BS: A Trump Discovery

30 Nov 16 - 12:21 AM (#3823579)
Subject: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Ebbie

Jake Tapper, the newsman, the other day stumbled over the Donald's name, pronouncing it 'Dronald Tump'.

That made me go look it up and now I know what that stuff on top of his head is: A 'tump' is a Clump of Vegetation.

You heard it here first.

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30 Nov 16 - 03:40 AM (#3823587)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Dave Hanson

it could have been Tronald Dump !

Dave H

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30 Nov 16 - 05:35 AM (#3823609)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Sandra in Sydney

Doonesbury on Trump

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30 Nov 16 - 06:02 AM (#3823612)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Mr Red

A tump is a small mount in the UK! A slag heap in the Midlands. - Appropriate?

As in the Welsh for ceilidh - Twmpath. In that case more like a burial mound with a footpath below. The musos on the elevated bit and the dancers on the flat.

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30 Nov 16 - 06:59 AM (#3823622)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Stu

We have a burial mound near us called Sodger's Tump. They built a machine gun nest on the top in case the Germans invaded.

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30 Nov 16 - 12:56 PM (#3823675)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

Here's another trump discovery - he's discovered Reaganomics, which were an absolute failure.

But that's no reason not to try again, apparently.

"■ Mr. Trump's tax cuts will be huge, with the corporate tax rate dropping to 15 percent from 35 percent. Mr. Mnuchin said:

    "This will be the largest tax change since Reagan. ... We're going to cut corporate taxes, which will bring huge amounts of jobs back to the United States. We're going to get to 15 percent, and we're going to bring a lot of cash back to the U.S."

Heil Trump!

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30 Nov 16 - 01:39 PM (#3823686)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

It took 8 to 12 years for the John Does of this country to discover that the Bush buffoon was a puppet for the neo con war machines and Wall Street corruption.

Trump can build a fervor with Loyalty to him, Patriotism to him and a cry for revenge that makes 9-11 puny. A call for expulsion will include citizens.

But will he?

Bannon would. The 3 billionaires in his cabinet would.

But kind sensible people like the Joes of America say nothing and honestly don't know. They need to see Trump Troopers knock down neighbor doors first.

People often disregard intuitives like myself. Instead they wait until the they are choked by the smoke of the wildfire before they run hide or fight.

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30 Nov 16 - 02:40 PM (#3823702)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

One day Donald will deny his tweet that expulsion from the US will be a civil punishment. But he did tweet that banishment from the US for flag burning is a priority of his.

The 1001 lies and techniques of propaganda, uniting mutual hatreds and his overarching need for loyalty can and has been analyzed one by one.
This process passes for journalism. But instead of being reactive to all these fascist techniques I propose we weaken all of these propaganda techniques and lies by putting them under one heading we can refer to as trumpnosis. Say no to Trumpnosis.

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30 Nov 16 - 02:42 PM (#3823703)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

E, stay gutsy

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30 Nov 16 - 08:01 PM (#3823776)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Ebbie

"This will be the largest tax change since Reagan. .."

Does he know that Reagan later had to *raise* taxes *twice* to fix it?

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01 Dec 16 - 09:40 AM (#3823855)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Rapparee

Reagan raised taxes 11 times, actually.

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01 Dec 16 - 01:58 PM (#3823895)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Bee-dubya-ell

I'm a bit confused about this revocation of citizenship thing. I was born in the US. My parents and grandparents were born in the US. Further back than that, I have no idea where any of my ancestors came from. If I burn a flag and Trump revokes my citizenship, where's he going to send me back to? There's no other country that would be obligated to take me, and probably none that would even want me. Would I be doomed to spend the rest of my life stuck in an airport like Mehran Karimi Nasseri?

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01 Dec 16 - 05:11 PM (#3823936)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

Or possibly Charlie on the MTA.

Don't try to make sense out of any of the bullshit the Trumpists come up with. You'll just hurt your head.

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01 Dec 16 - 09:06 PM (#3823984)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

As evidenced by the Trump thank you tour rallies, facts do not matter, it is the All drama Trumpnosis that is in play.
In contrast with no drama Obama, Barak relied upon truth to carry the day. Trumpnotic performances have no connection with the idea of truth or even common sense.

The Trump thank you tour is not policy or issue driven except to say "I won! I am wonderfully right and the media is terribly wrong." The one thing Donald has never achieved is acceptance by the New York elite. His skin is thinnest regarding being snubbed by the elite. Remember this Achilles heel.

