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NoEnzLefttoSplit
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Well, just read through his latest statements on the direction US foreign policy would be headed under his leadership.
1. A clear return to isolationism 2. Much more lax attitude to human rights abuses in other countries (who are we to lecture?) 3. Reneging on the all for one and one for all policy underlying NATO and only responding on a "what have they done for us basis" 4. Pursing US economic interests first and putting other interests (political, ideals, human rights, etc.) down a notch This is all kind of interesting and is going to leave a pretty big power vacuum in many regions. China will take the South China Sea, Russia will start eyeing the Baltics and its other satellites, like Belarus and the Ukraine. The EU is going to have to remilitarise to match Russia rather than rely on the US.
Secondly, I still can't help the feeling that these strong dictatorial macho type of leaders have some sort of instinctive bond with each other. Erdogan, Putin, Trump, and possibly Xi Jinping, etc. Divvying the world up into their own little kingdoms and fiefdoms which they can screw over at whim. I see a huge risk for human rights, freedom of speech, religion, etc. in favour of mob rule. And lord help us if these types get dissatisfied with what they have and start fighting each other.
Then we will all be toast.
But what worries me most, idealist that I am, is that suddenly ideals have been eroded and benchmarked to their pragmatic value. Good to have if you have the luxury but something you can toss out when times get tough. Just think of the stance these authoritarian leaders (Putin, Trump, Erdogan, etc.) take on various issues: Hispanics? Build a wall. Muslims? out with them. Refugees? back to the war zone. Journalists? put em in prison. Opposition? Just murder the bastards and be done with it.
If that doesn't make you Trump supporters start to think, then our ideals are already toast.
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Steely_D
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VV wrote:Over / Under on amount of stupid things Trump says tonight (44)
You including Meliana in the "Trump" category? I think there's a significant possibility that she'll realize she's in over her head and start slipping her dress off her shoulder.
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VV
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Over / Under on amount of stupid things Trump says tonight (44)
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aflanigan
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ScottFromWyoming wrote: Don't stir 'em up! Or do... they're all over having fun in the Hillary thread. New Topic: Fun things to do in other threads while avoiding the Trump thread.
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ScottFromWyoming
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Jul 6, 2016 - 1:10pm |
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VV wrote:No post to the Trump thread since 6/28?
Looks like even his online supporters are starting to abandon him.
Don't stir 'em up! Or do... they're all over having fun in the Hillary thread.
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VV
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Jul 6, 2016 - 1:08pm |
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No post to the Trump thread since 6/28?
Looks like even his online supporters are starting to abandon him.
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kcar
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Jun 28, 2016 - 10:28pm |
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muzik wrote:AND I BET YOU'RE NOT JUST TALKING HANDS! Nnnnope!
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muzik
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Jun 28, 2016 - 10:14pm |
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kcar wrote:For those who must see the ad in all its glory, here 'tis. Apparently the wonderful late Phil Hartman of SNL fame does a cameo—I think about 4-5 seconds in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz7GRRvwCso This version has much worse quality video but it does have the "proceeds donated to charity" add-on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdY31mDsBmU I chuckled at this bit from the Post article: "From 1987 to 1991, Trump gave away $1.9 million of his money through the Donald J. Trump Foundation.He gave $101,000 to veterans, according to a Post analysis of tax records from that time. He gave $26,000 to the homeless.He gave $12, 450 to AIDS charities. He gave $4,250 to multiple-sclerosis research. The amount for those categories was $143,700 or nearly 8 percent of the total. Much of the rest went to charities tied to Trump's life: society galas, his high school, a foundation for indigent real estate brokers. The School of American Ballet, where Ivanka Trump studied from 1989 to 1991, got $16,750. A private school that educated Trump's son Eric got $40,000—more than the homeless and AIDS contributions combined."
The piece also reminds readers that at the beginning of Trump's campaign, Trump claimed that he'd donated $102 over the previous five years. Those donations large took the form of land-use agreements and free rounds of golf at Trump-owned courses. The more you learn about this man, the smaller he becomes. AND I BET YOU'RE NOT JUST TALKING HANDS!
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R_P wrote:Trump promised millions to charity. We found less than $10,000 over 7 years. - The Washington Post“The game was just nailed to the shelf,” said George DiTomassi, who was president of Milton Bradley at the time. One problem, he said, was that customers were not told about Trump’s pledge to give proceeds to charity. “They felt perhaps this was going to be something that a millionaire would make some money on,” DiTomassi said. The TV commercial for the product was changed. “Mr. Trump’s proceeds from Trump: The Game will be donated to charity,” a new voice-over said at the end. It still didn’t work. The game tanked.
