leicsmac Posted 7 December 2018 Share Posted 7 December 2018 1 hour ago, Innovindil said: Wow. Kevin Hart got butchered super quick by a tweet made a decade ago. Damn. 1 hour ago, MattP said: Is there some sort of secret SJW body that now goes around checking all the social media accounts of anyone who gets a job in the media? Yeah, it's a bit much. He's apologised pretty profusely and it seems clear enough he doesn't think the same kind of stuff now, that should be the end of it, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 7 December 2018 Share Posted 7 December 2018 1 minute ago, leicsmac said: Yeah, it's a bit much. He's apologised pretty profusely and it seems clear enough he doesn't think the same kind of stuff now, that should be the end of it, really. It should, but absolutely no chance of that in 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 7 December 2018 Share Posted 7 December 2018 1 minute ago, MattP said: It should, but absolutely no chance of that in 2018. Agreed. However quite frankly, there are more important things going on, like the article immediately above your first post on the topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jattdogg Posted 7 December 2018 Share Posted 7 December 2018 1 hour ago, Innovindil said: Wow. Kevin Hart got butchered super quick by a tweet made a decade ago. Damn. Its a joke with these softies we have nowadays. Get offended at everything even if a person has apologized. And yet trump sits in the white house of all places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 7 December 2018 Share Posted 7 December 2018 Reading the George Bush obituary just now and it really struck me how much bullshit the media give us. Hillary Clinton was of course "the most qualified and experienced person ever to run for President as she had been senator and secretary of state" - when George Bush stood in 1992 his experience was actually being President for four years, Vice-President for eight years, director of the CIA, US envoy to China, US ambassador to the United Nations and a Congressman. Before that a successful businessman and fighter pilot in WW2. How do people fall for this stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellend Sebastian Posted 7 December 2018 Share Posted 7 December 2018 14 minutes ago, MattP said: Reading the George Bush obituary just now and it really struck me how much bullshit the media give us. Hillary Clinton was of course "the most qualified and experienced person ever to run for President as she had been senator and secretary of state" - when George Bush stood in 1992 his experience was actually being President for four years, Vice-President for eight years, director of the CIA, US envoy to China, US ambassador to the United Nations and a Congressman. Before that a successful businessman and fighter pilot in WW2. How do people fall for this stuff? She lost, as I recall, old chap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 7 December 2018 Share Posted 7 December 2018 19 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said: She lost, as I recall, old chap Haha! You know what I mean though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifted*fox Posted 7 December 2018 Share Posted 7 December 2018 kevin hart is an absolutely shit comedian so whatever, tbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 8 December 2018 Share Posted 8 December 2018 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46490492 Enjoy the big house, mon ami - may more of your neofascist friends follow you there in due course. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46490804 Still waiting for the crescendo here but perhaps it is building up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted 8 December 2018 Share Posted 8 December 2018 2 hours ago, leicsmac said: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46490492 Enjoy the big house, mon ami - may more of your neofascist friends follow you there in due course. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46490804 Still waiting for the crescendo here but perhaps it is building up... I feel that it's just a matter of time. What goes around etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 8 December 2018 Share Posted 8 December 2018 11 hours ago, Smudge said: I feel that it's just a matter of time. What goes around etc. Perhaps, I'm not calling anything just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 8 December 2018 Share Posted 8 December 2018 https://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen3/18d/NoTo3/election-analysis.html A whole bunch of Puritan zealotry here, but two statements stand out. "The rallying cry of the pro-family groups trying to repeal the law was the well-known “bathroom safety” argument – that in addition to transgenders, this law allows male sexual predators to lurk in women’s restrooms to prey on girls and women. This was technically true, but was largely contrived." "Our side concocted the “bathroom safety” male predator argument as a way to avoid an uncomfortable battle over LGBT ideology, and still fire up people’s emotions. It worked in Houston a few years ago. But the LGBT lobby has now figured out how to beat it." So...it turns out the arguments about safety used by the "pro-family" lobby were contrived, erroneous BS and they knew it. (Of course, the arguments that this article supports wouldn't have got them even as far as they did.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted 8 December 2018 Share Posted 8 December 2018 47 minutes ago, leicsmac said: Perhaps, I'm not calling anything just yet. I wasn't implying that you were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 8 December 2018 Share Posted 8 December 2018 30 minutes ago, Smudge said: I wasn't implying that you were. I know, sorry if the brevity made you think I was annoyed - I'm not. I really hope you're right, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted 8 December 2018 Share Posted 8 December 2018 3 minutes ago, leicsmac said: I know, sorry if the brevity made you think I was annoyed - I'm not. I really hope you're right, though. "Something is rotten is Denmark" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buce Posted 8 December 2018 Share Posted 8 December 2018 (edited) Looking like impeachment is becoming a realistic proposition at last: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/08/donald-trump-mueller-investigation-cohen-manafort Edited 8 December 2018 by Buce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 9 December 2018 Share Posted 9 December 2018 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46496756 They need to install a revolving door in the West Wing, the turnover of staff is so fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buce Posted 9 December 2018 Share Posted 9 December 2018 Trump ‘could be facing jail time’: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/09/donald-trump-michael-cohen-payments-impeachment-jerrold-nadler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 10 December 2018 Share Posted 10 December 2018 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46502210 Good to see that despite this administration engaging in the most wilful and dangerous ignorance and denial that there are others with influence in the US willing to head into the future, not the past. (However, yes, low-emission fission power - followed by fusion in due course - isn't a bad idea.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain... Posted 12 December 2018 Share Posted 12 December 2018 “If you google the word idiot a picture of Donald Trump comes up”: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-46533217/if-you-google-the-word-idiot-a-picture-of-donald-trump-comes-up If it didn’t before it certainly does now because there are multiple stories running that headline. Either a fundamental lack of understanding of search engine algorithms or a genius bit of trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 12 December 2018 Share Posted 12 December 2018 3 hours ago, Captain... said: “If you google the word idiot a picture of Donald Trump comes up”: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-46533217/if-you-google-the-word-idiot-a-picture-of-donald-trump-comes-up If it didn’t before it certainly does now because there are multiple stories running that headline. Either a fundamental lack of understanding of search engine algorithms or a genius bit of trolling. I'm actually inclined towards the latter - it does sound like something that someone has taken the time to construct knowing it would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buce Posted 12 December 2018 Share Posted 12 December 2018 Cohen sentenced to three years: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2018/dec/12/trump-michael-cohen-latest-live-updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl the Llama Posted 12 December 2018 Share Posted 12 December 2018 48 minutes ago, Buce said: Cohen sentenced to three years: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2018/dec/12/trump-michael-cohen-latest-live-updates Wasn't he offered clemency in return for spilling the beans? Or was that a different Trump stooge? Or is the 3 years the clemency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertfox2 Posted 12 December 2018 Share Posted 12 December 2018 Wow... When your lawyer gets 3 years it's time to start worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buce Posted 12 December 2018 Share Posted 12 December 2018 35 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said: Wasn't he offered clemency in return for spilling the beans? Or was that a different Trump stooge? Or is the 3 years the clemency? I think you're confusing him with someone else, though he was given some credit for information given to Mueller. His lawyer hints there is a lot more to come out: 'Lanny Davis, who says he is now an adviser to Cohen after today's sentencing, says on ABC, "Michael Cohen is now released to tell the full truth. After Mr. Mueller makes his findings and issues his report, you will see more of Michael Cohen telling the truth about Donald Trump." ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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