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Saint wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:55 am
Blake wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:33 am
TB63 wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:12 pm

No lifetime pension. (200k per annum)

No lifetime Secret Service protection.

No running for President.

No $1 million travel budget.
Most importantly, no National Security Updates, which all former Presidents are apparently getting as well.
Sure, he's not really even attending or paying attention to these while in office, but on principle he shouldn't be getting them as he is a known security risk.
Yeah, former Presidents receive at least some National Security Updates, albeit with some of the more sensitive aspects redacted. The theory is that the current president may want to pick up the phone and ask for an opinion with the very select group of people that can be described as his professional peer group.

I can't imagine any future President on either side asking Donnie for his thoughts
Nixon was probably the most influential ex- president in that regard. He was very astute on foreign policy and was very free with advice.
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Fangle wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:53 am Pro Trumpers claim that he is the only president for a long time who has not put America into any conflict. I have no idea if that is true.
No new conflicts that I can recall, although that's partly achieved by throwing allies like the Kurds completely under the bus.

I did read that he's outdone Obama on drone strikes by some margin, though.
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fishfoodie wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:32 am
Rhubarb & Custard wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:29 am
TB63 wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:12 pm

No lifetime pension. (200k per annum)

No lifetime Secret Service protection.

No running for President.

No $1 million travel budget.
I'd probably want to see him continue to get Secret Service protection, though he should be impeached

Why ?

He's a billionaire; he can afford his own security; plus, according to him he could shoot a person on 5th Ave, & no one would touch him.

He doesn't need the Secret Service. He isn't the kind of person to cower in a bunker, on a pretend inspection; & then order peaceful protestors tear gassed, so he could hold a bible upside down, & pretend to be tough.
Imagine what would happen if someone assassinated him. The long term damage that would do, it would make last week look like a Sunday picnic.

Yes he could probably afford his own protection but the cost of SS protection would pale into comparison to the costs of someone taking him out.
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Fangle wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:53 am Pro Trumpers claim that he is the only president for a long time who has not put America into any conflict. I have no idea if that is true.
Some might say there’s been a certain amount of internal conflict.
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Fangle wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:02 am
Saint wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:55 am
Blake wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:33 am

Most importantly, no National Security Updates, which all former Presidents are apparently getting as well.
Sure, he's not really even attending or paying attention to these while in office, but on principle he shouldn't be getting them as he is a known security risk.
Yeah, former Presidents receive at least some National Security Updates, albeit with some of the more sensitive aspects redacted. The theory is that the current president may want to pick up the phone and ask for an opinion with the very select group of people that can be described as his professional peer group.

I can't imagine any future President on either side asking Donnie for his thoughts
Nixon was probably the most influential ex- president in that regard. He was very astute on foreign policy and was very free with advice.
I’ve read a book called something like The Ex-Presidents Club, which was an interesting read.
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GogLais wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:14 am
Fangle wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:02 am
Saint wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:55 am

Yeah, former Presidents receive at least some National Security Updates, albeit with some of the more sensitive aspects redacted. The theory is that the current president may want to pick up the phone and ask for an opinion with the very select group of people that can be described as his professional peer group.

I can't imagine any future President on either side asking Donnie for his thoughts
Nixon was probably the most influential ex- president in that regard. He was very astute on foreign policy and was very free with advice.
I’ve read a book called something like The Ex-Presidents Club, which was an interesting read.
I also read it. Written by Nancy Gibbs. It was written before the Obama presidency. Apparently he wasn’t at all interested in what the exes said.
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sockwithaticket wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:04 am
Fangle wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:53 am Pro Trumpers claim that he is the only president for a long time who has not put America into any conflict. I have no idea if that is true.
No new conflicts that I can recall, although that's partly achieved by throwing allies like the Kurds completely under the bus.

I did read that he's outdone Obama on drone strikes by some margin, though.