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01 Dec 16 - 09:27 PM (#3823991)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

I made a poster for the John Stewart Steven Colbert rally that said:

CUT OUT THE MIDDLEMAN
ELECT CORPORATIONS DIRECTLY
goldman sachs, Exxon...

Today Trump has announced that the CEO of Exxon is being considered for Secretary of State.
Along with the 3 former Goldman Sachs people Trump has already chosen, the nightmare has come true.

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02 Dec 16 - 02:11 AM (#3824001)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Ebbie

I am just about convinced that Trump is not really concerned that he knows so little, because he fully intends that Pence shall fill the role of the president. He has said as much, that his role will be to "make America great again', which I assume will be a full time job. As they say, '=watch this space.

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02 Dec 16 - 04:55 AM (#3824023)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: akenaton

Well you people had the chance to elect a real reformer, but allowed your corrupt Party to sabotage his campaign......and still you stick to your partisan side and whinge about the result.

It is really all your fault, you took your eyes off the ball you did not see that Mrs Clinton was unelectable...even against Mr Trump who campaigned without Party support.

You were taken in by "liberal" talking points like "the glass ceiling", when most folks are interested in providing for their families.

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02 Dec 16 - 05:48 AM (#3824034)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Mr Red

Trumpnosis
Trumpnotic

He is even changing the language!
So much more sinister than Bushisms.
They are so much more revealing the Reaganomics.

USA has long been accused of being long on bluster, short on substance. Something we mildly believed but but to have it thrust in our faces is .................

sorry words fail me.

(pulls pin and lobs grenade, ducks behind parapet)
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzumph........
Akhenaten tried to bring about a departure from traditional religion, yet in the end it would not be accepted.

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02 Dec 16 - 05:49 AM (#3824035)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Steve Shaw

Hillary Clinton got two million votes more than Trump. I hate to keep reminding you of that. After the brexiteers got two million votes more than the remainers, I didn't hear you howling that the Remain side had won.

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02 Dec 16 - 06:13 AM (#3824039)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

FYI In America the phrase "YOU PEOPLE" is used as a substitute for nigger, kike, or worse. I thought Brits thought they were central to decorum and civilization.

Mr Red those are my new words. They stand for all the lies all the nonsense and all the propaganda that Trumpism engages.


Steve , didn't the stay Brexit vote outnumber leave by 2.5 million votes? Here the loser often wins. Its money that talks.

Th clarion call to war was made by Donald claiming his defense secretary pick mad dog Mattis is bolder than Patton.

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02 Dec 16 - 06:33 AM (#3824041)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

More of my new words;

White Subpremicyst

Lockerupt

Muslim Bannonfan

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02 Dec 16 - 06:36 AM (#3824042)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Steve Shaw

The other way round, Donuel. I was pointing to akenaton's illogical remark that Clinton was inelectable. She lost because of a ridiculous electoral college system, not because she was unelectable, as her popular vote superiority revealed. By his logic he should be hailing the victory of Remain.

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02 Dec 16 - 06:37 AM (#3824043)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Steve Shaw

Un, not in.

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02 Dec 16 - 07:10 AM (#3824051)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

fatuouscism

fastcism

factcision

fascism lite

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02 Dec 16 - 09:22 AM (#3824065)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: beardedbruce

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/12/01/the-hypocrisy-of-the-liberal-elite/#74f673ba33d4

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02 Dec 16 - 09:33 AM (#3824070)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

How about the lies and hypocrisy of the Trumpists, CowFart?

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/opinion/seduced-and-betrayed-by-donald-trump.html

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02 Dec 16 - 09:55 AM (#3824074)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: beardedbruce

How about the lies and hypocrisy of the DNC, or Hillary, Ratfucker?


Ask Bernie about that.

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02 Dec 16 - 10:03 AM (#3824075)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

There there, CowFart, calm down. No need for you to call Hillary a ratfucker - that's something your boy Trump would say.

Ask Bernie about that.

Many have - he supported Hillary, which you seem to have forgotten/ignored/never knew.....

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02 Dec 16 - 10:11 AM (#3824078)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: beardedbruce

Gregtrf,

YOU are the ratfucker around here.

I hope the Liberals who silently accept your racism and bigotry are ok with being tarred by the same brush.

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02 Dec 16 - 12:29 PM (#3824117)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: akenaton

Come on chaps I didn't want to promote aggression...... only debate.

