Joe Biden Presidency thread *Please read OP - Threadbanned Users Added 4/5/21*

Melanchthon

duploelabs wrote: »

So how is giving a trans woman equality a bad thing? I don't see any cis women being erased?

This will be a bigger thing in the US than it would be here because sports scholarships and so on are so important
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On the flipside from what I know there isn't the same thing as the UK where there is a body of old school feminists who genuinely are feminists and left wing that are trans exclusionary.

eagle eye

duploelabs wrote:

Between this and your commentary of lady gagas appearance at the inauguration yesterday, you're really showing us your brevity of class and culture

Just on the pop stars, I've no interest in them.myself but years ago I was at a concert and Bono started telling us about his beliefs on certain things. I didn't go to the concert for political opinion and it wasn't advertised prior to the event either. I wish they'd all keep their political affiliations to themselves. I certainly don't respect their opinions on serious matters.

ohnonotgmail

eagle eye wrote: »

Just on the pop stars, I've no interest in them.myself but years ago I was at a concert and Bono started telling us about his beliefs on certain things. I didn't go to the concert for political opinion and it wasn't advertised prior to the event either. I wish they'd all keep their political affiliations to themselves. I certainly don't respect their opinions on serious matters.

bono is a c*nt of the highest order.

briany

Melanchthon wrote: »

You'd presume the Biden administration will be a lot better than Trump's on education at a bare minimum. His education secretary was terrible by all accounts.

On the economics thing though it's so hard to judge, like people are talking about Bill Clinton's great economic performance, I've a lot of time for Bill Clinton he seemed to be an actual centerist in terms of policies but arguably he laid the seeds of the great economic crash.

Biden needs to do something with the demographic who ate up Trump's message on bringing good blue collar jobs back to the States, because you're only fomenting another wave of populist anger to let those towns literally rust. It may be that with global supply chains and the system of capitalism we currently employ that outsourcing will always make more sense, but that means changing the system of capitalism. No longer should people be allowed to become as wealthy as Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk. Men who are so rich they cannot figure out what to do with all their money. I believe that someone should certainly be allowed to work hard and become very wealthy off of that and have a very comfortable life. I just don't think they should be allowed to have all of the money, because at that point they're private entities, answerable to no-one, wielding tremendous power to change society to their own liking that may be at odds at with the public interest.

In short, you could perhaps bring back some good blue collar jobs if you remove the culture of profit at all costs. The people at the top would still have a lot of money and the people at the bottom would have a little more, and that would be a more stable basis to move on with as a society.

Timberrrrrrrr

eagle eye wrote: »

Just on the pop stars, I've no interest in them.myself but years ago I was at a concert and Bono started telling us about his beliefs on certain things. I didn't go to the concert for political opinion and it wasn't advertised prior to the event either. I wish they'd all keep their political affiliations to themselves. I certainly don't respect their opinions on serious matters.

Try getting stuck at a table next to him in Lillies back in the day, even the edge was rolling his eyes at the shìte he was spouting :pac:

Water John

Must be something about girls, young women that trigger some people? Greta, Alexandria and now Amanda.

Muahahaha

fergiesfolly wrote: »

I know Ted knows what the Paris Climate accord is but that reads like he thinks it's about Paris and the clapping seals will think that too. And then they'll drive home in their gas guzzlers, open up their twitternator accounts and blast Biden for selling America out to those commie Pareeeeesians.
Ted is starting early trying to soak up Trump supporters for his next run.

Without doubt thats what his idoitic tweet about Parisians was all about today, it was completely aimed at Trumps base. Its easy to forget that Cruz has a degree from Harvard Law School and a Masters from Princeton. So unless he bribed his way in he is a smart enough guy. His whole grift now though is not to act like it in order to appeal to the poorly educated voters that loved Trump so much.

Water John

Muahahaha wrote: »

Without doubt thats what his idoitic tweet about Parisians was all about today, it was completely aimed at Trumps base. Its easy to forget that Cruz has a degree from Harvard Law School and a Masters from Princeton. So unless he bribed his way in he is a smart enough guy. His whole grift now though is not to act like it in order to appeal to the poorly educated voters that loved Trump so much.

When God was giving him brains, he held back on a personality.

coolbeans

Water John wrote: »

Must be something about girls, young women that trigger some people? Greta, Alexandria and now Amanda.

Don't forget Pelosi, she's far from young but boy she sure does trigger the feck out of a certain cohort.

humberklog

duploelabs wrote: »

Jesus, now your offended by nomenclature?? Grow a pair, names won't hurt you

You say "now I'm offended by nomenclature??" which infers you've read a previous post of mine where I'm offended. Where would you have seen that post?


