa Bay Times, experienced issues after people flooded to the site to check the US President was delivering the correct information.

 

The non-partisan website cited high traffic numbers as the cause of the issue in a post on Twitter which read: "Welp ... our website just crashed. Thanks for reading ?!!? We'll keep things up here on Twitter while we see what happened."

 

During Mr Trump’s speech on Tuesday, the site rated his statements on a spectrum that ranged from “mostly true” to “pants on fire” wrong.

[BruceVC]

http://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/31/politics/nunes-memo-law-enforcement/index.html

 

Guys this type of misleading misinformation potentially released by some in the GOP should concern all of us....

[SonicMage117]

Oh... CNN.

 

Edit: Nevermind

Edited January 31, 2018 by SonicMage117

[Malcador]

In my opinion, it was definitely one of the better speeches within the last 10 years that American presidents had given. It was funny to see everyone clapping and standing except for one group of people who were visibly grinding their teeth. Lemme guess, those were the only people with "sense"? Lol

 

I think the president did well to show legitimate compassion for vets and families who have lost someone. I was saddened to be in the right to think "Oh boy, it's only a matter of time before some angry democrats start commenting on a youtube video saying that Trump and his cabinet hired actors" which happened as soon as the videos uploaded.

 

Also, gotta credit the first lady who was clearly trolling nay-sayers such as Sarah Beachamp by faking being uncomfortable/sad and then laughing about it afterwards..

 

If you don't know what I'm talking about, here is the video of the Sarah Beauchamp interview the night before:

 

https://youtu.be/cjo-d8jvkOA

 

The democratic response... well, looks like non-Trump supporters are angrier than ever because our president gave a good speech and hit on some important topics with some statistically valued facts. I understand that democrats want him to fail and are pointing out every little thing as desperation is calling them to but at least he extended his hand to democrats and is doing so in an effort of relievibg them from fear. Republicans on the other hand seem happy again but appears they have a new democratic problem to deal with, now if we can just force republicans hands to our side, maybe things would go much smoother for us all. I don't know.

 

Were you happy with the speech or no?

You must not watch many speeches. Funny post though.

[injurai]

[SonicMage117]

You must not watch many speeches. Funny post though.

I'd ask what makes you come up with such an assumption but I would just be pretending I cared. So for now I'll just agree with you, nodding my head on this side of the screen.

Edited January 31, 2018 by SonicMage117