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The aviation unions and American airlines are against the entry of this airline into their market, and have been for the last three years. They have specifically petitioned Trump not to allow it and he hasn't listened to them. It's all in the article, actually.
No, I get that, but I don't see why he'd revoke something that is beneficial to both countries, really. Wasn't approval given before he took office anyway?
 
Then you don't understand the definition of terrorism.
I understand it very well. Is being terrified that some kid with mental problems will take his parents ( or in Lanzas case his ) automatic weapon will come to my kids school and massacre as many as possible. Or do you have to have brown skin and a Muslim name to be classed as a terrorist. Back to you're bag of coke son.
 
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:lol: Very good. Hypocrisy laid bare.
 
But you stated it as if he rejected it as some sort of 'false promise' to Americans.

He's supposedly a protectionist. Why isn't he listening to his own airlines and unions, who say it's going to damage them? He got on the backs of an air conditioner company on a whim, why not here? Is losing jobs to a Norwegian company more acceptable than to Mexico?
 
I understand it very well. Is being terrified that some kid with mental problems will take his parents ( or in Lanzas case his ) automatic weapon will come to my kids school and massacre as many as possible. Or do you have to have brown skin and a Muslim name to be classed as a terrorist. Back to you're bag of coke son.

Terrorism is directly linked to political activism, being afraid of random and avoidable violence isn't being victim of terrorism.

Edit: You are frightened by the context, not threatened by it.
 
I understand it very well. Is being terrified that some kid with mental problems will take his parents ( or in Lanzas case his ) automatic weapon will come to my kids school and massacre as many as possible. Or do you have to have brown skin and a Muslim name to be classed as a terrorist. Back to you're bag of coke son.

Being terrified of something doesn't make it terrorism, so, no, you don't appear to understand it very well.

To be fair, Rams doesn't seem to have a firm grasp on the meaning of national security either.
 
He's supposedly a protectionist. Why isn't he listening to his own airlines and unions, who say it's going to damage them? He got on the backs of an air conditioner company on a whim, why not here?
yeah, he is just going to do every little thing his unions tell him to, blindly. Come on.
 
yeah, he is just going to do every little thing his unions tell him to, blindly. Come on.

Nope, I won't come on. He picked on an air conditioner company in Indiana - there were unions involved there. And it's not just the unions, it's the airlines too. He's proven he's petty enough to act in this case and he constantly spouts about protecting American jobs.
 
Being terrified of something doesn't make it terrorism, so, no, you don't appear to understand it very well.

To be fair, Rams doesn't seem to have a firm grasp on the meaning of national security either.
So walking through a school shooting people is not terrorism but walking through a convention center is. If you are an expert go on, educate me.
 
So walking through a school shooting people is not terrorism but walking through a convention center is. If you are an expert go on, educate me.

If both are the fruit of a political revendication, they are both terrorism otherwise neither are.
 
Terrorism is directly linked to political activism, being afraid of random and avoidable violence isn't being victim of terrorism.

Edit: You are frightened by the context, not threatened by it.
So shooting fifty people in a gay club because of a hatred of you're sexuality is not terrorism but if I shout ISIS its terrorism. I'm not having that. What if someone shoots up an Exxon gas station because they believe they are ruining the environment, is that terrorism?
 
Have we talked about Tillerson's seeming irrelevance so far? At this point you'd have to say he seems to be about 6th or worse in the pecking order as far as FoPo influence: Bannon, Kushner and Mattis seem to make a top 3, when Flynn was still onboard he might round out a top 4. Then maybe Pence? Priebus? But even Bob Corker (Sen. chair for Foreign Relation Committee) seems more influential than Tillerson right now. Just read a quick take on Politico that Tillerson has asked his team for ways to improve his media relevance, to start.

I think Tillerson and Mattis have been traveling for much of their time and Tillerson hasn't been doing any press, on top of which, the State Department don't seem to have hired a spokesperson yet. In fact, a vast majority of executive agency political appointments have yet to be filled.
 
For those interested in watching democracy in process then this video is good. It contains the republican senator Tom Cotton being absolutely roasted by an woman and the crowd in Arkansans:

Watch from 20.20 and you can see the woman do an absolutely great job at forcing him to answer her question. People really are waking up regarding the importance of the Affordable Care Act and the republican rhetoric have fallen short recently. Tom tried to continue on to try avoid answering her but the crowd were having non of his behaviour. The woman deserve praise for her knowledge and persistence. If anyone says wait and see what they do before acting then you would see the ACA go poof and no coverage for millions of people as a result. The fight back from the ordinary people will make a massive difference unless the republican party wants to commit political suicide.



34:50 is a good one too.
 
