[Continuation] Trump’s Coup - Part 2 - Page 32

dudalb · 15th January 2021, 04:48 PM

Boosting troop levels to 25'000 in DC.
I have to assume this is based on new intelligence.

acbytesla · 15th January 2021, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

Boosting troop levels to 25'000 in DC.
I have to assume this is based on new intelligence.

The best way to discourage trouble is a display of overwhelming force. Don't you think?

Safe-Keeper · 15th January 2021, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

Boosting troop levels to 25'000 in DC.
I have to assume this is based on new intelligence.

Or just the knowledge that the person responsible for the coup attempt 10 days ago is still in power, and that most of the manpower of his Trumpabteilungs are still out there.

Safe-Keeper · 15th January 2021, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by varwoche

The most amusing aspects -- he needed those notes as reminders, and he managed to make them visible.

I feel compelled to add, MyPillows are Motel 6 quality.

The best people.

Horatius · 15th January 2021, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by HHellpop

Trump is staying true to form, no surprise:

So is Alex Jones on the outs now?

Nope, AJ was out there pretending that he was supposed to be personally selected by Trump to lead the march on the Capitol, but wouldn't you know it, he just got overwhelmed by the crowd so he just kind of stood there and did nothing while everyone else actually took action.

Say what you will about the idiots who stormed the Capitol, at least they had the (temporary) courage of their convictions. Not like the cowardly liars like Alex Jones who only pretend to believe this crap to line their own pockets, damage to democracy be damned.

acbytesla · 15th January 2021, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

And his pillows are overpriced crap anyway. You can get a better one at Target for less money and no shipping charge.
But I have the sick feeling that Trump will try to play one more card to keep in power.

I don't. Not with the JCS's statement. It is clear that they are backing Biden.

Meadmaker · 15th January 2021, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

Boosting troop levels to 25'000 in DC.
I have to assume this is based on new intelligence.

I heard today on the radio that there were now 2500 troops in Afghanistan.

Ladewig · 15th January 2021, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Horatius

Pretty much par for the course. As much shouting as he did about NAFTA becoming the USMCA, it really didn't change all that much, and a lot of the biggest changes were actually in Canada's and Mexico's favor. I think the biggest concession that Trump got was slightly greater access to the Canadian milk market, which we had already agreed to in the TPP deal that Trump pulled out of.

I wonder how much Pres. Chucklehead gave up in order to get his number-one requirement: The US has to be first in the new name!

Kaylee · 15th January 2021, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

Boosting troop levels to 25'000 in DC.
I have to assume this is based on new intelligence.

Originally Posted by Meadmaker

I heard today on the radio that there were now 2500 troops in Afghanistan.

Anyone see any articles on how many troops will be deployed to the states' capitals? My google fu and duckduckgo skills have failed me.

trustbutverify · 15th January 2021, 08:51 PM

Reform the Capitol Police first:

Quote:

“No One Took Us Seriously”: Black Cops Warned About Racist Capitol Police Officers for Years
Allegations of racism against the Capitol Police are nothing new: Over 250 Black cops have sued the department since 2001. Some of those former officers now say it’s no surprise white nationalists were able to storm the building.

Quote:

Since 2001, hundreds of Black officers had sued the department for racial discrimination. They alleged that white officers called Black colleagues slurs like the N-word and that one officer found a hangman’s noose on his locker. White officers were called “huk lovers” or “FOGs” — short for “friends of gangsters” — if they were friendly with their Black colleagues. Black officers faced “unprovoked traffic stops” from fellow Capitol Police officers. One Black officer claimed he heard a colleague say, “Obama monkey, go back to Africa.”

acbytesla · 15th January 2021, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by trustbutverify

Reform the Capitol Police first:

My best friend is a Seattle Police officer. He's also a liberal. But he's a closet liberal on the force. He has told me many times that the TV in their break room is always tuned to FOX. That the force is cliquey and to advance on the force you have to be conservative, although the Chief himself is rarely conservative.

Police forces all over the country are right wing.

cosmicaug · 15th January 2021, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by Pixel42

Yes and no. Yes, hot flushes are a symptom of the menopause in some women. No, they don't cause us to start wars. They're just slightly annoying.

