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    Posts made by flozen

    • Sexy Details on Trump, Putin, Assad Menage-a-Trois

      "President Trump has decided to end the CIA’s covert program to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels battling the government of Bashar al-Assad, a move long sought by Russia, according to U.S. officials."

      https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-ends-covert-cia-program-to-arm-anti-assad-rebels-in-syria-a-move-sought-by-moscow/2017/07/19/b6821a62-6beb-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html?utm_term=.8962c66240ca

      Some analysts said the decision was likely to empower more radical groups inside Syria and damage the credibility of the United States.

      "We are falling into a Russian trap,' said Charles Lister, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, who focuses on the Syrian resistance. “We are making the moderate resistance more and more vulnerable. . . . We are really cutting them off at the neck."

      Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, known for his hawkish views toward Russia, tweeted that "if true – and I hope it’s not – it would be a complete capitulation to Assad, Russia, and Iran."

      Tell your nieces and nephews to take Russian language classes – it appears they are really going to need them.

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    • Ann Coulter, Victim of Political "Seat Downgrade"

      Alt-right darling, Ann Coulter, went on a Twitter tirade after not getting a $30 extra-legroom seat upgrade.  And before you know it, she found (invented) a political conspiracy behind it.

      http://www.newsweek.com/ann-coulter-accuses-delta-moving-her-seat-political-reasons-despite-ceo-638540

      The screen-grab quotes that she put on her Twitter account look super-fake, garnering some hilarious responses:

      https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/887340235528523776

      The Newsweek article also noted that she claimed to spend $10,000-worth of her own time to make the seat switch.  :crazy2:

      Poor, poor, angry, confused, angry, overpriced Ann.

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    • RE: Vlad and Donnie sitting in a tree

      @aadam101:

      K-I-S-S-I-N-G

      I'm so glad those two love birds got a whole hour to "talk" all by themselves with no other American present.  Not Rex Tillerson. Not Melania. Not Ivanka. No Aides. No one. (Well there was a Russian translator)

      I wonder why they would have a meeting like this?

      http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/342589-ian-bremmer-trump-and-putin-held-second-informal-meeting-during-g-20

      Most likely, the second, very private meeting with Putin was initiated by a sweaty-palmed Donald Trump, who was trying to see if he was still bending his butt over far enough in favor of the Russians, to prevent them from releasing that video of him with the peeing prostitute.  :cheesy2:

      http://heavy.com/news/2017/06/james-comey-says-trump-wanted-fbi-to-prove-alleged-pee-tape-doesnt-exist/

      You wouldn't need to prove a tape didn't exist if you hadn't engaged in the activity in the first place.   :afr:

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    • RE: Trump Says New, Lowest Poll Numbers Are the 'Most Inaccurate'

      @Frederick:

      You know, there is a reason why your reputation is in the bowels of hell, while mine are elevated to the lofty green heavens..  It's because you are a manipulative, deceptive, unscrupulous, serpent.  I hope I didn't offend you for calling you what you are.

      While it is true that Trump has mentioned polls before, and he is happy when they are in his favor…  he does not dwell upon them.. for good reason.. they are rarely correct.  I pointed out a few days ago that on election day, the Rachel Maddow show's poll projections showed Hillary ahead by 50% in the electoral votes.  They were WAY OFF.  Hillary was actually BEHIND 24%, making that a 76% error.

      Trump does loves to win, and he always does come out the winner, and always will come out the winner.  He's the most popular, his ratings are the highest, and as I pointed out, your polls are crap.

      I really hope you don't make the mistake of contradicting me again.  I don't appreciate your malicious, fabricated shit.
      You can be wrong all you like and I don't care.  But don't you EVER denigrate ME.  Compared to me, you are an insignificant fart. 
      Again, I hope that doesn't offend you. 
      Now go back to your bong and crack pipe and whack off to videos of Hillary.

      Based on the uncivil tone of your reply, the use of vulgar language and flaming – and perhaps most objectionable, your libelous contention that I'm a crack user -- rest assured your response is on its way as a Report to Moderator.

