All of this. Being cautiously optimistic when NK is ruled by a dictator and Trump is president sounds smart to me. Also Bolton, a neocon, has the president's ear.Quoting bac0n (view post)
All of this. Being cautiously optimistic when NK is ruled by a dictator and Trump is president sounds smart to me. Also Bolton, a neocon, has the president's ear.Quoting bac0n (view post)
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I also agree with this. Even the leaders of both Korean nations said that Trump had very little to do with easing of tensions.Quoting Spinal (view post)
BTW, the US left the Iran Deal. Oh joy.
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Where were you 3 months ago Trans? Where were you 3 months ago?Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
I think you're confusing analogy with hyperbole because your example wouldn't be applicable to anything.Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
What Duke is doing is a depressingly common tactic in political discussion these days (from all sides of the political spectrum): make a general blanket statement about *insert enemy group here* is going to react to a certain bit of news before anyone has even had a chance to. By doing so, any particular individual who exhibits this reaction, no matter what the grounds or what their history of political opinion has been, can then be classified as *insert enemy group here* and thus dismissed.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
The news Duke posted I know nothing about, but let's imagine that I read up on it and find something I don't like about it. Now that Duke has framed the discussion his way, he gets to dismiss me as a Trump hater regardless of any opinions I have expressed in the past, thus shutting down the conversation and/or deepening his persecution complex.
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I don't know, not in this thread discussing politics because political discourse is generally bullshit?Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
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My comment was on topic and harmless. You're the one playing in the mud.Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
three bowling balls = three workload heavy tasksQuoting Dukefrukem (view post)
juggling = managing these tasks at the same time
one hand tied behind my back = not given the resources to manage them effectively.
I mean, come on, I know you know what an analogy is.
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You know what you were doing. Let's not be disingenuous now.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
EDIT: "But this is probably a ruse too right?"
This is not "harmless" political discussion. It is corrosive and sad.
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Seriously, where were you three months ago when DD turned this thread into his own personal 4chan sub? And I get shit from you for posting a question of all things. Passive aggressive maybe, but it was an open question to this thread. And it was POSITIVE news. I can't even... lol. I didn't even vote for Trump!Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
Um, not in this thread? I very rarely come in here because I hate discussing politics online. It's a clusterfuck. I have posted 16 times in this thread out of 1210 posts... and 7 of those were today, right now.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
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Probably for the best.
R. Kelly is allegedly a serial rapist and child molestor. But I still give him credit for "Ignition (Remix)" being amazing.Quoting Spinal (view post)
Just because...
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I have never been to 4chan. So I don't know what that looks like.
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Ehh, it was not-so-passive aggressive.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
Well I'm sorry to all.Quoting Skitch (view post)
Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges today. I wonder if there is any deal being made.... things could get very interesting in the next few weeks.
Yeah, between this and Manafort being found guilty on 8 of 18 charges, this is a pretty big day.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
I want to be an optimist about this, but the reality is that the Republicans are at Lord Dampnut's back and will do everything to keep themselves in power. I expect it to build up to nothing.
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Much like the Buddha, I'm trying to focus on the present moment.Quoting Ivan Drago (view post)
I feel like I've heard people say "This is the beginning of the end of the Trump presidency" a million times before and it never is. Come to think of it, remember in the primaries when all the pundits were predicting he would never get the nomination? Yeah, he's gonna get reelected in a landslide.
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Ohm.
That might be one of the few things I agree with you on.Quoting baby doll (view post)
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I think he flips.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
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According to the NY Post - "Lanny Davis, Cohen's attorney, says Cohen will tell Robert Mueller of a 'Conspiracy to Collude' With Russia That Trump Participated In, Which Conspiracy Involved Him Having Advance Knowledge of Russian Hacking of the DNC."
https://nypost.com/2018/08/21/cohen-...ollude-lawyer/
Don't think this news week is going to be slowing down.
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