45th President of the United States, Donald Trump. Vol 3
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While I think Trump is a narcissistic s
thead, I disagree with the posters who think the US president has too much power in general (although there are specific powers I don't agree with).
Why? Because the orange mutant has achieved Sweet fk All since the election 
. He obviously thought being president was like being CEO of US inc., and is fuming about the checks and balances involved. He also clearly hates being held to account.
Democracy 1, Trump nil.
thead, I disagree with the posters who think the US president has too much power in general (although there are specific powers I don't agree with).Why? Because the orange mutant has achieved Sweet f
k All since the election . He obviously thought being president was like being CEO of US inc., and is fuming about the checks and balances involved. He also clearly hates being held to account. Democracy 1, Trump nil.
AW111 said:
While I think Trump is a narcissistic sthead, I disagree with the posters who think the US president has too much power in general (although there are specific powers I don't agree with).
Why? Because the orange mutant has achieved Sweet fk All since the election . He obviously thought being president was like being CEO of US inc., and is fuming about the checks and balances involved. He also clearly hates being held to account.
Democracy 1, Trump nil.
I think it was the comedian Patton Oswalt who did a whole thing about how the "roast" from Obama back in April 2016 was what propelled his massive ego to really pursue the presidency, just to rub his face in it. And now he's got it, he just really hates it. But the hatred from being laughed at by, basically everyone, fueled it. thead, I disagree with the posters who think the US president has too much power in general (although there are specific powers I don't agree with).Why? Because the orange mutant has achieved Sweet f
k All since the election . He obviously thought being president was like being CEO of US inc., and is fuming about the checks and balances involved. He also clearly hates being held to account. Democracy 1, Trump nil.
AreOut said:
suure
Seems it was a pesky last-day-at-work-prank:
Twitter Inc said:
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Not-The-Messiah said:
Please refer to my last sentence in my last post, as you seem to be one of them.
Of course, I forgot. Children 5-10 years of age are experts at "nuance, sarcasm or irony". Not at all inappropriate for a 71 year old man to involve them in his petty fight with their parents. Edited by Not-The-Messiah on Friday 3rd November 00:19
Cold said:
AreOut said:
suure
Seems it was a pesky last-day-at-work-prank:
Twitter Inc said:
We have learned that this was done by a Twitter customer-support employee who did this on the employee’s last day. We are conducting a full internal review,
We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again
We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again
minimoog said:
Read this. You might be worried. Or, in the case of FCR, delighted.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/2/...
That's very interesting, thanks. I note the point that media on the left tend to be dominated by the centre left, whereas media on the right tend to be dominated by the far right, with the centre right being relatively quiet.https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/2/...
I assume that the crazy comment some pages back by a Trump supporter accusing Antifa of marching with paedophiles was based on the Columbia banner scam.
Back on the sexual harassment stuff -
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/us/politics/tru...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/us/politics/tru...
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 3rd November 08:07
Cold said:
AreOut said:
suure
Seems it was a pesky last-day-at-work-prank:
Twitter Inc said:
We have learned that this was done by a Twitter customer-support employee who did this on the employee’s last day. We are conducting a full internal review,
We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again
We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again
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ScudNorth said:
Not-The-Messiah said:
Please refer to my last sentence in my last post, as you seem to be one of them.
Of course, I forgot. Children 5-10 years of age are experts at "nuance, sarcasm or irony". Not at all inappropriate for a 71 year old man to involve them in his petty fight with their parents. Edited by Not-The-Messiah on Friday 3rd November 00:19
It's a great thing a bit of sarcasm if used properly it's allows you to complement and criticise in the same instance. And allows you to be humble but yet still retain control.
I'm sure someone with your abilities and intelligence you will soon be able to master it. See a bit of sarcasm there.
And rather pessimistic. I wonder what he would have written if he was a UK journalist based in the US in the years 1967 to 1974?
I reckon it wouldn't be much different.
America can, and most likely will, bounce back.
I visited America in 1981 and 1984. I thought that the mood in 1984 was actually downbeat compared to 1981 - so his upbeat appraisal of 1984 is probably as much related to his youth as it is to reality.
I reckon it wouldn't be much different.
America can, and most likely will, bounce back.
I visited America in 1981 and 1984. I thought that the mood in 1984 was actually downbeat compared to 1981 - so his upbeat appraisal of 1984 is probably as much related to his youth as it is to reality.
Bipartisanship moment: I thought that Trump was actually witty when he made the comment about the media having beautiful children.
He then went off on a wander when commenting on weight, which perhaps reflects his own concerns about being fat (but as he believes that exercise depletes a fixed reserve of energy, he's stuck on that one).
He then went off on a wander when commenting on weight, which perhaps reflects his own concerns about being fat (but as he believes that exercise depletes a fixed reserve of energy, he's stuck on that one).
Breadvan72 said:
Interesting view on the decline of America.Breadvan72 said:
That's very interesting, thanks. I note the point that media on the left tend to be dominated by the centre left, whereas media on the right tend to be dominated by the far right, with the centre right being relatively quiet.
I assume that the crazy comment some pages back by a Trump supporter accusing Antifa of marching with paedophiles was based on the Columbia banner scam.
Depends what you consider "far" right. In reality, there are very, very few truly far right media outlets but as the left paints more and more with the same brush of "far right" the more enemies they will make.I assume that the crazy comment some pages back by a Trump supporter accusing Antifa of marching with paedophiles was based on the Columbia banner scam.
Me a Trump supporter? Not really, but had I been American, he would have had my vote over Hilary. Antifa have been linked to Nambla before even if the banner they marched behind was planted. You also have left wing media giving s
t like this http://www.independent.co.uk/news/paedophilia-sexu... webspace.Very very few far right media sources? Really? Fox, Breitbart, Infowars, the Mail?
The information in the article seems to me to make a far appraisal of the distribution of ideologies in media sources, the point being that on the left there is a spread of sources from far left to centre left, but on the right the sources cluster towards the extreme end of the spectrum, and some of the far right players have big coverage, unlike the fringe and small audience far left sources.
The information in the article seems to me to make a far appraisal of the distribution of ideologies in media sources, the point being that on the left there is a spread of sources from far left to centre left, but on the right the sources cluster towards the extreme end of the spectrum, and some of the far right players have big coverage, unlike the fringe and small audience far left sources.
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