pixelburp wrote: » Too many discussions on Islam do not make this tacit acknowledgment, note the distinction of there being subsets and variations of Islamic belief; while often a lazy, hostile strawman is quickly invoked as a battering ram as to why Islam is incompatible with "Western" culture, in whatever form that's meant during the argument. And if that's not invoked, you'll get whataboutery to castigate the relative lay people along the lines of "well, why don't the good/normal Muslims protest against the extremists" (they do, but it's hand waved away) See After Hours on this very site to see this kind of mentality.
pixelburp wrote: » I saw AOC's impromptu press conference as she left in a car; it's rare to see a politician genuinely enraged as much as she clearly was. She. Was. P*ssed. And as she remarked, what she saw was while everyone was on 'best behaviour' for the appearance of a member of Congress. It's all well and good chattering about when this policy started and there are those that's say "Oh but Obama started it...", to which the response must surely be ... so what if he did? It doesn't change the guilt by association for any President with a conscience to allow this disgusting, inhumane treatment to continue. Trumps is choosing to allow this institutionalised inhumanity to continue. They are Concentration Camps and fair play to AOC for calling them out as this - especially once the disingenuous started quibbling over the (actually accurate) language. Still believe AOC's honeymoon will come crashing down at some point, she'll eventually lose the shine of righteousness once <insert scandal here> occurs, but in the meantime I gotta admire her bullish, no-f*cks-given approach. She's part of a rotten system and seems unafraid to call it out. Her savvy social media presence and - let's be honest here - youthful good looks, is getting the message across; I can see why the GOP are obsessed with her.
Matt Barrett wrote: » It seems to be a case of Trump wanting to be seen to be a deal maker even if there is no deal or a bad one.
mcmoustache wrote: » It's the same with everything. Trump knows his base and he knows that if he is shown crossing the DMZ that his supporters will think that something of substance was achieved. While he might be ignorant of a lot of things, he understands his base better than most and acts accordingly. Those whiny tweets, those attacks on Kapaernik, the easily disproven lies, the central park five nonsense, the "emergency" at the border - those aren't a serious effort to bring people to his side. That's Trump giving his base what they want. It's also Trump revealing what he thinks of them. Now, back to Trump's "historic" moment, at least according to himself and his base. If only there was a way to compare his achievement with that of his predecessors. That way, we could tell whether this was anything of substance or just Trump playing to his base.
Matt Barrett wrote: » Good commentary by a lad the other day, (if I find a link). Basically talking on how Trump is aggressive and argumentative with traditional allies yet gives compliments to the likes of the Saudis, Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping. It's possible it's some kind of tactic but the word is N.K will be allowed keep some nukes and both China and Putin do what they like while Trump jokes with and compliments them. It seems to be a case of Trump wanting to be seen to be a deal maker even if there is no deal or a bad one.
rossie1977 wrote: » She the smartest politican in the US and the right wing obsession in trying to tear her down is only succeeding in giving her free advertising.
RIGOLO wrote: » Id imagine the residents of her borough who lost out on that Amazon multi- billion dollar investment are starting to wonder just how intelligent she is .. She has a degree in econmics but ended up as a bartender , and she had the neck to call Ivanka Trump " unqualified " when in fact Ivanka has been invovled in business since an early age, runs a number of her own businesses , has an MBA from Wharton and has conducted herself extremely well on the world stage in the last 2 years . AOC and her Green NEW DEAL .. the one that every Democrat rejected with 3 democrats voting AGAINST it and the other 43 voting 'PRESENT' but not for it .. She isnt a smart politician she is just ticking the main stream media boxes for now, she wont last long..
ancapailldorcha wrote: » I don't to be honest. Trumpism is effectively a cult of personality and that personality is constrained to two presidential terms. It's possible that Trump may groom a successor but whether or not that individual will have the same appeal remains to be seen.I think time will show that Trump's approach will not solve any problems long term. Denying climate change and frustrating states' attempts to tackle it will merely exacerbate the situation which will in turn have a knock-on effect on migration. Without bold action on climate change worldwide then we're going to see a lot more mass migration as people abandon their desolate holdings and move to pastures new. Trump has shown no indication whatsoever that he's even thought about this at all. Instead, he denies climate change and postures for his faithful supporters. When Trumpism fails to show results it will begin to wither and die. The best we can hope for is that the succeeding ideology is more progressive both in terms of addressing migration and climate change as well as tackling inequality in the US.
batgoat wrote: » Ivanka Trump is involved in business since a young age because she has a rich father with multiple businesses. Meanwhile Cortez literally worked her way up to the position she's in through graft.
