[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]

Wordle - daily game - islander - Mar 29, 2024 - 6:53am
 
NYTimes Connections - islander - Mar 29, 2024 - 6:51am
 
Photography Forum - Your Own Photos - KurtfromLaQuinta - Mar 29, 2024 - 6:15am
 
March 2024 Photo Theme - Many - KurtfromLaQuinta - Mar 29, 2024 - 6:11am
 
Photos you have taken of your walks or hikes. - KurtfromLaQuinta - Mar 29, 2024 - 6:09am
 
Breaking News - rgio - Mar 29, 2024 - 6:03am
 
Trump - haresfur - Mar 29, 2024 - 5:40am
 
Radio Paradise Comments - Coaxial - Mar 29, 2024 - 4:30am
 
Main Mix Playlist - R567 - Mar 29, 2024 - 4:08am
 
Ukraine - NoEnzLefttoSplit - Mar 28, 2024 - 11:51pm
 
Vinyl Only Spin List - kurtster - Mar 28, 2024 - 9:27pm
 
Derplahoma! - Red_Dragon - Mar 28, 2024 - 5:11pm
 
Uploading Music - macadavy - Mar 28, 2024 - 4:18pm
 
Baseball, anyone? - zevon - Mar 28, 2024 - 4:17pm
 
Oldest Rock song on RP - johkir - Mar 28, 2024 - 4:07pm
 
USA! USA! USA! - R_P - Mar 28, 2024 - 3:28pm
 
Live Music - oldviolin - Mar 28, 2024 - 3:10pm
 
Orbiting Earth - oldviolin - Mar 28, 2024 - 2:19pm
 
YouTube: Music-Videos - oldviolin - Mar 28, 2024 - 2:17pm
 
• • • The Once-a-Day • • •  - oldviolin - Mar 28, 2024 - 2:13pm
 
Lyrics that strike a chord today... - oldviolin - Mar 28, 2024 - 2:06pm
 
Israel - R_P - Mar 28, 2024 - 2:03pm
 
Irony 101 - MrDill - Mar 28, 2024 - 12:21pm
 
RP automation with iOS Shortcuts App - pradler4kant - Mar 28, 2024 - 11:57am
 
The Obituary Page - ScottFromWyoming - Mar 28, 2024 - 11:31am
 
Talk Behind Their Backs Forum - VV - Mar 28, 2024 - 11:27am
 
Bug Reports & Feature Requests - Beaker - Mar 28, 2024 - 9:30am
 
NY Times Strands - geoff_morphini - Mar 28, 2024 - 8:37am
 
Business as Usual - black321 - Mar 28, 2024 - 8:09am
 
Outstanding Covers - thisbody - Mar 28, 2024 - 5:51am
 
Today in History - DaveInSaoMiguel - Mar 28, 2024 - 4:28am
 
Little known information...maybe even facts - haresfur - Mar 27, 2024 - 6:21pm
 
RightWingNutZ - R_P - Mar 27, 2024 - 3:48pm
 
Please Don't Post Here - Red_Dragon - Mar 27, 2024 - 11:02am
 
Motivational Office Cliches... - NoEnzLefttoSplit - Mar 26, 2024 - 10:20pm
 
(Big) Media Watch - Red_Dragon - Mar 26, 2024 - 6:18pm
 
Solar / Wind / Geothermal / Efficiency Energy - islander - Mar 26, 2024 - 8:00am
 
Is there any DOG news out there? - Beez - Mar 26, 2024 - 7:24am
 
Food - Steely_D - Mar 26, 2024 - 1:41am
 
Frequent drop outs (The Netherlands) - kingen - Mar 25, 2024 - 2:43pm
 
China - R_P - Mar 25, 2024 - 11:59am
 
Musky Mythology - R_P - Mar 25, 2024 - 11:20am
 
Play history seems to indicate that I"m streaming 24/7, b... - jarro - Mar 25, 2024 - 10:44am
 
April 8th Partial Solar Eclipse - Coaxial - Mar 24, 2024 - 6:22pm
 
New Music - KurtfromLaQuinta - Mar 24, 2024 - 5:07pm
 
Dental Floss Tycoons, and other Montana Myths, Facts, and... - Red_Dragon - Mar 24, 2024 - 12:32pm
 
