Okay so just finished watching the debate.
There was two people on stage: the Democratic Nominee for President who composed herself with tremendous grace and showed, especially for a politician, extremely detailed handling of the facts. Despite my support of Hillary Clinton, I disagree with many of her positions. But she really knows stuff in greater detail than almost any other public figure. I respect that tremendously.
Then there was a Semi-Sentient Briebart Rant that escaped the internet. This election got even more incredible. Donald Trump was arguably worse than ever tonight, in a truly new and horrifying way. He came off as deranged. He came off as thin skinned, petty, and pathological. He made blatantly un-American statements and, even by the look in his eyes, looked insane.
I expect Trump's performance to play well with the Trumpkin crowd. But for anyone else, it was yet another Donald Trump catastrophe.
That said, Hillary Clinton didn't deliver the killing blow she really needed to. And she needs to never say "go check my website for fact checking" ever again.
The question isn't if Hillary Clinton will win anymore. It's simply the magnitude of that victory.
As for Michael Pence, Trump today truly threw him under a massive bus, twice in one sentence (1. We haven't talked, 2. And I disagree). He needs to walk away. He would be beyond stupid not to. Has a Presidential Candidate ever so abused his running mate?
Did you notice Trump's verbatim quoting of the Kremlin line about the Russian operation in Syria? It was word for word. "Iran/Russia/Syria are killing ISIS" ... but their bombers only launch strikes in the west half of Syria ...
But soon after Mr Xi secured a third term, Apple released a new version of the feature in China, limiting its scope. Now Chinese users of iPhones and other Apple devices are restricted to a 10-minute window when receiving files from people who are not listed as a contact. After 10 minutes, users can only receive files from contacts.
Apple did not explain why the update was first introduced in China, but over the years, the tech giant has been criticised for appeasing Beijing.
Well I mean, here's the silver lining: this is the US.
For us, historically going completely ridiculously overboard in one direction is usually a precursor to a course correction to moderation. That famous Churchill quote sums us up quite nicely.
This election has been horrifying beyond belief for everyone but the Alt-Right crowd. We're never going to see something like this again, and perhaps this is "as far as we can go" before politics swing back to civility.
I would not watch it though. THe first 20 minutes, with Donald Trump in his full guise as a would be authoritarian despot of the school of Putin, was probably the most sickening thing I've seen ever come from my country. I'll usually defend my country against anything, but him on that stage, talking like that... it brought shame to America. I imagine the majority of Americans were similarly disgusted.
The good news is, in this country, shame is usually the best motivator to reform.
Your ongoing posts in this thread are confirming my theory you're entire Forum Act is some kind of bizarre game where you count how many intentionally incindary, totally irrelevant shitposts you make before you get served your next ban.
Doesn't Netflix have any anime for you to watch? I mean, I know it's your version of "The News" and all.
I'm busy with work and I can't focus unless I'm banned. So I'll cut it short.
@Endus, come over and ban me for calling scroesec a spic, you Canuck faggot.
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Rudy Giulliani proving that post-debate spin isn't his day job.
“I think he defended himself,” said former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, a close Trump ally, “in a way in which the people of the United States will say, ‘That’s the guy I want fighting for us,’ not that woman — not that person who looked so exhausted by the end of the debate.”
1) The guy people want fighting for them, is typically someone defending other people. Trump was defending himself.
2) "Not that woman" Whoops! Oh, and he's slipped up that way before. Once is a gaff. Twice is the start of a pattern.
3) Looked exhausted? These are shots from the debate where Donald "Stamina" Trump was not just leaning, but slumping against his chair, or nodding off (not just blinking), or dragging his feet with no energy. Feel free to verify.
37 minutes
51 minutes
61 minutes
End of the debate. Trump walking towards his children
15 seconds later OH MY GOD WHAT IS HE DOING
well at least the russians arent even trying to hide their support of trump anymore.
must be cause its time to cut bait.
Shillery outspends trump by 7 to 1. You should be more worried what she has promised to all the Brazilian bankers and Saudi theocrats during those private fundraisers.
Your country will be flooded with cholitos like @Skroe and your soldiers will keep dying for oil.
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republicans are now in code red mode:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/10...ans-trump.htmlBut much of the party appeared to be in a state of paralysis, uncertain of how to achieve political distance from Mr. Trump without enraging millions of voters who remained loyal to his campaign.
Republican leaders in the House of Representatives offered scant guidance to their members, scheduling a conference call for Monday morning but leaving lawmakers to fend for themselves in the meantime, according to two members of Congress, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Republican National Committee took on the aspect of a fortress: Numerous Republicans who sought to reach the committee’s top officials said they were unable to get through, though Reince Priebus, the committee’s chairman, flew beside Mr. Trump to the debate in St. Louis, even as Republican elected officials rejected their nominee en masse.
they are using the term, "theater fire."
Most people would rather die than think, and most people do. -Bertrand Russell
Before the camps, I regarded the existence of nationality as something that shouldn’t be noticed - nationality did not really exist, only humanity. But in the camps one learns: if you belong to a successful nation you are protected and you survive. If you are part of universal humanity - too bad for you -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn