|
Welcome to the International Skeptics Forum, where we discuss skepticism, critical thinking, the paranormal and science in a friendly but lively way. You are currently viewing the forum as a guest, which means you are missing out on discussing matters that are of interest to you. Please consider registering so you can gain full use of the forum features and interact with other Members. Registration is simple, fast and free! Click here to register today. |
2nd February 2018, 02:19 PM | #1 | ||
Philosopher
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: United States
Posts: 6,332
|
President Trump: It will be hard to unite the country without a "major event"
The anti-Trump faction of the paranoid conspiracy theorists are sounding the horn on this:
Quote:
The headline features a suggestive pose by the President:
|
||
2nd February 2018, 03:04 PM | #2 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: The Antimemetics Division
Posts: 69,914
|
LOL
"Suggestive pose." And funnily enough, he's not wrong. |
2nd February 2018, 03:05 PM | #3 |
Illuminator
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 4,950
|
Yeah, I hate to say this about the idiot, but he's right.
|
2nd February 2018, 03:06 PM | #4 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: The Antimemetics Division
Posts: 69,914
|
It'll still be PNAC CT II: Electric Boogaloo if a unifying event does happen, though.
|
2nd February 2018, 03:13 PM | #5 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: WA USA
Posts: 10,927
|
Well, Trump is the worst thing to happen to the USA since 9/11. I wonder what kind of event he needs to pull us back together?
|
2nd February 2018, 03:19 PM | #6 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Port Townsend, Washington
Posts: 39,057
|
Kind of has "Wag the Dog" written all over it.
Then again, Watergate was one of the most major events of the 1970's. We can only hope. |
__________________
Cum catapultae proscribeantur tum soli proscripti catapultas habeant. |
|
2nd February 2018, 03:38 PM | #7 |
Nasty Woman
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 96,382
|
That's frightening. Trump is just stupid enough to believe attacking NKorea will make him a great war POTUS like Bush Jr believed Iraq would make him a "war POTUS" like his daddy.
It's especially more worrisome as the Mueller investigation threatens to expose Trump's criminal financial enterprise. |
2nd February 2018, 03:40 PM | #8 |
Nasty Woman
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 96,382
|
|
2nd February 2018, 03:44 PM | #9 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: The Antimemetics Division
Posts: 69,914
|
Except his comments aren't about being a great war POTUS. They're about unifying Americans. And he doesn't really need to do that. Especially not if it means going to all the effort of starting some "major event" just for that purpose.
The gist of his comments are that it would be nice, but he's not going to bother trying to make it happen. |
2nd February 2018, 04:24 PM | #10 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Sorth Dakonsin
Posts: 29,366
|
It won't happen if he keeps referring to Reps and Dems as "us" and "them".
|
__________________
Science is self-correcting. Woo is self-contradicting. |
|
2nd February 2018, 04:36 PM | #11 |
Illuminator
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 4,950
|
Trump will unite everyone. He will merge with the sandtrout and become the God Emperor of mankind.
|
2nd February 2018, 04:42 PM | #12 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: The Antimemetics Division
Posts: 69,914
|
|
__________________
There is no Antimemetics Division. |
|
2nd February 2018, 05:44 PM | #13 |
Philosopher
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: United States
Posts: 6,332
|
Can you imagine this chump trying to get his Deep State people together and organizing a false flag.
Oh, and where's ol' AJ? what if Obama had said this? |
2nd February 2018, 06:01 PM | #14 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: The Antimemetics Division
Posts: 69,914
|
|
__________________
There is no Antimemetics Division. |
|
2nd February 2018, 07:18 PM | #15 |
Philosopher
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: United States
Posts: 6,332
|
|
3rd February 2018, 09:11 AM | #16 |
Master Poster
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 2,530
|
This little 'pensiveness' on Trump's part is borne purely out of the cold claw of fear gripping that major part of his brain concerned with preservation of the self. It seeks to find a way out of its predicament, and is preparing the ground for that very "major" event coming into focus among the fevered imaginings. Wag the dog, indeed.
At least that's what my first impulse tells me: guard against the worst possibility. Such an amoral, self-centered person in his desperation could too easily and recklessly cross the Rubicon in any number of ways. |
3rd February 2018, 09:19 AM | #17 |
Now. Do it now.
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: UK
Posts: 24,804
|
Quote:
|
__________________
"The Conservatives want to keep wogs out and march boldly back to the 1950s when Britain still had an Empire and blacks, women, poofs and Irish knew their place." The Don That's what we've sunk to here. |
|
3rd February 2018, 09:28 AM | #18 |
Master Poster
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Just outside Raleigh, NC
Posts: 2,953
|
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Pearl_Harbor
All one really needs to read is the first chapter. |
__________________
Eqinsu Ocha! Eqinsu Ocha! |
|
3rd February 2018, 06:34 PM | #19 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: The Antimemetics Division
Posts: 69,914
|
|
__________________
There is no Antimemetics Division. |
|
3rd February 2018, 06:35 PM | #20 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: The Antimemetics Division
Posts: 69,914
|
|
__________________
There is no Antimemetics Division. |
|
3rd February 2018, 08:39 PM | #21 |
Master Poster
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Just outside Raleigh, NC
Posts: 2,953
|
|
__________________
Eqinsu Ocha! Eqinsu Ocha! |
|
5th February 2018, 07:10 AM | #22 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: 16 miles from 7 lakes
Posts: 11,098
|
Maybe the "Major Event" is Trump himself...
|
__________________
"Political correctness is a doctrine,...,which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." "I pointed out that his argument was wrong in every particular, but he rightfully took me to task for attacking only the weak points." Myriad http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=6853275#post6853275 |
|
5th February 2018, 08:17 AM | #23 |
Maledictorian
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 22,552
|
A real Sharknado would be great for Trump's TV ratings.
Admit it, the current season of The Apprentice President is getting repetitive.. |
__________________
“Don’t blame me. I voted for Kodos.” |
|
5th February 2018, 02:31 PM | #24 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: The Antimemetics Division
Posts: 69,914
|
|
6th February 2018, 12:01 PM | #25 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 60,375
|
"The New Pearl Harbor" is 9/11 Truther crap, pure and simple, written by David Ray Griffith , one of the high priests of the Truther cult. To cite it for any reason is a dumb move.
|
__________________
Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty. Robert Heinlein. |
|
Thread Tools | |
|
|