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... bombs-2019

https://time.com/5879354/civilian-death ... /?amp=true

Dug those up because I remembered a bbc article along the same lines.
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Fangle wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:00 am
Saint wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:55 am
Blake wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:33 am

Most importantly, no National Security Updates, which all former Presidents are apparently getting as well.
Sure, he's not really even attending or paying attention to these while in office, but on principle he shouldn't be getting them as he is a known security risk.
Yeah, former Presidents receive at least some National Security Updates, albeit with some of the more sensitive aspects redacted. The theory is that the current president may want to pick up the phone and ask for an opinion with the very select group of people that can be described as his professional peer group.

I can't imagine any future President on either side asking Donnie for his thoughts
Nixon was probably the most influential ex- president in that regard. He was very astute on foreign policy and was very free with advice.
I think the most successful former president is Jimmy Carter. What he's achieved through his foundation since losing in 79 is amazing.
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
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Fangle wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:53 am Pro Trumpers claim that he is the only president for a long time who has not put America into any conflict. I have no idea if that is true.
No new military conflicts sure; but the USA is in a full on cyber war with multiple foreign actors because they all realised you can't defeat the USA military, but you can try to destroy it from within.
It's a much more effective play. The USA is at its weakest in living memory - isolated and alienated from Western Allies, institutions and infrastructure crumbling, economy stalled, and political freefall...all without firing a single shot.

Russia and China were playing a long game, and they found ways to disrupt the status quo.
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Parler's week is just getting worse and worse. After getting kicked off the Google Play Store and Apple App Store for failure to moderate the dangerous and threatening content of the Twitter exiles, and then getting booted off of their AWS servers...hackers have also uncovered a massive security flaw in the site's design exposing the personal details of a number of posters:



Don't think the FBI has ever had such a treasure trove of data...uploaded State IDs of posters to become a "verified citizen", EXIF data in photos and videos...and also access to "Deleted Posts" that were deleted after 6 Jan since they were just hidden in the backend and not deleted from the database. I don't know the Parler platform and if it had a Direct Message feature, but if it did I doubt it was encrypted so there is likely access to that as well.

It's a pity only the foot-soldiers are going to get the book thrown at them. They were the pawns and deserve to be brought to justice, but the real instigators...the politicians and their billionaire donors will probably get off as always.

There is a certain level of Schadenfreude knowing that it will likely be Merick Garland that will get to pursue all of these charges. I really hope he gets some high profile players during the course of these investigations.
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Blake wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:37 pm
The best cure for this infected wound is sunlight.
I would like you to speak to the department of justice to see if there's any way that you can apply light and heat to cure, you know, if you could. And maybe you can, maybe you can't.
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sockwithaticket wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:50 am
Blake wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:07 am
Shanky’s mate wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 7:21 pm

I imagine you are one of many sharing that sentiment, Fangle.

I have the perception that US citizens maintain an almost innocent faith in their political system under the guise of ‘democracy’. It’s regularly held up as a sort of sacred entity. Politicians regularly invoke the name of democracy in their speeches, etc. I wonder if this latest fiasco from Trump and his enablers will awaken a greater interest or participation in politics within the US? Outside the States, cynicism rules and the crimes of the inept are accepted or ignored.
It's a global problem isn't it. People have become so cynical, disinterested and apathetic when it comes to politics that it has put democracies in peril. The USA is particularly vulnerable because of "American Exceptionalism" and their ardent belief that they are, and will for always be, immune to insurrection. Hopefully the events of last week has dissuaded them from that notion.

There have been many actors that have chipping away at the foundations of their democracy and institutions for decades with impunity without being held to account by their peers and the public. The challenge is going to be to do so now, when it is almost to late, as they already have their army of followers and any calls for accountability will just feed into their persecution complex more.

