Insipid Posted March 6 Posted March 6 I'm cautiously optimistic about this. Republican congressmen have had bad town halls and are now being told to not hold them antmore. An opportunity for Democrats. They really have to stop the half-ass measures too. 3 Quote
katt_goddess Posted March 6 Posted March 6 10 hours ago, Master-Debater131 said: This was such a great moment last night. Imagine not cheering for this. Imagine being used as yet another prop in order to prop up an actual petulant child who never served, called soldiers losers and suckers, who put an active drunk talking head from his favorite tv channel in charge of the military and has since taken credit for all the cuts in funding and personal to the VA that are totally making things better for veterans [ /s ]. I don't recall you calling out your own when they would actually scream things at the president during the SotU. He should have been booed so loudly from the start that all he could have done was wander away for pudding time. He wants ass kissing, he deserves an ass kicking. 4 Quote
discolé monade Posted March 6 Posted March 6 1 hour ago, tsar4 said: those are called shitbirds. 2 Quote
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted March 6 Posted March 6 3 hours ago, rpgamer said: But, that's the thing. What motivation does the public have to rally if their elected leaders can't demonstrate any capability? And, more importantly, what motivation do the voters have to keep electing them if they can't at least try to act like they're trying? Whether or not anything gets done is almost irrelevant. They really, really need to show their base that they're not just the "bend over and take it" party. Because right now, the message they're sending is "why bother voting for anybody?" They've got plenty of motivation. There's the coming economic pain we're all likely to be feeling pretty soon, and the motivation to not live under a dictatorship any longer. What a congressperson chooses to do at what's become a totally meaningless event, I can't imagine that really is gonna motivate anyone. 1 Quote
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted March 6 Posted March 6 2 hours ago, scoobdog said: I agree to an extent. There is nothing Democrats should have done at the SOTU except maybe walking out, and nothing they could do would have served any purpose served any purpose. That being said, they can and should do something by obstructing government operations. They should not vote for any budgets. They should not vote for any of his nominees (FUCK YOU FETTERMAN). They should not attend any special sessions. They should openly refute any and all of his policies. I don't take this statement lightly, but not participating in his schemes is the only way for anything to happen. I don't think they should have bothered to show up in the first place. You know it's gonna be just a toxic lie fest, so what's the point? But again, don't really think it matters. It's all the other stuff that does. That's where they need to get their act together and make a solid stand. I agree with you 100% on that. 2 Quote
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted March 6 Posted March 6 So guys, I've seen meme-like posts on FB that the Trump administration has recently made English the official national language, but I have only seen it in meme-like posts, and I haven't seen anyone here post about it. Is it just bullshit? Quote
Raptorpat Posted March 6 Posted March 6 He signed an executive order maybe last week or the week prior. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/designating-english-as-the-official-language-of-the-united-states/ 1 2 Quote
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted March 6 Posted March 6 10 minutes ago, Raptorpat said: He signed an executive order maybe last week or the week prior. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/designating-english-as-the-official-language-of-the-united-states/ I'd like to know how this affects the citizenship application process. 1 Quote
discolé monade Posted March 6 Posted March 6 European Union leaders are holding emergency talks to agree on ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump administration signaled that Europe must take care of its own security and also suspended assistance to Ukraine. 5 Quote
_lost_username_ Posted March 6 Posted March 6 (edited) On 3/5/2025 at 11:00 AM, Raptorpat said: The people who dont like him didn't watch, of course the response was positive. Seriously, who watches 100 minutes of anyone talking without being a cult member or a superfan? If you've ever read Rape of the Mind by Joost Meerloo, he talks about how leaders using longwinded speeches are using a form of sledgehammer to break mental resistance as well as re-enforce loyalty. It's something leaders like Hitler and Stalin did but its especially a thing with the North Koreans who've built a state centered around a cult of personality, which I think is what Trump truly desires. Quote Many people are hypnophiles, anxious to daydream and day-sleep throughout their lives; these people easily fall prey to mass suggestion. The lengthy oration or the boring sermon either weakens the listeners and makes them more ripe for the mass spell, or makes them more resentful and rebellious. Long speeches are a staple of totalitarian indoctrination because finally the boredom breaks through our defences. We give in. Hitler used this technique of mass hypnosis through monotony to enormous advantage. He spoke endlessly and included long, dull recitals of statistics in his speeches. -- Rape of the Mind, pg. 110 Edited March 6 by _lost_username_ 3 2 Quote