      With your Warned status, I question the wisdom of your remarks, which have no place on this or any GT board.

      Many of us are trying to cultivate a Politics & Debate board where Guests feel welcome to offer strong and even pointed opinions, without the fear of enduring all of your endlessly repeated conduct violations.

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    • RE: Trump Says New, Lowest Poll Numbers Are the 'Most Inaccurate'

      @Frederick:

      Auntie Maxine Waters, together with a group of blacks and women congressbats, recently got in front of a camera and declared Trump and his family to be a traitorous clan.   You know who is traitorous?

      I'll begin by distancing this response from the implicit racism in your description of Ms. Waters.

      As a matter of fact, I DO know an American clan that is selling out its own country in so many ways.  For example, there's an American family that has, over many years, exported huge numbers of jobs out of the good ol' US of A, to sweatshops in Mexico, China and Indonesia, for their own greed and profit.

      During the last Presidential campaign, that same clan's leader betrayed the good workers at the Carrier plant in Indiana, promising to save 1,100 jobs, but never getting the company to sign a binding agreement.  Now, seven months later, Carrier has begun the U.S. layoffs.

      http://www.thedailybeast.com/carrier-sends-jobs-to-mexico-workers-say-trump-misled-them
      http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/22/trumps-carrier-jobs-deal-is-just-not-living-up-to-the-hype.html

      More recently, this American clan tried to get dirt on Hillary by holding a covert, and possibly illegal, meeting with a motley group from Russia, our country's chief geopolitical adversary.  Here's where our government's investigation stands as of today:

      http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/15/politics/russia-donald-trump-jr-meeting/index.html

      It's even a clan in which fellow Republicans are beginning to speak, openly, about the impropriety of the father's placing his political novice children and in-laws in roles of great power:

      https://www.texastribune.org/2017/07/13/texas-republican-congressman-calls-trump-children-leave-white-house-jo/

      So, you might have guessed by now:  that traitorous, self-serving clan is Trump & Associates.

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    • RE: Trump Says New, Lowest Poll Numbers Are the 'Most Inaccurate'

      @Frederick:

      Once again. you moonbats lie.   You said Trump is fixated on polls.. WRONG.   He is fixated on ratings and popularity.. which is why he is a multi-billionaire, has a trophy wife, a TV show that got fantastic ratings, and got elected president of the United States despite having no political experience.     On the other hand, he has consistently ridiculed polls.

      You have supplied two posts' worth of completely invented, fantasy narrative – gleaned, no doubt, from a blend of alt-news conspiracy buffs and looney-tunes YouTube scholars.

      Trump is all about the polls when he likes the results.  Following are three of so many, many examples – including one actual Trumpster-Dumpster Tweet for good measure -- but then it grew tiresome...   :blink:

      1.  "Today, Trump said the L.A.Times poll 'did a great job..."
      http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-latimes-poll-20170224-story.html

      2.  "Trump Claims Poll Numbers Are ‘Very Good,’ Despite Historically Low Approval"
      http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-claims-very-good-poll-numbers-despite-historically-low-approval

      3.  "We are now leading in many polls, and many of these were taken before the criminal investigation announcement on Friday - great in states!"
      https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/792726526127067136?lang=en

      :blink:   :blink:   :blink:

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    • Trump Says New, Lowest Poll Numbers Are the 'Most Inaccurate'

      No U.S. President has proven as fixated on polls as former reality-show and pageant huckster Donald Trump, and he's not a happy man today.

      The new ABC/Washington Post poll places his job approval rating at 36 percent, which stands in stark contrast to Obama and Bush Lite, who both had 59 percent thumbs-up at the six-month mark.

      http://www.newsweek.com/trump-has-lowest-6-month-approval-rating-70-years-poll-shows-and-hes-not-happy-637430

      "The poll, produced by Langer Research Associates from July 10-13, showed respondents were concerned by the ongoing investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the U.S. election, the recent news Trump’s son Donald Jr. had met with a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer prior to the election, and the president’s plan to repeal and replace Obamacare."

