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    We really need a thread devoted so some of the more ridiculous things this man has said. This one just came across my news feed:

    I didn't see the report from the intelligence. When you read it, it is a lot different than what is covered in the news."


    Somehow, he doesn't seem to find the second sentence odd in the context of the first. Maybe he gets them read to him.
    The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

    I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

  • #2
    I think it's safe to say that Trump lives rent free in your head.
    Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
    But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
    Than a fool in the eyes of God


    From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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    • #3
      Wasn't it Trump who said that the media has been doing a wonderful, excellent, beautiful job at reconciling differences and unifying this nation so that political parties would not be set at such odds against each other?

      How crazy is that idea?
      Last edited by mikewhitney; 01-31-2019, 07:38 PM.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
        I think it's safe to say that Trump lives rent free in your head.
        These days - he lives rent free in the collective psyche of America.
        The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

        I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

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        • #5
          Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
          Wasn't it Trump who said that the media has been doing a wonderful, excellent, beautiful job at reconciling differences and unifying this nation so that political parties would not be set at such odds against each other?

          How crazy is that idea?
          I would love to see when/where he said that. As far as I know, Trump has been on a tear against the 4th estate since the beginning of his campaign - perhaps before.
          The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

          I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

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          • #6
            Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post
            These days - he lives rent free in the collective psyche of America.
            There you go projecting again.
            Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
            But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
            Than a fool in the eyes of God


            From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
              There you go projecting again.
              I actually don't need to project - I can just read and listen to the news - follow my facebook feed - read the various sites I visit - listen to conversations in my classroom - on the train and plane and everywhere else I go - and the reality is fairly evident: Trump is a significant focus for many, many Americans - hence the observation.

              But then again - you're probably just in denial.
              The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

              I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

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              • #8
                Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post
                We really need a thread devoted so some of the more ridiculous things this man has said. This one just came across my news feed:

                I didn't see the report from the intelligence. When you read it, it is a lot different than what is covered in the news."


                Somehow, he doesn't seem to find the second sentence odd in the context of the first. Maybe he gets them read to him.
                What is the broader context? You need to provide links to quotes so we can see for ourselves. Maybe he was talking about not seeing it before hearing about it in the news then he read it.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                  What is the broader context? You need to provide links to quotes so we can see for ourselves. Maybe he was talking about not seeing it before hearing about it in the news then he read it.
                  Sorry - my bad. Here it is.
                  The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

                  I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

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                  • #10
                    Here's a particular favorite:

                    Originally posted by Trump
                    As far as the cyber, I agree to parts of what Secretary Clinton said. We should be better than anybody else, and perhaps we’re not. I don’t think anybody knows that it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She’s saying Russia, Russia, Russia—I don't, maybe it was. I mean, it could be Russia, but it could also be China. It could also be lots of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, okay?

                    ...

                    We came in with the Internet. We came up with the Internet. And I think Secretary Clinton and myself would agree very much, when you look at what ISIS is doing with the Internet, they’re beating us at our own game. ISIS.

                    So we had to get very, very tough on cyber and cyber warfare. It is a huge problem. I have a son—he’s 10 years old. He has computers. He is so good with these computers. It’s unbelievable. The security aspect of cyber is very, very tough. And maybe, it's hardly doable. But I will say, we are not doing the job we should be doing. But that’s true throughout our whole governmental society. We have so many things that we have to do better, Lester. And certainly cyber is one of them.
                    "Down in the lowlands, where the water is deep,
                    Hear my cry, hear my shout,
                    Save me, save me"

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                    • #11
                      This thread is going to be YUGE. Simply THE BEST thread on tweb.
                      I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.

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                      • #12
                        The covfefe thing was pretty funny.
                        I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.

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                        • #13
                          Look, having nuclear—my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart—you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world—it’s true!—but when you're a conservative Republican they try—oh, do they do a number—that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune—you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged—but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me—it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are (nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right—who would have thought?), but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners—now it used to be three, now it’s four—but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years—but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.


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                          The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

                          I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post
                            I actually don't need to project - I can just read and listen to the news - follow my facebook feed - read the various sites I visit - listen to conversations in my classroom - on the train and plane and everywhere else I go - and the reality is fairly evident: Trump is a significant focus for many, many Americans - hence the observation.
                            Of course he's in the news. He's the president. What do you expect? This has been the case for every president in my lifetime. But that doesn't mean I choose to obsess over it myself, even when it's a president that I thoroughly dislike. The way liberals like you seem to fixate on Trump is probably not mentally healthy.
                            Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                            But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                            Than a fool in the eyes of God


                            From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                              Of course he's in the news. He's the president. What do you expect? This has been the case for every president in my lifetime. But that doesn't mean I choose to obsess over it myself, even when it's a president that I thoroughly dislike. The way liberals like you seem to fixate on Trump is probably not mentally healthy.
                              I have had a daily habit for years now. I get up, grab a cup of coffee, and bring up the headlines on my computer. Since 2000 I have done this almost every morning. That is across three presidents. I can safely say that neither Bush nor Obama were at the top of the news feed anywhere near as often as Trump. With Trump, it is almost every day. I have traveled widely since 1991. That's across 5 presidents. I can safely say that no other president is as consistently the subject of overheard conversations, in-class conversations (despite my efforts to keep politics out of the classroom), or family conversations (again, despite my efforts to steer discussions elsewhere). It's not about being president. It's about being Trump. It's about America having voted for office a man as vile and polarizing as Mr. Trump.

                              Unhealthy? Absolutely. Health will (hopefully) begin to reassert itself when the man is removed from his office. I look forward (with hope) to a 2020 "you're fired!"
                              The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

                              I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

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