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Y'all gon' miss Trump.

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#1 ·
when you don't have 'im to kick around any more.
 
#3 ·
Yeah, I think of CNN - "et al", who have spent every waking hour for the last four years obsessing about Trump and not accepting the results of the Hillary vote, trying to find ways to bring him down and influence the public in that regard. I am actually amazed how much Trump accomplished in his term given these headwinds that would have buckled anyone else. Kudos on all the accomplishments.

ltr
 
#14 ·
Yeah, I think of CNN - "et al", who have spent every waking hour for the last four years obsessing about Trump and not accepting the results of the Hillary vote, trying to find ways to bring him down and influence the public in that regard. I am actually amazed how much Trump accomplished in his term given these headwinds that would have buckled anyone else. Kudos on all the accomplishments.

ltr
Not sure what CNN is going to do now that Trump is out.
 
#9 ·
Trump is a fighter and I expect him to contest the election and ask for a recount. But, his past history tells me that if he loses he will turn his back on the whole thing and go do something else. This has been the way he has acted for the last 50 years. He likes to have many irons in the fire and if one thing fizzles he drops it and moves on.
 
#18 ·
He doesn't take humiliation well, and this one is gonna sting. I expect him to be tweeting to the MAGA crowd going forward. Really, I think he was happiest watching FOX News and tweeting and probably found the governing thing pretty tedious. Would not be surprised if he continues holding rallies. I think he is going to parlay his MAGA following into his next grift, which is going to be a OAN-style media organization/lifestyle brand, the better to rile up and bilk the rubes, all whilst stroking his own ego. No risk of your own media org failing to fawn over you as even FOX News was occasionally want to do.
 
#17 ·
Not coincidence, pretty obvious in advance as the mail-in ballots had not been counted (In some states like MI due to GOP legislation) that clearly set-up for the mail-in Democrat swing vote.

Did you want the count workers to work 24 hrs shifts?

IMO it is pretty sad to see the US democracy being taken to the gutter.
 
#22 ·
Miss him....like a toothache, a hemorrhoid, or a ruptured appendix all at the same time.

I do feel sorry for him IF he does loose the elections. He, and some members of his immediate family will probably be looking at some serious state criminal charges. Charges that cannot be protected by a pardon. Then he will face some serious tax issues arising from the New Your state investigations. On top of that his businesses are loosing money and his creditors will no doubt all want to beat each other to whatever collection measures are necessary including foreclosure. .

And his friends, well not friends by associates, his acolytes will all be saying Donald who...never liked or trusted the man. No doubt many already have or are working on draft transcript copies of their tell all books and discussing same in confidence with various publishers.

But it is not over. Still waiting for the fat lady to sing.
 
#23 · (Edited)
If he loses power, he can no longer give out goodies, and even his associates will abandon him. The only reason his associates stick by his side is because of what he can do for them while in power. This extends to support from various groups:
  • anti-abortion people
  • people who believe in a white Christian nation
  • the rich
  • gun nuts
  • xenophobes
Many groups, like above, know that Trump is a crook and con man, but it doesn't matter as long as he pushes the agenda they are crazy about.

In the big scheme of things, he's useless and disposable. They will drop him and turn their backs on him. If I was Trump, I would worry a lot about what happens when these people abandon me or, worse, spill the beans to the federal and state prosecutors, or IRS.
 
#24 ·
I'm not going to argue that your claims they support Trump.
Lots of detestable people support Biden too

But don't forget the anti-racists, anti-socialists, and free speech people.
They support Trump as well.

There are a lot of people who don't like the racist agenda that the Democrats push.
Like Candace Owens who's worked hard to address their institutional racism.

As for Donald Trump being racist, lots of people disagree
Thomas Sowell
<< I'm referencing twitter because that is the original source of the quote.
“I've seen no hard evidence and unfortunately we’re living in a time where no one expects hard evidence. You just repeat some familiar words and people react pretty much the way pavlov’s dogs were conditioned to react to certain sounds.” - Thomas Sowell.
 
#29 · (Edited)
Of course Trump is a racist. He has a long history of demonstrated racism. Notable examples being how he continuously called for the death penalty for the Central Park Five and continued to accuse them of guilt, even after they were cleared of the crime. Even in 2016 he still kept insisting they were guilty.

The other big one is Trump's personal mission to attack Obama as not being a real American and not a Christian.

The Obama attacks helped set the stage for Trump's presidency. A big reason Trump is president is because a significant % of white Americans absolutely hate black people and were livid when a black man became president.

