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02-13-2017 , 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Inso0
No, that's just it.

I am ready and willing to get upset about things that actually deserve outrage. So far, this has been a non-stop flood of stories about how politically incorrect Trump is, and how he just "isn't doing it right."
Please, you're a Trumpkin. You might believe this "I'll be out protesting with you as soon as he does something worth protesting" garbage but the rest of us don't. We know who you are.
02-13-2017 , 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian
press conference w tredeau

reporter: mr trump, do you see syrian refugees as a trojan horse?

trump: goes on long rant about deporting hardened criminals
Yeah. That was terrible. Pretty clumsy job of deflecting the question. Or maybe its just the way he is. He hears what he wants and answers what he wants regardless of what the question really is. Imagine his advisers asking him serious questions and he goes way off course leaving them to guess at what he really thinks.
02-13-2017 , 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Inso0
No, that's just it.

I am ready and willing to get upset about things that actually deserve outrage. So far, this has been a non-stop flood of stories about how politically incorrect Trump is, and how he just "isn't doing it right."

Where's the beef?

You guys need to focus on a few important things to get upset over. Not Ivanka's clothing line and whether or not an impromptu visit to the wedding across the hall was adequately screened by secret service, and if so, how much it cost the taxpayers. Even the not-a-muslim-ban muslim ban doesn't get any traction with rational thinkers. I'm still waiting to be shown the horrible actions that are going to make me "just as ****ed as everyone else" as Goofy puts it.

I'm not even saying those things don't exist, but if they do, it's getting lost in the inane "I AM SO ****ING TRIGGERED RIGHT NOW" posts that clog up the media right now.

Focus!
What ****ing media are you watching? Rachel Maddow did a 45 minute piece last week comparing a small crack in the spillway of a giant California dam to the visible portions of thr Flynn tyranny and what lies beneath the surface.

And if I had to guess you would call Maddow a hack, so which is it? Her team does some of the best investigative journalism in mainstream TV news.

And oh yeah, she was right about the dam (she was the first one I hear mentioning it, and now it's a multi-billion dollar catastrophe that could leave hundreds of thousands homeless in California) and seemingly right about Flynn as well.
02-13-2017 , 03:51 PM
Like, where is your ****ing outrage at Flynn undermining a sitting US President by providing leaks and assurances to a foreign government?
02-13-2017 , 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by uDevil
It looks like Trudeau uses his left hand to brace himself against the upper part of the appendage Trump uses for jerking. Is this the best defense against this form of *******?
Trudeau doesn't employ the left hand defense at 0:04.

I think the optimal defense out is to pull your elbow close to the body and slightly lower your shoulder, and then further flex/tense the involved back muscles. Essentially, we want to be holding the middle position in the diagram below but WITHOUT tensing the gripping muscles beyond what is needed for a firm shake:



It's holding that position as if the weight was strapped to your wrist and not gripped. Muscles #8-10 will be slack and the others will be flexed/tensed to their limit. This ensures us the appearance of a casual yet firm handshake whilst maintaining maximum jerk defense.
02-13-2017 , 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Inso0
This is fine.
02-13-2017 , 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Inso0
So I'm not going to sit here and try to excuse Trump buffoonery, but I do find it hilarious that the internet has been reduced to pretty much the following daily cycle:

"Holy **** did you see what Trump just did?"

"Can he do that?"

...

"HE CAN'T DO THAT! OMG!"

"Bring back GWB, please."

headasplode.jpg


Meanwhile, I'm not even sure if any actual policy is being handled in the background on a federal level, but states that rode the unexpected GOP landslide are pumping out right-wing legislation like there's no tomorrow.

Nobody finished the full run of antibiotics for Obama Derangement Syndrome, and it's back with a vengeance on the other side of the aisle in a much more potent form as Trump Derangement Syndrome.

This is all way too much to keep up with, but I am enjoying the meltdown. Trump crashing the wedding, commenting about the amount of money the bride/groom have paid him over the years, and the selfies with the nuclear football were all pretty next-level Drumpfisms.

