The Next President is...

[SurelySerious]

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[disgruntledemployee]

10 hours ago, Smokin said:

Stocks are on sale, time to buy!

People have been doing that, but they keep dropping.

[arg]

1 hour ago, SurelySerious said:

 

I got made fun of for posting a quote from there.

52 minutes ago, disgruntledemployee said:

People have been doing that, but they keep dropping.

PM me when they hit bottom

[Smokin]

@SurelySerious  Dude, up to this post you have 7 of the 9 posts on this page.  I suggest an internet break.

And with that suggestion, I'm done with this thread.  Memes and movie quotes are great in the WTF and Boobs and beer threads but are absurdly shallow and usually grossly inaccurate for actual conversations.

Now, I'm off to go buy more stocks since the sale keeps getting better.

[Boomer6]

@Moderators

Just curious how many Twitter links back to back can a member post with zero comment and no value added to the forum before it's determined to be spam?

[SurelySerious]

@Moderators
Just curious how many Twitter links back to back can a member post with zero comment and no value added to the forum before it's determined to be spam?

When Trump adds value, let me know. Otherwise, I’ll keep pointing out how asshat Trump and his supporters are going to get us AOC 2028 with this utter stupidity.

[SurelySerious]

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[Pooter]

2 hours ago, Boomer6 said:

@Moderators

Just curious how many Twitter links back to back can a member post with zero comment and no value added to the forum before it's determined to be spam?

What's the issue exactly? @SurelySerious has been a contributor here for as long as I can remember and is clearly not a spammer. The posts are all on topic, and the only response you've been able to put together is downvoting all of them, which is even less value added than the admittedly large amount of twitter copypasta. If you disagree, maybe put together a coherent defense of this tariff clown show and a real conversation can be had. Until then, remember this isn't reddit so we don't go whining to the mods when someone has opinions we don't like.

[Banzai]

On 4/4/2025 at 3:13 PM, HeloDude said:

Update on your Vietnam tariff discussion:

https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/vietnam-wants-to-cut-tariffs-down-to-zero-after-us-reciprocal-tariffs-trump-says-19584921.htm

Yeah, I’m sure you are aware that Vietnam right now has an effective tariff rate of about 1%, right? Huge winning getting that reduced.

You are one of the biggest propaganda echo chamber enjoyers.

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/tm.tax.mrch.wm.ar.zs?locations=VN

[brickhistory]

What I voted for:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-video-shows-moment-when-nearly-50-suspected-tren-de-aragua-members-were-arrested-in-texas-raid/ar-AA1CiR7W?ocid=BingNewsSerp

[17D_guy]

19 hours ago, Smokin said:

This whole "no taxation without representation" thing seems to be extraordinarily poorly thought through.  The President is an elected official representing the entire US, so if he decides to implement tariffs, what part of that is "without representation"?  There are plenty of things to complain about with tariffs, but trying to claim that it is taxation without representation seems to me to be willful ignorance of the worst type.

Representation has generally meant the Congress, which is my argument. These powers should not run unchecked for any administration, much like the War Powers Act. 

Edited 7 hours ago by 17D_guy

[Boomer6]

14 hours ago, Pooter said:

What's the issue exactly? @SurelySerious has been a contributor here for as long as I can remember and is clearly not a spammer. The posts are all on topic, and the only response you've been able to put together is downvoting all of them, which is even less value added than the admittedly large amount of twitter copypasta. If you disagree, maybe put together a coherent defense of this tariff clown show and a real conversation can be had. Until then, remember this isn't reddit so we don't go whining to the mods when someone has opinions we don't like.

I have no need to defend anyone. This isn't a partisan critique. If there were MAGA dudes posting nothing more than twitter posts back to back I'd call them out as well. This isn't twitter. If you want to post something relevant to the topic from another site then fine, but posting screenshots multiple times in a row and nothing else is spam. Period.

Edited 4 hours ago by Boomer6

[Day Man]

2 hours ago, Boomer6 said:

I have no need to defend anyone. This isn't a partisan critique. If there were MAGA dudes posting nothing more than twitter posts back to back I'd call them out as well. This isn't twitter. If you want to post something relevant to the topic from another site then fine, but posting screenshots multiple times in a row and nothing else is spam. Period.

Username checks

[SurelySerious]

What I voted for:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-video-shows-moment-when-nearly-50-suspected-tren-de-aragua-members-were-arrested-in-texas-raid/ar-AA1CiR7W?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Unfortunately you voted for the whole circus, not just the elephants. All the other acts are queuing up Newsom/AOC 2028.

[17D_guy]

On 4/4/2025 at 2:33 PM, 17D_guy said:

Worked for him when I was in CYBERCOM. Good dude, mostly good ideas and really cared about the mission and the people. His bad idea(s) were trying to solve a problem he was put in, and the didn't ever take effect.

I can't speak on the CSAF, CNO, VCSAF getting fired with a personal anecdote. But Haugh knew his shit, was a cyber "operator" (stop laughing), and cared about his people.

This is a massive loss for warfighing in the "new" domain. And if this is because he wouldn't co-sign splitting up NSA and CYBERCOM then whoever replaces him to do that is setting back our capes at minimum a decade, if not more.

If this dude got bounced because Laura Loomer...wtf is even this administration. Holy shit, is this real life?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/national-security/3370237/trump-fired-nsa-director-tim-haugh-laura-loomer/

or

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/04/04/democrats-attack-discredited-conspiracy-theorist-laura-loomer-as-nsa-director-and-deputy-are-reportedly-axed/

Edited 2 hours ago by 17D_guy

[Lord Ratner]

17 hours ago, Pooter said:

Until then, remember this isn't reddit so we don't go whining to the mods when someone has opinions we don't like.

Arguing with a stranger on the Internet is one thing. Arguing with a stranger who just posts other people's arguments from Twitter is pointless and boring. This website is interesting because it's a relatively small number of people engaging in discussion over a wide range of topics. You are able to build and recall personalities for the different posters here because of it. 

 

But when someone just posts a Twitter post, crosses their arms, and says "what about what this person said," now it's not a semi-personal discussion, it's the exact type of anonymous, non-continuous bickering on the internet that has turned so many people into basket cases and rageaholics. 

 

I don't care that he's a regular poster, he has become value-add of zero since his goal morphed from trying to prove his point to trying to win by showing how many random blue check Twitter posters agree with him. He can take that shit to Twitter if that's his interest. There are actually interesting people here who want to debate their point of view. He's not one anymore.

[17D_guy]

7 minutes ago, Lord Ratner said:

But when someone just...crosses their arms, and says "what about what this person said,"

lol

[SurelySerious]

Arguing with a stranger on the Internet is one thing. Arguing with a stranger who just posts other people's arguments from Twitter is pointless and boring. This website is interesting because it's a relatively small number of people engaging in discussion over a wide range of topics. You are able to build and recall personalities for the different posters here because of it. 
 
But when someone just posts a Twitter post, crosses their arms, and says "what about what this person said," now it's not a semi-personal discussion, it's the exact type of anonymous, non-continuous bickering on the internet that has turned so many people into basket cases and rageaholics. 
 
I don't care that he's a regular poster, he has become value-add of zero since his goal morphed from trying to prove his point to trying to win by showing how many random blue check Twitter posters agree with him. He can take that shit to Twitter if that's his interest. There are actually interesting people here who want to debate their point of view. He's not one anymore.

Hah! Refute the points.