Fragile Bird Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 19 minutes ago, DireWolfSpirit said: Are Trumpy and Ivanka still in India? Shouldn't they have to be put in quarantine before being allowed back in the country? They can sit on Air Force One till after the elections, just to be safe. No, they returned hours ago, early this afternoon I think. No quarantine for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 And in more of The Cruelty is the Point: Also fucked up this just announced as Trump returns from India where there is violence being committed that is, in all likelihood, enabled by policies like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrist Simon Steele Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 At first you think, "oh good, Trump's a moron and he's handing the problem of the coronavirus off to an adult." Then you read that it's Mike Pence, and you wince and think, "...maybe it's better?" Then you read how Mike Pence handled other issues like HIV outbreaks and you lose all hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martell Spy Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 41 minutes ago, Simon Steele said: At first you think, "oh good, Trump's a moron and he's handing the problem of the coronavirus off to an adult." Then you read that it's Mike Pence, and you wince and think, "...maybe it's better?" Then you read how Mike Pence handled other issues like HIV outbreaks and you lose all hope. Don't prayers have actual healing properties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Re: the title of this thread. After shovelling snow for more than two hours, I sat down in my living room and turned on the tv. I was curious to see if the market was still falling. Down 298. I turned on my laptop and looked up. Down 398. Maybe I misread the first one. I opened up this thread and looked up. Down 498. Read some notifications. Looked up. Down 609. Right now, back to down 490. eta: only 466 now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rippounet Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Fresh news: Quote Trump campaign sues New York Times for libel over Russia storyhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/26/trump-campaign-sues-new-york-times-for-libel-over-russia-story https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/business/media/trump-new-york-times-lawsuit.html Don't see how a court could condemn the NYT with the New York Times Co. v. Sullivan precedent. Given that Trump says "there will be more coming" (https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-on-new-york-times-libel-lawsuit-there-will-be-more-coming-79504965820) seems this is just a SLAPP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8bJb8biZU). I just don't get the timing though, it seems this is a weird moment to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Rippounet said: Fresh news: Don't see how a court could condemn the NYT with the New York Times Co. v. Sullivan precedent. Given that Trump says "there will be more coming" (https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-on-new-york-times-libel-lawsuit-there-will-be-more-coming-79504965820) seems this is just a SLAPP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8bJb8biZU). I just don't get the timing though, it seems this is a weird moment to do this. He's signalling that if you talk about his sins he will slam you with a lawsuit. He's a billionaire, ya know. Maybe this is where Bloomberg can step in with his billions. Make an announcement that he will consider defending any person being sued by Trump for libel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 16 minutes ago, Fragile Bird said: Re: the title of this thread. After shovelling snow for more than two hours, I sat down in my living room and turned on the tv. I was curious to see if the market was still falling. Down 298. I turned on my laptop and looked up. Down 398. Maybe I misread the first one. I opened up this thread and looked up. Down 498. Read some notifications. Looked up. Down 609. Right now, back to down 490. eta: only 466 now... Down over 600 again. Meanwhile, Zoom, the video conferencing software company, is up 18.5% over the past week. I wonder if anyone has put together a fund yet to invest in the companies likely to benefit from widespread aversion to travel and potential quarantines. Netflix is another company that's up over the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varysblackfyre321 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 40 minutes ago, Rippounet said: Fresh news: Don't see how a court could condemn the NYT with the New York Times Co. v. Sullivan precedent. Given that Trump says "there will be more coming" (https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-on-new-york-times-libel-lawsuit-there-will-be-more-coming-79504965820) seems this is just a SLAPP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8bJb8biZU). I just don't get the timing though, it seems this is a weird moment to do this. You act as though precedent actually matters anymore in a court-system continuously stacked with Trump loyalists. It doesn't. Clarence Thomas himself made the case for ignoring precedent he himself has made when it was the right thing to do-i.e when it's perfectly convenient for him and his biases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Martell Spy said: Don't prayers have actual healing properties? Same as placebos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 2 hours ago, larrytheimp said: And in more of The Cruelty is the Point: Also fucked up this just announced as Trump returns from India where there is violence being committed that is, in all likelihood, enabled by policies like this. The other fraudsters bit seems as troubling as it is broad: Quote U.S. v. Warsame cases, Nos. 17-cv-5023, -5024, -5025, -5027 (D. Minn.). Successful civil denaturalizations of four individuals who fraudulently claimed to be a family to gain admission to the United States through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varysblackfyre321 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Fragile Bird said: He's signalling that if you talk about his sins he will slam you with a lawsuit. He's a billionaire, ya know. Maybe this is where Bloomberg can step in with his billions. Make an announcement that he will consider defending any person being sued by Trump for libel. Watch out literally everyone whose ever said anything bad about him in any capacity. He's coming for Ya. I wonder if he’ll reignite the Law-suite against Bill Maher pursuant to whether or not Trump is the bastard of a orangutan. Not sure if even Bloomberg has enough though to fend off all the lawsuits Trump would throw out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Heh. Warren should have a weekly show where all she does is dunks on billionaires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/for-some-reason-a-whole-lot-of-people-sent-emails-to-say-bloombergs-debate-cheering-section-was-very-normal.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Rippounet said: Fresh news: Don't see how a court could condemn the NYT with the New York Times Co. v. Sullivan precedent. Given that Trump says "there will be more coming" (https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-on-new-york-times-libel-lawsuit-there-will-be-more-coming-79504965820) seems this is just a SLAPP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8bJb8biZU). I just don't get the timing though, it seems this is a weird moment to do this. Deflection. Always deflection. Trump is trying to hide something. Maybe he has polling showing him losing to Bernie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 18 minutes ago, maarsen said: Deflection. Always deflection. Trump is trying to hide something. Maybe he has polling showing him losing to Bernie. Considering how much he's been cheering on "Crazy Bernie" in his tweets, I think its more likely he has polling showing him beating Sanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varysblackfyre321 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Fez said: Considering how much he's been cheering on "Crazy Bernie" in his tweets, I think its more likely he has polling showing him beating Sanders. Probably. Or at the very least, losing to one of the other contenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varysblackfyre321 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 22 minutes ago, maarsen said: Deflection. Always deflection. Trump is trying to hide something. Maybe he has polling showing him losing to Bernie. Or he thinks he could win this. I would not blame him given his court-stacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Varysblackfyre321 said: Not sure if even Bloomberg has enough though to fend off all the lawsuits Trump would throw out. Bah, I’m surprised Trump has a law firm willing to work for him, considering he’s so notorious about not paying bills, and secondly because many good law firms won’t act for Trump because they don’t want to damage their reputations by acting for him. Whatever law firm filed the law suit is probably the law firm that will file every law suit, if indeed there’s more to come. Bloomberg could do the same, put a law firm on retainer and have them file every defense to every Trump suit. Trump almost never follows through on his law suits anyway, they’re intimidation suits meant to shut people up, to bully them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 20 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: Rich having a German try to improve a game based on military tacticians. I thought you learned you can conquer through economics, not warfare. That's one way to look at it. My approach was more in line with the tradional logic of dictatorships. Panem et circenses. So more back to life and death feel of the old Roman arena. Thought as an American you'd be appreciative of that, since Rome was a bit f role model for your Republic. I mean what could satisfy the masses more than Roger Stone or Harvey Weinstein getting their heads smashed in on the fields of the arena, pardon football fields. And as German, we have more experience with dictatorships. Alternatively, you could also remove any restrictions on opioids. To borrow from another thinker, you'd literally have (even more) opioids for the masses. So you don't have to rely televangelists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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