A sudden surge of testosterone, OTOH ...

I've never understood this women are too emotional thing. If we have a gender that is, hormonally, "too emotional" it's men and of this there can be no doubt based on crime statistics.

Maybe it's more about consistency? Sure, men can be ******** but when we are ******** we are assholels all the time. Women, they can surprise you. Except it doesn't really work that way in real life. Part of the pattern of ******* men can be unpredictable volatility.

So yeah, I still don't get it.

Ladewig · 15th January 2021, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

While I agree with what you say, intelligence is also a factor with a lot of these people. Have you listened to some of these people? They can say some of the most stupid things I've ever heard and it's not because they were sold on something. It's because they're just dumb. For example, confirmed by Snopes:

Originally Posted by pinheaded insurectionist

A woman can't be president. A female has more hormones, she could start a war in ten seconds if she has hot flashes...whatever. Boom."

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/20-...ump-supporters

Exactly.
Back in 2015, weren’t there people saying

A woman president?
How would America survive if the president ignored logic and facts and instead
just made decisions based on feelings and whims? What would happen to US
foreign policy if some foreign leader batted his eyes at the president and the
president fell in love with him? America does not need a mercurial, overly-
emotional, capricious president who pouts and whines when things get tough.

Ladewig · 15th January 2021, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza

more investigation needed

I suggest that we hand over all military control to women age 40+ and observe what happens.

Yes.
I’ve often wondered what ICBMs would look like if women ran the Pentagon.

dudalb · 15th January 2021, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by Kaylee

Anyone see any articles on how many troops will be deployed to the states' capitals? My google fu and duckduckgo skills have failed me.

it depends on what the individual Governors decides to do. Basically the Guard in DC is being sent there by the Governors of several states at the request of the Pentagon;but deploying troops to the individual state capitols is the Governor's call.

timhau · 16th January 2021, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by Horatius

Nope, AJ was out there pretending that he was supposed to be personally selected by Trump to lead the march on the Capitol, but wouldn't you know it, he just got overwhelmed by the crowd so he just kind of stood there and did nothing while everyone else actually took action.

Say what you will about the idiots who stormed the Capitol, at least they had the (temporary) courage of their convictions. Not like the cowardly liars like Alex Jones who only pretend to believe this crap to line their own pockets, damage to democracy be damned.

Alex did too. His business couldn't survive 10 years at Club Fed.

Stacyhs · 16th January 2021, 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by Ladewig

Exactly.
Back in 2015, weren’t there people saying

A woman president?
How would America survive if the president ignored logic and facts and instead
just made decisions based on feelings and whims? What would happen to US
foreign policy if some foreign leader batted his eyes at the president and the
president fell in love with him? America does not need a mercurial, overly-
emotional, capricious president who pouts and whines when things get tough.

Anyone ever heard of Elizabeth I or Catherine the Great? Those two didn't rule with their hormones.

a_unique_person · 16th January 2021, 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by Ladewig

Yes.

I’ve often wondered what ICBMs would look like if women ran the Pentagon.

Bigger?

Stacyhs · 16th January 2021, 01:27 AM

Originally Posted by a_unique_person

Bigger?

Size matters.

Squeegee Beckenheim · 16th January 2021, 02:32 AM

Originally Posted by Ladewig

How would America survive if the president ignored logic and facts and instead
just made decisions based on feelings and whims? What would happen to US
foreign policy if some foreign leader batted his eyes at the president and the
president fell in love with him? America does not need a mercurial, overly-
emotional, capricious president who pouts and whines when things get tough.

To be fair, the last 4 years have proven the point that these qualities would make for a bad president.

SteveAitch · 16th January 2021, 02:36 AM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

Anyone ever heard of Elizabeth I or Catherine the Great? Those two didn't rule with their hormones.

Well apart from the fact that there is a 'theory' that Liz I was actually male - due to her dying as a child and a boy being brought in to replace her for... reasons.

Mind you, it's a theory I put in the same bucket as 'all JS Bach's best works were written by his wife', 'Beethoven was black' and 'Shakespeare's works were written by the Duke of wherever' - even the ones written after the duke died...

