The Next President is...

[Kiloalpha]

  On 3/2/2021 at 2:17 PM, HeloDude said:

You don’t need to be a member of Congress to be the Speaker of the House...

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That’s correct. Hasn’t happened before though.

[HeloDude]

  On 3/2/2021 at 1:55 AM, Swamp Yankee said:

Fair enough, but the right has done the same, indicating that anyone who votes for Biden is a socialist.  The "leaders" of both sides love their hyperbole.  Nice chunks of red meat their respective bases can chomp on, while staying obedient to their "R" or "D" masters. 

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Can’t disagree there.  But it only further supports the opinion that mainstream media is far left as they largely only carry and support only one of these two messages.

[Swamp Yankee]

  On 3/2/2021 at 2:52 PM, HeloDude said:

Can’t disagree there.  But it only further supports the opinion that mainstream media is far left as they largely only carry and support only one of these two messages.

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I've repeated this here and I'm probably wasting keystrokes, but the era of solely-liberal "mainstream media" is past.  There are many established and new conservative-leaning outlets beyond Fox (much of talk radio, OAN, Newsmax, Blaze, NY Post, WSJ editorials, certain podcasts, etc, etc)  Granted, they may not have the same collective viewership (yet) as the liberal outlets but they have the ability to deliver whatever narrative they want.  That said, the two sides are so far apart there aren't any moderate news sources in the US.   An important point because the media/political cabals are trying to get each of us to choose a side and stay in it.   You're not "allowed" to be, for instance, pro-environment AND pro-2A.  Or capitalist AND pro-Obamacare.  It's kind of Orwellian how we are trained to be reflexively loyal to one political party or the other.  End of conspiracy theory rant.  

BBC might be the least biased major outlet.   Of course, bias is in the mind of the consumer.  I'm sure there are folks on the extremes that consider Infowars or Mother Jones moderate. 

[Prosuper]

  On 3/3/2021 at 2:41 AM, Swamp Yankee said:

I've repeated this here and I'm probably wasting keystrokes, but the era of solely-liberal "mainstream media" is past.  There are many established and new conservative-leaning outlets beyond Fox (much of talk radio, OAN, Newsmax, Blaze, NY Post, WSJ editorials, certain podcasts, etc, etc)  Granted, they may not have the same collective viewership (yet) as the liberal outlets but they have the ability to deliver whatever narrative they want.  That said, the two sides are so far apart there aren't any moderate news sources in the US.   An important point because the media/political cabals are trying to get each of us to choose a side and stay in it.   You're not "allowed" to be, for instance, pro-environment AND pro-2A.  Or capitalist AND pro-Obamacare.  It's kind of Orwellian how we are trained to be reflexively loyal to one political party or the other.  End of conspiracy theory rant.  

BBC might be the least biased major outlet.   Of course, bias is in the mind of the consumer.  I'm sure there are folks on the extremes that consider Infowars or Mother Jones moderate. 

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Have been watching Sky News Australia, they have a different take from the outside looking in. They have much more to lose if Biden mucks up Chinese relations and by their tone they are not confidant.

[arg]

  On 3/3/2021 at 3:29 AM, Prosuper said:

Have been watching Sky News Australia, they have a different take from the outside looking in. They have much more to lose if Biden mucks up Chinese relations and by their tone they are not confidant.

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Australian news in general have been beating Biden like a borrowed mule.

[17D_guy]

  On 3/3/2021 at 6:33 AM, arg said:

Australian news in general have been beating Biden like a borrowed mule.

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Weird because I've been watching a lot of Australian youtubers.  Sure, left leaning, but apparently their news is very right leaning? 

Either way they've gone on at length about the sweetheart deals that China has been given by the Conservative governments.  Plus you know, fires destroying their country.

So, I wonder if that's a money thing. 

[Disco_Nav963]

Knew not one but two dudes in the BUFF who would share videos on Facebook about how it was a mistake for South Africa to end apartheid. And at Dyess we have someone working at the sim building with QAnon decals on his or her car (also a Texas A&M car ornament, naturally). The crazies are out there.

Edit: I swore I posted this in the Extremism in the Military thread... Must have gone full stupid or weird computer things are happening.

Edited March 4, 2021 by Disco_Nav963

[brickhistory]

I have to admit I have been impressed by the Presidential press conferences and frank exchange of questions and answers between President Biden and the members of the press since taking office.

[arg]

  On 3/4/2021 at 7:58 PM, brickhistory said:

I have to admit I have been impressed by the Presidential press conferences and frank exchange of questions and answers between President Biden and the members of the press since taking office.

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He's trying to set another record. But thankfully the truth and transparency is back.

 

 

[GrndPndr]

Next time anyone catches Joe on the ramp, let me know how well his hair survives >10kts of wind.

[bfargin]

I know I was put in "time out" back in the day for calling Obama Bin Laden a dumbass, but hopefully it's OK now to bash the current dumbass ... but wow, this guy really is a moron.

 

https://www.air.tv/watch?v=Efv56sxhQlSYKmBshA-szQ

[Homestar]

  On 3/5/2021 at 9:43 PM, GrndPndr said:

Next time anyone catches Joe on the ramp, let me know how well his hair survives >10kts of wind.

