POLITICAL THREAD

[DwayneMeighan]

 

[DwayneMeighan]

Biden back in the lead. I'm assuming Warren's couple weeks worth of lying about the 52 trillion is sinking her. Should've just been honest about it like Bernie. No amount of media ass kissing is going to make it go away. She's going to eventually have to admit it.

 

[DwayneMeighan]

 

[DwayneMeighan]

 

[DwayneMeighan]

"a war that would within a year become — on Obama’s watch — 'probably the worst humanitarian situation in the world,' "

 

[BBUK]

You lost me at Christianity BB. Not my bag. I was Catholic for a long time and then Mormon for about 13 years, during which time I was as hardcore a conservative as I knew. About 8 years ago I realized I didn’t believe any of it and my views on a lot of things softened. I respect your faith and understand why Jesus plays such a big role in some people’s lives, but he’s just a fairy tale to me.

I can understand what you state. I have heard that many times. (Not your particular situation but many like it.) I see people worshiped more than the God they say they are serving (Not you, the leaders or leadership almost instill this in their congregations with how they act, react, and lead.) This world is the devils but he will be defeated in the end. I will pray for you that Jesus manifests himself in a real way to you.

I have been in those situations to where I perceive more self-reliance than reliance on God. When I perceive it, I watch it closely and if I then determine it is true I try to help but in many cases there are other motives. I just shun it and realize God will sort it out. The sad part is I have run into that many times.

Good luck to you, and more than that, may God bless you and yours.

 

[Ed323232]

Someone on Quora asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:



A few things spring to mind.



Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem.

For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.

So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.



Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever.

I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.



But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.



Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.



And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.



There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface.



Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront.

Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul.



And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist.

Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that.

He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat.



He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.



And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully.

That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.



There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.



So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.



This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.

After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid.



He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart.

In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.



And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish:

'My God... what... have... I... created?

If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.

And that's how it's done.

 

[warrior-cat]

And that's how it's done.

If your British and are under British rule or yearn to be.

 

[Bluedad2]

I find this interesting as I think conservatives are the embodiment of doublethink yet you can't see how selectively linear your thought process is here. Another point that I find interesting is not only can you not see how The Preamble is pertinent to this conversation as seems to be a conservative want nowadays to dismiss the entire Constitution. BTW the word you tried to use is obfuscate.

Again- it was YOUR meme that was posted- which intimated that the two were mutually exclusive. Not my meme. I don’t feel the two are mutually exclusive. I’ve been a registered a Democrat my whole life- but the party left me awhile back.
Thanks for the spell check- typing from phone.

 

[screwduke1]

Lmao. CNN is a joke

 

[KRJ1975]

I can understand what you state. I have heard that many times. (Not your particular situation but many like it.) I see people worshiped more than the God they say they are serving (Not you, the leaders or leadership almost instill this in their congregations with how they act, react, and lead.) This world is the devils but he will be defeated in the end. I will pray for you that Jesus manifests himself in a real way to you.

I have been in those situations to where I perceive more self-reliance than reliance on God. When I perceive it, I watch it closely and if I then determine it is true I try to help but in many cases there are other motives. I just shun it and realize God will sort it out. The sad part is I have run into that many times.

Good luck to you, and more than that, may God bless you and yours.

Hey look, an entirely civil and realistic post about religion. Nice work BB. Thanks for the kind thoughts.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Trump bout to send a tweet storm. Schumer & Pelosi got better ratings than he did last night! LMAO! nothing sets him off more than low ratings. Beat him by 4%, whoever convinced him to give that speech better watch their back, he might stick a knife in it.

 

[Levibooty]

Again- it was YOUR meme that was posted- which intimated that the two were mutually exclusive. Not my meme. I don’t feel the two are mutually exclusive. I’ve been a registered a Democrat my whole life- but the party left me awhile back.
Thanks for the spell check- typing from phone.

I did not nor did the meme imply they were mutually exclusive, you assumed and then inferred. Frankly I don't care what your party is, there are so many lifelong republicans leaving that party now I don't think any thinking person knows what it stands for anymore.

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

there are so many lifelong republicans leaving that party now I don't think any thinking person knows what it stands for anymore.

