Donald J Trump Enemy of the People

Criminal t, the head of a criminal party . . . cheat, steal, lie, whatever it takes to win country be damned viva le' party!
 
"All effective propaganda must be confined to very few points," Adolf Hitler wrote, "which must be brought out in the form of slogans."

"Drain the swamp." "Lock her up." "Build the wall." These are the slogans that former Trump campaign adviser Steve Bannon said won the election in 2016. On Wednesday, at a Trump rally in Greenville, North Carolina, a horrifying new one emerged: "Send her back."

As I've said, it takes a lot to shock me. This chant, however, directly invokes an ideology that I know well, one that connects citizenship to a mythical ethnic or national essence, and demands unquestioning fealty to its leader and symbols. It's called fascism. That's why I stated that what we saw in Greenville is the face of evil, and now I'll explain.

https://www.newsweek.com/yes-send-her-back-face-evili-know-fascism-when-i-see-it-opinion-1450243
 
Fascism is coming to America. Not simply out of an underground movement of far-right fantasists but from the US presidency. That’s the only rational conclusion we can draw from last night’s Trump rally in North Carolina. And I don't care how much this affronts your preconception of what fascism is.

During a three-minute tirade against the Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar, in which Trump delivered a series of smears, the crowd was triggered to chant “Send her back!” — a chant taken up by the hand-picked white women standing behind Trump for the camera shot. Omar was born in Mogadishu but has been an American citizen since 2000. She is among the 40 million US citizens, 14 per cent of the population, who are first generation immigrants.

After Trump unleashed a series of overtly racist tweets against four left-wing Democratic congresswomen, this is always where it was going to end. The narrative that the left is alien to American culture, that politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should “go back” to the places from which their families migrated, was a clear and premeditated attempt to mobilise votes using deep white supremacism.

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/...mps-attacks-ilhan-omar-show-fascism-coming-us
 
In the American imagination, danger comes mainly in black or brown, to the point that people miss the threat emanating from individuals who happen to be white. In recent years, white terrorists motivated by all sorts of bigotry have shot up white churches and synagogues and concerts and schools and bars and yoga studios. White people, not to mention the rest of us, are being terrorized—primarily by other white people. Any day can be the day they meet the final face of white terror, too.


The fundamental question of our time is whether we have enough respect for humanity to protect against white terror. Do we have the desire and the courage to preserve and extend pockets of equality, liberty, and democracy in the face of those who would subvert and destroy them?

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/a...elp-other-people-deny-their-prejudice/586198/
 
messy said:
Love this. Always a sure bet that if Iz mentions real estate or economics, he’s always 100% wrong. He is exactly ignorant enough to believe his statement.
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How many basements have you seen in socal?

There are a few isolated high elevation areas in Norcal where basements might still be built built.
My aunt's house in Santa Monica has a basement, but it was built in the 20s.

Nobody builds a true basement in socal anymore.
 
Ricky Fandango said:
How many basements have you seen in socal?

There are a few isolated high elevation areas in Norcal where basements might still be built built.
My aunt's house in Santa Monica has a basement, but it was built in the 20s.

Nobody builds a true basement in socal anymore.
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Oh I see. “Any more.”
 
Hüsker Dü said:
Fascism is coming to America. Not simply out of an underground movement of far-right fantasists but from the US presidency. That’s the only rational conclusion we can draw from last night’s Trump rally in North Carolina. And I don't care how much this affronts your preconception of what fascism is.

During a three-minute tirade against the Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar, in which Trump delivered a series of smears, the crowd was triggered to chant “Send her back!” — a chant taken up by the hand-picked white women standing behind Trump for the camera shot. Omar was born in Mogadishu but has been an American citizen since 2000. She is among the 40 million US citizens, 14 per cent of the population, who are first generation immigrants.

After Trump unleashed a series of overtly racist tweets against four left-wing Democratic congresswomen, this is always where it was going to end. The narrative that the left is alien to American culture, that politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should “go back” to the places from which their families migrated, was a clear and premeditated attempt to mobilise votes using deep white supremacism.

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/...mps-attacks-ilhan-omar-show-fascism-coming-us
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So you think antifa is a right wing thing?
 
Ricky Fandango said:
Supergirl Pro this weekend.
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I was there Friday, watching part of the Round of 72. It seems to me to be a contradiction to the surfer lifestyle to have an organized competition with closed beaches, judges scoring and announcers announcing the numbers after each wave, colored jerseys to tell the surfers apart, and "priorities" on each wave (I didn't look for the rules yet to figure out what that means or how it is determined).

A few years back I read a book about Miki Dora (All for a Few Good Waves), who was a top "pro" surfer in the 50's and 60's (he appeared in beach movies of the time as the great surfer in the background and as a stunt double for the featured star of the movie who was not allowed to get his hair wet). He participated in a few of the early organized surfing contests and mocked the whole scene, refusing to take part anymore.

On the other hand, it features dozens of fit young ladies in swimsuits.
 
espola said:
I was there Friday, watching part of the Round of 72. It seems to me to be a contradiction to the surfer lifestyle to have an organized competition with closed beaches, judges scoring and announcers announcing the numbers after each wave, colored jerseys to tell the surfers apart, and "priorities" on each wave (I didn't look for the rules yet to figure out what that means or how it is determined).

A few years back I read a book about Miki Dora (All for a Few Good Waves), who was a top "pro" surfer in the 50's and 60's (he appeared in beach movies of the time as the great surfer in the background and as a stunt double for the featured star of the movie who was not allowed to get his hair wet). He participated in a few of the early organized surfing contests and mocked the whole scene, refusing to take part anymore.

On the other hand, it features dozens of fit young ladies in swimsuits.
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I got some old man from New hampshire telling me about SoCal surf culture.
Hilarious.

Please continue, professor.
 
Ricky Fandango said:
I got some old man from New hampshire telling me about SoCal surf culture.
Hilarious.

Please continue, professor.
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I lived in New Hampshire for a year and a half, plus a couple of summers. I have lived in California for 49 years and counting, which includes three years sharing a beach with Cher (although, in her defense, neither of us knew it at the time). I had to give up skiing because the physical challenges mean that I know my ability is declining, but I can still float around in the sun bodysurfing, as good as I ever was.
 
espola said:
I lived in New Hampshire for a year and a half, plus a couple of summers. I have lived in California for 49 years and counting, which includes three years sharing a beach with Cher (although, in her defense, neither of us knew it at the time). I had to give up skiing because the physical challenges mean that I know my ability is declining, but I can still float around in the sun bodysurfing, as good as I ever was.
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Kook speak.
Go find some golf balls professor.
 
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