DominicCobb

Jetrell Fo said:

DominicCobb said:

Jetrell Fo said:

DominicCobb said:

I feel like it’s becoming more likely that Trump will have a Republican challenger in 2020. I mean, I think the moment he was elected with the majority of the country hating him this was a possibility, but things have only gotten worse. Of course a lot could change between now and then, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw Sasse or Graham run against him.

What numbers are you basing “the majority of the country hating him” on? I haven’t seen any specific polls or graphs or pies that lay this out. Any links?

That bit was just some obvious hyperbole. Fact is Trump has never once had a majority approval. Literally check any poll.

I wanted to give you the chance to say so, it was only fair. Look how many politicians in this country have a low approval rate and they’re still in their jobs. It’s going to take way more than hyperbole on anyone’s part to challenge his Presidency and right now the only abundance of anything I’ve seen is hyperbole.

No disrespect meant to you at all.

None taken. But Trump’s popularity is on shaky ground. For a president to start their term without a majority approval is almost unheard of. Not to mention he only had 45% of the vote to begin with. Democrats know that pretty much the only thing they need to win 2020 is someone with less baggage than Clinton. If Republicans realize that too, then we’ll see a challenger.

Jetrell Fo said:

DominicCobb said:

I feel like it’s becoming more likely that Trump will have a Republican challenger in 2020. I mean, I think the moment he was elected with the majority of the country hating him this was a possibility, but things have only gotten worse. Of course a lot could change between now and then, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw Sasse or Graham run against him.

What numbers are you basing “the majority of the country hating him” on? I haven’t seen any specific polls or graphs or pies that lay this out. Any links?

That bit was just some obvious hyperbole. Fact is Trump has never once had a majority approval. Literally check any poll.

I feel like it’s becoming more likely that Trump will have a Republican challenger in 2020. I mean, I think the moment he was elected with the majority of the country hating him this was a possibility, but things have only gotten worse. Of course a lot could change between now and then, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw Sasse or Graham run against him.

doubleKO said:

Tyr seems confused.

As per usual

Possessed said:

I f*cking love that game holy sh*t

Okay, but is it your FAVORITE thing about Charles Barkley?

Yeah I know but I thought it needed saying for anyone else wondering.

Possessed said:

TV’s Frink said:

Bingowings said:

Star Wars (1977)

What.

WHAT HAPPENED TO DARTH VADER

Yeah that’s not what a cliffhanger is.

Spider-Man 2 has a cliffhanger?

His SNL hosting gigs.

One can only hope the conservatives on the bench won’t play politics like the ones in Congress.

I just kept hearing stories of so many people unfairly denied entry - not just refugees, but people with green cards who’ve lived here for years in some cases, war heroes that were interpreters for US soldiers, students, professors, and people who were within weeks of full citizenship. It was heartbreaking. And the protests and the chaos at the airports - I just knew this couldn’t stand, there had to be some way to stop it. Thankful to the ACLU and the justice system.

I just really hope that somehow it’s gotten through Trump’s thick skull that this wasn’t necessarily the best decision, and that he’ll lay off so that any damage done can be mended. If not, it might be time to seriously start considering impeachment (and I don’t take this lightly because Pence is just as bad, but if Trump can’t listen to reason we need someone who can).

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/316714-federal-judge-blocks-trump-immigration-ban-nationwide

Finally some sanity in the insanity. Hopefully this can be permanently put to an end.

JEDIT: Beat to the punch. Yeah, I agree, Tyr. Proud of our nation’s ability to resist injustice.

I tend to consider myself a pacifist, and I’m not advocating any laws or anything that’s makes this explicitly okay, but sorry if I can’t help myself if I smile when a Nazi gets socked. Sue me.

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I’m curious where the line is drawn for punching people like Richard Spencer. Essentially, the justification is that he says despicable things (which he does, I won’t shed a single tear when he dies and doubtlessly burns in hell for all time), but if we are allowed to punch people who say despicable things, are we allowed to slash their tires? Throw a brick through their window? Where does it stop?

It’s like porn, I don’t know how to define where it stops, but I’ll know it when I see it…and a Nazi getting punched isn’t it.

I liked watching it too; I’m just curious where the line is.

A punch feels about right, so long as Spencer keeps his despicableness to words.

If there was any doubt as to how Trump decided which countries would be part of the ban and which wouldn’t:
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-trump-immigration-ban-conflict-of-interest/

Handman said:

DominicCobb said:

Warbler said:

Is it ok for white person to say the n-word in the performance of play where their character is a racist and uses that word?

http://www.philly.com/philly/education/Cherry-Hill-will-present-Ragtime-production---with-the-N-word.html

Obviously. It looks like the specific issue in that case is that it’s a high school production, which makes sense why some might not be okay with it.

Oh.

Hahah oh my god

Warbler said:

Is it ok for white person to say the n-word in the performance of play where their character is a racist and uses that word?

http://www.philly.com/philly/education/Cherry-Hill-will-present-Ragtime-production---with-the-N-word.html

Obviously. It looks like the specific issue in that case is that it’s a high school production, which makes sense why some might not be okay with it.

Dek Rollins said:

Trespassing, that’s funny. That was all Native land before we stole it.

Get off your high horse. It was land that was at one point occupied by native peoples of this continent, but not anymore, so it’s a moot point. If you feel so strongly about it why don’t you leave your house and move back to Europe.

