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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by Lods -White house are calling it a Democrat hoax.
Those files may yet bring him undone...we'll wait and see.
He doesn't believe half the things he sprouts.
It's targeted at an audience who laps it up.
Those attitudes won't change with the demise of Trump they'll just go back underground until the next version of Trump gives them air.
Social media is a funny thing.
Attitudes and prejudices are often exposed and people express themselves on issues that may present them in a completely different light to the person you know.
Things of a political and social nature that they never would discuss in a personal conversation are suddenly given a platform.
My facebook friends now range from left of Karl Marx to the right of Attila the Hun....and there are a few surprises in there...especially how strong some of those feelings and prejudices are.
The message there is that a lot of attitudes, prejudices and approach to political and social issues is hidden.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by Thryleon -Im shocked and appalled that anyone thought it would go any other way.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by DJC -I'm not sure that's right. Leaving aside the fact that Trump says a lot of contradictory things, his campaign promises were very much about draining the swamp, being the working man's President, being anti war etc. Not much on climate and environment, but people voted for him because he convinced them he was in their corner. And the fact that Democrats are beyond useless. His approval ratings are in the toilet because people have figured out that he is the opposite of what he claims.
“Got a short, got a short, got a short, got a short
They've got a short must have a short they've got a short aah
Short memory, they've got a.”
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by PaulP -People may care about those things, but for the majority most of those are not 'priority' issues.
They are not what determines their vote
The only survey that counts are the ones on polling days.
If they were 'determiners' then the parties who promote those ideals would be more successful.
They're not.
Neither here or in the states.
If the opposition to the Republicans is there, then next years mid terms should see a Democrat Tsunami that gives them control of both the house and the Senate.
At the moment that's not assured and it's looking like a draw
I'm not sure that's right. Leaving aside the fact that Trump says a lot of contradictory things, his campaign promises were very much about draining the swamp, being the working man's President, being anti war etc. Not much on climate and environment, but people voted for him because he convinced them he was in their corner. And the fact that Democrats are beyond useless. His approval ratings are in the toilet because people have figured out that he is the opposite of what he claims.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Last post by Milhanna13 -The Poms chances could swing wildly. If Wood and Archer are fit and firing, then their attack (with Atkinson, Carse and Stokes) will trouble the Aussies. If Brook can work out the Aus pitches he is class. If Root finally breaks thru in Aus, he could score a mountain of runs. I reckon each of Crawley and Duckett will have one dig each where they go off. Still not sure about Bazball on bigger grounds and not playing on freeways
One factor may be the pitches - the Poms have loaded up with pace and bounce and tall bowlers, which suits Aus pitches from 10 years ago. But the last couple of years it hasnt been so much raw pace and bounce that has done well on the slower but livelier pitches.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by Baggers -Those bone spurs seem to have migrated to his head and grown inward.
Jokes aside, there are serious and legitimate questions being asked about Trump's cognitive decline, evidenced in speeches, interviews etc. To say nothing of his increasing habit of falling asleep at inopportune moments.
Yep, Pauly, his cognitive decline is quite evident (dementia). You can bet he'd be medicated to the eyeballs with the appropriate meds, along with stimulants to get him up for speaking engagement. But there will come a tipping point, a point of no return.
His cognitive abilities are heading downward to join his moral bankruptcy.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by Lods -There not looking for that though. It's why the mainstream parties dominate both there and here.
In the words of Willie Nelson "the winds of change are always blowing.".
The problem is if they blow too far they just turn around and blow back in the other direction.
While it may not seem evident just at the moment there have been great advances in the States in things like racial equality, sexual equality, the rights of LGBT folks...certainly since I was young.
But despite all that the country has probably never been more divided.
We can point the finger at an obvious candidate responsible for that....but what is the thinking of those people who embrace these ideas. How is it possible and what are the social conditions that give it life. It doesn't all come from.the MAGA crowd.
When you say "they're not looking for that though", who are "they" ? I have seen survey after survey after survey where the majority of people in those surveys want more action on the environment, want universal healthcare, want a better minimum wage, want fairer and more humane policies on immigration, think ICE is a menace and want them off the streets, want the US to stop fighting one war after another etc. The voices of the people are pretty clear on these points.
People may care about those things, but for the majority most of those are not 'priority' issues.
They are not what determines their vote
The only survey that counts are the ones on polling days.
If they were 'determiners' then the parties who promote those ideals would be more successful.
They're not.
Neither here or in the states.
If the opposition to the Republicans is there, then next years mid terms should see a Democrat Tsunami that gives them control of both the house and the Senate.
At the moment that's not assured and it's looking like a draw
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by PaulP -There not looking for that though. It's why the mainstream parties dominate both there and here.
In the words of Willie Nelson "the winds of change are always blowing.".
The problem is if they blow too far they just turn around and blow back in the other direction.
While it may not seem evident just at the moment there have been great advances in the States in things like racial equality, sexual equality, the rights of LGBT folks...certainly since I was young.
But despite all that the country has probably never been more divided.
We can point the finger at an obvious candidate responsible for that....but what is the thinking of those people who embrace these ideas. How is it possible and what are the social conditions that give it life. It doesn't all come from.the MAGA crowd.
When you say "they're not looking for that though", who are "they" ? I have seen survey after survey after survey where the majority of people in those surveys want more action on the environment, want universal healthcare, want a better minimum wage, want fairer and more humane policies on immigration, think ICE is a menace and want them off the streets, want the US to stop fighting one war after another etc. The voices of the people are pretty clear on these points.