deanb Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 Yeah seen that floating around. I guess calling it "obamacare" worked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 Yeah seen that floating around. I guess calling it "obamacare" worked. And how. A pity that they are going to tear it down instead of rejigging it and naming it TrumpCare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 I think rejigging it and calling it something else is exactly what's going to ultimately happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 I dunno. How can they rejigger it in a way that makes the GOP happy that also doesn't blow it up? It will be interesting to see what Trump's plan will be and how many fantasies and lies it will be based upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38659068 Obama commutes Chelsea Mannings sentence. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Obama just being a stand up guy to the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 I've seen the thing going around suggesting he stand down just before the inauguration, make Biden the 45th president. In other news, any bands at all playing for Trump? Just get out the karaoke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Watched Obamas final presidential speech on BBC while NHS literally bled me dry yesterday. I guess it was decent having an 8 year run of an articulate president. I was a bit too young for Bill Clinton so not much clue on his vocabulistics and grammaticals, but he seems he'd be kinda decent. I wonder if it's a Republican thing. Dang if he was any classier there'd be a mass shooting in him. (I'm not classy ) Still, a Trump is for at most 8 years (unless he does that whole "emergency powers" thing...), but Brexit's for life. Of course he might not even last to the end of the year. Wonder if he'll quit, be forced out by Republicans, impeached, or assassinated(a shockingly high occurrence for US presidents). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Clinton was an exceptional speaker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Different to Obama, who seemed an "Elder Statesmen" even in his youth. Clinton always seemed... approachable. I don't want to say "friendly" cos that I think implies that he wasn't as respectable but there was always something likeable about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Only a Brit (or a German) would say "friendly" implies "not respectable." With Republican control of congress, Trump can and will do an enormous amount of damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Haha, I was thinking along the lines of "Familiarity breeds contempt." and I don't think Clinton ever crossed that line (on a public speaking front). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 You respect everyone you're friendly with (and you're friendly with everyone you respect)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Nope, but the issue is about whether somebody's friendliness implies disrespect, and it does not. I'm more likely to be friendly with someone I respect, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Don't forget about Joe Biden, Obama's other half (in the White House). I am too young to know how well Clinton and Gore got along but I do remember Bush and Cheney. Biden and Obama's relationship kind of changed how I view the VP. Now with Trump and Pence, it's more of a Bush and Cheney kind of thing. But worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 Nope, but the issue is about whether somebody's friendliness implies disrespect, and it does not. I'm more likely to be friendly with someone I respect, though. Not saying it implies it, more that it can sometimes invite it. If say a manager is perceived as friendly, this can bleed into being viewed as a peer, and therefore erode their apparent authority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 Day 2 of the Trump administration. "Nazis" is trending on twitter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 I'm not entirely sure if it is true but there might be more marchers/protesters today at the National Mall than there were people at Trump's inauguration yesterday. Then there are the other related marches/protests around the country and really, the world. I know Los Angeles is around 750k people. Heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 It's definitely true there were more marchers today than there were people at the inauguration. All evidence supports that there were a lot more people out today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Well if we look at the alternative facts presented from the WH press office you'll find there was actually 20million people at the inauguration and only about 12 people at the womens march but photoshopped over and over by the dishonest media. No questions please. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 Considering the events in the last twelve months, really the last few, let's see if we get out of the UN before the midterm elections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 How long before the "Special Relationship" becomes a "Conditional Free Trade Deal" (which the UK needs way more than the US) with the condition that the Isle of Wight bristles with missiles pointing roughly in the direction of Russia/China? (Though which direction those missiles will fly is obviously a mystery to us all). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 (Though which direction those missiles will fly is obviously a mystery to us all). Hey this is the US Politics thread, not the UK politics thread! BAN HIM! BAN HIM! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 Well, I mean, we launch our missiles and everyone on Earth is dying anyway, so it doesn't really matter a whole lot where any give missile heads... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 For context: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38714047 Best remark I saw on it was:"Corbyn is right to question the effectiveness of Trident. It's no good if you expect something to go left then it suddenly veers to the right and crashes". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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