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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Although there is that old saying that ...
    " Politics is showbusiness for ugly people " ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Although there is that old saying that ...
    " Politics is showbusiness for ugly people " ;)
    "Of course your President has to be an actor- he has to look good on TV!"
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :))
    I remember in a documentary on the Nixon v JFK televised debate, saying
    It was odd that to the radio listeners, Nixon won the debate, while the TV
    Viewers thought Kennedy had won, as he looked better ?
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    :))
    I remember in a documentary on the Nixon v JFK televised debate, saying
    It was odd that to the radio listeners, Nixon won the debate, while the TV
    Viewers thought Kennedy had won, as he looked better ?
    Seeing crazy has an effect.
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  • Agent PurpleAgent Purple Posts: 857MI6 Agent
    I think Trump and Christie won this last Rep debate.

    Rubio I think came off rather one-note.

    I don't think Carson will last long, he's clearly a weak public speaker.

    Funny how Jefferson wasn't good at public speaking and he got to be the 3rd POTUS. Times do change, and now it's hard to get the job if you lack that skill.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    I got the sense that you and Loeffelholz think socialism is dependent on ignorance or false history to succeed.
    On the contrary, I think a working socialistic democracy requires an educated populace. Which is why they work so hard to dumb us down in my country. Divide the populace & conquer. Educate the populace and they unite in their common interests (the rich mostly hate that..).
    Thing is, there's a kind of limit how rich you can be in a world that's fair; you can REALLY clean up when anything goes though (de & non-reulation).

    Agreed
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    edited February 2016
    Trump and Cruz are keep living down to their abyssmal standards. Now they suppport waterboarding - Trump wants something "a hell of a lot worse".
    It's a sad day for for American democracy when candidates campaign on a promise to allow torture. I like to quote Senator Cain, hopefully the only American politician who has been tortured. When others defended torture because the victims were just terrorists, he replied: "It's not about who they are - it's about who WE are!"

    Trump:
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/12144741/Republican-debate-Donald-Trump-and-Marco-Rubio-to-come-under-fire-live.html

    Cruz:
    http://www.politico.com/blogs/new-hampshire-primary-2016-live-updates/2016/02/ted-cruz-waterboarding-2016-debate-218879
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Trump and Cruz are keep living down to their abysmal standards.
    Yep. And that they have fans here shows me how effective the Dark side of the Force is on the weak-minded... :#
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    "These aren't the candidates you're looking for " ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Agent PurpleAgent Purple Posts: 857MI6 Agent
    Yes, I don't agree with Trump's views on immigration, torture, and (generally) foreign policy.

    However, I do agree with him on free trade, at least in his opposition to it.
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  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    Trump and Cruz are keep living down to their abysmal standards.
    Yep. And that they have fans here shows me how effective the Dark side of the Force is on the weak-minded... :#
    You two should really get a room. 8-)
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    A room for people who are opposed to torture? I should hope everyone here would like to join us there .....
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Only if I can bring my " Water Boarding" kit ? ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    Only if I can bring my " Water Boarding" kit ? ;)

    No, you can't! If pushed we'll let you bring your music collection, but the "No torture" room is devided on the issue.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    By the way, would anyone know if the voting machines have been updated ?
    So no more Hanging chads or pregnant chads.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • cheldcheld Posts: 300MI6 Agent
    I'm not sure how many countries have been bombed under Obama.

    Afghanistan*
    Pakistan*
    Libya
    Yemen
    Somalia*
    Iraq*
    Syria

    * Countries bombed under GWB.
    But I was talking about getting into a large-scale war in the ME.

    Specifically you said "on the brink". That implies immediacy and lays the responsibility for being in that position at the feet of the current administration.
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    By the way, would anyone know if the voting machines have been updated ?
    So no more Hanging chads or pregnant chads.

    New voters are being imported from Mexico (with the implied promise of govt handouts)...and the lobby against proof of identification to vote make the potential for election fraud extend far beyond the actual method/technology used to record the totals ;)
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Immigrants are evil. Muslims are evil. Taxing the rich hurts jobs. War is necessary. Universal health care is a handout. Responsible gun owners can stop crimes. Socialism leads to Communism, and worse.

    My country is sick. :s
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  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    edited February 2016
    chrisisall wrote:
    Immigrants are evil. Muslims are evil. Taxing the rich hurts jobs. War is necessary. Universal health care is a handout. Responsible gun owners can stop crimes. Socialism leads to Communism, and worse.

    My country is sick. :s

    Of course it is. Look who it elected president twice.

    I really hope that neither Lady Beghazi nor Crazy Bernie get in...so that dissent can become patriotic again :p
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  • Agent PurpleAgent Purple Posts: 857MI6 Agent
    Lh, what's your opinion of Trump as a presidential candidate?
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Crazy Bernie
    This ends our ability to communicate amicably. I've had some nice conversations with you, thanks. :)
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  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    chrisisall wrote:
    Crazy Bernie
    This ends our ability to communicate amicably. I've had some nice conversations with you, thanks. :)

    Nice to finally be on equal footing; thank you {[]
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  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    Lh, what's your opinion of Trump as a presidential candidate?

    He will lose if he gets the nomination. The press and DNC PACs are keeping their powder dry, holding in reserve every sexist, crass and insulting thing he's ever uttered (and there are thousands of those sound bites!)...he will be taken out, rhetorically, like Butch & Sundance in Bolivia.
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  • Agent PurpleAgent Purple Posts: 857MI6 Agent
    I guess Chris is more of a liberal and Lh more of a conservative.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    I guess Chris is more of a liberal and Lh more of a conservative.
    If you can hang a tag on me, I guess it'd be 'Progressive'. Liberals, Conservatives, Republicans and Democrats in my country are all the same- bought & paid for by Corporate America. Bernie Sanders & Elizabeth Warren are their own persons, which is why they get no real media play. X-(
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  • Agent PurpleAgent Purple Posts: 857MI6 Agent
    Yes, Wall St. owns US politics, hence why it's interesting to see Bernie on a crusade for the less priviledged in the US.
    "Hostile takeovers. Shall we?"
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  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    edited February 2016
    Perhaps there should be a 'Democratic and/or Socialist Candidates' thread? (Since political discussion on a James Bond fansite is apparently inescapable, and there should be Equal Slagging Time)
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Once again speaking as an outsider, I honestly don't think a change in
    political parties. Changes American foreign policy very much ?
    It may change the domestic side of things.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    edited February 2016
    Perhaps there should be a 'Democratic and/or Socialist Candidates' thread? (Since political discussion on a James Bond fansite is apparently inescapable, and there should be Equal Slagging Time)

    Please go ahead!
    There won't be many people except yourself in that particular thread 8-)
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  • Agent PurpleAgent Purple Posts: 857MI6 Agent
    The military-industrial complex has a life of its own.

    Eisenhower warned about it, but now that monster is too large.
    "Hostile takeovers. Shall we?"
    New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
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    Bond actors to be re-ranked later
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