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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 23, 2016 15:40:22 GMT -5
CLEVELAND - The notions that Donald Trump would make a typical presidential pivot, and that his divisive form of politics was merely a pose, lie dead on the convention floor in Cleveland. And it is now necessary to confront his unmasked contempt for American institutions. Far from being confused or opportunistic, Trump has a consistent, well-developed view of the universe and his (prominent) place within it. The world is in chaos. Our country is being infiltrated by child-murdering illegal immigrants and “massive . . . flows” of disloyal, unscreened refugees. American communities are overwhelmed by violence, impoverished by unfair trade and betrayed by politicians who refuse to “put America first.” The institutions that are supposed to defend us are dominated by special interests and rigged by elites. These claims are wrong, exaggerated or cherry-picked in nearly every respect. But the message resonates. A majority of Americans regard their country as being on the “wrong track” and have for some time. Conservative media and “breaking news”-driven cable networks reinforce this sense of decline and crisis. *** As someone involved in GOP politics during a previous professional life, the moment was surreal, then emotional. A party with a distinguished history, generally led by men and women of public spirit and decency, has embraced a demagogue who may be a genuine threat to American democracy. Trump is cultivating a state of panic to increase public tolerance for political risk — in this case, the risk of a candidate who is untested, unprepared, unstable and unfit. And the requisite sense of emergency is being created by populating American nightmares with migrants, refugees and Muslims. Standing on the convention floor, I could see what the face of American authoritarianism might look like. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/opinion-trump-is-cultivating-a-state-of-panic/ar-BBuID6y?li=BBuiSO9&ocid=spartanntp
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Post by resolution on Jul 23, 2016 21:46:16 GMT -5
David Duke has been inspired to return to politics.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0723/Why-former-KKK-leader-David-Duke-is-returning-to-politics
Former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke announced on Friday that he would run for a US Senate seat in Louisiana, pointing to the presidential campaign of Republican candidate Donald Trump as evidence that the national mood had swung in favor of policies he has long espoused.
“I believe my time has come,” he said, according to the Associated Press. “The people of this country, the patriotic, decent, God-fearing people of this country are now right with me.”
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 23, 2016 22:31:10 GMT -5
To continue a few quotes from resolution's link: "In February, Mr. Duke endorsed Mr. Trump, who for several days balked at issuing a public rejection of Duke's support, causing consternation from the national political mainstream. On Friday, just a day after the Republican Party handed Trump the presidential nomination, Duke sought to link his campaign’s themes to those emphasized by the real estate mogul, such as trade, military action abroad, and immigration.
I’m overjoyed to see Donald Trump and most Americans embrace most of the issues I’ve championed for years,” he said in a video.
Republican leaders in Louisiana issued a statement distancing the party from Duke, calling him a “hate-filled fraud” and saying they would “play an active role in opposing” his candidacy.
“David Duke’s history of hate marks a dark stain on Louisiana’s past and has no place in our current conversation,” Roger Villere, the GOP’s Louisiana chairman, said in the statement.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee echoed the sentiment, writing that Duke “will not have the support of the NRSC under any circumstance.”"Piggybacking on the Donald.
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Post by resolution on Jul 24, 2016 5:17:16 GMT -5
Yes I am sure that the Republican party is absolutely appalled that he is running again. This is exactly the element that they don't want to fit in the big tent.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 24, 2016 10:54:27 GMT -5
this has been going on for 60 years. both parties do it. Democrats are late to the game, tho. conservatives started it. neoconservatives, to be precise. Seriously? That's what you're gonna go with? "conservatives started it"? watch the video, Paul.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 24, 2016 11:00:15 GMT -5
The bottom line is this: Trump did exactly what he said he would do. He provided a true state of the union. It was accurate, and everyone knows it's accurate. www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jul/21/fact-checking-final-night-rncincle/politifact analyzed six Trump statements, and found ONE True (the trade deficit comment. not sure what Obama has to do with trade deficits. if you figure that one out, let me know). ONE other one was "Mostly true", they others were either half truths or mostly false, with the exception of the second amendment claim, which was rated false.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jul 24, 2016 12:00:15 GMT -5
