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    #7652
    johnnyryan89
    Registered Users Posts: 8,735 ✭✭✭johnnyryan89


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Can Biden take him down, I think if Cuomo or Mrs. Obama ran they would get in

    Possibly, think a lot of people in America are calling for a vote blue no matter who they choose to run against Trump. I know a few who voted Gary Johnson when Clinton was chosen ahead of Sanders, and I'd say there was a lot more that did that. Johnson received over 3m more votes in '16 than he did in '12, and it was the highest vote count for a third presidential candidate since '96. Same people I know are now voting for whoever gets the democratic nomination in the hopes that Trump doesn't get re-elected.

    Had Biden ran for president in 2016 I think he would have beaten Trump, the good public image he had at the time from being Obama's VP would have helped him massively.


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    #7653
    johnnyryan89
    Registered Users Posts: 8,735 ✭✭✭johnnyryan89


    CastorTroy wrote: »
    Think this time people won't rely on others to vote. Wasn't the problem last time that people thought Trump would lose and so didn't bother voting? Same as happened with Brexit.
    At least I think that was the excuse given.

    Actually this was the third highest turnout for an election since the '60s. '08 had a higher turnout and '04 had the same percentage turnout as 2016 with a 55.7% turnout.


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    #7654
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,877 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    It's a crazy owl time

    Virus
    Racism incidents all over the world
    The sad truth about Madeleine McCann coming out slowly


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    #7655
    Furious-Red
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,886 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    It's a crazy owl time

    Virus
    Racism incidents all over the world
    The sad truth about Madeleine McCann coming out slowly

    Add the chance that Trump could be relected


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    #7656
    hynesie08
    Registered Users Posts: 9,708 ✭✭✭hynesie08


    Trump is going to absolutely walk that election and it's not even going to be close....... He could boil a kettle on election night and be back in the white house before the waters cold.


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    #7657
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,426 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    hynesie08 wrote: »
    Trump is going to absolutely walk that election and it's not even going to be close....... He could boil a kettle on election night and be back in the white house before the waters cold.

    Even Fox's polls are showing Trump losing badly to Biden. CNN's latest has him 14 points down currently.

    The last two weeks have been an utter disaster for him.

    He might swing it back to be a bit close, but there's zero chance he's going to "walk the election".

    Now, the bigger issue is that he was more than willing to deliegitimze the election he actually won. When he loses, he's going to throw an absolute fit and claim it was rigged against him. That's when the real fun will begin, because it will be interesting to see how the Republican party actually deal with that.


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    #7658
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    hynesie08 wrote: »
    Trump is going to absolutely walk that election and it's not even going to be close....... He could boil a kettle on election night and be back in the white house before the waters cold.

    Have you got a crystal ball that you can see 5 months down the line?
    Lord TSC wrote: »
    Even Fox's polls are showing Trump losing badly to Biden. CNN's latest has him 14 points down currently.

    The last two weeks have been an utter disaster for him.

    He might swing it back to be a bit close, but there's zero chance he's going to "walk the election".

    Now, the bigger issue is that he was more than willing to deliegitimze the election he actually won. When he loses, he's going to throw an absolute fit and claim it was rigged against him. That's when the real fun will begin, because it will be interesting to see how the Republican party actually deal with that.

    If there's anything to be learned from the 2016 Presidential Election, it's that polls aren't really to be trusted/used to guess which way an election will ultimately swing. Hillary was by all accounts on track to be the first Female President until well, she wasn't.

    Now IF Trump loses in November, the chaos will be ramped up even further (is that even possible?) than it is, and he'll make it an absolute hell to work with in transition with the next Administration.

    And according to the U.S Constitution, IF and it's a big IF, the election is somehow suspended, Trump would still be out of job come January 20th 2021.


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    #7659
    sky88
    Registered Users Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    work with a lot of americans who are convinced hell get in again cause as they say theres a lot of people who vote for will never admit outside there house

    i was fully convinced hed get in but yea the last few weeks have been a huge hit but i still about 60% sure hell get in again


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    #7660
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,837 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Sure how many were saying he'd be gone within his first year, then his second?


