America - The Official Thread

[DK]

Don Jr really likes the taste of his own foot, doesn't he? In a statement released prior to testifying before a Congressional committee on interference in last year's elections, he claims that he wanted to meet the Russians not only to discuss "adoptions" (which some allege is a euphemism for "sanctions" on Russia), but to "assess Clinton's fitness and qualifications for office".

 

[Dennisch]

One of the dumbest things you've heard this year.

 

[Joey D]

One of the dumbest things you've heard this year.

I don't know, 2017 is pretty ripe with stupid comments.

And Rush Limbaugh jumped on the climate change bandwagon too claiming Irma's forecast is liberal propaganda.

Instead of fighting against climate change, I just wish people would leave it to real scientists to study and determine it's cause.

 

[homeforsummer]

One of the dumbest things you've heard this year.

UK: "Hold my tea"

Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Conservative grassroots’ favoured candidate to succeed Theresa May, has said he is against same-sex marriage and opposes abortion even in cases of rape.

[Source]

Not sure whether it's reassuring or terrifying that the US doesn't currently hold the monopoly on stupid. Also notable as a rare case in which Piers Morgan is actually on the correct moral side of something, which had to happen eventually I suppose.

 

[Famine]

Not sure whether it's reassuring or terrifying that the US doesn't currently hold the monopoly on stupid.

He's a Catholic. That's normal for Catholics. And there's more than a few of them on either side of the aisle. Rees-Mogg is just the only one of them to vocalise the Catholic church's stance on sexual health recently.

Personally it doesn't bother me what his beliefs are. It's his actions as an MP (or PM) that matter. If he isn't guided by his religion when it comes to voting, it's no more relevant than the religious beliefs of any other MP or PM - like Theresa May. Or David Cameron. Or Gordon Brown.

Or Tony Blair - who made up critical intelligence to allow him to go to war in Iraq because God told him to...

 

[MeanElf]

Meanwhile, in a country not a million miles away from the US:


This guy, the ex-president has thrown the occasional funny tweet at 45 since the election. This is the first time he's gone full-blown on him. It would be good if our own so-called Prime Minister would be as forthright.

 

[McLaren]

Hillary's new book was leaked apparently, and has several upset on both sides. She blames herself, but also Bernie:

Bernie Sanders: According to excerpts from her book, Clinton accused the socialist Vermont senator who ran against her for the Democratic nomination of resorting to “innuendo and impugning my character” during the contentious primary because the Vermont senator “couldn’t make” a policy argument against her. She goes on to compare him to the “deranged hitchhiker” in the 1998 Ben Stiller movie “There’s Something About Mary.”

She also lamented how many high-profile Democrats – including President Obama – warned her not to “hit back against Bernie’s attacks” because they “didn’t want to alienate Bernie’s supporters,” but said that Sanders’ goal was not “to make sure a Democrat won the White House, he got in to disrupt the Democratic Party.”

Biden:

"Joe Biden said the Democratic Party in 2016 'did not talk about what it always stood for — and that was how to maintain a burgeoning middle class,’” Clinton writes, according to the Hill. "I find this fairly remarkable, considering that Joe himself campaigned for me all over the Midwest and talked plenty about the middle class."

Comey:

“My first instinct was that my campaign should hit back hard and explain to the public that Comey had badly overstepped his bounds—the same argument [Deputy Attorney General] Rod Rosenstein would make months after the election,” Clinton writes, according to the excerpts. “That might have blunted the political damage and made Comey think twice before breaking protocol again a few months later. My team raised concerns with that kind of confrontational approach. In the end, we decided it would be better to just let it go and try to move on. Looking back, that was a mistake.”

Putin:

Vladimir Putin: While the official investigation into Russian meddling into last year’s election is far from over, Clinton firmly believes that Trump won the White House with the help of Putin, who she writes was on a “personal vendetta” against her” and has a “deep resentment” toward the U.S.

Lauer:

“Now I was ticked off. NBC knew exactly what it was doing here. The network was treating this like an episode of "The Apprentice," in which [Donald] Trump stars and ratings soar,” Clinton writes, according to Radar. “Lauer had turned what should have been a serious discussion into a pointless ambush. What a waste of time.”

Female Voters:

But despite winning the majority of the female vote in November, Clinton asked in her memoir where that anger toward Trump that the marchers had was before the election.

“I couldn’t help but ask where those feelings of solidarity, outrage and passion had been during the election,” Clinton writes in her memoir.

And of course, Trump:

Donald Trump: It’s not surprising that Clinton saves some of her harshest words in her memoir for the man who beat her in the election.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...es-emerge-in-upcoming-book-what-happened.html

 

[Joey D]

The only person Clinton can blame is herself and possible the Democrat party for rigging the primaries.

 

[McLaren]

The only person Clinton can blame is herself and possible the Democrat party for rigging the primaries.

I'm very curious to know how she would've responded today if Bernie had won the primary, based on the sentence she states about his goal being to disrupt the party.

 

[mustafur]

Whether or not you like or dislike Bernie his intentions where genuine, same can not be said about Hillary and the majority of the Democrat Party.

 

[BobK]

As usual she's pointing fingers everywhere except where she should.

I got a chuckle out of that "impugning my character" part, though.

 

[Touring Mars]

However much I feel I might enjoy parts of the book due to the sheer vitriol and bile likely to be contained therein, I can't understand why anybody in their right mind would part with money for it.

 

[Joey D]

However much I feel I might enjoy parts of the book due to the sheer vitriol and bile likely to be contained therein, I can't understand why anybody in their right mind would part with money for it.