Stop moaning ffs wrote: » She’s been given more oxegen and coverage by ranting and obviously fear of her from the GOP and it’s Members. They’re doing more for her career than anything. Ivanka being trumps daughter. Is. Not. A. Qualification. Does she even have any degrees? Apart from those from the failed trump college
RIGOLO wrote: » You seem to have forgotten the war of words between Trump and Kim Jong... where he called him 'Little Rocket Man ' ... And your also ignoring the extra 1500 more troops to Germany , the biggest shipment of tanks since the cold war to the Russian border, the bulking up of Balkans defensice positions and the sale of offensive JAVELIN missile systems to the Ukraine , as well as multiple economic and banking sanctions on Russia citizens etc etc The facts dont back up your narrative....
RIGOLO wrote: » Your chart was obviously written by someone who was ignoring the facts... NK has had 6 Nuclear tests 1 in 2006 approx 2 KiloTon - BUSH II 1 in 2009 approx 5 kiloton - OBAMA I 1 in 2013 approx 12 kiloton - OBAMA I 2 in 2016 16 kiloton - OBAMA II and 25 kiloton - OBAMA II So Im not sure how you can tick Obama as having gotten a Nuclear Testing Freeze when in his 8 years of office NK, had 4 nuclear tests, spread over 7 of his 8 years going from 5 kiloton to 25 kiloton ..
pixelburp wrote: » Except if your Ivanka apparently.
RIGOLO wrote: » So much for misogyny..The US Delegation at the G20 Summit was the only delegation that had an ALL FEMALE NEGOTIATING TEAM ...
RIGOLO wrote: » As we all know in American elections you need ALOT of money . Trump has just raked in over 100million for his campaign, he has aligned his campaign funding with RNC funding and between them they have over 100 million collected in the second quarter. This will all bode well for 2020 . Effectively Trump is almost raising more money than ALL of the Democratic candidates combined. And we can expect this fund raising to snowball and grow . The GOP Republicans raise $51 MILLION, meanwhile the DNC is nearly underwater with debts of $6million and less than $8 million in the bank ...Trump campaign, RNC raise $105 million in second quarterhttps://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/02/politics/republican-national-committee-trump-fundraising-second-quarter/index.html
Donald TRump has raised over $35 MILLION dollars since launching his campaign , bringing to over $40 million the total amount he has available. Just goes to show what a successful businessman can do . All the anti-TRumpers were getting excited a few weeks back about Bernies 22million and posting how Bernie was trouncing Trump in the fund raising stakes, they missed the kind of important fact that TRump hadnt launched his campaign yet. Donald fundraising is making bernie look like a poor relation. I expect the $22 million Bernie has is a waste of money , Bernie aint going to win the nomination , not to mind the election. Looks like the TRump Campaign will have a healthy war chest to spread the news about the TRump Administration great achievements in the run up to 2020. As for the Democrats NAtional party finances ... they are embarrassing for the Democrats. All that backing from Hollywood, all the main stream news and celebrity endorsements and the partys finances are in big trouble ..https://ballotpedia.org/Party_commit...ing,_2019-2020 The DNC 6 million in debt and only 8million in cash... whilst the RNC has 37million in cash and no debt. Committee Receipts Disbursements Cash on hand Debt owed DNC $34,344,125 $35,785,375 $8,264,547 $5,984,996 RNC $76,383,932 $62,854,690 $37,030,804 $0
mcmoustache wrote: » So while his predecessors managed to get NK to agree to more deals that they reneged on, Trump has only managed one of those.
peddlelies wrote: » So it's a dig at Trump to say he hasn't signed worthless deals with NK? You can do better than that.
RIGOLO wrote: » US Military is back on track, US Economy is back on track US Employment rates are at or near their best ever , especially for black and asians The stock market is at or near an all time high, NK is at the negotiating table US - China trade continues to balance US - EU trade continues to rebalance US manufacturing jobs have increased 5 million less people on foodstamps ...looks to me like he has solved alot of problems ... As for climate change ... Name 4 coutries who signed the Paris Climate accord who have reduced their Carbon Emissions in the intervening years ? Name the nations who have signed hte Paris Climate accord with the fastest growing CO2 emissions rate ?
