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Donald Trump Presidency discussion Thread VII (threadbanned users listed in OP)
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We did , but it's only now that the impact of the decision is actually kicking in.
He couldn't actually "sign" them as that type of Government cheque can only be signed by certain specific functionaries (Comptroller or whatever).
So - when he found that out and was insistent that his name be somewhere on the cheque , they've spent the last few weeks trying to work out how/where to shoehorn in his signature.
So the actual delay caused by this piece of crass electioneering and egotism is now clear and apparent , hence it's reappearance in the media.listermint wrote: »We knew it was put out there. But it's now actually delaying them . There's a stark difference between the two.
People should have had the money by now. Why is this now surprising sometimes stuff is put out that sounds outlandish then when they go and do it...
I'm not having a go. It's just that we knew that this was gonna happen. That the delay was weeks ago and it's now filtering into the delivery.
The delay has been happening!
That's what I'm getting at.
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Also, CHEQUES! I mean, electronic lodgements don't take any time at all!!!
Though you can't sign 1s and 0s.
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Also, also, I've long given up on expressing surprise at anything "outlandish" with DJT.0 -
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ancapailldorcha wrote: »he ridiculed a disabled reporter
Not for being disabled he didn't, which is of course what you're trying to suggest, but it has been pointed out multiple times that what Trump did was merely something which he always does when mocking people who he feels have been incompetent:heavily implied that Mexicans coming to the US are violent criminals to provide just three examples.
So what, many were/are - this one was deported 11 times.boasted about grabbing women by their genitals
Still with this? It.was.a.joke. You may not have found it funny, I didn't myself as it goes, but that doesn't mean it should be treated as if it was something he said while being questioned by the authorities or said to a shrink.
Recap: In an lighthearted jovial atmosphere Trump popped a mint and said he was doing so just in case he began kissing the female reporter they were all about to be interviewed by (given that he can't help himself around beautiful women, that he just starts kissing them - there's some laughter at this, of course, as he's clearly joking around). He then says that when you're a star they let you do anything (more laughter). Bush then joins with the joke (in clear reaction to the use of the word 'anything') and jokes "Whatever you want" and Trump responds: 'Grab 'em by the pussy'. So a clear joke based on exaggeration.
Kinda like if someone said they always bring their own food to the cinema and that Cineworld let you bring anything in and someone else jokingly responded with 'Yeah, you can bring whatever you want in' and so they joked back 'Little frying pan, some bacon'. You see the joke is around the word 'Whatever'. They are exaggerating for effect. It's not meant to be taken literally. I believe they call it having a sense of humour.
Does seem odd to me though that the left would spend so much time focusing on an obvious joke and yet mostly ignore certain real accusations of sexual assault when it suits them. Like, for example, the one made by former Senate staffer assistant Tara Reade, when she accused Joe Biden. She claims that when she was in her 20's Joe pinned her to a wall in a basement on Capital Hill and penetrated her with his fingers. Will we see anything like the coverage which surrounded the Kavanaugh allegations (much of which were shown to be lies), of course not. Will we even see it covered in the way the last Trump accuser's was? I highly doubt that too but will keep a watch out for the Anderson Cooper exclusive with Tara Reade, which I doubt I'll see given he didn't even raise the issue with Joe when he recently interviewed him.
Now, do I believe Biden is guilty? Not a clue and I believe that it's a matter for the courts, be they the criminal ones (although it would seem the statute of limitations has passed) or civil but most of all, what I do believe, is that he should be given the presumption of innocence, as you see, I am not a hypocrite who calls for due process when it's someone that leans the same way I do on certain political matters but to hell with them in that regard when they don't, as much of the left appear to be whenever these allegations surface.
When there's hand wringing outrage (as we've seen for four years) expressed about a risque joke made about groping but yet the same circles look the other way when allegations about an actual alleged groping are made, well then that speaks volumes about how genuine those people's outrage was to begin with. Sanctimony and faux outrage are for sure a favoured tool of the left and for me easily the most sickening ones.0 -
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Outlaw Pete wrote: »Not for being disabled he didn't, which is of course what you're trying to suggest, but it has been pointed out multiple times that what Trump did was merely something which he always does when mocking people who he feels have been incompetent:
So what, many were/are - this one was deported 11 times.
Still with this? It.was.a.joke. You may not have found it funny, I didn't myself as it goes, but that doesn't mean it should be treated as if it was something he said while being questioned by the authorities or said to a shrink.
Recap: In an lighthearted jovial atmosphere Trump popped a mint and said he was doing so just in case he began kissing the female reporter they were all about to be interviewed by (given that he can't help himself around beautiful women, that he just starts kissing them - there's some laughter at this, of course, as he's clearly joking around). He then says that when you're a star they let you do anything (more laughter). Bush then joins with the joke (in clear reaction to the use of the word 'anything') and jokes "Whatever you want" and Trump responds: 'Grab 'em by the pussy'. So a clear joke based on exaggeration.
