Political Roundtable Part XXVII

[Wizardspride]

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[closg00]

I still expect to see Haley on Trumps ticket if he is really down in the polls.

[Ruzious]

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Geebus, wasn't she the one who led the effort to remove the Confederate flag after the SC shootings? So... if not for a messed up teenager, she'd be wearing it. Well, she used to be the Governor of SC, and she's a very conservative Republican who used to work for Trump. So, it's not exactly surprising that she has issues.

[gtn130]

Haley is a hack and an idiot. People associated her with the mythical "good" Republicans but she's like .5% better than Sarah Huckabee Sanders

[gtn130]

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Imagine seeing this and being so unscrupulous and lacking in basic integrity that you still support Trump while knowing that his financial interests are likely in direct conflict with the interests of US foreign policy.

[Pointgod]

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She’s the minority person cover for the party of racists. I’m 100% not surprised. Republicans will and have sold the country to foreigners if it means they maintain power. Anyone that even tries to compare Democrats to those spineless **** needs to be smacked in the head.

[Wizardspride]

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[TGW]

"Fake" Newsweek fired a reporter because he wrote an article on the OPCW leaks (which revealed that the Assad gassing reports were basically bull). I remember arguing with several **** in this thread on the legitimacy of that claim:

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[queridiculo]

"Fake" Newsweek fired a reporter because he wrote an article on the OPCW leaks (which revealed that the Assad gassing reports were basically bull). I remember arguing with several **** in this thread on the legitimacy of that claim:

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https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/11/25/emails-and-reading-comprehension-opcw-douma-coverage-misses-crucial-facts/

The fact that the redacted report stated it was “likely” the cylinders were the source of the chlorine or reactive chlorine-containing chemical, while the final report said it was “possible that the cylinders were the source of the substances containing reactive chlorine” is significant. It demonstrates that the OPCW in fact downgraded their confidence in their conclusions in order to include the doubts raised by the author of the letter.

Based on this analysis, it is clear that WikiLeaks, the Daily Mail, La Repubblica, and Stundin have failed to understand the context of this letter and the final Douma report.

If the people covering this story had actually taken the time to read the letter and the FFM reports, they may well have chosen to publicize it in a very different manner.

Not the first time you cherry pick what suits your narrative and run with it.

[Zonkerbl]

What's the big picture argument here TSW? Let's say I believe you, that CIA is trying to fabricate WMD evidence against assad (not unbelievable, after all). Do you also support Putin's claim that Assad's not so bad and we should let him and Putin run Syria? Or are you just taking a swipe at Newsweek, in support of Trump's talking points?

[dckingsfan]

Interesting that it could be the insurance companies that end up driving the discussion.

It’s not just an interesting topic to pull out at cocktail parties. For insurers, these developments pose an existential threat. This fall, the Economist ran an article titled: “Changing weather could put insurance firms out of business.” As extreme weather events become commonplace, insurers’ ratios are expected to change. “The global gap between total losses and insured losses is already wide and growing,” the Economist said.

https://www.silvervinesoftware.com/2019/12/05/future-of-insurance-climate-change/

[Pointgod]

What's the big picture argument here TSW? Let's say I believe you, that CIA is trying to fabricate WMD evidence against assad (not unbelievable, after all). Do you also support Putin's claim that Assad's not so bad and we should let him and Putin run Syria? Or are you just taking a swipe at Newsweek, in support of Trump's talking points?

TGW is almost as bad as a Trump supporter when it comes to misinformation and propaganda. I don’t doubt that what he’s saying could be true but it needs to be based on facts. It’s telling that the only sources that are running with this story are right wing rags like Fox News. I honestly don’t know the point of people like TGW. We know Assad has killed his own citizens and he’s essentially a brutal dictator. Much like Tulsi Gabbard he seems to be an apologist for dictators.

[dckingsfan]

What's the big picture argument here TSW? Let's say I believe you, that CIA is trying to fabricate WMD evidence against assad (not unbelievable, after all). Do you also support Putin's claim that Assad's not so bad and we should let him and Putin run Syria? Or are you just taking a swipe at Newsweek, in support of Trump's talking points?

TGW is almost as bad as a Trump supporter when it comes to misinformation and propaganda. I don’t doubt that what he’s saying could be true but it needs to be based on facts. It’s telling that the only sources that are running with this story are right wing rags like Fox News. I honestly don’t know the point of people like TGW. We know Assad has killed his own citizens and he’s essentially a brutal dictator. Much like Tulsi Gabbard he seems to be an apologist for dictators.

Of course you do... he is saying, I am a Bernie fanatic - all others (candidates) are evil and morally inferior.

Fanatic: a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme political cause.

He is saying that both the Rs and Ds are corrupt and only Bernie can save the day. He equates Trump with the Ds with complete equivalency. Bernie folks also paint Warren as a war-mongering corporatist.

Take it in that light and it is very understandable.

[FAH1223]

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Get Mayor Pete out of the paint.

[dckingsfan]

Makes me want to ask the following questions:

What were the premium increases vs. the rest of the industry?

Did those layoffs help streamline efficiencies that allowed for a better patient experience?

[pancakes3]

rest assured that nothing that insurance companies do result in a better patient experience.

i have mixed feelings about that "breaking" story. on one hand, buttigieg is clearly the industry favorite candidate. you can tell by where his donations are coming from. he's been signalling to be a neolib centrist and donors are listening. on the other hand, it's not really fair to hold an associate at a MBB firm, biglaw firm, or wall street firm for the sins of their actions as a junior there. what was he supposed to do? take a principled stand and get fired*? He worked long enough to make a nut, pay off his loans, and did still walk away eventually. if that suffices to be branded a corporate shill, then damn. like, John Legend (yes, that John Legend) is a MBB alum too and i'm sure for the brief time he was there, he worked on some "cost-cutting" projects too.

(*i know that's Julian Castro's story but I don't buy it.)

[gtn130]

Makes me want to ask the following questions:

What were the premium increases vs. the rest of the industry?

Did those layoffs help streamline efficiencies that allowed for a better patient experience?

LOL

[dckingsfan]

Makes me want to ask the following questions:

What were the premium increases vs. the rest of the industry?

Did those layoffs help streamline efficiencies that allowed for a better patient experience?

LOL

[Ruzious]

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It's not just the percentage that vote for him vs vote for Trump; it's also the percentage that show up to vote vs not show up to vote.

[TGW]

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