      Because something is unflattering for Trump, he automatically deems it inaccurate or fake.  His term is now 1/8th over (if it gets that far), for those crossing off X's on calendars.

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    • RE: Trump unveils "Made in America" Week!

      @aadam101:

      Finally Trump is doing something I support!  This week I'm going to go and buy every Trump product that is made in America!!  So much winning!!!!

      https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/16/white-house-unveils-made-in-america-week-though-many-trump-products-are-made-overseas/?utm_term=.9072a46fdd6d

      So much winning, indeed!  But if anyone is considering a Trump product with a big "Made in the U.S.A." tag, just make sure that it isn't stitched over a smaller one saying "Hecho in Mexico," or similarly, Made in Indonesia, China or Bangladesh, for that matter.   :afr:

      As the article quoted the White House's Director of Media Affairs, Helen Ferre:

      "Asked at Sunday's briefing whether Made in America week would include a commitment from the Trump Organization or Ivanka Trump's company to make more of their products in the United States, Ferre told reporters, 'We'll get back to you on that.'”

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    • RE: Our President called for the deaths of five innocent black teens

      @raphjd:

      Apparently our mod has no problems with the post as he posted directly after it.

      I don't read every post.  Never have, never will.

      Unless, Joker wants to pay me.  :cool2:

      raphjd, thoughtful people read the posts around their own remarks, so they can make the most impactful contributions, and I believe you are thoughtful in this manner.

      So, I find the claim that you didn't take initial note of the offensive post in this thread – right above yours, with objectionable content IN CAPS -- very hard to reconcile.  Instead, the post was allowed to linger, although it was pointed out by others further down the page, as well.

      (At least the very overdue Mute was finally, finally handed out, cheers.)

      Imho, the ability to "not see" these offensive posts -- and the common, extended waiting periods for corrective actions -- put the Board in a bad light.  These are ongoing issues that diminish the likelihood of a rebound in active posters here in Politics & Debate.

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    • Oklahoma Dems Win at State Level – Tea Leaf Readers?

      I don't think the board has addressed a story from last week about two state seats picked up by Democrats in Oklahoma.

      For those Politics & Debate board members across the pond, Oklahoma is deep-red state – some would also call it a fly-over state, and none of it particularly gay-friendly.  And the Democratic wins came against two Republicans charged with sex crimes -- one soliciting topless pics from former female aides, and the second, for initiating (apparently consensual) sex with a teenage boy.

      I've used a conservative site for the story link, if only because they were kind enough to include a nice arrest pic of the second alleged law breaker -- and even worse, young heartbreaker.  (Honestly, could he not ferret out some lonely 19-year-old?  Sigh.  And if you're going to pursue any gay liaison, perhaps better to first change your surname from "Shortey.")

      http://www.weeklystandard.com/democrats-are-a-little-too-excited-about-those-oklahoma-special-election-wins/article/2008798

      Just one more bio detail on Shortey, the naughty bear, from the article:

      "Five years ago, Shortey received attention for pushing a bill that would have prohibited 'the sale or manufacture of food or products which contain aborted human fetuses,' per the Oklahoma State Legislature’s website."  Begs the question, where can one go in that state, and still get a decent Placenta McMuffin?

      The article is a lovely, tawdry way to start the weekend.  Anyway, what does our esteemed panel – and you Guests, we see you out there! -- think about any angle of this political kerfuffle?

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    • RE: How is moonbat Maxine still a congressman (woman)?

      @Frederick:

      This withered old crone has got to go.

      (edited for brevity…)

      Maxine Waters, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Elizabeth Warren are four fantastic examples why a woman should never be president.  They don't have any regard for the truth, and will say anything at all and defend it like it was their own baby (unless hey had it aborted - then fuck it).

      As far as Maxine Waters (great photo montage), or moonbats from either far edge of the political spectrum, the reason for their "life terms" can be summed up in a single word:  gerrymandering.

