The Trump Presidency | Biden Inaugurated
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Among other things.
Y'know the first and last passages in the HUD quotes from Carson tweeted above seem essentially like 'Surprisingly, non-whites have brains, and dreams, just like proper human beings.' Yuck.
A man after my own heart there, John Oliver. A surrogate spouting what she "thinks" Trump means in his tweets.
They also sold their european divisions (Vauxhall & Opel) to Peugeot-Citroen
One of the very few things I think Trump does have a point on is the issue of companies outsourcing labour offshore, taking jobs and potential wealth out of the country with it. I'm just not sure car manufacturing or mining are the correct industries to focus on...
Was there any uproar about this when the countries were singled out as part of the Terrorist Travel Prevention Act? I mean i can see why its worse but i dont really follow US politics enough to know if it was, it reads as if people are just conveniently ignoring it.
Both were targeting muslims rather than terrorism really. Or more so placating a bigoted populace.
My favorite quote about GM from an investment newsletter: "GM is a company run by communists, that never found a bad idea it couldn't make worse"
Not much you can do about it when the disparity in savings rate is what it is, and yet have it be a net positive for the whole country. That is if you're bound by what's generally accepted in economics, which of course he and Peter Navarro are not.
He's a very humane guy, he'll make deals, everybody will be happy.
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And you know thats one aspect I really disagree with him on. I think companies should be allowed to outsource, making the product cheaper to produce and alowing them to be more competitive in the global market. I really fail to see the issue of outsourcing jobs. If someone can do the same work for cheaper then why go the more expensive route. Like manufacturing for instance, other countries can do it better cheaper and faster, why waste time doing it inefficiently in one country when another does it better. For instance, if Americans are no longer competitive in the manfufacturing business, invest in something youre good at doing, something that is more highly skilled and better paying instead of the same old low level jobs. Invest and train in more highly skilled, better paying jobs and leave the low skilled jobs to poor 3rd world countries that have persons willing to work for 5 bucks an hour. 5 bucks an hour may seem like shite to one country but to another its a great paying job.
WOW! That episode has left me in tears. The first half was a brilliant sustained attack on Trump and the dangers of everyone taking him lightly. It's also shown, very easily I might add, how so far the so called intelligent world has been completely duped by a bunch of idiots. Or people we have all dismissed as idiots, while Paul Ryan smugly sits watching and laughing at it all. The clips of Sessions literally accusing himself of something he wasn't even asked for fecks sake. He was obviously so guilty and he knew the Russia connection would come up and he panicked. He also did the thing he does where he has that embarrassed smile when he's caught lying or talking about something uncomfortable. Then Carter Page lying too and Manafort completely bottling it when asked about Russian connections and basically landing Trump right in it, but so far it all seems to have been ignored, trivialised or forgotten and John Oliver did what he does so well and throws it all in everyone's face. It's insane how Trump and co are getting away with it all, it's all so blatant.
Then we have the second half and the amusing, completely surreal yet very touching and emotional interview with the Dalai Lama. Damn! You American's need to educate yourselves about someone you admire so much ffs. If everyone who says they admire and respect him actually knew what he does and fights for and decided to help then maybe Tibet wouldn't be in the shit it has been since the 1950's and the Dalai Lama wouldn't have to spend his life hiding out in a remote part of India. I've seen many interviews with the Dalai Lama but none like that with John Oliver, it brought out his compassion and showed his great intelligence that most people know he had, and showed he also has an amazing sense of humour too. It's probably one of the best interviews I have seen with him and is definitely the highlight of the TV year so far. Excellent journalism that goes straight to the heart of the matter all mixed with some incredible humour.
If anyone hasn't seen the episode yet I cannot recommend it strongly enough.
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Rams most if not all his companies products were made abroad EVEN in Mexico
@Raoul on Bill Maher Real Time this (last week) your favourite Trump surrogate, Jeffrey Lord.
Yeah saw that. Everyone's favorite cuddly right winger.
Definitely gonna have to watch the Dalai Lama interview. I try to watch everything that guy does on TV.
Ugh. It's awful, although he really didn't like being laughed at. Bill said he was brave but the way he ducked every question was cowardly, he really didn't sound any different to Trump tbh.
Me too, loved his appearance on the Aussie Masterchef too, just shows how down to earth he is (bad Buddhist joke there) Hope you enjoy his Last Week Tonight appearance
Bill Maher and the late night shows are part of the problem. At best, they are not part of the solution. We, liberals (or leaning liberals), should go to vote instead of making jokes about Trump, his people and those who support him (like Jeff Lord).