I saw a post on Reddit talking about high level intelligence officials withholding secrets from the White House because they assume Trump has his phone on speaker in his pocket with a direct line to the Kremlin. The responders are using stories like this to make themselves feel better, but does anyone actually believe this?
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Step number one: Accuse Trump’s opponents of hyperbole. Democrats, declared John Fund on February 5, are in a “rush to portray Donald Trump as some kind of ‘fascist in chief.’” Liberals, argued Jonathan Tobin on February 6, believe “Trump’s intemperate language about a judge is an unprecedented step down the slippery slope to dictatorship.” Liberal Jews, claimed Nechama Soloveichik that same day, “are falling over one another to label President Trump the latest incarnation of Jew-haters from Pharaoh to Haman to Hitler.” (Full disclosure: I’m one of the liberal Jews she cites, though I’m unaware of ever having made such an analogy).

Step number two: Briefly acknowledge Trump’s flaws while insisting they’re being massively exaggerated. On December 16, David Harsanyi declared that, “While I’m no fan of Trump, Democrats have been demanding that I panic over every Cabinet pick, every statement, and every event. It’s not normal.” On February 5, Fund acknowledged that, “Donald Trump has a knack for alienating many voters and saying stupid things. But his biggest asset may be that his over-the-top adversaries are even better at painting themselves in negative terms.” On February 6, Tobin insisted that, “whatever one may think of Trump’s [executive] orders — which were sloppily drawn and clumsily implemented but arguably well within the scope of presidential powers as authorized by relevant legislation — the claims that Trump’s intemperate language about a judge is an unprecedented step down the slippery slope to dictatorship don’t stand up to scrutiny.”

The problem with these formulations should be clear. Some liberal criticism of Trump may indeed be melodramatic. But liberals don’t wield much power in Washington right now. Conservatives do. The key question facing National Review, therefore, is not whether Trump’s actions are as bad as the most extreme lefties say they are. The key question is whether Trump’s actions warrant conservative opposition.
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The articles cited above make these questions appear secondary. Sure, Trump may have botched something, they acknowledge hurriedly, before turning to what really matters: The left’s overwrought response. In this way, National Review minimizes Trump’s misdeeds without appearing to defend them.
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Among National Review’s favorite phrases these days is “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” It refers to Democrats who describe Trump as mentally unstable, a pathological liar or a would-be dictator. But National Review once described Trump in those terms itself
The Atlantic got Inso's number down pat.


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...-right/516474/
02-13-2017 , 03:53 PM
well trump's right to double the fees, it appears you can dine there and overhear or get a glimpse of classified information. Worth the $ I'd say.

Oliver's nailed this, fox news advertisements best way to go.

also, regarding the wall, trump voters appear to be more than willing to donate the $ for it, so let em fund the thing.

Last edited by wheatrich; 02-13-2017 at 03:59 PM.
02-13-2017 , 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Kirbynator
you still dont think the drumpf party worked with russia? lul
that dude's tiny nostrils are not giving him enough oxygen
02-13-2017 , 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl
The Atlantic got Inso's number down pat.


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...-right/516474/
LOL. Perfect. Inso0 is a caricature of an internet Trump supporter.
02-13-2017 , 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Inso0

I'm not even saying those things don't exist, but if they do, it's getting lost in the inane "I AM SO ****ING TRIGGERED RIGHT NOW" posts that clog up the media right now.

Focus!
I think you're getting lost and projecting
02-13-2017 , 04:00 PM
Trudeau is very charismatic and speaks very well, unfortunately he is also incapable of doing anything that is controversial electing to do only things that are favoured by a strong majority in the country.

In Canada the Conservative party are controlled by something similar to right wing democrats and left wing republicans, while the rest of the party contain every spectrum of the Republicans, but they are mostly silenced. The Liberal party (Trudeau) are mostly those who make decisions solely to stay in power and keep their jobs and have been linked in the past to many financial/ bribery scandals. The NDP are the very left wing of the Democrats, Bernie Sanders and the like.
02-13-2017 , 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson
He looks like Sgt. Pepper from an evil parallel dimension.
His Wiki is neat, too:
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2016 airport gun incident

Gorka was detained January 31, 2016 at the Ronald Reagan Airport in Washington D.C. for attempting to board a plane with 9mm handgun in his luggage. The gun was confiscated by Transportation Security Administration officers and Gorka, after being detained and issued a criminal summons, was permitted to board his plane. He was later charged with a weapons offense, arraigned, and booked in June 2016. Gorka entered an Alford plea in August 2016. Although Gorka was convicted in absentia of criminal reckless driving in the interim while on pre-trial probation, the charges were dismissed on February 3, 2017 by Judge William T. Newman Jr., husband of Sheila Johnson and a close personal friend of President Donald J. Trump
BUT EMAILS!
02-13-2017 , 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by wheatrich
well trump's right to double the fees, it appears you can dine there and overhear or get a glimpse of classified information. Worth the $ I'd say.