I’ve thought about it.

Anyway, the thing is that the trespassing was just civil disobedience. The private property isn’t someone’s backyard or something, it’s owned by the oil company and is where the tribe considers ancestral land. If they weren’t protesting there, they wouldn’t be protesting at all. Saying the protesters were trespassing as if they were some hooligans so that negates the protest is missing the point entirely.

And I suppose you don’t realize that oil is an important resource that is necessary despite it’s environmental affects. And I also suppose that you haven’t heard about the trouble the oil companies have been having without that pipeline.

I am well aware of the current importance of oil and the trouble we’ve had. All the more reason we need to stop relying on it and start looking for more sustainable sources of energy.

Like I said, we can’t just “stop relying on it.”

Yeah but it’s not like we’re in Mad Max right now and the pipeline is the only thing keeping our cars running. The sooner we move forward with other sources of energy, the better.

Dek Rollins said:

TV’s Frink said:

TV’s Frink said:

Dek Rollins said:

I’m liking most everything else he’s doing and he’s just fulfilling more campaign promises by issuing the ban.

Do you know what would be nice? If he would put some thought into these things before doing them. Leaving aside whether or not you agree with his executive orders, he’s just throwing them all out there without any consultation or consideration for the effects, and no one knows what the hell is going on. Confusion and chaos.

Dek, I noticed you ignore this. You like the “what” that he’s doing, can you defend the “how?”

(unless he actually took the time to fully explain everything in an interview or something).

Thus far it seems he’s incapable of doing this in any meaningful way.

Handman said:

DominicCobb said:

Handman said:

Trump better than Nixon?
“Don’t get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.”

Trump is already 1000% worse than Nixon. People just assume he was the worst president ever because he resigned in shame. Paranoid? Yes. Criminal? Little bit. Bad president? Not really.

Indeed, lest we forget how his second-term election went:

Nixon was doing pretty well four-years in. Trump is fucking up six days in. Saying Nixon was the worst president is stupid and I’m always for defending that.

I agree. Still, I can’t say the election of 72 doesn’t make me proud to be from Massachusetts.

Dek Rollins said:

DominicCobb said:

Dek Rollins said:

DominicCobb said:

TV’s Frink said:

I guess it’s hard to govern when you can’t see anything past “lock her up” or “build that wall” or “drill baby drill.”

Fucking yeah I forgot he’s going forward with that pipeline. What a grade A asshole he is.

We need the pipeline. A lot. It should have been built already.

No, we need to be putting our resources towards more sustainable and environmentally friendly sources of energy (and not building a pipeline through sacred sites).

That pipeline is not touching any sacred sites.

Well are we talking about Keystone?

From the pipeline permit: http://puc.sd.gov/commission/dockets/hydrocarbonpipeline/2009/hp09-001/application.pdf (pg.95)

Construction and operation of the Project can potentially affect NRHP eligible sites. These can include prehistoric or historic archaeological sites, districts, buildings, structures, objects, and locations with traditional cultural value to Native Americans or other groups. Project impacts can include: the physical disturbance during construction of archaeological sites located within the construction ROW; the demolition, removal, or alteration of historic or architecturally significant structures/features; and the introduction of visual or audible elements (e.g., pump stations) that can alter a site’s setting.

Or Dakota Access? Because that’s mostly about the environmental effects on the Standing Rock reservation. The matter of “is it a burial ground or not comes up” a lot, but I think I would refer to what the indigenous people are saying about that before the contractors.

“Archaeologists come in who are taught from a colonial structure, and they have the audacity to interpret how our people were buried. How would they even know?”

source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/01/us/standing-rock-sioux-sacred-land-dakota-pipeline/

Dek Rollins said:

The idiots who’ve been protesting it don’t even know what they’re talking about, and they trespassed on private property to do so.

Trespassing, that’s funny. That was all Native land before we stole it.

And I suppose you don’t realize that oil is an important resource that is necessary despite it’s environmental affects. And I also suppose that you haven’t heard about the trouble the oil companies have been having without that pipeline.

I am well aware of the current importance of oil and the trouble we’ve had. All the more reason we need to stop relying on it and start looking for more sustainable sources of energy.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/28/middleeast/iran-will-ban-us-citizens/index.html

Don’t you just love how our president is trying to make international relations as hostile as possible?

Also
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/politics/trump-refugee-holocaust-remembrance-day/index.html

Dek Rollins said:

DominicCobb said:

TV’s Frink said:

I guess it’s hard to govern when you can’t see anything past “lock her up” or “build that wall” or “drill baby drill.”

Fucking yeah I forgot he’s going forward with that pipeline. What a grade A asshole he is.

We need the pipeline. A lot. It should have been built already.

No, we need to be putting our resources towards more sustainable and environmentally friendly sources of energy (and not building a pipeline through sacred sites).

True.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/refugees-detained-at-us-airports-prompting-legal-challenges-to-trumps-immigration-order.html?_r=1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/24/anne-frank-and-her-family-were-also-denied-entry-as-refugees-to-the-u-s/?utm_term=.27524675c858

Not that this is the most important issue but it’s just another example of something that shouldn’t be happening:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/01/28/trump-visa-ban-stops-iranian-filmmaker-asghar-farhadi-going-oscars/97183138/