Political Roundtable Part XXVIII

FAH1223 · Post #1441 » by **FAH1223** » Sat Jul 4, 2020 10:38 pm

dobrojim · Post #1442 » by **dobrojim** » Sun Jul 5, 2020 1:15 am

https://www.poz.com/blog/one-needs-die-coronavirus

One of my old colleagues, a biomedical research PhD, just posted on fb about a
protocol now being used, MATH, that uses a combination of cheap commonly used
meds that is beginning to show considerable promise.

pancakes3 · Post #1443 » by **pancakes3** » Sun Jul 5, 2020 2:49 am

Kanye just announced his intention to run via twitter

Wizardspride · Post #1444 » by **Wizardspride** » Sun Jul 5, 2020 1:43 pm

pancakes3 wrote:Kanye just announced his intention to run via twitter

Probably promotion for his new album.

Post #1445 » by **montestewart** » Sun Jul 5, 2020 2:56 pm

Wizardspride wrote:
pancakes3 wrote:Kanye just announced his intention to run via twitter

Probably promotion for his new album.

Dent-i-pres

When I was little, I was influenced by Pat Paulson's candidacy (I didn't really understand it, but it made my mother laugh), and the wide open nature of pre-convention Democratic campaigns. In 1972, Shirley Chisholm was my favorite, so completely different from all the others.

I realized anyone can run for president. So in 1976, I ran my father for president, running under the Loud Party ticket. No particular platform, fundraising was through two tiers: Red, White and Blue American at $0.11, and Gold Level Patriot Founding Father at $0.27. My father was not amused, my mother thought it was hilarious, my grandmother didn't get it. I got money from the latter.

People run for president for a lot of reasons: some think they can maybe win, some want a particular group of issues to get a higher profile, some want to raise their own profile for the political future, and some just want to do some charisma-based branding, marketing, and PR.

Trump just sucked up free publicity for his brand. His presidency is just an extension of that marketing campaign, nothing more. He had and still has no vision beyond that. Political support, casino success, gilt paint in a luxury condo, more Trump ties sold. It's all the same to him. Somehow he stumbled into capturing the reactionary extremist tendencies of his adopted party, and speaks on virtually every subject like a child who did not study for the test but knows his doting mother is the teacher and the only audience that matters.

I know, the bar is set really, really low. I'll take Kanye West over Trump. Easy call.

Post #1446 » by **Zonkerbl** » Mon Jul 6, 2020 1:59 pm

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/03/884832594/video-frederick-douglass-descendants-read-his-fourth-of-july-speech?fbclid=IwAR2KRfuFbjL6A64-CVQBkNUeCCCR7J36pUg0MO4H38gD8eeehqiUg_7AfIw

tl;dr - Bringing about change against the wishes of your oppressors is unavoidably uncomfortable for your oppressors. If you aren't making your oppressors uncomfortable, you aren't going to accomplish anything.

Wizardspride · Post #1447 » by **Wizardspride** » Mon Jul 6, 2020 3:05 pm

Read on Twitter

?s=19

Post #1448 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Jul 6, 2020 3:29 pm

Wizardspride wrote:

Read on Twitter
?s=19

What a bleeping moron we have as our President. Is there a better way to say it?

Bubba Wallace owes absolutely nobody an apology for that.

pancakes3 · Post #1449 » by **pancakes3** » Mon Jul 6, 2020 3:42 pm

instead of "apologized," the word he's trollingly looking for is "thanked."

Post #1450 » by **Zonkerbl** » Mon Jul 6, 2020 3:44 pm

I think if your ratings drop because you've banned the confederate flag... maybe your sport is full of racists?

Post #1451 » by **montestewart** » Mon Jul 6, 2020 4:53 pm

Ruzious wrote:
Wizardspride wrote:

Read on Twitter
?s=19

What a bleeping moron we have as our President. Is there a better way to say it?

Bubba Wallace owes absolutely nobody an apology for that.

“They say Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by a racist, but white people kill white people with rifles all the time. Look at Sandy Hook. Look at Las Vegas. Still waiting for Marty King (I call him Marty) to apologize for the ‘racist’ shooting hoax.”

dobrojim · Post #1452 » by **dobrojim** » Mon Jul 6, 2020 6:00 pm

Ruzious wrote:What a bleeping moron we have as our President. Is there a better way to say it?

Bubba Wallace owes absolutely nobody an apology for that.

David Brooks - 'a sociopath'

Steve Schmidt - 'an imbecile'

You decide.

Post #1453 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Jul 6, 2020 6:47 pm

dobrojim wrote:
Ruzious wrote:What a bleeping moron we have as our President. Is there a better way to say it?

Bubba Wallace owes absolutely nobody an apology for that.

David Brooks - 'a sociopath'

Steve Schmidt - 'an imbecile'

You decide.

Yup - 2 conservatives who are able to be objective.

pancakes3 · Post #1454 » by **pancakes3** » Mon Jul 6, 2020 10:53 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #1455 » by **montestewart** » Tue Jul 7, 2020 5:27 am

pancakes3 wrote:

Read on Twitter

Trump University?

Post #1456 » by **Ruzious** » Tue Jul 7, 2020 12:09 pm

pancakes3 wrote:

Read on Twitter

Is there a reason given for this? - other than Trump trying to turn the US into a shithole country?

Fairview4Life · Post #1457 » by **Fairview4Life** » Tue Jul 7, 2020 12:42 pm

Ruzious wrote:Is there a reason given for this? - other than Trump trying to turn the US into a shithole country?

Racism.

Post #1458 » by **Zonkerbl** » Tue Jul 7, 2020 1:51 pm

Fairview4Life wrote:
Ruzious wrote:Is there a reason given for this? - other than Trump trying to turn the US into a shithole country?

Racism.

Trump is in fact a tool of Putin and is actively trying to destroy an economic sector where we have a comparative advantage in order to please his master?

Fairview4Life · Post #1459 » by **Fairview4Life** » Tue Jul 7, 2020 1:53 pm

Zonkerbl wrote:
Fairview4Life wrote:
Ruzious wrote:Is there a reason given for this? - other than Trump trying to turn the US into a shithole country?

Racism.

Trump is in fact a tool of Putin and is actively trying to destroy an economic sector where we have a comparative advantage in order to please his master?

No, it's the cism. I get that it's Stephen Miller's wife, and she is who we thought she had to be, but this is the Trump administration in a nutshell:

Read on Twitter

Wizardspride · Post #1460 » by **Wizardspride** » Tue Jul 7, 2020 2:38 pm

Read on Twitter

?s=19