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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
I've been hearing a lot about Trump and watching a lot about Trump and his loyalists. Before I take the gloves off and fire a bunch of videos that show just how dangerously unstable he is, a serious question.
In your view or if there is evidence of it is there evidence that show were Trump given the choice of winning the next election without getting rid of foreigners; or enacting gun control, and losing it if it meant he can push a foreigner ban and allow free range guns, which option he would choose?
What about the Republicans? It is well known Trump demands blind loyalty. Would the party choose to lose and keep Trump or oust him and win?
Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than YoursI think the Republican party would prefer to keep winning, with or without Trump. Currently he happens to be their ticket to winning though, so they'd never dream of going against him. Trump is more popular with their base than the Republican Congress is.
He's also serving their agenda 100% so yeah, there's no reason for them to consider ousting him. Why would they?
Edited by Clarste on Jun 29th 2018 at 4:00:54 AM
Then we need to amend the First Amendment to forbid public proselytization by any religion.
Not going to happen? Damn.
New Atheism isn't a religion. It's not even a subset of Atheism. It's a social movement.
Also I don't think any New Atheists are in street corners preaching about the falseness of religion
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jun 29th 2018 at 4:12:16 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
They do have billboards and such. Technically not a religion, but they are a "position on religion" or a "religious demographic" (in this case, the demographic of not having one).
Welp.
Trump got prank called on Air Force One by a comedian pretending to be a Senator
They called him back after he tried to make contact and they had a conversation for a while. So much for the current White House tight security.
US Ambassador to Estonia has quit over Trump undermining the Transatlantic alliance.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/29/politics/us-ambassador-estonia-resign-trump/index.html
Then I amend my statement, New Atheism does technically publicly preach.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
Still not as bad as the fucking "Prosperity Gospel" organizations. Just had to deliver two letters from "St. Matthew's Churches
" today, and I feel dirty for doing so. But, sanctity of the mail and all that.
I associate New Atheism online with people like Thunderf00t and TJ Kincaid, both of whom are misogynistic and right-wing.
Yeah - is American Atheists a New Atheist group?
Edited by Raptorslash on Jun 29th 2018 at 9:37:41 AM
This hasn't been posted yet, right?
Trump tightens the screws on Iran’s oil.
US expects all countries to eliminate Iranian oil imports, official says.
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I always think it's a shame we've had such an antagonistic relationship with the Iranians. Compared to other Middle Eastern nations their culture is much more sympathetic to Western values, they could have been up there with the Jordanians as one of our strongest allies in the region. They're also pretty populous and a military power in the area, if we had brought them onto our side they could have done a lot towards keeping order in the region.
Iran hasn’t forgiven the US for installing a brutal dictatorship and the US hasn’t forgiven Iran for overthrowing said dictatorship, the bad blood from that simply can’t be ignored. Especially when combined with things like Iran’s hatred of Israel, the US’s shooting down of a civilian airliner, Iran’s alliance with some of the region’s most brutal dictators, the US supplying arms to Saddam when he attacked Iran, Iran’s opposition to Saudi Arabia, the US’s constant searching for excuses to invade and false WMD claims, ect...
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranDidn't we support Saddam during the Iran-Iraq War, which was one of the most bloody and devastating conflicts in the region's history? One which people refused to believe the body counts and atrocities of because they were so high?
And yes, said reason being the Middle East?
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.So... call me alarmist or whatever, are we still going to have allies (that aren't dictatorships) by 2020?
Cuz with the way Trump has been shitting on everyone we're supposed to be allied with and everything he'll undoubtedly be pulling between now and then, I'm finding it hard to believe they'll want anything to do with us even if we do flip the House (and possibly Senate) and elect a Dem president.
i'm tired, my friendThe irony is that if Trump does take the US out of the WTO, the sole reason for why Iran isn't a WTO member will be eliminated. Iran has spent the past sixteen years trying to join the WTO but keeps being vetoed by the US.
If the US leaves, the dominant power in the WTO will be the EU bloc. It has become increasingly difficult for new members to join the WTO in recent years as the EU and US has diverged more and more over what pre-requisites they expect potential members to achieve. With the US gone, the EU will be calling the shots on what it expects from current and new members. I mention this solely because of the irony facing the hard Brexiteers, who want a no-deal Brexit so that the UK defaults to WTO rules: if the US leaves the WTO then the UK will be beholden to the requirements of the remaining WTO power — in other words, crashing out of the EU and reverting to US-free WTO rules will leave the UK beholden to.... EU rules.
It's like a decade of austerity has made everyone take a crazy pill, and it's having different side-effects depending on how fast-acting it is.
Oh, don't worry. The current UK government and hard Brexiteers are determined to follow Trump wherever he leads, no matter how badly he treats them.... but I'm not sure that's the kind of ally you're hoping for.
Edited by Wyldchyld on Jun 29th 2018 at 3:46:54 PM
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
