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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 16, 2024 9:08:32 GMT -5
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 16, 2024 10:34:58 GMT -5
Vote for a lunatic:
Here's all you need to see from Trump's "presser" yesterday afternoon in Bedminster, NJ. Trump:
"The wind is ruining everything, killing all your birds, destroying the fields, all these gorgeous fields, you got windmills all over the place and you have birds. You want to see a bird cemetery, just go under a windmill. The bald eagle. These windmills knock them out like nothing."
This man is a raging lunatic.
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 16, 2024 11:40:21 GMT -5
Trump criticized for calling civilian medal ‘much better’ than military award Trump has previously made comments denigrating military members. His former chief of chief, John Kelly, confirmed last year that Trump privately disparaged dead service members as “suckers” and “losers” when Kelly worked for Trump. Trump has denied the account, which was first written about in a 2020 Atlantic story. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign denounced Trump’s latest comment, saying in a statement Friday that he “knows nothing about service to anyone or anything but himself.” “For him to insult Medal of Honor recipients, just as he has previously attacked Gold Star families, mocked prisoners of war, and referred to those who lost their lives in service to our country as ‘suckers’ and ‘losers,’ should remind all Americans that we owe it to our service members, our country, and our future to make sure Donald Trump is never our nation’s commander in chief again,” Biden campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said. Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Democratic criticism of his comment. Trump has long stirred outrage with comments denigrating military service. Early in his first presidential campaign, in 2015, Trump said the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a prisoner of war in Vietnam, was not a war hero “because he was captured.” “I like people who weren’t captured," Trump said. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/16/trump-medal-of-honor-much-better/
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 16, 2024 16:58:00 GMT -5
Trump’s decline: His interviews and lies get worse Trump seems unable to handle reality. His opponent is beating him by multiple metrics, especially crowd size. In response, he posted several obvious lies on Truth Social, claiming that “nobody was there” and that photos and video of Vice President Kamala Harris’s crowds were AI-generated (our own reporters were eyewitnesses to the event). As lawyer and anti-Trump commentator George Conway said on MSNBC, “He has completely lost it. This post is, beyond question, delusional. But is was also inevitable because he realizes … he’s not just running for the presidency, he’s running for his freedom.” Had the media been conscientiously covering Trump, the public would understand these bizarre outings as part of his noticeable cognitive decline. Trump’s sporadic appearances on the trail alone should be grist for the cable news shows. When they do discuss his mental state, it is often in the context of horserace politics. (Axios commented on his AI delusion: “Trump’s advisers and allies worry he’s spending so much time in an alternative reality that it’s undermining his real-world campaign.” How about asking hard questions about how a party can stand behind someone in an alternative reality?) With time, Trump’s delusions have gotten wilder, his thinking more scattered. The worse Trump gets, the more untenable the media’s unwillingness to level with voters becomes. Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, “[The] false claim by Trump that Harris is generating fake big crowds with AI was a true Captain Queeg moment, maybe the most bat-guano crazy thing I’ve seen in 40 years of covering presidential elections.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/16/newsletter-harris-election/
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Post by hoyarooter on Aug 16, 2024 18:26:16 GMT -5
Trump criticized for calling civilian medal ‘much better’ than military award Trump has previously made comments denigrating military members. His former chief of chief, John Kelly, confirmed last year that Trump privately disparaged dead service members as “suckers” and “losers” when Kelly worked for Trump. Trump has denied the account, which was first written about in a 2020 Atlantic story. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign denounced Trump’s latest comment, saying in a statement Friday that he “knows nothing about service to anyone or anything but himself.” “For him to insult Medal of Honor recipients, just as he has previously attacked Gold Star families, mocked prisoners of war, and referred to those who lost their lives in service to our country as ‘suckers’ and ‘losers,’ should remind all Americans that we owe it to our service members, our country, and our future to make sure Donald Trump is never our nation’s commander in chief again,” Biden campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said. Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Democratic criticism of his comment. Trump has long stirred outrage with comments denigrating military service. Early in his first presidential campaign, in 2015, Trump said the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a prisoner of war in Vietnam, was not a war hero “because he was captured.” “I like people who weren’t captured," Trump said. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/16/trump-medal-of-honor-much-better/Two things here. First, mysteriously, Trump's consistent denigrating of military service seems to have made very little difference to anyone. Given that, I'm not sure that this latest piece of garbage from him is going to matter much. If not before, why now? Second, not to be lost here, at least to me, is that the Presidential Medal of Freedom used to really mean something, being given to people who were really accomplished in their fields, until Trump ruined it, like everything else he touches. Rush Limbaugh and Miriam Adelson? Maybe Trump should have given it to himself for being the country's biggest liar.
