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PoliGAF 2017 |OT6| Made this thread during Harvey because the ratings would be higher
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I mean every antivirus is basically benign malware, we just usually trust the authors not to abuse it after we hand them the admin credentials. lolz
shinra-bansho
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Just accept that Israel is a third rail in US politics that nobody is going to touch with a ten foot clown pole.
Lowest bidder?
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Pretty sure that directly contradicts what they originally reported, that Trump was already aware of what Tillerson said.
Dubbedinenglish
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Mane that Buzzfeed exposé on Milo and Bannon...
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I think all they said he knew was that Rex wanted to resign
BlastProcessing
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StopMakingSense
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Today has been very.... eye opening... on many fronts.
As others have noted this explains why Steele didnt want anything to do with the congressional clown show.
nature boy
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Just casually throwing war out there...
#ifHillarydidit
That's fucking terrifying.
Brock Reiher
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Yeah. Trump's approval is going to go down the drains if he starts a war. It's mostly stable due to the fact that we're at relative peace.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Yep--if it's non-provoked, we will see approval in the 20s.
Aaron Strife
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I mean, expect a lot of the people currently supporting him to twist themselves into pretzel knots to justify a war, but the opposition would harden fast. To the point where there would basically be no difference between disapprove and strongly disapprove for polls that track those both.
Also all the alt right edgelords screaming that Hillary was a war hawk would probably flip over that.
Also all the alt right edgelords screaming that Hillary was a war hawk would probably flip over that.
Prof. Bathtub
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Some of the teleprompter speeches might net a few minutes of credulity on CNN, so one can see how he may be tempted.
Given Trump's previous about "the element of surprise" it'll probably start undeclared without an ultimatum issued.
shinra-bansho
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What's the countdown clock on Tillerson resigning set at?
The alt right wants wars against the right people.
Electric Eye
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I bet he's already resigned with a set date to transition out it would follow a pattern like Bannon and Spicer.
Once the stage is set for an Iran military conflict.
As ACA enrollment nears, administration keeps cutting federal support of the law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...41773cd5a14_story.html?utm_term=.f7f4d5a803e5
Another story about Trump sabotaging the ACA. Let all blame fall on his head, and the heads of the entire Republican Party, for this.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...41773cd5a14_story.html?utm_term=.f7f4d5a803e5
Another story about Trump sabotaging the ACA. Let all blame fall on his head, and the heads of the entire Republican Party, for this.
Greigor The Fellhand
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10 seconds until midnight
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/916094254883180544
Scary. Incredibly scary. This guy seems like he shouldn't be in control of this. I find the timing of this interesting considering that news about the Steele Dossier leaking.
Scary. Incredibly scary. This guy seems like he shouldn't be in control of this. I find the timing of this interesting considering that news about the Steele Dossier leaking.
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Please god let Mattis keep this fuck muzzled before he initiates a conflict.
Trump told HHS to deny request to fix Iowa ObamaCare market: report
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcar...y-request-to-fix-iowa-obamacare-market-report
Same story from The Hill. They are calling Trump out directly for this sabotage.
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Holy shit the video where he talks about "the calm before the storm" like he's getting fucking hard. Then that shit eating grin...how is this happening?
We talking about Tillerson not the doomsday clock right?
Prof. Bathtub
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Because we had to choose between a bloodthirsty lying hawk and a savvy businessman. So many "ugh why do we have to choose?!" cartoons made during the debates last year.
HP_Wuvcraft
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GAF, I need help.
My mom is not a Trumpster at all, and yet she still buys into the Fake News phenomenon. I just had a decently-sized fight with her about this where such classic gems as "not everyone agrees with you on what is a fact" and "but Trump calls CNN Fake News, so who decides what is real news?" were thrown out.
Let me give a bit of context: my mom is one of those people that thinks, if you have an opinion, that's the end of the discussion.
How do I deal with this?
My mom is not a Trumpster at all, and yet she still buys into the Fake News phenomenon. I just had a decently-sized fight with her about this where such classic gems as "not everyone agrees with you on what is a fact" and "but Trump calls CNN Fake News, so who decides what is real news?" were thrown out.
Let me give a bit of context: my mom is one of those people that thinks, if you have an opinion, that's the end of the discussion.
How do I deal with this?
Ask her if plants producing oxygen is an opinion?
Ghost her.
Seriously tho, dont talk politics with her. Its the only way I get along with my parents. Some people simply will not listen to reason and they need to come around on this on their own. Its not worth your energy and stress.
Get a new mom, bro.
shinra-bansho
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Accept that your mom is probably a Trumpeter.
hydragonwarrior
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Just to be certain, but what are the checks in place to prevent Trump from going to war for no fucking reason?
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Republican spines.
balladofwindfishes
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The Pentagon is probably in a flurry right now wondering what the hell he meant
Greigor The Fellhand
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TheAbsolution
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So....what you're saying is that we're going to war.
Prof. Bathtub
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My mother had a similar "well it's his opinion" and "some people's role is to have views that are one day widely accepted" about my brother's rampant 9/11 trutherism. We're on the same page on most matters, but that's a position of willful overlooking that's hard to back down from.
HP_Wuvcraft
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She's not, she just has some serious issues with giving a shit about anything. She's expressed this to me many times.
My dad was, but now he's doing everything in his power to retcon history.
That assumes people will come around on their own, is the thing. It's a fact of life (see what I did there?
)... Sorry. It's a fact of life that critical thinking skills aren't what they used to be, which isn't necessarily the person involved's fault, but is a serious problem that affects everyone.Assuming she's open to a discussion, try leading her on a bunch of logical assumptions/proofs, maybe? Like, "Not everyone agrees with you on what is a fact" = facts are objective pieces of information. Whilst facts can change (number of dead in the Vegas shooting, for example), they are always based on evidence at hand that is commonly held and rigourously analysed. In the context of fake news, CNN is a long-standing journalistic body that has a deep roster of intelligent people, and multiple layers of checking/substantiating stories. Whilst this may fail occassionally, they will always try and provide the truth as it is known.
Also, try making sure that she is aware of "correlation does not imply causation", which is a stumbling block in something like vaccinations. It's a little counter-intuitive to a lot of people, and laymen tend to just go for the simplest concept, even when it's incredibly wrong.
One thing that occurs to me is to question the veracity of a single source. Like, maybe say to her "When I was a kid and I kept on saying I didn't do [bad thing], yet multiple adults said I did, what made you believe them over me?". Then use that as an analogy for Trump vs Fake News.
Sadly i could see them pushing it up the furthest its been since the early 80s in light of this year's events.
Where's it at now?
Take your mom's car, tell her it's your car.
When she says it's her car, tell her that not everyone agrees with her on what is her car.
excelsiorlef
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And then set the car on fire and say there never was a car because cars are banned.
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