Can only speak from a UK perspective here, but I am slipping into that. My vote has never counted. Since I've been able to legally vote there have been several general elections and the de facto 2 party system imposed by FPTP plus the disturbing number of safe seats (rotten boroughs...) means my vote has never been represented in the House of Commons. The party I chose to vote for at the last election gained more than 11% of the vote, but received from that just 1.7% of parliamentary seats. As soon as a party has a majority in parliament they can do whatever they want until the next election in 5 years time. We see visible examples of politicians/the establishment getting away with shit we wouldn't and seemingly naked crony capitalism all the time (never more so than during this pandemic with Cummings' excursion and the PPE contracts for Tory mates) with no recourse to do anything about it. Writing to your MP and protesting peacefully doesn't achieve anything, the electoral system is seemingly designed to prevent anyone from outside the establishment gaining any traction. So what do we do?

However much I might disagree with the MAGA lot on what I would sneeringly refer to as their politics (and interpretation of reality), I understand a sense of futility and that the political sphere is beyond change unless you break out the guillotines.
Didn't you guys have a referendum on getting rid of FPTP recently enough?
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sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 8:32 pm Impeachment's about more than just petty revenge on Trump. Quite aside from it being warranted regardless of the timeline, if successfull my understanding is that, crucially, it guarantees that he cannot run again and he is not financially supported by the taxpayer in the way that other ex-presidents are.

He also would not have Secret Service protection according to an article I read, so that's another way of stopping him from utilising even more taxpayer money than that he's basically embezzled thus far via Mar A Lago etc.
Every time he plays golf, he's going to be billing the secret service for food & board just as he has during his presidency.
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Uncle fester wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:58 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:50 am
Blake wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:07 am

It's a global problem isn't it. People have become so cynical, disinterested and apathetic when it comes to politics that it has put democracies in peril. The USA is particularly vulnerable because of "American Exceptionalism" and their ardent belief that they are, and will for always be, immune to insurrection. Hopefully the events of last week has dissuaded them from that notion.

There have been many actors that have chipping away at the foundations of their democracy and institutions for decades with impunity without being held to account by their peers and the public. The challenge is going to be to do so now, when it is almost to late, as they already have their army of followers and any calls for accountability will just feed into their persecution complex more.

Can only speak from a UK perspective here, but I am slipping into that. My vote has never counted. Since I've been able to legally vote there have been several general elections and the de facto 2 party system imposed by FPTP plus the disturbing number of safe seats (rotten boroughs...) means my vote has never been represented in the House of Commons. The party I chose to vote for at the last election gained more than 11% of the vote, but received from that just 1.7% of parliamentary seats. As soon as a party has a majority in parliament they can do whatever they want until the next election in 5 years time. We see visible examples of politicians/the establishment getting away with shit we wouldn't and seemingly naked crony capitalism all the time (never more so than during this pandemic with Cummings' excursion and the PPE contracts for Tory mates) with no recourse to do anything about it. Writing to your MP and protesting peacefully doesn't achieve anything, the electoral system is seemingly designed to prevent anyone from outside the establishment gaining any traction. So what do we do?

However much I might disagree with the MAGA lot on what I would sneeringly refer to as their politics (and interpretation of reality), I understand a sense of futility and that the political sphere is beyond change unless you break out the guillotines.
Didn't you guys have a referendum on getting rid of FPTP recently enough?
2011 AV referendum, yes. Fraught with issue, though, as in a de facto two party system neither the main politicians nor their supporters are likely to advocate for something that reduces their parliamentary representation in favour of something more equitable. Labour had only just been turfed out after 13 years of power and the Tories had just won, so as far as they were concerned FPTP was working very nicely thank you very much.

Short sighted of them and completely unprincipled. I genuinely believe that if UKIPs vote share had actually manifested in proportionate parliamentary representation early doors, then they wouldn't have become such a cancerous influence on the Tory party and we'd have avoided the Brexit referendum altogether. Greens, Lib Dems and UKIP have all been underserved by FPTP and the longer it goes on unchecked the more the 2 party system reinforces itself.
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Fangle wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:22 am
GogLais wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:14 am
Fangle wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:02 am

Nixon was probably the most influential ex- president in that regard. He was very astute on foreign policy and was very free with advice.
I’ve read a book called something like The Ex-Presidents Club, which was an interesting read.
I also read it. Written by Nancy Gibbs. It was written before the Obama presidency. Apparently he wasn’t at all interested in what the exes said.
Obama? He definitely employed Bush and Clinton to work on various projects for him, in some cases very publicly

The one who's specifically said he won't consult any former presidents is Donald - he said he couldn't imagine that he had anything to learn from any if them
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sockwithaticket wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:50 am
Blake wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:07 am
Shanky’s mate wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 7:21 pm

I imagine you are one of many sharing that sentiment, Fangle.

