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Post by happyhoix on Jul 14, 2016 6:55:13 GMT -5
Christ, what a big baby! Now Trump wants Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign because "she was mean to me!" He's like a giant toddler in so many ways. Evidently you have forgotten the way SC Judges operate. They keep quiet and never show their biases in public. They only screw the people they hate when they have a case in front of them with that person involved. I'm not aware of any formal rule that states they are not allowed to express a political opinion in public, it's just been the historical habit of the SC justices to generally refrain from it, although there have been some, along the way, who haven't always followed that pattern.
She isn't out on the campaign trail for Hillary. She just expressed alarm in public at the prospect of a Trump presidency. First amendment rights and all that.
Of course Trump thinks she should quit. Trump can't tolerate the thought that any human being has a negative opinion of him - those that dare to express one need to be killed, but fired is a close enough second.
Good thing the POTUS doesn't get to order people to have their heads chopped off; should Trump become the POTUS he'd be like Lewis Carroll's Queen of Hearts.
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Post by Opti on Jul 14, 2016 7:12:07 GMT -5
Technically I don't. It's still not a photoshopped image of a political figure. The rule is in place so that the forum isn't cluttered up with photos of Hillary Clinton kissing a monkey, Donald Trump shaking hands with David Duke, Bernie Sanders holding a gun to his head, etc., etc. I didn't make the rule. I try to enforce it as consistently as possible, and Paul's photo of Donald Trump eating photoshopped tears, standing next to a cereal box with a photoshopped name, is a photoshopped image of a political figure. Animated images where a public figure is made to look spastic, etc. through frame cuts are also off-limits. Possibly-fake political ads (such as the "law the and order" ad posted by Paul earlier) are borderline. Two bumper stickers on a car doesn't qualify. Neither do political cartoons, real-life gag photos, photos of a candidate with a weird expression on his/her face, or photoshopped images where no political figure appears (e.g. a picture of a scientist holding a dead spider monkey photoshopped to look like Donald Trump's hairpiece.) It is a photo shopped image of a politician. There is no way she authorized the use of that photo and I find nowhere that bumper sticker is even for sale. The only place I found it, it was presented without comment.
So if you say the reality is the board is OK with photo shopped images of politicians with any text as long as it does not distort their facial features, then I see that as a slight policy change. Yes its kind of funny, but no there's no way that is an authorized photo therefore it had to be umm taken ala photo shop in order to be used.
ETA: The bumper sticker for Sanders is real and can be purchased so I don't have a problem with that one.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 14, 2016 7:13:29 GMT -5
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 14, 2016 7:18:34 GMT -5
Technically I don't. It's still not a photoshopped image of a political figure. The rule is in place so that the forum isn't cluttered up with photos of Hillary Clinton kissing a monkey, Donald Trump shaking hands with David Duke, Bernie Sanders holding a gun to his head, etc., etc. I didn't make the rule. I try to enforce it as consistently as possible, and Paul's photo of Donald Trump eating photoshopped tears, standing next to a cereal box with a photoshopped name, is a photoshopped image of a political figure. Animated images where a public figure is made to look spastic, etc. through frame cuts are also off-limits. Possibly-fake political ads (such as the "law the and order" ad posted by Paul earlier) are borderline. Two bumper stickers on a car doesn't qualify. Neither do political cartoons, real-life gag photos, photos of a candidate with a weird expression on his/her face, or photoshopped images where no political figure appears (e.g. a picture of a scientist holding a dead spider monkey photoshopped to look like Donald Trump's hairpiece.) It is a photo shopped image of a politician. There is no way she authorized the use of that photo and I find nowhere that bumper sticker is even for sale. The only place I found it, it was presented without comment.
So if you say the reality is the board is OK with photo shopped images of politicians with any text as long as it does not distort their facial features, then I see that as a slight policy change. Yes its kind of funny, but no there's no way that is an authorized photo therefore it had to be umm taken ala photo shop in order to be used.