And then of course we have Trump calling Hispanic people rapists, brown people as attackers at the border, plus actually banning Muslims based on their religion, etc. Trump is a racist, xenophobe, and champion of ***********.
 
#34 ·
Just heard from Jim Acosta on CNN, there is some talk in the White House of a 2024 "Trump Resurrection" run for President.

That will send chills down Mitch McConnell's back...........LOL.

Trump may like it and it may salve some wounds if he loses this election.....but he would be what 83 years old ?

I can't see Biden running for a second term either. All these people are getting too old. A complete change at the top for both parties is long overdue.
 
#47 ·
Some people don't even understand the difference between socialism and communism.

Socialism is an OAS/GST benefit or child benefits to spend as you wish. Communism is the government telling you where you can live and giving you food.

Socialism is the government bailing out business so they have a chance to become profitable again. Communism is owning the business.

North America is already well steeped in socialism.
 
#51 ·
^I should hope it was obvious that was a reductio ad absurdum argument to show that the premise was false.

No mainstream politician in the US is socialist in the North Korea or USSR sense of the word. And yet the accusation of socialist identify is thrown around a lot in the US.
 
#66 ·
In a couple days it's Remembrance Day, honouring our soldiers who fought and died in WWII. "Lest we forget". And for those who think the threat of fascism is long gone...


An amazing paragraph:

The role that patriotic symbolism, mass entertainment and a corporate state might play in an incipient American fascism was clear to astute observers at the time. In Sinclair Lewis’s novel, It Can’t Happen Here (1935), an American fascist dictatorship is brought about by the “Corporatist” party, led by the reactionary populist Buzz Windrip. Windrip takes power by forging alliances with media giants, including Father Prang, a character based on Father Charles Coughlin, whose weekly radio show was listened to by millions of Americans at its height in the mid-1930s. Coughlin was virulently, and conspiratorially, anti-Semitic, disseminating the (fraudulent) Protocols of the Elders of Zion and confirming Nazi accusations of a Jewish-Communist plot for world domination led by a cabal of “international bankers”. Windrip whips his crowds to a frenzy with patriotic music and populist jingles about clearing the “rot” in Washington, taking power thanks to the carnival he’s created. “Great showmanship,” the reporter who serves as Lewis’s resistant voice of liberal democracy observes of Windrip’s performance. “PT Barnum or Flo Ziegfeld never put on a better.”​


Another quote:

Meanwhile, on 4 July, Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr, shared a meme of his father’s head Photoshopped on to George Washington’s body, standing in front of the American flag and holding a Minigun and an eagle. Both memes rework images from the entertainment industry, whether it’s Rocky or an image made by the Call of Duty video-game franchise, into neo-fascist propaganda.​
The absurdity of this bizarrely entertaining spectacle does not make it less dangerous, but more so. The clownish aspect of both Hitler and Mussolini were often noted at the time​
 
#69 · (Edited)
moderator2 said:
It has more to do with the poster's history and repeated violations/complaints in the past, and I thought I spelled that out in the post you quoted.

For example Rusty, you have 0 previous violations. Even if you posted exactly what PG posted there, you would not have been banned. I would have sent you a warning message.
I have had zero previous violations or warnings, and I was banned without warning.

I posted that the mod on a censorship spree should contact Fox News and censor Trump due to misinformation. I also reported the mods post regarding Trump declaring a win on the election, citing misinformation (which this mod specifically stated shall not be posted). I was banned for nuisance reports, and interfering with moderation.

I'm all for moderation, but this is extreme. Selecting what news sources a mod perceives to be factual? On a discussion forum? Really?

For example Twitter is not to be used according to this mod. Have it be known the RCMP solely used Twitter to inform the public about a mass murder on the loose ... but this mod elects to pick and choose what is a reliable source.

Which financial blogs are credible? Which crypptos are credible? Your censorship style is going down a very dark path. This forum has lost all credibility if there is this misrepresentation in users...who make up the contents of the site.

Care to explain?
 
#70 ·
I have had zero previous violations or warnings, and I was banned without warning.
I gave you a short temporary ban because you were interfering with moderation and making nuisance reports. The thread was already difficult to moderate, and you were eating up my time.

I'm a volunteer.

Yes, I did lay out rules in the election thread about which sources were acceptable in the context of the election. The list of acceptable sources included everything from a German broadcaster to Fox News.
 
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