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#1118061
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1118061/action/topic#1118061
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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.”

Post
#1117906
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1117906/action/topic#1117906
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Yikes.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/12/politics/donald-trump-puerto-rico-tweets/index.html

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that Puerto Rico is going to have to shoulder more responsibility for recovery efforts from Hurricane Maria, saying the federal government’s emergency responders can’t stay there “forever.”

His comments – in which he also blamed the beleaguered island for a financial crisis “largely of their own making” and infrastructure that was a “disaster” before the hurricane – come as Puerto Rico still reels from a lack of electricity, public health access and a rising death toll. The remarks quickly prompted cries from Democratic lawmakers, who argue that Puerto Rico still needs a lot of help, as well as the mayor of San Juan, who said they were “unbecoming” and appeared to come from a “hater in chief.”

Meanwhile, Texas and Florida – two states Trump won during last year’s presidential election – also were struck by severe hurricanes recently, but the President has made no public indication that the federal government is pulling back on its response there.

The President wrote in two separate tweets, “‘Puerto Rico survived the Hurricanes, now a financial crisis looms > largely of their own making.’ says Sharyl Attkisson. A total lack of…accountability say the Governor. Electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes. Congress to decide how much to spend…”

White House chief of staff John Kelly said at the White House briefing Thursday that Trump’s tweet was “exactly accurate” because first responders “are not going to be there forever.”

“The minute you go anywhere as a first responder, and this would apply certainly to the military, you will try really hard to work yourself out of a job,” he said. “There will be a period in which we hope sooner rather than later, the US military and (the Federal Emergency Management Agency), generally speaking, can withdraw because then the government and people of Puerto Rico are recovering sufficiently to start the process of rebuilding.”

A FEMA official told CNN the agency has “no hard deadline” on when it plans to pull resources from the island.
“It all will be determined by the conditions on the ground,” the official said.

The official said once things are “stabilized” in Puerto Rico, FEMA will “pull back resources as appropriate,” adding that’s the “natural progression of a response to a disaster.”

Post
#1117810
Topic
The Random <em>Star Wars</em> Pics &amp; GIFs Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1117810/action/topic#1117810
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DominicCobb said:

yhwx said:

There was an image posted by TK-949 that has since been removed showing an image from the TLJ trailer. A fairly significant one, in fact, where Kylo Ren is seen talking to Rey.

It also had some sexism in it.

JEDIT: My autocorrect kept on correction “Ren” to “Men,” which is quite funny considering the actual image posted.

Yeah that was it (but why would you describe it now that it’s been removed for those who didn’t see it?).

SilverWook seemed to be confused by the absence of the image.

Porgs are inescapable.

Yep, that was my first TLJ spoiler, followed by this image.

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#1117803
Topic
The Random <em>Star Wars</em> Pics &amp; GIFs Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1117803/action/topic#1117803
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There was an image posted by TK-949 that has since been removed showing an image from the TLJ trailer. A fairly significant one, in fact.

It also had some sexism in it.

JEDIT: My autocorrect kept on correcting “Ren” to “Men,” which is quite funny considering the actual image posted.

JEDIT 2: Removed spoiler that I made, ironically, when pointing out a spoiler.