EPTDude literally in tears saying drugs and crime coming over the border
http://www.cbsnews.com/live/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab9b
Border control!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/2/smuggling-network-guided-illegal-immigrants-from-m/
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
Dude literally in tears saying drugs and crime coming over the border http://www.cbsnews.com/live/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab9b Border control! http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/2/smuggling-network-guided-illegal-immigrants-from-m/ | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
The US government announced plans on Thursday to regulate the controversial $38.5bn payday loan industry. Regulation of the high-interest, low-dollar loan industry has until now been left to individual states. Under the new rule, lenders would be required to verify income of those taking out loans to ensure that they can afford to repay the money they borrow. The rules are a major win for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency dedicated to protecting consumers established during Obama’s first term, and come despite fierce lobbying from the industry. Nearly 12 million Americans use payday loans every year, according to Pew Charitable Trust. Because of the way the loans are set up, people on average pay $520 in fees to borrow $375. The loans work like a cash advance that’s due every two weeks – around the same time as the borrower’s next payday, hence the name. Most of the borrowers, however, cannot afford to pay the loan in full and so they pay off the interest and essentially take out a new loan for the same amount. Consumers who roll over the loan again and again have been known to pay as much as 300% in interest and fees over the span of a year. CFPB’s announcement comes just weeks after payday loans joined guns and tobacco on Google’s list of “dangerous products”whose ads are banned across the website. Source | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28665 Posts
On June 03 2016 08:39 CannonsNCarriers wrote: The 100-plus times Donald Trump assured us that America is a laughingstock https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/27/the-100-plus-times-donald-trump-has-assured-us-the-united-states-is-a-laughingstock/ EDIT: note that this is over 20 something years. Donald has been consistent in his poo pooing of American success. hilarious part is that for the past year, Trump has been the main reason. | ||
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CorsairHero
Canada9491 Posts
The campaign says it intends to go after Mr. Trump more forcefully, particularly on national security and his business record, after June 7, when Mrs. Clinton is expected to officially clinch her party’s nomination. For now, her aides appear to be throwing ideas against a wall to see what sticks, including trying out different monikers after the Democratic National Committee’s “Dangerous Donald” flopped. An internal favorite is “Poor Donald,” with its implication that Mr. Trump, famously defensive about his net worth, is not nearly as wealthy as he lets on. Source Poor Donald? What are they thinking lol. | ||
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CannonsNCarriers
United States638 Posts
How about no nicknames? I don't need to add any nasty monikers to "Republicans". The word carries the weight of their villainous deeds. Nothing needs to be put on there for me to convince you they are scum and dangerous. Trump needs to put 7th grade putdowns in front of other people's names because he needs some way to slur them. Trump's long legacy of fraud, lies, and despicable sexism and racism are enough that he doesn't need a moniker. Trump is enough. You know what he stands for. Just like the Republicans. Just check out today's example of Trump's out and out racism against Hispanics. Shit like this doesn't need a nickname. | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
On June 03 2016 09:09 oBlade wrote: I don't see the self-loathing or anti-exceptionalism in what you describe. Self-pity would be closer if you wanted to put it that way. I don't know what sense you're using exceptionalism, but it seems like if Trump is saying he wants the country to be great, that wouldn't be anti-exceptionalist. American exceptionalism in the 'God's own nation' sense, which I guess is how it is commonly used. Absolutely no leader wants their country to be shitty, so that kind of 'exceptionalism would apply to literally everybody | ||
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
They aren't going to win the branding game against Trump. And what they have tried so far has been weak sauce. | ||
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Toadesstern
Germany16350 Posts
