Author Topic: US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP (Read 5441363 times)

shosta · « **Reply #48480 on:** January 02, 2020, 04:36:25 PM »

https://twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1212738343588511747

Finally, our long national nightmare is over.

shosta · « **Reply #48481 on:** January 02, 2020, 04:42:14 PM »

In completely unrelated news, you've been named Cultural Ambassador for the Netherlands. Congratulations!

shosta · « **Reply #48482 on:** January 02, 2020, 04:53:52 PM »

https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/1212833258863415296

That's my president!

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #48483 on:** January 02, 2020, 05:15:39 PM »

Many on the left used fearmongering around 'deficit spending' as a way to malign Reagan. The underlying dig being that he was spending out of control, escalating the military and leading us into a nuclear war with the Soviets. Biden was one of them.

They were so effective in that messaging that the early 90's became defined by the idea that the government was going bankrupt. This in turn spurred the success of people like Ross Perot and the Contract for America capitalizing on that anxiety. The big selling point on the Contract was term limits and a Balanced Budget Amendment.

So, you had many dems on the hill (those that survived the 1994 culling) then in a position where they spent the last decade maligning the Republicans for financial irresponsibility now facing a vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment. People like Biden then had to toe the line where they support fiscal responsibility but not in the fashion the Republicans did.

shosta · « **Reply #48484 on:** January 02, 2020, 05:22:26 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on January 02, 2020, 05:15:39 PM

So, you had many dems on the hill (those that survived the 1994 culling) then in a position where they spent the last decade maligning the Republicans for financial irresponsibility now facing a vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment. People like Biden then had to toe the line where they support financial responsibility but not in the fashion the Republicans did.

That would be a good argument if this clip wasn't of Biden proclaiming that he had gone above and beyond what his colleagues had proposed. Plus he didn't mention military spending. Happy New Year

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #48485 on:** January 02, 2020, 05:40:56 PM »

https://twitter.com/MatthewSitman/status/1212740518855221249

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #48486 on:** January 02, 2020, 05:41:55 PM »

What I like about Bernie when it comes to spending, it's that he's clearly a dl Keynesian.

He's never like either or, he's like moar please.

Tasty · « **Reply #48487 on:** January 02, 2020, 06:05:35 PM »

Quote from: Tripon on January 02, 2020, 04:30:08 PM

If WaPo didn't think they fucked up, why change the photo?

"If they were truly innocent, why would they give in to mob rage?"

nachobro · « **Reply #48488 on:** January 02, 2020, 06:14:14 PM »

lolbezos

agrajag · « **Reply #48489 on:** January 02, 2020, 06:14:56 PM »

haha, look at those Berniebros, triggered by antisemitic tropes, ahahaha you Jewish losers, hahaha

team filler · « **Reply #48490 on:** January 02, 2020, 06:15:19 PM »

https://twitter.com/OrganizingPower/status/1212859926344802304

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #48491 on:** January 02, 2020, 06:48:55 PM »

Quote from: agrajag on January 02, 2020, 06:14:56 PM

haha, look at those Berniebros, triggered by antisemitic tropes, ahahaha you Jewish losers, hahaha

no filler

agrajag · « **Reply #48492 on:** January 02, 2020, 07:41:40 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 02, 2020, 06:48:55 PM

Quote from: agrajag on January 02, 2020, 06:14:56 PM
haha, look at those Berniebros, triggered by antisemitic tropes, ahahaha you Jewish losers, hahaha

no filler

actually it's dufus, the antisemitism minimizer

team filler · « **Reply #48493 on:** January 02, 2020, 07:46:04 PM »

Nintex · « **Reply #48494 on:** January 02, 2020, 08:26:19 PM »

The Trump mob can add Qassem Soleimani to their list of painted houses as Trump's weirdo Twitter friends are publishing pictures of his severed hand and Iraqi state TV is freaking out.

team filler · « **Reply #48495 on:** January 02, 2020, 09:28:41 PM »

https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1212920072705986560

agrajag · « **Reply #48496 on:** January 02, 2020, 09:32:15 PM »

is this what they call beastmode?

team filler · « **Reply #48497 on:** January 02, 2020, 09:47:33 PM »

Quote from: agrajag on January 02, 2020, 09:32:15 PM

is this what they call beastmode?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1212924762827046918

agrajag · « **Reply #48498 on:** January 02, 2020, 09:55:51 PM »

https://twitter.com/CNNRGLDN/status/1212929655851954177

shosta · « **Reply #48499 on:** January 02, 2020, 10:38:12 PM »

This has nothing to do with the power struggle to replace the prime minister that stepped down last month and stop Sairoon and Fatah from consolidating power again. It's totally just about retaliating against crazy random militia attacks against the US. They hit us first!

Tasty · « **Reply #48500 on:** January 02, 2020, 10:38:22 PM »

Quote from: riotous on January 02, 2020, 10:25:32 PM

Not how saving images work; it’s just compressed.

Lazy loading will load a smaller, lower-res image before the larger one is done. If Trump is impatient (LOL) he probably went to save the image as soon as it appeared; if this were the case and he was on a poorer internet connection, it's likely he saved the low-res version, which would make the tweet correct.

