Post inauguration Trump:
Moderator: bbmods
-
Wokko
- Posts: 8764
- Joined: Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:04 pm
That's a surprisingly good summation. Usually don't have time for that guy, but he's set his biases (mostly) to one side to look at this somewhat objectively. As was said some time ago, this whole thing is a big nothing burger. Trump is vulnerable on a lot of issues, including being vulnerable with his base but this theatre of Russia collusion isn't one of those issues.
-
pietillidie
- Posts: 16634
- Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:41 pm
- Has liked: 14 times
- Been liked: 28 times
In the end the rain comes down, washes clean the streets of a blue sky town.
Help Nick's: http://www.magpies.net/nick/bb/fundraising.htm
Help Nick's: http://www.magpies.net/nick/bb/fundraising.htm
-
Bucks5
- Posts: 4174
- Joined: Sat Mar 23, 2002 8:01 pm
- Has liked: 2 times
- Been liked: 21 times
- Contact:
A little girl leans into a lion's cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the collar of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents.
A biker jumps off his Harley, runs to the cage and hits the lion square on the nose with a powerful punch. Whimpering from the pain the lion jumps back letting go of the girl, and the biker brings the girl to her terrified parents, who thank him endlessly.
A reporter has watched the whole event. The reporter addressing the Harley rider says, 'Sir, this was the most gallant and bravest thing I've seen a man do in my whole life.’
The Harley rider replies, 'Why, it was nothing, really. The lion was behind bars. I just saw this little kid in danger, and acted as I felt right.'
The reporter says, 'Well, I'll make sure this won't go unnoticed. I'm a journalist, you know, and tomorrow's paper will have this story on the front page. So, what do you do for a living, and what political affiliation do you have?'
The biker replies "I'm a U.S. Marine, a Republican and I voted for Trump".
The journalist leaves.
The following morning the biker buys the paper to see if it indeed brings news of his actions, and reads on the front page:
** U.S. MARINE ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT & STEALS HIS LUNCH. **
And THAT pretty much sums up the left stream media's approach to the news these days...
A biker jumps off his Harley, runs to the cage and hits the lion square on the nose with a powerful punch. Whimpering from the pain the lion jumps back letting go of the girl, and the biker brings the girl to her terrified parents, who thank him endlessly.
A reporter has watched the whole event. The reporter addressing the Harley rider says, 'Sir, this was the most gallant and bravest thing I've seen a man do in my whole life.’
The Harley rider replies, 'Why, it was nothing, really. The lion was behind bars. I just saw this little kid in danger, and acted as I felt right.'
The reporter says, 'Well, I'll make sure this won't go unnoticed. I'm a journalist, you know, and tomorrow's paper will have this story on the front page. So, what do you do for a living, and what political affiliation do you have?'
The biker replies "I'm a U.S. Marine, a Republican and I voted for Trump".
The journalist leaves.
The following morning the biker buys the paper to see if it indeed brings news of his actions, and reads on the front page:
** U.S. MARINE ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT & STEALS HIS LUNCH. **
And THAT pretty much sums up the left stream media's approach to the news these days...
How would Siri know when to answer "Hey Siri" unless it is listening in to everything you say?
-
David
- Posts: 50690
- Joined: Sun Jul 27, 2003 4:04 pm
- Location: the edge of the deep green sea
- Has liked: 20 times
- Been liked: 84 times
The marine then turned around with a wink and said “My name is Wayne. John Wayne.” Suddenly, a bald eagle flew over and perched on his shoulder, and he turned his horse around and galloped off into the sunset to the tune of The Star-Spangled Banner, leaving the atheist left-wing pro-evolution college professor lost for words. And then the whole bus clapped.
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange
-
pietillidie
- Posts: 16634
- Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:41 pm
- Has liked: 14 times
- Been liked: 28 times
^Haha.
Great, a children's parable from the Church of Facebook Patriots for the Lord's Holy Army on Earth. Where do I sign up?
The most important point to keep in mind by a country mile is that if an Australian politician gleefully accepted, say, Indonesian interference in an election, or associated with that many criminal lowlifes, or installed unqualified relatives in extremely serious positions of government, or interfered in an investigation, or directly punished companies and impacted markets with tweets, or received business patronage from those trying to influence government, he or she would be...a fictional character.
Nothing at all changes this basic reality. And there will eventually be an accounting of it when the suspension of disbelief collapses, as happened with George W.
Great, a children's parable from the Church of Facebook Patriots for the Lord's Holy Army on Earth. Where do I sign up?
The most important point to keep in mind by a country mile is that if an Australian politician gleefully accepted, say, Indonesian interference in an election, or associated with that many criminal lowlifes, or installed unqualified relatives in extremely serious positions of government, or interfered in an investigation, or directly punished companies and impacted markets with tweets, or received business patronage from those trying to influence government, he or she would be...a fictional character.
Nothing at all changes this basic reality. And there will eventually be an accounting of it when the suspension of disbelief collapses, as happened with George W.
In the end the rain comes down, washes clean the streets of a blue sky town.
Help Nick's: http://www.magpies.net/nick/bb/fundraising.htm
Help Nick's: http://www.magpies.net/nick/bb/fundraising.htm
-
Wokko
- Posts: 8764
- Joined: Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:04 pm
Supreme Court rules Trump can use Pentagon funds for the wall. It's going up.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 28128?s=19
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 28128?s=19
-
pietillidie
- Posts: 16634
- Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:41 pm
- Has liked: 14 times
- Been liked: 28 times
There's nothing untoward about countries policing their borders thoroughly. This would seem a basic managerial necessity.