Look at this liar. Registered Republicans are on the rise. Democrats are seeing a decrease

#WalkAway movement certainly wasn't a conservative to liberal thing.

Pants on fire liar.

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

My favorite one yet of dementia joe

 

[Mashburned]

Lmaooooo

 

[DwayneMeighan]

 

[DwayneMeighan]

Biden has to be trolling.

Right?

 

[ukalumni00]

I do not know who to feel more sorry for. Biden or the idiots who continue to support him.

 

[duke4life831]

I did not nor did the meme imply they were mutually exclusive, you assumed and then inferred. Frankly I don't care what your party is, there are so many lifelong republicans leaving that party now I don't think any thinking person knows what it stands for anymore.

Please show any kind of stats that back this up. And I dont mean by politicians either. Are normal republican citizens leaving the party? Also if they are, are they leaving because the party has gone to moderate? I know orange man bad and all, but Trump is pretty god damn moderate. This idea that Trump is this far right dude is beyond hilarious to me.

 

[DwayneMeighan]

In case $52 trillion is hard to wrap your head around, here are some stats to help put the figure in perspective.

• Combined net worth of the world's 2,153 billionaires: $8.7 trillion

• Total U.S. national debt: $22.9 trillion

• Total value of the U.S. stock market: $32.3 trillion

• Total value of all U.S. homes: $33.3 trillion

• Total spending on health care in the United States from 1960 to 2017: $59.6 trillion

• How much revenue (taxes) the U.S. government has received in its history: $76.7 trillion

• Total world combined GDP: $86.6 trillion

• How much the U.S. government has spent in its history: $91.7 trillion

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Tribalism

Something that happens naturally, but is best combated with a greater sense of unity in something better, bigger, more worthwhile than one's own little group.

Every race, religion, country, region, etc have this problem.

Lots of white folks that don't like other races/groups. But that is not unique to white people or America.

You make a good point. In fact the group promoting segregation today are the Blacks. Some of them want seperate graduation ceremonies, seperate colleges and most every thing else in society. In other words they want to have their cake and eat it too, without a white person around.

 

[Bluedad2]

I did not nor did the meme imply they were mutually exclusive, you assumed and then inferred. Frankly I don't care what your party is, there are so many lifelong republicans leaving that party now I don't think any thinking person knows what it stands for anymore.

Again

The meme YOU posted stated “Maybe instead of teaching our kids to respect flags and anthems we should teach them to respect justice and humanity.”
Key phrase “instead of”. Meaning- we should do the former vs the latter.
It does not say “Let’s do both of these.”
So instead of constantly backpedaling your stance, I say again- if you feel strongly enough to post such a statement then own it.

 

[ymmot31]

Dems don't understand that a trillion is the same as a million million dollars.

She won't be able to provide any insurance to anyone after a short while. Taxes will need to be raised without end until industries, such as energy, fall under the control of the US government.

Would you eat your soup after you saw your dog piss in it? Ok, then don't vote for Warren.

 

[LeBranthony Javis]

You make a good point. In fact the group promoting segregation today are the Blacks. Some of them want seperate graduation ceremonies, seperate colleges and most every thing else in society. In other words they want to have their cake and eat it too, without a white person around.

Yeah! You tell ‘em! Those people are the REAL racists, am I right?

 

[LeBranthony Javis]

Again

The meme YOU posted stated “Maybe instead of teaching our kids to respect flags and anthems we should teach them to respect justice and humanity.”
Key phrase “instead of”. Meaning- we should do the former vs the latter.
It does not say “Let’s do both of these.”
So instead of constantly backpedaling your stance, I say again- if you feel strongly enough to post such a statement then own it.

I don’t know what the hell you’re referring to, but man...are you one of those weird “flag guys?” What would you do if someone chose to not stand for the national anthem? Like, they’d rather eat their nachos or scroll through Instagram during that time instead. Would you say something?

Do you fly an American flag outside your American house?

Were you personally offended by the “sons of bitches” who kneeled on NFL fields during the anthem?

If so...you might be a “flag guy.”

