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  • #901
    Re: POTUS Elect Trump II: Lefties whining and regurgitating fake news

    Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
    Yeah, the guy is about to become President. But let me ask this question. How many 70 year old people don't find computers to be complicated, frustrating, suspicious devices, at least at some level? 70 year old people use computers, and even recognize some benefit to them. But a sizable majority of them, especially people who don't necessarily use them everyday, eye them with great suspicion.

    Your time is coming. The device hasn't been invented yet, but society will demand that you know how to use it and understand it completely, and you'll get to learn it when you're 50.
    He's the POTUS. If his age results in disqualifying characteristics, I don't see why he gets a pass.

    Edit: removed snark.
    Last edited by dxmnkd316; 12-29-2016, 09:04 AM.
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    Originally posted by SanTropez
    May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
    Originally posted by bigblue_dl
    I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
    Originally posted by Kepler
    When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
    He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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    • #902
      Re: POTUS Elect Trump II: Lefties whining and regurgitating fake news

      Originally posted by Kepler View Post
      People seem to set their tech comfort level around the age of 35. Whatever is current and common then is "normal," whatever was before is "quaint" or "backwards," and whatever comes after is "new-fangled" and, depending on personality type, threatening, suspicious, or magical.

      Anecdotal example: I just got back from a trip yesterday and was in the car coming home, and I managed (for the first time) to get a live video feed of the Cornell game on my phone. To me, this is magical. I felt like the Louis C. K. routine: "you're sitting in a chair IN THE SKY!!!!" All the tech that has become available to me since my 35th birthday seems like a red-haired pixie girl with three boobs and good credit who can cook.
      I'm actually curious to see what happens when the bulk of millenials turn 35. Are they going to have the same reaction to technology?

      I have no idea.
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      Originally posted by SanTropez
      May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
      Originally posted by bigblue_dl
      I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
      Originally posted by Kepler
      When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
      He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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      • #903
        Re: POTUS Elect Trump II: Lefties whining and regurgitating fake news

        Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
        He's the POTUS. If his age results in disqualifying characteristics, I don't see why he gets a pass.

        Edit: removed snark.
        The thing people have to remember about Trump though is this. He is not a politician. This is a guy with literally zero political experience. Nothing. Not even City Alderman. He's probably going to have to have someone Google the old Schoolhouse Rock video to recall how a bill becomes law.

        In other words, he's pretty much like every other 70 year old you know except that he won the lottery at birth and thus has had the funds to do whatever he wants.

        He is going to act, tweet and speak pretty much like every other embarrassing old grandparent or uncle any of us have known. For some voters, that was apparently part of his appeal. That doesn't make him evil, or even necessarily worthy of our contempt. It's just who he is. Like that embarrassing relative, we're going to have to tolerate him for a few more years because like it or not, we're stuck with him.
        That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

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        • #904
          Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
          The thing people have to remember about Trump though is this. He is not a politician. This is a guy with literally zero political experience. Nothing. Not even City Alderman. He's probably going to have to have someone Google the old Schoolhouse Rock video to recall how a bill becomes law.

          In other words, he's pretty much like every other 70 year old you know except that he won the lottery at birth and thus has had the funds to do whatever he wants.

          He is going to act, tweet and speak pretty much like every other embarrassing old grandparent or uncle any of us have known. For some voters, that was apparently part of his appeal. That doesn't make him evil, or even necessarily worthy of our contempt. It's just who he is. Like that embarrassing relative, we're going to have to tolerate him for a few more years because like it or not, we're stuck with him.
          What makes him worthy of contempt is that he's a snake oil salesman and you can't believe a single thing he says. That he was able to con enough people to vote for him says more about society than anything else.

