wcw43921 Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Armed Black Militia Marches At Stone Mountain In Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 The Decline of the American World. A not-brief but not-lengthy read, this article surveys opinions from a range of political and diplomatic observers of America based in Europe, and provides a pretty thorough and balanced "outsider" perspective. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Lemme guess...they think we've collectively gone batguano insane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Short answer, interestingly enough, is, "No." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 14 hours ago, Sociotard said: Also, figure out how separate patriotism from military adventurism, imperialism, and all other reckless interventions. I really liked Trump's reluctance to jump into foreign conflicts, I just wish he had a better grasp of soft power. Isolationism in military position only. As American troops in Saudi oil fields demonstrated, that reluctance tends to wane when money is involved. Particularly Trump's money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 American decline is a result of our own hubris. We cling to the idea of ":American Exceptionalism " while ignoring faults that are literally tearing the country apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Squib in my morning paper: Two dead, eight wounded in South Carolina nightclub shooting. See, our great leader Donald Trump is right: America is getting back to normal!!! 😢 Dean Shomshak Dr. MID-Nite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Lord Liaden said: The Decline of the American World. A not-brief but not-lengthy read, this article surveys opinions from a range of political and diplomatic observers of America based in Europe, and provides a pretty thorough and balanced "outsider" perspective. I'll also recommend this Atlantic article, linked to the one above: Anne Applebaum: History will judge the complicit. I heard the author discussing her article on the radio. In brief, how people become collaborators with an occupying foreign power. She finds Trump administration officials making the same excuses that were used in Vichy France and in other tyrannies. No, she's not saying Trump is Hitler or Stalin. The point is how people who know better, or should, come to betray their country and their ideals. Dean Shomshak Lord Liaden and pinecone 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 The Journal said (I didn't read the whole article because I wasn't supposed to be reading the paper in the first place) that all the facebook groups that targeted Coronavirus problems with lies and urban myths are now doing the same thing with Black Lives Matter CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishFox Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 I thought after 1/2 a year of 2020 madness I was prepared for most anything and then... Kanye West running for President. * Campaign slogan: “YES!” * Vice presidential choice: Michelle Tidball, a preacher from Wyoming. * Platform: The Wakanda Management Model. * Party: The Birthday Party. My brain hurts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 37 minutes ago, ScottishFox said: * Platform: The Wakanda Management Model. Does that mean someone can challenge him to single combat for the Presidency? Cool. pinecone and ScottishFox 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Has anyone checked recently to see if the Earth looks like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 No, but you might be interested in this documentary series: ScottishFox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 BoloOfEarth, pinecone, Grailknight and 5 others 3 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 The one unequivocal winner from the Trump presidency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Has anyone checked recently to see if the Earth looks like this? Let's not give the Flat Earthers any ammunition please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Irrelevant. They already live in Bizarro World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 A recent poll indicates a pretty unified Dem electorate this time around. Sanders primary voters support Biden 87-4, and Warren voters support Biden 96-0 over Trump. In 2016, 12% of Sanders primary voters voted for Trump over Clinton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Still mad my choices are "Sexual predator" and "Too handsy in the office and sniffs your hair, so sexual predator too but different grade, I guess" Actually worse than 2016, when I had to check the box for "not a Predator, but stuck up for one for 8 years" But hey. I'm in Idaho. Our border with Montana looks like Biden leaning in to smell hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Biden-Bernie Sanders Unity Task Forces release DNC platform recommendations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Judgement Day for Trump's tax returns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Florida democrats return PPP loan money amid scandal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Good for them. Supreme Court says President Trump cannot keep tax, financial records from prosecutors The most surprising bit to me was this, as I seem to recall he was unwilling to commit to the idea during his confirmation hearings: Quote "In our system of government, as this court has often stated, no one is above the law," Kavanaugh said. "That principle applies, of course, to a president." Starlord and Matt the Bruins 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishFox Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 17 minutes ago, Pariah said: Good for them. Supreme Court says President Trump cannot keep tax, financial records from prosecutors The most surprising bit to me was this, as I seem to recall he was unwilling to commit to the idea during his confirmation hearings: If you're left-leaning I feel you have to be pleasantly surprised with Kavanaugh and Gorsuch. They have not turned out to be the blindly right-voting Trump-favoring justices many were concerned they would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 I'm still not entirely convinced Kavanaugh has any business being there, but they didn't ask me. Matt the Bruins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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