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    #7661
    hynesie08
    Registered Users Posts: 9,708 ✭✭✭hynesie08


    Lord TSC wrote: »
    Even Fox's polls are showing Trump losing badly to Biden. CNN's latest has him 14 points down currently.

    The last two weeks have been an utter disaster for him.

    He might swing it back to be a bit close, but there's zero chance he's going to "walk the election".

    Now, the bigger issue is that he was more than willing to deliegitimze the election he actually won. When he loses, he's going to throw an absolute fit and claim it was rigged against him. That's when the real fun will begin, because it will be interesting to see how the Republican party actually deal with that.

    I fell for all of this last time, oh he's behind in the polls, only idiots will vote for him etc

    I go to the states 2-3 times a year and I've lost count of the amount of people who I've talked to in bars who've said some variation of "I don't like him but there's more money in my pocket because construction/hotels/whatever is up, ignoring that it's not trumps policies that caused it. Same thing that kept ff in until they drove the country off a cliff.

    With coronavirus, trump is the one screaming to open the economy, putting all the heat on governers, look at all the Karen's out protesting for the hairdressers to open and the armed militias storming the minneapolis governers office, who do you think has their vote.

    The Democrats also have a knack of picking people who are more unlikeable than trump, Biden is already making the mistake of trying to tear down trump rather than build himself up, and getting into a shouting match with trump never ends well.

    There's also the silent majority, much as we'd all like to think of the majority of Americans as forward thinking people who debate john Oliver sketches, there are a ridiculous number who aren't anywhere near that, and trump has a way of sweeping those people up.

    Lads, I genuinely hope I'm wrong here, and that I'll watch the inauguration with a beer and laugh as 45 is dragged away by security...... But I think he's going to win, and I don't think it's even going to be close.


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    #7662
    Furious-Red
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,886 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    Yea the polls totally backfired for the Democrats last time as people said they were voting for Hillary as they were terrified to say Trump because they would get attacked which meant people thought a sure i dont need to vote because Hillary will walk it. Personally i would have ran Biden in 2016 as i think he would have gotten more votes (no if it would have been enough to topple trump we will never know) and he was coming off the Obama regime.

    Having said that i do now agree that Biden will find it tough to beat Trump even with all thats going on although whoever wins will probably be up against Michelle Obama in 2024(if she decides to run). The age of Biden and Trump is a massive issue with both men well into their 70's. As said if Trump is defeated you can guarantee he will scream and shout all the way till he ends his term and well beyond that, Crooked Democrats/Sleepy Joe etc

    Id love to say the way Trump has handled the Virus and now the protests it would mean he is definitely going to loose it just wont be as easy as that as you will defend him whatever he does and he can do no wrong LITERALLY.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzDhm808oU4


    As Hynesie said Trump was clever in saying he wants his economy to be the first one open and also to open all churches for people to pray(as they are a massive demographic for him) and people will want that whether Republican or Democrat as they want money in their pockets since they dont have the likes of social welfare like we do. As much as i love going to America(planning on a holiday next year) and have friends who live there i never understand why they only have 2 candidates going for president as lot of people who may not be a fan of either candidate will nearly flip a coin and pick the lesser of two evils(which is exactly how Trump got elected last time against Hillary as people slightly prefered him over her)

    I hope he doesnt get elected but i think its going to be tight either way.


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    #7663
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    He said it himself in during the 2016 election, so no matter what he says or does (and there's a lot), he'll still have his crowd.
    I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters


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    #7664
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,837 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    I said it at the time but it just reminded me of the Simpsons when they had a vote, all changing "Vote no" followed by news report "A resounding Yes"


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    #7665
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,877 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Joshua vs Fury

    Now that's a match


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    #7666
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,342 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    No interest in watching them promote the Kinahans and sports wash a family that is destroying this country with drugs and murder.


