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James Woodcock Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 February 2017 at 6:59am | IP Logged | 1
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A joke I expect to be doing the rounds at some point
Trump watched a new documentary yesterday night and is now preparing his next speech. It will cover how following World war II the UK was under occupation from Germany. He's going to use it as an example of how Brexit has freed the UK from the EU. Catch it on iPlayer now. Look up SS-GB
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Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 February 2017 at 10:41am | IP Logged | 2
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...how following World war II the UK was under occupation from Germany. ************ What?
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Michael Roberts Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 February 2017 at 11:33am | IP Logged | 3
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...how following World war II the UK was under occupation from Germany.
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What?
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4 939950/
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Mike Norris Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 February 2017 at 12:50pm | IP Logged | 4
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There's a book called SS-GB written by Len Deighton. It's been adapted as a TV series on the BBC. That's what James is referencing.
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Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 February 2017 at 1:15pm | IP Logged | 5
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I thought Chelsea Clinton had a pretty good Twitter response to the Presidential reports that Sweden had been attacked by terrorists.
Chelsea wrote:
What happened in Sweden Friday night? Did they catch the Bowling Green Massacre perpetrators? |
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Edited by Brian Miller on 20 February 2017 at 1:15pm
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Mark Haslett Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 6059
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Posted: 20 February 2017 at 4:48pm | IP Logged | 6
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The problem that needs to be solved is finding a way to distance Trump from his followers long enough for something like a critical eye to develop. The problem with his approach is, no matter how dumb he is with facts, his attitude is so aggressive that I can't see where he looks anything but immaculate to his loyal fans.
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Jason Czeskleba Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 February 2017 at 5:05pm | IP Logged | 7
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Mark Haslett wrote:
The problem that needs to be solved is finding a way to distance Trump from his followers long enough for something like a critical eye to develop. |
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The people who support Trump do so despite his lies, bluster, and outrageous behavior. Nothing he says is going to shake that support. The only thing that might is when things start to get worse for them personally. When the economy tanks, or their insurance disappears, or they get laid off, that may cause them to look at him more critically. Everyone focuses on Trump's behavior/personality, but it will be his hypocrisy (claiming to be a populist while pursuing a traditional "screw the workers" Republican model of governance) that will be his downfall if anything is.
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Joe Zhang Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 February 2017 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | 8
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"The poll, conducted by Emerson College, found that the administration is considered truthful by a slim majority, 49 percent, versus 48 percent of registered voters who said it was untruthful. By way of comparison, only 39 percent of registered voters view the media as truthful, with 53 percent saying the news media is dishonest."
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Knowing that people who are polled about Trump tend to understate their support for him, I think this "war" between him and the press will have a miserable end.
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Mark Haslett Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 February 2017 at 6:49pm | IP Logged | 9
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George Burns: "Sincerity - if you can fake that, you've got it made"
Trump: "I can fake the best sincerity! Anyone who says I can't is a damn liar."
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Eric Sofer Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 31 January 2014 Location: United States Posts: 4789
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Posted: 21 February 2017 at 5:30am | IP Logged | 10
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I can't believe we got a president who would make me long for A. Johnson, Harding, or Bush II.
Then again, if they had lived in eras of mass media... who knows what would have happened? The mind boggles...
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Kevin Brown Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 February 2017 at 9:19am | IP Logged | 11
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Too little, too late?
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Eric Ladd Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 February 2017 at 9:42am | IP Logged | 12
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Kevin, that statement could be applied to so much of the current state of affairs.
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