Kinda like if someone said they always bring their own food to the cinema and that Cineworld let you bring anything in and someone else jokingly responded with 'Yeah, you can bring whatever you want in' and so they joked back 'Little frying pan, some bacon'. You see the joke is around the word 'Whatever'. They are exaggerating for effect. It's not meant to be taken literally. I believe they call it having a sense of humour.
Does seem odd to me though that the left would spend so much time focusing on an obvious joke and yet mostly ignore certain real accusations of sexual assault when it suits them. Like, for example, the one made by former Senate staffer assistant Tara Reade, when she accused Joe Biden. She claims that when she was in her 20's Joe pinned her to a wall in a basement on Capital Hill and penetrated her with his fingers. Will we see anything like the coverage which surrounded the Kavanaugh allegations (much of which were shown to be lies), of course not. Will we even see it covered in the way the last Trump accuser's was? I highly doubt that too but will keep a watch out for the Anderson Cooper exclusive with Tara Reade, which I doubt I'll see given he didn't even raise the issue with Joe when he recently interviewed him.
Now, do I believe Biden is guilty? Not a clue and I believe that it's a matter for the courts, be they the criminal ones (although it would seem the statute of limitations has passed) or civil but most of all, what I do believe, is that he should be given the presumption of innocence, as you see, I am not a hypocrite who calls for due process when it's someone that leans the same way I do on certain political matters but to hell with them in that regard when they don't, as much of the left appear to be whenever these allegations surface.
When there's hand wringing outrage (as we've seen for four years) expressed about a risque joke made about groping but yet the same circles look the other way when allegations about an actual alleged groping are made, well then that speaks volumes about how genuine those people's outrage was to begin with. Sanctimony and faux outrage are for sure a favoured tool of the left and for me easily the most sickening ones.
Pete, you'll literally defend anything this patently unfit demagogue says, does or fails to do. The only people who still genuinely still support/defend him are doing so because they either can still get some benefit out of him being POTUS; or they are so far gone with their support for him that they cannot admit how spectacularly wrong they were to support him; or they genuinely believe that he is the chosen one come to bring about the (insert whatever fantasy glorious future you want here). Which category do you fit into I wonder?0 -
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Stallingrad wrote: »There are numerous people awaiting answers from Pete to questions such as this who never get them. You may as well ask the wall.
There's been over 40 replies to my posts in here in just the last ten days. If I was to have a back and fourth that then led to just two further posts that would see me having to post hundreds of times on a thread where I am barely even tolerated to begin with and I have neither the inclination nor the time to do that, which many I'm sure will be glad to hear.
The following post seemed to contain a lot of the "points" other users were making and so I'll just reply to that ....duploelabs wrote: »February Golf
He had just been acquitted of farcical charges and so good for him if he wants to have a few rounds of golf. Mind though, not all the times the left have accused him of been of golfing have been accurate.
Also, at least Trump didn't skip health crisis pressers to go golfing
[Examples of Trump being optimistic about Coronavirus]
Oh come on, Pelosi was giving pressers from Chinatown downplaying the seriousness of it all and even the New York mayor was encouraging New Yorkers to go out on the town as recently as March 3rd:
https://twitter.com/billdeblasio/status/1234648718714036229[Examples of Trump minimizing the impact Coronavirus might have on America]
Did you not watch the presser the other night? Trump obliterated the narrative that he ignored the seriousness of the virus and that they had not:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1249858152578920449February 29th: ”This is their new hoax," he said, referring to the coronavirus.
Ha, I also was accused on this thread of calling the virus a hoax :P
Will his lie ever die? Even Wapo journalists are apologizing to the POTUS for repeating that nonsense.
https://twitter.com/byamberphillips/status/12414771092661657600 -
Outlaw Pete wrote: »There's been over 40 replies to my posts in here in just the last ten days. If I was to have a back and fourth that then led to just two further posts that would see me having to post hundreds of times on a thread where I am barely even tolerated to begin with and I have neither the inclination nor the time to do that, which many I'm sure will be glad to hear.
The following post seemed to contain a lot of the "points" other users were making and so I'll just reply to that ....
He had just been acquitted of farcical charges and so good for him if he wants to have a few rounds of golf. Mind though, not all the times the left have accused him of been of golfing have been accurate.
Also, at least Trump didn't skip health crisis pressers to go golfing
Oh come on, Pelosi was giving pressers from Chinatown downplaying the seriousness of it all and even the New York mayor was encouraging New Yorkers to go out on the town as recently as March 3rd:
https://twitter.com/billdeblasio/status/1234648718714036229
Did you not watch the presser the other night? Trump obliterated the narrative that he ignored the seriousness of the virus and that they had not:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1249858152578920449
Ha, I also was accused on this thread of calling the virus a hoax :P
Will his lie ever die? Even Wapo journalists are apologizing to the POTUS for repeating that nonsense.
https://twitter.com/byamberphillips/status/1241477109266165760
Please just stop with these mental gymnastics ...Its beyond embarrassing at this stage0 -
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