On June 03 2016 10:34 CannonsNCarriers wrote: How about no nicknames? I don't need to add any nasty monikers to "Republicans". The word carries the weight of their villainous deeds. Nothing needs to be put on there for me to convince you they are scum and dangerous. Trump needs to put 7th grade putdowns in front of other people's names because he needs some way to slur them. Trump's long legacy of fraud, lies, and despicable sexism and racism are enough that he doesn't need a moniker. Trump is enough. You know what he stands for. Just like the Republicans. Just check out today's example of Trump's out and out racism against Hispanics. Shit like this doesn't need a nickname. https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/738522993467510785 isn't his usual story that only illegal immigrants hate him and all the legal ones and people born in the US actually love him because they're the most angry about illegals stealing the jobs? | ||
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Jormundr
United States1678 Posts
On June 03 2016 10:52 Toadesstern wrote: isn't his usual story that only illegal immigrants hate him and all the legal ones and people born in the US actually love him because they're the most angry about illegals stealing the jobs? He's like Hillary, so you lost me at "usual story". | ||
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CannonsNCarriers
United States638 Posts
On June 03 2016 10:52 Toadesstern wrote: isn't his usual story that only illegal immigrants hate him and all the legal ones and people born in the US actually love him because they're the most angry about illegals stealing the jobs? Trump has stopped pretending and now states that all "Mexicans" are biased against him because of his Wall plans. Judge Curiel was a hero prosecutor in the 90s who faced real threats from the Mexican cartels and was born in Indiana. No other way to spin this. Trump is applying racial prejudice against Curiel and states he must be biased against him based on his ethnic origins. Presumably this logic extends to anyone that Trump would put in the category of "Mexican", and any number of Trump's other antagonized groups. | ||
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CorsairHero
Canada9491 Posts
On June 03 2016 10:34 CannonsNCarriers wrote: How about no nicknames? I don't need to add any nasty monikers to "Republicans". The word carries the weight of their villainous deeds. Nothing needs to be put on there for me to convince you they are scum and dangerous. Trump needs to put 7th grade putdowns in front of other people's names because he needs some way to slur them. Trump's long legacy of fraud, lies, and despicable sexism and racism are enough that he doesn't need a moniker. Trump is enough. You know what he stands for. Just like the Republicans. I suggest you watch Bill Mahers interview with Scott Adams from last week. He explains Trumps use of persuasion and branding while showing examples as to why Clinton stinks at it. | ||
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
I mean he does have a history of aggressively exaggerating and lying about his net worth (and pretty much everything else about himself, including rally attendance and poll numbers). That's not a useful thing to point out, though, although it does trigger him almost as hard as Rubio's mentioning his penis size from what I understand. | ||
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Lord Tolkien
United States12083 Posts
On June 03 2016 07:38 CannonsNCarriers wrote: I find the fascism/Europe analogies to be a total distraction. That he plays on racial fears is bad on its own without analogies to the past. Moreover, Trump's alleged ideology is such a mess that comparing to actual fascist thinkers is insulting to the men of the past. Trump can't go a week without running right back over what he had previously said. HRC didn't need to make distracting fascism comparisons to rip him apart on foreign policy today. On his best of days, Trump could be Berlusconi. On his usual days, he is just a lying child getting upset at the very coverage that made him famous. But that's what fascism is, ultimately. It doesn't truly have an ideology of its own, and fundamentally has no unified philosophical underpinnings behind it. Fascist movements latch themselves onto whatever anger and frustration populist sentiment can rally behind, and are usually highly contradictory. That being said, I do agree. The comparisons are premature at best, and unnecessary. Nevertheless, there are a number of striking similarities between the Trump movement and Eco's definitions of an "ur-fascist" movement. | ||
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Livelovedie
United States492 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States23224 Posts
On June 03 2016 11:06 CorsairHero wrote: I suggest you watch Bill Mahers interview with Scott Adams from last week. He explains Trumps use of persuasion and branding while showing examples as to why Clinton stinks at it. That was a good interview. Scott has had some misses but he knows his stuff when it comes to persuasion and he's dead on about Trump v Hillary on it. | ||
KwarK
United States42673 Posts
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
Here's some entertainment though. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Introvert
United States4748 Posts
Edit: All this talk of fascism and it's the Trump protesters who are beating people up and shutting down rallies. Please. | ||
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oBlade
United States5584 Posts
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