I have the perception that US citizens maintain an almost innocent faith in their political system under the guise of ‘democracy’. It’s regularly held up as a sort of sacred entity. Politicians regularly invoke the name of democracy in their speeches, etc. I wonder if this latest fiasco from Trump and his enablers will awaken a greater interest or participation in politics within the US? Outside the States, cynicism rules and the crimes of the inept are accepted or ignored.
It's a global problem isn't it. People have become so cynical, disinterested and apathetic when it comes to politics that it has put democracies in peril. The USA is particularly vulnerable because of "American Exceptionalism" and their ardent belief that they are, and will for always be, immune to insurrection. Hopefully the events of last week has dissuaded them from that notion.

There have been many actors that have chipping away at the foundations of their democracy and institutions for decades with impunity without being held to account by their peers and the public. The challenge is going to be to do so now, when it is almost to late, as they already have their army of followers and any calls for accountability will just feed into their persecution complex more.

Can only speak from a UK perspective here, but I am slipping into that. My vote has never counted. Since I've been able to legally vote there have been several general elections and the de facto 2 party system imposed by FPTP plus the disturbing number of safe seats (rotten boroughs...) means my vote has never been represented in the House of Commons. The party I chose to vote for at the last election gained more than 11% of the vote, but received from that just 1.7% of parliamentary seats. As soon as a party has a majority in parliament they can do whatever they want until the next election in 5 years time. We see visible examples of politicians/the establishment getting away with shit we wouldn't and seemingly naked crony capitalism all the time (never more so than during this pandemic with Cummings' excursion and the PPE contracts for Tory mates) with no recourse to do anything about it. Writing to your MP and protesting peacefully doesn't achieve anything, the electoral system is seemingly designed to prevent anyone from outside the establishment gaining any traction. So what do we do?

However much I might disagree with the MAGA lot on what I would sneeringly refer to as their politics (and interpretation of reality), I understand a sense of futility and that the political sphere is beyond change unless you break out the guillotines.
Damn right, we voted for the same party then. Democracy should be more than putting a cross in a box to no effect every five years although I'm not clever enough to think through an alternative.
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sockwithaticket wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:50 am Can only speak from a UK perspective here, but I am slipping into that. My vote has never counted. Since I've been able to legally vote there have been several general elections and the de facto 2 party system imposed by FPTP plus the disturbing number of safe seats (rotten boroughs...) means my vote has never been represented in the House of Commons. The party I chose to vote for at the last election gained more than 11% of the vote, but received from that just 1.7% of parliamentary seats. As soon as a party has a majority in parliament they can do whatever they want until the next election in 5 years time. We see visible examples of politicians/the establishment getting away with shit we wouldn't and seemingly naked crony capitalism all the time (never more so than during this pandemic with Cummings' excursion and the PPE contracts for Tory mates) with no recourse to do anything about it. Writing to your MP and protesting peacefully doesn't achieve anything, the electoral system is seemingly designed to prevent anyone from outside the establishment gaining any traction. So what do we do?

However much I might disagree with the MAGA lot on what I would sneeringly refer to as their politics (and interpretation of reality), I understand a sense of futility and that the political sphere is beyond change unless you break out the guillotines.
Dude, I live in a "democracy" that is still to be tested when it comes to the peaceful transfer of power. The ANC has been in power for 26 years now and still has 60%+ of the vote and the closest opposition is at sub 25% of the vote, so I understand futility.
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Fox are now describing the Democrats looking to impeach the Orange turd as a, 'vendetta'; & appealing to them to be 'gracious', in victory.

