Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo — Page 484

‘Judge says US govt has ‘no right to rummage’ through anti-Trump protest website logs’:-

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/11/trump_protest_website_privacy_latest/

(Court tells hosting biz to protect identities of netizens)
 

As ever with articles from The Reg, the comments section is well worth a read too…

Apparently, people are still angry about the “War on Christmas.”

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/13/politics/trump-values-voters-summit/index.html

President Donald Trump dove into America’s culture wars on Friday, touting his administration for “returning moral clarity to our view of the world” and ending “attacks on Judeo-Christian values.”

Trump, nine months into his presidency, has found it harder to get things done than the ease with which he made promises on the campaign trail, making speeches to adoring audiences like Friday’s in Washington key to boosting the President’s morale. And the audience at the Values Voter Summit, an annual socially conservative conference, didn’t fail to deliver.

“We are stopping cold the attacks on Judeo-Christian values,” Trump said to applause, before slamming people who don’t say “Merry Christmas.”

“They don’t use the word Christmas because it is not politically correct,” Trump said, complaining that department stores will use red and Christmas decorations but say “Happy New Year.” “We’re saying Merry Christmas again.”

The comment drew thunderous applause.

Heated debates over the “War On Christmas” have raged for years, with many on the right complaining that political correctness has made it less acceptable to say Merry Christmas. Trump has seized on these feelings, regularly telling primarily religious audiences that his presidency has made it acceptable to “start saying Merry Christmas again.”

“You go into a department store. When was the last time you saw ‘Merry Christmas?’ You don’t see it anymore,” Trump said on the campaign trail. “They want to be politically correct. If I’m president, you will see ‘Merry Christmas’ in department stores, believe me, believe me.”

dahmage said:

Our so-called president is a certifiable moron.

TV’s Frink said:

Fixed more.

Fixed morer.

dahmage said:

Our president is a f—ing moron.

I don’t mean he is able to be certified as a moron. I mean he is both a moron and certifiable.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

I don’t mean he is able to be certified as a moron. I mean he is both a moron and certifiable.

And yhwx will like that even less.

I think you’re right, of course, he’s just been botching at me for calling him crazy too.

I’m not saying it’s wrong to call him crazy, but it’s wrong to say that he’s mentally ill.

TV’s Frink said:

yhwx said:

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

I don’t mean he is able to be certified as a moron. I mean he is both a moron and certifiable.

And yhwx will like that even less.

I think you’re right, of course, he’s just been botching at me for calling him crazy too.

I’m not saying it’s wrong to call him crazy, but it’s wrong to say that he’s mentally ill.

Ok, so you don’t like us saying it’s not his fault.

Because one is a matter of choice and the other is a matter of health.

Pre-response to your inevitable response claiming my similarity to Warbler: Unlike other things, health is a matter that should be treated delicately, due to the collateral damage that could be caused otherwise.

For those of you who’d like to learn a little bit more about America’s newest Senator, there’s this.

Seriously, I remember when guys like this were cardboard character movie villains. Er, cardboard character movie villains WITHOUT the power of a US Senator, that is.

TV’s Frink said:

He’s not a senator…yet.

Fair point. I guess Don Siegelman demonstrates it’s not a lock. But Siegelman had the advantage of not running against the second coming of J. W. Pepper.

TV’s Frink said:

He’s not a senator…yet.

In other news, Trump moronacy confirmed.

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-doesnt-know-hes-president-us-virgin-islands-684308

Is President Donald Trump aware residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands are, in fact, Americans? It’s unclear.

In a speech Friday, Trump said he’d recently “met with the president of the Virgin Islands” to discuss the recent hurricanes that have devastated Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the island.

But Trump could not have spoken to the “president of the Virgin Islands” because, of course, he is the president of the U.S. Virgin Islands, whose residents are U.S. citizens.

I have no problem with calling Trump a moron.