For those who must see the ad in all its glory, here 'tis. Apparently the wonderful late Phil Hartman of SNL fame does a cameo—I think about 4-5 seconds in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz7GRRvwCso This version has much worse quality video but it does have the "proceeds donated to charity" add-on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdY31mDsBmU I chuckled at this bit from the Post article: "From 1987 to 1991, Trump gave away $1.9 million of his money through the Donald J. Trump Foundation.He gave $101,000 to veterans, according to a Post analysis of tax records from that time. He gave $26,000 to the homeless.He gave $12, 450 to AIDS charities. He gave $4,250 to multiple-sclerosis research. The amount for those categories was $143,700 or nearly 8 percent of the total. Much of the rest went to charities tied to Trump's life: society galas, his high school, a foundation for indigent real estate brokers. The School of American Ballet, where Ivanka Trump studied from 1989 to 1991, got $16,750. A private school that educated Trump's son Eric got $40,000—more than the homeless and AIDS contributions combined."
The piece also reminds readers that at the beginning of Trump's campaign, Trump claimed that he'd donated $102 over the previous five years. Those donations large took the form of land-use agreements and free rounds of golf at Trump-owned courses. The more you learn about this man, the smaller he becomes.
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R_P
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Jun 28, 2016 - 9:00pm |
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Trump promised millions to charity. We found less than $10,000 over 7 years. - The Washington Post(...) These promises seemed designed to reassure potential customers and voters and to reconcile two sides of Trump’s public persona. On one hand, Trump said he had so much money that he didn’t need more. But on the other hand, he was always selling something. The explanation was that the money Trump was making wasn’t for him to keep. “I am acting as an agent for charities,” Trump said in 1989 at the unveiling of Trump: The Game. In news accounts, he estimated the board game alone would bring in $20 million for charity. Milton Bradley, which made the game, saw the need for such a promise firsthand. After the company released the game — a Monopoly-like board game with Trump branding — it didn’t sell. “The game was just nailed to the shelf,” said George DiTomassi, who was president of Milton Bradley at the time. One problem, he said, was that customers were not told about Trump’s pledge to give proceeds to charity. “They felt perhaps this was going to be something that a millionaire would make some money on,” DiTomassi said. The TV commercial for the product was changed. “Mr. Trump’s proceeds from Trump: The Game will be donated to charity,” a new voice-over said at the end. It still didn’t work. The game tanked. Still, Trump said he made $880,000 from it, and even more from “The Art of the Deal.” In 1987, the mogul started the Donald J. Trump Foundation to donate his royalties. But the proceeds didn’t go straight to charity. They went straight into Trump’s bank account. “Are you asking me whether or not I took the check . . . and endorsed it over to a charity?” Trump said on the witness stand in a 1991 New York state court case, brought by a man who accused him of stealing the idea for Trump: The Game. “Who would ever do that?” Trump said he did eventually pass money to his foundation, which gave it away to charities. He said he had given away even more than he had earned. But when Trump ran into financial troubles in the middle of 1990, records show that his giving to the foundation slowed — then stopped. In 1991, he gave no money to the foundation. If book and game royalties came in that year, Trump apparently found another use for them. (...)
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R_P
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Jun 27, 2016 - 5:11pm |
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Trump’s Bid to Become Born-Again Fails as Jesus Turns Down Friend RequestNEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—The billionaire Donald J. Trump’s bid to become a born-again Christian failed over the weekend after Jesus Christ turned down his friend request, campaign officials have acknowledged. Jesus, who has not generally been active on Facebook, made a rare appearance on the social network on Monday to announce His decision to ignore the presumptive Republican nominee’s request for a personal relationship with Him. In a brief post, Jesus offered the following explanation: “Just everything.” The turndown from Jesus Christ, the inspiration behind one of the world’s most prominent religions, caps what has been a tough month for the Trump campaign. Privately, campaign staffers fretted that the candidate would pen a disparaging tweet about Jesus, which might alienate evangelical voters in key battleground states. But, at a rally in Pennsylvania, Trump made no reference to Jesus, and instead touted endorsements he had received from Gary Busey, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Joe (the Plumber) Wurzelbacher.
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Red_Dragon
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Proclivities
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Jun 26, 2016 - 6:45am |
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ScottN wrote: CWP-never thread-jacked. In fact, seldom even has words! There's also this well-known thread.
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ScottFromWyoming
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Jun 25, 2016 - 9:18pm |
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ScottN wrote: CWP-never thread-jacked. In fact, seldom even has words!
Despite pointed attempts.
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ScottN
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Jun 25, 2016 - 4:36pm |
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DaveInVA wrote: And counting with pictures.
CWP-never thread-jacked. In fact, seldom even has words!
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DaveInSaoMiguel
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Jun 25, 2016 - 3:24pm |
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Red_Dragon wrote: Then there's that 260k posts in one thread thing.
And counting with pictures.
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Red_Dragon
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Jun 25, 2016 - 2:45pm |
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aflanigan wrote: Then there's that 260k posts in one thread thing.
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aflanigan
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Jun 25, 2016 - 1:17pm |
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Beaker wrote:
Name a topic that doesn't deviate from its original post's purpose.
The Cryptic Posts topic, of course!
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