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted March 6 Posted March 6 Trump changes course, delays tariffs on most imports from Mexico until April ::rubs neck:: Anyone else feeling a little whiplash? This whole tariff thing has just become a big joke. Nay, it probably always was. I was thinking this all might be intended to create chaos in the markets and open up opportunities for people in the circle around him to make a big grift off the ups and downs, but it just seems so haphazard that it's probably too generous to ascribe any kind of rational thought to what's more likely just pure buffoonery. 2 Quote
_lost_username_ Posted March 6 Posted March 6 17 minutes ago, Dark_Cloud_Overhead said: Trump changes course, delays tariffs on most imports from Mexico until April ::rubs neck:: Anyone else feeling a little whiplash? This whole tariff thing has just become a big joke. Nay, it probably always was. I was thinking this all might be intended to create chaos in the markets and open up opportunities for people in the circle around him to make a big grift off the ups and downs, but it just seems so haphazard that it's probably too generous to ascribe any kind of rational thought to what's more likely just pure buffoonery. Trump seems to get fixated on things and unable to let them go. It's like they take over his mind, like fentanyl, tariffs and Greenland. If he had any sort of strategy, he would've been trying to find a way to pull the wool over everyone's eyes on Social Security and Medicaid. He didn't do that, he just kept pressing with his obsessions. The only thing that seems to have made him stagger on tariffs is the stock market, which he seems even more obsessed with as it is his personal barometer of how well he is doing. 4 Quote
naraku360 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 31 minutes ago, _lost_username_ said: Trump seems to get fixated on things and unable to let them go. It's like they take over his mind, like fentanyl, tariffs and Greenland. If he had any sort of strategy, he would've been trying to find a way to pull the wool over everyone's eyes on Social Security and Medicaid. He didn't do that, he just kept pressing with his obsessions. The only thing that seems to have made him stagger on tariffs is the stock market, which he seems even more obsessed with as it is his personal barometer of how well he is doing. Isn't it lovely being trapped by the whims of the world's most powerful retard? 3 1 Quote
Raptorpat Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Trump has started boxing Elon in https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/trump-cabinet-musk-025093 3 Quote
naraku360 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 35 minutes ago, Raptorpat said: Trump has started boxing Elon in https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/trump-cabinet-musk-025093 Quote But he also said he wanted cuts, and that Musk would remain a power center: “If they can cut, it’s better. And if they don’t cut, then Elon will do the cutting.” Pussy ass bitch. 4 Quote
stilgar Posted March 7 Posted March 7 22 minutes ago, tsar4 said: I wish rfk jr pulled a Julian Sands on his hike in CA. 1 Quote
1pooh4u Posted March 7 Posted March 7 1 hour ago, Raptorpat said: Trump has started boxing Elon in https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/trump-cabinet-musk-025093 Is this clarification a resolution to some of the court cases where no one knows who heads DOGE? It’s still ambiguous to me cuz on one side of his face Trump says to his Cabinet, keep whoever you need, but out the other says, make cuts and if you can’t make cuts, Musk will make the cuts. 1 Quote
Raptorpat Posted March 7 Posted March 7 28 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said: Is this clarification a resolution to some of the court cases where no one knows who heads DOGE? It’s still ambiguous to me cuz on one side of his face Trump says to his Cabinet, keep whoever you need, but out the other says, make cuts and if you can’t make cuts, Musk will make the cuts. There is a constitutional question - if he has that degree of power, he should probably be Senate-confirmed. 3 Quote
tsar4 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plans-revoke-legal-status-ukrainians-who-fled-us-sources-say-2025-03-06/ 2 Quote
tsar4 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 (edited) Uh, yeah..."inadvertently"...let's go with that... Edited March 7 by tsar4 2 Quote