So shooting fifty people in a gay club because of a hatred of you're sexuality is not terrorism but if I shout ISIS its terrorism. I'm not having that. What if someone shoots up an Exxon gas station because they believe they are ruining the environment, is that terrorism?

For the Exxon part, yes it is terrorism. Otherwise mass murder isn't necessarily Terrorism, you need a political motive.
 
Why the heck are you guys discussing the semantics of "terrorism" when the actual point in the first place was that you're more likely to get shot up by an American (without any affiliation to Islam) than a muslim?
 
So shooting fifty people in a gay club because of a hatred of you're sexuality is not terrorism but if I shout ISIS its terrorism. I'm not having that. What if someone shoots up an Exxon gas station because they believe they are ruining the environment, is that terrorism?
It sure is...the perpetrators are called Eco Terrorists.

Earth Liberation Front!
 
So walking through a school shooting people is not terrorism but walking through a convention center is. If you are an expert go on, educate me.

Took me a while to find this. Hope it helps. :)

Terrorism requires that the person or group committing the act are doing so as part of a larger agenda or goal, with the act having the intent of specifically creating fear in a particular community of like individuals in hopes that this fear will influence said community's behaviour in the future.

So a distressed person committing an act of violence as vengeance for some perceived wrong usually won't fit the definition of terrorism, likely because of the specific and narrow nature of their goal.

Likewise, agents acting on behalf of a recognized nation or government who are committing violence would more likely be considered to have committed an act of war rather than terror. A government may deny that some agents were indeed working on their behalf but this is usually just an obvious bluff to ensure they get their way as the other country will not likely declare war in retaliation.

Agents acting on behalf of unrecognized governments, nations or non-governmental groups will be considered terrorists because they meet the criteria outlined in paragraph one but do not fit the exclusions in paragraphs two and three. They may be excluded to a sub-category if the focus of their activities is criminal enterprise (i.e. drugs, human trafficking, smuggling stolen goods etc).

I think this is a fair summary. Hope it helps.
 
The good and the bad - https://www.thebalance.com/obamacare-pros-and-cons-3306059 As I stated, there were clearly some aspects of it, that were problematic - but they were fixable. But, the Republicans decided - they wanted to get rid of it, not make the small adjustments necessary. As for costs - just remember, we give billions in military aid to countries like Israel and Egypt and think nothing of it.
Thanks for this
 
For the Exxon part, yes it is terrorism. Otherwise mass murder isn't necessarily Terrorism, you need a political motive.
I understand the definition of terrorism as in for a political purpose but it doesn't sit right with me. Dylan Roof is by definition a terrorist, Lanza not so much, but it takes the same cold heart and indifference to human life to do what they done. If you can kill everyone in the room should a political motive define how we characterize the act.
 
I understand the definition of terrorism as in for a political purpose but it doesn't sit right with me. Dylan Roof is by definition a terrorist, Lanza not so much, but it takes the same cold heart and indifference to human life to do what they done. If you can kill everyone in the room should a political motive define how we characterize the act.

It doesn't sit right because you are trying to create a moral hierarchy that doesn't exist. A mass murder is as bad as a terrorist activist. The distinction is only important for the context of a conversation, it can be important to acknowledge the political motives.
 
Feck, I know he enjoys a sniff here and there but I didn't realise he's actually turned in to a bag of Charlie. LOL Sorry couldn't resist.
My predictive text is a help and a hindrance. Makes me smart and stupid at the same time.
 
Helps a lot buddy, thank you.

It's important for us as commentators to get the words right, otherwise we risk falling into the world of fake news, subversive agendas, etc.

My predictive text is a help and a hindrance. Makes me smart and stupid at the same time.

Mine appears to have been programmed by a retarded donkey, whose first language was not English.
 
This might require a massive answer, but as someone who's relatively unfamiliar with the ACA, what are its downfalls and why does Trump want rid? (I'm assuming they're not the same reason, seeing as Trump is anything but

I am not sure, that Trump wants to get rid of the ACA. The republicans certainly want to and any republican primary candidate has to repeat this promise a couple of times or they’d get slaughtered. Opposition by the GOP against the ACA was primarily motivated by strategical motivations. They thought that this is the best way to obstruct and oppose Obama’s administration. Now they backed themselves into a corner, because they have to follow their own nonsense.

Here is an extremely long read (8 articles in total) from someone who hates the ACA. I don’t share is opinion or conclusion, but most of his points are still worth considering.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/michael...stupidity-of-the-american-voter/#181929d32e6a
 


Milo was going to speak until 2 days ago...Bannon will speak...Breitbart is a sponsor. Yet, he's out there paying lip service when it comes to the Neo - Nazis :lol:
 
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