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 16, 2024 18:52:36 GMT -5
Trump criticized for calling civilian medal ‘much better’ than military award Trump has previously made comments denigrating military members. His former chief of chief, John Kelly, confirmed last year that Trump privately disparaged dead service members as “suckers” and “losers” when Kelly worked for Trump. Trump has denied the account, which was first written about in a 2020 Atlantic story. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign denounced Trump’s latest comment, saying in a statement Friday that he “knows nothing about service to anyone or anything but himself.” “For him to insult Medal of Honor recipients, just as he has previously attacked Gold Star families, mocked prisoners of war, and referred to those who lost their lives in service to our country as ‘suckers’ and ‘losers,’ should remind all Americans that we owe it to our service members, our country, and our future to make sure Donald Trump is never our nation’s commander in chief again,” Biden campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said. Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Democratic criticism of his comment. Trump has long stirred outrage with comments denigrating military service. Early in his first presidential campaign, in 2015, Trump said the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a prisoner of war in Vietnam, was not a war hero “because he was captured.” “I like people who weren’t captured," Trump said. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/16/trump-medal-of-honor-much-better/Two things here. First, mysteriously, Trump's consistent denigrating of military service seems to have made very little difference to anyone. Given that, I'm not sure that this latest piece of garbage from him is going to matter much. If not before, why now? Second, not to be lost here, at least to me, is that the Presidential Medal of Freedom used to really mean something, being given to people who were really accomplished in their fields, until Trump ruined it, like everything else he touches. Rush Limbaugh and Miriam Adelson? Maybe Trump should have given it to himself for being the country's biggest liar. It might matter to the few swing voters/independents that remain. Sycophant Vance had weak defense. BTW, Gym Jordan also has PMF from Demented Donnie.
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Post by tashoya on Aug 16, 2024 20:56:37 GMT -5
Just a bit of light... Because most of us went to Georgetown and some of us are immigrants or first generation, and because, those of us that are not could always use a reminder: Agreed that we have stuff we take for granted and need to protect especially this November. At the same time as a latino I understand a shared set of mixed feelings towards the US government's decision making and policy choices especially after the Second World War. Since some of us are also the children of immigrants who had to flee their home countries because the US installed a genocidal dictator, deliberately economically destabilized them, or all of the above. So it's a give and take. Had to stop that communism stuff ya know? (in the case of one of my family member's country it wasn't even communism, that was the cover for private interests lobbying for the coup against an elected president, feel free to guess). So as much as I want to believe America is good and can continue to improve, I think it is important to vividly remember the road we took to get here and how it affects us now. This mentality and thinking can still be seen today when feeding kids who can't afford lunch at school can be called communism by a candidate and people actually think it is. This video always makes me laugh, but in the sad way of how little some people care about the lives they destroy and seemingly enjoy it. What a patriot. This is another example of what keeps me coming back to HoyaTalk. As easy as it is to keep hammering away at Trump because he's an existential threat to our country, it's perspectives like yours that I most enjoy (it's not a comparison, nor is it close). I look forward to the day that we no longer have to have posts about Trump and I very much hope that the Republican party is, somehow, resurrected. Though, with regard to that last part, I'm not optimistic. In any case, thank you.
