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KwarK
United States43282 Posts
On July 30 2017 23:10 Danglars wrote: The Senate did not remove; ergo Democratic President survived impeachment after committing perjury on a famous affair. Wife runs for president some years later. Oops. How dare a wife run for president after her husband received a blowjob from another woman! | ||
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
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oBlade
United States5771 Posts
On July 31 2017 00:10 Danglars wrote: I'm ready for future "Even Trump supported an expansion of entitlement programs." He used the Republican Party vehicle for his ascent to the White House, but as others here pointed out, he'd support single payer if it's popular and gets the moniker Trumpcare. Obligatory "only supported given the binary nature of US presidential elections" here (amazing how it's still relevant). Redo the election with a believable conservative dem or a brick and Trump doesn't get my vote. Are you posturing for thread credibility or why wouldn't you wait for the 4 year report card to make that assessment, what went into that? Or have you been saying that the whole time but I forgot or missed it? | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
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riotjune
United States3394 Posts
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zlefin
United States7689 Posts
On July 31 2017 01:11 riotjune wrote: I think the 2016 US presidential election just shows what our democracy has been reduced to: Monkeys throwing shit at each other. Whoever throws more shit that sticks wins. democracy has always been deeply flawed; it's just sometimes more apparent than other times. and of course it has its ups and downs, and has been on a downward trend for awhile now. | ||
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zlefin
United States7689 Posts
On July 31 2017 00:10 Danglars wrote: I'm ready for future "Even Trump supported an expansion of entitlement programs." He used the Republican Party vehicle for his ascent to the White House, but as others here pointed out, he'd support single payer if it's popular and gets the moniker Trumpcare. Obligatory "only supported given the binary nature of US presidential elections" here (amazing how it's still relevant). Redo the election with a believable conservative dem or a brick and Trump doesn't get my vote. I doubt your claim that some other dem might have gotten your vote. the way people actually think and vote shows a very strong trend of people simply voting for their "side" then rationalizing a reason afterwards. there's been a lot of research in the area and the effects show very strongly. Trump would probably get at least 40% popular vote no matter who he was up against. and I believe you'd be among those voting for the republican side no matter what. | ||
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Leporello
United States2845 Posts
For example: Healthcare. He should want to simply put this behind him, and move on to something that he is more likely to succeed at, so he can claim victory. Why's he not doing that? Because failure, at all levels, is what this is about. So with healthcare: he either further stalls Congress from actually doing anything, or somehow they miraculously succeed in destroying healthcare for millions of Americans. If you don't like America: that's a win-win situation. From a guy who lives in reality-TV world of marketing and personal-PR, Donald would logically move away from healthcare at this point, quick as can. Just as he knows how bad it looks that he throws out foreign-policy over Twitter like an internet-troll. Donald Trump might not be smart, but no one is actually this stupid. Some of this is too crazy to just be crazy. It's crazy like a fox: from the Republican-elected Russo-Manchurian Candidate. He's getting beaten around the ring like a wrestling-show -- yes, he's "losing", but that's actually kind of the point. The real losers are the people who paid to watch this stupid fakery. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21969 Posts
On July 31 2017 01:21 Leporello wrote: I really think that Trump's not just ignorantly disruptive but deliberately so. For example: Healthcare. He should want to simply put this behind him, and move on to something that he is more likely to succeed at, so he can claim victory. Why's he not doing that? Because failure, at all levels, is what this is about. So with healthcare: he either further stalls Congress from actually doing anything, or somehow they miraculously succeed in destroying healthcare for millions of Americans. If you don't like America: that's a win-win situation. From a guy who lives in reality-TV world of marketing and personal-PR, Donald would logically move away from healthcare at this point, quick as can. Just as he knows how bad it looks that he throws out foreign-policy over Twitter like an internet-troll. Donald Trump might not be smart, but no one is actually this stupid. Some of this is too crazy to just be crazy. It's crazy like a fox: from the Republican-elected Russo-Manchurian Candidate. He's getting beaten around the ring like a wrestling-show -- yes, he's "losing", but that's actually kind of the point. The real losers are the people who paid to watch this stupid fakery. No, Healthcare fails because the Republican party is deeply divided and the 2 camps are actually radically opposed despite being in a single party. There is no plan that can combine the wishes of 51 Republicans, that's why it keeps failing. The stupidity is in that they keep trying so publicly. Trump doesn't give two shits about what gets passed so long as he can claim credit and it doesn't hurt him financially, bonus points if he gets to make more money off of it. | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
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Azuzu
United States340 Posts
On July 31 2017 00:10 Danglars wrote: Obligatory "only supported given the binary nature of US presidential elections" here (amazing how it's still relevant). Redo the election with a believable conservative dem or a brick and Trump doesn't get my vote. Do you have anyone in mind you would have voted for over Trump that is a Democrat? | ||
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ChristianS
United States3258 Posts
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m4ini
4215 Posts
On July 31 2017 02:03 ChristianS wrote: Can anyone figure out any rhyme or reason behind Trump's capitalization in tweets? When he writes "the World is watching," what is the thinking behind capitalizing world? All I can think of is maybe he wants an intermediate level of emphasis between "world" and "WORLD," but he doesn't seem like a man to bother with intermediate anything Could be Autocorrect. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11647 Posts
Also, yes, autocorrect does weird capitalization. Which is kinda strange, capitalization in english is really simple. First word in a sentence and names capital, everything else not. | ||
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m4ini
4215 Posts
On July 31 2017 02:28 Simberto wrote: Some languages (german for example) capitalize nouns. No idea why Trump would do that though. Also, yes, autocorrect does weird capitalization. Which is kinda strange, capitalization in english is really simple. First word in a sentence and names capital, everything else not. Yup, considerably harder in german to capitalise properly. Small insight here. https://orthografietrainer.net/service/faustregeln_GK.php My bet still is autocorrect, mine (Sony) is off now because of weird capitalisation, and general dickishness. | ||
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ChristianS
United States3258 Posts
I could imagine autocorrect wanting to capitalize World because it's part of the name of a lot of things that are capitalized (World Trade Organization, World Series, World Championship Series, etc.). And Repeal and Replace is at least kind of proper noun-like. But Cross State Lines doesn't make a lot of sense either way. Edit: well this is sending me down a bit of a rabbit hole. I'm gonna collect weird capitalization tweets here in a spoiler. + Show Spoiler + HealthCare, Insurance Companies, Members of Congress complete Healthcare Great American... ...and a Great Leader Failing @nytimes a major Trade Deal Okay I'm bored with this now, won't bother finding more. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On July 31 2017 03:04 NewSunshine wrote: I can't be the only who gets nervous when Trump mentions "nuke option" in a casual tweet. There was an era where that shit would have crashed markets and sent entire countries into panic... | ||
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ChristianS
United States3258 Posts
Speaking of, what do you guys think are the chances that the filibuster gets nuked? Edit: My new theory, by the way, is that Trump uses capitalization like colored text in a Zelda game, to draw attention to the words he thinks are important. The autocorrect theory doesn't make sense to me because it seems very intentional, and because he hasn't gotten the wrong word almost ever. It's also not impossible that he doesn't fully understand how capitalization is supposed to work. The guy is clearly not a writer. | ||
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