The bottom line is this: Trump did exactly what he said he would do. He provided a true state of the union. It was accurate, and everyone knows it's accurate. www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jul/21/fact-checking-final-night-rncincle/politifact analyzed six Trump statements, and found ONE True (the trade deficit comment. not sure what Obama has to do with trade deficits. if you figure that one out, let me know). ONE other one was "Mostly true", they others were either half truths or mostly false, with the exception of the second amendment claim, which was rated false. Politifact still rates ObamaCare lies- admitted to by Johnathan Gruber- listed as "true" and the completely vindicated criticisms of ObamaCare rated as "false". Not just these, but many others- Politifact is not biased. Politifact is part of the Democratic party campaign apparatus. Just like the rest of the media- which now is no longer up for debate. Literally everything Donald Trump said is exactly right. Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in America's fifty largest cities. That's the largest increase in 25 years -- According to January Washington Post analysis that found homicides were up by 17 percent in 2015 over 2014, and that it indeed was the largest increase since 1990So let us stop right here-- I've only done ONE and already you have been proven wrong. In our nation's capital, killings have risen by 50 percent. They are up nearly 60% in nearby Baltimore. -- The same WaPo analysis cited show murders were up by 54.3 percent in Washington, D.C., and 58.5 percent in Baltimore in 2015 over 2014. Hmm, strange- what was it you said? "politifact analyzed six Trump statements, and found ONE True...). I'm not a math whiz, but last I checked THREE is more than ONE. Gee, I wonder why Politifact has so little credibility with anyone who actually gives a shit? In the President's hometown of Chicago, more than 2,000 people have been the victims of shootings this year alone. -- July 20, 2016- Chicago Tribune headline: More than 2,200 people shot in Chicago this year, 21 of them kids 13 and under -- That's four. More than enough to establish the fact that between Trump and Politict, we'll be believing Trump now. Moving on... The number of police officers killed in the line of duty has risen by almost 50% compared to this point last year -- OK, on this one admittedly Trump was wrong- way off, in fact. The actual figure is 68% - linkThe number of new illegal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year already exceeds the entire total from 2015. -- According to Border Patrol data, the number of families apprehended this fiscal year along the Southwestern border thus far (that is, starting in October 2015) is around 51,000. That is already over the nearly 40,000 apprehended during fiscal year 2015. Total apprehensions are also on pace to exceed their 2015 total, as well, according to these data. That's six. I'm stopping here. This is foolishness. Anyone that disputes this at this point is willfully ignorant. I found these facts in SECONDS on Google. Now, let's move on to the big picture. Trump gave an "Emperor has no clothes" speech. It was big, it was bold, and it was on point- both in describing the problems AND in proscribing solutions. The Democrat media coordination isn't working. As Laura Ingram stated: We're on to you! (speaking to the media). I mean this is PATHETIC:
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 24, 2016 12:05:24 GMT -5
Our Sunday paper had absolutely not one article on the editorial section or national news section that did not denigrate Republicans or Trump. Every article was a Democratic puff piece, on both the state and national level. The attacks have officially begun by media. Game on.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 17:46:23 GMT -5
Great source Paul... Loved this part especially... "Public safety has been improving for two decades, and lethal violence in large cities is still rare by historical standards. Twice as many people were killed in those 50 cities in 1991 as in 2015. "You certainly wouldn't want to say the sky is falling," said Darrel Stephens, executive director of the Major Cities Chiefs Association."
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 24, 2016 18:11:55 GMT -5
I mean this is PATHETIC: ... It really is, isn't it? More puppies and rainbows next time, Mr. Trump.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 24, 2016 18:28:32 GMT -5
The bottom line is this: Trump did exactly what he said he would do. He provided a true state of the union. It was accurate, and everyone knows it's accurate. www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jul/21/fact-checking-final-night-rncincle/politifact analyzed six Trump statements, and found ONE True (the trade deficit comment. not sure what Obama has to do with trade deficits. if you figure that one out, let me know). ONE other one was "Mostly true", they others were either half truths or mostly false, with the exception of the second amendment claim, which was rated false. Three are rated "True". Three are rated "Mostly True", two of which (re household incomes, re sanctuary cities) should be "True". Four are rated "Half True". One of these (re loss of manufacturing jobs) should be "True", two (re border-crossing families, re Syrian immigrants) should be "Mostly True". Two are rated "Mostly False", one of which (re Ms. Clinton's role in the ascent of ISIS) should be "Half True". One is rated "False" (re Ms. Clinton on the 2A), and it should be rated "Indeterminate". The bad news is that many of the ratings aren't accurate. The good news is that politifact.com gives the reasons why they rate claims the way they do, which allows for independent analysis.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 24, 2016 20:52:15 GMT -5
Now the Republicans are having hysterics about the Canadian border, since we're lifting the visa requirements for Mexican citizens. You should build a wall on the Canadian border. Mexico is furious about Trump's NAFTA speech, and say they'll be happy to do business with other countries, instead. Canada isn't too happy, either. We'll just sell our oil, and softwood lumber elsewhere. Furthermore, Trump has been banned by several countries. No soup for you! So, surround yourself with walls, don't do business with your allies, and become as isolationist as possible. Nothing in or out. Kind of like North Korea. Good luck with that. www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/07/02/canada-launching-point-illegal-entry-u-s/
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 25, 2016 7:40:08 GMT -5
I mean this is PATHETIC: ... It really is, isn't it? More puppies and rainbows next time, Mr. Trump. I find it interesting that Virgil and Paul were both predicting end times should Obama get elected four years ago.