To Steve, If Mrs Clinton had been a viable candidate with an inch of vision she would have won by a landslide.....I told you before the Election that Mr Sanders had the best chance of winning he had the vision that the young people were thirsting for.....but he sold out in the end and set back the cause another twenty years.....or forever! :0(

The answer is in our own hands, realise that we are involved in a class war Left and Right mean nothing, only unity can win the day...for everyone.

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02 Dec 16 - 12:32 PM (#3824119)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: akenaton

If Mr Sanders had won the election the elite would have turned on him even more viciously than the republicans did to Mr Trump.
KNOW YOUR ENEMIES!!

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02 Dec 16 - 12:47 PM (#3824123)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: akenaton

In my world "you people".....means   "you" people.

You know who you are, human beings who walk around with a huge balloon marked "ideology" tied to their shoulders with thin wire cord...occasionally the balloon lifts the people a few inches off the ground then dumps them down again, giving them a slightly comical appearance.......sad.

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02 Dec 16 - 06:08 PM (#3824169)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

Come on chaps I didn't want to promote aggression......

Unlike your boy Trump, Ache?

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02 Dec 16 - 11:28 PM (#3824195)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Anniecat

The voting system in America is so weird that there are many ways to fix the votes (one of which is not counting them for instance). Bernie had far more votes than Clinton but not the money to match. He stood down as the democrat vote was so split and fiddled that they were sure to lose if they didn't show a united front. Sadly they lost anyway.

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03 Dec 16 - 06:55 AM (#3824233)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Steve Shaw

I've said it before and I'll say it again (it's what we do on Mudcat political threads😉): Bernie Sanders wouldn't have stood a cat in hell's chance against Trump's populism. Never in a million years in a country in which "commie," "left-wing" and "socialist" are dirty words. In hindsight, as Clinton lost, his campaign would have been far more civilised and might just have changed a few things in the long run. But there was no way he could have beaten Trump. Dream on.

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03 Dec 16 - 07:09 AM (#3824235)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Jim Carroll

""ideology" tied to their shoulders with thin wire cord"
Somewhat preferable to being devoid of humanity and compassion and an ideology" that divides the world by its race, gender and sexual orientation, persecuting thse who don't fit into yours.
You seem to sped a greater time running away from argument rather than responding to it wnd whingeing about being insulted while feeling free to insult who you please.
Consistency and honest exchange of ideas and opinions seem not to register too prominently on your Richter Scale.
If you dont' like being insulted - stop doing it to others
Jim Carroll

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03 Dec 16 - 09:09 AM (#3824251)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: akenaton

Getting back to Mr Trump, he's a highlander alright, he's got the eyes and the voice....there is also a big slice of the Viking in him, he would suit the horned helmet and the battleaxe......maybe you've got a chance there Ebbie!...:0)

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03 Dec 16 - 03:45 PM (#3824317)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

Ake, You should not be surprised to discover yourself to be an irredeemable person. Folk music has been rejected by your soul along with all its lessons unlearned.

Insignificantly you will soon find out what you are worth in the days to come soldier. Your ideas originate and end with death.
You can't kill or cull your way out of our problems and annoyances.
You only think you can. When will you ever learn?

Nazis thought they could, American killers of the Indians thought they could and so do the me/them people like yourself. Believe me you are not alone. Here you are a symptom, a symbol.

In the meantime think about who taught you well about the surfaces of things but none of the depth.

Study the nature and origins of ideas.
Own or reject your ideas.
Only then can a man speak of ideology.

What you called debate is really hate.
What you called argument is a cross eyed snipers game.
The final battle is death all the same by accident or intent.
But a coward like you just complains others live.

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year !
-- discover the spirit of ideas --


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03 Dec 16 - 06:33 PM (#3824337)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: akenaton

Well Don, that little rant should have deflated the balloon somewhat, you should be back on solid ground shortly.

Nazi, irredeemable, coward, hate , death, a symptom, snipers.....you are so negative, have you given any thought to why this is so?
There is help available.

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03 Dec 16 - 07:52 PM (#3824346)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

Reality is often negative, Ache. So it goes.

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04 Dec 16 - 09:59 AM (#3824405)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

As a student of the Holocaust, my advice to you was in comparison polite, demure and finessed the finer points of cultural racism.

Perhaps you missed the cultural revolution, Bosnia, Rwanda and coming soon, South Sudan.

