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villakram Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 29 minutes ago, A'Villan said: Egypt is already a military dictatorship explicitly supported by the Western freedom loving democracies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 The latest sad babblings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 This is interesting as an insight into what's going on. There's a couple of bloggers/journos who are out to get Ilhan Omar because she supports BDS. They see themselves as acting in the interests of "the global Jewish community", which will come as a surprise to many Jews. They are propagating a new "birther" story, also involving Kenya as it happens, something about her being married to her brother and possibly making her ineligible for citizenship. Trump has picked up on this, and now retails it in his usual manner. Notice how he says that it is a fact that she was married to her brother, and repeats the assertion twice within seconds, while saying he knows nothing about it and frames the exchange as the reporter asking him about it, before saying that he's sure somebody will be looking at it. So he gives a strong dog whistle, lays out a serious accusation, simultaneously gives himself space to claim he didn't do so, and invites people to investigate further - an investigation which would require her proving a negative, while suggestions and hints will go on for years. It's actually quite skilled. Repellent, amoral, utterly dishonest, fascist agitation, but skilled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chrisp65 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 oh that's fascinating you post those two photos He gave his speech where his supporters were chanting 'send her back'. Watch him during the chanting. He does that weird Il Duce strut and chin thing. The guy thinks he's Mussolini. Clearly he's not finished the Mussolini picture biography book yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 19, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) Edit - perhaps too cruel. Edited July 19, 2019 by Chindie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Chindie said: Edit - perhaps too cruel. If it's about Trump, I'm actually intrigued as to what could be too cruel for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 9 hours ago, villakram said: Egypt is already a military dictatorship explicitly supported by the Western freedom loving democracies. If you have the time and the interest, could you expand on this. I'm not aware of the ins and outs of Egypt's current situation. I am fascinated by her history though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 20, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2019 I’m on holiday at the moment. Lying in the sun reading “The Handmaid’s Tale” Now taking a break and flicking through this thread instead. Eerie. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Watch this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Spent the morning retweeting Katie Hopkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 This asap rocky thing is hilarious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 3 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: Spent the morning retweeting Katie Hopkins lol, my first reaction was... wtf are you doing that, d'oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 12 hours ago, A'Villan said: If you have the time and the interest, could you expand on this. I'm not aware of the ins and outs of Egypt's current situation. I am fascinated by her history though. Well they had their little color revolution. So cute, but then the silly little peons went and voted for those nasty muslim types (who to be fair, did act rather naively when in power), but in a happy ending the military was able to ride to the rescue and save the brave people of Egypt. One of the biggest reasons for the crap crowds at AFCON was the military not wanting large crowds of people together. As in these crowd situations, people get silly ideas about freedom and such, as happened prior to said color revolution. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Davkaus Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 To be fair, it was only 15 seconds, and he spent 14 of them wondering who he was, where he was, why those people were all looking at him, and where the nearest McDonalds might be. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 This clip illustrates one aspect of his oddness. On being told that several members of her family were murdered by Isis, he doesn't seem able to offer a human response or display empathy. He is bored. Lack of interest and engagement is written all over his stupid orange face. He is only half listening. But the cameras are rolling, and some response is required. He asks where they are. (Did he hear her say they were killed?) Does he mean where are they buried, she wonders? And answers accordingly. Will he help? He says they will look into it "very strongly", whatever that means. A dismissive signal that the audience is at an end. If he was some guy living next door, you might wonder whether you should ask Social Services to check if he was ok. Because he's clearly not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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