Mass murder, international uprisings, people reduced to living in holes in the ground and grubbing up roots to gnaw on, cats and dogs having sex, etc etc.
Here we are, four years later, no longer in the great recession Obama inherited at the end of Bush's term, the stock market doing well despite all the economic upheavals occurring internationally, a big chunk of people who didn't have health insurance before now have it - we have lots of room to improve, but we're a far cry from gnawing on roots and cats and dogs having sex.
Now here we are again, poised between choosing Trump, who is the only thing standing between us and cannibalism and anarchy, or going with Hillary.
It's gotten to be like the Boy who called Wolf.
Or like the Princess Bride - I do not think electing Hillary means what you think it means.
So forgive me if I'm skeptical, and just a tad more optimistic about our ability to plow through difficult times.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 25, 2016 10:22:17 GMT -5
Now the Republicans are having hysterics about the Canadian border, since we're lifting the visa requirements for Mexican citizens. You should build a wall on the Canadian border. Mexico is furious about Trump's NAFTA speech, and say they'll be happy to do business with other countries, instead. Canada isn't too happy, either. We'll just sell our oil, and softwood lumber elsewhere. Furthermore, Trump has been banned by several countries. No soup for you! So, surround yourself with walls, don't do business with your allies, and become as isolationist as possible. Nothing in or out. Kind of like North Korea. Good luck with that. www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/07/02/canada-launching-point-illegal-entry-u-s/So Canada does not want them either, and sending them south!
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 25, 2016 10:27:02 GMT -5
It really is, isn't it? More puppies and rainbows next time, Mr. Trump. I find it interesting that Virgil and Paul were both predicting end times should Obama get elected four years ago.
Mass murder, international uprisings, people reduced to living in holes in the ground and grubbing up roots to gnaw on, cats and dogs having sex, etc etc.
Here we are, four years later, no longer in the great recession Obama inherited at the end of Bush's term, the stock market doing well despite all the economic upheavals occurring internationally, a big chunk of people who didn't have health insurance before now have it - we have lots of room to improve, but we're a far cry from gnawing on roots and cats and dogs having sex.
Now here we are again, poised between choosing Trump, who is the only thing standing between us and cannibalism and anarchy, or going with Hillary.
It's gotten to be like the Boy who called Wolf.
Or like the Princess Bride - I do not think electing Hillary means what you think it means.
So forgive me if I'm skeptical, and just a tad more optimistic about our ability to plow through difficult times. First of all, I've predicted nothing "should Obama get elected". I've never once made a prediction contingent on the outcome of a US federal election. Hence your first statement is false. Secondly, what does "mass murder, international uprisings, people reduced to living in holes in the ground" even mean here? Be specific. Do me the service of quoting me and linking to my posts. There have indeed been mass murders, international uprisings, and people reduced to living in holes in the the ground during the past four years. You do me wrong by ignoring the specificity and scope of the predictions I make. Thirdly, by any objective, holistic measure, the state of your economy is worse than it was four years ago. You've piled on trillions in new debt. Your unfunded liabilities are trillions more in the red. Your GDP growth has averaged 2%, falling year over year, and the vast majority of this is increased healthcare spending. Median wages have dropped. Wealth inequality has risen. The Fed hasn't raised interest rates more than a quarter of one percent, worse than their most pessimistic projections from four years ago, and they've taken on more than four trillion in US bonds and banks' junk assets just to keep them liquid. Your trade deficit has increased. Both the equities and bonds markets are in a fantastic bubble. Your manufacturing sector has further atrophied. Your LFPR is as low as it's been in four decades, and declining. US global influence has declined markedly. Anybody who says the recession is "over" or that the US is better off than it was four years ago is swilling the media Kool-Aid. The most optimistic thing that can reasonably be said about it is that the dying patient is slightly less symptomatic. Fourthly, your healthcare system is an unmitigated disaster. Insurance premiums are rising as fast as they've ever risen, with 25%+ increases average in some states this year alone. Insurers are hiking deductables into the stratosphere, well beyond what people can afford, hence many of the people who are "insured" might as well not be. The public exchanges (those that still exist) are losing ground. Government spending on healthcare has (as predicted) risen markedly, which is 80% of the reason why GDP growth isn't negative. Finally, you're pooched no matter who gets in in 2016. It's not contingent on Ms. Clinton rising to power, and I've never once stated or implied that it is. If ever I criticize either Ms. Clinton or Mr. Trump, rest assured I'm not trying to scare anyone into voting for the other candidate. They're equally corrupt, equally impotent. The news headlines are pathetic because the US MSM sounds more and more like Baghdad Bob every day. "The recessions are dropping like flies at the walls of D.C.! Fight on, brave warriors!" The synchronicity of the outlets is pathetic. Every one of them parroting the same propaganda, spinning the same narrative. It's a whole legion of Baghdad Bobs. Meanwhile the problems fester, the fundamentals deteriorate, and any hope of legitimately fixing things slips further and further away. When the bottom inevitably drops out, it's going to be really hard not to throw it in your face and say "I told you so."