Basketball - oldviolin - Mar 23, 2024 - 2:50pm
 
What Makes You Laugh? - ScottFromWyoming - Mar 23, 2024 - 1:54pm
 
Joe Biden - kurtster - Mar 23, 2024 - 11:17am
 
Technical Streaming Note for Nerdy RP DIYers - sjagminas1 - Mar 23, 2024 - 10:16am
 
Museum Of Bad Album Covers - Proclivities - Mar 23, 2024 - 8:56am
 
Other Medical Stuff - Antigone - Mar 22, 2024 - 3:06pm
 
Country Up The Bumpkin - oldviolin - Mar 22, 2024 - 11:06am
 
Pernicious Pious Proclivities Particularized Prodigiously - Red_Dragon - Mar 22, 2024 - 9:17am
 
Memorials - Remembering Our Loved Ones - Bill_J - Mar 21, 2024 - 8:54pm
 
Can you afford to retire? - DaveInSaoMiguel - Mar 21, 2024 - 2:15pm
 
Mixtape Culture Club - KurtfromLaQuinta - Mar 21, 2024 - 11:10am
 
What Did You See Today? - KurtfromLaQuinta - Mar 20, 2024 - 5:13pm
 
Annoying stuff. not things that piss you off, just annoyi... - ScottFromWyoming - Mar 20, 2024 - 4:31pm
 
Upcoming concerts or shows you can't wait to see - Antigone - Mar 20, 2024 - 3:10pm
 
Russia - NoEnzLefttoSplit - Mar 20, 2024 - 11:44am
 
2024 Elections! - Lazy8 - Mar 20, 2024 - 7:26am
 
Economix - R_P - Mar 19, 2024 - 4:36pm
 
Name My Band - DaveInSaoMiguel - Mar 19, 2024 - 10:53am
 
Delicacies: a..k.a.. the Gross Food forum - DaveInSaoMiguel - Mar 19, 2024 - 10:12am
 
New Forum Member on "What Makes RP Great" - miamizsun - Mar 19, 2024 - 4:38am
 
Cache stopped working on old Android Phone - Eisenwindel - Mar 19, 2024 - 1:50am
 
Cryptic Posts - Leave Them Guessing - Bill_J - Mar 18, 2024 - 8:23pm
 
Damn Dinosaurs! - oldviolin - Mar 18, 2024 - 8:16pm
 
One Partying State - Wyoming News - geoff_morphini - Mar 18, 2024 - 3:58pm
 
Great guitar faces - skyguy - Mar 18, 2024 - 3:33pm
 
Despots, dictators and war criminals - R_P - Mar 18, 2024 - 12:41pm
 
Media Matters - thisbody - Mar 18, 2024 - 10:03am
 
NASA & other news from space - miamizsun - Mar 18, 2024 - 4:13am
 
MEALTICKET - drinpt - Mar 17, 2024 - 4:13am
 
Index » Radio Paradise/General » General Discussion » Trump Page: Previous  1, 2, 3 ... 988, 989, 990 ... 1129, 1130, 1131  Next
Post to this Topic
kcar

kcar Avatar



Posted: Nov 11, 2016 - 6:25pm

 kurtster wrote:


And your point is ?  And spare me the if you can't figure it out i'm not gonna tell you ...

I'm referencing the massive sightings of apparently emotionally crippled people of all ages.  College students too despondent to take tests let alone even show up for classes.  That's just for openers.  This was an election, not the assassination of JFK, or RFK or MLK.  But the response is of that magnitude.

 
Real simple: Trump is a crazy, hate-filled liar with no experience. He could set this country back years, even decades in some areas. 

Trump got about 27% of the "voting-eligible population’s vote."   Not exactly a ringing endorsement by Americans. 
  

 Have a good weekend, kurtster. 


kurtster

kurtster Avatar

Location: where fear is not a virtue
Gender: Male


Posted: Nov 11, 2016 - 6:12pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

This only goes back to about 2011 but it gives you some idea that maybe you just weren't looking in the right place.

 

And your point is ?  And spare me the if you can't figure it out i'm not gonna tell you ...

I'm referencing the massive sightings of apparently emotionally crippled people of all ages.  College students too despondent to take tests let alone even show up for classes.  That's just for openers.  This was an election, not the assassination of JFK, or RFK or MLK.  But the response is of that magnitude.
kcar

kcar Avatar



Posted: Nov 11, 2016 - 6:06pm

 kurtster wrote:
I have never seen so many cry babies, never.  

