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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#276326: Apr 2nd 2019 at 10:26:45 AM

I mean they could, but Russia and China see no reason to do so.

Wishing Putin wouldn’t be a bad guy is about as effective as wishing that Trump would stop being one.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#276327: Apr 2nd 2019 at 10:30:49 AM

Can't all superpowers just multilaterally agree not to do that, and kindly leave smaller countries some space to breathe? Like how they agreed not to put weapons in Space, that sort of thing?

Putin and Xi Jinping would laugh that suggestion right out of the room.

And I wouldn't hold my breath on any theoretical successor being any more open to that idea either.

Edited by M84 on Apr 3rd 2019 at 1:31:52 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#276328: Apr 2nd 2019 at 10:31:59 AM

no no,they'd only laugh when your out of the room,then agree to a secret alliance

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#276329: Apr 2nd 2019 at 10:38:11 AM

[Deleted]

Sorry, missed the topic switch.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Apr 2nd 2019 at 10:45:51 AM

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#276330: Apr 2nd 2019 at 10:44:58 AM

[up]We've kind of moved on from this since it was going off-topic.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Oruka Since: Dec, 2018
#276331: Apr 2nd 2019 at 10:45:29 AM

[up][up]That's Robin Hanson in a nutshell.

[up]OK, here's Some More News:

Edited by Oruka on Apr 2nd 2019 at 10:46:36 AM

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#276332: Apr 2nd 2019 at 10:47:38 AM

Summary of the video please?

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#276333: Apr 2nd 2019 at 10:58:20 AM

[up] Most likely a summary of how much BS is happening. It's a good channel to keep track of how idiotic the Trump administration is.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#276334: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:11:57 AM

Trump Retreats on Health Care, Saying Republican Plan Will Appear After the 2020 Election – President Trump’s new timetable delays one of his biggest campaign promises, and he tied it to Republicans taking back the House

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/politics/obamacare-aca-trump.html

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#276335: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:17:39 AM

... actually a smart move.

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Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#276336: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:18:50 AM

... actually a smart move.

Nah, correcting a massive stupid blunder isn't being smart. It's the bare intellectual minimum.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#276337: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:19:09 AM

I doubt it was his own,I wonder who suggested to him

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Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#276338: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:22:11 AM

I doubt it was his own,I wonder who suggested to him

I imagine his advisers collectively begged him to not make it about healthcare, and eventually it got (temporarily) through his thick skull.

Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:26:47 AM

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#276339: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:25:03 AM

[up] I know you meant "thick" skull, but now I like the idea of Trump calling what passes for his brain a "think skull".

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#276340: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:26:58 AM

You saw nothing, move along citizen tongue

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#276341: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:47:04 AM

Huge surprise and it doesn't really matter, but Trump flagrantly cheats at golf according to one writer.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/02/politics/trump-golf-cheating-rick-reilly-cnntv/index.html

He once claimed that he nearly tied Tiger Woods.[lol]

Wonder if he'll go on a Twitter Tantrum about this?

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#276342: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:49:31 AM

[up] The guy is consistently shit at everything, isn't he.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#276343: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:50:12 AM

Aside from his commitment to being a teetotaller, yes.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#276344: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:51:33 AM

While there isn't any proof that Trump drinks, I woudln't be surprised if he lied about that as well.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#276345: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:53:29 AM

Makes you wonder what he acts like drunk,angry drunk or sad Drunk

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#276346: Apr 2nd 2019 at 11:59:52 AM

Well, Nixon was a paranoid anti-Semitic drunk.

Disgusted, but not surprised
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#276347: Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:03:02 PM

[up][up] "Can you imagine what a mess I would be?" were Trump's actual words when talking about why he doesn't drink

I can't imagine and I honestly don't want to either.

Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Apr 2nd 2019 at 9:03:17 PM

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#276348: Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:03:45 PM

"Trump cheats at golf" being news?

This has been well documented.

I know we like having the little laughs, but this isn't even slightly new.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#276349: Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:03:50 PM

OTOH, if he was drunk we might get an In Vino Veritas moment or two.

Disgusted, but not surprised
BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#276350: Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:04:08 PM

when you strip away the bigotry and intolerance...there's not much left of the Religious Right.
Years before Trump, I jokingly referred to them as teh Religious Reich ... doesn't seem so amusing now that we have actual neo-Nazis in the White House.
I'm still perplexed why we don't see more left-wing religious voters and politicians making expressly religious arguments for welfare programs anymore. Come on people, this is Jesus 101 stuff!
The places in this country where that would help, are the same places where the average voter thinks anyone left-wing is automatically an atheist Satan-worshipping muslim (nevermind the impossibility of that).
The left-wing Christian opposition to Trump is probably small and unrepresentative of American Christianity as a whole.
I'm friends with a Baptist pastor from a gaming forum. During the 2016 election, he was frequently urging his church and Facebook friends to not vote at all, rather than vote for Trump; he'd give them a pass if they voted for Hillary. And his objections were entirely due to the utterly amoral personality and history of Trump; my pastor friend was vehemently opposed to the idea of knowingly voting for a man who condoned sexual assault and the KKK. The anti-abortion judges who have been appointed are not, to him, worth picking the evil that is Trump.
They know of his MANY faults but don't care because he's tilting the courts in favor of conservatism (which smacks of "morals don't matter as long as I get what I want, to the detriment of others")
Essentially, "the ends justify the means," Republican voting edition.
You worship the many gods of miso soup.
I can get on board with this. Are they an adjunct of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
Wait, there's a way to grope "appropriately?"
Of course there is - when the other person wants you to grope them.
Buttigieg's point is that we shouldn't only resort to military power in such a role. The wording is such that he's not going to rule it out completely but would rather explore other options first.
Hasn't this been a general guiding principle for a while? At least before 9-11?
Can't all superpowers just multilaterally agree not to do that, and kindly leave smaller countries some space to breathe?
Sure, if humanity suddenly turned into angels.
Trump Retreats on Health Care, Saying Republican Plan Will Appear After the 2020 Election
I thought they had been pretty open about the GOP health care plan - Fuck The Poor.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw

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