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 25, 2016 10:47:59 GMT -5
Politifact still rates ObamaCare lies- i don't know if you noticed, but Obama isn't running.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 25, 2016 10:49:17 GMT -5
Three are rated "True". Three are rated "Mostly True", two of which (re household incomes, re sanctuary cities) should be "True". Four are rated "Half True". One of these (re loss of manufacturing jobs) should be "True", two (re border-crossing families, re Syrian immigrants) should be "Mostly True". Two are rated "Mostly False", one of which (re Ms. Clinton's role in the ascent of ISIS) should be "Half True". One is rated "False" (re Ms. Clinton on the 2A), and it should be rated "Indeterminate". The bad news is that many of the ratings aren't accurate. The good news is that politifact.com gives the reasons why they rate claims the way they do, which allows for independent analysis. i did my best to count. so, he is bringing his average up. he used to lie about 75% of the time, and now it is around 50%. whoop.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 25, 2016 10:51:28 GMT -5
Our Sunday paper had absolutely not one article on the editorial section or national news section that did not denigrate Republicans or Trump. Every article was a Democratic puff piece, on both the state and national level. The attacks have officially begun by media. Game on. are you sure you are not mistaking legitimate criticism for attacks? if so, you should look into that. it is not healthy.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 25, 2016 10:53:16 GMT -5
If you count lies by omission, his speech rated about 35% lie. If you don't, 15% lie.
Not impressive, but definitely better than his average.
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 25, 2016 11:36:37 GMT -5
I find it interesting that Virgil and Paul were both predicting end times should Obama get elected four years ago.
Mass murder, international uprisings, people reduced to living in holes in the ground and grubbing up roots to gnaw on, cats and dogs having sex, etc etc.
Here we are, four years later, no longer in the great recession Obama inherited at the end of Bush's term, the stock market doing well despite all the economic upheavals occurring internationally, a big chunk of people who didn't have health insurance before now have it - we have lots of room to improve, but we're a far cry from gnawing on roots and cats and dogs having sex.
Now here we are again, poised between choosing Trump, who is the only thing standing between us and cannibalism and anarchy, or going with Hillary.
It's gotten to be like the Boy who called Wolf.
Or like the Princess Bride - I do not think electing Hillary means what you think it means.