People buy Anne Coulter's books...there's a market for everything.

 

[Liquid]

And Rush Limbaugh jumped on the climate change bandwagon too claiming Irma's forecast is liberal propaganda.

So he was leading people to believe that Irma was some sort of hoax?!

 

[Joey D]

So he was leading people to believe that Irma was some sort of hoax?!

I don't know, he just talks to hear himself talk. My guess is that the size of the storm and it's destructive power was what he was talking about. Like how much damage it would do was all liberal propaganda. Never mind the National Weather Service is far more knowledgeable on the subject and doesn't really have an agenda outside giving the weather.

If Irma has hit Miami directly, it would have been much worse. As it stands though, the Florida Keys are in rough shape.

 

[Touring Mars]

Hillary Clinton has said 'The more successful a woman is, the less likable she becomes' - seems like she thinks she is really successful.

On the subject of Hillary, Martin Shkreli is now in jail after offering $5000 for a strand of her hair. This is because he was out on bail while awaiting sentencing for securities fraud, for which he could get up to 20 years in jail. With regard to Clinton, apparently he wanted someone to 'grab' a strand of Clinton's hair 'with a follicle' so he can get her DNA, to see if it matches some pieces of evidence he allegedly has. This was judged to be soliciting an assault, and hence his bail has been revoked.

 

[Liquid]

On the subject of Hillary, Martin Shkreli is now in jail after offering $5000 for a strand of her hair. This is because he was out on bail while awaiting sentencing for securities fraud, for which he could get up to 20 years in jail. With regard to Clinton, apparently he wanted someone to 'grab' a strand of Clinton's hair 'with a follicle' so he can get her DNA, to see if it matches some pieces of evidence he allegedly has. This was judged to be soliciting an assault, and hence his bail has been revoked.

What?

That sounds like fanfiction from 24.

 

[Dennisch]

Pornstars hate Ted Cruz.

Contains blurred naked ladies. Don't watch if you're easily aroused.

 

[Johnnypenso]

So he was leading people to believe that Irma was some sort of hoax?!

No. As I understand it, he's asserting that the the "liberal" news media help to create fear and panic whenever a hurricane is forecast as part of a giant conspiracy to advance the global warming agenda. I believe he also suggested the media were in cahoots with local businesses who advertise with them to encourage people to flock to stores and stock up on provisions. According to the internetz, he began his talking points with this:

The hurricane is what I want to lead off with, folks. And I’ve gotta be very careful here because I am not a meteorologist, and nothing I say today should be considered to be a forecast or a prediction. I am not the National Hurricane Center. I am not a climatologist or meteorologist.

 

[Liquid]

No. As I understand it, he's asserting that the the "liberal" news media help to create fear and panic whenever a hurricane is forecast as part of a giant conspiracy to advance the global warming agenda. I believe he also suggested the media were in cahoots with local businesses who advertise with them to encourage people to flock to stores and stock up on provisions. According to the internetz, he began his talking points with this:

What an idiot.

Even with a preface like that there will still be people who believe him. After all, I believe that this is also a storm where a police department had to issue a statement telling people to not shoot at the wind. Or is this just Florida being Florida?

 

[photonrider]

I am very interested to read what my American neighbours participating here have to say (both pro and con) about Mr. Trump's speech at the U.N. G.A. in NY completed a short time ago - that is those who actually sat through the whole speech.
The comparison to Reagan most probably would be taken as a compliment by the U.S. Prez and I have a feeling that the nick name he has given the NoKo leader is going to stick . . .

Now awaiting Benny to unleash his jets . . ..

 

[Joey D]

And I think it's gonna be a long long time
'Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

But all I really got out of his speech is that we are going to continue to be Team America World Police and those damn commie bastards are going to ruin the world. It's like 1965 all over again.

 

[Dotini]

I am very interested to read what my American neighbours participating here have to say (both pro and con) about Mr. Trump's speech at the U.N. G.A. in NY completed a short time ago - that is those who actually sat through the whole speech.
The comparison to Reagan most probably would be taken as a compliment by the U.S. Prez and I have a feeling that the nick name he has given the NoKo leader is going to stick . . .

Now awaiting Benny to unleash his jets . . ..

I heard most but not quite all of his UN address. I liked some of it but there were a few points I would have done much differently. The Assad/Syria and Iran segments I thought were not justified. And the part which universally condemned socialism/communism as failed ideologies, while perhaps true and certainly fun to hear, probably irritated or alienated half the audience.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Now awaiting Benny to unleash his jets . . ..

Very good

 

[UKMikey]

I fear Rocket Man is going to be there a long, long time.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I fear Rocket Man is going to be there a long, long time.

Until Saturday night. We know what happens then.

 

[Johnnypenso]

 

[Liquid]

And I'm gonna be... high!

Yeah, sky high if someone pushes the button.

 

[Danoff]

North Korea ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did

 

[photonrider]

Now awaiting Benny to unleash his jets . . ..

I never did get to catch Benjamin Netanyahu's speech in the end, having been called away of a sudden, though I was keen to hear him follow-up on what the Don had to say; he was supposed to follow the U.S. Prez. I did hear that he praised the speech, and I'm not surprised by that - watching his expressions while Mr. Trump speechified spoke volumes.

As for a military option against NoKo - that should be off the table. This isn't Bin Ladin.
And the history of exactly why Korea hates Japan goes back a long, long way . . ..
That is at the core of this matter. It's still only a truce.