The Trump presidency

[DotCommunist]

third row down, three across

 

[Treacle Toes]

So that Milo is a nonce then

eh?

 

[brogdale]

eh?

A radio interview has emerged in which he defends paedophilia in the context of homosexuality & coming out.
Guess we'll be hearing less about Milo from now on.

 

[J Ed]

A radio interview has emerged in which he defends paedophilia in the context of homosexuality & coming out.
Guess we'll be hearing less about Milo from now on.

You would hope so but in these times who knows...

 

[J Ed]

READ: Transcript of Milo Yiannopolous Video on Pedophilia

 

[brogdale]

You would hope so but in these times who knows...

Can imagine that Matthew Baxter feels too good this morning.

 

[bluescreen]

Can imagine that Matthew Baxter feels too good this morning.

Who is Matthew Baxter? That link is broken.

 

[brogdale]

Who is Matthew Baxter? That link is broken.

Head of Simon Langton school.

 

[chandlerp]

It all becomes clear now...there is a place called Sweeden (note the slightly different spelling) in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Sweeden, Kentucky - Wikipedia

 

[hipipol]

It all becomes clear now...there is a place called Sweeden (note the slightly different spelling) in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Sweeden, Kentucky - Wikipedia

where the massacre took place eh?
so the massacre that didn't happen hasn't happened AGAIN!!!!!
Fake brains

 

[chandlerp]

Yes, those poor people

 

[CrabbedOne]

(That post was tongue in cheek obviously.) Trump has clearly had a lot to think about in the past 24 hours because after his unusually long twitter silence he's just come up with this nonsense. View attachment 100803

I get the feeling reading that that someone else using Trump's Twitter again.

 

[mauvais]

I watched some of his hour-long press debacle, in particular the 'I inherited a MESS' bit.

It's incredible. He really does belong in a mid-tier documentary about some small town disaster or unfortunate event, starring as the pointedly former sheriff. 'People say I could have saved those children, you know - why didn't you save them. What those people don't always understand is that it was actually my day off'

 

[brogdale]

I get the feeling reading that that someone else using Trump's Twitter again.

Syntax reminiscent of weak Y 10 coursework (in multi-coloured 'comedy font').

 

[chandlerp]

wax crayon

 

[The Octagon]

It all becomes clear now...there is a place called Sweeden (note the slightly different spelling) in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Sweeden, Kentucky - Wikipedia

So much tragedy in one small place.

Does that put Trump on a par with the youngster Monica was dating in Friends that thought 'Gunpoint' was an actual place and wondered why people continued to go there?

 

[snadge]

READ: Transcript of Milo Yiannopolous Video on Pedophilia

I don't know if it is the same interview but I posted a video with him defending peadophillia in the thread on Milo exclusively a month or so ago.

 

[snadge]

READ: Transcript of Milo Yiannopolous Video on Pedophilia

Here is the one I posted, it seems different to the latest.

 

[Idris2002]

Let's see them take on this guy:

 

[CrabbedOne]

...
I don't think I can bear to watch the video, particularly if it's slanted to make viewers feel sorry for the Weavers. Deffo have more sympathy for, say, the Black men, women and children killed by the police while going about their business, or doing things that wouldn't raise an eyebrow if they were white.

Part of the problem unfortunately is progressive types never engaging with or even troubling to understand people that have repellent views while emoting over favoured victim groups. And all that is just enabling a rather strong movement white identity movement that's completely alienated by such postures.

 

[CrabbedOne]

 

[CrabbedOne]

 

[8den]

Quick Speed up, Laura Penny is trying to get on the bash Milo bandwagon; by telling everyone about the great time she had getting pissed with him

 

[CRI]

It all becomes clear now...there is a place called Sweeden (note the slightly different spelling) in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Sweeden, Kentucky - Wikipedia

There's also places in Kentucky called Scuffletown, Baskett, Curdsville, Knob Lick, Fancy Farm, Fairdealing. Peewee Valley, Lickskillet and Monkey's Eyebrow.

