Alf Bentley Posted 22 November 2016 Posted 22 November 2016 1 minute ago, Jon the Hat said: For some reason I assumed he was American. Correct....bloody arty-farty West Coast liberal at that.... http://www.colindickey.com/bios/colin-dickey Colin Dickey grew up in San Jose, California, a few miles from the Winchester Mystery House, the most haunted house in America. As a writer, speaker, and academic, he has made a career out of collecting unusual objects and hidden histories all over the country. He’s a regular contributor to the LA Review of Books and Lapham’s Quarterly, and is the co-editor (with Joanna Ebenstein) of The Morbid Anatomy Anthology. He is also a member of the Order of the Good Death, a collective of artists, writers, and death industry professionals interested in improving the Western world’s relationship with mortality. With a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Southern California, he is an associate professor of creative writing at National University.
Nick Posted 22 November 2016 Posted 22 November 2016 2 hours ago, Alf Bentley said: Yes, I know American Presidents have been assassinated in the past, but he'd be the first to visit Buckingham Palace and be ripped limb from limb by a baying pack of corgis. I would think that kind of a video would reach viral status in record time.
leicsmac Posted 30 November 2016 Posted 30 November 2016 Anyone else think that Trump should really spend less time on Twitter talking about removing constitutional amendment rights (not the 2nd, of course) and more time actually learning how to run the executive branch of government?
Finnaldo Posted 30 November 2016 Posted 30 November 2016 1 hour ago, leicsmac said: Anyone else think that Trump should really spend less time on Twitter talking about removing constitutional amendment rights (not the 2nd, of course) and more time actually learning how to run the executive branch of government? No. He's already struck a chord with his supporters by the almost immediate U-turns or changing of his tune on some of his bigger policies (Jail Hillary, Obamacare, etc.) so the best way to keep morale amongst the foundation is to keep churning the patriotic and anti-immigration rhetoric that got him in in the first place. Only issue for him now is he's beginning to walk a very thin line as he takes steps to the left to try to heal the divide with those who think he'll be a bigoted fascist dictator then stumbles to the right again to appease the alt-right homebase. Make a misjudgment or two and the whole thing could tumble down on him big time. Here to January could be a defining moment before his Presidency has even began and I expect the Dems to be rolling out Bernie and his grassroots movement a fair bit as an 'look what you could've won' anti-establishment alternative to the blue collar and middle class ex-democrats who voted Trump in the rust belt and beyond, to unnerve them somewhat as Trump walks the tightrope.
Webbo Posted 30 November 2016 Posted 30 November 2016 7 hours ago, leicsmac said: Anyone else think that Trump should really spend less time on Twitter talking about removing constitutional amendment rights (not the 2nd, of course) and more time actually learning how to run the executive branch of government? I think any politician who spends their time on twitter deserves a slap, for a president elect it's undignified.
Izzy Posted 30 November 2016 Posted 30 November 2016 7 hours ago, leicsmac said: Anyone else think that Trump should really spend less time on Twitter talking about removing constitutional amendment rights (not the 2nd, of course) and more time actually learning how to run the executive branch of government? 2 minutes ago, Webbo said: I think any politician who spends their time on twitter deserves a slap, for a president elect it's undignified. I imagine he's got someone to do his 'tweeting' for him hasn't he? I'll be surprised if he's actually typing it out himself tbh
Webbo Posted 30 November 2016 Posted 30 November 2016 4 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said: I imagine he's got someone to do his 'tweeting' for him hasn't he? I'll be surprised if he's actually typing it out himself tbh You're probably right, it still doesn't sit right with me.
leicsmac Posted 30 November 2016 Posted 30 November 2016 35 minutes ago, Webbo said: I think any politician who spends their time on twitter deserves a slap, for a president elect it's undignified. Yeah, agree with this. There are much better ways to appear interesting and stay in touch with the people you're supposed to represent. 31 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said: I imagine he's got someone to do his 'tweeting' for him hasn't he? I'll be surprised if he's actually typing it out himself tbh If someone is doing the Tweeting for him and there being a consensus on the Tweet contents then quite frankly I question the sanity of everyone involved, given what gets put up there.
leicsmac Posted 1 December 2016 Posted 1 December 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38167910 Apparently Breitbart aren't happy with the free market decision of a company to withdraw its advertising from its website.
bovril Posted 1 December 2016 Posted 1 December 2016 4 minutes ago, leicsmac said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38167910 Apparently Breitbart aren't happy with the free market decision of a company to withdraw its advertising from its website. "Dump Kellogg's"?!! What's the term again? 'Snowflakes', isn't it?
Barky Posted 1 December 2016 Posted 1 December 2016 23 minutes ago, leicsmac said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38167910 Apparently Breitbart aren't happy with the free market decision of a company to withdraw its advertising from its website. How anti-democratic of them trying to force Kellogg's out of business because they don't agree with their marketing decisions.
foxfanazer Posted 1 December 2016 Posted 1 December 2016 I can't believe Obama didn't get offered another term of presidency after his closing speech! What a geezer!
Jattdogg Posted 2 December 2016 Posted 2 December 2016 These morons need to come up to canada and smoke some marijuana with trudeau.