It's like they missed the entirety of the last 4 years; tearing down Obamacare, destroying institutions; hiring & firing of people, gutting the EPA, the FBI, the CIA; putting children in cages; their hypocrisy of them blocking Garland, & then forcing thru a pick during the election campaign.

Suddenly enforcing the rule of law & holding Politicians to the oaths of office the swore is a vendetta.

The GOP spend two years investigating the death of 4 US citizens in Bengazi; but Fox would prefer if the Democrats don't spend 5 minutes looking into the deaths of 5 people, & an attempted coup
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fishfoodie wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:47 pm Fox are now describing the Democrats looking to impeach the Orange turd as a, 'vendetta'; & appealing to them to be 'gracious', in victory.

It's like they missed the entirety of the last 4 years; tearing down Obamacare, destroying institutions; hiring & firing of people, gutting the EPA, the FBI, the CIA; putting children in cages; their hypocrisy of them blocking Garland, & then forcing thru a pick during the election campaign.

Suddenly enforcing the rule of law & holding Politicians to the oaths of office the swore is a vendetta.

The GOP spend two years investigating the death of 4 US citizens in Bengazi; but Fox would prefer if the Democrats don't spend 5 minutes looking into the deaths of 5 people, & an attempted coup
You do wonder what the aim or Murdoch is in all this. He's probably (if not surely) thinking there's a serious review of the media companies coming, especially looking at how social media is legislated. And still he's letting that crap on the air
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Rhubarb & Custard wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:28 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:47 pm Fox are now describing the Democrats looking to impeach the Orange turd as a, 'vendetta'; & appealing to them to be 'gracious', in victory.

It's like they missed the entirety of the last 4 years; tearing down Obamacare, destroying institutions; hiring & firing of people, gutting the EPA, the FBI, the CIA; putting children in cages; their hypocrisy of them blocking Garland, & then forcing thru a pick during the election campaign.

Suddenly enforcing the rule of law & holding Politicians to the oaths of office the swore is a vendetta.

The GOP spend two years investigating the death of 4 US citizens in Bengazi; but Fox would prefer if the Democrats don't spend 5 minutes looking into the deaths of 5 people, & an attempted coup
You do wonder what the aim or Murdoch is in all this. He's probably (if not surely) thinking there's a serious review of the media companies coming, especially looking at how social media is legislated. And still he's letting that crap on the air
Murdoch thinks he's untouchable.
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
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sockwithaticket wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:10 pm
Uncle fester wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:58 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:50 am


Can only speak from a UK perspective here, but I am slipping into that. My vote has never counted. Since I've been able to legally vote there have been several general elections and the de facto 2 party system imposed by FPTP plus the disturbing number of safe seats (rotten boroughs...) means my vote has never been represented in the House of Commons. The party I chose to vote for at the last election gained more than 11% of the vote, but received from that just 1.7% of parliamentary seats. As soon as a party has a majority in parliament they can do whatever they want until the next election in 5 years time. We see visible examples of politicians/the establishment getting away with shit we wouldn't and seemingly naked crony capitalism all the time (never more so than during this pandemic with Cummings' excursion and the PPE contracts for Tory mates) with no recourse to do anything about it. Writing to your MP and protesting peacefully doesn't achieve anything, the electoral system is seemingly designed to prevent anyone from outside the establishment gaining any traction. So what do we do?

However much I might disagree with the MAGA lot on what I would sneeringly refer to as their politics (and interpretation of reality), I understand a sense of futility and that the political sphere is beyond change unless you break out the guillotines.
Didn't you guys have a referendum on getting rid of FPTP recently enough?
2011 AV referendum, yes. Fraught with issue, though, as in a de facto two party system neither the main politicians nor their supporters are likely to advocate for something that reduces their parliamentary representation in favour of something more equitable. Labour had only just been turfed out after 13 years of power and the Tories had just won, so as far as they were concerned FPTP was working very nicely thank you very much.

