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nice dodge.

keep the movie stuff out of the Trump thread and stop trying to instigate if you can help it

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Kevin Spacey being accused of rape is "movie stuff"? Yes, he's a movie star, but what individuals have accused him of doing in his private life has nothing to do with movies.

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@Omnizoa - Thanks for the recommendations for both Matt Christiansen as well as StyxHexenHammer666. I watch both channels on the regular these days.

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Aw come on, why so mad bro? Not very christian of you. As you say I've got nothing. Or, maybe I don't see the point in arguing with someone who already knows everything and consistently attacks me and others in this thread. As you just pointed out. This is a movie forum. And I am no master debater. Maybe you are maybe you aren't. Doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things.

And you're right, I wasn't making a point. I was asking you a question because I've moved on. Would like to think maybe you can be the bigger man and do the same. I'm genuinely interested in your thoughts. I guess you thought I was trying to trap Trump with your own thoughts on the matter or something? Not true. I've decided we should be friends on the board and I wanted to know what you think is all. But its cool. I see you get rep pretty consistently for your scathing and just downright mean ass (and long) posts, so good for you I reckon.

From now on tho, I'm gonna talk to you like we're friends and you can ignore me if you want or don't. As I said in the grand scheme of things this thread really doesn't matter.

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Double post... heh.

Thanks for these by the way. I meant to look those up the last time he talked about them and I forgot or got busy or am an assh*le or something. Good stuff. Do either of you watch David Pakman?

I've not heard of him. Will check him out!

IKR. I've enjoyed playing a bit of tennis but he just does not play ball, PW That hurts my feels. No good cheer over a Pimms and ribbon sandwiches of the Monarchs top ten list at the australian Open (I will be servi9ng this at the royal wedding.Powder, I implore thee, make a reservation. Comfy seats are filling up fast), where we happen to still have beens,and bees and beans.i have ncknamed him Mr BeeLee Cose with a cottage in Beelandia. I hope that helps smooth the waters so he doesnt drown like a refo just off xmas island.
He should atleast be happy I didnt portray him as living in tofulandis

Just some of the latest signs of White House corruption...

First, you have this whole situation with Qatar, when Trump suddenly decides to go after a vital Middle Eastern ally very possibly because Kushner's father's business was turned down for a loan...

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer...ners-firm.html

Then Trump softens his stance on Qatar and a company with ties to the Qatar government is making a deal with the Kushner business to laon them the money they need for their building.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/n...r-666-5th.html

See, the thing about conflicts of interest is that they are conflicts of interest regardless of how honorably everyone is conducting themselves, but this situation stinks.

Then you have Trump's bizarre endorsement of ZTE, a Chinese telecommunications company sanctioned by the U.S. for violating trade sanctions against Iran and North Korea. Of course, there is this: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...esia-lido-city

Talk about brazen. The question that needs answering is whose interests is Trump looking out for?

Now the story is Trump has tried to get the USPS to increase their shipping charges for Amazon, the company owned by Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post, which Trump hates. This is such a disgusting abuse of power. And here is the Washington Post's article on it:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...=.a378e7ba5e94


And none of that is including this whole situation with Michael Cohen, because who knows how all that is going to shake out and what personal connections Trump may have in all of Cohen's shady dealings.

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I may go back to hating you. It was more fun.

It's not really a dodge, it's the reason I mentioned Spacey in the first place. There's a strong overlap between the people who think Trump is Literally Hitler and the people who think we should disregard due process in favor of "Listen and Believe". From the perspective of protecting marginalized people, both narratives can and are repeatedly rationalized under the Kyriarchy.

Believe it or not, there's a method to my madness.

No problem.

Nope.

Okeedoke.

The first time I saw David Pakman I instantly disliked him. I think it's his Socialist bent. I've no doubt that if we were to both lay out what we want in a country we'd have pretty similar end goals, but his idea of how to attain that state, I would argue, drives it further away.

I know, right? You'd think Trump'd be easy enough to criticize without stooping to Vox. Again.

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I’ve been trying to think of this administration as one big Russian joke.

“In Trump’s America...Russia elect you!”

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Not sure if I just picked the wrong video or if this guy is as bad as my first viewing would suggest. His handling of the "Animals..." narrative this week was underhanded and downright dishonest. The clever editing he used to paint the comments in a light that supported his "Trump is a fascist dictator" narrative is the very definition of the oft-used "fake news".

Either he is trying to paint MS-13 as "People who are just trying to make a better life for themselves", or he deliberately skewed the facts in an effort to infer that Trump was talking about run-of-the-mill immigrants, and not the vicious gang members he had been asked to comment on by the woman asking him the question at the time.

Either way, was not impressed by this guy.

What the hell does Vox have to do with anything? I didn't link to an opinion piece or to some Vox exclusive. There's two relevant facts to the story and both facts are well established (the one by Trump's own tweets) but of course you act the typical mentally stunted Trump apologist you are by attacking a source for which my point is not dependent on. Next time I guess I'll post a link to some anonymous dude on the internet because he confirms what I've already chosen to believe.

I should like to think that we collectively ask that question more often: "What DOES Vox have to do with anything?"

The answer: It doesn't. It is so far divorced from reality that citing it as a news source should be an embarrassment greater that farting in a crowded elevator.

That's even WORSE, Kaplan. There's literally a line in this article that says: "This is a ridiculous answer."

That's an opinion, Kaplan. And look at this:

This is the article outright ****ing admitting to your face that "scandalous speculations are really popular, so here's some more scandalous speculations for you".

This is Hillary Clinton doing the dab.


It's ****ing soul-crushing that anyone even took this seriously in the first place.

I guess he's more credible if his name is Matthew Yglesias and he's a writer for an internet tabloid?

I think this is hilarious

You're still blathering on about Vox? So you don't like Vox, no one cares. I made it perfectly clear that the two relevant facts were widely reported outside of Vox, one being Trump's own tweets of supporting ZTE and the other being that he was personally benefiting from a Chinese loan to a project in Indonesia. I used the Vox link because I wanted a quote I could use to summarize the situation. And it's not wild speculation, it's corruption. It's corruption because there's a conflict of interest because Trump never divested of his businesses. Whether or not there was an overt agreement made, I don't know, and never pretended to know, but it's immaterial, because it's still corruption and no doubt China sees it as a quid pro quo.


But sure, keep ranting on about your usual nonsense.

There you go, Trump is following through on his promise to help ZTE.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...=.0ba34b645e92


He's not just going against bipartisan opposition, but also against years of his own anti-China rhetoric.

So far Trump has greatly declined in my view: moving out of Iran deal, not meeting with NK and imposing tariffs on imports which can lead to a trade war with China and the European Union. He was truly incredibly bad in the last couple of months. So far he is on the route of becoming the worst president that a major democratic country has ever had since Dilma was impeached in Brazil in 2016

Also I don't care much about Trump's scandals in part because he is always involved in scandals so I guess it's part of his marketing strategy.

Of course, because my phone is ZTE so better they still have technical support in here.

With all the things Trump tweets about its a bit of a surprise he hasn't banged a few tweets out about his new favorite show being cancelled.