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02-03-2017 , 01:47 AM

#4876

markksman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sportsjefe

Oh, the responses to the quoted tweet.

People are going to stop caring...

https://twitter.com/jonward11/status/827365754060275712

Such weak willed flimsies.

Do people not know such descriptions of themselves are damning for their perceived and actual character?

Lol at someone being a "trump hater" but supporting him because the media and left are being meanies.

This election cycle and post election has really altered my world view. I used to perpetually believe the best in people but now I know there is a significant and likely irreparable problem with the mentality of a significant percentage of adults in the United States.

On the bright side anyone else notice trump supporters are beaten down something fierce since the inauguration? They are clearly spinning because much like trump they just wanted to celebrate their "win" for 30 months. Instead they have been bludgeoned on the rocks of their own idiocy and washed over by the ridiculousness of the trump administration.

I suspect 97.964% of people claiming they hated trump but were turned to the dark side are just closeted liars who hid that they supported trump and are still too silly to own up to their own behavior.

02-03-2017 , 01:52 AM

#4877

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 100,228

Quote:

Originally Posted by np1235711

Look no farther than your human evolutionary reptilian brain where aggression, territoriality and ritualistic behaviors are hard wired.

There are people on this forum who seem to have a real hardon for authority.

"Don't want to get beat up? Don't mouth off to cops. Simple as that."

"Don't want to lose your house? Don't be a day late on your payment."

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02-03-2017 , 01:55 AM

#4878

fatkid

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Looks like they can save a ton of skrill and get the wall built fast because it's going to be invisible. See through wall. So sick.

Quote:

will take a multi-layered approach. There will be the physical wall and then parts of the wall that you can see through because it will rely on sensors and other technology.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewi...ll-see-through

02-03-2017 , 02:01 AM

#4879

RV Life

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Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 1,935

Quote:

Originally Posted by np1235711

Look no farther than your human evolutionary reptilian brain where aggression, territoriality and ritualistic behaviors are hard wired.

Yea not to get all 2nd Amendy (I support it) but look at how every once in a while you hear about some home owner executing a robber that was trying to steal something like a TV. Like really? You felt justified to execute someone over a material possession? *shrugs*

02-03-2017 , 02:02 AM

#4880

stinkubus

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Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 4,422

LOL at this ****ing wall. I hope the ****ing thing ends up flooding out the people who want it built. Sheer stupidity.

02-03-2017 , 02:25 AM

#4881

suzzer99

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fatkid

Looks like they can save a ton of skrill and get the wall built fast because it's going to be invisible. See through wall. So sick.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewi...ll-see-through

Meaning basically what they have now.

02-03-2017 , 02:53 AM

#4882

jmakin

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Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 30,120

Quote:

Originally Posted by RV Life

You know what I say to that? Any white person that thinks they were handed the small slice of cake in life can go **** off. Seriously. And I say that as a 41 year old white male.

Well, a lot of them are lower than average intelligence, so they did lose kind of bigly in that regard.

02-03-2017 , 02:57 AM

#4883

microbet

Solar Powered

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,101

Quote:

Originally Posted by stinkubus

These people do generally all think free trade deals are bad, and in fairness they did kill off many of our decent employers for lower skilled laborers. I don't think you are going to ever sell poorly educated Americans on the value of free trade, even if its better for them in the long run. Americans will by and large reject any solution to the problem of poverty that isn't tied to employment. This is true even within the Democratic party.

It's not automatically true that free trade (not the same thing as the trade deals at all) is good for everyone. It's can be good on the whole, but the benefits can be shared very unequally.

As far as poverty alleviating programs that aren't tied to employment...

https://www.statnews.com/2017/01/20/...lth-insurance/

Quote:

But the Gallup poll also showed that 58 percent of Americans — including 41 percent of Republicans and 53 percent of those who favored repeal — wanted the ACA replaced with “a federally funded health care program providing insurance for all Americans,” in other words, single-payer reform.

