Octopus Overlords

Moliere wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 3:00 pm https://twitter.com/charliespiering/sta ... 8708297733

hepcat wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 6:11 pm Now put him in black face for the finisher!

hepcat wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 6:18 pm and then you put it here in a misguided attempt at making a point.

hepcat wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 6:27 pm So you're of the opinion that no one can change?

hepcat wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 6:38 pm Do you think everyone who has done something stupid in their past should just keep their mouths shut when they see someone else doing the same thing?

Rip wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 6:52 pm You are welcome. For the record I hate the way Trump acts like a child. I'm in the battle for policy not theatrics.

Rip wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 6:52 pmYou are welcome. For the record I hate the way Trump acts like a child. I'm in the battle for policy not theatrics.

Paingod wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 7:25 am

Rip wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 6:52 pmYou are welcome. For the record I hate the way Trump acts like a child. I'm in the battle for policy not theatrics.

His policy IS theatrics. That and anti-Obama everything, anti-science, pro-(worst parts of religion), and pro-racism.

Holman wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 7:38 am

Paingod wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 7:25 am

Rip wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 6:52 pmYou are welcome. For the record I hate the way Trump acts like a child. I'm in the battle for policy not theatrics.

His policy IS theatrics. That and anti-Obama everything, anti-science, pro-(worst parts of religion), and pro-racism.

Not to mention enriching himself and his cronies in whatever ways he can, regardless of the cost, up to and including the loss of America's diplomatic, political, and moral capital in the world.

• Religious agendas
• Racism (AKA "old white fart that looks down on everyone not white" syndrome)
• Self enrichment
• "America First" (where America means "ME")
• Theatrics and spotlight chasing
• Conspiracy theories
• Outdated and polluting jobs
• Bullying and/or mocking private citizens
• Womanizing and/or sexually assaulting women
• Lying or inventing "facts" - by the thousands
• Anti-science
• Anti-Obama everything
• Gutting diplomatic channels
• Taunting DPRK leadership
• Pushing Iran faster towards nukes
• Word salad or "shooting from the hip"
• Desire to convert America to an authoritarian regime
• Edit: Not Hillary

Carpet_pissr wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 8:21 am You left off the only one that matters (and you only need one):
- Not Hillary

Her evil, ineptitude and gross shrillness outweigh all of the others in your list combined. I mean, EMAIL SERVER!!! Amiright?

Paingod wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 8:25 amSo people are willing to burn the country to oppose Hillary and unwrite Obama?

Paingod wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 8:25 am While I was never keen on Hillary and thought she was very "ugh" as a candidate, my vote was never FOR her, it was AGAINST Trump.

Carpet_pissr wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 8:36 am

Paingod wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 8:25 amSo people are willing to burn the country to oppose Hillary and unwrite Obama?

After much rumination on this very question, and asking Trump supporters I know, sadly I think the answer is a solid "YES".

Remus West wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 8:44 amare now solidly behind him (mostly, I have to believe, to avoid admitting what they have done to our nation).

I'm in the battle for policy

Paingod wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 8:19 am RIP, can you check off the things you love about Trump? It may help us understand.

Defiant wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 12:11 pmhttps://twitter.com/McJesse/status/999064093704314881

Rip wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 12:45 pm Washington Times opinion piece written by Robert H. Knight, draftsman of the Defense of Marriage Act.

Article wrote:Here are a few other things that Mr. Trump has done:

• Appointed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and more than 75 other constitutionally sound federal judges, 30 of which are serving.

• Reinstated an expanded Mexico City Policy blocking foreign aid from being used for abortions.

• Cracked down on illegal immigration and “sanctuary cities.” As Attorney General Jeff Sessions put it: “The lawlessness, the abdication of the duty to enforce our laws, and the catch and release policies of the past are over.”

• Issued an order killing two federal regulations for every new one. In actuality, 16 were cut for every new one inhis first year, saving billions.

• Engineered a historic tax cut that will save money for more than 80 percent of American households.

• Withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, ending the threat of U.S. governance by international bureaucrats.

• Reversed onerous Obama environmental rules that gave the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ham-handed authority to destroy the coal industry and abrogate landowners’ rights.

Isgrimnur wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 12:48 pm

Rip wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 12:45 pm Washington Times opinion piece written by Robert H. Knight, draftsman of the Defense of Marriage Act.

The left, which turned a blind eye to the flagrant immorality of Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton, is ordering evangelical Christians to abandon Mr. Trump. Before too many well-meaning people take the bait, a reminder of what Mr. Trump has accomplished might be in order.

Rip wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 12:45 pm https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/20 ... their-due/

Rip wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 12:45 pm https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/20 ... their-due/

Don't get me wrong. The president is a huge doofus. But Mason's markup of his letter does not reinforce that point. In fact, none of Mason's corrections is correct, although there are at least two mistakes in the letter that she neglected to note. Mason's showy but erroneous pedantry illustrates the tendency of Trump's opponents to cast policy disagreements as questions of competence and to delight in everything that reflects badly on him, even when that thing is not, strictly speaking, true. These tendencies, which mirror Trump's own fondness for ad hominem attacks and recklessness with facts, alienate potential allies while confirming his supporters' conviction that he is sticking it to a supercilious elite that holds them in contempt.
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Almost all of Mason's corrections are complaints about capitalization. Specifically, the letter capitalizes the words federal, state, nation, and president even when they are not components of proper nouns. That is not A.P. style. That is not Reason style. That is not my style. But as the Times notes, it is White House style:

A style manual for the federal government calls for capitalizing "Nation" and "Federal" when the words are used as a synonym for the United States. It says "State" should be capitalized when it is referring to the government or legislature. In letters from Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush that constituents posted online, words like "Nation" and "President" are capitalized.