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          • #905
            Re: POTUS Elect Trump II: Lefties whining and regurgitating fake news

            Originally posted by unofan View Post
            What makes him worthy of contempt is that he's a snake oil salesman and you can't believe a single thing he says. That he was able to con enough people to vote for him says more about society than anything else.
            That's fine. I have no problem with that. In fact, it's the reason I gave months ago about why I couldn't vote for him.
            That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

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            • #906
              Re: POTUS Elect Trump II: Lefties whining and regurgitating fake news

              Originally posted by unofan View Post
              What makes him worthy of contempt is that he's a snake oil salesman and you can't believe a single thing he says. That he was able to con enough people to vote for him says more about society than anything else.
              Trump won't be president. He'll be Trump -- a garden variety hustler. Nothing he says means anything -- it has zero informational content. He's an empty vessel. We won't have a president.

              But the Republicans will have a huge distraction while they quietly go about repealing the 20th century. The most healthy thing we can do is utterly ignore Trump and keep our eyes on the actions that the GOP Congress does. That's where all the damage will come from, and every second we spent distracted by Trump gives them more power.

              We don't have to stop Trump - there's nothing to stop. We have to stop Ryan and McConnell and the rest of their criminal gang.
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              • #907
                Re: POTUS Elect Trump II: Lefties whining and regurgitating fake news

                Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                Trump won't be president. He'll be Trump -- a garden variety hustler. Nothing he says means anything -- it has zero informational content. He's an empty vessel. We won't have a president.

                But the Republicans will have a huge distraction while they quietly go about repealing the 20th century. The most healthy thing we can do is utterly ignore Trump and keep our eyes on the actions that the GOP Congress does. That's where all the damage will come from, and every second we spent distracted by Trump gives them more power.

                We don't have to stop Trump - there's nothing to stop. We have to stop Ryan and McConnell and the rest of their criminal gang.
                We will see four years of what we saw yesterday. Trump sitting down at Mar-a-Lago and a parade of people like the heads of Johns Hopkins and the Mayo Clinic visiting him to "update" him on new advances in healthcare, etc...
                That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

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                • #908
                  Re: POTUS Elect Trump II: Lefties whining and regurgitating fake news

                  Originally posted by burd View Post
                  And now we have Israel saying it will ignore a UN resolution on West Bank settlements, while Trump speaks out against that resolution. Congress, in its wisdom, threatens to do what it can to defund the UN.

                  It gets scarier.
                  They didn't say they'd just ignore it, they actually indicated that they will double down and build even more settlements.

                  Netan-yayhoo needs to be reeled in. So tired of half our citizens, and billions of our tax dollars, defending and propping up this jackboot.

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                  • #909
                    Originally posted by unofan View Post
                    What makes him worthy of contempt is that he's a snake oil salesman and you can't believe a single thing he says. That he was able to con enough people to vote for him says more about society than anything else.
                    Exactly; He sold the nation a Monorail.

                    And he sold it to people who don't understand they were being played.

                    (I believe this link was posted here earlier: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...maps.html?_r=0

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                    • #910
                      Originally posted by burd View Post
                      And now we have Israel saying it will ignore a UN resolution on West Bank settlements, while Trump speaks out against that resolution. Congress, in its wisdom, threatens to do what it can to defund the UN.

                      It gets scarier.
                      The UN is turning into the League of Nations. Toothless - it's Festivus 365/24/7.
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                      • #911
                        Re: POTUS Elect Trump II: Lefties whining and regurgitating fake news

                        Originally posted by aparch View Post
                        Exactly; He sold the nation a Monorail.

                        And he sold it to people who don't understand they were being played.

                        (I believe this link was posted here earlier: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...maps.html?_r=0

                        Shows most common in urban areas:

                        Adventure Time
                        American Horror Story
                        Family Guy
                        Game of Thrones
                        It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
                        Modern Family
                        MythBusters
                        Once Upon a Time
                        Orange Is the New Black
                        Saturday Night Live
                        So You Think You Can Dance
                        South Park
                        The Big Bang Theory
                        The Daily Show
                        The Simpsons
                        The Tonight Show
                        Tosh.0



                        Shows most common in rural areas:

