Countdown to Extinction: The 2016 Presidential Election

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Madiel

Oh Lord. You actually mandate that your Presidential candidates be over a certain age, then you obsess over their health.
Every single post on the forum is unnecessary. Including the ones that are interesting or useful.

André

Quote from: knight66 on September 14, 2016, 11:09:51 PM
Here is an American woman's take on the misogyny that shadows attitudes to Clinton's health.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/14/hillary-clinton-pneumonia-prejudices-sexism-women?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other


Surely this is the most brutal and brutalising campaign in the USA in living memory. I suppose the polarisation of attitudes, where there is nil respect between each side, for the candidate or beliefs of the opponents, prompts this willingness to go ever lower to gain political advantage.

In the UK we have made a very stupid choice. The mud is so deep that the politicians have not yet touched any rock bottom on which to stand. I hope that in the US you manage to avoid what could be an even worse disaster. I am taken aback at how close the race remains: when Trump should surely have rulled himself out for sane voters way before now.

Best of luck folks.

Mike

The article is indeed very much to the point.


Karl Henning

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Madiel

#4445
Quote from: snyprrr on September 15, 2016, 06:37:17 AM
whiny woman

Given you are one of the most whiny men I have ever encountered, this is a bit rich.

EDIT: Your posts discussing every excruciating detail of a recording, and how something doesn't live up to your standards because of one chord not having exactly the right dynamic level, etc etc.... that, Sir, is whining par excellence.
Every single post on the forum is unnecessary. Including the ones that are interesting or useful.

Karl Henning

He cannot win . . . either he rambles and inserts Gobi-vast spaces . . . or he keeps himself economically to two words.

Generally, the two crassest words a body could come up with  0:)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

snyprrr

The Marxists are laying on the "sexism" real real thick here, but it's just not a thing. If the ToeDragger were a man, she'd be Bob Dole.

END OF STORY

Hey, women, how bout this... if Hill goes down in flames, you learn to cook again? huh? Smartest Woman in the World and all.... pfffft

There's always Jill Stein, you freaks, so, let's just call this fake sexism what it is, a diversionary tactic. Hillary's toes were dragging, she's unfit. Period.

Hillary-Depends 2016






Still waiting on Trump to do something dumber than Hillary, but, no, Hill's got "craven" all taken care of.


Quote from: ørfeø on September 15, 2016, 06:45:46 AM
Given you are one of the most whiny men I have ever encountered, this is a bit rich.

ain't it? :laugh:



Hillary = Craven

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 15, 2016, 06:46:54 AM
He cannot win . . . either he rambles and inserts Gobi-vast spaces . . . or he keeps himself economically to two words.

Generally, the two crassest words a body could come up with  0:)

Hillary = Craven


Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

drogulus

#4450
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 15, 2016, 07:14:30 AM
Ah, the sound of a mind snapping shut.

     I didn't hear anything.

     It's remarkable how the democracies are under internal and external pressure much like they were in the '30s. The game seems to be to exploit both rational and irrational fear and obscure the difference. No rational appreciation is to be undertaken of what is a danger from Russian interference versus a danger to their interference, and what Russia might gain from U.S "nonimposition" of its values on the next stage of fighting in the Ukraine or elsewhere in Eastern Europe. OK, it's largely settled we won't fight in Europe until it gets much much worse, so bad Europeans beg us to come in. They are still in "please don't make Russia mad at us by imposing values" mode. History is certainly rhyming its ass off.

     Does this mean we're fated to repeat the pattern in full? No, but I find it worrying to have to rely on the judgment that Putin isn't the second coming of you know who, even if it's 75-25 he's not.
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Quote from: snyprrr on September 15, 2016, 06:48:22 AM
The Marxists are laying on the "sexism" real real thick here, but it's just not a thing.

END OF STORY

Hey, women, how bout this... if Hill goes down in flames, you learn to cook again?
OK.
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Archaic Torso of Apollo

Quote from: ørfeø on September 15, 2016, 06:45:46 AM
EDIT: Your posts discussing every excruciating detail of a recording, and how something doesn't live up to your standards because of one chord not having exactly the right dynamic level, etc etc.... that, Sir, is whining par excellence.

