Tech priest support Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 I'm 97.125% certain that everyone participating in this thread gets it. Were you under that impression that someone wasn't getting it? You're right. Onthis board maybe my statement wasn't necessary. I didn't mean to offend..you have to realize on a lot of boards my statement would not have been misplaced. Maybe i posted in in one of the few boards it wasn't necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 I'm sure nobody took offense, just a slight case of preaching to the choir. Preach on, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 What were we talking about again? Somebody threw in an artificial statistic and my brain did a little skip. Sort of like an old, scratched vinyl record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 So...President Trump has now said he'll 'probably' terminate NAFTA at some point and will 'close government' if that's what's needed to build his wall. At yet another rally. That he shouldn't attend because IMO he should be too busy being president. Shine on, you crazy diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 "Close government" huh? He really does think he is that special. Shine on, you crazy cubic zirconian. Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 I read some commentator pointing out that Trump as president is still behaving as though he were on the campaign trail, devoting his energy to trying to rally his supporters with statements that will please them but may not be translatable into policy. You won, Mr. Trump. Time to stop campaigning and actually govern. I know that's the hard part of this job, but it's what you were elected to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 I've played the German or Japanese side in dozens of wargames. It doesn't make me conservative or a supporter of fascism. Often the appeal of playing "the bad guys" in a wargame is just trying to win a more challenging scenario. As have I. But there was a racist in one of the boardgame clubs I was in for a while who refused to play the Russians in Squad Leader but had no problem with the Germans. What happened with Avalanche says a lot more about Avalanche than it does about wargaming. They have placed themselves as a company that deliberately does small print runs and mostly Internet sales. Not apropos to this discussion, of course, but I don't know if they even want my business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 I read some commentator pointing out that Trump as president is still behaving as though he were on the campaign trail, devoting his energy to trying to rally his supporters with statements that will please them but may not be translatable into policy. You won, Mr. Trump. Time to stop campaigning and actually govern. I know that's the hard part of this job, but it's what you were elected to do. Trump loves rallies more than anything else in the world. Large crowds of people cheering for him excites him far more than preparing a budget or phoning a senator who probably despises him in order to secure a vote on his latest pet project. He is convinced the people love him, and that's all that matters. TrickstaPriest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 The reporter on NPR this morning said that President Trump's speech last night was "pure incitement". She also expressed her fear that eventually people are going to get hurt at one of these things. What the actual...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 The reporter on NPR this morning said that President Trump's speech last night was "pure incitement". She also expressed her fear that eventually people are going to get hurt at one of these things. What the actual...? Well. some people did get gassed outside the arena. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 Near as I can tell there were hardly any people at this one, so at least the casualty count would be low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 "Close government" huh? He really does think he is that special. Shine on, you crazy cubic zirconian. Yes, he does Rallies do nothing besides fuel his disbelief in his popularity numbers. After all, could he really have such a rating if 'thousands' come to his rallies every time? Of course not. Clearly, the polls are 'Fake news'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 Near as I can tell there were hardly any people at this one, so at least the casualty count would be low. Somebody posted a picture from the rally on Twitter. There were more people at the town fair last year in my hometown then there were at the rally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 Presented without comment. Amid mounting bipartisan concerns, debating Trump's mental health becomes cottage industry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 President Trump needs to realise that the world is watching both his 'I'm on the campaign trail' rally persona and his 'I'm trying to be a unifying president' persona. He might see it as 'showmanship' - verbally give the people what they want - but it doesn't come across that way to his critics and when he keeps slipping and using the wrong persona at the wrong time it causes more and more harm to his credibility. Like Arnold as Mr Freeze I think President Trump could do a better job if he understood the source material of the role he was assigned to play better, had a better scriptwriter, and ad-libbed less. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 Lucius, Joe Walsh and DasBroot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 2018: Where did this wall come from, and what is 'Amontillado', anyway? Nolgroth, TheDarkness, wcw43921 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech priest support Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 2018. What wall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech priest support Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 Presented without comment. Amid mounting bipartisan concerns, debating Trump's mental health becomes cottage industry I don't debate trump's mental state. He is a narcissistic, psychopathic megalomaniac with a good case of paranoid schizophrenia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 I'm partial to the theory that he has late stage syphilis, because then it would serve as justice for all the sexual assaults he committed. It's just unfortunate that it's become the world's problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech priest support Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 I'm partial to the theory that he has late stage syphilis, because then it would serve as justice for all the sexual assaults he committed. It's just unfortunate that it's become the world's problem. Donald Trump wasn't infected with syphillis germs. Syphillis germs were infected with Donald Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Careful, guys, we don't want to draw the Wrath of Dan. But I will add, as many mental health-care professionals have pointed out, that people can have significant personality flaws which still don't amount to a clinical diagnosis of mental illness, or critically impair their capacity to function in society. In other words, features about Trump which you may consider impact his function as President, may not in themselves be sufficient grounds to question his mental competence. TrickstaPriest, Sociotard and Simon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Turd Reich: San Francisco dog owners lay minefield of poo for rightwing rally You know what they say . . . Turd about's fair play! Grailknight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 I hope the left realizes that the next time there's a leftwing march, Right Wingers will do this, and likely worse. We need to improve our discourse, and poo is not going to do that. This article illustrates how attacked both sides feel, and I thought it was well thought out. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/they-want-revenge/ Pariah, Lucius, Cancer and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 I think the issue i have is not that conciliation is bad, but that it requires good faith and earnestness from both sides. If conciliatory efforts are met with cynicism and bad faith, they fail. Similarly, if conciliatory words are mere window dressing just to say "see, we tried", they will also fail. With respect to the current situation in Washington, i do not think there is a solid foundation for conciliation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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