Fast Eddie B · 16th January 2021, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

Anyone ever heard of Elizabeth I or Catherine the Great? Those two didn't rule with their hormones.

Or Golda Meir.

Too many examples to list. So it’s hardly “the exception proves the rule”.

eerok · 16th January 2021, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

Anyone ever heard of Elizabeth I or Catherine the Great? Those two didn't rule with their hormones.

Apparently there's no place for reality in these discussions. This happens all too often in politics.

History is full of strong, capable women.

TragicMonkey · 16th January 2021, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

Anyone ever heard of Elizabeth I or Catherine the Great? Those two didn't rule with their hormones.

While neither were extraordinarily unusual by the standards of their own times, by today's standards both were bloodthirsty megalomaniacs. Elizabeth had a lot of people killed because of their religion and perceived threat to her position. Catherine killed fewer but did so first in her usurpation of power (she wasn't even Russian!) and from then on in suppressing attempts to remove her. Including the imprisonment and murder of a child.

In other words, women as just as good as but no better than men. If anything the famous women rulers in sexist eras are worse than the men because they had to be extra nasty to overcome sexism. They didn't do it by being nicer than the men.

Luckily times have changed. Right?

cosmicaug · 16th January 2021, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by a_unique_person

Bigger?

As in longer or as in wider?

Safe-Keeper · 16th January 2021, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Ladewig

Exactly.
Back in 2015, weren’t there people saying

A woman president?
How would America survive if the president ignored logic and facts and instead
just made decisions based on feelings and whims? What would happen to US
foreign policy if some foreign leader batted his eyes at the president and the
president fell in love with him? America does not need a mercurial, overly-
emotional, capricious president who pouts and whines when things get tough.

Gee, this reminds me of someone. Who could it be?

Cain · 16th January 2021, 10:35 AM

Patricia Arquette:

Quote:

Next time someone tells me that because I’m an actor I shouldn’t say my political opinions I am going to remind them they are listening to the My Pillow guy.

Captain_Swoop · 16th January 2021, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

Anyone ever heard of Elizabeth I or Catherine the Great? Those two didn't rule with their hormones.

Add Thatcher and Merkel

Mr Fied · 16th January 2021, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Add Thatcher and Merkel

To be fair, I'd like to see scientific proof that Thatcher was a ~~human~~ woman.

Vixen · 16th January 2021, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Darat

I’ve had to warn our very own Dudalb, he lives near a capital building and if that is targeted he may find himself completely involuntary being carried along and before he knows it he’ll be seditioning all over the place.

We have his picture so he'll be easily identifiable.

Vixen · 16th January 2021, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by Wudang

The horned headgear is it seems Lakota Sioux and has significant spiritual and cultural significance. It that I think cultural appropriation should be added to the charges but it does add to the list of reasons he’s a twat.

Him Big Bison. Gen Z Face of America.

Vixen · 16th January 2021, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by jimbob

They're not all there

See how far you can watch this interview with the Q-Anon shaman, before giving up. I made about 40 seconds. He starts with moderately conventional conspiracies (yada yada world bank yada yada and then... um... what the no-longer updated crank.net website would have classed as illucid

YouTube Video This video is not hosted by the ISF. The ISF can not be held responsible for the suitability or legality of this material. By clicking the link below you agree to view content from an external website.

I AGREE

Wow. His diction is just like Trump's. He is a Trump clone disguised as a slimline younger version. Maybe he is a factory made bot programmed by the Deep State to mock Trump.

Vixen · 16th January 2021, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by turingtest

And that's probably just what they would say, with no apparent awareness that the original claim-

-was that he was an open Muslim. These aren't people who select their positions according to facts, they're people who select facts according to their positions.

In his 'Save America' rally, Trump referred to Obama as 'Barrack Hussein Obama'.

Vixen · 16th January 2021, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by Horatius

Nope, AJ was out there pretending that he was supposed to be personally selected by Trump to lead the march on the Capitol, but wouldn't you know it, he just got overwhelmed by the crowd so he just kind of stood there and did nothing while everyone else actually took action.

Say what you will about the idiots who stormed the Capitol, at least they had the (temporary) courage of their convictions. Not like the cowardly liars like Alex Jones who only pretend to believe this crap to line their own pockets, damage to democracy be damned.

