Tyrphanax

yhwx said:

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.”

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/17979321264115714

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Wishing everyone a very Happy Holiday season!

I’ll take the coffee drink, thanks.

Handman said:

Yeah, definitely. The people I know around here, I put up a friendly front, and I guess we’re friends, but they’re definitely holding me back, and are a bunch of manipulative leeching assholes. If I could find a new group of people I would.

They won’t come find you in your house, go get 'em! ;D

If I had to choose from the current administration, I’d have to pick Mattis.

Hang in there man, it’ll get better. Definitely don’t be afraid to cut back on the pot and cut toxic people out of your life.

PM sent.

Possessed said:

Apparently the love and trust I’ve felt for my best friend for the last three fucking years has all been a lie. It’s my fault for going with my heart over my brain. I fucking hate life. I always have though.

Sorry, man. Hang in there. Actualize thyself, friend.

moviefreakedmind said:

I had a really weird experience a couple nights ago where my whole body went numb and I couldn’t work my arms well because they felt strange and shook. It was sparked by going out to run errands, which I hate doing. So I chose a time to leave the house when few people would be out but to my dismay I arrive at the store and found it full of stupid, obnoxious, and loud people that seemed have made it their life goal to stand in my way and be annoying. I already really hated being near and interacting with most people but lately the sight of and close proximity to other people has been making me physically sick. I’m sure this isn’t normal, but I get that sharing this planet with other people is just something that I have to do so it’s frustrating that it affects me so strongly.

Panic attack?

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

All of the sudden Warb is a Canadian. Nothing makes sense anymore.

no I’m not. What are you talking about?

That’s the worst Polandball of Canada I’ve ever seen!

Sent a PM to the last poster in the invisible thread. I really hope to hear back soon.

CatBus said:

TV’s Frink said:

yhwx said:

https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/917497481314947072

@LindseyGrahamSC: Really enjoyed a round of golf with President @realDonaldTrump today.

President Trump shot a 73 in windy and wet conditions!

Not that it matters but

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/10/lindsey-graham-almost-certainly-lied-about-trumps-golfing.html

If Trump runs his golf game like he runs everything else, he has a cadre of forward-guard caddies who drop or move balls to favorable positions, and a rear-guard of caddies whose job is to applaud and praise him. He might honestly think he shot a 73.

When I think of Trump golfing, I think of Goldfinger and Oddjob.

Bingowings said:

Tyrphanax said:

Update.

Hubba Hubba 😃 how are you folk hosting images these days? One drive and Google images are not doing the necessary for me.

How you doin, Bingo?
I just stick 'em on my Imgur account.

TV’s Frink said:

darth_ender said:

Taking the plunge and giving up on my privacy.

Not bad, but you can’t hold a candle to Tyr, sorry.

Putting this on my resume.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nancy-pelosi-calls-on-ryan-bring-bump-stock-ban-to-floor/

During an exchange with CBS News’ Nancy Cordes, Pelosi suggested that Republicans might feel such a ban would be a “slippery slope” for other gun bills. “So what?” she said, adding, “I certainly hope so.”

Such common sense.

“We have to try to see what brings us together, not separates us further,” added Pelosi.

I’m seeing a disconnect here…

Also, I found this to be a good interview:

http://www.npr.org/2017/10/08/556375187/salesman-who-sold-gun-to-las-vegas-shooter-could-i-have-stopped-this-no

Oh, sorry. I’ll remember that for next time.

TV’s Frink said:

Ok.

Tyrphanax said:

I’m dumb.

Fuck you, TV’s Dick.

TV’s Frink said:

https://www.thenation.com/article/mike-pences-nfl-walkout-was-a-cheap-transparent-stunt/

The first sign that Pence’s scurrying-off was staged: these were the San Francisco 49ers that the Colts were playing. The 49ers have been protesting racism during the anthem for over a year. Led by safety Eric Reid, the first player to kneel with Colin Kaepernick over a year ago, the 49ers are the team you’d pick if you wanted to fake outrage about someone peacefully protesting police brutality. Peter Alexander of NBC News tweeted almost immediately, “Reporters [accompanying Pence] were told to stay in van bc ‘there may be an early departure from the game.’” In other words, in advance of the anthem, Pence was planning to show up and then leave.

Then the veep’s own publicly available schedule tripped him up. That morning, his team let it be known that Pence would be at a California fundraiser by 6:30pm. The plane was gassed up and ready to go. Pence actually flew from Nevada to Indianapolis to go to a game for five minutes only to fly back to the West Coast. As Sports Illustrated‘s Peter King tweeted, “@VP took a taxpayer-funded airplane knowing he’d be walking out right after the anthem to protest. Swell use of our tax dollars.”

When you factor in the secret service, the diverting of law enforcement, as well as the clearing air and road traffic to get him in and out, this was at least a six figure authoritarian stunt.

Just to add an even thicker lacquer of incompetence, Pence tweeted out a photo of himself from the game; yet as the Indianapolis Star quickly noted, the photo was from 2014.

Then, like a baby who wants to show a room of adults what’s in his diaper, Trump tweeted out that this was all his doing, hanging Pence out to dry. He wrote, “I asked @VP Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country.”

This was amateur hour fraud. It was Gulf of Tonkin for idiots: a ham handed effort to isolate people brave enough to dissent in the face of the most powerful people in the world and raise issues of racism that this administration is too craven to discuss. It’s also very disturbing. The very week Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke about Trump’s “respect for the 1st Amendment,” we had a staged spectacle with the highest levels of government attempting to intimidate and coerce people to not exercise those rights. It’s disgusting and another example of Pence’s degradation, his Faustian bargain with this administration.

Why am I not surprised?

Oh right, because about 90% of the administration is stupid.

TV’s Frink said:

Tyrphanax said:

dahmage said:

Tyrphanax said:

Has Band Members been suggested?

Big, Brass, Marching, or other?

All members of all bands are accepted, of course. This ain’t to segregationalist topic.

Take it to the drunk thread.

See double post.

PM received.

Wow Frink I’m not an object for your sophomoric fantasies.

Or maybe I am…

I’m dumb.

dahmage said:

Tyrphanax said:

Has Band Members been suggested?

Big, Brass, Marching, or other?

All members of all bands are accepted, of course. This ain’t no segregationist topic.

Possessed said:

I was having weird lucid dreams this morning where I knew I was dreaming. I even kept thinking “I should probably wake up soon… I wonder what time it is?” Even though I was definitely in a dream. It was bizarre. And I felt very drained when I woke up.

Yeah, that’s usually where I end up. Once in awhile you can will stuff to happen in my experience, which is pretty neat, but super rare.

Update.

Has Band Members been suggested?