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Elephants and Jackasses...

Discussion in 'Permanent Threads' started by Nettdata, Oct 14, 2016.

  1. Jimmy James

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    Why is it the press's fault for merely reporting what someone said or did? And being as the press still has to make money, they're going to report on stories that grab the public's attention. For example, like a fucking sitting president solictating foreign interference in our elections.
     
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    I don’t think he’s an expert, at least dieting and nutrition don’t come nearly as much as his favored topic, mma, comedy, hunting, mdma... He’s partnered with onnit but it seems more like a pure business venture instead of a passion.
    When every outlet is as histrionic as you don’t be surprised when a shitbird President steam rolls your feelings.

    The screaming headlines today are a perfect example of how useless it’s gotten. TEXT SUGGEST QUID PRO QUO! Very next text message response conveniently left out of the stories “that’s not the what I got out of the phone call at.all. At all. Everything seemed above board.” Just create shaded graphics of the conversation with only the offending text highlighted and we’re good.
     
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    It's weirdly more important that you stop listening to shitty sources than it is to start listening to good sources. There's evidence that people who listen to highly compromised sources are actually less informed than people who don't listen to news at all. Stop listening to Rush completely, he's doing nothing but feeding you drivel.
     
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    But that's not what the texts show. It's pretty clear from reading the texts that Taylor believes they are talking about an explicit quid pro quo of necessary military aid in exchange for political assistance for Trump's re-election, and that Sondland is aware that these texts are being recorded. Every time Taylor brings it up, Sondland parrots the denial and then takes the conversation offline. Taylor isn't wrong, he's just being told to stfu up about it when using communications that can later be subpoenaed.
     
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    Moving this thread to the Perma Board.
     
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    Hey guys, no need to worry. Trump figured out whose fault all of this is: Energy Secretary Rick Perry! Now if you're a bit confused why Rick "I got a D in Meats" Perry would have anything to do with Ukraine, investigation of corruption, diplomatic relations, or anything even tangentially related to anything this scandal is about, given that he doesn't work for State, Justice, or The White House, don't worry, Trump's got you: "Something about an LNG plant."

    So there you have it. Rick was the mastermind all along.
     
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    But it was a perfect phone call.
     
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    Well, he did pray so hard for a drought to go away that it tripled in size. If there ever was a fall guy....
     
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    A second whistleblower has come forward with first hand info that apparently corroborates the first whistleblower.

    Still hearsay tho, right? It's interesting that he's saying he's doing it to fight corruption when his administration is a fucking cesspool of corruption. Game recognize game, I guess?
     
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    One of the girls on my FB page hates immigrants and thinks they should “stay in their country instead of living off of others”.

    Meanwhile she’s pregnant with her second child from a different baby daddy and lives at her parents house.

    The irony is mind numbing.
     
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    Those types are always the worst.
     
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    This conversation I had yesterday made me laugh so hard.

    Friend: "Holy shit, did you hear? Trump is getting impeached. They got him this time!"
    Me: "Why do you think that?"
    Friend:"There was a transcript that said 'insert media coverage'."
    Me: "None of that is actually in the transcript."
    Friend:"Yes, it is!"
    Me: "Go read it..."

    He then read the actual transcript and discovered that no, there wasn't a lengthy conversation about how much money Ukraine would receive for investigating the Bidens.

    Fast forward today. Top headline: GOP CAN NO LONGER HIDE.

    Hilarious.

    How the fuck does anyone take political coverage seriously anymore?
     
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    The piss poor vetting of material is so bad it's hard not to take as intentional attempts to drive biases.


    Bi Annual machine gun shooting event in Kentucky:


    ABC News report on attacks on Kurds this past week:



    edit: Woops looks like they scrubbed it to hide their fuck up:
     
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    HOW CAN YOU BE UPSET AT THE MEDIA JUST FOR REPORTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN????????
     
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    To all the Trump heads talking about revolting if Trump gets impeached, I have one thing to say to you- fucking do it.

    You’re life isn’t nearly as bad as you make it out to be. Take action you fucking pussy. Because you won’t.
     
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    Oh, they’re coming
     
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    Where is this a thing? On facebook or something?
     
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    It’s called “Georgia”
     
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    The funny thing is if the democrat house impeaches Trump on something as flimsy as he "implied" and not only that, but on the basis of something they themselves are actually guilty of, those people wouldn't be that crazy to revolt.

    Anyone who thinks the democrats are acting in good faith here or to "defend democracy" is really dumb. It has nothing to do with what your political beliefs are. You have to be flat out fucking retarded to think that. I've never seen such a clear example of blatant hypocrisy and spin.

    If something else emerges that obviously changes things, but based on what has come out at this point? Yeah...
     
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    Dont worry, Adam Schiff is already fucking it up. If there was ever a time to play it completely straight, this was it. Him calling the closed-door interviews the "same thing as a grand jury" and then saying that Trump's lawyers dont get to have any information because its not a criminal trial is really going to bite him in the ass.