Uh...that's kinda what we're supposed to do on this board, isn't it?
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drogulus

#4454

      A news source says:

      Crooked Hiltery bitten by half a dozen plague-ridden rats, one survives

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Madiel

Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on September 15, 2016, 09:38:34 AM
Uh...that's kinda what we're supposed to do on this board, isn't it?

Discuss recordings? Yes. But no one else ever does it in the way that this bloke does.
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Mister Sharpe

#4456
"In many ways," says anthropologist Jane Goodall in the Oct. issue of the Atlantic, "the performances of Donald Trump remind me of male chimpanzees and their dominance rituals...in order to impress rivals, males seeking to rise in the dominance hierarchy perform spectacular displays: stamping, slapping the ground, dragging branches, throwing rocks. The more vigorous and imaginative the display, the faster the individual is likely to rise in the hierarchy, and the longer he is likely to maintain that position."

Actually, I don't see the Don so much as a chimp, more like an orange-utan.
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André

After Colin Powell last week, another former cabinet minister declares Trump unfit for the Presidency. Defense Secretary Bob Gates (under W. Bush and Obama) writes in a NY Times open ed that Trump is "beyond repair". Doesn't have much good to say about Clinton either.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/bob-gates-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-228315

Replies Trump: Gates is a "total clown", and "he probaly has a problem we don't know about". Oh yes, and Maureeen Dowd is a "wacky, neurotic dope". As for CNN Panel analysts, they are "losers in real life."

snyprrr

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 15, 2016, 06:46:54 AM
He cannot win . . . either he rambles and inserts Gobi-vast spaces . . . or he keeps himself economically to two words.

Generally, the two crassest words a body could come up with  0:)

I'm pissy tonight!!... wanna fight?!!



please please??

any topic, you pick


ok, I'll pick.

But first I have a question. What will it take for you to put Trump to the side and concentrate solely on Hill?, and her career, life, character,... investigations, trimuphs,... whatever...

Q: What is Hill's single greatest achievement as Secretary of State?







You know, I really don't care anymore, because I think Bernie's gonna come back and I know all the wash will go for him, or, really, anyone else. I have realized that I can't NOT vote this time, but, again, the only reason I would have voted for T would have been to offset my poor dear mother's vote. BUT, now I realize that because the tards,... yes, because of the tards, I CAN'T vote for T because, since everything has being Either/Or, the only way to actually prove you are outside of their Hegelian Dialectic is to do the unthinkable and vote for Barney Fife or Our Lord Jesus Christ or Jack Webb or your dog.

Because, if your candidate can't win without your vote, then, maybe, that person isn't Ideally worth it. And yes, we are now living in a Post-Pragmatic/Status Quo ("just let the banks have their interest:) Era, so, voting for the "lesser evil" is not an option. PROTEST IS THE THIRD CHOICE. I protest by voting for Our Lord Jesus Christ to Rule from Heaven.

I guess what ticks me the most is this notion that "if you don't see things my way" your a "traitor/racist" (traitor if Rebup/racist if
Dem), or just "ill informed, mental illness".  The people on this Forum slightly seem to echo the Democratic mantra of "the other side is all (The Deplorables), and we are just so enlightened and tolerant and loving and kind,... I mean, ...yea, especially when it comes to this Lightning Rod Personality- I've never seen such otherwordly hate- I mean, I feel that in a Barabbas Moment THE WORLD would...will end up picking the GreatCharismaticWorldLeader who will turn out to be the great butcher in history (The Time of Jacob's Trouble?). I think it could be Dubya... no, I'm kidding, but, my point is I believe you'd all vote for someone like him, just because he's running against T. Maybe T IS that World Leader? eh... evil is banal, no?


The evils you point towards T I see in spades in Hill, and she actually has a horrendous track record of PUBLIC record. He hasn't yet OFFICIALLY KILLED anyone yet. She most.certainly.has.-Lybia,Jordan,Syria,... oh, yea, forgot Vinnie. :laugh:

WHAT IS HE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT AS SECRETARY OF STATE??

You all say she's all that,... well, what is it?


And, "she cares a lot about women and children" doesn't couuunt!



ok, I'm lost and I'm ranting, what were we talking about. Who is this "whiny woman" anyway???? :-[