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Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#184776: Apr 25th 2017 at 9:36:36 PM

[up][up]I mean Dr. Blight literally worked with Hitler and didn't even feel slightly guilty about it. But she just wanted to take over the world. So there ya go...1 Captain Planet villain slightly less nuanced than the GOP. I mean sure she was a scientist but she would probably pollute the planet for the sake of it and is willing to endorse Hitler in person, unlike the GOP which will just line up with their worldview.

[up]No way! Vermanous Skum for 2020, he is way more rat faced and way more willing to play the game to get stuff done! tongue

edited 25th Apr '17 9:38:01 PM by Wildcard

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#184777: Apr 25th 2017 at 9:41:34 PM

Didn't one of the Captain Planet villains pull a legit Heel–Face Turn? That's better than your average GOP politician is capable of these days...

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#184778: Apr 25th 2017 at 9:46:18 PM

The GOP is basically saying that the lives of the American people are more disposable than theirs.

edited 25th Apr '17 9:46:38 PM by BearyScary

Do not obey in advance.
Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#184779: Apr 25th 2017 at 9:46:58 PM

[up][up]Yes Duke Nukem, (Yeah he had the same name as the video game character/series).

[up] Well their rich, they earned it! (/s)

But back on topic, anyone else worried about Sanctuary cities? Since the wall plan is currently a failure he might try to pick that fight. Just to prove he isn't so impotent as president.

edited 25th Apr '17 9:48:01 PM by Wildcard

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#184780: Apr 25th 2017 at 9:59:11 PM

Courts just shot his executive order down trying to withhold funding from them.

Oh really when?
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#184781: Apr 25th 2017 at 10:50:16 PM

Predictably, he did not have the authority for such a decision.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#184782: Apr 25th 2017 at 11:13:31 PM

Do you mean general authority, or authority for that particular executive order?

Do not obey in advance.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#184783: Apr 25th 2017 at 11:40:31 PM

Once again, Trump forgets that President =/= King.

Edit:

In other news, the USA just lost a trade battle with Mexico over tuna.

Essentially, the WTO ruled in favor of Mexico in a suit that they filed in 2008 claiming unfair discrimination against Mexican tuna. The USA now owes Mexico about $163 million which it can get back via trade sanctions. That's right, Mexico is now free to slap the USA with trade sanctions.

Now I'm wondering how much Trump's trade spat with Canada over lumber and dairy is going to cost the USA. Probably a lot more than the $500 million Trudeau himself claimed the USA would lose when he tried to dissuade Trump from this idiocy.

edited 25th Apr '17 11:52:54 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#184785: Apr 25th 2017 at 11:53:46 PM

[up][up]...of all things, why tuna?

i'm tired, my friend
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#184786: Apr 25th 2017 at 11:58:01 PM

[up] TBF, this shit was going on long before Trump became POTUS, though it may not be a coincidence that the suit was settled in Mexico's favor around the time Trump is threatening another idiotic trade war.

Basically, the U.S. claimed that Mexico's tuna was not dolphin-safe and used that as justification to keep Mexican tuna from being sold in the U.S. Mexico claims that their tuna is dolphin-safe and that the U.S. was just being an unfair dick to them, and launched their suit in 2008.

edited 26th Apr '17 12:01:07 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#184787: Apr 26th 2017 at 12:01:18 AM

Restrictions on how the tuna are caught so that dolphins aren't killed in the process, which Mexico said were being unfairly applied only to them.

In all fairness, this was an issue going back to W. Bush and all through Obama's administration. I'm not gonna blame Trump for this but it is deliciously ironic even if it is embarrassing for the country.

M84'd.

edited 26th Apr '17 12:02:29 AM by Parable

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#184788: Apr 26th 2017 at 12:03:29 AM

[up] Like I said, this idiocy didn't start with Trump, but the fact that it was resolved around the same time he's threatening to start another trade war with another NAFTA ally may not be a coincidence.

Huh, you [nja]'d my [nja]

[nja]-ception

edited 26th Apr '17 12:10:42 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#184789: Apr 26th 2017 at 12:41:42 AM

Obama is now doing 400 k speeches for Wall Street.

During Mr Obama's two terms as US president he at times seemed to have strained relations with the financial sector.

He deplored high bonuses paid to bank executives, and said Wall Street shared blame for the 2008 financial crisis.

Some liberals have criticised Mr Obama's speech decision, with one writer saying it "will undermine everything he believes in".

The New York Post said his speech fee made him "Wall Street's newest fat cat".

Yeah just give Trump more ammo, Obama.

edited 26th Apr '17 1:10:49 AM by MadSkillz

Superdark33 The dark Mage of the playground from Playgrounds and Adventures Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
The dark Mage of the playground
#184790: Apr 26th 2017 at 1:02:44 AM

Yeah how dare a black man make money

If only i knew how to link to sarcasmmode

edited 26th Apr '17 1:03:19 AM by Superdark33

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#184791: Apr 26th 2017 at 1:05:36 AM

[up][up] Really, Madskillz? Going all "But speeches" with Obama now?

Disgusted, but not surprised
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#184792: Apr 26th 2017 at 1:08:43 AM

[up][up] He's a millionaire already. Forgive me if I don't cry.

Why are you even bringing up that he's black? Are you trying to pivot this into me being a racist?

[up] I've already said he was Wall Street's candidate.

I'm specifically annoyed at how awful this looks in concerns to the Democratic Party at a time when it's trying to not look like the party of corporations.

edited 26th Apr '17 1:16:57 AM by MadSkillz

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#184793: Apr 26th 2017 at 1:24:19 AM

Obama isn't even president anymore, who cares?

edited 26th Apr '17 1:24:56 AM by PhysicalStamina

i'm tired, my friend
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#184794: Apr 26th 2017 at 1:28:45 AM

[up] He was recently the leader of the Democratic Party.

It's terrible optics. He could've have at least waited a year or two.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#184795: Apr 26th 2017 at 1:29:58 AM

[up] Yes, because him doing this during the 2018 midterms would be so much better.

edited 26th Apr '17 1:33:47 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#184796: Apr 26th 2017 at 1:33:11 AM

[up] I specifically had that in mind which is why I said a year or two which should be after the 2018 midterms.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#184797: Apr 26th 2017 at 1:33:55 AM

Besides, is it really so unusual for the guy who pushed through the ACA to give a speech at a health care conference?

It'd also look kind of bad to refuse an offer from a firm that lost 2/3 of its staff to the 9/11 attacks.

edited 26th Apr '17 1:35:08 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#184798: Apr 26th 2017 at 1:37:37 AM

Again, optics. Again, Obama has a reputation of being in with the banks. Again, it undermines the Democratic Party current push to somewhat change its image.

Maybe, he could've done it for free or something if he feels that passionately about it.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#184799: Apr 26th 2017 at 1:39:29 AM

[up] If he did it for free that would have been used against him too. "He's such a friend of Wall Street that he even gives them speeches for free!"

Disgusted, but not surprised
Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#184800: Apr 26th 2017 at 2:13:43 AM

Is the speech publicly available?

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."

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