                        16 and Pregnant
                        American Dad!
                        America’s Funniest Home Videos
                        Bones
                        Cake Boss
                        Criminal Minds
                        Dancing With the Stars
                        Deadliest Catch
                        Duck Dynasty
                        Fast n’ Loud
                        Grey’s Anatomy
                        NCIS
                        Pawn Stars
                        Pretty Little Liars
                        Ridiculousness
                        Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory
                        Supernatural
                        Teen Mom
                        The Vampire Diaries
                        The Voice
                        The Walking Dead
                        Wipeout
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                        Originally posted by SanTropez
                        May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                        Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                        I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                        Originally posted by Kepler
                        When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                        He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                        • #912
                          Re: POTUS Elect Trump II: Lefties whining and regurgitating fake news

                          Originally posted by joecct View Post
                          The UN is turning into the League of Nations. Toothless - it's Festivus 365/24/7.
                          "Jaw jaw is always better than war war."

                          The UN is only as good as its members. If we honestly wanted a legitimate UN, we would disband the Security Council. Until the US, China and Russia are willing to do that, we three are the problem.

                          We are a country of rich, idle people in a world of poor, hardworking people. We are the lords in the manor deathly afraid that the serfs in the field will get tired of us and cut our throats one night. So we suspend our egalitarian values and use brute force in international politics and hide in our gated community.

                          There will eventually be a reckoning. The ancien regime must have felt on top of the world in 1788.
                          Last edited by Kepler; 12-29-2016, 09:56 AM.
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                          • #913
                            Re: POTUS Elect Trump II: Lefties whining and regurgitating fake news

                            Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
                            The thing people have to remember about Trump though is this. He is not a politician. This is a guy with literally zero political experience. Nothing. Not even City Alderman. He's probably going to have to have someone Google the old Schoolhouse Rock video to recall how a bill becomes law.

                            In other words, he's pretty much like every other 70 year old you know except that he won the lottery at birth and thus has had the funds to do whatever he wants.

                            He is going to act, tweet and speak pretty much like every other embarrassing old grandparent or uncle any of us have known. For some voters, that was apparently part of his appeal. That doesn't make him evil, or even necessarily worthy of our contempt. It's just who he is. Like that embarrassing relative, we're going to have to tolerate him for a few more years because like it or not, we're stuck with him.
                            It does make him worthy of our contempt. Because he opens his big fat mouth like me and every other moron out there instead of taking a measured approach that is based in fact and research.

                            Even if it doesn't make him worthy of our contempt, it certainly doesnt make him worthy of your time defending him.
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                            Originally posted by SanTropez
                            May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                            Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                            I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                            Originally posted by Kepler
                            When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                            He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                            • #914
                              Re: POTUS Elect Trump II: Lefties whining and regurgitating fake news

                              Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                              Trump won't be president. He'll be Trump -- a garden variety hustler. Nothing he says means anything -- it has zero informational content. He's an empty vessel. We won't have a president.

                              But the Republicans will have a huge distraction while they quietly go about repealing the 20th century. The most healthy thing we can do is utterly ignore Trump and keep our eyes on the actions that the GOP Congress does. That's where all the damage will come from, and every second we spent distracted by Trump gives them more power.

                              We don't have to stop Trump - there's nothing to stop. We have to stop Ryan and McConnell and the rest of their criminal gang.
                              I think you're dead on with the take on where we should watch.
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                              Originally posted by SanTropez
                              May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                              Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                              I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                              Originally posted by Kepler
                              When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                              He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                              • #915
                                Re: POTUS Elect Trump II: Lefties whining and regurgitating fake news

                                Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                                It does make him worthy of our contempt. Because he opens his big fat mouth like me and every other moron out there instead of taking a measured approach that is based in fact and research.

                                Even if it doesn't make him worthy of our contempt, it certainly doesnt make him worthy of your time defending him.
                                I'm not defending him. I'm responding to what is basically whining that Trump doesn't act like a statesman. Of course he doesn't. He's not. Do you really think all of the whining, the attempts to embarrass him, the chastising of him, will change him? Any woman will tell you that even a 20 year old man can't be changed. You think you're going to change a 70 year old with more money than he can spend in a lifetime? Forget it. He's Ralph Engelstad. He has more money than you. He's comfortable in his own skin. He could give a f * * K about what you think of him.
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