Short sighted of them and completely unprincipled. I genuinely believe that if UKIPs vote share had actually manifested in proportionate parliamentary representation early doors, then they wouldn't have become such a cancerous influence on the Tory party and we'd have avoided the Brexit referendum altogether. Greens, Lib Dems and UKIP have all been underserved by FPTP and the longer it goes on unchecked the more the 2 party system reinforces itself.
And yet the system put in place to prevent the SNP ever getting a majority in Holyrood is actually quite a good system. Constituency plus regional lists gives PR with a cutoff of around 6% but you have your own MP plus seven or eight others who represent you regionally. You will always find an elected representative who agrees with your line.

As a point that's not relevant to anything here, I once got an old school tory and a Scottish socialist to both respond agreeing with me on a topic - the continued funding of Scottish Opera. The tory wanted them funded because opera / high culture etc, and the SSP guy wanted the 90+ unionised musicians jobs protected.
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
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Biffer wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:51 pm
Rhubarb & Custard wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:28 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:47 pm Fox are now describing the Democrats looking to impeach the Orange turd as a, 'vendetta'; & appealing to them to be 'gracious', in victory.

It's like they missed the entirety of the last 4 years; tearing down Obamacare, destroying institutions; hiring & firing of people, gutting the EPA, the FBI, the CIA; putting children in cages; their hypocrisy of them blocking Garland, & then forcing thru a pick during the election campaign.

Suddenly enforcing the rule of law & holding Politicians to the oaths of office the swore is a vendetta.

The GOP spend two years investigating the death of 4 US citizens in Bengazi; but Fox would prefer if the Democrats don't spend 5 minutes looking into the deaths of 5 people, & an attempted coup
You do wonder what the aim or Murdoch is in all this. He's probably (if not surely) thinking there's a serious review of the media companies coming, especially looking at how social media is legislated. And still he's letting that crap on the air
Murdoch thinks he's untouchable.
I'm not sure he's wrong to be honest.
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Biffer wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:57 pm
As a point that's not relevant to anything here, I once got an old school tory and a Scottish socialist to both respond agreeing with me on a topic - the continued funding of Scottish Opera. The tory wanted them funded because opera / high culture etc, and the SSP guy wanted the 90+ unionised musicians jobs protected.
Where the hell were you during the Brexit negotiations??
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obelixtim wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:31 am Kim knocked off number 1 spot.
Just to make the point that I posted something similar a few months back and had to apologise for the racist tone of the pidgin.

Horrified to learn that both my mother and my sister are Trump supporters.

I knew they were ardent Brexiters and Covid denialists, but I didn't realise that they admired Trump. My sister is a high powered Architect with a number of high profile clients and I would have expected her to be more discerning.
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Biffer wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:51 pm
Rhubarb & Custard wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:28 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:47 pm Fox are now describing the Democrats looking to impeach the Orange turd as a, 'vendetta'; & appealing to them to be 'gracious', in victory.

It's like they missed the entirety of the last 4 years; tearing down Obamacare, destroying institutions; hiring & firing of people, gutting the EPA, the FBI, the CIA; putting children in cages; their hypocrisy of them blocking Garland, & then forcing thru a pick during the election campaign.

Suddenly enforcing the rule of law & holding Politicians to the oaths of office the swore is a vendetta.

The GOP spend two years investigating the death of 4 US citizens in Bengazi; but Fox would prefer if the Democrats don't spend 5 minutes looking into the deaths of 5 people, & an attempted coup
You do wonder what the aim or Murdoch is in all this. He's probably (if not surely) thinking there's a serious review of the media companies coming, especially looking at how social media is legislated. And still he's letting that crap on the air
Murdoch thinks he's untouchable.
Maybe, but only for as long as he's relevant. And we've seen before if change comes it can be swift and brutal which makes me think he'd want to be on the inside of directing any change. Or maybe they know that introducing even just a little sanity and decency would hit their profits hard and he's betting he'll come out on top as he has before.
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Rhubarb & Custard wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:04 pm
Biffer wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:51 pm
Rhubarb & Custard wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:28 pm