Social programs would be popular if people felt they benefited everyone. It's certainly more kind to propose specific poverty alleviating programs, but not everyone is that kind. People who make $75k want in on the insurance plan too. And maybe people who make a bit less qualify for the ACA, but people don't want to have to prove they are poor enough to qualify for something.

02-03-2017 , 03:05 AM

#4884

Kukraprout

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looool at the see-through wall

I hope Trump does a photo-op in front of an empty field to celebrate the completion of his alternative wall.

02-03-2017 , 03:09 AM

#4885

uDevil

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If anybody figures out what the intermediate steps between "on notice" and going nuclear might be, let me know. I mean is double secret probation in there somewhere or is it straight to all-consuming fiery hell?

02-03-2017 , 03:14 AM

#4886

ChrisV

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An invisible wall loooooool. Amazing.

02-03-2017 , 03:16 AM

#4887

uDevil

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Nothingbutt, my post wasn't directed at you. I'm just an innocent passerby here!

02-03-2017 , 03:16 AM

#4888

m_reed05

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So I imagine Adelson is wanting a refund at this point? Not only has the US embassy not been moved to Jerusalem, Trump is now criticizing new Israeli settlements, and given a statement from the state department mentioning Jews on Holocaust Remembrance day he instead nixed it for one that did not mention Jews.

02-03-2017 , 03:16 AM

#4889

Kukraprout

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The invisible wall is going to create a lot of invisible jobs too.

02-03-2017 , 03:17 AM

#4890

m_reed05

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisV

An invisible wall loooooool. Amazing.

The emperor's new wall.

02-03-2017 , 03:28 AM

#4891

AllTheCheese

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Quote:

Originally Posted by m_reed05

The emperor's new wall.

Genius, A+

02-03-2017 , 03:35 AM

#4892

sportsjefe

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AllTheCheese

Genius, A+

yep, either that or the Alt-wall, but his is better.

02-03-2017 , 03:38 AM

#4893

Paul D

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And Border Patrol will employ...

02-03-2017 , 03:49 AM

#4894

Kirbynator

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make his intelligent voters pay for it

02-03-2017 , 04:10 AM

#4895

Klingbard

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And the headlines keep coming. Late night firings at the secret service. Reported by the Atlantic's Steve Clemons.

His other tweets have few other details now, speculated it could be restructuring. Could also have something to do with the large # of leaks.

02-03-2017 , 04:22 AM

#4896

goofyballer

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Gregg Popovich talks the meaning of Black History Month:

Quote:

But more than anything, I think if people take the time to think about it, I think it is our national sin. It always intrigues me when people come out with, ‘I'm tired of talking about that or do we have to talk about race again?' And the answer is you're damned right we do. Because it's always there, and it's systemic in the sense that when you talk about opportunity it's not about ‘Well, if you lace up your shoes and you work hard, then you can have the American dream.' That's a bunch of hogwash. If you were born white, you automatically have a monstrous advantage educationally, economically, culturally in this society and all the systemic roadblocks that exist, whether it's in a judicial sense, a neighborhood sense with laws, zoning, education, we have huge problems in that regard that are very complicated, but take leadership, time, and real concern to try to solve. It's a tough one because people don't really want to face it. And it's in our national discourse.

02-03-2017 , 04:35 AM

#4897

Huehuecoyotl

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On the British population becoming more and more conservative over generations.

Quote:

Evidence from the British Social Attitudes Survey showed that the proportion of the electorate agreeing that “governments ought to redistribute income” had fallen from 45 per cent in 1987 to 36 per cent in 2009, while the proportion saying “government ought to spend more on benefits” fell from 55 per cent in 1987 to 27 per cent in 2009, the study says.

“Our take is that the younger generations have become increasingly socially and economically liberal.”

He added: “They’re much less concerned about religious beliefs or whether you’re gay, lesbian or straight, which people were previously more concerned about. They are much more accepting of diversity, but they are also much more accepting of economic inequality.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7557351.html