deanb Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41808227 What a (im)peachey story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) I wonder what the distraction will be this time. He can't ban or dictate transgender policy in the military now. So that's one less card for him to play. Probably the juiciest detail. Edited October 31, 2017 by Malloween Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 A pretty in-depth article on NYT about mass shootings in US that pretty much concludes what most already know: it's cos there's loads of guns. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 The elections last night bode well for 2018 if folks can keep the momentum going and turn out the vote. Seems like even apathetic Americans detest Trump enough to come out in a very off-year election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 It be interesting to see how the Republican party reacts over the course of a year. There has been a few who have spoken out but they are not up for re-election. Is there anyone left in there with courage to break the act of appearing united? Then again it is pretty hard to trust someone who watched it all go down and remain silent. Then there are the Dems... they got their own shares of problems. I doubt I'll ever forget the sting of the Primary. There will be rope bridges built for 2018 but come 2020, I think there will be some sort of reckoning for the party. Hell, there's probably something for the entire country... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 The problem they're going to run into is that if they speak out against Trump they risk alienating his base and losing the election that way. Analysis I've seen of Virginia suggests the core "white working class" voters who swung for Trump in 2016 still supported him, it was college educated suburban white people who went over to the dems. If GOP candidates try to go against Trump then they risk either being primaried from the right, or Trump's base just staying home. If they don't speak out against Trump they risk losing those college educated voters. They're damned if they do, damned if they don't, which is just how I like them to be. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 I'm not sure the Republicans will react much at all. They might convince themselves they are, but their whole ideology is based on resisting change. I don't think they are capable of adapting to a shifting climate and have gotten by recently on low Democrat turnout, Anti-Obama sentiment and the fact Trump is not an establishment Republican, which let people fool themselves into thinking he was the people's candidate even though he's one of the most egregious examples of the 1% in the entire country. It'll be like when Trump tried to win Hispanics over by saying they made great burrito bowls at Trump tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 Umm... I am not looking forwards to the tax bill that Trump is going to sign. Happy holidays! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 I'm not super familiar with US history so can't verify this myself but someone pointed out that after Trump was elected that this was the first time since 1928 that Republicans controlled the Presidency, Senate, House, Supreme Court pick and the Majority of Government/Governors. Then something or other happened in 1929... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Alabama isn't that far gone to elect Roy Moore. Still though, this time line is still fucked for having him win as a possibility in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 I look at it the other way, and the fact that Alabama of all places elected a democrat gives me great hope for the 2018 elections. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 First time in like 25 years from what I hear. However. If Democrats win big in 2018, I have a feeling they will take the blame for any economic decline due to the tax plan and any other things due to Trump. I'm not sure how I feel about that possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 There is really no reason not to want the Dems to retake control of the House and Senate in 2018, even if they are going to be unfairly blamed for Trump's absolutely atrocious tax plan. I used to consider myself a fairly centrist guy, but not anymore. The Republicans are fucking it up. Anyway, here's the Alabama voter results based on sex and race. Pretty eye-opening stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 I'm finding that contrary to popular theory, as I get older and more well off, I'm actually veering further and further left. Re: The exit poll, that's some troubling reading, wtf is wrong with white people?!? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Won't it be fun to watch the GOP try to court young black voters in 2018. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Only idiots give a shit about Merry Christmas vs. Happy Holidays. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Help help! I feel attacked! (By the tax bill, anti-NN and a host of other stuff) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 The upcoming book about Trump's first year in the White House written by journalist Michael Wolff is making enormous waves in the American press, but if you Brits haven't heard much about it, here's an excerpt for you to read. It illustrates in horrifying detail just how unqualified Trump is to be the president when he can't even control his own administration and has to be constantly led around like he's in an adult day care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 I've seen about it online and read a whole article. It sounds like stuff we pretty much already know from the constant leaks but that this guy says he actually has it all on tape is fuckin' hilarious. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Apparently the book is dropping early like tomorrow. I can imagine what goes down in his administration but I'll get the ebook just to see how bad it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 The problem with Wolff is that he's a kinda of sensationalist. I have no doubt that the thrust of the book is true, but I suspect that he got a bunch of stuff incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Reading excerpts like that article MJ posted, some of the stuff seemed inferred. The post election day stuff seems to fit though if you look at the pictures. You want the excerpts and the book to be 100% true but it's always a good idea to step back and check and look into things. The Bannon stuff are pretty extreme and I would love to hear the tapes to back the stories up. Hell, have some of the people talk would be nice. Even a simple yes or no would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Oh, some of you think he's making things up? Well does THIS look made up to you!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Well it is, and you even have it when Pixelated changed his username too... What was more humorous is the people RTing it to discredit the validity of the book, therefore discrediting their own validity But yeah, the whole "didn't want to win" thing has rang true since even before he ran given his own character n goals and how much he'd have to give up (not that he's given up much in the way of golfing n shit, but now he's under much more scrutiny when doing it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrateStandby Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 (edited) I find it impressive that he won considering he said all kinds of things people hated and despised. People wanted change and they definitely got it. Not good. Im just disappointed that he was the one that advised the transgender policy should be implemented because now people are calling it bigotry even though there is evidence that transgender people will have a tougher time in the military for medical reasons. You can’t just join the military to get free surgery and medicine, they should let people join but they should pay for cosmetic surgeries and their own hormones. The goal is mission readiness and all kinds of people are rejected for medical reasons because they need extra care in the long run. You can’t be out in the middle of a boat asking for hormones they might not have for a small percentage of the military population, and you definitely don’t have hormones for people in combat. There’s a reason why certain allergies aren’t allowed and military applicants get rejected, you can’t bring the hospital with you to the boat or many places you go Like I have to prove I’m fit for full before I go on my ship which means I need to go to medical and get cleared since It’s not like the ship has a doctor or dental. I have a hospital corpsman (who doesn’t have a degree but is qualified) to take care of me. You think a hospital corpsman is gonna know what to do with a transgender person who doesn’t have their hormones? It’s ok for transgender people to join the armed forces but I HIGHLY do not recommend it. If I had a friend who wanted to join and he was transgender I’d definitely be against it, not because I don’t want a transgender person to join but because the military world is not friendly to people who are “different” medically speaking. With trump doing what he’s doing people think he’s justness trying to be a bigot meanwhile there are serious and logical reasons for implementing a policy. It’s bad juju. Edited January 7, 2018 by HydrateStandby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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