The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: Harm to Ongoing Matter - Page 357 - Politics and Economics

I still can't forget getting supposedly the easiest (first) analogy question on an SAT sample wrong.

Prompt was:
School:fish

and answer was:
stand:trees

I was just like wtf even when I saw the answer.

wot

02-24-2019 , 04:32 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Joshfan

Feeding north korea's citizens for them and asking/demanding nothing in return isn't exactly a good option though.

It’s a better option than not feeding their citizens and asking for nothing in return though.

02-24-2019 , 04:32 PM

#8903

Strontium Dog

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A Stand of trees. .. well I never - we live and learn.

02-24-2019 , 04:33 PM

#8904

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Strontium Dog

A Stand of trees. .. well I never - we live and learn.

The best one is definitely a murder of crows. **** crows man.

02-24-2019 , 04:42 PM

#8905

whosnext

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Take it to the Sklansky SAT Challenge thread!

02-24-2019 , 04:58 PM

#8906

master3004

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Quote:

Originally Posted by grizy

Curious what the other options were?

02-24-2019 , 05:03 PM

#8907

Strontium Dog

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jman220

The best one is definitely a murder of crows. **** crows man.

The Corvidae family is a lot a smarter than the average trumper family ... so I hear.

02-24-2019 , 05:19 PM

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Max Cut

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basket:deplorables

02-24-2019 , 05:26 PM

#8909

ScreaminAsian

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Quote:

Originally Posted by EfromPegTown

Maybe I’m a softie, but I don’t really like the idea of using widespread famine as a bargaining chip.

don't worry, trump will give it away in return for a nonbinding resolution to think about continuing to talk about complete bilateral denuclearization of the united states and north korea

02-24-2019 , 05:28 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by master3004

Curious what the other options were?

murder:crows was not one of the options.

02-24-2019 , 05:30 PM

#8911

grizy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jman220

It’s called being wealthy. It definitely extends your life in a ton of ways.

In Trump's case, it means he could afford Florida sunshine and golf so he doesn't have to stay at home/local bar to watch TV.

02-24-2019 , 05:53 PM

#8912

markksman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by EfromPegTown

Maybe I’m a softie, but I don’t really like the idea of using widespread famine as a bargaining chip.

You definitely should avoid hostage negotiator as a career.

I don’t want North Koreans to starve either but that’s totally on their government who has been stealing resources.

Even if we wanted to we could not magically properly feed North Koreans because the government would just take and keep any aid. In order to get them not to do that you would need to likely concede almost everything.

When it comes to North Korean citizens there is no great path for them at the moment.

02-24-2019 , 06:10 PM

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September.28

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The Arab Spring began as a protest to oppressive governments and a low standard of living. Even something like the price of wheat tripling can have serious domino effects.

02-24-2019 , 06:15 PM

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umm....wtf

02-24-2019 , 06:17 PM

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What am I missing?

02-24-2019 , 06:21 PM

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MrWookie

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Marco Rubio apparently celebrating or threatening the brutal downfall, torture, and murder of Qaddafi, presumably directed at Maduro.

02-24-2019 , 06:23 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LostOstrich

umm....wtf

it's clearly coup time, baby

02-24-2019 , 06:24 PM

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I mean, it's not every day that a US senator tweets an image of a head of state being dragged through the streets and butchered. It's not unreasonable to assume that he's hinting at some sort of threat to Maduro, but even if he's just tweeting it for lols it's kind of uncomfortable.

02-24-2019 , 06:25 PM

#8919

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US senator posting a picture of a dude being sodomized by a bayonet as a threat......

Totes cool and normal

02-24-2019 , 06:27 PM

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If I've completely misunderstood the context and Rubio is actually directing this tweet at Trump, then please consider my disapproval revoked btw

02-24-2019 , 06:29 PM

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The strange tale of how Trump made a "fortune" off Qaddafi

"Don't forget. I'm the only one -- I made a lot of money with Qaddafi, if you remember," Trump told "Face the Nation" host John Dickerson in an interview that aired Sunday. "He came to the country and he had to make a deal with me because he needed a place to stay."

02-24-2019 , 06:40 PM

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( twitter | raw text )

02-24-2019 , 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian

The strange tale of how Trump made a "fortune" off Qaddafi

"Don't forget. I'm the only one -- I made a lot of money with Qaddafi, if you remember," Trump told "Face the Nation" host John Dickerson in an interview that aired Sunday. "He came to the country and he had to make a deal with me because he needed a place to stay."

That sounds like the real estate version of selling him a bomb casing full of pinball machine parts.