Finnaldo Posted 2 December 2016 Posted 2 December 2016 14 hours ago, leicsmac said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38167910 Apparently Breitbart aren't happy with the free market decision of a company to withdraw its advertising from its website. Case in point of what I said the other day. It's funny how possibly the biggest figurehead publication of the "it isn't fair because the PC leftist mob moan and we're not allowed opinions" crowd does exactly the same thing under the same pretence. Both groups need to get a grip and learn what free speech means and why it's so important. It's such a shame that the two most exposed political movements right now cannot understand fee speech or democracy unless it's on their terms. I agree the establishment needs a new shake-up but it's scary that it's these two groups fighting over the reigns.
thursday_next Posted 2 December 2016 Posted 2 December 2016 13 minutes ago, Finnaldo said: Case in point of what I said the other day. It's funny how possibly the biggest figurehead publication of the "it isn't fair because the PC leftist mob moan and we're not allowed opinions" crowd does exactly the same thing under the same pretence. Both groups need to get a grip and learn what free speech means and why it's so important. It's such a shame that the two most exposed political movements right now cannot understand fee speech or democracy unless it's on their terms. I agree the establishment needs a new shake-up but it's scary that it's these two groups fighting over the reigns. I think that both groups know exactly what free speech means and why it's so important. The alt-right group are trying to drag free speech from its moorings and reposition it somewhere else, which may be OK from the alt-right's point of view, but ominous for the rest of us. Consider the average Hollywood blockbuster, which after all is what people want, generations of exhaustive film-study groups have come exactly to this conclusion. People want lots of explosions, a comeuppance for the bad guy and a sweet ending where the hero falls in love and things are all right for the foreseeable future. It's like a perfect combination of both left-wing and right-wing points of view. The right wing supplies the explosions and the revenge for the bad guy and the left wing supplies the comments (well, most of them) and the ending. You try making a Hollywood blockbuster without those two parts, and it will be sent back to the drawing-board for a massive rethink. I am aware that this is a generalisation, but it's by and large a reasonable position. The alt-right are trying to poo-poo Hollywood and make instead an Ohio blockbuster, which gets rid of the nasty left-wing comments and becomes 'Starship Troopers' without Robert Heinlein's humour. It doesn't work, but an alarming number of people in America think it does. It's really scary.
Barky Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 Trump ranting about china on twitter claiming that china should have asked for US permission before devaluing their currency. It's comical how idiotic and childish the man is but he's playing with a massive fire there. I think we should look at cutting ties with the US before this gets out of hand.
bovril Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 It is completely surreal that the president-elect of the USA is such a twitter ranter. Next step is surely calling Francois Hollande a 'wankpuffin' on youtube.
Strokes Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 15 minutes ago, bovril said: It is completely surreal that the president-elect of the USA is such a twitter ranter. Next step is surely calling Francois Hollande a 'wankpuffin' on youtube.
Alf Bentley Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 23 minutes ago, bovril said: It is completely surreal that the president-elect of the USA is such a twitter ranter. Next step is surely calling Francois Hollande a 'wankpuffin' on youtube. He's started already, under a pseudonym:
leicsmac Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 And accepting a congratulatory phone call from a country the second most powerful nation on the planet thinks doesn't have a right to exist and would dearly love to inv- sorry, retake. I mean, I'm all for annoying the Chinese government and their ridiculously totalitarian regime, but I'm not sure hobnobbing with Taipei is the best way to do it.
Innovindil Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 7 hours ago, Barky said: Trump ranting about china on twitter claiming that china should have asked for US permission before devaluing their currency. It's comical how idiotic and childish the man is but he's playing with a massive fire there. I think we should look at cutting ties with the US before this gets out of hand. So let me get this right. You want us to cut ties with our strongest military ally (not to mention the world's biggest economy which could help us post brexit) during the most uncertain time for our country since the last big war because an orange coloured idiot posted nonsense about one of the most morally gray countries in the world on a social media platform that the VAST majority of the said country can't access? Seems a bit OTT for me I'm afraid.
Barky Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 Brexit doesn't pose much of a security threat but Trump does if he's going to keep antagonising China.
foxy boxing Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 Trump clearly wants a trade war with China and is clearly rattled by the growing dominance and power of the chinese markets
Merging Cultures Posted 6 December 2016 Posted 6 December 2016 It is completely surreal that the president-elect of the USA is such a twitter ranter. Next step is surely calling Francois Hollande a 'wankpuffin' on youtube. He doesn't want the job. He's clearly trying to change the electoral college vote.
Darkon84 Posted 6 December 2016 Posted 6 December 2016 I'm still failing to see all the uproar surrounding Trump's call to Taiwan, saying its provoking China because of their special 'China First' deal etc. How the hell can a single phonecall provoke them more than say, selling $1.8 billion worth of weapons and equipment to Taiwan in the last year alone? Top reporting as ever EDIT: That's in response solely to the reaction of the phonecall made. I've not seen the tweets, but I've got to pretty much agree with everyone that a President-elect shouldn't be spending so much time on Twitter, it's becoming a bit embarrassing. I will give him credit though for calling the family of a fallen cop last week to offer his sympathy, which he has done previously. It makes a change from Obama lecturing the police force about how they're all subconsciously racist, whilst at the funeral of the officers shot dead marshalling a BLM rally.
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