WTF has happened to this country ?

 
Imagine that the most obnoxious, arrogant and incompetent fool has become your boss, landlord/mortgage manager, the mayor and the head of police in your town. He has no experience in any of those positions. His promises of the things he's going to do while in those positions show that he doesn't understand the law/Constitution or the consequences of fulfilling those promises. 

He's alienated a lot of people who'd normally be his allies. He has promised to persecute people based on their ethnic background and religion. He has all the hallmarks of an emotionally disturbed narcissist. He angers very easily, lies all the time and is a sexual predator. He's repeatedly ripped people off in business. 

And oh yes: the pile of crap that fell on you in that scenario has now fallen on everyone in the country.

I keep posting the link to this Vox story on these pages but let's do it again. Here are the details of the sh—tstorm headed your way:
 
 
 Donald Trump’s presidency is going to be a disaster for the white working class 

BlueHeronDruid

BlueHeronDruid Avatar

Location: Заебани сме луѓе


Posted: Nov 11, 2016 - 5:33pm

 kurtster wrote:
I have never seen so many cry babies, never.  

WTF has happened to this country ?

 
This happened.

And this happened.

And then this happened.

Cry? I'm weeping, white boy. Not about him, but what he's unleashed.

WTF  has happened to this country, indeed. 
ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male


Posted: Nov 11, 2016 - 5:32pm

 kurtster wrote:
I have never seen so many cry babies, never.  
 
This only goes back to about 2011 but it gives you some idea that maybe you just weren't looking in the right place.
kurtster

kurtster Avatar

Location: where fear is not a virtue
Gender: Male


Posted: Nov 11, 2016 - 5:26pm

I have never seen so many cry babies, never.  

WTF has happened to this country ?
Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Dumbf*ckistan


Posted: Nov 11, 2016 - 3:28pm


Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Dumbf*ckistan


Posted: Nov 11, 2016 - 3:24pm


kcar

kcar Avatar



Posted: Nov 5, 2016 - 10:53pm

 bokey wrote:

You are blaming Trump? {#Rolleyes}

 
No, bokey. But I do have to wonder whether Bret Baier's "mistake" falls within the scope of Paul Waldman's op-ed about Republicans trying to win at all costs, including the erosion of our institutions of democracy. I'd include a free, fair and impartial news media as one of those institutions. I didn't have much faith in Fox News, but this "mistake" removed the last of it. 

I also wonder how Baier's story got to air, given that he relied on one anonymous source within the FBI. That's pathetic journalistic standards. CBS did something similar back in 2004, but the network publicly investigated how it let a false story get to air and fired people. Fox...not so much.  

Here's Waldman's op-ed again. Judge for yourself whether he has a point or not. Have a great weekend.
.
 
Republicans are now vowing Total War. And the consequences could be immense.

bokey

bokey Avatar

Gender: Male


Posted: Nov 5, 2016 - 4:26pm

 kcar wrote:

That would be really annoying for everyone in the universe. 

I'm not sure this falls into the pattern of Republicans damaging our institutions that Waldman claims but it sure has me saying "WTF." Bret Baier should be looking for another job. Dan Rather got canned for less.

 
Fox News apologizes for falsely reporting that Clinton faces indictment  

Fox News anchor Bret Baier apologized Friday for reporting that federal investigators had determined that Hillary Clinton’s private email server had been hacked and that an investigation would lead to an indictment of Clinton after the election.

In fact, Baier said, after checking with his sources, there is no evidence at this time for either statement.

...

Baier said he relied on a single anonymous source within the FBI for his report about an alleged hack of the server: “I was quoting from one source about his certainty that the server had been hacked by five foreign intelligence agencies. . . . As of today there still are no digital fingerprints of a breach, no matter what the working assumption is within the bureau.”

 




 
You are blaming Trump? {#Rolleyes}
ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male


Posted: Nov 5, 2016 - 2:06pm

 kcar wrote: 
..if a Lie be believ’d only for an Hour, it has done its Work, and there is no farther occasion for it. —Jonathan Swift
kcar

kcar Avatar



Posted: Nov 4, 2016 - 4:22pm

 haresfur wrote:
oh kcar <> Kaw.

