Eh?Originally Posted by Loki
Eh?
I have no doubt that Lewk agrees with Sessions but I don't think even Lewk would be so blatant about it.
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Reports from the confirmation hearings are frickin hilarious/terrifying.
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Trump just said his picks have the highest IQ of any cabinet. After a news story went viral on twitter about his picks being the most uneducated.
And of course he picked Devos as proof of that IQ claim. The same lady who bombed her "confirmation" hearing by talking about grizzlies (among other cringe worthy comments).
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
The Trump inaugural speech is not the stuff of legend, but it's mostly lacking on style, it's better than expected on substance.
Congratulations America
Really? I was distinctly unimpressed on all metrics. Although it was obvious which parts had been largely written by him and which parts had been written by a (lackluster) speechwriter, even the few sops to people aghast at his prior rhetoric were filled with provisos and were clearly window dressing. And his two main thrusts - first, painting the US as mired in decay, and second, proclaiming an 'America First' policy - were, if not new, at least troubling. Protectionism is obviously not my favorite policy, but it was more than that - there was an angry, almost sinister undercurrent to his talk. He painted the world as a zero sum game we are losing, and appears to never have heard of the concept of enlightened self interest.
I'm not surprised, but I was not impressed either.
"When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: Why relativity? And why turbulence? I really believe he will have an answer for the first." - Werner Heisenberg (maybe)
Yes really, I was expecting much worse than what we got. Aside from Isis there were no outright threathening passages. I was outright surprised when he thanked people beyond the borders of America.
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The stupid fucker quoted Bane, a villain from DC comics. That line "give it back to you, the people" is straight from The Dark Knight Rises.
But oh man, people are having a god damn field day making fun of how horrible the turnout is, especially compared to Obama's.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
He's a populist echoing a populist who himself drew comparisons with contemporary populists like Occupy Wall Street.
Wasn't sure which megathread to put this into, Trump or Brexit. Wonder if there's any truth to this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...-donald-trump/
I'm actually quite happy to see Trump open to pursuing a trade relationship with the UK. Much better than Obama's icy cold shoulder.
Meanwhile, watching my friends freaking out about the inauguration on social media is vaguely...arousing?
Yeah, that should be fun, starting talk about a free trade deal right in the middle of congressional elections and while he's about to start up the campaign to stay in the White House. The Brexitanians will also learn a lot from his dealings with NAFTA. I should order some extra popcorn.
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I wouldn't use the term arousing but it does make me giggle.
What world do you live in that you actually take anything Trump says at face value? Even his supporters know better.
Hope is the denial of reality
Indeed I get that (not the arousal you strange, strange man).
A new Special Relationship on steroids is the cherry on the parfait after my nation rejected Obama's "back of the queue" hysteria.
Heh it only took a few hours...
http://www.thehill.com/homenews/medi...eech-hitlerian
"“When he said today ‘America First,’ it was not just the racial — I mean, I shouldn’t say racial, the Hitlerian background to it, but it was the message I kept thinking," Matthews said."
"Hitlerian" Heh but what do you expect from the guy who gets all tingly when he thinks about Obama speaking. I still have reservations about Trump and his seemingly absurd beliefs about trade but watching the liberals jump over themselves to proclaim he is the second coming of Hitler is hilarious. Going to be a fun four years of triggered cry babies.
The snowflakes call anyone right of Karl Marx a fascist, or a racist to the point the terms have begun to lose all meaning.
This time they might be actually right, only time to tell.
It is fascinating to watch your slow transformation into a fully fledged member of the so called alt-right. Are you going to do some 'lol, triggered' material next? Maybe start linking to breitbart and using the word 'cuck' like a comma?
When the sky above us fell
We descended into hell
Into kingdom come
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to have noticed this but sad to see that the pace has picked up considerably since last summer.
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
So new missile shield, moving back on climate policies and health care, and a "national day of patriotism". I feel like we've finally discovered how to travel back in time.
Lewk you do realise that what you're gloating about is exactly the same of the right calling Obama a marxist right? Which they did non stop for 8 years.
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
Most called him a socialist.
Do you approve of people calling Obama a Marxist?
I can't recall anyone here doing so let alone non stop for 8 years. I can recall people here calling Trump a fascist.
Churchill is back in the Oval Office
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Probably because Trump doesn't have an ancestral Kenyan dislike of white supremacists. Hopefully it's still being balanced by the MLK bust.
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"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
So, who else is getting the idea that Trump may turn out to be a socialist experiment once his first turn is over.
Congratulations America
What, you mean like all the old-school fascists?
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"
Those are your words not mine.
I don't know if I would go as far as carting out the charge of fascism yet, but his rhetoric sounds very much that he thinks government should be involved in how businesses make decisions. And then there's the big projects side....
Congratulations America
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Him being Trump? He seems very much big government kind of politician.
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