marcus's threads
Apparently the entire planet is now fake news 24/7
by
marcus
on 11 Jun 2018
7 comments, latest
6 years ago
'An Unprecedented Scandal': How Newspapers Around the World Reacted to Trump's Behavior at the G-7 Summit http://time.com/5307992/g7-tru Canada He sulked his way through the first part of the meeting, gave ...
Trump Tries to Destroy the West.
by
marcus
on 10 Jun 2018
53 comments, latest
6 years ago
Even if you suffer from the Trump loving type of TDS syndrome, it makes sense to at least listen to the opinions of others and see if they make any ...
A Trade War Primer
by
marcus
on 5 Jun 2018
21 comments, latest
6 years ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0 The world trading system is actually a quite remarkable construction – a framework that has consistently produced a high level of global cooperation. It has been pretty robust in ...
Maybe the real issue wasn't excessive political correctness
by
marcus
on 23 May 2018
38 comments, latest
6 years ago
Maybe the real issue is social media and the trolls ! https://www.newyorker.com/maga My belief is that excessive political correctness is something that is self correcting, because even the super majority ...
Interesting discussion of Trumpocracy - David Frum
by
marcus
on 30 Apr 2018
30 comments, latest
6 years ago
He's a very intelligent conservative. If you're only going to listen to a few minutes, start at 14:50. www.youtube.com/embed/XRXLmhrm
Trump's Best People
by
marcus
on 25 Apr 2018
Posted 6 years ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0 Yes, that's right. This is from the editorial board of the NYT. Why read it right ? You probably shouldn't, you don't want to know what people really think ...
Mueller: Rick Gates spoke to person with Russian spy ties in late 2016
by
marcus
on 28 Mar 2018
Posted 6 years ago
Not to worry Trumpbots. Nothing to see here. https://www.politico.com/story Rick Gates, a senior official on President Donald Trump’s campaign, was in contact in September and October 2016 with an associate ...
A little history for Trump, not that it isn't too late for him to learn anything
by
marcus
on 18 Mar 2018
18 comments, latest
5 years ago
Oh, What a Trumpy Trade War! https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0
Stable Genius Memes
by
marcus
on 7 Jan 2018
62 comments, latest
5 years ago
My favorite #humor #politics
Credibility ? Who needs credibility ? Isn't this all one big reality television show after all ?
by
marcus
on 5 Jan 2018
7 comments, latest
6 years ago
I like the way that according to some, Wolff's book it's bringing the concept of credibility in to light. What, you say ? Credibility is a thing ? Credibility matters ...
Wow, "Fire and Fury" sold out already, online and at many stores
by
marcus
on 5 Jan 2018
42 comments, latest
6 years ago
Apparently Trump's efforts to shut the book down only served to promote it. Maybe trump likes this ? During his campaign, this kind of media attention was always good for ...
Trump didn't want to be President!: This is best article for excerpts from new Trump book
by
marcus
on 4 Jan 2018
24 comments, latest
6 years ago
Didn't we all know that he didn't even want to be President ? http://nymag.com/daily/intelli #politics
Should WP continue to track Trump's lies ?
by
marcus
on 2 Jan 2018
23 comments, latest
6 years ago
It is rather stunning. Trump will hit 2000 false or misleading statements before finishing his first year. To Trumps fans, I know this is sort of charming. Just an amusing ...
Really ? No threads about Net Neutrality in the past couple weeks ?
by
marcus
on 26 Nov 2017
18 comments, latest
6 years ago
Shouldn't Twoscoops or one of the other Trump bots have posted something about how wonderful it will be when the FCC has it's way, with destroying Net Neutrality ? I ...
Is Trump's incessant complaining about NFL players and the flag, just virtue signaling ?
by
marcus
on 9 Oct 2017
10 comments, latest
7 years ago
Someone on reddit suggested that's what it is, and it seems to me an extremely good use of the term. But what Trump's doing is actually worse. It's all about ...
Idiocracy: Don't Fire Guns at Hurricane
by
marcus
on 10 Sep 2017
14 comments, latest
7 years ago
There was a time when people wouldn't need to be told this. http://www.newsweek.com/dont-f "To clarify, DO NOT shoot weapons @ #Irma. You won’t make it turn around & it will ...
The truth about political correctness
by
marcus
on 7 Sep 2017
33 comments, latest
7 years ago
Political correctness depends entirely on the politics you agree or disagree with. For example, Patrick thinks he is identifying a profound truth when he states that it's not politically correct ...
invalid nonce
by
marcus
on 6 Sep 2017
3 comments, latest
7 years ago
invalid nonce: c1a5705ad4724fa9c417e9967998ef !== d050910d1746822168f6d6a951c9ee with ts=1504722972312 and now=1504723293431
im an invalid nonce
by
marcus
on 30 Aug 2017
3 comments, latest
7 years ago
Thank you Patrick for bringing ignore back !
by
marcus
on 29 Aug 2017
2 comments, latest
7 years ago
I can always look at a browser that I'm not signed in from, if I want to check in with the conspiracy theories of the right wing crazies. Btw, ...