No courage needed in being stupid.

dudalb · 16th January 2021, 01:36 PM

Here in Sacramento, local TV is covering the Guard deploying around the Capitol Building.

Stacyhs · 16th January 2021, 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie B

Or Golda Meir.

Too many examples to list. So it’s hardly “the exception proves the rule”.

I deliberately didn't mention her as she was well past hot flashes and hormone fluctuations by the time she became PM of Israel at age 70 whereas Elizabeth and Catherine were young women when they began their reigns.

Stacyhs · 16th January 2021, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by TragicMonkey

While neither were extraordinarily unusual by the standards of their own times, by today's standards both were bloodthirsty megalomaniacs. Elizabeth had a lot of people killed because of their religion and perceived threat to her position. Catherine killed fewer but did so first in her usurpation of power (she wasn't even Russian!) and from then on in suppressing attempts to remove her. Including the imprisonment and murder of a child.

In other words, women as just as good as but no better than men. If anything the famous women rulers in sexist eras are worse than the men because they had to be extra nasty to overcome sexism. They didn't do it by being nicer than the men.

Luckily times have changed. Right?

True. But they didn't do it because they were having hot flashes and emotional crying fits as some idiots seem to think which make women unfit to hold high political office. Which makes them stupid.

Fast Eddie B · 16th January 2021, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

I deliberately didn't mention her as she was well past hot flashes and hormone fluctuations by the time she became PM of Israel at age 70 whereas Elizabeth and Catherine were young women when they began their reigns.

Had to Google it...

“A major new study by the Mayo Clinic found that a large portion of women experience hot flashes, night sweats and other symptoms not only in midlife but also into their 60s, 70s and 80s.”

alfaniner · 16th January 2021, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

Here in Sacramento, local TV is covering the Guard deploying around the Capitol Building.

"Minnesota" was trending for a while on Twitter. I saw the video -- maybe about 50 cops, 20 journalists, ...and about 8 protesters.

shemp · 16th January 2021, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by Meadmaker

I heard today on the radio that there were now 2500 troops in Afghanistan.

That's because there's credible information of a Proud Boys armed rally in Kabul. Also Rudy, the My Pillow Guy and the Shaman too.

15th January 2021, 04:48 PM	#1241
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 50,605	Boosting troop levels to 25'000 in DC. I have to assume this is based on new intelligence.
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15th January 2021, 05:07 PM	#1242
acbytesla Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 28,593	Originally Posted by dudalb Boosting troop levels to 25'000 in DC. I have to assume this is based on new intelligence. The best way to discourage trouble is a display of overwhelming force. Don't you think?
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15th January 2021, 05:27 PM	#1243
Safe-Keeper Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 10,396	Originally Posted by dudalb Boosting troop levels to 25'000 in DC. I have to assume this is based on new intelligence. Or just the knowledge that the person responsible for the coup attempt 10 days ago is still in power, and that most of the manpower of his Trumpabteilungs are still out there.
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15th January 2021, 05:28 PM	#1244
Safe-Keeper Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 10,396	Originally Posted by varwoche The most amusing aspects -- he needed those notes as reminders, and he managed to make them visible. I feel compelled to add, MyPillows are Motel 6 quality. The best people.
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15th January 2021, 06:02 PM	#1245
Horatius NWO Kitty Wrangler Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 29,163	Originally Posted by HHellpop Trump is staying true to form, no surprise: So is Alex Jones on the outs now? Nope, AJ was out there pretending that he was supposed to be personally selected by Trump to lead the march on the Capitol, but wouldn't you know it, he just got overwhelmed by the crowd so he just kind of stood there and did nothing while everyone else actually took action. Say what you will about the idiots who stormed the Capitol, at least they had the (temporary) courage of their convictions. Not like the cowardly liars like Alex Jones who only pretend to believe this crap to line their own pockets, damage to democracy be damned.
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15th January 2021, 06:31 PM	#1246
acbytesla Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 28,593	Originally Posted by dudalb And his pillows are overpriced crap anyway. You can get a better one at Target for less money and no shipping charge. But I have the sick feeling that Trump will try to play one more card to keep in power. I don't. Not with the JCS's statement. It is clear that they are backing Biden.
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15th January 2021, 07:02 PM	#1247
Meadmaker Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 25,543	Originally Posted by dudalb Boosting troop levels to 25'000 in DC. I have to assume this is based on new intelligence. I heard today on the radio that there were now 2500 troops in Afghanistan.
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15th January 2021, 07:33 PM	#1248
Ladewig I lost an avatar bet. Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 28,098	Originally Posted by Horatius Pretty much par for the course. As much shouting as he did about NAFTA becoming the USMCA, it really didn't change all that much, and a lot of the biggest changes were actually in Canada's and Mexico's favor. I think the biggest concession that Trump got was slightly greater access to the Canadian milk market, which we had already agreed to in the TPP deal that Trump pulled out of. I wonder how much Pres. Chucklehead gave up in order to get his number-one requirement: The US has to be first in the new name!
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15th January 2021, 08:19 PM	#1249
Kaylee Illuminator Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,253	Originally Posted by dudalb Boosting troop levels to 25'000 in DC. I have to assume this is based on new intelligence. Originally Posted by Meadmaker I heard today on the radio that there were now 2500 troops in Afghanistan. Anyone see any articles on how many troops will be deployed to the states' capitals? My google fu and duckduckgo skills have failed me.
Kaylee Illuminator Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,253