Tasty · « **Reply #48501 on:** January 02, 2020, 10:53:21 PM »

Quote from: riotous on January 02, 2020, 10:41:04 PM

I don’t think a single browser actually saves images mid-loading any file. It would just continue to write to the file.

The file basically would lazy-save.

Super important stuff tho lol

Lazy loading works in JavaScript ("native" version that works without JS is coming soon.) Pseudocode to follow.

<img src="flag-low-res.jpg">

// When flag-low-res.jpg is done loading, swap it with the high-res version.
if (img.complete) {
img.src = 'flag-high-res.jpg';
}

Glossing over some things but that's how it works. Sometimes. I'm not sure if Wiki uses lazy loading JS for images, but it's generally seen as a best practice.

curly · « **Reply #48502 on:** January 02, 2020, 10:55:42 PM »

Damn it nerds not now there's a war on

Tasty · « **Reply #48503 on:** January 02, 2020, 10:59:21 PM »

https://twitter.com/EoinHiggins_/status/1212944317343506433

Herpity derpity do

Tripon · « **Reply #48504 on:** January 02, 2020, 11:00:34 PM »

https://twitter.com/murshedz/status/1212919677531258880
https://twitter.com/GoAngelo/status/1212938627279466503

You think Trump remembers any of the shit he says just to get a rise out of people?

team filler · « **Reply #48505 on:** January 02, 2020, 11:01:56 PM »

https://twitter.com/vanilabeanfrapp/status/1212946585593745409

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #48506 on:** January 02, 2020, 11:30:10 PM »

So...I guess we're just gonna go to war with Iran, huh?

Mandark · « **Reply #48507 on:** January 02, 2020, 11:57:13 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on January 02, 2020, 05:15:39 PM

Many on the left used fearmongering around 'deficit spending' as a way to malign Reagan. The underlying dig being that he was spending out of control, escalating the military and leading us into a nuclear war with the Soviets. Biden was one of them.

They were so effective in that messaging that the early 90's became defined by the idea that the government was going bankrupt. This in turn spurred the success of people like Ross Perot and the Contract for America capitalizing on that anxiety. The big selling point on the Contract was term limits and a Balanced Budget Amendment.

So, you had many dems on the hill (those that survived the 1994 culling) then in a position where they spent the last decade maligning the Republicans for financial irresponsibility now facing a vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment. People like Biden then had to toe the line where they support fiscal responsibility but not in the fashion the Republicans did.

ah, this must be one of those deliberately stupid posts you'd workshop with siamesedreamer that you told me about

team filler · « **Reply #48508 on:** January 03, 2020, 01:22:15 AM »

https://twitter.com/RaniaKhalek/status/1212954008790458369

drag her, bb

Mandark · « **Reply #48509 on:** January 03, 2020, 01:48:09 AM »

https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1212930045641142274

https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1212930634315948033

hell yeah it's a bush admin reunion tour and they're playing the hits

james · « **Reply #48510 on:** January 03, 2020, 01:50:25 AM »

Heading to the consulate tomorrow to renew my Mexican passport

Enjoy your draft suckers

agrajag · « **Reply #48511 on:** January 03, 2020, 02:00:28 AM »

Quote from: filler on January 03, 2020, 01:22:15 AM

https://twitter.com/RaniaKhalek/status/1212954008790458369

drag her, bb

https://twitter.com/CANCEL_SAM/status/1212962092455747584

TVC15 · « **Reply #48512 on:** January 03, 2020, 02:18:32 AM »

Ugggghghhdjdjmcjeke, if we’re at war by the time the election comes, the current batch of Dem candidates may as well save their money and all drop out,

agrajag · « **Reply #48513 on:** January 03, 2020, 02:36:50 AM »

has Tulsi made a statement?

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #48514 on:** January 03, 2020, 03:00:00 AM »

https://twitter.com/annakhachiyan/status/1212965176087121922

agrajag · « **Reply #48515 on:** January 03, 2020, 03:38:10 AM »

https://twitter.com/_Arianna_D/status/1212937373173944320

shosta · « **Reply #48516 on:** January 03, 2020, 03:43:48 AM »

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1212851584381718528

agrajag · « **Reply #48517 on:** January 03, 2020, 03:45:39 AM »

https://twitter.com/Education4Libs/status/1212953988213149696

agrajag · « **Reply #48518 on:** January 03, 2020, 04:04:33 AM »

tiny warmonger Shapiro getting fucking dragged

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1212958700052156418

https://twitter.com/drmistercody/status/1212961521438822400

BIONIC · « **Reply #48519 on:** January 03, 2020, 04:42:54 AM »

Quote from: agrajag on January 03, 2020, 02:36:50 AM

has Tulsi made a statement?

More importantly, has Ice Bae made a statement?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #48520 on:** January 03, 2020, 09:28:37 AM »

I'm still waiting to see how Salt Bae responds.

