US Foreign Policy Trump47 | Threatens all hell to break loose in Gaza; won't rule out military force in Panama, Greenland, threatens economic force

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ChapelHillSooner said:
Republicans claim we are morally bankrupt yet it is them that are in fact morally bankrupt.

Where is the media to state that being in our national interest does not make it morally acceptable to invade an ally?

It was in fact in Germany’s national interest to invade Poland. That doesn’t make it right.
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The media has become incapacitated by two things: (1) its takeover by billionaires, many of whom are right-leaning to begin, and all of whom have a strong interest in currying favor with the Trump regime, and (2) its inability to determine how to respond to Trump's incessant bluster. On the second one, I'm not at all apologizing for them. It's their job to figure this out. But I do have some sympathy. When he says shit like this about Canada and Greenland, do you take him seriously? Do you take it as a joke? Do you attribute it to trolling? Is it best to just ignore it?

Trump has dumbed down the level of our political discourse to such a level that intelligent people, which includes most reporters, are simply unable to respond effectively. It's like trying to reason with a toddler having a tantrum because his binky is in the wash. Again, I'm not giving the press a pass. They have to figure this out. But godalmighty I just can't get past the absolute idiocy of the people who voted for this scumbag. What were you idiots thinking?
 
lawtig02 said:
The media has become incapacitated by two things: (1) its takeover by billionaires, many of whom are right-leaning to begin, and all of whom have a strong interest in currying favor with the Trump regime, and (2) its inability to determine how to respond to Trump's incessant bluster. On the second one, I'm not at all apologizing for them. It's their job to figure this out. But I do have some sympathy. When he says shit like this about Canada and Greenland, do you take him seriously? Do you take it as a joke? Do you attribute it to trolling? Is it best to just ignore it?

Trump has dumbed down the level of our political discourse to such a level that intelligent people, which includes most reporters, are simply unable to respond effectively. It's like trying to reason with a toddler having a tantrum because his binky is in the wash. Again, I'm not giving the press a pass. They have to figure this out. But godalmighty I just can't get past the absolute idiocy of the people who voted for this scumbag. What were you idiots thinking?
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I’ve noticed this in primary care
A lot of the questions I get are almost too dumb to answer effectively and am certainly not prepared to answer in the moment bc I never would have thought of it being a possible question
 
uncjhodges said:
I’ve noticed this in primary care
A lot of the questions I get are almost too dumb to answer effectively and am certainly not prepared to answer in the moment bc I never would have thought of it being a possible question
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Humor us with some dumb patient questions , perhaps in a new thread “Dumb shit my patients/clients/customers said to me because of social media brain rot”.
 
Geisterfahrer said:
Humor us with some dumb patient questions , perhaps in a new thread “Dumb shit my patients/clients/customers said to me because of social media brain rot”.
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I guess “children/parents/relatives” might be even more broadly applicable.
 
StrangePackage said:
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Thanks for posting this. I've never closely looked at a map of the Yucatan. I didn't realize it was that big, which is to say that I thought Belize extended further north than it does. I learned something here. Probably not what was intended, but hey -- positive externalities are good!
 
uncjhodges said:
I’ve noticed this in primary care
A lot of the questions I get are almost too dumb to answer effectively and am certainly not prepared to answer in the moment bc I never would have thought of it being a possible question
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We need a SMDH emoji.
 
lawtig02 said:
But godalmighty I just can't get past the absolute idiocy of the people who voted for this scumbag. What were you idiots thinking?
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They weren't thinking - they voted for him precisely because of shit like this. They see him as endlessly entertaining, are convinced that nothing bad will ever happen to them because of anything Trump does, and love that he upsets other people (thinking people - or as they call them, snobs) so much, especially liberals with college degrees. "Look at all those people getting red-faced over him threatening to just take Greenland or the Panama Canal! Ha ha! All those snooty liberals losing their minds over this. Oh, I'm loving this!" He's "blowing up the system", "turning over the applecart", "disrupting the status quo" or whatever the hell they want to call it.

