The Many Faces of US Politics...

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RedHand88

Quote from: theskull1 on November 16, 2024, 11:43:58 AMTo know who rules, figure out who you can't criticize.

PRO ISRAEL GENOCIDE SUPPORTING US POLITICIANS TRYING TO PASS THE ANTISEMITISM AWARENESS ACT BY BURYING IT IN THE 2025 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL

You are annoyed you won't be able to be xenophobic towards a demographic without repercussions.

It's a bit weird.

theskull1

People calling supporters of Israel 'Genocide Supporters' need to be rounded up.

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armaghniac

Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 11:42:12 AMInteresting (and accurate) take on why the Democrats lost the election
https://x.com/billmaher/status/1857635615031934984

Oh I don't know, perhaps there is something to be said for another gender?
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Blowitupref

Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 11:42:12 AMInteresting (and accurate) take on why the Democrats lost the election

https://x.com/billmaher/status/1857635615031934984



Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Maher before the election had himself convinced Trump would lose.

https://www.instagram.com/billmaher/reel/DABhJRVOEp_/?hl=en
Is the ref going to finally blow his whistle?... No, he's going to blow his nose

whitey

Quote from: Blowitupref on November 16, 2024, 05:07:34 PM
Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 11:42:12 AMInteresting (and accurate) take on why the Democrats lost the election

https://x.com/billmaher/status/1857635615031934984



Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Maher before the election had himself convinced Trump would lose.

https://www.instagram.com/billmaher/reel/DABhJRVOEp_/?hl=en

Do you disagree with anything he said in the clip I posted up?

Blowitupref

Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 05:43:19 PM
Quote from: Blowitupref on November 16, 2024, 05:07:34 PM
Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 11:42:12 AMInteresting (and accurate) take on why the Democrats lost the election

https://x.com/billmaher/status/1857635615031934984



Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Maher before the election had himself convinced Trump would lose.

https://www.instagram.com/billmaher/reel/DABhJRVOEp_/?hl=en

Do you disagree with anything he said in the clip I posted up?

A lot of what he said was there when Biden beat Trump and when Clinton beat him in the popular vote.  Filmmaker Michael Moore was another before the election claiming Trump was toast as he thought Harris would get a huge woman vote. 

What he's said since.  "It's possible that history may be kinder to us if, next time, the working class doesn't see our candidate campaigning with Wall Street billionaires. Or having to watch the campaign celebrate being endorsed by war criminals."

"The first step in counteracting Trump's crusade of cruelty, hatred, bigotry, misogyny, ignorance and fear is for each of us, in our daily lives, to be kind."



Is the ref going to finally blow his whistle?... No, he's going to blow his nose

whitey

Quote from: Blowitupref on November 16, 2024, 06:52:18 PM
Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 05:43:19 PM
Quote from: Blowitupref on November 16, 2024, 05:07:34 PM
Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 11:42:12 AMInteresting (and accurate) take on why the Democrats lost the election

https://x.com/billmaher/status/1857635615031934984



Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Maher before the election had himself convinced Trump would lose.

https://www.instagram.com/billmaher/reel/DABhJRVOEp_/?hl=en

Do you disagree with anything he said in the clip I posted up?

A lot of what he said was there when Biden beat Trump and when Clinton beat him in the popular vote.  Filmmaker Michael Moore was another before the election claiming Trump was toast as he thought Harris would get a huge woman vote. 

What he's said since.  "It's possible that history may be kinder to us if, next time, the working class doesn't see our candidate campaigning with Wall Street billionaires. Or having to watch the campaign celebrate being endorsed by war criminals."

"The first step in counteracting Trump's crusade of cruelty, hatred, bigotry, misogyny, ignorance and fear is for each of us, in our daily lives, to be kind."





So I'll ask again-do you agree or disagree with what Bill Maher said in the clip?

Blowitupref

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Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 07:14:29 PM
Quote from: Blowitupref on November 16, 2024, 06:52:18 PM
Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 05:43:19 PM
Quote from: Blowitupref on November 16, 2024, 05:07:34 PM
Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 11:42:12 AMInteresting (and accurate) take on why the Democrats lost the election

https://x.com/billmaher/status/1857635615031934984



Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Maher before the election had himself convinced Trump would lose.

https://www.instagram.com/billmaher/reel/DABhJRVOEp_/?hl=en

Do you disagree with anything he said in the clip I posted up?

A lot of what he said was there when Biden beat Trump and when Clinton beat him in the popular vote.  Filmmaker Michael Moore was another before the election claiming Trump was toast as he thought Harris would get a huge woman vote. 

What he's said since.  "It's possible that history may be kinder to us if, next time, the working class doesn't see our candidate campaigning with Wall Street billionaires. Or having to watch the campaign celebrate being endorsed by war criminals."

"The first step in counteracting Trump's crusade of cruelty, hatred, bigotry, misogyny, ignorance and fear is for each of us, in our daily lives, to be kind."





So I'll ask again-do you agree or disagree with what Bill Maher said in the clip?

Bits agree with while taking into account Maher uses comic content for his viewers and he's full hindsight after he called it wrong pre-election.

Is the ref going to finally blow his whistle?... No, he's going to blow his nose

Captain Obvious

Quote from: armaghniac on November 16, 2024, 03:01:23 PM
Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 11:42:12 AMInteresting (and accurate) take on why the Democrats lost the election
https://x.com/billmaher/status/1857635615031934984

Oh I don't know, perhaps there is something to be said for another gender?

