[Malankazooie]

Do you guys think an american president should be above things like this?

Trump shares GIF of himself striking Hillary Clinton in the back with a golf ball

[worry]

Yes. It's pathetic.

[Aptorian]

Malankazooie, on 17 September 2017 - 04:23 PM, said:

Do you guys think an american president should be above things like this?

Trump shares GIF of himself striking Hillary Clinton in the back with a golf ball

Posting a funny gif on Twitter? No, I think it would be great to live in age where there's enough surplus of time and good will, that a president can have a bit of fun with his voters over a social media.

Unfotunately, Trump is just an idiot. As such this direct connection to the population is wasted on his ego and terrible personality.

[Cause]

Malankazooie, on 17 September 2017 - 04:23 PM, said:

Do you guys think an american president should be above things like this?

Trump shares GIF of himself striking Hillary Clinton in the back with a golf ball

wow

[worry]

Might be worth noting, they're closer today than they've been yet to destroying Obamacare. The Graham-Cassidy bill is just as bad as the other ones, but I don't see McCain rejecting something by Graham no matter how much he hems and haws over it. There's no CBO score on this one and they may have finagled a way to get around all the parliamentary stuff. Contact your Senators, folks.

[worry]

Even though Sen. Bill Cassidy (who famously agreed to the Kimmel Test on his appearance a few months back) represents Louisiana, the Graham-Cassidy bill would devastate the healthcare options for families in Louisiana in particular. The LA State Secretary of Health explains in detail: http://thehill.com/p...are-repeal-bill

[EmperorMagus]

Beautiful UN speech.

This guy is certifiably more embarrassing than Ahmadinejad, which fact may be his greatest achievement to date.

[worry]

We elected the stupidest man on earth.

[Malankazooie]

How do you think the interpreters for each contingent handled translating "rocket man" during Trump's speech? What a disgrace.

[Tapper]

Malankazooie, on 20 September 2017 - 12:10 AM, said:

How do you think the interpreters for each contingent handled translating "rocket man" during Trump's speech? What a disgrace.

Probably as "Kim Jong-Un, which Trump is unable to pronounce".

[Tiste Simeon]

Thing is, you know that "Rocket Man" is something Trump heard, decided he came up with it and now thinks is the funniest and wittiest joke ever told...

[Vengeance]

Tapper, on 20 September 2017 - 12:33 PM, said:

Malankazooie, on 20 September 2017 - 12:10 AM, said:

How do you think the interpreters for each contingent handled translating "rocket man" during Trump's speech? What a disgrace.

Probably as "Kim Jong-Un, which Trump is unable to pronounce".

Except for North Korean which translated it to. His most royal Majesty, The sun of the communist future, The Great leader, Great Man who is a Man of Deeds,Glorious General who Descended From Heaven, Guiding Star of the 21st Century, Glorious Guide for Rockets

[Malankazooie]

The dear leader was called a "dotard" by rocket man.

Dotage

[Tsundoku]

Never go full dotard.

[QuickTidal]

Is it bizarre to anyone else that two world leaders (if you can call either man that term) are firing burns off at one another and bickering like anonymous online commentators?

[Vengeance]

QuickTidal, on 22 September 2017 - 12:31 PM, said:

Is it bizarre to anyone else that two world leaders (if you can call either man that term) are firing burns off at one another and bickering like anonymous online commentators?

One is a child emperor of a starving hermit kingdom, the other is a spoiler boy who inherited hundreds of millions of dollars and has had everything given to him. If they are the epitome of anonymous online commenters then I don't know what is.

[Mezla PigDog]

The US / N Korea thing is affecting me strangely. On the one hand there's the whole "fucking hell this could go horribly wrong" track. On the other hand I'm finding Trump's complete disregard for the status quo quite refreshing. If we had a true statesman in office then it would continue as a stalemate for a long time to come but I wonder if Trump is going to push NK into over-reaching. There's obviously the worst case scenario where S Korea is wiped from existence, millions of people die, sections of earth become inhospitable to human life blah blah blah. But there are many scenario's between the ongoing stalemate and global nuclear war. Kim could be overthrown internally, they could push their research too far and accidentally destroy their facilities, they could bankrupt themselves trying to show off or they could be exposed as a lame duck. Or any other zillion scenarios.

It's not a gamble I would choose to have played out over my head and I am not crediting Trump with any kind of strategy but I won't be surprised if we look back in 50 years and say without Trump it would still be a stalemate. I also wouldn't be surprised if there is nobody left to look back in 50 years so the stalemate has a lot going for it. But yeah, you can't deny it's interesting.

Also I want someone to publish a book of North Korean insults. They're so cute.

[worry]

He said a lot of goofy stuff, but maybe the weirdest thing is that he doesn't seem to know that Luther Strange -- the candidate he came out to support -- is already in the Senate. He's the incumbent. It's Roy Moore who is the challenger in the primary.

https://twitter.com/...389494934425600

[Tiste Simeon]

Mezla PigDog, on 22 September 2017 - 01:36 PM, said:

The US / N Korea thing is affecting me strangely. On the one hand there's the whole "fucking hell this could go horribly wrong" track. On the other hand I'm finding Trump's complete disregard for the status quo quite refreshing. If we had a true statesman in office then it would continue as a stalemate for a long time to come but I wonder if Trump is going to push NK into over-reaching. There's obviously the worst case scenario where S Korea is wiped from existence, millions of people die, sections of earth become inhospitable to human life blah blah blah. But there are many scenario's between the ongoing stalemate and global nuclear war. Kim could be overthrown internally, they could push their research too far and accidentally destroy their facilities, they could bankrupt themselves trying to show off or they could be exposed as a lame duck. Or any other zillion scenarios.

It's not a gamble I would choose to have played out over my head and I am not crediting Trump with any kind of strategy but I won't be surprised if we look back in 50 years and say without Trump it would still be a stalemate. I also wouldn't be surprised if there is nobody left to look back in 50 years so the stalemate has a lot going for it. But yeah, you can't deny it's interesting.

Also I want someone to publish a book of North Korean insults. They're so cute.

Funny you should mention that...

Earthquake likely caused by explosion hits North Korea

[Tiste Simeon]

And cos I just realised that article is from Sputnik and possibly therefore not the most reliable, here is a BBC article about the same event: http://www.bbc.co.uk...d-asia-41371867