Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Pannonian]

Well yes, and overall it was a very positive move, as it gave the western world a 365 1/4 calendar for the first time (He blatantly stole the Egyptian Calendar, renamed everything, and claimed he invented it), but the main goal was to give him an extra 3 months in that particular consulship to consolidate power. So I mean it worked out, sort of. I mean he did completely destroy their entire system of government and ushered in several centuries of absolute monarchs of various stages of mental stability. But the 365 1/4 day calendar is nice to have.

Maybe my timeline is mixed up, but wasn't he at this point already appointed dictator for 10 years?

And he still had one improvement, the egyptian calendar had only 360 days. These fixed extra days were his own (or more to say sosigenes) invention. Though of course he had to fuck it up with february - romans and their superstition...

[Breccia]

Maybe my timeline is mixed up, but wasn't he at this point already appointed dictator for 10 years?

Sixteen years.

[wunksta]

It was bad in Austin, the cops are shooting people in the faces and heads with the rubber bullets, causing a head injury to one kid and exposing his brain matter.

[TigTone]

It was bad in Austin, the cops are shooting people in the faces and heads with the rubber bullets, causing a head injury to one kid and exposing his brain matter.

Can you say multi million dollar lawsuit?

[Edge-]

Can you say multi million dollar lawsuit?

No, I can't. Because I can say, "Broad protection from legal consequences from their actions while 'carrying out their duties', and deeply corrupt law enforcement agencies that do everything they can to protect their own and prevent them from being held accountable."

[TigTone]

No, I can't. Because I can say, "Broad protection from legal consequences from their actions while 'carrying out their duties', and deeply corrupt law enforcement agencies that do everything they can to protect their own and prevent them from being held accountable."

Well that stop on who’s the lawyer and who are the kids parents.

As we know wealth speaks.

[Breccia]

There is no evidence that China, Russia, or Iran are using covert online attacks (as they did in 2016 to attack the election) to spread chaos in the US.

They don't need to. They're just doing it openly.

“China’s primary goal appears to be to discredit U.S. criticism of China’s crackdown on Hong Kong. Iran’s primary goals appear to be to discredit U.S. criticism of Iran’s human-rights record and to attack U.S. sanctions,” the report says. “Russian state-controlled outlets largely focused on the facts of the protests, in line with a longstanding practice of covering protests in the West; some individual pieces of editorial content also attacked Kremlin critics and the mainstream media.”

On Saturday, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, drew attention to the issue of foreign social media activity when he tweeted:

"Tonight seeing VERY heavy social media activity on #protests & counter reactions from social media accounts linked to at least 3 foreign adversaries. They didn’t create these divisions. But they are actively stoking & promoting violence & confrontation from multiple angles."

China, for example, blasted the U.S. for alleged hypocrisy in a series of editorials in state-sponsored media.

One editorial in the People’s Daily newspaper saw the unrest and the official reaction as “a vivid demonstration of American ‘double standards’ and the country's deteriorating political environment. On the one hand, protests over the death of an unarmed African American man in Minneapolis police custody have spread around the U.S.; on the other, the U.S. has threatened to impose economic sanctions on Hong Kong.”

Iranian accounts also openly criticized the U.S. and drew attention to the Floyd killing, embracing the hashtag #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd. But Graphika did not find evidence of a secret campaign.

Russian state media “focused on the facts on the ground, in line with a practice of highlighting genuine grievances and protests in the West; some editorials focused on prominent Kremlin critics, notably the mainstream media, former U.S. President Barack Obama, and human-rights NGO Human Rights Watch,” the report said.

A graphic in the state-sponsored Sputnik newspaper said, “America 2020: Where anti-racists are terrorists and racists are president.”

We are being trolled. Effectively.

[wunksta]

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/aus...ags-at-protest
https://twitter.com/richlilkey/statu...15380071747589
Warning: Graphic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BGyTi-KdKc

[Hobb]

Can you say multi million dollar lawsuit?

Can't Texas law has set limitations on how much you can sue the government for, which is $250,000 per individual or $500,000 per incident. Whichever is less.

For example if 5 people are injured and sue Texas the max each could receive will be $100,000 add in more people then even less per person in damages.

[Raetary]

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/aus...ags-at-protest
https://twitter.com/richlilkey/statu...15380071747589
Warning: Graphic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BGyTi-KdKc

This is horrifying.

[PhaelixWW]

A surprising new poll shows Trump and Biden are basically neck and neck, with Trump ahead by one percent!

"Woohoo! MAGA!"

In Texas!

I think maybe you missed my post from a few days ago, but Trump hasn't even always lead in those polls.

Also, it should be noted that the real reason that Trump is so happy about the Texas Supreme Court enabling voter suppression blocking mail-in-ballot expansion in Texas, is likely due to recent polling in the Lone Star state:



Texas isn't a guarantee for the GOP this time around, and those 38 EC votes are a must-win for Trump and he knows it.

[Edge-]

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/aus...ags-at-protest
https://twitter.com/richlilkey/statu...15380071747589
Warning: Graphic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BGyTi-KdKc

Cops are straight up murdering people.

And Trump is cheering them on.

[Pannonian]

This is horrifying.

What's even more horridying is that the guy is obvious still working as a cop, as no one has been sent home while the investigation is running.

So many want to close the ranks...

[Thepersona]

Cops are straight up murdering people.

And Trump is cheering them on.

Oh, neat. It seems that cops in the US are as brutal as they are here with the protesters. Do they snort cocaine before repressing them, by the way?

[Poopymonster]

Saw on FB, unknown truth but made me snicker.
In NYC and other areas, cops aren't getting days off until the protests end. Let's wear em out. How long can they do 12 hours a week, 7 days a week. Outlast them.

[Masark]

Oh, neat. It seems that cops in the US are as brutal as they are here with the protesters. Do they snort cocaine before repressing them, by the way?

Shoot up steroids more likely.

[Edge-]

Oh, neat. It seems that cops in the US are as brutal as they are here with the protesters. Do they snort cocaine before repressing them, by the way?

Knowing some officers in larger cities...some do, and some of these officers very well may be. Drug use isn't exactly isolated in many departments, often driven by a complete failure of their mental health systems (both systemically and culturally within forces) to help officers deal with work-related stresses, leaving many to self medicate with alcohol or drugs.

[wunksta]

Oh, neat. It seems that cops in the US are as brutal as they are here with the protesters. Do they snort cocaine before repressing them, by the way?

This one seemed to be on something
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3TFV2bTj38

[Elegiac]

Oh, neat. It seems that cops in the US are as brutal as they are here with the protesters. Do they snort cocaine before repressing them, by the way?

Unsure, but at least a third of them are probably beating their wives before and after.

It's almost as if these people should not be police.

[PhaelixWW]

Saw on FB, unknown truth but made me snicker.
In NYC and other areas, cops aren't getting days off until the protests end. Let's wear em out. How long can they do 12 hours a week, 7 days a week. Outlast them.

This is just outright fucking stupid. Do you think their reactions are somehow going to get better the longer it goes? Do you think you're actually going to outlast the police?