I want something significant to happen in one of these please.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Quick Speed up, Laura Penny is trying to get on the bash Milo bandwagon; by telling everyone about the great time she had getting pissed with him

Nah she is self promoting as usual. She likes him.

 

[chandlerp]

"We need to talk about the Baskett case" says Donald.

"Yes" says everyone else.

 

[CRI]

Part of the problem unfortunately is progressive types never engaging with or even troubling to understand people that have repellent views while emoting over favoured victim groups. And all that is just enabling a rather strong movement white identity movement that's completely alienated by such postures.

We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. I think the time, energy and money is better spent engaging with people who didn't vote, either because they didn't think it was that important or because there were barriers to voting (e.g. location of polls, restricted hours, transport, etc. - things that came about from voter suppression activities in the US.) They will be impacted by the Trump/GOP government and will at least possibly be open minded about voting next time.

Folks who think the Weavers, Branch Davidians, Militia's, Sovereign Citizens, etc. "have a point," have already jumped the shark and are unlikely to vote for anyone or anything outside their narrow perspective. Some who voted Trump, or for third party candidates may be worth engaging with, if they are actually showing "buyers remorse." They realise they made a stupid mistake and won't do it again.

What I have no time for though is those who voted Trump say because he was against abortion, or they thought he'd cut taxes, "but I didn't agree with everything he stood for." Sorry folks, you were "okay enough" to give a pass to his racism, homophobia, climate change denial, kleptocratic tendencies, misogyny, nepotism, etc. and no one twisted your arm. From my experience, folks who say they backed a candidate for x but they didn't like his y are either not that bothered about his y, or actually agree with him on y, but don't want to admit it.

The problem with engaging with extremists (even those who pretend they aren't, hiding behind their support for the candidate/party's "less extreme" policies) is they'll want something back for their support. For example, they'll want the next candidate to be anti-abortion, or pledge to cut taxes, or something else, then they'll vote for them. But, not only will this alienate existing supporters of the candidate, but there's no guarantee that pulling a party closer to the right will still get folks on the right to join in.

 

[CRI]

Quick Speed up, Laura Penny is trying to get on the bash Milo bandwagon; by telling everyone about the great time she had getting pissed with him

Can't see all the posts about Milo, but plenty folk have been shouting he's a wrong 'un for quite some time, particularly Black feminists and trans women and men. Seems to be the white lads on the left and right who were saying, "C'mon, give him a chance, freeze peach and all that." Takes something like this to finally prick their consciences. Right oh.

 

[CRI]

"We need to talk about the Baskett case" says Donald.

"Yes" says everyone else.

PERFECT!

 

[CrabbedOne]

On Bloomberg Trump Team Fosters Fears He'll Adopt Alternative Economic Facts

...
Ensuring Reliability
“What I worry about is funding to make sure that we have money to actually gather the data, and make sure that it’s reliable and durable,” she said.

In a sign that concern is not limited to one side of the political spectrum, the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute and liberal-leaning Brookings Institution are co-sponsoring a conference in Washington March 2 on the “Vital role of Government Statistics: Strengthening Research, Governance, and Innovation.”

“The modern economy is more reliant on data than ever before,” the think-tanks said in an e-mail announcing the conference, with speakers that include economist Martin Feldstein, a former CEA chairman. “Without reliable information about the economic and social environment, making sensible choices that produce positive outcomes in commerce, research, and governance is impossible.”

University of Oregon professor Mark Thoma said he’s worried that the Trump administration’s championing of “alternative facts” could spread to the economic data if the economy turns sour.

“The worst thing he could do -- and I see this as a real danger -- would be to politicize the agencies that produce government economic data, to put people in place that will skew the numbers in his favor,” Thoma said in a Jan. 24 commentary for CBS MoneyWatch. “If that happens, the data will be useless, and we’ll essentially be flying blind when it comes to the true state of the economy.”

This is quite likely. A man who rigs the floor numbering in Trump tower to make it ten stories bigly taller is quite likely to tinker with stats of all kinds.