katt_goddess Posted March 7 Posted March 7 1 hour ago, tsar4 said: I doubt anyone is really surprised by this since the last time he was on tv, he was telling people to just take vitamin A and castor oil and the symptoms 'wouldn't be that bad'. You know, as opposed to being vaccinated and not getting the damn measles in the first place. 2 1 Quote
1pooh4u Posted March 7 Posted March 7 35 minutes ago, tsar4 said: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plans-revoke-legal-status-ukrainians-who-fled-us-sources-say-2025-03-06/ I thought Trump or his administration denied this 1 Quote
tsar4 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 There is a new Bill - Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy It bans special government employees from having Federal contracts. 1 4 Quote
naraku360 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 (edited) 18 minutes ago, tsar4 said: There is a new Bill - Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy It bans special government employees from having Federal contracts. Maybe if giant companies don't hold to certain workplace standards of safety, HR, benefits, wealth distribution (as in CEOs making 200mil a year while paying minimum wage), etc., they're banned from government contracts we could get somewhere. Make violators under contract a federal offense. Jail time if systemic and severe. Have frequent and random investigations. I almost think I sound extreme, but I'm not wanting this to be directed at small businesses or anything. Just places with serious hazards or sensitive information, and moreso on large scales. Amazon, Google, Tesla, Twitter, Facebook, the usual suspects. It has to be aggressive to have any chance of working, if that's even possible. Edited March 7 by naraku360 1 2 Quote
tsar4 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 6 hours ago, naraku360 said: Maybe if giant companies don't hold to certain workplace standards of safety, HR, benefits, wealth distribution (as in CEOs making 200mil a year while paying minimum wage), etc., they're banned from government contracts we could get somewhere. Make violators under contract a federal offense. Jail time if systemic and severe. Have frequent and random investigations. I almost think I sound extreme, but I'm not wanting this to be directed at small businesses or anything. Just places with serious hazards or sensitive information, and moreso on large scales. Amazon, Google, Tesla, Twitter, Facebook, the usual suspects. It has to be aggressive to have any chance of working, if that's even possible. But did you catch the Acronym created by the bill's name? 2 Quote
Insipid Posted March 7 Posted March 7 And so it begins. https://japantoday.com/category/politics/us-japan-alliance-unequal-trump-complains? 1 1 Quote
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted March 7 Posted March 7 1 hour ago, Insipid said: And so it begins. https://japantoday.com/category/politics/us-japan-alliance-unequal-trump-complains? After World War II we basically made them put in their constitution that they can't have any kind of real army. How the f*@! are they supposed to protect us?! Seriously, somebody there should just tell him they have an emperor. If he thinks someone like a Sith Lord in charge there, he might actually show them some real respect and lay off. 3 Quote
Raptorpat Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Does he know of any "fair" alliances or is the goal just to pull America out of the US-centric post WWII world order and revert to pre-WWI "great empires" carving the world up between themselves? 5 Quote
Insipid Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Just when you think this administration couldn't get even more retarded . . . pictures of the Enola Gay violate anti-DEI rules. https://www.newsweek.com/military-remove-enola-gay-photos-dei-rules-2041029 1 2 3 Quote
katt_goddess Posted March 7 Posted March 7 People should start really pushing that the G in MAGA actually totally means 'gay', especially during sundown time. See how long before that gets under the pee-soaked skin. 1 2 Quote
1pooh4u Posted March 7 Posted March 7 4 hours ago, naraku360 said: “Good morning worm your honor. The crown will plainly show that the prisoner, which now stands before you, was caught red handed showing feelings. Showing feelings of an almost human nature. This will not do (call the school master!)” lyrics from Pink Floyd immediately came to mind 1 Quote
naraku360 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 (edited) 22 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said: “Good morning worm your honor. The crown will plainly show that the prisoner, which now stands before you, was caught red handed showing feelings. Showing feelings of an almost human nature. This will not do (call the school master!)” lyrics from Pink Floyd immediately came to mind Am I too much of a poser if the greatest amount of my interaction with Pink Floyd comes from the Blart Side of the Moon? It is also the bulk of my interaction with Paul Blart. Edited March 7 by naraku360 5 Quote
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