All purpose news and politics thread part VI: This Is Not The Time For Posing

[Malvolio]

I do believe Messrs Jagger and Richards wrote a song about that. Look, I understand the disappointment those kids felt over losing their graduation, but they have to grow up and understand that was for their own good. Filing lawsuits they’ll more than likely lose won’t accomplish a damn thing.

It may accomplish one thing. It may teach those students how the court system works. If that keeps them from filing any frivolous lawsuits later in life, then it will accomplish something.

[aja_christopher]

So AI is gonna kill us all using the 'Boiled Frog' method?

...that just might work.

It's already proven very effective in destabilazing our country.

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/21/80827...n-in-elections

But Republicans are protecting Trump and won't let us see the full report.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...-over-n1211466

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"CORNISH: Based on your research, why would Russians want to help both President Trump and Senator Sanders?

JANKOWICZ: Well, you know, I think Putin and the Kremlin's goal here is to increase Russia's standing in the world. And when America's got its own problems, when we're looking inward, fighting with each other, worried about participation and discourse, our democratic discourse, it looks better to Russians. Russians can point to America and say, you know, that democratic project over there isn't going so well.

Aren't you glad you've got this very staid authoritarian system here in Russia?

And it increases Russia's standing in the world.

CORNISH: In our final moments, what do you make of the actions by the president upon hearing this news?

JANKOWICZ: Well, I worry about what message that sends to Russia. Certainly, we have not imposed costs on Russia or other bad actors that are seeking to influence our discourse ahead of the election. But not only that, it means that the good work that's being done by many civil servants in the federal government to fight against malign information tactics - it means that that is undermined as well.

Without that recognition from the White House that disinformation is a threat, we cannot counter it in 2020."

[PaulBullion]

man, the day McConnell loses his senate seat, will be a day to celebrate

McConnell is 78 years old. It makes you wonder what drives a man to choose cementing diminished rights for women and minorities over a nice retirement with his fortune.

[PaulBullion]

Well, now I've seen it all: Cenk Uygur is now telling his fans to vote for Joe Biden.

[Tofali]

Well, now I've seen it all: Cenk Uygur is now telling his fans to vote for Joe Biden.

He does that all the time he is an ex-republican after all

[WestPhillyPunisher]

McConnell is 78 years old. It makes you wonder what drives a man to choose cementing diminished rights for women and minorities over a nice retirement with his fortune.

Power. Nothing more complicated than that.

[Wildling]

McConnell is 78 years old. It makes you wonder what drives a man to choose cementing diminished rights for women and minorities over a nice retirement with his fortune.

He's like a modern day, political Scrooge who likely won't ever be visited by Ghosts to turn him around.

[Kirby101]

Ans here I came back to this thread with a long list of Biden's accomplishments! Oh well.

[Kirby101]

About McConnell:

[The Cool Thatguy]

McConnell is 78 years old. It makes you wonder what drives a man to choose cementing diminished rights for women and minorities over a nice retirement with his fortune.

Well, if you're racist and near death, would you give up the fight?

[Tami]

Trump mulls forming panel to investigate anticonservative bias on social media: report

President Trump is considering creating a panel to oversee complaints of bias against conservatives by social media platforms in a move that would likely spark pushback from tech companies.

The plans are still being mulled, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal, but options could include the creation of a formal White House commission on the allegations.

“Left-wing bias in the tech world is a con*cern that definitely needs to be addressed from our vantage point, and at least exposed [so] that Americans have clear eyes about what we’re dealing with,” a White House official told The Journal.

Oh boy....... now comes the true decimation on the 1st Amendment, under the guise of 'thou shall not speak badly of trump'.

[InformationGeek]

OH WBE! Get a load of this Republican and his pain!

Dear @potterybarn (and other retailers) : I am NOT shopping by appointment. You're allowed to be open, so be open. And why close at 5 when mall is open until 7? Do you actually want to sell anything?

Love how lefties are so worked up about my last tweet which highlights the frustrations so many have about how slow NC economy is reopening - slower than most states. Maybe they believe govt should continue to write checks forever and keep the entire economy closed?

96k US deaths are tragic but of Mecklenburg Co's 72 deaths, 100% had pre-existing conditions or were in nursing homes. We should be laser focused on protecting the most vulnerable. That's were most governments have failed in dealing w this crisis.

The entitlement on this guy and how its not fair Pottery Barn is acting responsibly.



EDIT:

Oh it gets better! Get a load of this. Someone responds to him:

If you support bakeries refusing service to gay Americans for being gay, then you support a pottery store controlling who gets in at what times. You cannot have one and not the other. And if Pottery Barn refuses to serve you, I don’t wanna hear a single solitary peep about it.

Stone's response?

You missed the point. They can choose hours. Store was empty so maybe some agree.

You chiming in is interesting... I went out of my way to help you w something a few years ago and now you publicly criticize me as if you don't know me. Congrats you're a hero of the Left for a day

My god, this guy is a jackass. WBE, take notes!

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Trump mulls forming panel to investigate anticonservative bias on social media: report




Oh boy....... now comes the true decimation on the 1st Amendment, under the guise of 'thou shall not speak badly of trump'.

Agreed. This isn’t about bias against conservatives, it’s about bias against Trump, plain and simple. Considering how dangerously thin skinned he is, this comes as absolutely NO surprise.

[godisawesome]

Agreed. This isn’t about bias against conservatives, it’s about applying rudimentary Pavlovian psychology, empirical observation, and cross-examining claims versus facts against Trump, plain and simple. Considering how dangerously thin skinned he is, this comes as absolutely NO surprise.

*Fixed.*


There’s a part of me as a social scientist that wants to see Trump beaten not just because it’s the morally, ethically, and pragmatically correct thing to do (seriously, I would argue hard that Trump and individuals like Bolsonaro perfectly encapsulates the actual ineptitude and incompetence that Fascism-aligned thinking brings with it), but also because the potential intra-Party conflict between conservatives after his fall could be fascinating to watch. Amash, Romney, and the Lincoln Project are all clearly poising to launch a power grab and political counterinsurgency in the party afterwards, and it’s likely someone like Jeff Flake is also waiting to do so, while others, like Nikki Haley and Paul Ryan, have gone politically underground so that they can try and maintain Trump-loyalists support if he succeeds or falls in re-election while avoiding the total consequences his defeat would bring to his public remnant in the case of a humiliating defeat, and while Pence and others attempt to carry the banner afterwards or sink into obscurity/potential jail sentences.

[Mister Mets]

McConnell is 78 years old. It makes you wonder what drives a man to choose cementing diminished rights for women and minorities over a nice retirement with his fortune.

I suspect he believes he is making things better, even for women and minorities.