So forgive me if I'm skeptical, and just a tad more optimistic about our ability to plow through difficult times. First of all, I've predicted nothing "should Obama get elected". I've never once made a prediction contingent on the outcome of a US federal election. Hence your first statement is false. Secondly, what does "mass murder, international uprisings, people reduced to living in holes in the ground" even mean here? Be specific. Do me the service of quoting me and linking to my posts. There have indeed been mass murders, international uprisings, and people reduced to living in holes in the the ground during the past four years. You do me wrong by ignoring the specificity and scope of the predictions I make. Thirdly, by any objective, holistic measure, the state of your economy is worse than it was four years ago. You've piled on trillions in new debt. Your unfunded liabilities are trillions more in the red. Your GDP growth has averaged 2%, falling year over year, and the vast majority of this is increased healthcare spending. Median wages have dropped. Wealth inequality has risen. The Fed hasn't raised interest rates more than a quarter of one percent, worse than their most pessimistic projections from four years ago, and they've taken on more than four trillion in US bonds and banks' junk assets just to keep them liquid. Your trade deficit has increased. Both the equities and bonds markets are in a fantastic bubble. Your manufacturing sector has further atrophied. Your LFPR is as low as it's been in four decades, and declining. US global influence has declined markedly. Anybody who says the recession is "over" or that the US is better off than it was four years ago is swilling the media Kool-Aid. The most optimistic thing that can reasonably be said about it is that the dying patient is slightly less symptomatic. Fourthly, your healthcare system is an unmitigated disaster. Insurance premiums are rising as fast as they've ever risen, with 25%+ increases average in some states this year alone. Insurers are hiking deductables into the stratosphere, well beyond what people can afford, hence many of the people who are "insured" might as well not be. The public exchanges (those that still exist) are losing ground. Government spending on healthcare has (as predicted) risen markedly, which is 80% of the reason why GDP growth isn't negative. Finally, you're pooched no matter who gets in in 2016. It's not contingent on Ms. Clinton rising to power, and I've never once stated or implied that it is. If ever I criticize either Ms. Clinton or Mr. Trump, rest assured I'm not trying to scare anyone into voting for the other candidate. They're equally corrupt, equally impotent. The news headlines are pathetic because the US MSM sounds more and more like Baghdad Bob every day. "The recessions are dropping like flies at the walls of D.C.! Fight on, brave warriors!" The synchronicity of the outlets is pathetic. Every one of them parroting the same propaganda, spinning the same narrative. It's a whole legion of Baghdad Bobs. Meanwhile the problems fester, the fundamentals deteriorate, and any hope of legitimately fixing things slips further and further away. When the bottom inevitably drops out, it's going to be really hard not to throw it in your face and say "I told you so."OK I misspoke- Paul is predicting this election cycle will end in anarchy should Hillary get elected. You predict that we'll soon end in anarchy, regardless of what we do, because we're on the Titanic and the band is playing.
Don't get me wrong, I have no delusions that our species will remain as the top species for much longer. We certainly won't be in that position nearly as long as the dinosaurs were. But unless that big volcano at the center of the country goes off tomorrow and we're plunged into a nuclear winter due to the ash fall out, I don't think it's going to happen tomorrow.
We've made it through financial disasters before. We've survived wars before. This isn't even the most nasty political election we've had. The country has been more polarized before. I think the only first we're seeing is this is the most disliked pair of candidates we've seen before, sadly. But that doesn't mean anarchy and despair must follow one of them getting elected.
Unless Trump gets elected and, through ineptness or arrogance gets us into a global nuclear war, we'll survive whoever wins this election, too. Hopefully, both parties will realize how unhappy the voters are and will either learn from this experience or disintegrate completely and reform as new parties that voters can get enthusiastic about. And we'll continue on, at least for a while longer, with our imperfect democracy that isn't really a democracy.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 25, 2016 11:54:01 GMT -5
Now the Republicans are having hysterics about the Canadian border, since we're lifting the visa requirements for Mexican citizens. You should build a wall on the Canadian border. Mexico is furious about Trump's NAFTA speech, and say they'll be happy to do business with other countries, instead. Canada isn't too happy, either. We'll just sell our oil, and softwood lumber elsewhere. Furthermore, Trump has been banned by several countries. No soup for you! So, surround yourself with walls, don't do business with your allies, and become as isolationist as possible. Nothing in or out. Kind of like North Korea. Good luck with that. www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/07/02/canada-launching-point-illegal-entry-u-s/So Canada does not want them either, and sending them south! Umm...what? Who are we sending south? What are you talking about?
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 25, 2016 12:43:14 GMT -5
So Canada does not want them either, and sending them south! Umm...what? Who are we sending south? What are you talking about? Mexicans putatively taking advantage of easy entry into Canada and then jumping the border into the US, which admittedly isn't hard to cross undetected if you're up for a hike. Why they'd want to is a question for the ages. I suppose someone could argue that many have family in the US and would try to get in for that reason.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 25, 2016 12:45:46 GMT -5
Umm...what? Who are we sending south? What are you talking about? Mexicans putatively taking advantage of easy entry into Canada and then jumping the border into the US, which admittedly isn't hard to cross undetected if you're up for a hike.
Why they'd want to is a question for the ages. I suppose someone could argue that many have family in the US and would try to get in for that reason. So we're SENDING them?