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Really? 45 had a no-kidding crosswind limit. 

[GrndPndr]

  On 3/5/2021 at 9:46 PM, bfargin said:

I know I was put in "time out" back in the day for calling Obama Bin Laden a dumbass, but hopefully it's OK now to bash the current dumbass ... but wow, this guy really is a moron.

 

https://www.air.tv/watch?v=Efv56sxhQlSYKmBshA-szQ

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Let's face it, Joe doesn't do so well off-the-cuff.

[Lawman]

  On 3/6/2021 at 3:16 PM, GrndPndr said:

Let's face it, Joe doesn't do so well off-the-cuff.

Neither did the last guy, or for that matter GW, but you didn’t see the press over-apologetically calling it a stutter every time they rambled off in noise.


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[brickhistory]

"Very fine people" these Americans of Indian ancestory:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXpvajPupS8

[Homestar]

  On 3/6/2021 at 4:02 PM, Lawman said:

Neither did the last guy, or for that matter GW, but you didn’t see the press over-apologetically calling it a stutter every time they rambled off in noise.


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I dunno. Most Americans still probably don’t know that Biden has a stutter and just think he’s stoopid. 

[Lord Ratner]

  On 3/6/2021 at 6:13 PM, Homestar said:

I dunno. Most Americans still probably don’t know that Biden has a stutter and just think he’s stoopid. 

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Probably because he's stupid. You don't have to wait for him to stutter to come to that conclusion. The guy has been a joke for 40 years. Now we're supposed to pretend he's not? He's pants-on-head stupid, and pretending otherwise is just as absurd as the Trumpists denying that Trump was a habitual liar.

[kaputt]

  On 3/8/2021 at 3:08 AM, Lord Ratner said:

Probably because he's stupid. You don't have to wait for him to stutter to come to that conclusion. The guy has been a joke for 40 years. Now we're supposed to pretend he's not? He's pants-on-head stupid, and pretending otherwise is just as absurd as the Trumpists denying that Trump was a habitual liar.

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Not only has he been a clown his entire career, he now likely has legitimate cognitive decline on top of that. 
 

To be honest I do feel kind of bad for him at times. I certainly am not a fan of Biden politically, but no one deserves to be propped up like this man is being, when he should be enjoying the latter stages of his life in peace and quiet with his family. 

[ClearedHot]

  On 3/8/2021 at 5:08 AM, kaputt said:

Not only has he been a clown his entire career, he now likely has legitimate cognitive decline on top of that. 
 

To be honest I do feel kind of bad for him at times. I certainly am not a fan of Biden politically, but no one deserves to be propped up like this man is being, when he should be enjoying the latter stages of his life in peace and quiet with his family. 

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And no one on the left seems to care...this should be the biggest conspiracy of all time.  Who is actually running the country?

 

[Tank]

  On 3/8/2021 at 12:03 PM, ClearedHot said:

And no one on the left seems to care...this should be the biggest conspiracy of all time.  Who is actually running the country?

 

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Nancy, Chuck and Kamala...

[Swamp Yankee]

  On 3/8/2021 at 5:08 AM, kaputt said:

Not only has he been a clown his entire career, he now likely has legitimate cognitive decline on top of that. 
 

To be honest I do feel kind of bad for him at times. I certainly am not a fan of Biden politically, but no one deserves to be propped up like this man is being, when he should be enjoying the latter stages of his life in peace and quiet with his family. 

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Biden has a circa 1982 hard drive of canned political statements.  However, said drive is a bit corrupted through overuse.   

Edited March 8, 2021 by Swamp Yankee

[Swamp Yankee]

  On 3/5/2021 at 8:00 AM, arg said:

He's trying to set another record. But thankfully the truth and transparency is back.

 

 

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Wait a sec, Huckabee has a negative opinion piece on our new democrat President?  Surprised.  Can't wait for Rachel Maddow's upcoming book about the successes and triumphs of the Trump admin.  

[Swamp Yankee]

  On 3/6/2021 at 3:16 PM, GrndPndr said:

Let's face it, Joe doesn't do so well off-the-cuff.

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There was some other guy like that recently.

[Swamp Yankee]

  On 3/6/2021 at 6:13 PM, Homestar said:

I dunno. Most Americans still probably don’t know that Biden has a stutter and just think he’s stoopid. 

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True.  Reports about Biden's stutter aren't new so it's not like it was whipped up as an excuse for this election.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?56567-1/life-career-joseph-biden

Above in 1994.  Discusses stutter at 14:07.

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93914952

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-writes-essay-about-his-speech-impediment/

He's always been a verbal gaffe guy, similar to GWB.  

 

 

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[ClearedHot]

  On 3/8/2021 at 9:00 PM, Swamp Yankee said:

He's always been a verbal gaffe guy, similar to GWB. 

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He definitely had some but he is actually brilliant.  I spent some time around him in an official capacity and was blown away, he must have a camera on switch that brings about the gaffes.  I have a good friend that worked directly for his for several years and said the same thing.  Especially when it came to discussions on strategy and national policy.