Oliver's nailed this, fox news advertisements best way to go.

also, regarding the wall, trump voters appear to be more than willing to donate the $ for it, so let em fund the thing.
They should offer a shot at the nuclear codes for 25k. Nobody will be able to guess then anyway.
02-13-2017 , 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Inso0
No, that's just it.

I am ready and willing to get upset about things that actually deserve outrage. So far, this has been a non-stop flood of stories about how politically incorrect Trump is, and how he just "isn't doing it right."

Where's the beef?
So the American born NASA scientist being detained and forced to give up his PINs to his phone does nothing?
02-13-2017 , 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by th14
lol this article about Trump's advisor Stephen Miller.
He's also BFFs with Dick Spencer.
02-13-2017 , 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bigt2k4
Trudeau is very charismatic and speaks very well, unfortunately he is also incapable of doing anything that is controversial electing to do only things that are favoured by a strong majority in the country.
So welcoming thousands of Syrian refugees is not controversial there and is favored by a strong majority of Canadians?
02-13-2017 , 04:07 PM
@5ive lol, thanks. If I ever meet Trump, I'll probably just decline to shake his hand.

Re Stephen Miller, here is BB telling me to calm down about him last summer.

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Originally Posted by BitchiBee
did we read the same article? where did you get that miller is even half as powerful as you think, or that hes some devil incarnate. this is a 30 y/o man calm down
ETA appologies to Sushy, lol.

Last edited by uDevil; 02-13-2017 at 04:10 PM. Reason: Wrong Trumper
02-13-2017 , 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by goofyballer
Please, you're a Trumpkin.
Yeah, I don't protest, but I have a checkbook and the ability to make phone calls and write e-mails.
02-13-2017 , 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Chippa58
So welcoming thousands of Syrian refugees is not controversial there and is favored by a strong majority of Canadians?
I haven't really heard any significant opposition to it at all. There are stories on the news constantly about them being welcomed and it has been a part of lots of commercial campaigns.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...t-pearson.html
I didn't really watch the video, just picked one that I thought was something similar to what I saw on the news a while back about people showing up to the airport to cheer and welcome the refugees.

I'm sure there is some element of the Conservative party against it, but even the majority of the party support the welcoming of refugees.

Last edited by bigt2k4; 02-13-2017 at 04:17 PM.
02-13-2017 , 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by bigt2k4
I haven't really heard any significant opposition to it at all. There are stories on the news constantly about them being welcomed and it has been a part of lots of commercial campaigns.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...t-pearson.html
I didn't really watch the video, just picked one that I thought was something similar to what I saw on the news a while back about people showing up to the airport to cheer and welcome the refugees
Good to hear.
02-13-2017 , 04:27 PM
How about this: we can be outraged at all the terrible **** that Trump and his goons have done and want to do AND be outraged that he is an ******* and mouth-breathing buffoon.
02-13-2017 , 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by master3004
What ****ing media are you watching?
This is a fair criticism.

I've spent less than 15 minutes of my life actively watching Rachel Maddow, but I do know who she is.

I cut the cord about a decade ago, so I don't watch TV news of any kind. My TV time is 100% Netflix/Amazon/Torrents. I watched the (NBC?) Election Night coverage on my bedroom TV via a YouTube stream.

Much of the online stuff I'm exposed to has already been filtered by a Reddit hivemind, and that's probably not a good thing. Beyond that, I use a combo of local and syndicated radio, newspaper, podcasts, and the "did you hear about X?!" conversations in my daily life. Also, whatever you guys rant about here.

Maybe this is why WAAF. Do you spend a significant portion of your day trying to find things to get upset over? I don't. I think most people don't. So if you want their help with correcting what's wrong with the world, you should lead with your best stuff.
02-13-2017 , 04:27 PM
Any time I've briefly watched foxnews it just seems like the trumkpins are basically like the 'lol u mad bro' internet tough guys.
02-13-2017 , 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson
He looks like Sgt. Pepper from an evil parallel dimension.
thats gorka. hes risen to my most hated person. he was npr again this morning. really raises my blood pressure before work.

the word that comes to mind is ****. dude is a straight up ****.

      
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