I thought you were arguing with yourself 

 
That would be really annoying for everyone in the universe. 

I'm not sure this falls into the pattern of Republicans damaging our institutions that Waldman claims but it sure has me saying "WTF." Bret Baier should be looking for another job. Dan Rather got canned for less.

 
Fox News apologizes for falsely reporting that Clinton faces indictment  

Fox News anchor Bret Baier apologized Friday for reporting that federal investigators had determined that Hillary Clinton’s private email server had been hacked and that an investigation would lead to an indictment of Clinton after the election.

In fact, Baier said, after checking with his sources, there is no evidence at this time for either statement.

...

Baier said he relied on a single anonymous source within the FBI for his report about an alleged hack of the server: “I was quoting from one source about his certainty that the server had been hacked by five foreign intelligence agencies. . . . As of today there still are no digital fingerprints of a breach, no matter what the working assumption is within the bureau.”

 





haresfur

haresfur Avatar

Location: The Golden Triangle
Gender: Male


Posted: Nov 4, 2016 - 4:07pm

oh kcar <> Kaw.

I thought you were arguing with yourself 
kcar

kcar Avatar



Posted: Nov 4, 2016 - 3:40pm

 Kaw wrote:
I think it takes a lot of desperation to talk about the FBI as a tool used by the republicans. Also implicating that republicans are now just a tool for Putin and other foreign powers is just silly. If you are talking about destroying fundamental pillars of democracy... Don't do it yourself for a start.
The lack of realism is painful on both sides.

 
Paul Waldman's piece doesn't claim that the FBI is "a tool used by the republicans" or that "republicans are now just a tool for Putin and other foreign powers."

Waldman does claim that the GOP is willing to damage our institutions of fair, impartial and independent courts and law enforcement agencies. "And now, Republicans are not even pretending that those institutions should be impartial and transcend partisanship. They’re saying, if we can use them to destroy our opponents, we will. Something is seriously breaking down."

Here is the takeaway from his op-ed: 

"You may not like what Democrats stand for, but they aren’t engaging in widespread official vote suppression, chanting that should their candidate win her opponent should be tossed in jail, promising to prevent any Republican president from filling vacancies on the Supreme Court, suggesting that they’ll try to impeach their opponent as soon as he takes office, cheering when a hostile foreign power hacks into American electronic systems, and trying to use the FBI to win the election."


Let's move on to your comments about the GOP, the FBI and Russia. 

Here's the link to the op-ed again: 

Republicans are now vowing Total War. And the consequences could be immense. 


The piece does refer to reports in the Wall Street Journal (here and here) and the Daily Beast (here ) that there are FBI agents who feel so strongly that HRC should be charged with crimes that they were leaking information to the press about the Bureau's investigations. Rudy Giuliani is quoted in the Daily Beast piece claiming that "there’s a kind of revolution going on inside the FBI about the original conclusion being completely unjustified and almost a slap in the face to the FBI’s integrity". He claims he knows this based on information from former and active FBI agents. The Washington Post and the New York Times have reported that Comey released his vague letter of last Friday in order to counter the flow of leaked information from FBI agents who are trying to undermine Clinton's candidacy. 

The WSJ articles and Waldman contend that the FBI agents were basing their investigation on the book "Clinton Cash"—written by the head of a foundation that Steve Bannon (the CEO of Trump's campaign) founded and still chairs. The Department of Justice reviewed evidence presented to them by the FBI about the possible criminal activity by HRC and the Clinton Foundation and found it "worthless hearsay" (the first WSJ link). 

As for the GOP and Russia, Waldman does not claim that Republicans are a tool of Putin. This is what he says: 

"Republicans continue to cheer the fact that the electronic systems of American political groups were illegally hacked, and then private communications were selectively released in order to do damage to one side in this election. The Republican nominee has explicitly asked a hostile foreign power to hack into his opponent’s electronic systems." 



Kaw

Kaw Avatar

Location: Just above sea level
Gender: Male


Posted: Nov 4, 2016 - 1:46am

I think it takes a lot of desperation to talk about the FBI as a tool used by the republicans. Also implicating that republicans are now just a tool for Putin and other foreign powers is just silly. If you are talking about destroying fundamental pillars of democracy... Don't do it yourself for a start.
The lack of realism is painful on both sides.
kcar

kcar Avatar



Posted: Nov 3, 2016 - 10:22pm

An excerpt from a Washington Post op-ed. A very disturbing left-wing take on the current state of national politics in the US. Emphasis below is mine: 

Republicans are now vowing Total War. And the consequences could be immense.