The fact that he's also causing very real damage to our relationships with our allies and doing the bidding of people like Putin doesn't bother them in the least, or matter to them at all. He's fun, he's entertaining, he hates the people they hate and makes them mad, and so they love it and want it to continue. Until, that is, his bullshit and idiocy and antics gets us into a war or causes a (at minimum) severe recession or leads to lots of Americans getting killed here or abroad, or something he does starts to affect them personally. But even that won't change their minds - they'll just somehow still blame Democrats and liberals and their usual suspects rather than Dear Leader (or themselves for voting for him).
 
Mulberry Heel said:
They weren't thinking - they voted for him precisely because of shit like this. They see him as endlessly entertaining, are convinced that nothing bad will ever happen to them because of anything Trump does, and love that he upsets other people (thinking people - or as they call them, snobs) so much, especially liberals with college degrees.
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Humans learn much but integrate little from the historical outcomes of disastrous political behavior. Recently been brushing up on my Mussolini. Your quote, above, is a near verbatim description of how a historian described the Italian pop circa 1922 (at least the black shirt supporters). I.e. ignorant of the historical precedents, ignorant of their inevitable own demise, and placing higher value on political entertainment than their own rights or the moral fabric of society.

ttump's playbook has a stunning number of parallels to Mussolini and inevitably to Hitler (I didn't know until the last couple of years how closely Hitler copied and pasted Mussolini).
 
HeelingAg said:
Humans learn much but integrate little from the historical outcomes of disastrous political behavior. Recently been brushing up on my Mussolini. Your quote, above, is a near verbatim description of how a historian described the Italian pop circa 1922 (at least the black shirt supporters). I.e. ignorant of the historical precedents, ignorant of their inevitable own demise, and placing higher value on political entertainment than their own rights or the moral fabric of society.

ttump's playbook has a stunning number of parallels to Mussolini and inevitably to Hitler (I didn't know until the last couple of years how closely Hitler copied and pasted Mussolini).
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We need a Smedley Butler.

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What we really need is a congressional investigation into why someone would name their child "Smedley." I suppose that name isn't Donkey Teeth bad, it gives Trashelle Owens a run for her money. I still cannot to this day understand how someone could name their daughter Trashelle. Even Oscar the Grouch would pass on that.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
They weren't thinking - they voted for him precisely because of shit like this. They see him as endlessly entertaining, are convinced that nothing bad will ever happen to them because of anything Trump does, and love that he upsets other people (thinking people - or as they call them, snobs) so much, especially liberals with college degrees. "Look at all those people getting red-faced over him threatening to just take Greenland or the Panama Canal! Ha ha! All those snooty liberals losing their minds over this. Oh, I'm loving this!" He's "blowing up the system", "turning over the applecart", "disrupting the status quo" or whatever the hell they want to call it.

The fact that he's also causing very real damage to our relationships with our allies and doing the bidding of people like Putin doesn't bother them in the least, or matter to them at all. He's fun, he's entertaining, he hates the people they hate and makes them mad, and so they love it and want it to continue. Until, that is, his bullshit and idiocy and antics gets us into a war or causes a (at minimum) severe recession or leads to lots of Americans getting killed here or abroad, or something he does starts to affect them personally. But even that won't change their minds - they'll just somehow still blame Democrats and liberals and their usual suspects rather than Dear Leader (or themselves for voting for him).
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I literally do laugh a people who get bent out of shape over taking trump seriously on stuff like greenland or the canal. I can't believe you elites don't understand he couldn't do it. He is trolling you and you fall for it every time. He snatches that football away and you guys keep running to kick it.
 
So he never means any of it, can't do anything he's talking about, literally everyone should know that, but it is an effective means of leverage over other national actors because.... ?

Complete this thought, oh great authority on hypocrisy.
 
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