That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons bring us some web forums whereupon we can gather
http://garbi.online/forum/
Let Stephen Colbert helpTheMix wrote:I'm still trying to process Palin's comments.
LordMortis wrote:Let Stephen Colbert helpTheMix wrote:I'm still trying to process Palin's comments.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/stephen ... hilarious/
Are his ratings in the tank?Rip wrote:LordMortis wrote:Let Stephen Colbert helpTheMix wrote:I'm still trying to process Palin's comments.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/stephen ... hilarious/
No wonder his ratings are in the tank. He just isn't very funny these days.
That depends on the definition of "tank". I'm going to guess that you and Rip have wildly different definitions (Rip's is probably something like "not #1 = tank")El Guapo wrote:Are his ratings in the tank?
http://www.alternet.org/media/colberts- ... am-americaEl Guapo wrote:Are his ratings in the tank?Rip wrote:LordMortis wrote:Let Stephen Colbert helpTheMix wrote:I'm still trying to process Palin's comments.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/stephen ... hilarious/
No wonder his ratings are in the tank. He just isn't very funny these days.
Stephen Colbert’s tenure got off to a hot start three months ago, but since then ratings have cooled off for CBS’s “The Late Show.”
The latest ratings released indicate Colbert has dropped to 4th place, behind NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel, and even NBC’s Seth Meyers.
Shockingly, Meyers’s NBC show “Late Night” airs an hour later than Colbert in a less desirable time slot.
Since the former Comedy Central satirist took over for the retiring David Letterman, Colbert’s ratings have dropped almost 45 percent since his debut week.
he is not deserving of conservative support in the caucuses and primaries. Trump is a philosophically unmoored political opportunist who would trash the broad conservative ideological consensus within the GOP in favor of a free-floating populism with strong-man overtones.
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Trump’s politics are those of an averagely well-informed businessman: Washington is full of problems; I am a problem-solver; let me at them. But if you have no familiarity with the relevant details and the levers of power, and no clear principles to guide you, you will, like most tenderfeet, get rolled. Especially if you are, at least by all outward indications, the most poll-obsessed politician in all of American history. Trump has shown no interest in limiting government, in reforming entitlements, or in the Constitution.
Maybe you'll appreciate this more?Rip wrote:No wonder his ratings are in the tank. He just isn't very funny these days.
Worst typo for National Reconnaissance Office ever!Rip wrote:Naval Reactors Office
That as well, although operations involving them typically preclude mentioning them.Max Peck wrote:Worst typo for National Reconnaissance Office ever!Rip wrote:Naval Reactors Office
Want more reason to worry about a potential Trump presidency? MacWilliams also identified 39 percent Independents and 17 percent Democrats who scored high for authoritarianism. And there are many more Americans whose fears of a terrorist attack can be exploited by a tough-talking strongman. As MacWilliams told Politico, “Take activated authoritarians from across the partisan spectrum and the growing cadre of threatened non-authoritarians, then add them to the base of Republican general election voters, and the potential electoral path to a Trump presidency becomes clearer.”
And that’s the way it could happen here.
"The power of our group of people together, I mean, if you add it up ... it could be 240, 250 million. And yet we don't exert the power that we should have. Now, I think some of the churches are afraid of their tax status, to be honest," he said.
"But you know the fact is that there is nothing the politicians can do to you if you band together. You have too much power. But the Christians don't use their power," Trump said. "We have to strengthen. Because we are getting — if you look, it's death by a million cuts — we are getting less and less and less powerful in terms of a religion, and in terms of a force," he continued.
Trump then complained that big department stores do not say "merry Christmas" during the holidays.
"When they don't want to say 'merry Christmas' in department stores anymore. I won't shop at places that don't say 'merry Christmas.' Guess what? I don't too much shopping," he said to applause. "No, no, it's true. When I see these stores, and they have a red wall and they have nothing on it. They don't want to say 'merry Christmas' anymore. I say, 'Why don't you say merry Christmas?'"
Trump vowed to change the department-store situation when it comes to wishing people "merry Christmas."
"I'll tell you one thing: I get elected president, we're going to be saying 'merry Christmas' again. Just remember that," he said. "And by the way, Christianity will have power, without having to form."
He added: "Because if I'm there, you're going to have plenty of power. You don't need anybody else. You're going to have somebody representing you very, very well. Remember that."
