Haven't watched it yet, will do later tonight; However, yet another big yawn at another video aimed at trump.
Haven't watched it yet, will do later tonight; However, yet another big yawn at another video aimed at trump.
Do not get tired on critizizing trump . That is what he wants. People not caring about his capers anymore.
On a list of issues that will drive real Americans to the polls, it has to be way down there. Why is Putin mad at us? Mostly, because we are on his border. Back in the Cold War, America was fighting a radical ideology intent on spreading itself at all costs. Not to mention how different the people in the 3rd world were at that time, most of them were just emerging out of the middle ages. I get why we had to fight WWII and the Cold War. Why we are on Russia's border (not at all defensive like the start of the Cold War) and trying to keep him from bullying his neighbor, I have no idea.
And its only a small part of a global strategy doomed to fail. Our military has been in the Middle East for 30+ years, does that place look any better today than when we got there? We aren't fighting one enemy with a clear goal in mind. Instead, we have some vague notion of making the world a better place by increasing our intelligence abilities to creepy levels and a regular dose of "smart" bombs and drone strikes that "always" hit the bad guys.
The real reason for the Russia obsession is because Putin exposed the American left of being much closer to his own oligarchy than most of us would have guessed. As much as Snowden should have opened people's eyes to the dangers of our own intelligence agencies, this should have made people aware how connected those with positions of power and money are in America. That is why its necessary to keep yelling about Russia without ever once examining why the information leaked was so damaging.
Oh, the leftist media surely love to bash Trump, no wonder he hates them. Nothing about this is funny.
Seriously? Now even you're down with shitty logic?
Sure, Obama killed people. The difference? He targeted people who actually wanted to destroy the US. And he was wrong to do so in such a way that he killed civilians as well, but the idea that that crime is the same as actually ordering assassinations of your political enemies or journalists so you can ensure that you rule for 20 years is absurd at the very least.
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Oh it's not the "leftist media" only. It is also the completely moronic NeverTrumpers who suffered an ego-crushing defeat and were proved to not have a fucking CLUE as to what they were talking about and be completely full of shit, no matter how may diatribes they fire off.
Take down seems to almost imply he harmed Trump in some kind of manner...
Nothing of the sort occurred.
Yes, well. Sweden and Finland have very close ties. I should know, my dad comes from the Swedish speaking minority in Finland! But as I said before, if Finland is under attack again, they will be protected. They are part of the EU and as such, NATO would get involved. It's a very indirect benefit of NATO, but it's there nevertheless. Next time you kick Russian butt, we'll make sure that you don't have to give up land again. That Karelia grab was despicable.
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Have to answer to this: So you want to have no development of society whatsoever? No foreign influences? No new traditions coming to your community? Living in a puritan 16. century world?
That wont be possible, but i think you should contact the amish people, they are basically the society you long for.
Though i admit a puritan 16. century has its advantages. Christmas and mince pie are banned! Hurray! (this pagan traditions only came with filthy irish immigrants 200 years later)
Well, except idiots like you keep spewing up nonsense as if it were something new when it has already existed -- and continues to exist -- for over 50 years.
America and Russia have shared a border for ages. Bitching about it under some other context is just idiotic.
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I think the worst display of this whole thing to date, was at Trumps inauguration. Not only did those hardcore supporters go to watch him get sworn in after learning that Russia had a hand in things, but then they listened and clapped along to music about how much they loved America. I don't even usually listen to country music but it stained the entire genre for me because it was such a gross moment.
I can't help but think of another John Oliver thing where he was talking about how Taiwan had a funny/weird tendancy to use hitler art in random places. In the video, he showed a picture of a T-shirt that had a Hitler-themed Teletubby on it. He said "There are only two people this shirt could work for. The people who wanted a Hitler shirt so bad they'd take one with a Teletubby on it, or those who wanted a Teletubby shirt so much they'd take one with Hitler on it, and I'm not sure which is worse."
That's how I'm increasingly feeling when I see these God-awful stupid responses on so many threads like this. Are these people who like Trump so much that theyll demonize our values and support Putin, or people who dislike our own way of life enough that they're willing to support Trump in his fumbling attempts to chip away at our most treasured institutions and the pillars that support and protect us? Like the fucking free press?
Like the Teletubby shirt debacle, I'm not sure which one is worse.
(By the by, I always enjoy your posts. Stay awesome <3)
Sigh, if he goes a third episode in a row dedicated to Trump then I will probably just drop the show. I preferred the segments on subject few ever think about.
The wise wolf who's pride is her wisdom isn't so sharp as drunk.
As a european very active at that time in politics the big difference between W. and Trump for me:
We resented W. politics especially iraq and fabricated claims, protested a lot etc. W. himself was seen a bit of a moron but not out of the ordinary. We resented his politics (and Cheney) but not the person.
In the case of Donald it feels more like faceplam.
You know, you Trumpkins... what did you expect, honestly? That if in the event Trump won things were going to get easier? That was never going to happen. You might as well been hoping for a unicorn that shits doughnuts.
Trump is such a moral affront - and keep in mind I keep framing my opposition in moral terms first - that you could expect nothing less than every minute of his Presidency, so long as it lasts, to be us besieging you, from every angle.
You won an election. Congratulations. You won the opportunity to govern. And you get to do it in an environment where the majority that rejects Trump, is going to make that a very difficult thing for you to do.
In other words, your victory in the election was the start of your problems, not the end. You know what this video is? A good summary. That's it. There is nothing new here we haven't heard before. Things like this will not destroy Trump and keep the US from making a catastrophic mistake in partnering up with Russia. But they will serve to contextualize and inform when the things that DO destroy Trump and the things that will stop that catastrophic mistake, come along.
It will take a strategy to beat a strategy. One element of our strategy, against you, is to make as often as possible the public case about the sheer insanity of a major pillar of Trump's foreign policy, his Russia coddling.
If you can't take this, there's the door... get the fuck out of politics... because we'll never stop. And if by some dark fate Trump manages to stay President for 4 years, and win re-election... guess what! It doesn't stop then either.
Even if Trump is impeached and removed from office tomorrow, his supporters must still pay a moral cost. In other words primalmatter, @Ransath and others... this never ends. You better fight like hell because us "butt hurt NeverTrumpers" (or some nonsense like that), will never, ever stop. We will keep attacking. We will win. We will lose. We will find new ways to attack. But it'll never cease.