Because you can't find it for sale it is photo shopped? Ever hear of anyone going to a sign maker and tell them I have this quote and I want a bumper sticker or a sign, and print one up for me? In fact, it makes me want to go out and have a local sign maker make a batch for me, and hand it out in the neighborhood right now!
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 14, 2016 7:20:34 GMT -5
Opt4FT, Speaking of photo shopped items, I do not see you complaining about post 3711
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Post by Opti on Jul 14, 2016 7:23:31 GMT -5
It is a photo shopped image of a politician. There is no way she authorized the use of that photo and I find nowhere that bumper sticker is even for sale. The only place I found it, it was presented without comment.
So if you say the reality is the board is OK with photo shopped images of politicians with any text as long as it does not distort their facial features, then I see that as a slight policy change. Yes its kind of funny, but no there's no way that is an authorized photo therefore it had to be umm taken ala photo shop in order to be used.
Because you can't find it for sale it is photo shopped? Ever hear of anyone going to a sign maker and tell them I have this quote and I want a bumper sticker or a sign, and print one up for me? In fact, it makes me want to go out and have a local sign maker make a batch for me, and hand it out in the neighborhood right now! Its an unauthorized use of a photo of Clinton. Do you think they just nicely cut it out of a paper image of Clinton?
It was taken electronically, in fact the only place that "bumper sticker" might exist is in little electronic bits. Perhaps on that vehicle there was another bumper sticker that someone electronically replaced with what is posted. There are some also unauthorized ones on Café Press that are anti Hillary for sale. That is not one of them.
FWIW, I've had greeting cards made. No printer prints just one of something like that. A minimum order would likely be 100 stickers if not more. Signs are different, usually because they charge much more for one.
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Post by Opti on Jul 14, 2016 7:27:42 GMT -5
Opt4FT, Speaking of photo shopped items, I do not see you complaining about post 3711 Correct. I'm trying to get clarity as to what is allowed and what is not. I find it interesting that right after wiping out the Donald eating tears cereal with a fork, Virgil posts a photo shopped image of Hillary on a non existent bumper sticker. So I want to know where the line is, or where it is today. Is this considered the equivalent of a meme or is it considered more like Donald and the cereal?
The timing of Virgil's post really struck me.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 14, 2016 7:32:55 GMT -5
Opt4FT, Speaking of photo shopped items, I do not see you complaining about post 3711 Correct. I'm trying to get clarity as to what is allowed and what is not. I find it interesting that right after wiping out the Donald eating tears cereal with a fork, Virgil posts a photo shopped image of Hillary on a non existent bumper sticker. So I want to know where the line is, or where it is today. Is this considered the equivalent of a meme or is it considered more like Donald and the cereal?
The timing of Virgil's post really struck me.
LOL, I am not sure which side made the cereal photo shop picture. It works well for both sides! Post 3711 is definitely photo shopped images
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Post by Opti on Jul 14, 2016 7:47:02 GMT -5
Right post 3711 contains photo shopped images because interestingly that's how the link posted. I did not post it as an image, I failed to grab a post-able link for the Donald hair one so I gave up and posted the link.
I did not choose for it to post that way. Not sure if that was PB or the link that made that determination. But maybe I will delete later.
When we post Memes we all know it is real pics with unauthorized wording. If doctored other things are allowed like this sticker, it will be harder to know what's legit and what's not. It would be obvious the guinea pig image I wanted to post is fake, i.e. created with photo shop or similar. Virgil seems to think this is a real sticker and that concerns me.
It might be regional, but most cars that have Bernie stickers on them here have them for other causes. A Bernie supporter wouldn't waste car space like that when it could hold things like "Corporations are not People" and pro people and animal bumper stickers.