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04 Dec 16 - 06:09 PM (#3824493)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

Well, looks like the Austrians are considerably smarter than the USAsians.

VIENNA — Austria's voters rejected a far-right candidate for president on Sunday, the climax of a bitter yearlong campaign that was widely watched across Europe as a measure of how high fringe parties could climb in mainstream politics.

The election, normally a sleepy, provincial contest for a largely ceremonial post, had Europeans on edge for its potential to send yet another jolt to political establishments in a year when far-right populist forces have advanced on both sides of the Atlantic.

It was widely viewed as a test of the anti-migrant and anti-Muslim forces that have ridden a populist path to power in Hungary, Poland and the UK and have gained strength in France and even in Germany and the United States since the election of Donald J. Trump.

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05 Dec 16 - 03:24 AM (#3824536)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Ebbie

YouAchyBreakymyheart: ..there is also a big slice of the Viking in him, he would suit the horned helmet and the battleaxe......maybe you've got a chance there Ebbie!...:0)"

Not a chance- he is more your type: Gollum. :)

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05 Dec 16 - 10:35 AM (#3824628)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: akenaton

Well said Ebbs!! :0)

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05 Dec 16 - 02:12 PM (#3824669)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: gillymor

It just warms the cockles to see these creeps crawling out from under the woodwork. I thought maybe we were past this. All you Trump supporters need to take note of who you've crawled into bed with.

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05 Dec 16 - 02:21 PM (#3824672)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

And then, there is the intellectual[sic] quality of Trump and The Trumpists:

There are disturbing signs about how a Trump administration will conduct itself, from the early diplomatic blunders that signal a worrisome break in the continuity of protocol, to his team nursing vendettas and continuing to dangle the threat of jail in front of his opponents.

To add insult to injury, Trump surrogate Scottie Nell Hughes uttered this jaw-dropping line last week on The Diane Rehm Show:

"One thing that has been interesting this entire campaign season to watch is that people that say facts are facts; they're not really facts. Everybody has a way, it's kind of like looking at ratings or looking at a glass of half-full water. Everybody has a way of interpreting them to be the truth or not true." She continued: "There's no such thing, unfortunately, anymore of facts."

Folks, Dimwit-ism is a disease easily spread and denigrators of the absolutism of truth are its vectors. This is why resistance isn't only principled, but essential and even existential.

God Damn AmeriKKKa

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05 Dec 16 - 08:14 PM (#3824725)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: robomatic

Way to add more heat than light, GREKKK.

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05 Dec 16 - 09:56 PM (#3824739)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: beardedbruce

Decomposing shit ALWAYS adds heat.

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06 Dec 16 - 09:27 AM (#3824811)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

So, Robo Bubo, y'all apparently agree with Hughes.

That's the problem.

I suppose you also agree with Gen. Flynn that Clinton and Podesta were running a child pornography ring out of a Washington pizzaria.

The idiotocracy in full flower.

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06 Dec 16 - 12:38 PM (#3824850)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: akenaton

Surely the point is that it's all your fault . You weren't paying attention to what was happening to a huge sector of your electorate, you were content to see social "progressiveness", what about the economy stupid......manipulating people through social policies that most people in their hearts disagree with, allowing mass immigration when a large part of society is poor and jobless.....then you put up a candidate that all but a few feminists hate and allowing your only hope of success to be cheated out of the candidacy by the Party that you claim to be democratic.

How could you get so many things wrong so often.....go sit in rot of a mirror a howl your insults......I did warn you several times and you said I was an ignorant bigot without a clue about US politics.

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06 Dec 16 - 12:56 PM (#3824857)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

you said I was an ignorant bigot without a clue about US politics.

That's because you PRESENT as (and likely are) an ignorant bigot without a clue about US politics, as amply demonstrated by your comments throughout.

You also subscribe to the fact-free Trump-Hughes-Flynn doctrine, along with Bubo and CowFartBruce.

'Nuff said.

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06 Dec 16 - 01:28 PM (#3824868)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: akenaton

Well Greg, you may think I'm an ignorant bigot, but with the greatest of respect....I was right and you were sort of half wrong.

I give you the benefit, that you were not much of a Mrs Clinton supporter and would rather have seen Mr Sanders contest the election, but you still haven't seen through to what the Democrats really are.

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06 Dec 16 - 02:40 PM (#3824885)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: robomatic

Grekkk:

I kept my answer short and sweet. I was taking exception to the way you spelled the name of my continent and your apparent antagonism to it. I live on it.