15th January 2021, 08:51 PM	#1250
trustbutverify Philosopher Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 8,895	Reform the Capitol Police first: Quote: “No One Took Us Seriously”: Black Cops Warned About Racist Capitol Police Officers for Years Allegations of racism against the Capitol Police are nothing new: Over 250 Black cops have sued the department since 2001. Some of those former officers now say it’s no surprise white nationalists were able to storm the building. Quote: Since 2001, hundreds of Black officers had sued the department for racial discrimination. They alleged that white officers called Black colleagues slurs like the N-word and that one officer found a hangman’s noose on his locker. White officers were called “huk lovers” or “FOGs” — short for “friends of gangsters” — if they were friendly with their Black colleagues. Black officers faced “unprovoked traffic stops” from fellow Capitol Police officers. One Black officer claimed he heard a colleague say, “Obama monkey, go back to Africa.”
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15th January 2021, 09:08 PM	#1251
acbytesla Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 28,593	Originally Posted by trustbutverify Reform the Capitol Police first: My best friend is a Seattle Police officer. He's also a liberal. But he's a closet liberal on the force. He has told me many times that the TV in their break room is always tuned to FOX. That the force is cliquey and to advance on the force you have to be conservative, although the Chief himself is rarely conservative. Police forces all over the country are right wing.
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15th January 2021, 09:23 PM	#1252
cosmicaug Graduate Poster Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,465	Originally Posted by Pixel42 Yes and no. Yes, hot flushes are a symptom of the menopause in some women. No, they don't cause us to start wars. They're just slightly annoying. A sudden surge of testosterone, OTOH ... I've never understood this women are too emotional thing. If we have a gender that is, hormonally, "too emotional" it's men and of this there can be no doubt based on crime statistics. Maybe it's more about consistency? Sure, men can be ****** but when we are **** we are assholels all the time. Women, they can surprise you. Except it doesn't really work that way in real life. Part of the pattern of ***** men can be unpredictable volatility. So yeah, I still don't get it.
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15th January 2021, 10:44 PM	#1253
Ladewig I lost an avatar bet. Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 28,098	Originally Posted by Stacyhs While I agree with what you say, intelligence is also a factor with a lot of these people. Have you listened to some of these people? They can say some of the most stupid things I've ever heard and it's not because they were sold on something. It's because they're just dumb. For example, confirmed by Snopes: Originally Posted by pinheaded insurectionist A woman can't be president. A female has more hormones, she could start a war in ten seconds if she has hot flashes...whatever. Boom." https://www.theodysseyonline.com/20-...ump-supporters Exactly. Back in 2015, weren’t there people saying A woman president? How would America survive if the president ignored logic and facts and instead just made decisions based on feelings and whims? What would happen to US foreign policy if some foreign leader batted his eyes at the president and the president fell in love with him? America does not need a mercurial, overly- emotional, capricious president who pouts and whines when things get tough.
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15th January 2021, 10:48 PM	#1254
Ladewig I lost an avatar bet. Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 28,098	Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza more investigation needed I suggest that we hand over all military control to women age 40+ and observe what happens. Yes. I’ve often wondered what ICBMs would look like if women ran the Pentagon.
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15th January 2021, 10:51 PM	#1255
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 50,605	Originally Posted by Kaylee Anyone see any articles on how many troops will be deployed to the states' capitals? My google fu and duckduckgo skills have failed me. it depends on what the individual Governors decides to do. Basically the Guard in DC is being sent there by the Governors of several states at the request of the Pentagon;but deploying troops to the individual state capitols is the Governor's call.
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16th January 2021, 12:19 AM	#1256
timhau NWO Litter Technician Join Date: May 2004 Location: Looks like Finland. Smells like Finland. Quacks like Finland. Where the hell am I? Posts: 14,513	Originally Posted by Horatius Nope, AJ was out there pretending that he was supposed to be personally selected by Trump to lead the march on the Capitol, but wouldn't you know it, he just got overwhelmed by the crowd so he just kind of stood there and did nothing while everyone else actually took action. Say what you will about the idiots who stormed the Capitol, at least they had the (temporary) courage of their convictions. Not like the cowardly liars like Alex Jones who only pretend to believe this crap to line their own pockets, damage to democracy be damned. Alex did too. His business couldn't survive 10 years at Club Fed.
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16th January 2021, 12:47 AM	#1257
Stacyhs Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States Posts: 18,233	Originally Posted by Ladewig Exactly. Back in 2015, weren’t there people saying A woman president? How would America survive if the president ignored logic and facts and instead just made decisions based on feelings and whims? What would happen to US foreign policy if some foreign leader batted his eyes at the president and the president fell in love with him? America does not need a mercurial, overly- emotional, capricious president who pouts and whines when things get tough. Anyone ever heard of Elizabeth I or Catherine the Great? Those two didn't rule with their hormones.