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    #7667
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Question is, how the **** did he manage to pull off that boxing match?


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    #7668
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,342 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Money lots of drug and blood money taken from the lives of the families his family destroyed.


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    #7669
    Pentecost
    Registered Users Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Pentecost


    Boxing has always been crooked as feck. Money will get you anything and nobody involved is too fussy about where it comes from.


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    #7670
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Fair point, but let me put it another way, how the **** did a mob boss turned boxing promoter, manage to outmaneuver BOTH Eddie Hearn & Frank Warren? When it comes to boxing promoters, those are the 2 I think of, not Daniel Kinahan.

    Could they not have made the fight happen without his involvement?


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    #7671
    Pentecost
    Registered Users Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Pentecost


    He most likely has access to a lot more money than they do. Both from his own endeavours and also the Arab connections he appears to have made.


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    #7672
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 85,267 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    I'm running my first game if anyone wants to partake please, much appreciated

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/show...p?t=2058085374
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #7673
    johnnyryan89
    Registered Users Posts: 8,735 ✭✭✭johnnyryan89


    Lithium93_ wrote: »
    Fair point, but let me put it another way, how the **** did a mob boss turned boxing promoter, manage to outmaneuver BOTH Eddie Hearn & Frank Warren? When it comes to boxing promoters, those are the 2 I think of, not Daniel Kinahan.

    Could they not have made the fight happen without his involvement?

    They could have, though Fury is signed up with MTK as his advisors and the only thing that concerns promoters is money. I bet someone earned a pretty penny so DK could get his name front and centre as a "legitimate business person". Will earn him plenty of clean money and Hearn or whoever will get an extra large brown envelope for helping to facilitate it.


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    #7674
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,877 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Anyone going too buy the ps5

    Not a big gamer and bought a ps4 on launch and only used it id say a handful of times a year.

    I'll wait and see I suppose


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    #7675
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,426 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Anyone going too buy the ps5

    Not a big gamer and bought a ps4 on launch and only used it id say a handful of times a year.

    I'll wait and see I suppose

    Me and my brother are big gamers and tend to split the costs, so probably be a day one purchase for us. Same with the Xbox.

    He's way more into the PS exclusives though. Not much announced yet that would massively excite me.


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    #7676
    SureYWouldntYa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭SureYWouldntYa


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Anyone going too buy the ps5

    Not a big gamer and bought a ps4 on launch and only used it id say a handful of times a year.

    I'll wait and see I suppose

    If Spiderman or Horizon is out day 1 then I'll definitely be day 1

    Same as TSC I used to split the console cost with the brother, fecker dropped late for the PS4 and couldn't afford it by myself so didn't get it til the following christmas so would love to get it this year as soon as


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    #7677
    J. Marston
    Registered Users Posts: 23,114 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Should never internet diagnose kids but google tells me my rotator cuff is fúcked. Can't lift my arm above my head without agony.


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    #7678
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,877 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Doing CompTIA A+1000 Series course through ecollage and by god its hard

    Never studied stuff like motherboards, Port numbers and stuff like that

    Mock Exams are pretty complicated

    At the end of the day its free and i can take my time learning it


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    #7679
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    I'll be waiting a while before buying the PS5. There's life in the PS4 yet. Only recently got my hands on a copy of Red Dead Redemption II.


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    #7680
    SureYWouldntYa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭SureYWouldntYa


    Lithium93_ wrote: »
    I'll be waiting a while before buying the PS5. There's life in the PS4 yet. Only recently got my hands on a copy of Red Dead Redemption II.

    That's you occupied til Summerslam so, the sort of game where you just get absolutely sucked into the world and start to believe you're Arthur Morgan


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    #7681
    jaykhunter
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 12,013 Mod ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    Appreciate the happy birthday thread title! Shame can't really go anywhere but it was nice of Ireland to open up right beforehand, lol. First time getting takeout during all this. Hope ye are all doing alright, things are starting to look up :)


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