...

Republicans, led by Donald Trump but by no means limited to him, are engaging in kind of termite-level assault on American democracy, one that looks on the surface as though it’s just aimed at Hillary Clinton, but in fact is undermining our entire system.

...


But as he has in so many ways, Donald Trump takes every ugly impulse Republicans have and turns it up to 11, and just about the entire party follows him down. So now they are making it very clear that from literally the day Hillary Clinton is inaugurated, they will wage total war on her. There will be no rule or norm or standard of decency they won’t flout if it gets them a step closer to destroying her, no matter what the collateral damage.

It’s important to understand that strong institutions are what separate strong democracies from weak ones. In a strong democracy, one party can’t come into power and just lock up its opponents. It can’t turn the country’s law enforcement agencies into a partisan tool to destroy the other party. It can’t say that the courts will function only at its pleasure. We have the world’s most stable system not just because there aren’t tanks in the streets on election day, but because we have institutions that are strong enough to restrain the venality of individual men and women. And now, Republicans are not even pretending that those institutions should be impartial and transcend partisanship. They’re saying, if we can use them to destroy our opponents, we will. Something is seriously breaking down.

And please, spare me any explanations for this phenomenon that rely on how “divided” Americans are. Are we divided? Sure. But there’s only one party that is so vigorously undermining core democratic institutions in this way. You may not like what Democrats stand for, but they aren’t engaging in widespread official vote suppression, chanting that should their candidate win her opponent should be tossed in jail, promising to prevent any Republican president from filling vacancies on the Supreme Court, suggesting that they’ll try to impeach their opponent as soon as he takes office, cheering when a hostile foreign power hacks into American electronic systems, and trying to use the FBI to win the election.

Only one party is doing all of that. And we should all be very worried about what Republicans will do after November 8, whether they win or lose.



ScottN

ScottN Avatar

Location: Half inch above the K/T boundary
Gender: Male


Posted: Nov 3, 2016 - 12:48pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Hilarious!! ( I am still emoji-free)
ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male


Posted: Nov 3, 2016 - 9:37am

Gollum J. Trump on Twitter
Proclivities

Proclivities Avatar

Location: Paris of the Piedmont
Gender: Male


Posted: Nov 2, 2016 - 11:40am

 Lazy8 wrote:

Let's put this another way: let's find someone you wouldn't trust to lead a scout troop and give that person nuclear weapons.

Tangent: the wife and I were discussing which of the candidates we'd hire as a babysitter.

Trump? No f#cking way. Nope nope nope nope.

Jill Stein? Well, she is technically a doctor,  and probably wouldn't be able to do much damage while we were gone. She might insist that we turn off the wifi while she was there but it's not like she can un-vaccinate the kids.

Johnson? Sure, bet he tells great bedtime stories but NO EDIBLES ALLOWED.

Clinton? Probably learned something as a mom, but Bill is NOT allowed to come over.

 
{#Lol}  "...un-vaccinate the kids."
Lazy8

Lazy8 Avatar

Location: The Gallatin Valley of Montana
Gender: Male


Posted: Nov 2, 2016 - 11:32am

 kurtster wrote:
 I do not think that it can be broken down that simply as our friend does nor should it.  I know that Trump is an asswipe on many levels, but we are electing a POTUS, not a boy / girl scout troop leader.

Let's put this another way: let's find someone you wouldn't trust to lead a scout troop and give that person nuclear weapons.

Tangent: the wife and I were discussing which of the candidates we'd hire as a babysitter.

Trump? No f#cking way. Nope nope nope nope.

Jill Stein? Well, she is technically a doctor,  and probably wouldn't be able to do much damage while we were gone. She might insist that we turn off the wifi while she was there but it's not like she can un-vaccinate the kids.

Johnson? Sure, bet he tells great bedtime stories but NO EDIBLES ALLOWED.

Clinton? Probably learned something as a mom, but Bill is NOT allowed to come over.
Page: Previous  1, 2, 3 ... 988, 989, 990 ... 1129, 1130, 1131  Next