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Post by Opti on Jul 14, 2016 7:50:57 GMT -5
A little too orderly, but this is close to what I see on cars with Bernie stickers-
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 14, 2016 7:54:00 GMT -5
It might be regional, but most cars that have Bernie stickers on them here have them for other causes. A Bernie supporter wouldn't waste car space like that when it could hold things like "Corporations are not People" and pro people and animal bumper stickers. Republicans are cautious with bumper sticker space. They save it to go after Democrats or maybe have a NRA sticker Even eight years with Obama/Biden stickers on the road (man do they look worn out) Democrats were sparingly light with other causes. A few save the World or This is a Union family, sticker but for the most part absent of most causes. Bernie fans were all over the board with causes.
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Post by Opti on Jul 14, 2016 8:01:44 GMT -5
It might be regional, but most cars that have Bernie stickers on them here have them for other causes. A Bernie supporter wouldn't waste car space like that when it could hold things like "Corporations are not People" and pro people and animal bumper stickers. Republicans are cautious with bumper sticker space. They save it to go after Democrats or maybe have a NRA sticker Even eight years with Obama/Biden stickers on the road (man do they look worn out) Democrats were sparingly light with other causes. A few save the World or This is a Union family, sticker but for the most part absent of most causes. Bernie fans were all over the board with causes. I think its wise not to think in Republican/Democrat terms especially this year. Trump supporters and Bernie supporters both seem to be somewhat sticker happy. Around here, I've yet to see a Hillary sticker on a car.
Bernie appeals to those who were 60s radicals or have a similar mindset. While they might think something similar to what was posted, they would never display that, or the more likely intention - 'if we can't fix it, let's get Trump to destroy it now". Neither Trump nor Sanders is a true party person, so don't expect their supporters to be either.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 14, 2016 8:12:04 GMT -5
PB hates my guinea pig image. Will it post this time or not?
Go to edit your post. When you do, you will see the following in the url address: 'site blocked due to malware/'
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Post by Opti on Jul 14, 2016 8:15:34 GMT -5
PB hates my guinea pig image. Will it post this time or not?
Go to edit this post. When you do, you will see the following in the url address: 'site blocked due to malware/' The image does not show up at all. So no, I did not see that. But makes sense if they are all infected. Could only find a couple that were jpg and not on Pinterest.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 14, 2016 8:19:18 GMT -5
Go to edit this post. When you do, you will see the following in the url address: 'site blocked due to malware/' The image does not show up at all. So no, I did not see that. But makes sense if they are all infected. Could only find a couple that were jpg and not on Pinterest. I meant to write edit your post, the one where the picture is not showing. Look at the url and you will find the malware quote I posted.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 14, 2016 8:22:01 GMT -5
In the mean time, here is one with a guinea pig.
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Post by Opti on Jul 14, 2016 8:24:09 GMT -5
The image does not show up at all. So no, I did not see that. But makes sense if they are all infected. Could only find a couple that were jpg and not on Pinterest. I meant to write edit your post, the one where the picture is not showing. Look at the url and you will find the malware quote I posted. Maybe its my browser or OS, but when I use the edit button to edit the post, all I see is the text. No URL, just blank space.
Kapisch?
ETA: Tenn thanks for posting the Meme, I've deleted my post. FWIW, when I edited the post that had the Pinterest URL, it just said something to the effect of Pinterest place holder, image will post here.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 14, 2016 8:31:14 GMT -5
Opti-this is what your url address looked like. I am taking out the http part of the address so it does not try and post a picture.
//site blocked due to malware/-vqLHLnnmXpQ/VmdbkvPHCdI/AAAAAAAAMPw/CF6obK0uRIo/s1600/Donald-Trump-hair-meme.jpg
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Post by Opti on Jul 14, 2016 8:33:36 GMT -5
OK, thanks.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 14, 2016 11:31:46 GMT -5
No "I'm a victim and they're picking on me" is solely in Trump's purview. Even when addressing BLM, he said he feels their pain, because "the system is rigged against me, too!" What a douche! Everything that happens on the planet is somehow all about him.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jul 14, 2016 16:12:14 GMT -5
I am Hillary, hear me roar- I'm even crazier than Al Gore...
