Old Man Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 1 hour ago, csyphrett said: This administration is nothing but hate and bigotry all the way down. The only reason it hasn't been more awful is that everything has to go through a court, and some of the judges look at this and go, No. Quit being stupid. Just wanted to point out that the GOP has continued to pack the lower courts after Kavanaugh's confirmation. Sleep well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 8 minutes ago, Old Man said: Just wanted to point out that the GOP has continued to pack the lower courts after Kavanaugh's confirmation. Sleep well! Yup. Got to get them in before Mid terms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 The Hillsborough County (FL) Republican Party decided to have a fundraiser dinner and booked none other than Steve Bannon to be the guest speaker. Tickets to sit at Bannon's table were being sold for $2000. A VIP ticket was a still respectable $1000. General admission tickets were $125. Apparently by last week the organization realized that tickets weren't selling well and cut ticket prices dramatically. A seat at Bannon's table was reduced to $500, VIP tickets were reduced to $300, and general admission was reduced to $50. By this Monday, the organization announced that tickets to the event were now free. Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch? You just can't make this stuff up. https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/10/23/steve-bannon-tickets-now-going-for-zero-dollars/ assault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Me: So is Trump using an unsecured line, leaking State secrets to our rivals? Administration: No. In fact, Trump is very paranoid about being tapped, since even before he entered the White House. Me: Actually, that sounds right. I do remember him acting paranoid about that. That explanation tracks. Administration: In fact, he isn't a big one on reading. He doesn't dig into the details of his intelligence reports, so there's little chance of him actually leaking something important. Me. . . . and we're back to me being worried. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/us/politics/trump-phone-security.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 5 hours ago, Dr.Device said: First, a note, transgender is an adjective, not a verb, so it's "transgender person, not "transgendered person." Not a huge deal, but I wanted to point it out. [1] Ah, and I'm usually a stickler for language. I'll correct the original, thanks. Thanks for the detailed reply. I hope the impact is minimal and the next administration gets things back on track. (And I hope the current batch can't do too much more damage to basic human dignity in the interim.) pinecone, TrickstaPriest and Dr.Device 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 6 minutes ago, Sociotard said: Me: So is Trump using an unsecured line, leaking State secrets to our rivals? Administration: No. In fact, Trump is very paranoid about being tapped, since even before he entered the White House. Me: Actually, that sounds right. I do remember him acting paranoid about that. That explanation tracks. Administration: In fact, he isn't a big one on reading. He doesn't dig into the details of his intelligence reports, so there's little chance of him actually leaking something important. Me. . . . and we're back to me being worried. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/us/politics/trump-phone-security.html I don't trust that Trump can remember anything which any advisors try to tell him long enough to relay it to someone else over the phone. But I also don't trust that Trump understands, at all, the difference between information which should be kept secret vs things which you can say in public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 This was published 9 years ago: https://fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf Republicans raised a huge outcry about this report, and DHS was forced to disavow it. The original author notes that there have multiple incidents of right wing extremist violence since then. A reckoning can be delayed but not really denied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 10 hours ago, Old Man said: Just wanted to point out that the GOP has continued to pack the lower courts after Kavanaugh's confirmation. Sleep well! I know I am glad that GOP judges have been the ones to strike the most egregious crap down. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 Question from your neighbor in the Great White North: I've seen some Republican campaign ads on television lately telling voters that if the Democrats take control of Congress, everything you value in life will be destroyed (not quite in so many words, but not far off). Oddly, I haven't caught any Democratic ads yet (but I don't watch much television). What's the tone of the ones you Americans have seen? Same as Republican, or different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 10 hours ago, Sociotard said: Me: So is Trump using an unsecured line, leaking State secrets to our rivals? Administration: No. In fact, Trump is very paranoid about being tapped, since even before he entered the White House. Me: Actually, that sounds right. I do remember him acting paranoid about that. That explanation tracks. Administration: In fact, he isn't a big one on reading. He doesn't dig into the details of his intelligence reports, so there's little chance of him actually leaking something important. Me. . . . and we're back to me being worried. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/us/politics/trump-phone-security.html OTOH a commentator pointed out that Trump's paranoia might actually lead to him using his private 'phone rather than a White House secure line. If it goes through the WH switchboard it's logged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Lord Liaden said: OTOH a commentator pointed out that Trump's paranoia might actually lead to him using his private 'phone rather than a White House secure line. If it goes through the WH switchboard it's logged. That makes no sense at all: Trump claims he is in favor of logging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 Democratic Candidate Blows Fundraising Lead On Massive 15-Story Lawn Sign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 4 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Question from your neighbor in the Great White North: I've seen some Republican campaign ads on television lately telling voters that if the Democrats take control of Congress, everything you value in life will be destroyed (not quite in so many words, but not far off). Oddly, I haven't caught any Democratic ads yet (but I don't watch much television). What's the tone of the ones you Americans have seen? Same as Republican, or different? I live in arguably the reddest of the Red states, so most of the elections were effectively decided months ago in the party primaries. (Yay for inertia.) The few really hotly contested elections--my district's House race and a couple of ballot initiatives--show profoundly similar strategies and levels of vitriol from both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 4 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Question from your neighbor in the Great White North: <snip> Also, I think you misspelled "neighbour". Bazza and assault 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 18 hours ago, archer said: I don't trust that Trump can remember anything which any advisors try to tell him long enough to relay it to someone else over the phone. But I also don't trust that Trump understands, at all, the difference between information which should be kept secret vs things which you can say in public. Agreed. As far as I can tell, the President has no vault and no filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 Can we just skip the finger-pointing between right and left and move on to the shutting the hell up for a while, now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 Not with this new case on the horizon, I'm afraid... https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tree-of-life-synagogue-shooter-pittsburgh_us_5bd475ffe4b055bc948c6ef2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 5 hours ago, Pariah said: Also, I think you misspelled "neighbour". As the majority in this community are American, I tend to cater to the colonials. Bazza and assault 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 ...said the colonial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Cygnia said: Not with this new case on the horizon, I'm afraid... https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tree-of-life-synagogue-shooter-pittsburgh_us_5bd475ffe4b055bc948c6ef2 But both sides are equally bad, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 14 minutes ago, Old Man said: ...said the colonial. The Queen is still our head of state. Who's yours again? Bazza and Old Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 Last I heard your real head of state was a Brexiter. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 I deleted my original post, because. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 I thought the Canadian head of state was the "governor general" or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, Sociotard said: I thought the Canadian head of state was the "governor general" or something like that. If Canada is like Australia, the Queen is the head of state, and the GG is notionally her appointee. In practice, the GG is appointed by the Prime Minister. Lord Liaden and Hugh Neilson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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