However, immigration-related policy can be enormously destructive when it incites groupist hatred and protectionism, and causes political misdirection. And, unfortunately, that is what's happening here.
There's a strong whiff of decline about pretty much everything Trump does. The limits of power dawned with George W's failures, and now the white flag has been unfurled with Trump, a lurid symbol of American decay and corruption.
Imagine if all those trillions of dollars from Iraq and Afghanistan forward were directed towards (1) influencing countries like China, Brazil, Turkey and Nigeria in the interests of mutual betterment and progress; (2) depriving destabilising terrorists and despots of funding by moving the world off fossil fuels; and (3) providing proper healthcare, income protection and decent employment at home. A discipline too far, apparently.
It's like watching the management of a floundering company make panicked decisions which merely announce its demise.
However, immigration-related policy can be enormously destructive when it incites groupist hatred and protectionism, and causes political misdirection. And, unfortunately, that is what's happening here.
There's a strong whiff of decline about pretty much everything Trump does. The limits of power dawned with George W's failures, and now the white flag has been unfurled with Trump, a lurid symbol of American decay and corruption.
Imagine if all those trillions of dollars from Iraq and Afghanistan forward were directed towards (1) influencing countries like China, Brazil, Turkey and Nigeria in the interests of mutual betterment and progress; (2) depriving destabilising terrorists and despots of funding by moving the world off fossil fuels; and (3) providing proper healthcare, income protection and decent employment at home. A discipline too far, apparently.
It's like watching the management of a floundering company make panicked decisions which merely announce its demise.
In the end the rain comes down, washes clean the streets of a blue sky town.
Help Nick's: http://www.magpies.net/nick/bb/fundraising.htm
Help Nick's: http://www.magpies.net/nick/bb/fundraising.htm
-
David
- Posts: 50690
- Joined: Sun Jul 27, 2003 4:04 pm
- Location: the edge of the deep green sea
- Has liked: 20 times
- Been liked: 84 times
“Who’s going to pay for it?”Wokko wrote:Supreme Court rules Trump can use Pentagon funds for the wall. It's going up.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 28128?s=19
“The Americans”
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange
| 1902 | 1903 | 1910 | 1917 | 1919 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1953 | 1958 | 1990 | 2010 | 2023 | The quality of the Guardian's reportage is - and has always been - outstanding. Some of you need to learn to distinguish between the fellow-traveller opinion pieces and the reporting. There are plenty of extraordinarily important news items that only get attention in the Guardian.
And, yes, of course I post links to the Guardian's opinion pieces. I do so because I know how irritated some of you are by it.
Most intelligent Australians over 40 grew up expecting to get the actual news from the Guardian (Weekly) because most of the important news wasn't available elsewhere. The way many of you deride content merely because it is in the Guardian does not reflect on the Guardian.
For a classic example of that, have a look at the reference to BHP's change of position at the top of page 17 of the "Climate Change-Denying Ididots" thread. The Guardian was, at the time, the only place where that news was being reported that wasn't behind a paywall. The reportage was plainly correct - as BHP's own press release demonstrated - but one of us attacked wpt for linking to the Guardian. I had a broad look to see whether that was reported as news anywhere else. I could not then find it. I was going to post a Breitbart link to the same news for fun - but no such reportage existed. That's the importance of proper in-depth reporting about significant matters - many of them are only mentioned in the Guardian. What you do about investigating an issue once you know about it is in your own business.
And, yes, of course I post links to the Guardian's opinion pieces. I do so because I know how irritated some of you are by it.
Most intelligent Australians over 40 grew up expecting to get the actual news from the Guardian (Weekly) because most of the important news wasn't available elsewhere. The way many of you deride content merely because it is in the Guardian does not reflect on the Guardian.
For a classic example of that, have a look at the reference to BHP's change of position at the top of page 17 of the "Climate Change-Denying Ididots" thread. The Guardian was, at the time, the only place where that news was being reported that wasn't behind a paywall. The reportage was plainly correct - as BHP's own press release demonstrated - but one of us attacked wpt for linking to the Guardian. I had a broad look to see whether that was reported as news anywhere else. I could not then find it. I was going to post a Breitbart link to the same news for fun - but no such reportage existed. That's the importance of proper in-depth reporting about significant matters - many of them are only mentioned in the Guardian. What you do about investigating an issue once you know about it is in your own business.
-
stui magpie
- Posts: 54850
- Joined: Tue May 03, 2005 10:10 am
- Location: In flagrante delicto
- Has liked: 134 times
- Been liked: 169 times
I did not attack WPT. I like him, I think we get along well plus he's bigger than me and would run me over on his bicycle.
If no other mainstream news source reports something that the Guardian does, does that mean that they are leading edge in investigative journalism or that they report stuff that fits their bias that other less biased (or more biased the other way) sources don't consider worth publication?
News sources play to their consumer base. The Guardian knows who it's readership is, as do all the others. There's very few news sources that report things straight down the line, factually.
If no other mainstream news source reports something that the Guardian does, does that mean that they are leading edge in investigative journalism or that they report stuff that fits their bias that other less biased (or more biased the other way) sources don't consider worth publication?
News sources play to their consumer base. The Guardian knows who it's readership is, as do all the others. There's very few news sources that report things straight down the line, factually.
Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down.