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06 Dec 16 - 02:45 PM (#3824886)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: frogprince

"a candidate that all but a few feminists hate" who captured more votes than the "winner".

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06 Dec 16 - 02:55 PM (#3824892)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

the name of my continent and your apparent antagonism to it. I live on it.

I live on the North American continent as well. And in the U. S. of A.

And with Trump and his cadre of ignorant, unquialified, racist, conspiracy theorist white supremecist lunatics at large and in his cabinet, it is - or will become on 20 January -

AmeriKKKa.

Deal with it.

+++++++++++++

Ache: you're starting to sound like The Professor. This isn't a football match.

you still haven't seen through to what the Democrats really are.

Perhaps, but you still haven't seen what an absolute piece of shit Trump and the Trumpists are.

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07 Dec 16 - 10:04 AM (#3825045)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

Looks like the Vice POS elect is as facile a liar as the POS elect!

On Tuesday morning, after the post had attracted national attention and it was reported that Mr. Flynn had a transition team email address, Vice President-elect Mike Pence denied that Mr. Flynn had ever worked for the team, saying on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he had "no involvement in the transition whatsoever."

But later in the morning, Jason Miller, a transition spokesman, tacitly acknowledged that Mr. Flynn had worked for the transition, saying in a conference call that Mr. Flynn was now no longer involved.

Anmd daddy Flynn - who posted the same BS - still has his job.

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07 Dec 16 - 03:32 PM (#3825106)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

Trump has added yet another General to his cabinet as the Homeland Security chief.
That makes 3 generals with more to potentially come.

A Putin connection to Rex Tillerman CEO of Exxon has been discovered.
!0 years ago Rex was given the highest civilian Russian award for the business deal which opens the Artic and Gulf of Mexico to Russian drilling. Rex is considered for US Secretary of State.

The last time Russia gave such an award was to 2 American Naval Commanders who saved a Soviet submarine two hours before their air ran out.

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07 Dec 16 - 08:36 PM (#3825148)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

The richest most renown climate denier is being considered for director of The Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt.

For Education Dept Trump has promoted Betsy deVoss who is fundamentally against Public Education, however she is in favor of parochial schools.

What sets these folks apart from the rest of the Cabinet is that they are neither billionaires or Generals.

To be loyal to Trump you must be willing to die for a conspiracy theory.


I have often wondered what the extreme right world would be like if all of their desires were fulfilled. My wish has been fulfilled.

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09 Dec 16 - 12:30 PM (#3825483)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: akenaton

Give it a rest Greg, Mr Farage says he's gonna be a great president.....and he's ALWAYS right.

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09 Dec 16 - 01:00 PM (#3825489)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

Attaboy, Ache - continue being the poster boy for The GRDD Foundation (Generalized Reality Denial Disorder).

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15 Dec 16 - 05:40 PM (#3826752)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: robomatic

What else? The New York Times:

To understand Trump learn Russian

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15 Dec 16 - 06:07 PM (#3826755)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

To understand Trump, comprehend lying and bullshit.

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15 Dec 16 - 08:42 PM (#3826777)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: robomatic

Grekkk:

Every decent politician is an accomplished liar.

When one BSs, as does a salesman such as DJT, he does not even have the respect for truth to be called a liar.

He is a smoke blower, which is of another order entirely.

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15 Dec 16 - 09:18 PM (#3826781)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: bobad

From the CBC:

The number of Americans seeking refugee status in Canada has experienced a significant bump this year, increasing more than five times in November 2016 from the same period a year earlier.

Come on up, there's plenty of room in Canada. Don't forget to bring your longjohns but leave your guns behind.

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16 Dec 16 - 10:18 AM (#3826875)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

Every decent politician is an accomplished liar.

Not that old bullshit, Robo - puerile even for you. Also a contradiction in terms.

[Trump] is a smoke blower, which is of another order entirely.

Actually, he's an all-around piece of shit.

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16 Dec 16 - 06:29 PM (#3826969)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

politicians are liars in the sense that all actors are liars.


Greg have you noticed the irony of Trump becoming an illegitimate President due to espionage, that right wingers are hiding until the story and investigation goes away. Donald had to lie to make Obama seem illegitimate over a birth certificate.

Trump IS Illegitimate.