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 16, 2024 21:28:16 GMT -5
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), one of the nation’s largest and oldest veteran advocacy organizations, on Friday condemned former President Trump’s recent statement comparing the Medal of Honor to a presidential award for civilians, calling his remarks “asinine.” “These asinine comments not only diminish the significance of our nation’s highest award for valor, but also crassly characterized the sacrifices of those who have risked their lives above and beyond the call of duty,” wrote VFW National Commander Al Lipphardt in a statement Friday. “When a candidate to serve as commander-in-chief so brazenly dismisses the valor and reverence symbolized by the Medal of Honor, I question whether they would discharge their responsibilities with the seriousness and discernment necessary,” Lipphardt concluded in his statement. “It is even more disappointing when these comments come from a man who already served in this noble office and frankly should already know better.” thehill.com/homenews/4832324-vfw-donald-trump-medal-honor-statement/
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Post by tashoya on Aug 16, 2024 22:14:08 GMT -5
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), one of the nation’s largest and oldest veteran advocacy organizations, on Friday condemned former President Trump’s recent statement comparing the Medal of Honor to a presidential award for civilians, calling his remarks “asinine.” “These asinine comments not only diminish the significance of our nation’s highest award for valor, but also crassly characterized the sacrifices of those who have risked their lives above and beyond the call of duty,” wrote VFW National Commander Al Lipphardt in a statement Friday. “When a candidate to serve as commander-in-chief so brazenly dismisses the valor and reverence symbolized by the Medal of Honor, I question whether they would discharge their responsibilities with the seriousness and discernment necessary,” Lipphardt concluded in his statement. “It is even more disappointing when these comments come from a man who already served in this noble office and frankly should already know better.” thehill.com/homenews/4832324-vfw-donald-trump-medal-honor-statement/Fairly tepid language, IMO. It's a far cry from denouncing him for sure which, apparently, the VFW is unwillingly to do. The fact that they aren't is beyond baffling to me. I get that there are a lot of old white men from the "get off of my lawn" crowd, but is there no indignity that they won't stomach? Maybe the "suckers and losers" comment isn't entirely inaccurate. I don't mean that to be snarky. I mean with regard to some of them as people. Not with regard to their service. My father is in the same boat. He was in the AF and NG for 30 years. He's voting Trump (though, to be fair, he's wildly uninformed but thinks he's the brightest person in any room). I've long since given up talking about it with him because, much as I hate his ignorance and intellectual laziness, I do love my father and, apart from his misinformed political leanings, he's an honorable and good man. He and my mother are both, likely, voting for Trump and, yes, it infuriates me. They should know better. But, these are also two people that live in the eastern part of Long Island and when I texted them about road closures this past week because Tim Walz was coming into town (as Trump had two weeks prior), they each texted back, "Who is that?" But, they feel "strongly" about their "convictions" even though they're nearly entirely clueless and, seemingly, like it that way. They just go with the college debt forgiveness being a sign of the more current generations "ruining the country" and are unmoved my me pointing out that (prior to Biden dropping out) it was still their generation "ruining the country." These are the same people that bought their land and built their house in 1975 for 35k all in and can now sell for north of 1.5 mil but can't wrap their heads around it being more difficult for those younger than them to live in their town. They wrongfully spin it as people not working hard enough. For context, in 1975, with just my father working, they brought in more than 35k a year (gross). Again, you can't fix willful ignorance or stupid.
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Post by Elvado on Aug 17, 2024 5:47:53 GMT -5
Food Price controls mandated by DC?
That should end well…
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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 17, 2024 8:42:08 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 17, 2024 8:46:19 GMT -5
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Post by prhoya on Aug 17, 2024 8:56:53 GMT -5
Food Price controls mandated by DC? That should end well… Your wallet would be happy.
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Post by Elvado on Aug 17, 2024 10:20:02 GMT -5
Food Price controls mandated by DC? That should end well… Your wallet would be happy. If that’s all you have, you know it’s a terrible idea.
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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 17, 2024 10:24:52 GMT -5
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Post by Elvado on Aug 17, 2024 10:26:10 GMT -5
That explains Biden and China as well…
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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 17, 2024 11:57:29 GMT -5
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prhoya
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Post by prhoya on Aug 17, 2024 11:58:09 GMT -5
Your wallet would be happy. If that’s all you have, you know it’s a terrible idea. Why is it a terrible idea? Educate us.
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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 17, 2024 11:58:27 GMT -5
That explains Biden and China as well… It’s so good to have you back. Were you on vacation?
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Post by Elvado on Aug 17, 2024 12:29:37 GMT -5
That explains Biden and China as well… It’s so good to have you back. Were you on vacation? Preparing to take Harry to Lower Canada… How is your crowd?
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