Ellen and Dubya go way back.
Assange at it again....
Oil!
I completely disagree and don't think one has anything to do with the other. I think a lot of these shows offer the best and most honest way for people to get the news and most often the actual truth about things. Some of the topics on Last Week Tonight and The Daily show or late show some of the talk on the Bill Maher panels is excellent and very informative too. If only some of the news shows and papers concentrated on investigating like you see on most of the satirical comedy shows then maybe people would be more informed. It certainly feels that in this day and age news organisations are all about getting the story first, consuming it and then moving swiftly on to the next one and especially on CNN and Fox they seem to just go round in circles all the time. More reporting than investigating. It's also good to laugh.
I do agree with that more people need to go out and vote though, and also they should learn and go out and vote before just going out to vote because someone like Trump is in power. They should always vote to ensure someone like him never gets in to power in the first place. Voter apathy is disgusting, but people get complacent or confused, and lazy. Obama had everyone in some kind of trance, everyone was so used to feeling safe and things were almost normal all the time, no wars, strong economy, mostly good foreign relations. That's the best message for the Democrats, and one they needed to get out there to keep the status quo but they also need to start shouting louder and getting a message across better.
I completely disagree and don't think one has anything to do with the other. I think a lot of these shows offer the best and most honest way for people to get the news and most often the actual truth about things. Some of the topics on Last Week Tonight and The Daily show or late show some of the talk on the Bill Maher panels is excellent and very informative too. If only some of the news shows and papers concentrated on investigating like you see on most of the satirical comedy shows then maybe people would be more informed. It certainly feels that in this day and age news organisations are all about getting the story first, consuming it and then moving swiftly on to the next one and especially on CNN and Fox they seem to just go round in circles all the time. More reporting than investigating. It's also good to laugh.
I do agree with that more people need to go out and vote though, and also they should learn and go out and vote before just going out to vote because someone like Trump is in power. They should always vote to ensure someone like him never gets in to power in the first place. Voter apathy is disgusting, but people get complacent or confused, and lazy. Obama had everyone in some kind of trance, everyone was so used to feeling safe and things were almost normal all the time, no wars, strong economy, mostly good foreign relations. That's the best message for the Democrats, and one they needed to get out there to keep the status quo but they also need to start shouting louder and getting a message across better.
Wasn't he another public persona built up by Oprah?
This has to be fake news, surely, right?
http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/06/donal...at-has-an-embarrassing-mistake-on-it-6492003/
The biggest con of this is charging $50 for a fecking hat.
http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/06/donal...at-has-an-embarrassing-mistake-on-it-6492003/
The biggest con of this is charging $50 for a fecking hat.
I can't wait for the MAGA Cinco de Mayo capsThis has to be fake news, surely, right?
http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/06/donal...at-has-an-embarrassing-mistake-on-it-6492003/
The biggest con of this is charging $50 for a fecking hat.
This has to be fake news, surely, right?
http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/06/donal...at-has-an-embarrassing-mistake-on-it-6492003/
The biggest con of this is charging $50 for a fecking hat.
Excellent, now you can add Ireland to the list of countries he has pissed off. I should imagine that goes down well on this board that has a YUGE Irish community.
Not that I can be arsed looking myself but it would be interesting to see if there's any correlation between Trump's more outrageous twitter outbursts/behaviour and the GOP attempting to squeak one or two controversial bills through without too much media fuss.
This wire tap stuff looks like a diversion to me. I mean it's just complete bollocks, isn't it?
This wire tap stuff looks like a diversion to me. I mean it's just complete bollocks, isn't it?
He used it to distract from the accusations against Sessions, so you are partly right
Of course! Everything he does is diversion. A lot of it is also projection too, each time he has a go at someone it's usually when he is doing or has done the exact same thing. The wire tapping was to take the attention away from Russia as that is the big story. Also, Trumpcare is causing major problems and with his cuts to the EPA he is getting a lot of shit, and it's going to get worse. People are REALLY pissed off and righty so. One thing is for sure and that is with people angry about healthcare the environment and the press all over the Russia story, things are going to get a lot worse for Trump over the coming weeks.
The Lie of ‘Rebuilding’ the Military
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/...t-entitlement-spending-john-mccain-paul-ryan/
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/...t-entitlement-spending-john-mccain-paul-ryan/
Feck me! Corruption at it's finest. That should be all over the news. It's also, dumb, lazy, unprofessional, extremely incompetent, and very disturbing.
Melania must have written it.
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