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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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I will believe in surcease when I see them all in cuffs. "In for a penny, in for a pound of flesh." I will repeat that as often as I can to drive that point home-the GOP is functionally a cult, and every one of them that did not refuse to endorse Trump like Collins or make a decisive stand like Mccain and Graham is going with him wherever, be that standing on top of the rubble or standing at the far end of a firing squad.
edited 15th Jan '17 11:46:36 AM by ViperMagnum357
This stuff about Obamacare/ACA is nothing new, really. I'm reminded of a political cartoon from way back during Obama's first term...
Democratic Donkey: "We have heard the American people, and they want..."
American People: "Jobs! Jobs! We want jobs!"
Democratic Donkey: "...healthcare!"
Cut to Obama's second term, where the GOP controlled Congress...
Republican Elephant: "We have heard the American people, and they want..."
American People: "Jobs! Jobs! We want jobs!"
Republican Elephant: "...to repeal healthcare!"
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Fifty-two percent say Trump does not care about average Americans, and 62% say that he is not level-headed. As for his nominees, 40% of Americans disapprove of them, while 28% say they haven't heard enough yet. However, there were some positive responses for the President-elect. More than two-thirds -- 68% -- consider Trump intelligent and 71% say that he is a strong person.
Umm..cognitive dissidence and the recent humbling of poll data aside, how do we define strength and intelligence these days?
When it comes to Donald Trump's America, Ivanka and Jared will be ruling it.
Also, the dark horse won the betting pool. Won't be Pence or Ryan. Apparently, the states got its first female president after all (if you don't count Mrs. Wilson).
So that's it! I've been in the Twilight Zone this whole time...Well my parents did warn me not to polish the trombone before playing by the microwave. \\\
The Scots seem to hate Trump with a fiery passion. Bless them.
Regarding the negative polls: No Shit Sherlock.
edited 15th Jan '17 2:24:51 PM by BearyScary
Do not obey in advance.The Scottish National Party used to be big fans of him, they gave him an honourary position and everything. Salmons in particular was buddy buddy with him I believe.
The Scots themselves would happily burn his stupid golf course to the ground.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranTrump just doubled down in an interview with German newspaper. Called the EU and NATO "obsolete."
Same interview called for a 35% tax on all cars not manufactured in the USA.
More details here
edited 15th Jan '17 2:55:45 PM by TacticalFox88
New Survey coming this weekend!It's worth noting that Nicola Sturgeon has not been so overtly pro-Trump as Salmond was, and recently seems to have been much more openly opposed. She stripped him of his honorary ambassador status and made clear that she'll be playing Zero Tolerance with his bigotry and the like. Though this is unlikely to stop the SNP exploiting business opportunities, and there will be plenty more of those to come.
It's also relevant that the Scottish Herald is easily one of the most sane British Newspapers, and represents the centre-left without being pure propaganda (The National) or part of the Murdoch empire. So it's actually trustworthy, and they are definitely not keen on Trump.
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Who even knows. On one hand Trump's foreign policy appointments are seemingly the most competent and least crazy of the bunch (they're still wolves in a pack of jackals though), on the other hand there's no guarantee Trump will actually listen to their advice, and even then every possibility these appointees will cause a great deal of long term damage by pursuing a ruthless realist foreign policy agenda ala Nixon and Kissinger.
As far as the economy goes, in the short term it's unlikely very much will happen in the short term. The long term damage will be catastrophic.
edited 15th Jan '17 3:31:05 PM by CaptainCapsase
Trump meets physicist who insists global warming good for planet
And he compared CO 2 deominzation to the Holocaust
Happer, who served as director of energy research at the Department of Energy in the early 1990s under President George H.W. Bush, has championed the notion that we humans should increase rather than curb carbon dioxide emissions.
As The Washington Post reported Friday, Happer testified before the Senate in 2015 that the “benefits that more CO 2 brings from increased agricultural yields and modest warming far outweigh any harm.”
Happer has also argued that today’s warming “seems to be due mostly to natural causes, not to increasing levels of carbon dioxide,” that children are being “force-fed propaganda masquerading as science” and has compared the “demonization of carbon dioxide” to the suffering Jewish people endured during the Holocaust.
“Carbon dioxide is actually a benefit to the world, and so were the Jews,” he told Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” in 2014.
I, for one, look forward to seeing the US dealing with millions of Bangladeshi refugees once most of that country starts flooding.
Oh wait.
They said there wouldn't be any more foreigners.
Good luck with that.
edited 15th Jan '17 4:17:56 PM by math792d
Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.

I'll believe that Trump and co are "going down" when they are led away from the WH in cuffs, and not a moment sooner.
At this point, I think Trump could be filmed burying puppies alive and lighting the pit on fire, and he might get away with it.
edited 15th Jan '17 11:44:47 AM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.