      Now, I have to take issue when you cite four female politicians you don't like, and extrapolate it to a blanket prohibition about women being president.  Let's take that a step further, to a global perspective, and here's an interesting article about current and "cumulative time of" women leaders in various countries:

      http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/08/women-leaders-around-the-world/

      With a little more research, you would see that many of these women leaders hold very positive poll numbers from their citizenry.  I look at someone like Angela Merkel of Germany, and while you may not like her immigration stance, she has been a fixture for several terms.  And looking back, did you, as a conservative, think that Margaret Thatcher did a shitty job in Great Britain for all that time?

      Now, there have been two recent, and very prominent disasters concerning female leaders that come to mind:  former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, and Park Geun-hye of South Korea.  These were largely financial mismanagement and corruption (bribery) issues.

      YET… when we compare this pair of naughty dames to, oh, say, North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un; and current Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, I find the idea of bashing women as leaders to be a very weak cause.

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    • RE: A Very Important Announcement

      @aadam101:

      Hillary Rodham Clinton is not the President of the United States.  She never will be.  She is not a threat to you any longer.  You don't have to be afraid of her anymore.  That is all.

      By any chance, aadam101, did you take the "That is all" closing from the TV comedy, Childrens Hospital?  Such a funny show.

      To have a political comment as well, HRC seems to be less present these last few weeks, save the moment when "GOP Twitter" asked if she had a prescription for health care:

      http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-gop-asked-hillary-clinton-for-a-health-care-planand-got-burned

      Of all the questions you might pick to catch her off-guard, THAT was certainly not the one, lol.

      And among Democrats, it's pretty established that generally, liberals worshipped Sanders, while moderates worshipped Clinton.  On the Republican side, the old guard worshipped the baker's dozen of also-rans, while the flat-earthers continue to worship Trump.

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    • RE: The Republican Healthcare Bill

      In support of this new thread, I'm moving over the questions I have for Frederick, who had expressed interest in the Republicans getting busy with health care.

      My questions for him follow.  While I am hoping to benefit from Frederick's response, these are questions that anyone can feel free to "borrow" to express their own views.

      "Frederick, just curious:

      "Do you support the current Republican health care plan being promoted by McConnell in the Senate?  If so, what changes from the Affordable Care Act are you the most excited about?  If you support the Senate bill with some reservations, what would you change to improve it?

      "To what degree do you believe or disbelieve the Congressional Budget Office projections that under the Senate health care bill, 22 million Americans would lose their coverage over the next decade?

      https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/cbo-senate-republican-bill-22-million/531663/

      "For the sake of discussion, if the CBO projections did hold true, how would you feel about that effect on Americans and their access to health care?"

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    • RE: This Nothing Burger is soooooooo filling

      @Frederick:

      Forget about Trump.. the thing to watch is whether or not the Republicans can get their act together and pass healthcare and a tax cut.

      Frederick, just curious…

      EDIT:  Discussion of Senate health care bill moved to a more specific thread:

      https://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=51303.0#new

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    • RE: Sutieday surpasses Drwas as biggest petty troll on these forums

      OK, it IS a bit lofty.

      Instead:

      "Everyone, from moderator to members, should be held to an ongoing standard of fairness and civility each day.  From time to time – and often, many times! -- we make these discussions harder than they need to be."

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    • RE: LEADER BOARDS: USER ANALYTICAL STATS on the POLITICS FORUM

      @sutieday:

      I never understood how that worked. Seems like a pretty crappy system.

      Yes, sutieday, it is a marvelously crappy system – but look out, I am hot on your tail!  As pppucci described -- and I thank him for the explanation -- Reputation may be part of GT and its Forums' "third-party bulletin board module," and difficult to modify.

      What needs to be remembered is that Reputation, as practiced in Politics & Debate, is an easily gamed system, where some would have us

      ...strive for better scores, impossible once in the red?  LOL.
      ...applaud those who have artificially jacked their numbers high into the green?  Double LOL.

      To get a bit literary, wear your red like a badge of courage, proof that you are stronger than the obscene name-calling, or the flaming rants, and the sea of nonsensical, alternative facts that often reign here.

