Politics Thread: Dad, Pull Over! I have to VP!

by **Uncle Milty** » Mon Jun 15, 2020 18:25:25

@PeterAlexander

President Trump on the coronavirus pandemic, according to the pool:
"If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any."

3:00 PM · Jun 15, 2020·Twitter Web App

by **PSUsarge** » Mon Jun 15, 2020 19:13:09

How is that still a thing

by **pacino** » Mon Jun 15, 2020 19:14:35

I refuse to be amazed

by **Stay_Disappointed** » Mon Jun 15, 2020 19:37:33

thephan wrote:Supreme Court weighed in that workers cannot be fired for being gay or transgender. Asserted that this is covered under the 1964 civil Rights act. And both gorsuch and Roberts weighed in on the protection of these rights.

Seems I'm about 4 hours behind (other page) but still great news.

Trump must be thrilled. Needs judges that are even more conservative?

by **The Savior** » Mon Jun 15, 2020 20:53:51

Collins being convinced that Kavangah would support LBGTQ rights all these months ago sure is something. What a stooge.

Fuck them both.

by **momadance** » Mon Jun 15, 2020 23:53:08

/* Drunk uncle thoughts.

Drunk Uncle wrote:I may have drank a bit too much tonight and smoked some Indica so I really can't research the historical accuracy of this claim.

Any who, I was watching the latest History Channel Doc on the politics behind WW2. One of the topics was the negotiation of The Atlantic Charter. This was negotiated in utmost secrecy. Basically in post 1945, it would end Fascism and Colonialism. It did. It gave autonomy to numerous African nations, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan. Obviously, Churchill wasn't happy with it but Britain got their own rewards.

I'm kind of feeling that we may start trending back to an era of Fascism and Colonialism with the way things are trending globally. Are China and Russia working to their own "Atlantic Charter"? It makes ya think!

*/ End drunk uncle thoughts.

by **Uncle Milty** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 07:04:33

We had 2 world wars. Guess it only makes sense to have 2 Korean wars. Wonder which side we'll be on.

by **lethal** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 08:08:39

Uncle Milty wrote:We had 2 world wars. Guess it only makes sense to have 2 Korean wars. Wonder which side we'll be on.

Technically, the first one never ended. There was no peace treaty or surrender. The revival might represent a US-China proxy this time. Who knows with this administration though.

by **Uncle Milty** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 08:17:50

True.

Guess I should share a link about North Korea blowing up joint liaison office. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53060620

by **06hawkalum** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 08:32:33

Uncle Milty wrote:True.

Guess I should share a link about North Korea blowing up joint liaison office. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53060620

I don’t see this provoking a war. Seems more like NK throwing a temper tantrum.

by **Uncle Milty** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 09:12:45

You're probably right. On first reaction it seemed closer to provocation than the normal posturing and, of course, I feel the current administration helped enable it.

by **JFLNYC** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 09:32:24

lethal wrote:
Uncle Milty wrote:We had 2 world wars. Guess it only makes sense to have 2 Korean wars. Wonder which side we'll be on.

Technically, the first one never ended. There was no peace treaty or surrender. The revival might represent a US-China proxy this time. Who knows with this administration though.

Considering there was an armistice in 1918 and the Treaty of Versailles signed in 1919 it’s a bit misleading to say the Great War never “technically” ended. I would argue that it did end “technically” but many of the underlying issues were either not adequately addressed or addressed in such a punitive manner as to insure a Second World War 20 years later.

by **traderdave** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 09:39:10

I have to admit that I have never watched Monte Python and The Holy Grail (I know, I know) but this has me ready to OnDemand it:

John Cleese has joined in the online pile-on of Fox News, after it unwittingly quoted a line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail in a news report. The unfortunate incident was part of a report from Fox on the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ, the protest group which is occupying part of Seattle, and is led by hip-hop artist Raz Simone.

Hoping to highlight a fracture in the group, news anchor Martha MacCallum quoted from a Reddit post, which read: “I didn't vote for Raz. I thought we were an autonomous collective. An anarcho-syndicalist commune at the least. We should take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week.” However, this was not dissent among the protestor's ranks, but a quote amusingly adapted from the 1975 movie, in which Graham Chapman's King Arthur encounters some local villagers.

You also have Laura Ingraham saying Dr. Fauci is part of the "medical deep state" and encouraging Trump and his minions to ignore anything he has to say. Fox News really has gone completely off the rails.

by **momadance** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 09:43:48

It's on Netflix!

by **The Savior** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 10:03:40

Will Ingram or Tucker get booted if trump loses?

by **thephan** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 10:34:32

I think that Fox tries to establish itself as the resistance with all their morons at the ready. Basically MSN

by **thephan** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:36:26

Members of Congress took small-business loans — and the full extent is unknown

Some GOP lawmakers who benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program also opposed legislation requiring lending transparency

Of course they did

Then again, Larry Kudlow was on TV talking about how easy it was for his wife to get a PPP loan. She is a famous painter of Larry's tie collection.

I mean, sure, they needed it:

Larry Kudlow Net Worth

Salary: His salary while working at CNBC was $800 thousand per year.
His Net Worth‎: ‎$10 Million

by **momadance** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:39:48

"School choice is the greatest civil rights issue of all time in this country."

Well shit.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1272931302006616065

by **thephan** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:43:59

Love this comment:

I'm stunned. What is actually happening right now.

I mean, really? Lets be stunned if he did say something completely inane.

by **pacino** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:48:55

momadance wrote:"School choice is the greatest civil rights issue of all time in this country."

Well #$!&@.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1272931302006616065

Further defunding public schools is sure to help things!

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