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6th September 2020, 01:04 PM | #681 |
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It's not Nihilism, it's Eschatology.
And it meshes perfectly with Trumpism. |
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6th September 2020, 01:11 PM | #682 |
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Given there are 2 more pages I've yet to read, I've probably been ninja'd
Suspect in Portland killing of far-right protester 'shot dead' by US marshals IOW they killed the guy that killed a far-right demonstrator. And Trump Tweets that. Disgusting isn't sleazy enough to describe that slime. |
6th September 2020, 01:12 PM | #683 |
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Perhaps I am being too cynical, but I think that should read “selling them a dirty bandage to apply over festering wounds.”
Maybe even “insist that the whole concept of festering wounds is a myth started by the Chinese.“ Exactly. Why should we be stewards of the Earth if we and the other real Christians will be raptured in 2-25 years? |
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6th September 2020, 01:15 PM | #684 |
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Ignore post, please.
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6th September 2020, 01:17 PM | #685 |
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6th September 2020, 01:29 PM | #688 |
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"He's like a drunk being given a sobriety test by the police after being pulled over. Just as a drunk can't walk a straight line, Trump can't think in a straight line. He's all over the place."--Stacyhs "If you are still hung up on that whole words-have-meaning thing, then 2020 is going to be a long year for you." --Ladewig |
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6th September 2020, 01:31 PM | #689 |
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From Slate: Trump Took Art From Ambassador’s Home in Paris, But Pieces Were Fakes and Replicas
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6th September 2020, 01:38 PM | #691 |
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Louis DeJoy is in trouble for getting employees to make donations to the GOP in return for a pay bonus.
Washington Post reported DeJoy’s decade-long scheme of getting his employees into donating to the Republican party, and then illegally reimbursing them through company bonuses. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein from bringing a criminal case on state charges. Stein issued this statement today:
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6th September 2020, 02:27 PM | #692 |
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Some varieties, perhaps. I admit that I'm using the term a little loosely, though, and have no problem with agreeing to use a more accurate term, if you'd like to suggest such?
Nice try at a gotcha. It works at a very superficial level, of course, but not really much past that on real examination. To tie this together with the previous statement, though... when, for example, big fossil fuel providers have *known* with great certainty about their role in climate change for longer than most people have been alive and much about the consequences of such, and their leadership, in libertarian fashion, decided that it's not as important as increasing profits right then - to the point that they've spent big for a long time on creating and sowing disinformation and doubt to prevent action that would reduce immediate profits, but also help make things much more sustainable, that's a problem. When that works, as it has far better on the "conservative side" of things for a number of reasons, of course there will be less alarm about a problem that isn't being recognized as real. If they actually were such, you might have a point. |
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6th September 2020, 02:38 PM | #693 |
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Here's a link not paywalled:
Mother Jones: Report: Louis DeJoy Used Bonuses to Reimburse Employees for Donations to GOP Campaigns
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But if you expect anyone from this over-the-top in-plain-sight corruption to actually do anything about it, you will likely be disappointed.
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BUT AG Josh Stein is a Democrat and DeJoy can be charged under state law, no pardon, so we'll see. |
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6th September 2020, 04:38 PM | #695 |
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Hmm. Well, here's another blow to some of the GOP's attack lines.
Anita Hill vows to vote for Joe Biden and work with him on gender issues Elsewhere... Rick Wilson comments...
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Oh, and... One of the statements in a lawsuit is now that Epstein showed a 14-year-old girl To Trump, saying "This is a good one, right?" and Trump smiled and nodded. |
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6th September 2020, 05:41 PM | #696 |
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Just saw this one from George Takei and liked it.
Overheard: Can we call the swamped Trump boat people "Proud Buoys" from now on? |
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6th September 2020, 05:45 PM | #697 |
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6th September 2020, 06:11 PM | #698 |
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Link to original story:
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6th September 2020, 07:54 PM | #699 |
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Trump retweets
Andrew Surabian @Surabees It says everything about how broken the media is that after @JeffreyGoldberg helped lie this nation into the Iraq War, he wasn't run out of journalism in embarrassment, but rather given promotions to continue his shoddy "journalism" unabated. Our "elites" constantly fail upwards. Not only does @JeffreyGoldberg have low editorial standards, he's long been a propagandist for the Military Industrial Complex. He pushed their lies to get us into the Iraq War & is pushing their easily debunked lies about Trump, b/c unlike Biden, Trump won't support their wars. |
6th September 2020, 07:55 PM | #700 |
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Trump Retweeted
Donald Trump Jr. @DonaldJTrumpJr Thousands of Americans died and even more came home wounded because career politicians like Joe Biden voted to send them to Iraq!!! Quote Tweet Trump War Room - Text TRUMP to 88022 @TrumpWarRoom Donald Trump in 2007 on the terrible cost of the Iraq War: "Nobody talks about the soldiers that are coming back with no arms and no legs... The most beautiful people I've ever seen" |
6th September 2020, 07:56 PM | #701 |
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Trump Tweets
A massive Disinformation Campaign is going on by the Democrats, their partner, the Fake News Media, & Big Tech. They create false stories and then push them like has never been done before, even beyond the 2016 Campaign. It imperils our Country, and must stop now. Victory 2020! |
6th September 2020, 08:25 PM | #702 |
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I suppose DJT could be aware of the 1890s, Pulitzer, Hearst, and Yelliw Journalism, and that he is simply ignoring all that because he knows most Americans don’t know American history.