In this case I'm not offended whatsoever. I just think "cis woman" is daft when there's a perfectly fine word in existence which is woman/women.

No offense.

Character Building

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Poet getting a lot of plaudits , thought it was a bit child like to be honest

Off our knees we will climb
More of love and less of crime
Hear my world they are sublime
Who would like a slice of lime
Yes you see my words are rhyme
And if we fail there will be crying
Life's not easy, but don't stop trying
Biden's honest, and Trump was lying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxGh7P8vdEM

Agreed. She was quite good but the reaction and fawning over her is way over the top. If it was a 14 year old who wrote and delivered a poem like that I'd be impressed - but this was a grown woman.

Anderson Cooper when interviewing her was encouraging a presidential run in 20 years' time.

mcmoustache

Water John wrote: »

Must be something about girls, young women that

trigger some people? Greta, Alexandria and now Amanda.

Bonus hate if they're dark skinned.

Water John

With the name Amanda Gorman we're claiming her.

Rezident

Encouraging to see Joe undoing some of the unnecessary damage but he has a seemingly impossible task. America is now so deeply divided I don't see that it can or will be fixed, realistically.

And it is not getting better, it is getting worse. What is it about human nature, that once an empire is too successful for too long (c. 250 years) that it just destroys itself?

But good luck Joe and Up the Irish while it lasts!

osarusan

Ted Cruz is far from a moron, which makes his tweets even worse.

Rather than riling up idiots through his own ignorance, he is knowingly doing so. He knows what he is posting is absolute bollocks, but it is bollocks that serves a purpose.

He has decided to go down (or continue down) that road of simply riling up idiots. Hopefully not too many other Republicans follow, but knowing the votes are there must be very tempting, especially as Trump's voting figures show that it doesn't mean you lose the mainstream Republican vote either.

briany

osarusan wrote: »

Ted Cruz is far from a moron, which makes his tweets even worse.

Rather than riling up idiots through his own ignorance, he is knowingly doing so. He knows what he is posting is absolute bollocks, but it is bollocks that serves a purpose.

He has decided to go down (or continue down) that road of simply riling up idiots. Hopefully not too many other Republicans follow, but knowing the votes are there must be very tempting, especially as Trump's voting figures show that it doesn't mean you lose the mainstream Republican vote either.

Another one to back up the old joke,

Why do so many people take an instant dislike to Ted Cruz?

Because it just saves time.

mcmoustache

12gauge dave wrote: »

Joe Biden has asked for unity going forward let's give it a shot eh?

That's not going to be easy when a large proportion off Americans are living in lala land. There's no meeting QAnon in the middle, for example. Those sorts of eejits need to sort their shít out. It's not for the grownups to pander to their juvenile nonsense.

namloc1980

I think there's something wrong with this lady:

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mcmoustache

Water John wrote: »

With the name Amanda Gorman we're claiming her.

Depends on how she got the name, I suppose.

mcmoustache

mcmoustache wrote: »

That's not going to be easy when a large proportion off Americans are living in lala land. There's no meeting QAnon in the middle, for example. Those sorts of eejits need to sort their shít out. It's not for the grownups to pander to their juvenile nonsense.

Right on cue.

namloc1980 wrote: »

I think there's something wrong with this lady:

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Tell me how

fergiesfolly wrote: »

I know Ted knows what the Paris Climate accord is but that reads like he thinks it's about Paris and the clapping seals will think that too. And then they'll drive home in their gas guzzlers, open up their twitternator accounts and blast Biden for selling America out to those commie Pareeeeesians.
Ted is starting early trying to soak up Trump supporters for his next run.

Muahahaha wrote: »

Without doubt thats what his idoitic tweet about Parisians was all about today, it was completely aimed at Trumps base. Its easy to forget that Cruz has a degree from Harvard Law School and a Masters from Princeton. So unless he bribed his way in he is a smart enough guy. His whole grift now though is not to act like it in order to appeal to the poorly educated voters that loved Trump so much.

That's exactly it. It's a campaign email Subject line heading. 'Biden chooses Paris over Pittsburgh'. The same with McCarthy's comment to the media about providing a pathway for aliens to gain immigration status that Biden is choosing immigrants over Americans.

It's going to be a constant line from them.

