Nicker on 3/12/2019 at 06:31
Shame? Buahahahahahahahahah! That's so nineteenth century.
Renzatic on 3/12/2019 at 06:56
Comeon, you know what I'm talking about. That weird pressure you get in your belly when people make you feel bad? You're supposed to make them feel bad back for making you feel the bad belly feel.
demagogue on 3/12/2019 at 07:33
Yes that happens (he claims to be the victim) but practically speaking it's even simpler, he just won't remember it happening. He'll say he got a standing ovation, and sure there might have been a few deadbeat dumbocrats booing, but they were overshadowed by all the cheers. And he (acts like he) really believes it.
The part about memory being rewired (the hippocampus part) is one thing that makes it so mindbending. Edit. It's not only memory issues from what I've read, though. You can't separate it from instictive gaslighting, just outright lying and saying no you're crazy if you think people were booing, and memory of any actual event isn't even part of the equation.
It's not for nothing that the main support forum for family members of people with Cluster B disorders is Welcome to Oz, because in the bizarro reality they live in, things just happen completely differently in their mind from what neurotypical people see. I was on the fence for a while if Trump was really in this camp, but so many of his delusional comments and sharpie moments keep making a pretty strong case for it, and the fact it keeps happening day after day after day.
Nicker on 3/12/2019 at 13:25
Well at least he forgot that he thinks NATO is a useless joke. (
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/03/trump-macron-brain-dead-nato-remarks) Of course his solution ham-fisted, get France to leave because Macron mirrored Trump's own attitude of a few months ago. Trump is correct that NATO members need to step up their financial contributions, largely due to an increasing threat from Russia, thanks in large part to Trump's meddling and empowerment of the Russian oligarchy...
But I digress because we all know the real threat, the JOOOOOOZ!
[video=youtube;PEzeIiJA5yM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEzeIiJA5yM[/video]
Jew Coup. Has a nice ring. I bet most Neo-Nazis could chant this, carry a tiki-torch and walk all at the same time.
Nicker on 3/12/2019 at 14:07
OK - it's official, (
https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/a10nw9wbas/econTabReport.pdf) Republicans have gone fuck-nut crazy or are from a separate universe.
Search "Lincoln". Click on the link, Trump VS Lincoln (who was the better Republican president). 53% of Republicans prefer Trump.
Apparently there are no moderate Republicans for Democratic candidates to appeal to. Might as well go full socialist in your stump speeches.
Starker on 3/12/2019 at 17:03
Moderate Republicans are called Democrats. Seriously, though, you have to look pretty far to the right to find what goes for a moderate Republican these days. And as far as the Republican base is concerned, they'd vote for (
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/02/rep-duncan-hunter-to-change-not-guilty-plea-on-campaign-finance-violations-074763) someone going to prison rather than for a Democrat. Not to mention for child molesters and white supremacists.
Meanwhile, the US Navy puts out a memo:
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US Navy leadership is emphasizing "responsibility for ethical and professional behavior" in the wake of a controversy over President Donald Trump's intervention in a war crimes case involving a Navy SEAL and the subsequent ousting of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer.
Adm. Michael Gilday, the chief of naval operations who remains the top admiral following Spencer's exit, told all personnel in a memo obtained by CNN on Monday that he expects "Commanders at every level to epitomize integrity and exemplify our core values at all times." All sailors, he said, must "display the character and honor that has always defined our Navy."
War crimes are bad. You shouldn't do war crimes. If you do them, you're bad. Because war crimes are bad, mkay. It's a bad thing to do war crimes. So don't be bad, by doing war crimes, mkay. That would be bad. Cause war crimes are bad, mkay.
Tony_Tarantula on 4/12/2019 at 01:03
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Yeah, value and identity politics. If I were in grad school analysis mode, I'd go a step further and say rhetoric that squeezes people's existential fears so much their amygdala and HPA axis spike and pump out so much cortisol and adrenaline they literally can't sit still until they "do something about it".
Thankfully we have education today.
(
https://fairplaygame.org/)
[video=youtube_share;Nns6hiy8xzE]https://youtu.be/Nns6hiy8xzE[/video]
This game cured me of my internal bias. I love B.B.
10/10, will make sure to replay every month as penance for my sins.
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But I digress because we all know the real threat, the JOOOOOOZ!
Jew Coup. Has a nice ring. I bet most Neo-Nazis could chant this, carry a tiki-torch and walk all at the same time.
Saw that.
That's the dumbest shit I've ever heard.
Inline Image:
https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_21/2007996/170522-trump-western-wall-jerusalem-njs-935a_6c489d16c7dc40fce264e80bd18527c0.fit-760w.jpgThat guy expects me to seriously believe that a guy who loudly signals his loyalty to Israel, has a well known Jewish son in law, is closely aligned with the Likud party, has his inner sanctum heavily decorated with Jewish iconography, got his campaign backed by Sheldon Adelson and Peter Thiel, and had his real estate ventures financed by Jewish gangsters is the victim of a coup.......by jews?
Give me a break.
Edit: Incidentally we DID have some "Jewish" interference in such matters but it was against Obama after Netanyahu was pissed off at the Iran deal.
Renzatic on 4/12/2019 at 01:20
I've been arguing a bunch of Facebook today, because I probably did something terrible in a past life deserving of severe punishment, and I came across an interesting little snipped of conversation involving some alt-right and far-right people.
It starts off as a snipe against the Jews, and immediately veered into "NO! I LOVE ISRAEL! IT IS THE TOWELHEADS WHO ARE COMING TO KILL US ALL!" If it kept going on, I'm pretty sure they would've started calling each other normie cuck marxist RINOs or what the fuck ever.
...have we always been this stupid? I'm beginning to think we have, but it's become something of a trend recently just to let it all hang out.
Renzatic on 4/12/2019 at 01:23
And I think Trump's loyalty to Judaism, Israel, and the rest only extends as far as his loyalty to everyone else, which mostly hinges upon how good they make him look in a photo op.
Starker on 4/12/2019 at 07:35
So, it turns out that the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee had some phone calls to Lev Parnas and Rudy Giuliani that he really should have disclosed:
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-nunes/nunes-top-intelligence-panel-republican-had-frequent-contact-with-giuliani-call-records-show-idUSKBN1Y72OE)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, often spoke to Representative Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, as Giuliani peddled unproven allegations at the heart of the Trump impeachment inquiry, a congressional report said on Tuesday.
Previously undisclosed telephone records appended to a 300-page report by the Democratic-led committee showed that Nunes also contacted Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian-American businessman who was helping Giuliani and has been indicted on charges of violating campaign finance law. Parnas has pleaded not guilty.
Others with whom Giuliani had phone calls included current and former Nunes staffers, the White House budget office, and a journalist who promoted conspiracy theories involving Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden and the 2016 U.S. election.
Giuliani's numerous calls with Nunes and aides are significant because, as the top Republican on the committee, the California lawmaker cited those same theories as he led the fight against impeaching Trump.
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