Especially plausible if we have a significant domestic terror attack, or even just slip into a garden-variety recession, as November draws near.tgb wrote:So who likes this guy, anyway?
Want more reason to worry about a potential Trump presidency? MacWilliams also identified 39 percent Independents and 17 percent Democrats who scored high for authoritarianism. And there are many more Americans whose fears of a terrorist attack can be exploited by a tough-talking strongman. As MacWilliams told Politico, “Take activated authoritarians from across the partisan spectrum and the growing cadre of threatened non-authoritarians, then add them to the base of Republican general election voters, and the potential electoral path to a Trump presidency becomes clearer.”
And that’s the way it could happen here.
Tell me about it. Is there anything more terrifying than stores hurling Merry Christmases at you?Teggy wrote:For me, this may be the scariest thing he's said yet:
"The power of our group of people together, I mean, if you add it up ... it could be 240, 250 million. And yet we don't exert the power that we should have. Now, I think some of the churches are afraid of their tax status, to be honest," he said.
"But you know the fact is that there is nothing the politicians can do to you if you band together. You have too much power. But the Christians don't use their power," Trump said. "We have to strengthen. Because we are getting — if you look, it's death by a million cuts — we are getting less and less and less powerful in terms of a religion, and in terms of a force," he continued.
Trump then complained that big department stores do not say "merry Christmas" during the holidays.
"When they don't want to say 'merry Christmas' in department stores anymore. I won't shop at places that don't say 'merry Christmas.' Guess what? I don't too much shopping," he said to applause. "No, no, it's true. When I see these stores, and they have a red wall and they have nothing on it. They don't want to say 'merry Christmas' anymore. I say, 'Why don't you say merry Christmas?'"
Trump vowed to change the department-store situation when it comes to wishing people "merry Christmas."
"I'll tell you one thing: I get elected president, we're going to be saying 'merry Christmas' again. Just remember that," he said. "And by the way, Christianity will have power, without having to form."
He added: "Because if I'm there, you're going to have plenty of power. You don't need anybody else. You're going to have somebody representing you very, very well. Remember that."
If they're somehow being forced by the government to do so, uh, yeah.Rip wrote:Tell me about it. Is there anything more terrifying than stores hurling Merry Christmases at you?Teggy wrote:For me, this may be the scariest thing he's said yet:
"The power of our group of people together, I mean, if you add it up ... it could be 240, 250 million. And yet we don't exert the power that we should have. Now, I think some of the churches are afraid of their tax status, to be honest," he said.
"But you know the fact is that there is nothing the politicians can do to you if you band together. You have too much power. But the Christians don't use their power," Trump said. "We have to strengthen. Because we are getting — if you look, it's death by a million cuts — we are getting less and less and less powerful in terms of a religion, and in terms of a force," he continued.
Trump then complained that big department stores do not say "merry Christmas" during the holidays.
"When they don't want to say 'merry Christmas' in department stores anymore. I won't shop at places that don't say 'merry Christmas.' Guess what? I don't too much shopping," he said to applause. "No, no, it's true. When I see these stores, and they have a red wall and they have nothing on it. They don't want to say 'merry Christmas' anymore. I say, 'Why don't you say merry Christmas?'"
Trump vowed to change the department-store situation when it comes to wishing people "merry Christmas."
"I'll tell you one thing: I get elected president, we're going to be saying 'merry Christmas' again. Just remember that," he said. "And by the way, Christianity will have power, without having to form."
He added: "Because if I'm there, you're going to have plenty of power. You don't need anybody else. You're going to have somebody representing you very, very well. Remember that."
Yeah, a theocracy.Rip wrote:Tell me about it. Is there anything more terrifying than stores hurling Merry Christmases at you?
"I'll tell you one thing: I get elected president, we're going to be saying 'Allahu Akbar'. Just remember that," he said. "And by the way, Islam will have power"
It has nothing to do with what may or may not happen. These are things he is saying. These are things his supporters expect him to do.Rip wrote:Yea, because those two things are so likely to happen.
Funny that he can say he will build a wall and everyone says no way he can do that. He says he will make stores say Merry Christmas and that one people really think he could do. I suppose you believe that he is going to make Apple make all their iPhones in the US as well?
I don't believe he's going to do any of the stupid shit that he says - but I also don't want someone in the White House who thinks these things are a good idea.Rip wrote:Yea, because those two things are so likely to happen.