      Yeah, I'm good and red, perhaps a little redder tomorrow, and sleeping very well tonight.

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    • RE: Sutieday surpasses Drwas as biggest petty troll on these forums

      @pppucci:

      Raphjd has been a dedicated volunteer for a very long time.  No one wants to diminish that.  But when it comes to this forum, those of us who are frustrated can only implore him to be fairer, and ignore him when he isn't.  Now please, everybody, let's get back to discussing politics.

      The fact (and I fully agree) that raphjd has been a dedicated volunteer for such a long time, simply makes the current situation of imbalance more regrettable.

      However – I don't implore persons for fairness after they have willingly assumed the mantle of governance.  It should be a "default" behavior, and if that individual excels, they will be remembered for their gift of impartiality.

      If they lose their fair-mindedness, are given many chances to right their course, and continue to act with inequity, then that failure will be their legacy.

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    • RE: LEADER BOARDS: USER ANALYTICAL STATS on the POLITICS FORUM

      @pppucci:

      No one here, and especially not mhorndisk and Frederick seem to know how reputation power works.  It is not related at all by how we cast our votes, but depends totally on the votes we receive.  Since we all have very low to negative reputation power, our votes do nothing to improve or decrease  the reputation power of someone with a positive value.  It also does nothing to improve the negative values of our colleagues when we give them up votes.  Yet one down vote by one of you guys decreases our reputation by 60-70 points at a clip ( single vote by raphjd counts 475 in either direction).
      Therefore, as long as we hang around this forum, we will always be in the negative. Unless we start participating in other board and get upvotes from fair members our reputation power will not improve, unless we flood every board with posts, which I'm sure is not appreciated.  Yet the users already with positive reputation power can continue to grow their buddies score by simply upvoting.  Even if they are not in collusion, their similar views will perpetuate this trend.
      Any suggestion that a red bar indicates a troll is simply false.  In the fact the worse trolls on this board have long green lines.
      I realize that reputation power is part of the third-party bulletin board module used by the site and probably can't be changed, but perhaps reputation power can be hidden except for moderators.

      Thanks for your explanation, pppuccci, and after considering exactly how Reputation works, I would be perfectly happy to climb up (or down? lol…) the ranks.

      I was rather pleased to be in "negative third place" for Reputation after a relative short stay on this gulag, and there's a good chance I may pick up more points tonight, from one of this purgatory's most "point-rich" neo-cons.

      They would like progressives to feel that these points are shameful, or some kind of victory on their part.  Honesty, why should we care a whit?  Their sweaty efforts are pretty funny, though.

      You know what?  I'll take all your lousy points.  I embrace them, for they are a confirmation that I'm making these small-minded thinkers uncomfortable.

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    • RE: Sutieday surpasses Drwas as biggest petty troll on these forums

      @raphjd:

      Since you're writing directly in response to my post, where did I demand that "something must be done" about Reputation Power?

      It's deceptive to insert that remark as you respond to my post, if your intent is to refer, instead, to some hazy group of others.

      Do you ever put your cop hat on and have a good, long chat with yourself?

      Please show me where I said YOU in my response.

      I said LIBERALS, you know the group you and your loony buddies belong to.

      Everyone in the group does not have to something to make the statement true.

      As noted in posts above, raphjd, no one left of center is receiving an answer to their Reports to Moderator, because you've rapidly accelerated the amount and the intensity of your flaming the boards for your team.  So much so, imho, that you're either unable or unwilling to carry out your Forum duties with any semblance of neutrality.  From my vantage point, it has been a very notable deterioration in the mere weeks I've been here.

      And more, I am no longer buying into the workability of the current "hat/no-hat" notion.  You can't taunt and flame the way you do now, and become a productive and neutral moderator an hour later.  To quote your (edit: "team's") political idol, I just call Fake! on all of that, and there's a stack of unanswered reports in your mailbox to back this up.

      It makes me laugh, but I have to add your side's old canard:  "Yeah, reports you don't even read!!!"

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