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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #16320 on: September 17, 2024, 01:54:15 pm »

And now for the comics:
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #16321 on: September 18, 2024, 08:29:54 am »

You kind of have to admire this effort to explain the recent anti-Haitian lunacy, https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/18/jd-vance-springfield-scapegoating-00179401 , as if it's part of some long-term well thought philosophical plan. They even drag Peter Thiel's undergrad studies into the picture. I think they're trying too hard.

An old interview re-surfaced in which JD Vance is in favour of government action to thwart women travelling to different states to obtain reproductive health care. I wonder which philosopher thinks that makes sense.
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« Reply #16322 on: September 18, 2024, 06:02:45 pm »

Trump pushes for a shutdown if lawmakers can’t pass bill targeting noncitizen voting:GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump ramped up pressure on Republicans on Wednesday to shut down the government unless lawmakers can pass a controversial bill targeting non-citizen voting, a move that comes just hours before the House is expected to try, and fail, to pass a six-month funding plan that includes the voting measure.
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« Reply #16323 on: September 19, 2024, 11:32:32 am »

The other day Laura Loomer was reported to have made the comment that if Harris were elected President then the White House would smell of curry. I don't have the full text of the quote but it's trivially easy to find online and has been widely reported. That can't have gone down well in the JD Vance household since JD's wife is of south Asian ancestry.
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« Reply #16324 on: September 19, 2024, 11:58:00 am »

Vance admits that he will fabricate stories:

"If I have to create stories so the American media pays attention..."

Said at Raleigh, NC, appearance on 9/18/24 in relation to the pet eating stuff.
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #16325 on: September 19, 2024, 02:34:40 pm »

Vance admits that he will fabricate stories:
He has a great teacher:
Fact check: 12 completely fictional stories Trump has told in the last month
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-fictional-stories/index.html
One of the best: "Since 2016, Trump has told a lie that he was named “Man of the Year” in Michigan before he entered politics. Media outlets including CNN have repeatedly noted that Trump never got such an award and that the award doesn’t even appear to exist."
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #16326 on: September 20, 2024, 07:31:53 am »

He has a great teacher:
Fact check: 12 completely fictional stories Trump has told in the last month
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-fictional-stories/index.html
One of the best: "Since 2016, Trump has told a lie that he was named “Man of the Year” in Michigan before he entered politics. Media outlets including CNN have repeatedly noted that Trump never got such an award and that the award doesn’t even appear to exist."

That's funny. With him, it's all bs all the time, even in trivial things.
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #16327 on: September 20, 2024, 02:30:32 pm »

Fact-checking Vance’s claim that Harris and immigrants caused a murder spike:
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance has asserted that murders in Springfield, Ohio soared due to Vice President Kamala Harris' immigration policies, but data shows there were more murders in the city during the Trump administration than the Biden-Harris administration.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/20/politics/fact-check-springfield-had-more-murders-under-trump-than-under-biden-harris/index.html
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« Reply #16328 on: September 23, 2024, 02:03:00 pm »

I had never heard the term "Constitutional Sheriff" before I listened to this interview on NPR's Fresh Air https://www.npr.org/2024/09/10/1198684058/the-unchecked-power-of-sheriffs. Turns out, the term isn't used in the US Constitution. So far as I can tell this group of elected "law enforcement" officers self-define as guardians of the Constitution, possibly on an equal footing with the Supreme Court. It's interesting though that they only regard specific portions of the constitution worth enforcing, mostly those parts enacted before the Civil War. Cynically speaking, this is about as surprising as sunrise. Redneck racists who want the return of plantation rules, how clichéd can you get. Seen this in a dozen movies.

The interviewee discusses Joe Arpaio for a bit, describing the various shenanigans he was later indicted for. I had forgotten that Trump had pardoned him. The funny part is that he wasn't a very competent policeman when it came to solving crime. He was good at sourcing pink underwear to embarrass his prisoners but not at clearing murders. The silliest thing about him was that he forced prisoners to listen to "right-wing" radio. Land of the free.

In these pages in the past, some advocates for the 2nd amendment put worth the argument that citizens need firearms to protect themselves from arbitrary government action. I wonder if they were thinking of these sheriffs.

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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #16329 on: September 24, 2024, 07:03:05 pm »

That's funny. With him, it's all bs all the time, even in trivial things.

You mean 6' 3", 215 Lbs Donnie? No WAY!  ;)
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« Reply #16330 on: September 25, 2024, 07:25:02 am »

I kind of knew about the Trump crypto business because I saw a headline somewhere but I missed the announcement about commemorative coins and Christmas ornaments, https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4896857-trump-business-ventures-election/. You'd think he'd have other things on his mind at the moment. Isn't this a little embarrassing?
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« Reply #16331 on: September 25, 2024, 12:25:04 pm »

I kind of knew about the Trump crypto business because I saw a headline somewhere but I missed the announcement about commemorative coins and Christmas ornaments, https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4896857-trump-business-ventures-election/. You'd think he'd have other things on his mind at the moment. Isn't this a little embarrassing?
Yes, your TDS is a little embarrassing!
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #16332 on: September 25, 2024, 01:27:14 pm »

Yes, your TDS is a little embarrassing!
Pot again calls kettle black.
You've got to love the behaviour of someone who about once a month walks into the room, takes a dump on the carpet and departs, never to be seen again until next month.

https://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=136697.msg1222178#msg1222178
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #16333 on: September 25, 2024, 01:31:54 pm »

You'd think he'd have other things on his mind at the moment. Isn't this a little embarrassing?
Yes and yes!
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« Reply #16334 on: September 25, 2024, 04:04:31 pm »

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« Reply #16335 on: September 25, 2024, 04:51:12 pm »

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« Reply #16336 on: September 25, 2024, 10:19:19 pm »

"This is my last response to any of your BS." Guess what? I changed my mind.
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« Reply #16337 on: September 25, 2024, 10:57:55 pm »

"This is my last response to any of your BS." Guess what? I changed my mind.
Wouldn't your ”valuable” time be more constructively spent on a new hobby; perhaps photography?
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« Reply #16338 on: September 26, 2024, 09:49:41 am »

Yes, your TDS is a little embarrassing!


I get it that you disagree with me. That doesn't really matter, does it.

Let's leave aside policy differences for the moment (and I think that it's pretty obvious by now that Trump has no interest in policy anyway). The thing is, are you really ok with the Pres of the USA hawking sneakers, bibles and "collector" coins on the campaign trail? Is that really a good look for the "leader of the free world"?
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #16339 on: September 26, 2024, 11:21:51 am »

Let's leave aside policy differences for the moment (and I think that it's pretty obvious by now that Trump has no interest in policy anyway). The thing is, are you really ok with the Pres of the USA hawking sneakers, bibles and "collector" coins on the campaign trail? Is that really a good look for the "leader of the free world"?
And far, far more and with amazing failure rates the carpet pooper will never read about:
26 Of Donald Trump's Businesses That Failed Huge
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/all-of-donald-trump-s-businesses-that-failed/ar-BB1ntZby
Great video from a real businessman on Trump's bad business sense: https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/mark-cuban-slams-trump-endorses-harris-she-s-run-her-campaign-like-a-ceo-220146757526
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