Muahahaha

namloc1980 wrote: »

I think there's something wrong with this lady:

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Republicans Jan 19th 'we need unity and to heal the country'
Republicans Jan 21st 'Lets try to impeach Biden 24 hours after he took office'

Hotblack Desiato

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Sounds like backpedalling to me. You said that you found him entertaining and that helped get you through the pandemic

But between the bungled US federal govt response to the pandemic, mass hate rallies, immigrants in cages, and many other things, this "entertainer" has damaged or curtailed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. He has made the world a more divided and more dangerous place. I think you should stick to Netflix for your entertainment tbh

Silver linings

Snake Plisken

Snake Plisken wrote: »

I see #BidenErasedWomen is trending on Twitter as I said this morning this isn't going to end well for Biden

https://twitter.com/Nemaipa/status/1352266814504509443?s=19

Strange that it's mainly with English people that it's trending.

Overheal

Muahahaha wrote: »

Republicans Jan 19th 'we need unity and to heal the country'
Republicans Jan 21st 'Lets try to impeach Biden 24 hours after he took office'

It really does make them look utterly stupid. Without Trump they need to make mountains out of molehills. My Sedition-caucus congressman is complaining about the immigration reform bill he wants to introduce - not for its merits, more the fact that he isn't first introducing a new $15 minimum wage bill as if he'd support that either!

Jeff Duncan, R SC-3 wrote:

Well, here we go folks. It wasn’t even 24 hours after Joe Biden was sworn in as President of the United States that his Administration unveiled a massive amnesty bill. Yes – you heard that right, and that should really tell you something. The first legislation President Biden is proposing out of the gate isn’t about COVID-19, raising wages for American workers, or creating jobs. It’s about giving 11 million illegal immigrants amnesty – the complete opposite of “America First."

I think Fauci deserves a hell of a lot of respect for sticking it out for the last year. Always did it for the public good which is something the rest of the Trump administration were not doing.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1352366677237911555?s=19

flazio

namloc1980 wrote: »

I think there's something wrong with this lady:

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CNN are going to be keeping tabs on her and on Ted Cruz.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/fact-check-marjorie-taylor-greene-twitter-election-capitol/index.html

The_Brood

One thing I wish Biden well on is his faith. It's a lose-lose situation really. He is participating in all these sincere expressions, prayers, ceremonies of faith, but A) many of his 'base' ignore it/think it's a sham as in he's just doing it to appease the other side, or is 'just raised that way' or whatever and the opposing side think he's a traitor/not actually religious because he disagrees with them on social issues.

Pretty much like Obama, and Jimmy Carter (I think no one ever accused Bill of being too much of a believer).

Leroy42

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think Fauci deserves a hell of a lot of respect for sticking it out for the last year. Always did it for the public good which is something the rest of the Trump administration were not doing.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1352366677237911555?s=19

I disagree. He put his own job and position ahead of the lives of others.

Sure, he would have been fired but maybe he would have started something. Instead he kept quiet.

Imagine if he had spoken up at a pressor and just told the truth. POTUS you haven't a clue, you aren't doing your job.

And even since the election, when clearly Trump did nothing, he did nothing.

He took the risk that Trump would get reelected by stating quiet.

I'm sure the man is well meaning, and I'm not saying I would do differently in the same predicament, but at the very moment his career had led to he, IMO, failed

Muahahaha

Overheal wrote: »

It really does make them look utterly stupid. Without Trump they need to make mountains out of molehills. My Sedition-caucus congressman is complaining about the immigration reform bill he wants to introduce - not for its merits, more the fact that he isn't first introducing a new $15 minimum wage bill as if he'd support that either!

Im just surprised that we havent yet heard anything from Republicans about the deficit. Though with a $1.9tn relief bill on the way I suspect it wont be long until they are howling about it.

nolivesmatter

namloc1980 wrote: »

I think there's something wrong with this lady:

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Ridiculous thing to do, but Democrats must be happy that Trump has inspired the self-immolation of so many Republicans.

dam099

namloc1980 wrote: »

I think there's something wrong with this lady:

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Wow that's fast :eek:. Biden is clearly better than Trump, one day in the job and he already committed an impeachable offence, it took Trump a whole 2 1/2 years to do that.

nolivesmatter

Maybe its some kind of petty attempt at giving Biden the record of being president to have the quickest submission for impeachment. Beyond that I can't imagine why she'd do, it obviously won't amount to anything.

Surely she can be countered now for 'miss use of power' or something along those lines.

Faugheen

nolivesmatter wrote: »

Beyond that I can't imagine why she'd do, it obviously won't amount to anything.

I can.

Because she’s a deluded fool.

Muahahaha

From her video in the tweet its clear she just did it for her own PR and to raise her profile among Republican voters. Any member of Congress can just fill out the impeachment forms and submit them, it doesnt actually mean anything of substance if you cant get the votes.