A candidate with the mixture of both genders might be the winning ticket the next time?

J70

Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 11:42:12 AMInteresting (and accurate) take on why the Democrats lost the election

https://x.com/billmaher/status/1857635615031934984



I think it's a fairly good summary; this election tipped on inflation and the border. On inflation, I think the Dems paid the same price many other incumbent governments, both right and left, did and I don't think there's a whole lot they could have done differently. Border, different story. They've lost that debate and Trump has won it, for better or worse, depending on how far he takes it.

The transgender stuff - that's a f**king Pandora's Box and, I'm sorry to say, a gift to the right. Issue affecting a miniscule number of people combined with a mind-numbingly dumb piece of pandering in 2019 coming back to bite Harris on the arse. I'm all for living and let live, pretty indifferent to the sports issue and well up for a philosophical debate on the topic, but it's not a hill I'm willing to die on when it comes to politics and other competing, more important issues.

seafoid

Quote from: J70 on November 18, 2024, 04:59:26 PM
Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 11:42:12 AMInteresting (and accurate) take on why the Democrats lost the election

https://x.com/billmaher/status/1857635615031934984



I think it's a fairly good summary; this election tipped on inflation and the border. On inflation, I think the Dems paid the same price many other incumbent governments, both right and left, did and I don't think there's a whole lot they could have done differently. Border, different story. They've lost that debate and Trump has won it, for better or worse, depending on how far he takes it.

The transgender stuff - that's a f**king Pandora's Box and, I'm sorry to say, a gift to the right. Issue affecting a miniscule number of people combined with a mind-numbingly dumb piece of pandering in 2019 coming back to bite Harris on the arse. I'm all for living and let live, pretty indifferent to the sports issue and well up for a philosophical debate on the topic, but it's not a hill I'm willing to die on when it comes to politics and other competing, more important issues.
Prices are 30% higher than in 2019 and won`t be coming down. Trump won't fix anything for Joe Soap

seafoid

https://www.ft.com/content/6d0484e8-e65f-478d-8548-4e3aa37ed339

The US will bear the brunt of any attempt by president-elect Donald Trump to decouple economically from China, a senior Beijing adviser has warned, citing the reliance on low-cost Chinese parts of American manufacturers including the defence industry. Trump's plan to raise tariffs to 60 per cent would halve US GDP growth and Chinese suppliers would seek to evade the levies by rerouting products through other countries, said Ding Yifan, a researcher at a think-tank affiliated with China's cabinet, the State Council.

Captain Obvious

Quote from: seafoid on November 18, 2024, 05:06:50 PM
Quote from: J70 on November 18, 2024, 04:59:26 PM
Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 11:42:12 AMInteresting (and accurate) take on why the Democrats lost the election

https://x.com/billmaher/status/1857635615031934984



I think it's a fairly good summary; this election tipped on inflation and the border. On inflation, I think the Dems paid the same price many other incumbent governments, both right and left, did and I don't think there's a whole lot they could have done differently. Border, different story. They've lost that debate and Trump has won it, for better or worse, depending on how far he takes it.

The transgender stuff - that's a f**king Pandora's Box and, I'm sorry to say, a gift to the right. Issue affecting a miniscule number of people combined with a mind-numbingly dumb piece of pandering in 2019 coming back to bite Harris on the arse. I'm all for living and let live, pretty indifferent to the sports issue and well up for a philosophical debate on the topic, but it's not a hill I'm willing to die on when it comes to politics and other competing, more important issues.
Prices are 30% higher than in 2019 and won`t be coming down. Trump won't fix anything for Joe Soap


Bernie Sanders called it 21 years ago. 

https://x.com/BaileyCarlin/status/1854340417761775741 

seafoid

Quote from: Captain Obvious on November 18, 2024, 05:38:04 PM
Quote from: seafoid on November 18, 2024, 05:06:50 PM
Quote from: J70 on November 18, 2024, 04:59:26 PM
Quote from: whitey on November 16, 2024, 11:42:12 AMInteresting (and accurate) take on why the Democrats lost the election

https://x.com/billmaher/status/1857635615031934984



I think it's a fairly good summary; this election tipped on inflation and the border. On inflation, I think the Dems paid the same price many other incumbent governments, both right and left, did and I don't think there's a whole lot they could have done differently. Border, different story. They've lost that debate and Trump has won it, for better or worse, depending on how far he takes it.

The transgender stuff - that's a f**king Pandora's Box and, I'm sorry to say, a gift to the right. Issue affecting a miniscule number of people combined with a mind-numbingly dumb piece of pandering in 2019 coming back to bite Harris on the arse. I'm all for living and let live, pretty indifferent to the sports issue and well up for a philosophical debate on the topic, but it's not a hill I'm willing to die on when it comes to politics and other competing, more important issues.
Prices are 30% higher than in 2019 and won`t be coming down. Trump won't fix anything for Joe Soap


Bernie Sanders called it 21 years ago. 

https://x.com/BaileyCarlin/status/1854340417761775741 


So did George Carlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT03vCaL-F0

armaghniac

I see that Musk has fallen out with some of the Trump's long time toadies. Who saw that coming? Apparently, he is trying to influence Trump to renege on his universal tariffs. Now that is a turn up for the books.
Will it all even last until January.
MAGA Make Armagh Great Again