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I don't bother with /pol/ so maybe it's a Jungian Synchronicity.
My friend frequently visit 4chan. He told me even though it is suppose to be anonymous posting however someone made a direct reference to where he lived. His advice to stay away from it cause it's fill with hackers. Politics is PhKDickian to me. It's like the time the Precogs in media accused Trump during the night of the debate of not accepting Hillary as president, when for three years they (the media) haven't accepted him as president because it's illegitimate due to "Russian Collusion." What a plot twist, just like Minority Report. Some of the stuff that happens in the media, I'm not sure I would go as far as saying it's "Orwellian," but there things that happen that tempt me to say it is "Orwellian." Plus I gotta refrain from saying "Orwellian" on MB cause saying it's "Orwellian" so it's so controversial. Sometimes I feel I don't even want to say the word even though it is one of my favorites to call things. "Orwellian." :) I think next best comparison - if it is permissible - is to say "HGWellian" or "Wellian" for short. The way society is divided in two, it's almost analogous of the division between the humans in the future i.e. the Morlocks and the Eloi. The way things are going I would definitely say it is "Wellian." Does Time Machine contain some social commentary or it is strictly fantasy? I'm not sure. I think the best way to exam society is to avoid obvious political terms and exam it in a sci-fi setting. The way the media and politicians act, I think they want division. I think it's the best thing is to strive to be practical and apolitical. One of the ways of achieving that is to take a step back and take everything said in the media with a grain of salt. Otherwise you'll end up being impractical and totally polarized in politics. |
Yes, Neapolitan, politicians will always blame the previous admin for their own woes, and I'm sure that in some cases there is some justification, especially in the first year or so of a term because changes don't take effect overnight. There's also often a wobble in the stock market when there is a change of leader, but I don't think that it lurched around as much as you suggest. In fact the economy from Obama to Trump has been pretty steady, if these 3 graphs are any indication: stocks, job growth, GDP:-
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If Trump has a weak case for blaming Obama for present economic problems, he has a non-existent one for blaming Obama for his own mishandling of the pandemic. In 2018, Trump gutted what he inherited from Obama, a team of professionals working in a Directorate of Global Health Security and Biodefense, exactly the people capable of flagging up and preparing for the coronavirus:- https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020...demic-response ...which makes this obviously unfair blaming even less fair:- Quote:
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https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...ZUNjg&usqp=CAU What is Trump's problem with windows and air conditioning? What are his solutions to these pressing issues? |
Judicial Watch Files Suit after Secret Service Admits to Destroying Records Related to Alleged Biden Altercation with Secret Service Agent
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Trump spews nonsense yes but Biden just has this delivery where he sounds like his brain is melting mid sentence. You can hear the confidence fade from his voice as the facade of a polished politician vanishes and all you're left with is a sad doddering old man.
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Joe gets a lot of flak, now that he's the nominee - but the other candidates had plenty of gaffes/cringe-inducing moments. Amy Klobuchar doesn't know the name of the Mexican president: Pete Buttigieg's campaign dance (AKA the reason why he didn't have any Black support): Tom Steyer joins Juvenile for a presidential rendition of 'Back that Ass Up': Amy Klobuchar finds a joke so funny, that she decides it needs to be told at every campaign stop and rally: Some of these really put Biden's bad moments in perspective. |
Klonuchar's blizzard schtick is cringe but still none of that quite makes me laugh like "keep punching at it"
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What's with the partisan bias in posting speakers' blunders? Beyond the Dems' Bloopers there are GOP Bloopers, and beyond both are the actual important issues at stake in the election.
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"No man has a right to raise their hand to a woman in anger other than in self defense, and that rarely ever occurs." |
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