But doing it right now when millions of voters genuinely believe that the election was stolen is an opportune time to do it. When she is back up for re-election no doubt she'll be using it as part of her campaign. Its sad really but thats politicking for you.

Faugheen

I love how Jen Psaki looks like a bastion of knowledge of everything compared to the sh*t show briefings of the last four years.

Overheal

We are *checks notes* 33.18 hours into the Biden presidency and the fake news media is wasting no time

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1352436221885231104?s=21

12gauge dave

First riots of President Bidens term coming from left wing protesters.

Not a Make America Great Again cap to be seen.


Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) Tweeted:
The Portland crowd has now gone to the local headquarters of the Democratic Party, smashing windows and writing "**** Biden" https://t.co/N01iXhyWll https://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker/status/1352042120106762240?s=20


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/protests-portland-seattle-biden.html

Tell me how

12gauge dave wrote: »

First riots of President Bidens term coming from left wing protesters.

Not a Make America Great Again cap to be seen.


Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) Tweeted:
The Portland crowd has now gone to the local headquarters of the Democratic Party, smashing windows and writing "**** Biden" https://t.co/N01iXhyWll https://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker/status/1352042120106762240?s=20


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/protests-portland-seattle-biden.html

Guess that puts to bed the rumours pushed by Matt Gaetz and others that the Democrats in Congress were directing these people.

ILoveYourVibes

The GOP is an embarrassment at this stage.

The sane part of America knows this.

Never trust anyone who votes GOP from here on in folks.

joseywhales

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

The GOP is an embarrassment at this stage.

The sane part of America knows this.

Never trust anyone who votes GOP from here on in folks.

The ink is still wet on bidens unity speech......we should now discrimate based on political affiliation.

namloc1980

joseywhales wrote: »

The ink is still wet on bidens unity speech......we should now discrimate based on political affiliation.

Ink is still wet and we have a Republican member of Congress introducing articles of Impeachment while the right wing media is proclaiming Biden's presidency a disaster already. Doesn't seem they're too interested in unity.

ILoveYourVibes

joseywhales wrote: »

The ink is still wet on bidens unity speech......we should now discrimate based on political affiliation.

We can do what we like actually.

Don't expect the left to forget.

Those days are over.

Absolutely the right are a danger to society.

I will never ever believe or trust anything the right or their supporters. .... say ever.

We are on guard.

The whole switching the narrative of violence and who is responsible after what happened on the hill just goes to further show this.

Doesn't seem they're too interested in unity.

thank god

flazio

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

We can do what we like actually.

Don't expect the left to forget.

Those days are over.

Absolutely the right are a danger to society.

I will never ever believe or trust anything the right or their supporters. .... say ever.

We are on guard.

The whole switching the narrative of violence and who is responsible after what happened on the hill just goes to further show this.



thank god

Lighten up and enjoy life for a while.

If you obsess over your enemies too much it's giving them a free win.
We can't destroy the right entirely, only the minority extremists.

WrenBoy

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

We can do what we like actually.

Don't expect the left to forget.

Those days are over.

Absolutely the right are a danger to society.

I will never ever believe or trust anything the right or their supporters. .... say ever.

We are on guard.

The whole switching the narrative of violence and who is responsible after what happened on the hill just goes to further show this.



thank god

This is like some bad Watchmen fan fiction.

duploelabs

namloc1980 wrote: »

I think there's something wrong with this lady:

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She's an absolute gimp.
She also thinks that the parkland shootings was a false flag event

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-sandy-hook-b1791014.html

But sure, that's the type of representative the GOP voters want to represent them

jill_valentine

I think McConnell and the GoP could come to regret their stalling policy. It means a massive amount of stuff is ready to go to the floor pretty much straight away now Dems have the Senate. And Trump's thing for Executive Orders means Biden is away in a hack in terms of tangible benefits he can claim from the start.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1352577569330262017

So the result is that a guy who could be accused of being boring and conservative by some quarters otherwise gets to come across as bold and dynamic just by fixing or allowing stuff the last admin broke or blocked deliberately.

partyguinness

It is noteworthy how little has been made of Biden's religion. He is only the second Catholic.

ancapailldorcha

partyguinness wrote: »

It is noteworthy how little has been made of Biden's religion. He is only the second Catholic.

People who hate him hate him for plenty of other things. For everyone else, he's not Trump.

flazio

partyguinness wrote: »

It is noteworthy how little has been made of Biden's religion. He is only the second Catholic.

Not noteworthy at all in my opinion. Religion has had a very diminished impact in Western policy for over 20 years. Even the Pope is relaxing his stance on gay relationships being sinful.