16th January 2021, 01:24 AM	#1258
a_unique_person Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Waiting for the pod bay door to open. Posts: 43,089	Originally Posted by Ladewig Yes. I’ve often wondered what ICBMs would look like if women ran the Pentagon. Bigger?
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16th January 2021, 01:27 AM	#1259
Stacyhs Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States Posts: 18,233	Originally Posted by a_unique_person Bigger? Size matters.

16th January 2021, 02:32 AM	#1260
Squeegee Beckenheim Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 31,408	Originally Posted by Ladewig How would America survive if the president ignored logic and facts and instead just made decisions based on feelings and whims? What would happen to US foreign policy if some foreign leader batted his eyes at the president and the president fell in love with him? America does not need a mercurial, overly- emotional, capricious president who pouts and whines when things get tough. To be fair, the last 4 years have proven the point that these qualities would make for a bad president.
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16th January 2021, 02:36 AM	#1261
SteveAitch Thinker Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: St Aines Posts: 176	Originally Posted by Stacyhs Anyone ever heard of Elizabeth I or Catherine the Great? Those two didn't rule with their hormones. Well apart from the fact that there is a 'theory' that Liz I was actually male - due to her dying as a child and a boy being brought in to replace her for... reasons. Mind you, it's a theory I put in the same bucket as 'all JS Bach's best works were written by his wife', 'Beethoven was black' and 'Shakespeare's works were written by the Duke of wherever' - even the ones written after the duke died...
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16th January 2021, 06:51 AM	#1262
Fast Eddie B Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lenoir City, TN/Mineral Bluff, GA Posts: 6,785	Originally Posted by Stacyhs Anyone ever heard of Elizabeth I or Catherine the Great? Those two didn't rule with their hormones. Or Golda Meir. Too many examples to list. So it’s hardly “the exception proves the rule”.