And I suppose DJT doesn’t know jack about any US or world history that is not related in some way to his properties. ........ Every day it is a challenge to determine which of his traits annoys me the most ignorance stupidity self-centeredness contempt for evidence petulance sexism racism hypocrisy vanity the lengths to which he goes to avoid even the appearance of a mistake |
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6th September 2020, 08:41 PM | #703 |
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My answer is "Whatever meaning were you trying to use".
But liberals do think it's real though, so it still works as a way liberals are driven by fear. For hate, Trump and every republican current president are good examples. I put the reason why in the dedicated global warming thread. |
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6th September 2020, 11:43 PM | #706 |
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I suppose fear of vast tracts of the planet becoming uninhabitable or unfit for agriculture is more irrational than fear of brown-skinned people.
Is a 'leader' who is demonstrably in the pocket of a foreign power, who is not hauled before a court of law because of the protection afforded by a DOJ memo, not deserving of hate? A man is judged by the company he keeps; practically all in Trump's orbit are criminals and grifters. And look at the number of former associates, etc., who got to see him up close and are now spilling the tea. I guess *everything* uncomfortably negative about the scumbag is "fake news", eh? |
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7th September 2020, 12:02 AM | #709 |
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RE: Trump's comments about fallen soldiers.
I'm guessing that the unnamed sources were triggered by the defunding of Stars& Stripes. |
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7th September 2020, 12:39 AM | #710 |
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Which is entirely unhelpful. Moving on, then, because neither of us seems interested in doing the work to clarify things further.
Hmm? It looks like you are indeed fighting a claim that wasn't made, then. Fear is one of the major motivators of humans, in general, yes. However, not all humans are equally affected by it, with both positives and negatives to varying levels of effect. I am certainly not arguing that liberals are unaffected by fear, so your line of argument is entirely off the mark. With that said, it might be helpful for you to review things like Fear and Anxiety Drive Conservatives' Political Attitudes to understand what I was saying more in depth. For example, when I say physically measurable, part of that is that the size of the amygdala, which is heavily involved in dealing with fear, tends to be notably larger in self-identified conservatives than in self-described liberals. To be clear, again, this is being said in a neutral fashion. Everyone is different in a number of ways and we all have various positives and negatives that make us more or less suited to handle different situations. That conservatives especially react more strongly and quickly to perceived direct and immediate threats than liberals is not a bad thing in and of itself, but is much more easily exploited by unsavory actors to push fears, rational and irrational, (and associated claims to the fears when one isn't thinking as rationally) that benefit the unsavory actors in some way. Liberals aren't immune to such, of course, but the hurdle tends to be notably higher, which tends to change the balance to notably fewer irrational fears compared to rational fears, with the note that some rational fears may not pass the hurdle as well, given that it's higher. |
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7th September 2020, 02:33 AM | #711 |
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7th September 2020, 02:42 AM | #712 |
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Trump Tweeted in 2013
So, lets get this right. Steve Jobs dies and leaves his wife everything-billions of dollars. Now his wife has a boyfriend (lover). Oh Steve! |
7th September 2020, 02:43 AM | #713 |
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Seems his disapproval of the former Mrs Jobs is not something new.
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7th September 2020, 02:52 AM | #715 |
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Probably more concerned with her getting all the money.
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7th September 2020, 02:54 AM | #716 |
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Obviously Jobs should have given the money to Trump.
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7th September 2020, 02:57 AM | #717 |
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If you can't tell the difference between Trump's overt sexism and Biden's supposed sexism then the world is grateful that you don't vote in the USA.
If you're younger than, say, 96, or have children, then the difference between Trump and Biden on climate change is sufficient to swamp any consideration of sexism so, again, the world is grateful that you don't vote in the USA. |
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Quick question:
Are we days away from seeing Trump accuse Biden of calling dead soldiers suckers and losers? |
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