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jul 14, 2016 16:12:51 GMT -5
No "I'm a victim and they're picking on me" is solely in Trump's purview. Even when addressing BLM, he said he feels their pain, because "the system is rigged against me, too!" What a douche! Everything that happens on the planet is somehow all about him. I guess you've never heard of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy?
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 14, 2016 16:38:39 GMT -5
I am Hillary, hear me roar- I'm even crazier than Al Gore... Is this another of your original expressions that you are going to sell to the Republican party? If yes,don't. It's old. The original from 1993 was "I am Hillary, hear me roar, I'm more important than Al Gore." Her Own Woman
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 14, 2016 19:44:21 GMT -5
not too keen on that article. it is big on making a case that this is a global problem, but it doesn't spend any time analyzing it. there are, of course, explanations for all of this stuff. and they are pretty obvious. it is a pity they didn't say so. Trump offers ZERO solutions to those problems, for the record. but the fact that the problems are not discussed in an intelligent way means that Trump and others like him can offer their absurd "solutions" to a public thirsty to hear them, even when they will exacerbate the problems.
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Post by Opti on Jul 14, 2016 21:19:18 GMT -5
I am Hillary, hear me roar- I'm even crazier than Al Gore... Is this another of your original expressions that you are going to sell to the Republican party? If yes,don't. It's old. The original from 1993 was "I am Hillary, hear me roar, I'm more important than Al Gore." Her Own WomanIts a wonder the woman never went postal and took out a talk show host or two.
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 15, 2016 7:15:26 GMT -5
So I saw who is coming to the big Trump fest convention, and there are some big GOP names missing.
None of the three Bushes are coming. Kaisch isn't coming, even though the convention is in Ohio. Rubio is staying home. Lindsey Graham is out, and so is McCain, who is staying home to campaign for re-election.
Plus a whole group of lesser GOP stars, as well as a whole bunch of GOP operatives.
www.cbsnews.com/news/the-low-down-on-republicans-avoiding-the-convention-in-cleveland/
I don't blame them for staying home. A Trump presidency can only end in disaster. My bet is Trump will hand out administration jobs to a whole slew of his cronies/family members and they will immediately swamp the capital with illegal dealings and/or incompetency, while Trump ends up spending much of his time fending of charges of complicity (and impeachment proceedings) - that's if he doesn't spark a major international incident and plunge us into a global war first.
That's why you have so many of the GOP party faithful steering clear of the Trump fest. They may not go so far as to speak out against Trump, but they want to be able to have clean hands when the whole thing goes into the shitter and they have to rebuild their party.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 15, 2016 7:23:55 GMT -5
So I saw who is coming to the big Trump fest convention, and there are some big GOP names missing.
None of the three Bushes are coming. Kaisch isn't coming, even though the convention is in Ohio. Rubio is staying home. Lindsey Graham is out, and so is McCain, who is staying home to campaign for re-election.
Plus a whole group of lesser GOP stars, as well as a whole bunch of GOP operatives.
www.cbsnews.com/news/the-low-down-on-republicans-avoiding-the-convention-in-cleveland/
I don't blame them for staying home. A Trump presidency can only end in disaster. My bet is Trump will hand out administration jobs to a whole slew of his cronies/family members and they will immediately swamp the capital with illegal dealings and/or incompetency, while Trump ends up spending much of his time fending of charges of complicity (and impeachment proceedings) - that's if he doesn't spark a major international incident and plunge us into a global war first.
That's why you have so many of the GOP party faithful steering clear of the Trump fest. They may not go so far as to speak out against Trump, but they want to be able to have clean hands when the whole thing goes into the shitter and they have to rebuild their party.
You do not get it. The remnants of the Silent Majority and their next generation have taken their party back from the liberal wing. Only today, we are no longer silent. We are mad as Hell, and not going to take it any more.
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