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17 Dec 16 - 06:14 AM (#3827037)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Iains

Throughout the history of the nation, more than 99 percent of Electors have voted as pledged. Where does it leave democracy if the electors vote against the electorate and Trump loses the Presidency?
Furthermore is it likely there would be an orderly transition should this occur?

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17 Dec 16 - 09:35 AM (#3827054)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: frogprince

As much as I cringe at the thought of Trump's presidency, I seriously fear that there will be too much blood in the streets if he is blocked now.

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17 Dec 16 - 10:28 AM (#3827062)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

Where does it leave democracy if the electors vote against the electorate

Ya gots that exactly backwards, boyo.

"The Electorate" gave Clinton several million more votes than Trump.

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17 Dec 16 - 03:21 PM (#3827114)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Iains

But the electoral college was put in place to prevent districts of high population density dictating the outcome of a presidential election.
That is the way it is and you are going to have to live with it.
Trying to change the system after the election is a recipe for chaos.

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17 Dec 16 - 04:45 PM (#3827125)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: bobad

And he said he didn't need daily briefings because he was smart.....lol

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17 Dec 16 - 07:26 PM (#3827138)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Ebbie

You know, I've read various versions of just WHY the Electoral College. The one that makes the most sense to me:

The founding fathers (no mothers there) wanted a representative government but when it came down to it, they didn't quite trust the voice of the people. For fairly good reasons, actually: many people were illiterate, many were in remote places where the vicissitudes of politicians and policies were late in reaching them; often, news reached them literal weeks after an event. Therefore the fathers instated a body of better educated, more elite, more aristocratic if you will, men (again, no females) that would have the last word in an election.

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17 Dec 16 - 08:18 PM (#3827146)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

Last thing ya wants to do is engage educated, rational beings in the electoral process, Ebbie.

As exemplified by the Trumpist groundswell, lies, ignorance and bigotry are the new U.S.

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17 Dec 16 - 09:31 PM (#3827154)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Donuel

Vanity fair reviews Trump restaurant menu has goon viral.

Yum

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18 Dec 16 - 12:49 AM (#3827167)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Hrothgar

Is Donald smart enough to cosy up to the Russians because he knows he needs a strong ally against the Chinese?

It's isn't really the sort of thing he can say out loud, is it?

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18 Dec 16 - 11:15 AM (#3827206)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

It's isn't really the sort of thing he can say out loud, is it?

He's never had any trouble saying things out loud tht he shouldn't - like grabbing pussy and Birther BS and Mexicans are all rapists and all the rest.

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22 Dec 16 - 05:08 AM (#3827936)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Mr Red

I was watching a TED.com video by Michael Dickenson on fly brains and.........

at about 6:20 minutes in he compares the size of a fly brain and what it can do, with a human brain. then 10 seconds later a picture of Trumpy comes up and he progresses to propose the Trump number.

This being: "Size of the behavioral repertoire" divided by "the number of neurons".

And he firmly believes that the inequality goes with Trumpy!
Get this: the talk was recorded in 2013 !

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22 Dec 16 - 09:57 PM (#3828168)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Ebbie

Speaking of early voices, the October 22 issue of The Atlantic had a long article on the politics of our election year. In passing, they made frequent mention of Trump's abilities (Democrat O'Malley, when asked how he would handle it if he were the nominee who had to debate Mr. Trump, said he would handle it as if Trump were "a monnkey with a machine gun". Over and over in the article - mind you, this was long before Election Day and at a time when Secretary Clinton seemed comfortably ahead - various people were quoted giving their opinions of Donald Trump. Devastating stuff.

And then we - the American people - elected him.

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23 Dec 16 - 10:27 AM (#3828267)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

Laterst Trump discovery is that Eric's "foundation" is a corrupt crock. Big surprise!

And I sure as shit didn't elect him, Ebbie. Nor did a majority of U.S. voters.

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23 Dec 16 - 01:30 PM (#3828311)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Ebbie

Small comfort.

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23 Dec 16 - 02:07 PM (#3828322)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Greg F.

But true, none the less.

What's important is to join The Resistance.

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24 Dec 16 - 03:30 AM (#3828387)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Mr Red

You didn't. Farcebook did.

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24 Dec 16 - 06:34 PM (#3828543)
Subject: RE: BS: A Trump Discovery
From: Ebbie

Facebook/Farcebook? It must be that other people have a different experience with Facebook than I do: I ignore and/or hide articles that don't interest me but use FB to stay in touch with family and friends.

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