US Politics Thread 2016-2020 - Page 649

ET2SN · 07-12-20, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

The problem is, as much as Trump is an expert doofus, if Biden wins the election, he picks the next SC justice, he will lay down for the Democrats to further dismantle the US economy and culture of self-reliance, and push us deeper in the hole. I guess one way of looking at a Biden win as a glass half-full, the coming civil war will just get here faster, so we can get it over with. I don't look forward to it but no sense in dragging it out. I'm really tired of all the whining and screeching.

Neal, if the government is handing out 3-6 Trillion worth of $1,100 stimulus checks- who do you think is going to pay for it?

Mexico? I doubt that but Canada should start feeling nervous.

Meanwhile, one of our Senators in Iowa is running for re-election on a platform of "tax relief".

em2nought · 07-12-20, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by August

New election slogan:

Vote for Trump and make Skybird sad!

If Trump loses, who the hell is Skybird going to be able to rail against? He's gonna feel no sense of purpose anymore.

Skybird · 07-13-20, 08:24 AM

I love it! The US election now is about - me...!! Thats quite an achievement if you think of it, isn't it?!

Mr Quatro · 07-13-20, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

I love it! The US election now is about - me...!! Thats quite an achievement if you think of it, isn't it?!

As Skybird thinks so does the world ... we are amazed at what the world thinks of a democracy that only has two (2) choices Joe Biden or Donald Trump to lead us on to victory.

Which one will produce less evil?

Onkel Neal · 07-13-20, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ET2SN

Neal, if the government is handing out 3-6 Trillion worth of $1,100 stimulus checks- who do you think is going to pay for it?

Mexico? I doubt that but Canada should start feeling nervous.

Meanwhile, one of our Senators in Iowa is running for re-election on a platform of "tax relief".

I dunno, how is Venezuela paying for theirs?

August · 07-13-20, 06:50 PM

Call them the Deep State, the Military Industrial Complex, the Establishment or just "The Man" the real choice in November is to either continue to stymie them by keeping Trump in there mixing it up or put them back into power by electing Biden.

Buddahaid · 07-13-20, 10:41 PM

I disagree. Trump is a swamp of a different stripe, more of a bog actually, or at least smells like a bog from having his head up his ass for so long.

August · 07-14-20, 03:55 PM

Interesting resignation letter from New York Times editor Bari Weiss who just quit the Grey Lady:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/bari-w...etter-ny-times

A couple excerpts:

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But the lessons that ought to have followed the election—lessons about the importance of understanding other Americans, the necessity of resisting tribalism, and the centrality of the free exchange of ideas to a democratic society—have not been learned. Instead, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isn’t a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else.

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The paper of record is, more and more, the record of those living in a distant galaxy, one whose concerns are profoundly removed from the lives of most people. This is a galaxy in which, to choose just a few recent examples, the Soviet space program is lauded for its “diversity”; the doxxing of teenagers in the name of justice is condoned; and the worst caste systems in human history includes the United States alongside Nazi Germany.

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All this bodes ill, especially for independent-minded young writers and editors paying close attention to what they’ll have to do to advance in their careers. Rule One: Speak your mind at your own peril. Rule Two: Never risk commissioning a story that goes against the narrative. Rule Three: Never believe an editor or publisher who urges you to go against the grain. Eventually, the publisher will cave to the mob, the editor will get fired or reassigned, and you’ll be hung out to dry.

AVGWarhawk · 07-14-20, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ET2SN

Neal, if the government is handing out 3-6 Trillion worth of $1,100 stimulus checks- who do you think is going to pay for it?

Mexico? I doubt that but Canada should start feeling nervous.

Meanwhile, one of our Senators in Iowa is running for re-election on a platform of "tax relief".

Ah, the money is borrowed from China.

Onkel Neal · 07-14-20, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Interesting resignation letter from New York Times editor Bari Weiss who just quit the Grey Lady:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/bari-w...etter-ny-times

A couple excerpts:

Yeah, that's how it is with the woke lefties, they even eat their own if they don't stay in line. Kinda belongs more in the Ricky Gervais tho...

Dowly · 07-15-20, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Yeah, that's how it is with the woke lefties, they even eat their own if they don't stay in line. Kinda belongs more in the Ricky Gervais tho...

It's the exact same with the right.

As for Bari Weiss... well, turns out she only dislikes viewpoint intolerance when it bites her.

Here's an article from 2018 telling how Weiss did the exact same thing to others she now accuses NYT of doing to her.
NYT’s Bari Weiss Falsely Denies Her Years of Attacks on the Academic Freedom of Arab Scholars Who Criticize Israel

Bilge_Rat · 07-15-20, 12:35 PM

If it was just one person, yes, it could be sour grapes, but everyone who reads the NY Times regularly (and I have been for the past 30 years) can see that it has given up any pretence of objectivity. It always had a liberal-Ivy league-Big Apple bias, but it did try to be the paper of record and tried to be objective. However since Trump was elected, it has given up all pretence of objectivity in its goal of making Trump a one-termer.

The only compliment you can give the NY Times is that it is not as bad as CNN.

Onkel Neal · 07-15-20, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

As for Bari Weiss... well, turns out she only dislikes viewpoint intolerance when it bites her.

Here's an article from 2018 telling how Weiss did the exact same thing to others she now accuses NYT of doing to her.
NYT’s Bari Weiss Falsely Denies Her Years of Attacks on the Academic Freedom of Arab Scholars Who Criticize Israel

That's the whole point, liberal hypocrisy.

Strykr · 07-16-20, 01:00 AM

As an AMERICAN Union construction worker, and traditionally democrat, the support for President Trump is overwhelming.
He represents the working people, as well as what our country was founded upon.......
the Constitution.
I say NO to the new world order.

August · 07-16-20, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Strykr

As an AMERICAN Union construction worker, and traditionally democrat, the support for President Trump is overwhelming.
He represents the working people, as well as what our country was founded upon.......
the Constitution.
I say NO to the new world order.

Down with globalism and the would be tyrants that promote it.

07-13-20, 08:24 AM	#9723
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,716 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I love it! The US election now is about - me...!! Thats quite an achievement if you think of it, isn't it?! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	I disagree. Trump is a swamp of a different stripe, more of a bog actually, or at least smells like a bog from having his head up his ass for so long. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

07-15-20, 12:35 PM	#9732
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	If it was just one person, yes, it could be sour grapes, but everyone who reads the NY Times regularly (and I have been for the past 30 years) can see that it has given up any pretence of objectivity. It always had a liberal-Ivy league-Big Apple bias, but it did try to be the paper of record and tried to be objective. However since Trump was elected, it has given up all pretence of objectivity in its goal of making Trump a one-termer. The only compliment you can give the NY Times is that it is not as bad as CNN. __________________

07-13-20, 06:50 PM	#9726
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,226 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Call them the Deep State, the Military Industrial Complex, the Establishment or just "The Man" the real choice in November is to either continue to stymie them by keeping Trump in there mixing it up or put them back into power by electing Biden.

07-16-20, 01:00 AM	#9734
Strykr Mate Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Northeast CT, USA Posts: 56 Downloads: 1099 Uploads: 0	As an AMERICAN Union construction worker, and traditionally democrat, the support for President Trump is overwhelming. He represents the working people, as well as what our country was founded upon....... the Constitution. I say NO to the new world order.