16th January 2021, 07:59 AM	#1263
eerok Quixoticist Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: ON Canada Posts: 3,712	Originally Posted by Stacyhs Anyone ever heard of Elizabeth I or Catherine the Great? Those two didn't rule with their hormones. Apparently there's no place for reality in these discussions. This happens all too often in politics. History is full of strong, capable women.
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16th January 2021, 08:07 AM	#1264
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 59,750	Originally Posted by Stacyhs Anyone ever heard of Elizabeth I or Catherine the Great? Those two didn't rule with their hormones. While neither were extraordinarily unusual by the standards of their own times, by today's standards both were bloodthirsty megalomaniacs. Elizabeth had a lot of people killed because of their religion and perceived threat to her position. Catherine killed fewer but did so first in her usurpation of power (she wasn't even Russian!) and from then on in suppressing attempts to remove her. Including the imprisonment and murder of a child. In other words, women as just as good as but no better than men. If anything the famous women rulers in sexist eras are worse than the men because they had to be extra nasty to overcome sexism. They didn't do it by being nicer than the men. Luckily times have changed. Right?
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16th January 2021, 09:44 AM	#1265
cosmicaug Graduate Poster Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,465	Originally Posted by a_unique_person Bigger? As in longer or as in wider?
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16th January 2021, 10:29 AM	#1266
Safe-Keeper Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 10,396	Originally Posted by Ladewig Exactly. Back in 2015, weren’t there people saying A woman president? How would America survive if the president ignored logic and facts and instead just made decisions based on feelings and whims? What would happen to US foreign policy if some foreign leader batted his eyes at the president and the president fell in love with him? America does not need a mercurial, overly- emotional, capricious president who pouts and whines when things get tough. Gee, this reminds me of someone. Who could it be?
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16th January 2021, 10:35 AM	#1267
Cain Straussian Join Date: May 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 14,306	Patricia Arquette: Quote: Next time someone tells me that because I’m an actor I shouldn’t say my political opinions I am going to remind them they are listening to the My Pillow guy.
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16th January 2021, 11:25 AM	#1268
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Pither 12/20 Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 32,778	Originally Posted by Stacyhs Anyone ever heard of Elizabeth I or Catherine the Great? Those two didn't rule with their hormones. Add Thatcher and Merkel

16th January 2021, 12:06 PM	#1269
Mr Fied Muse Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 556	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Add Thatcher and Merkel To be fair, I'd like to see scientific proof that Thatcher was a ~~human~~ woman.
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16th January 2021, 12:58 PM	#1270
Vixen Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 21,640	Originally Posted by Darat I’ve had to warn our very own Dudalb, he lives near a capital building and if that is targeted he may find himself completely involuntary being carried along and before he knows it he’ll be seditioning all over the place. We have his picture so he'll be easily identifiable.
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16th January 2021, 01:07 PM	#1271
Vixen Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 21,640	Originally Posted by Wudang The horned headgear is it seems Lakota Sioux and has significant spiritual and cultural significance. It that I think cultural appropriation should be added to the charges but it does add to the list of reasons he’s a twat. Him Big Bison. Gen Z Face of America.
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16th January 2021, 01:29 PM	#1273
Vixen Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 21,640	Originally Posted by turingtest And that's probably just what they would say, with no apparent awareness that the original claim- -was that he was an open Muslim. These aren't people who select their positions according to facts, they're people who select facts according to their positions. In his 'Save America' rally, Trump referred to Obama as 'Barrack Hussein Obama'.
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16th January 2021, 01:34 PM	#1274
Vixen Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 21,640	Originally Posted by Horatius Nope, AJ was out there pretending that he was supposed to be personally selected by Trump to lead the march on the Capitol, but wouldn't you know it, he just got overwhelmed by the crowd so he just kind of stood there and did nothing while everyone else actually took action. Say what you will about the idiots who stormed the Capitol, at least they had the (temporary) courage of their convictions. Not like the cowardly liars like Alex Jones who only pretend to believe this crap to line their own pockets, damage to democracy be damned. No courage needed in being stupid.
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16th January 2021, 01:36 PM	#1275
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 50,605	Here in Sacramento, local TV is covering the Guard deploying around the Capitol Building.
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16th January 2021, 02:11 PM	#1276
Stacyhs Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States Posts: 18,233	Originally Posted by Fast Eddie B Or Golda Meir. Too many examples to list. So it’s hardly “the exception proves the rule”. I deliberately didn't mention her as she was well past hot flashes and hormone fluctuations by the time she became PM of Israel at age 70 whereas Elizabeth and Catherine were young women when they began their reigns.