You do wonder what the aim or Murdoch is in all this. He's probably (if not surely) thinking there's a serious review of the media companies coming, especially looking at how social media is legislated. And still he's letting that crap on the air
Murdoch thinks he's untouchable.
Maybe, but only for as long as he's relevant. And we've seen before if change comes it can be swift and brutal which makes me think he'd want to be on the inside of directing any change. Or maybe they know that introducing even just a little sanity and decency would hit their profits hard and he's betting he'll come out on top as he has before.
I'd like to see Dominion & others sue him into oblivion.

There's no way in hell that they weren't fully aware that the allegations they repeated were lies;; but they did it anyway; & as a result employees of Dominion received death threats, etc, & the companies reputation was damaged. I'd sue Fox in CA, & watch him squirm, at the prospect of a 10 digit payout
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Dominion have already started the ball rolling, issuing writs to Fox, OANN, Rudy, Lin Wood and Sidney Powell to name a few..
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Rudy under investigation by the NY State Bar.

And Articles of Impeachment introduced on the House floor
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Nothing to see here

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sturginho wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:59 pm Nothing to see here

so a coup attempt is now a, "misstep" :wtf: :wtf:

what was 9/11 ? ..... littering
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fishfoodie wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:12 pm
sturginho wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:59 pm Nothing to see here

so a coup attempt is now a, "misstep" :wtf: :wtf:

what was 9/11 ? ..... littering
you're overplaying the deaths of those people
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TB63 wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:13 pm Dominion have already started the ball rolling, issuing writs to Fox, OANN, Rudy, Lin Wood and Sidney Powell to name a few..
It would be nice if they went after the shady families that bankroll the whole thing and will now move onto the next front man and astroturf organisation.
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mat the expat wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:27 pm
Margin__Walker wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:20 pm Let down by his training? What was he meant to do there other than start emptying a magazine into the crowd?

I thought he did fine delaying them for about as long as he could whilst giving ground.
He should never have been in a position of being on his own - whoever was directing the "defence" was useless.

In the footage I saw, he could have easily laid into the crowd with the asp and given them pause. It's the very basic application of a baton in defence - likely he wasn't trained properly in it's use.

Don't forget, this building was designed when government buildings were still being attacked - it is full of natural choke-points for defence.
One of the heros of the day:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55623752
https://twitter.com/search?q=Goodman&src=typed_query
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Yeah, saw that yesterday. He did a superb job
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Margin__Walker wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:22 pm Yeah, saw that yesterday. He did a superb job
Not enough karate chops and ninja jumps for my liking
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Slick wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:25 pm
Margin__Walker wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:22 pm Yeah, saw that yesterday. He did a superb job
Not enough karate chops and ninja jumps for my liking
I know. Too much run fu, not enough kung fu for some. Can't please everyone
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Jockaline wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:15 pm
mat the expat wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:27 pm
Margin__Walker wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:20 pm Let down by his training? What was he meant to do there other than start emptying a magazine into the crowd?

I thought he did fine delaying them for about as long as he could whilst giving ground.
He should never have been in a position of being on his own - whoever was directing the "defence" was useless.

In the footage I saw, he could have easily laid into the crowd with the asp and given them pause. It's the very basic application of a baton in defence - likely he wasn't trained properly in it's use.

Don't forget, this building was designed when government buildings were still being attacked - it is full of natural choke-points for defence.
One of the heros of the day:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55623752
https://twitter.com/search?q=Goodman&src=typed_query
It goes to show the power of media - I retract my earlier comments - he did an excellent bait and switch of the crowd :clap:
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Jacob Chansley, AKA Jake Angeli, Arizona man makes first court appearance in for charges related to storming the U.S. Capitol. His mom says he hasn’t eaten since Friday because the detention facility won’t feed him all organic food.
Poor old Buffalo Boy. :roll:
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