The Trump Presidency | Biden Inaugurated

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Adisa said:
Flynn case will be swept under the rug.
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the issue of course is that the moral absolutes within the administration are tRump's

His view on morality determine the rules his gang are held against, as seen by Skeletor last week.
 
Neutral said:
people wanting to know how evangelicals rationalized voting for Trump -

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The War on Christmas doesn't stand a chance this year!
 
Trudeay and Drumpf presser happening now. Incredible how small Trump looks next to a proper statesman.
 
Is the Canadian PM trolling Trump by switching to French every 30 seconds? He only put his earpiece in the first time.
 
Raoul said:
Trudeay and Drumpf presser happening now. Incredible how small Trump looks next to a proper statesman.
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In times of peace I'd call JT an ineffective, deficit-driving, identity politics, lefty PM. But right now... go JT!
 
He's fecking awful with the translation earpiece. :lol:

Edit: he just put it in half way through the PMs answer.
 
The difference in rhetoric skills is huge as Trudeau speaks clearly and understandable, while Trump speaks so vaguely and this creates a lot of uncertainty and almost confusion. If Donald Trump were smart he would start taking rhetoric lessons to improve his communication skills.
 
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sammsky1 said:
Whats the issue on opioids between Canada and USA?
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I'm not positive but it's likely that medication is cheaper here, so people might be inclined to procure it in Canada and smuggle it stateside to sell illegally. But the Yanks insist similar crap about all illicit drug sales. They should investigate why their people have such a rabid appetite for getting high in the first place.
 
Red Viking said:
The difference in rhetorical skills is huge as Trudeau speaks clearly and understandable, while Trump speaks so vaguely and this creates a lot of uncertainty and almost confusion. If Donald Trump were smart he would start taking rhetorical lessons to improve his communication skills.
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McGill > Trump University
 
http://www.rense.com/general37/char.htm

Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread
domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.

6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.

9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
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I believe @Pogue Mahone posted that one in the election thread, @Sigma

It makes some interesting points but a number of those criteria can be applied to any US government, and indeed most western democracies at any given time.
 



He looks so far out of his depth, he also looks uncomfortable and extremely pissed off and angry, but at the same time almost bored too, like he wants to be anywhere else but there. :lol:
 
Mentioned his big electoral college win again in his first answer. :lol:
 
langster said:



He looks so far out of his depth, he also looks uncomfortable and extremely pissed off and angry, but at the same time almost bored too, like he wants to be anywhere else but there. :lol:
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I think he forgot his translation earpiece again and was too embarrassed to say anything.
 
Dwazza said:
The regret really seems to be setting in. :lol:
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:lol: I must say mate, I'm mightily impressed with your leader, now there's someone to be proud of. He does seem a really decent chap.

Pexbo said:
I think he forgot his translation earpiece again and was too embarrassed to say anything.
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:lol: Just imagine the fun you could have if you were in charge of that thing. Feck me, it would be like that scene in Anchorman.
 
langster said:
:lol: I must say mate, I'm mightily impressed with your leader, now there's someone to be proud of. He does seem a really decent chap.
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We hope so; but his dad was a politician, one of the best, as well. So Justin has learned how to keep up appearances and say all the right things from a very young age. Whether he keeps is word is another matter.
 
One of these days, he will start fiddling with his pen or his mike. Can bet he did not hear a single word of what Trudeau was saying.
 
Dwazza said:
We hope so; but his dad was a politician, one of the best, as well. So Justin has learned how to keep up appearances and say all the right things from a very young age. Whether he keeps is word is another matter.
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Hasn't he already gone back on a big promise - moving away from the first past the post to a proportional representation? He gave a good answer defending his decision (not wanting to give fringe elements on both sides of politics power beyond what they actually deserve...)but it was still a broken promise.
 
langster said:



He looks so far out of his depth, he also looks uncomfortable and extremely pissed off and angry, but at the same time almost bored too, like he wants to be anywhere else but there. :lol:
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Trump's old, wrinkled ass having to stand next to a young, eloquent, handsome and genuinely loved leader is basically his worst nightmare transpiring right there. No wonder he looks so butt hurt.
 
Neutral said:
Hasn't he already gone back on a big promise - moving away from the first past the post to a proportional representation? He gave a good answer defending his decision (not wanting to give fringe elements on both sides of politics power beyond what they actually deserve...)but it was still a broken promise.
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Yes, there was quite a furore over that. Smartest thing he's done imo. People are either oblivious to how much that would cost or are eager to ride that gravy train as a Social Libertarian Marxist Leninist Member of Parliament with its sweet salary and lifetime pension.
 
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