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yhwx said:

In other news, the president continues to be an ass.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/us/puerto-rico-trump-hurricane.html

WASHINGTON — President Trump ventured on Tuesday to a storm-ravaged American island territory where residents have felt neglected by their government, telling local officials that they should be proud that, so far, only 16 people are known to have died in Hurricane Maria.

“Sixteen versus in the thousands,” Mr. Trump said, comparing the storm’s certified death toll to the 1,833 killed in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina. “You can be very proud of all of your people, all of our people working together. Sixteen versus literally thousands of people. You can be very proud.”

It was a well-worn routine for a president on his fourth visit to a disaster zone in two months: a pep rally-like briefing with officials in an aircraft hangar, a quick drive past twisted houses and uprooted trees and a brief, friendly encounter with victims of the destruction.

And like his earlier travels, it had its peculiar moments: He also gently tossed rolls of paper towels into a crowd that gathered to see him at Calvary Chapel, outside the island’s capital, San Juan.

This time, however, Mr. Trump flew into a different kind of turbulence. Over the weekend, the president lashed out at the mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulín Cruz, after she complained that the federal response in Puerto Rico had fallen short of the responses in Texas and Florida. She was not mollified after meeting him.

“The first part of the meeting was a public-relations situation,” Ms. Cruz said in an interview with CNN about the briefing she attended with the president. While she said the White House staff was helpful and receptive, Mr. Trump’s communications style sometimes “gets in the way.”

“I would hope that the president of the United States stops spouting out comments that really hurt the people of Puerto Rico,” she said, “because, rather than commander in chief, he sort of becomes miscommunicator in chief.”

And the official death toll has gone up since this evening.

Surprised he didn’t bring one of those T shirt cannons.

Where were you in '77?

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I’ve seen people raise violent video games as an issue. I think that’s a red herring. First of all, all countries have access to violent video games, and yet we are the only country to have this problem. That clearly suggests to me that suppressing violent video game would do nothing for the problem of gun violence.

Second of all, I’m not sure where the line is drawn for especially violent video games. The vast majority of video games tend to have some violence in them.

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It’s that damn blue hedgehog corrupting all our children.

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I can’t say what the problem is; but I can say, with confidence, that violent video games aren’t it.

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Jeebus said:

I can’t say what the problem is

You know what, I’ll give it a try.

If we’re referring to mass shootings—I’m gonna have to use the hollow and cliche “mental health.”

If we’re referring to the murder rate as a whole—the drug war.

Obviously the issue is much more complicated than this; and simply naming things and blaming them for murder, without ever going beyond that, is not very productive.

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darth_ender said:

yhwx said:

In other news, the president continues to be an ass.

Technically, this isn’t news.

Hey, if cable news has taught me one thing, it’s not just that everything is news, but in fact everything is BREAKING NEWS.

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TV’s Frink said:

darth_ender said:

yhwx said:

In other news, the president continues to be an ass.

Technically, this isn’t news.

Hey, if cable news has taught me one thing, it’s not just that everything is news, but in fact everything is BREAKING NEWS.

BREAKING NEWS: Forum Member ‘Frink’ Makes Anti-Media Gibes

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Here’s a fun story!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/03/gop-rep-repeatedly-promoted-pro-life-stance-a-week-after-reportedly-telling-mistress-to-get-abortion/?utm_term=.02970d6c8b23

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2017/10/03/rep-tim-Murphy-pro-life-sought-abortion-affair-shannon-edwards-susan-mosychuk-pennsylvania-chief-of-staff-congress-emails-texts/stories/201710030018?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1507061392

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So does anyone know how to post pics side by side?

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ironically, when discussing gun control in the past, I brought my concern about bump stocks. Unfortunately, my concern was justified. I would be curious what Ferris would say.

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I wouldn’t, because that would mean he’s posting here again.

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Ferris was always civil, wasn’t he?

Where were you in '77?

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Warbler said:

So does anyone know how to post pics side by side?

I don’t think there’s any way to do it. It would probably break the page formatting and everyone would kvetch about having to side scroll anyway.

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SilverWook said:

Warbler said:

So does anyone know how to post pics side by side?

I don’t think there’s any way to do it. It would probably break the page formatting and everyone would kvetch about having to side scroll anyway.

What I would have liked to have done was post 10 per line(with the exception of the last line).

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I swear I saw someone post pics side by side before.

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Warbler said:

I swear I saw someone post pics side by side before.

Maybe on the old forum. Or you can just edit two of them together, one pic that looks like two.

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That’s what I had to do to help keep Warb’s sig image within limits.

It couldn’t hurt to ask Jay if it’s possible though.

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SilverWook said:

Ferris was always civil, wasn’t he?

Compared to some of the things happening lately yes he was a saint. He was just a dick whose personal experience meant more than both your personal experience and neutral facts.

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dahmage said:

Warbler said:

I swear I saw someone post pics side by side before.

Maybe on the old forum. Or you can just edit two of them together, one pic that looks like two.

No I mean I swear I remember seeing someone post pics side by side in the new forum software.

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SilverWook said:

It couldn’t hurt to ask Jay if it’s possible though.

It could of that one simple inquiry for some reason sends Jay way over the edge into a psychotic rage and he just goes postal and bans everybody except neglify.

I mean, I don’t see why that would happen, but never say never.

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Well, if you find such a post, link me to it so I can look at the code. 😃

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