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02-06-2017 , 03:49 PM

#6276

otatop

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Originally Posted by Parlay Slow

What does WAAF mean?

We are all intercoursed.

02-06-2017 , 03:53 PM

#6277

NxtWrldChamp

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Originally Posted by DeroDeniro

Where's my daily Spice? Did he off himself after the SNL skit?

came for the same thing. Where is the press briefing for today? Can't find it anywhere

02-06-2017 , 03:55 PM

#6278

einbert

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02-06-2017 , 03:56 PM

#6279

Clovis8

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Originally Posted by microbet

He did literally threaten to, or at least contemplate, punching both Chomsky and Gore Vidal in the face whenever he couldn't keep up.

He was a bit of a loon for sure.

I just wanted to use an example of someone who argued intelligently and in good faith.

02-06-2017 , 03:57 PM

#6280

DTD

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Surely even Trump wouldn't suggest this?

02-06-2017 , 04:00 PM

#6281

All-In Flynn

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Originally Posted by DTD

Surely even Trump wouldn't suggest this?

Eichenwald deserves heavy skepticism.

02-06-2017 , 04:00 PM

#6282

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DTD

Surely even Trump wouldn't suggest this?

Think about it: where was the coverage of the Bowling Green Massacre?

02-06-2017 , 04:01 PM

#6283

DTD

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Originally Posted by All-In Flynn

Eichenwald deserves heavy skepticism.

Any concrete examples of this? I'm not disputing you, I just don't know. What I do know however is that he's be goading Trump for years and hasn't (to my knowledge) got sued.

02-06-2017 , 04:03 PM

#6284

microbet

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Clovis8

He was a bit of a loon for sure.

I just wanted to use an example of someone who argued intelligently and in good faith.

I think he's overrated as an intellectual because he had a big vocabulary and good grammar. Constructing intelligentish sounding arguments for why it's moral to nuke Vietnam seems like less than good faith though.

Granted that he's light years ahead of the Trumpenfuher Fox News Breitbart Rush Limbaugh world though.

02-06-2017 , 04:03 PM

#6285

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DTD

Surely even Trump wouldn't suggest this?

He did say that.

Here is the quote
"All over Europe, it's happening," Trump said. "It's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported. And in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it. They have their reasons and you understand that."

02-06-2017 , 04:06 PM

#6286

ScreaminAsian

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NxtWrldChamp

came for the same thing. Where is the press briefing for today? Can't find it anywhere

trump gave a short speech at an air force base in tampa today. he told the troops that they love him, and that the american free press is conspiring to help radical islamic terrorists

02-06-2017 , 04:08 PM

#6287

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Originally Posted by DTD

Any concrete examples of this? I'm not disputing you, I just don't know. What I do know however is that he's be goading Trump for years and hasn't (to my knowledge) got sued.

I am looking forward his book on the Trump presidency

02-06-2017 , 04:09 PM

#6288

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Originally Posted by Clovis8

I do worry about being in a bubble sometimes so I actively try to find intelligent voices from the right, especially as I consider myself right on many financial issues.

The problem is I can't find them. Is there a William F. Buckley of today I am missing? Are there any intelligent voices supporting Trump?

There has to be some reasonable voices from the right. Can anyone help me find them?

Andrew Sullivan, PJ O'Rourke, Reihan Salam, SE Cupp are conservatives that aren't nut jobs.

02-06-2017 , 04:15 PM

#6289

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Originally Posted by DTD

Surely even Trump wouldn't suggest this?

I watched his press conference at 1:45. He did indeed say that. Then he went on to mention all of the attacks since 9/11 but curiously enough left out the attack on Muslims ~10 days ago in Canada. Somehow I think if it was a Muslim killing 6 Canadians, it'd be mentioned.

02-06-2017 , 04:15 PM

#6290

Morphismus

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

This is how I envision Trump and Bannon going over executive orders

EDIT: How do you add the time to this instead of telling people just to go 10 seconds in?

fyp

02-06-2017 , 04:18 PM

#6291

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TheHip41

I am looking forward his book on the Trump presidency

Provided he survives - if Trump does indeed go all Putin then Kurt may be the first to suspiciously fall of a bridge.

02-06-2017 , 04:20 PM

#6292

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I don't think you can fairly call Trump a liar. Being a liar assumes that you know the truth but go against it anyway. To me Trump doesn't have the mental capacity to distinguish truth from fiction which would make lying impossible.

Liars lie because it serves a selfish purpose. But Trump makes foolish statements even when it isn't in his best interests. He just says what makes him feel good. That's not the hallmark of a liar. It's a hallmark of a mental patient.

02-06-2017 , 04:25 PM

#6293

champstark

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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

I don't think you can fairly call Trump a liar.

lol

02-06-2017 , 04:27 PM

#6294

SuperUberBob

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Originally Posted by champstark

lol

Nice work ignoring the rest of the post.

02-06-2017 , 04:33 PM

#6295

champstark

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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

Nice work ignoring the rest of the post.

The rest of what you posted didn't really make any sense, frankly.

02-06-2017 , 04:33 PM

#6296

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Being a liar and being an idiot aren't mutually exclusive. Surely he believes at least some of the crap he spews.

02-06-2017 , 04:36 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Louis Cyphre

Andrew Sullivan, PJ O'Rourke, Reihan Salam, SE Cupp are conservatives that aren't nut jobs.

I don't think they support Trump though?

02-06-2017 , 04:38 PM

#6298

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DTD

Any concrete examples of this? I'm not disputing you, I just don't know. What I do know however is that he's be goading Trump for years and hasn't (to my knowledge) got sued.

Eichenwald had PROOF INDISPUTABLE that Trump had been committed to a mental institution in the '90s, then he didn't. Then Eichenwald was hospitalised and NEAR DEATH after someone like, tweeted a strobe-light gif at him, then he wasn't. Link.

It looks like this is real, though, so OK.

02-06-2017 , 04:45 PM

#6299

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As always, lol Republicans. Today's issue: executive power!!!

Bush: shreds constitutional protections in the name of national security, signs off on torture, fights to the death to prevent any disclosure surrounding Darth Vader's energy shenanigans. GOP: LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT, why do you hate freedom?

Obama: after two terms of GOP obstruction, goes into DGAF mode and issues a bunch of executive orders. LAWLESS PRESIDENT, unpresidented trampling of the constitution!

Trump: blatant Muslim ban: STFU, Presidents have uuuge power!

02-06-2017 , 04:48 PM

#6300

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Originally Posted by Clovis8

I don't think they support Trump though?

Yea they aren't idiots but they all sing from the same hymnbook. S E Cupp has the "persecuted Christian conservatives are the lowest on the totem pole, college social justice warriors are emblematic of everyone on the left" mantra down. They just don't take it to the natural conclusion that Trump/Bannon does, they just do it to rile up the base. Basically Republican establishment culture warriors.

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