Ikantcpell Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, Seat68 said: a simple search shows you hate some things too. Just because i wrote it here doesn't mean i really hate it, i just like to wind you up. Edited December 26, 2017 by Ikantcpell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 6 hours ago, snowychap said: That's all very well but then they should go through procedures to deal with and address that. Has McCabe been removed from his post? Has he been suspended? My point was not about who had done right or wrong but that you have the holder of the highest office in the US making public snide comments about another very senior ('non-political') official. I agree with that principle about the correct way for things/people to proceed in order for things to get done. Not meant as against your point, more as an addendum. This kind of sniping is pretty much par for the course in US politics as far as I've seen. Using twitter instead of The Hill or The Washington Post is a mere detail... previously of the peculiar kind, but no longer. I kind of like seeing these political animals eat their own. Those with principle are typically ignored, I just hope that Bernie has inspired the next generation as the political landscape is pretty barren right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 14 minutes ago, villakram said: I agree with that principle about the correct way for things/people to proceed in order for things to get done. Not meant as against your point, more as an addendum. This kind of sniping is pretty much par for the course in US politics as far as I've seen. Using twitter instead of The Hill or The Washington Post is a mere detail... previously of the peculiar kind, but no longer. I kind of like seeing these political animals eat their own. Those with principle are typically ignored, I just hope that Bernie has inspired the next generation as the political landscape is pretty barren right now. McCabe is deputy director of the FBI, a law enforcement agency, and not a political opponent. Even so, people must make sure that Trump's carrying on as President (for instance, the trash talking on twitter and elsewhere) doesn't become normalized such that whoever takes over from him in 2025 will have free rein to go further still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted December 26, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 26, 2017 The cheeky bastard!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted December 26, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 26, 2017 25 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said: The cheeky bastard!!! Well, Churchill was a racist... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 There's probably an interesting long read somewhere about why it is precisely that American right-wingers love Churchill so very much. I guess if you want to pick someone on the winning side of WWII, Stalin and Roosevelt rule themselves out, so who else. I remember the fuss when Obama moved that bust of Churchill that was in the Oval Office. The drama! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I guess he’s a bit of a ‘strong man’ type of leader on the right side of history? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Good (long) article here on the Democrats failure to address real issues, through being so fixated on the Russiagate stuff despite the absence of hard evidence. Quote ...We can gauge the corrosive impact of the Democrats’ fixation on Russia by asking what they aren’t talking about when they talk about Russian hacking. For a start, they aren’t talking about interference of other sorts in the election, such as the Republican Party’s many means of disenfranchising minority voters. Nor are they talking about the trillion dollar defence budget that pre-empts the possibility of single-payer healthcare and other urgently needed social programmes; nor about the modernisation of the American nuclear arsenal which Obama began and Trump plans to accelerate, and which raises the risk of the ultimate environmental calamity, nuclear war – a threat made more serious than it has been in decades by America’s combative stance towards Russia. The prospect of impeaching Trump and removing him from office by convicting him of collusion with Russia has created an atmosphere of almost giddy anticipation among leading Democrats, allowing them to forget that the rest of the Republican Party is composed of many politicians far more skilful in Washington’s ways than their president will ever be... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 21 hours ago, TheAuthority said: Well, Churchill was a racist... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Always worth remembering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted December 29, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 29, 2017 How low can the bar go? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 29, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 29, 2017 9 hours ago, TheAuthority said: How low can the bar go? That can't be real surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted December 29, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 29, 2017 26 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: That can't be real surely? Sadly so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 29, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 29, 2017 There are few things sadder than the gloating of someone who everyone knows is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 (edited) He's been an open, and incredibly vocal climate change denier for years, it's one of the few issues he doesn't seem to have flip-flopped on, so it shouldn't be news to anyone. Tens of millions of **** decided that they didn't care. He's loud, fat, stupid and seems to take pride in his ignorance. And that's something that 50 odd million people decided was a good fit for their vacant leader position. Good job, 'murica. Edited December 29, 2017 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ingram85 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 5 hours ago, Davkaus said: He's been an open, and incredibly vocal climate change denier for years, it's one of the few issues he doesn't seem to have flip-flopped on, so it shouldn't be news to anyone. Tens of millions of **** decided that they didn't care. He's loud, fat, stupid and seems to take pride in his ignorance. And that's something that 50 odd million people decided was a good fit for their vacant leader position. Good job, 'murica. I think it’s the fact he has confused the weather with the climate that’s got everyone facepalming. They aren’t the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted January 2, 2018 Moderator Share Posted January 2, 2018 The saviour of the skies is amongst us! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 57 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said: The saviour of the skies is amongst us! In 2017 I was very strict about meteors striking the earth. Good news - last year there was not even a single report of a fatal meteor strike anywhere GLOBALLY! You are welcome. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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