Tasty · « **Reply #48521 on:** January 03, 2020, 09:52:58 AM »

Quote from: filler on January 03, 2020, 01:22:15 AM

https://twitter.com/RaniaKhalek/status/1212954008790458369

drag her, bb

Y not kill bad guy all times

Tasty · « **Reply #48522 on:** January 03, 2020, 09:53:43 AM »

That tweet gets more stupid the more I think about it.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #48523 on:** January 03, 2020, 10:03:20 AM »

Just drone strike Iran's White House or whatever they have. Bam, problem solved.

Himu · « **Reply #48524 on:** January 03, 2020, 10:20:57 AM »

Jesus Christ the Republicans defending this and accusing Democrats of "defending Iran"

They're fucking cultists.

Himu · « **Reply #48525 on:** January 03, 2020, 10:21:53 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 03, 2020, 10:03:20 AM

Just drone strike Iran's White House or whatever they have. Bam, problem solved.

Shoot all of America's enemies!

Himu · « **Reply #48526 on:** January 03, 2020, 10:25:29 AM »

Quote from: agrajag on January 03, 2020, 04:04:33 AM

tiny warmonger Shapiro getting fucking dragged

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1212958700052156418

https://twitter.com/drmistercody/status/1212961521438822400

https://twitter.com/KyleKChin/status/1212975578447536128

Mandark · « **Reply #48527 on:** January 03, 2020, 10:41:52 AM »

Quote from: Cindi Mayweather on January 03, 2020, 10:20:57 AM

Jesus Christ the Republicans defending this and accusing Democrats of "defending Iran"

This was very common during the Bush years. Anti-war activists were "objectively pro-Saddam," Dems who criticized the administration were giving "aid and comfort to the enemy," etc.

Feeling whatever the bad version of nostalgic is.

EchoRin · « **Reply #48528 on:** January 03, 2020, 10:46:41 AM »

It's the ol "you're either with us or you're with the terrrrists"

Himu · « **Reply #48529 on:** January 03, 2020, 10:51:25 AM »

It's Imperialism full stop.

America first, indeed.

And yet no more wars, isolationism was one of the main Trump election issues and yet here we are, with Republicans defending this and accusing those that don't support this of being anti-american and it's not even noon yet.

Truly fascists.

Mandark · « **Reply #48530 on:** January 03, 2020, 11:11:40 AM »

Quote from: Cindi Mayweather on January 03, 2020, 10:51:25 AM

And yet no more wars, isolationism was one of the main Trump election issues

kindasorta

He criticized the Iraq war(and lied about having opposed it at the time) because Jeb was nominally his biggest opponent, but he also kept doing the "shoulda taken the oil" bit, saying he'd withdraw from the JCPOA, and telling the (fake) story of a commander using bullets soaked in pigs blood to kill Muslim combatants.

To the degree there was anything making it all cohere it's his weird, childlike way of calculating material benefits and "deals," hence wanting NATO members to pay us, asking his advisers why we don't just seize Venezuela's oil, etc. Some people were so desperate to have an alternative to our forever wars (understandable!) that they talked themselves into him being an actual dove.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #48531 on:** January 03, 2020, 11:16:54 AM »

Who's ready for $3+ at the pump?

Himu · « **Reply #48532 on:** January 03, 2020, 11:17:06 AM »

And now they're sucking his dick because of this

Truly the cult train that never stops

Trurl · « **Reply #48533 on:** January 03, 2020, 11:18:30 AM »

Quote from: Mandark on January 03, 2020, 10:41:52 AM

Quote from: Cindi Mayweather on January 03, 2020, 10:20:57 AM
Jesus Christ the Republicans defending this and accusing Democrats of "defending Iran"

This was very common during the Bush years. Anti-war activists were "objectively pro-Saddam," Dems who criticized the administration were giving "aid and comfort to the enemy," etc.

Feeling whatever the bad version of nostalgic is.

Old man from Tomorrow Belongs to Me feels.

shosta · « **Reply #48534 on:** January 03, 2020, 11:34:37 AM »

Quote from: Mandark on January 03, 2020, 10:41:52 AM

Feeling whatever the bad version of nostalgic is.

Tripon · « **Reply #48535 on:** January 03, 2020, 11:48:08 AM »

Quote from: Brehvolution on January 03, 2020, 11:16:54 AM

Who's ready for $3+ at the pump?

L.A. area is already $3.14 (and it was $3.60+ for a good month and higher in the summer). We're going back to plus $4+ on the coasts.

james · « **Reply #48536 on:** January 03, 2020, 12:14:27 PM »

If killing war criminals is ok, according to Republicans, is it open season on Trump?

nudemacusers · « **Reply #48537 on:** January 03, 2020, 01:39:37 PM »

Eating shawarma right now, waiting for this to blow over.

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #48538 on:** January 03, 2020, 01:56:12 PM »

when do security briefings start for candidates? Is that not until after the nominations?

kingv · « **Reply #48539 on:** January 03, 2020, 02:12:47 PM »

Quote from: james on January 03, 2020, 12:14:27 PM

If killing war criminals is ok, according to Republicans, is it open season on Trump?

Why is everybody saying that Qasam Soleimani is a terrorist? Like what qualifies him for that?

Because he runs a military unit that trains militias? What the fuck does that make us, then?

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