Funny that he can say he will build a wall and everyone says no way he can do that. He says he will make stores say Merry Christmas and that one people really think he could do. I suppose you believe that he is going to make Apple make all their iPhones in the US as well?
He is strongest among Republicans who are less affluent, less educated and less likely to turn out to vote. His very best voters are self-identified Republicans who nonetheless are registered as Democrats. It’s a coalition that’s concentrated in the South, Appalachia and the industrial North, according to data provided to The Upshot by Civis Analytics, a Democratic data firm.
Mr. Trump’s huge advantage among these groups poses a challenge for his campaign, because it may not have the turnout operation necessary to mobilize irregular voters.
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Mr. Trump’s best state is West Virginia, followed by New York. Eight of Mr. Trump’s 10 best congressional districts are in New York, including several on Long Island. North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and South Carolina follow.
It's an example of a candidate who has no filters telling his audience what it wants to hear. Good idea, bad idea, whatever, as long as it draws coverage.Exodor wrote:
I don't believe he's going to do any of the stupid shit that he says - but I also don't want someone in the White House who thinks these things are a good idea.
If we failed to put people in the WH that suggested things that were unrealistic or stupid it would be empty and stay that way.Exodor wrote:I don't believe he's going to do any of the stupid shit that he says - but I also don't want someone in the White House who thinks these things are a good idea.Rip wrote:Yea, because those two things are so likely to happen.
Funny that he can say he will build a wall and everyone says no way he can do that. He says he will make stores say Merry Christmas and that one people really think he could do. I suppose you believe that he is going to make Apple make all their iPhones in the US as well?
+1 to the whole post.Grifman wrote:Trump scares me. Not because he's Trump, but because of what his popularity says about the American people, or at least a large segment of them. Not to Godwinize the thread, but now I see how a Hitler like authoritarian figure could come to power in the US.
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Now, I'm not saying Trump is another Hitler, not by any means close. But it is interesting and sad, how closely his political campaign is similar. I think it shows that a large segment of Americans are willing to forget and compromise this country's fundamental principles if they can find someone who can channel their anger and frustration. That's the real scary thing about Trump's candidacy.
Plus, to defend his anti-Muslim policy, Trump brings up FDR's imprisonment of Japanese Americans as if that had been the right thing to do!Grifman wrote:Trump has a clear authoritarian streak. You see that in his ego-centric talk about how "I will do this, and I will do that". He has praised Russia's Putin, who has been recently revealed, probably ordered the poisoning of a dissident leader in London. Even more bewilderingly, he has said positive things about North's Korea's brutal dictator. How does he get away with that? If any other American leader had praised Kim Jung-un, they'd be ridiculed and raked over the coals. But no, people don't care because they're angry and Trump is angry.
In 1988, President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act to compensate more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent who were incarcerated in internment camps during World War II. The legislation offered a formal apology and paid out $20,000 in compensation to each surviving victim. The law won congressional approval only after a decade-long campaign by the Japanese-American community.
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In 1980, Congress responded by establishing a commission to investigate the legacy of the camps. After extensive interviews and personal testimonies from victims, the commission issued its final report, calling the incarceration a "grave injustice" motivated by "racial prejudice, war hysteria and the failure of political leadership."
Japanese-Americans then serving in Congress, including Robert Matsui and Norm Mineta, helped turn that report into legislative language, providing for tax-free compensation and a formal apology. Mineta has served in two presidential Cabinets, but he says that bipartisan effort remains one of his proudest achievements.
"Today [2013] I just feel that Congress is so polarized that I'm not sure a grassroots movement like this would have the kind of impact that we see resulting in the signing of the bill by President Reagan in 1988," he says.
+1000Holman wrote:+1 to the whole post.Grifman wrote:Trump scares me. Not because he's Trump, but because of what his popularity says about the American people, or at least a large segment of them. Not to Godwinize the thread, but now I see how a Hitler like authoritarian figure could come to power in the US.
[...]
Now, I'm not saying Trump is another Hitler, not by any means close. But it is interesting and sad, how closely his political campaign is similar. I think it shows that a large segment of Americans are willing to forget and compromise this country's fundamental principles if they can find someone who can channel their anger and frustration. That's the real scary thing about Trump's candidacy.