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 25, 2016 12:52:25 GMT -5
Mexicans putatively taking advantage of easy entry into Canada and then jumping the border into the US, which admittedly isn't hard to cross undetected if you're up for a hike.
Why they'd want to is a question for the ages. I suppose someone could argue that many have family in the US and would try to get in for that reason. So we're SENDING them? Well, obviously, and Trump will have to build a wall to prevent it.
In Trump's version of American (which he borrowed from Game of Thrones - with the white walkers as the terrorists and the wildings a the Mexicans) you need a really, really good wall. Because winter is coming.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 25, 2016 13:11:11 GMT -5
Mexicans putatively taking advantage of easy entry into Canada and then jumping the border into the US, which admittedly isn't hard to cross undetected if you're up for a hike.
Why they'd want to is a question for the ages. I suppose someone could argue that many have family in the US and would try to get in for that reason. So we're SENDING them? I'm pretty sure his statement was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. That dry British wit, even though he's not British.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 25, 2016 13:15:23 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure his statement was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. That dry British wit, even though he's not British. With VB, it can be hard to tell whether it's tongue-in-cheek or part of his alternate reality. Kind of like demanding the names of all the johns who availed themselves of male prostitutes during the RNC. Or else it didn't happen.
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Virgil Showlion
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 25, 2016 13:53:49 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure his statement was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. That dry British wit, even though he's not British. With VB, it can be hard to tell whether it's tongue-in-cheek or part of his alternate reality. Kind of like demanding the names of all the johns who availed themselves of male prostitutes during the RNC. Or else it didn't happen. Male prostitutes at the RNC...? Or else it didn't happen? If there's a joke in there, I'm not getting it. A sore point with Americans is that over the years several of the actors involved in high-profile terror incidents down in the US reportedly snuck into the US via Canada. There's also a persistent belief that a good number of Canadians (so-called "frostbacks") would emigrate to the US if given the opportunity. I don't know to what extent this is true, but statistics tell us that the number of Canadians residing in the US has declined from around 10% of the US foreign-born population in 1900 to 2% of the US foreign-born population in 2014, and that Canadians who live in the US are wealthier, healthier, more educated, more skilled, and more English proficient than the US general population, which is largely attributable to the "brain drain" phenomenon. While you might see this as a talking point to convince Americans that shutting out Canadians is a bad thing, and you'd be technically correct to do so, the simple and regrettable fact is that if the US shut the border tomorrow and deported every last US resident born in Canada, nobody down there would really notice. Trade is a different issue.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 25, 2016 13:58:44 GMT -5
Here you go, Virgil.
. Post by Value Buy on 6 hours ago
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11 hours ago weltschmerz said: It’s been a great week for gay escorts in Cleveland.
Male prostitutes contacted by The Post said business is booming and Republican National Convention attendees — most of them married — are clamoring for their services.
“Business has been way better. I’ve seen 10 clients so far,” one male escort said.
“Most of them were first-timers. You could tell they were nervous, but once they became more comfortable, they seemed to be having a good time.”
nypost.com/2016/07/21/male-escorts-are-making-crazy-money-at-the-rnc/ *** Because they said it, it has to be true! Until they release names, places, and times, much ado about nothing.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 25, 2016 14:16:04 GMT -5
Here you go, Virgil. . Post by Value Buy on 6 hours ago weltschmerz Avatar 11 hours ago weltschmerz said: It’s been a great week for gay escorts in Cleveland. Male prostitutes contacted by The Post said business is booming and Republican National Convention attendees — most of them married — are clamoring for their services. “Business has been way better. I’ve seen 10 clients so far,” one male escort said. “Most of them were first-timers. You could tell they were nervous, but once they became more comfortable, they seemed to be having a good time.” nypost.com/2016/07/21/male-escorts-are-making-crazy-money-at-the-rnc/ *** Because they said it, it has to be true! Until they release names, places, and times, much ado about nothing. It says at the end of the article that female prostitutes were reporting less "business" than usual. Hence unless the article is a hit piece based on comments by the only two male prostitutes in town (it is a tabloid, after all), we'd either have to believe that the vast majority of RNC delegates are secretly homosexual or else that the homosexual delegates are far more likely to avail themselves of prostitutes. Personally, I think there's a reason I don't read tabloids.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jul 25, 2016 14:52:21 GMT -5
Our Sunday paper had absolutely not one article on the editorial section or national news section that did not denigrate Republicans or Trump. Every article was a Democratic puff piece, on both the state and national level. The attacks have officially begun by media. Game on.
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