That’s pretty damn low. Almost as low as “open the truck door for my girlfriend before strolling into Applebee’s guy,” or the multitude of “ALL LIVES MATTER” losers out there.

 

[duke4life831]

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In case $52 trillion is hard to wrap your head around, here are some stats to help put the figure in perspective.

• 
  
  
  • Combined net worth of the world's 2,153 billionaires: $8.7 trillion

• 
  
  
  • Total U.S. national debt: $22.9 trillion

• 
  
  
  • Total value of the U.S. stock market: $32.3 trillion

• 
  
  
  • Total value of all U.S. homes: $33.3 trillion

• 
  
  
  • Total spending on health care in the United States from 1960 to 2017: $59.6 trillion

• 
  
  
  • How much revenue (taxes) the U.S. government has received in its history: $76.7 trillion

• 
  
  
  • Total world combined GDP: $86.6 trillion

• 
  
  
  • How much the U.S. government has spent in its history: $91.7 trillion

The thing I dont get, this is just 1 of her plans. What about her free college and canceling student debt also her free child care plan as well. Not to mention I'm sure a nice bump for other social welfare programs as well.

 

[TurnipDaBeet]

Yall ready for Don Jr on the view this thurz-D? Setya DVR’s

 

[LeBranthony Javis]

Yall ready for Don Jr on the view this thurz-D? Setya DVR’s

Don Jr. 2024???

 

[TheFrontRunner]

Yang droppin truth bombs...

 

[SomeDudeCRO]

Again

The meme YOU posted stated “Maybe instead of teaching our kids to respect flags and anthems we should teach them to respect justice and humanity.”
Key phrase “instead of”. Meaning- we should do the former vs the latter.
It does not say “Let’s do both of these.”
So instead of constantly backpedaling your stance, I say again- if you feel strongly enough to post such a statement then own it.

I think the meme from the left means they think you honor the symbol instead of actually caring about the people the symbol represents, whereas right minded people feel it's implicit that the symbol represents the ideas to the people, for the people, and by the people.

It’s a stupid meme imho like most as real empathy towards homelessness is not the least bit driven by partisanship and the type of idiocy that 420 bro up there represents is dangerous on many levels, if you don’t care about your home it’s going to be taken from you one or the other, from within or from out

 

[TheFrontRunner]

 

[BBUK]

View embedded media

In case $52 trillion is hard to wrap your head around, here are some stats to help put the figure in perspective.

• 
  
  
  • Combined net worth of the world's 2,153 billionaires: $8.7 trillion

• 
  
  
  • Total U.S. national debt: $22.9 trillion

• 
  
  
  • Total value of the U.S. stock market: $32.3 trillion

• 
  
  
  • Total value of all U.S. homes: $33.3 trillion

• 
  
  
  • Total spending on health care in the United States from 1960 to 2017: $59.6 trillion

• 
  
  
  • How much revenue (taxes) the U.S. government has received in its history: $76.7 trillion

• 
  
  
  • Total world combined GDP: $86.6 trillion

• 
  
  
  • How much the U.S. government has spent in its history: $91.7 trillion

It's just numbers. Numbers can be what she wants them to be. Oh, and when has ANY government program been at the cost quoted?

 

[AustinTXCat]

TRump said he ......

 

[augustaky1]

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Looks like a kitchen backsplash photoshop job to me.

Seriously, am I missing the joke here?

 

[DwayneMeighan]

India air pollution at 'unbearable levels', Delhi minister says
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-india-50280390

In many areas of Delhi air quality deteriorated into the "hazardous" category on Sunday with the potential to cause respiratory illnesses.

Authorities have urged people to stay inside to protect themselves.

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

Native American Warren is 99.44% white.

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

India air pollution at 'unbearable levels', Delhi minister says
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-india-50280390

In many areas of Delhi air quality deteriorated into the "hazardous" category on Sunday with the potential to cause respiratory illnesses.

Authorities have urged people to stay inside to protect themselves.

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And those Indians will still smoke 3 packs of cigarettes a day. Can't wait to see the first baby in India born with lung cancer

 

[DwayneMeighan]

"Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it ... It sounds horrible to me."

The rest is fluff.

 

[TheFrontRunner]