Some republicans just dont get it about trolling the liberals
by
marcus
on 27 Aug 2017
Posted 7 years ago
It's not enough to make your lower taxes on the highest increments of income highest priority. If you aren't trolling democrats, you're a RINO. This guy doesn't get it. ...
McConnell Doubts if Trump can save his Presidency
by
marcus
on 22 Aug 2017
5 comments, latest
7 years ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0 Bob Corker expressed shared similar thoughts last week. Is this for real, or are republicans just starting to separate themselves early from Trump in prep for 2018 ? ...
It's probably a good thing Trump surrounds himself with high level Military people
by
marcus
on 22 Aug 2017
6 comments, latest
7 years ago
As a check against his behaving in such unamerican ways as he has recently. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0 https://twitter.com/GenDaveGol
The Week When President Trump Resigned
by
marcus
on 19 Aug 2017
2 comments, latest
7 years ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0 A president is supposed to safeguard the most sacred American institutions, repairing them if need be. Trump doesn’t respect them. He has sought to discredit and disempower the ...
Are you looking for insights in to what white privelidge is ?
by
marcus
on 7 Aug 2017
6 comments, latest
7 years ago
www.youtube.com/embed/swcJzacZ Yeah yeah, I know. Trump isn't an example of white privilege. People only tolerated such extreme off the charts douchebaggery becasue they were tired of political correctness.
What real conservatives think of Trump
by
marcus
on 4 Aug 2017
17 comments, latest
7 years ago
(this is from a couple months back) George Will: Trump disabled by inability to think, speak clearly Political commentator George Will in his latest column blasts President Trump as ...
Is Trump China's chump ?
by
marcus
on 4 Aug 2017
7 comments, latest
7 years ago
Having just traveled to New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, China, Taiwan and now Hong Kong, I can say without an ounce of exaggeration that more than a few Asia-Pacific ...
Islam - will you ever have a truthful perspective ?
by
marcus
on 25 May 2017
35 comments, latest
7 years ago
A lot of rubbish talk about Islam today. Some of it partly true, but all coming from a frame of justifying hate and a very weakly conceived notion of ...
An example of liberal hysteria
by
marcus
on 20 May 2017
18 comments, latest
7 years ago
Or it is a reasonable point of view ? You decide. That is those of you that are still objective. Hahahahahahaha. This was a six part series back in ...
Now they see the clownish nature: Europeans brace for visit from laughingstock Trump
by
marcus
on 19 May 2017
7 comments, latest
7 years ago
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/ Now, however, after Trump’s inept, scandal plagued first months in office, people who spoke with Germany-based Politico correspondent Susan B. Glasser said, “The dominant reaction to Trump right ...
Republicans Party Like Its 1984
by
marcus
on 13 May 2017
Posted 7 years ago
Republicans Party Like It’s 1984b https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0 Even without a proper analysis, however, it’s clear that Trumpcare breaks every promise Republicans ever made about health. Deductibles will rise, not fall, ...
Judas, Tax Cuts and the Great Betrayal
by
marcus
on 13 May 2017
1 comment, latest
7 years ago
Judas, Tax Cuts and the Great Betrayal https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0 At this point, in other words, almost an entire party appears to have decided that potential treason in the cause of ...
100 days of whoppers
by
marcus
on 8 May 2017
47 comments, latest
7 years ago
100 Days of Whoppers http://www.factcheck.org/2017/
Warren Buffett, at Berkshire Meeting, Condemns Republican Health Care Bill
by
marcus
on 6 May 2017
14 comments, latest
7 years ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0 He argued that the American Health Care Act, which passed the House this past week, amounted to “a huge tax cut for guys like me.†He also said ...
Which Colbert impersonation of Alex Jones do you think is funnier ?
by
marcus
on 27 Apr 2017
9 comments, latest
7 years ago
www.youtube.com/embed/ebhNRF5r www.youtube.com/embed/23KSkjLJ
I guess now Patrick has to implement some kind of NSFW functionality
by
marcus
on 20 Apr 2017
13 comments, latest
7 years ago
Either that, or people can exhibit some minimal decorum.
White House Says It Will No Longer Release Visitor Logs To The Public
by
marcus
on 14 Apr 2017
2 comments, latest
7 years ago
Hey we all have our ways of being transparent White House Says It Will No Longer Release Visitor Logs To The Public http://www.npr.org/sections/th
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