"The butt of global jokes": who might this be? (Talk Trump)

[Animavore]

New York Antifa Publishes Names, Workplaces of ‘Proud Boys’ Who Assaulted Protesters

https://gritpost.com/new-york-proud-boy ... _LAinkvAaw

[Jason]

I'd like to see the names and workplaces of the Antifa members who attack the GOP headquarters in NYC, and others besides.

[Brian Peacock]

It was smart of Trump to get the evangelical fundamentalists on his side. This article is a bit old but I am wondering if he has earned even more approval in the meantime?

'End Times' Beliefs Are Extreme, and Extremely Influential
Apocalyptic views are shaping policy at the highest levels.

...blah blah blah..

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog ... nfluential

If you have the idea that you have to make the world a really shitty place to fulfil the conditions of a prophesy then things actually get better for you the worse it gets for everyone else. Evangelists ignore, forget, or mostly don't even realise, that Christianity has been an 'end of days' religion from the beginning. Personally I take the view that every day is the end of history.

[Jason]

It apparently doesn't bother them at all that the world was supposed to have ended following the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem circa 70 ad

[JimC]

The Rupture is coming!

[Seabass]

Trump secured the release of Pastor Brunson from Turkey, without having to fork over billions of dollars or make concessions.

Manufacturing confidence at an all time high. 600,000 new manufacturing jobs in 18 months - the magic wand that Obama said Trump would need, apparently, worked.

Middle class income is now highest on record.

Consumer confidence is at an 18 year high.

Fastest growth in manufacturing sector in over 14 years.

Unemployment at a 50 year low - 3.7%.

Trump secured 2026 World Cup for the US.

African-American unemployment at an all-time low.

African-American business ownership up over 400% in the last year.

Youth unemployment is at a 52 year low.

Labor participation rate at an all-time high.

Business investment is up almost 40%.

First female head of the CIA.

Trump secured release of prisoners from North Korea and making steps toward a lasting peace plan with the DPRK.

Record number of federal judges appointed and seated.

Two SCOTUS judges appointed and seated.

New trade deal to replace NAFTA and benefitting US workers.

Illegal immigration way down.

If people go by the scoreboard, and not their sensitivities, he's a shoe-in for reelection.

The reaction to the Kanye West meeting with Trump was abysmal. Did you guys see Don Lemon's show on CNN? They called him "what happens to a Negro when he doesn't read" and they were making other racist commentary about him. He's even been called a white supremacist. They are just so nervous about the headway that Trump is making in the African-American community that they just pulled out all the stops. They know that if Trump takes away just a few percentage of African American votes, the Democrats are baked.

President Trump is delivering better economic news for black Americans, Hispanics and women than any other president in the past century. That's bad news for Democrats, who are counting on strong support from all three groups in the midterm elections. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2018/ ... 50943.html

Even CNN admits that Trump has gained support among African-Americans since 2016 - https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/18/politics ... index.html

Herschel Walker, Jim Brown, Terrell Owens, Shawn Merriman, LaTrelle Sprewell, Shaquelle O'Neill, Jimmy McMillan ("The Rent is Too Damn High!"), Dennis Rodman, Stacey Dash, Diamond & Silk, Mike Tyson, and the list goes on ...

Kanye’s effect on the electorate
While Kanye may have shocked the Saturday Night Live cast and crew and the elites of New York City, his message resonates with black Americans of all economic backgrounds.

Black voters act like they have only one choice in elections. Trump has changed all that. In the last election, Trump got one out of 10 black votes. All he needs is two of every 10 black votes to ensure that Democrats will no longer be able to take minority communities for granted.

If Trump gets three in 10 black votes, Democrats will never win another election. That is a distinct possibility. Kanye is merely the most visible tip of the iceberg when it comes to cracking the dominance of the Democrat party among black voters.

Kanye’s message: Trump is good for the black community
Discontent, poor education, failed cities, failed poverty programs, lousy schools, and lack of opportunity plague large numbers of the underclass in America. Black citizens are disproportionally affected by poverty, and mass incarceration.

Trump has been the only politician in decades to recognize that and act on it, even though black voters do not support him. But a rising tide lifts all boats.

With 4% economic growth, rising wages, and the boom in the energy sector, and the return of manufacturing jobs in Amerca, black Americans stand to benefit as much or more than anyone.

https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2 ... rs-106801/

Even if all this were true, none of it really matters, given the dire consequences of doing nothing about climate change.

We’ve missed many chances to curb global warming. This may be our last
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg ... -our-last/

[pErvinalia]

The answer to global warming is to keep growing the economy at the fastest pace possible so that we'll have lots of money to build sea walls and air conditioners..

[Jason]

Seems sound. I'm already buying up all the speedos and sunblock I can at the local Walmart.

[pErvinalia]

Inner tubes. So we can all float around safely.

[Tero]

ICE
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/14/65723885 ... nforcement

[Seabass]

[DRSB]

It was smart of Trump to get the evangelical fundamentalists on his side. This article is a bit old but I am wondering if he has earned even more approval in the meantime?

'End Times' Beliefs Are Extreme, and Extremely Influential
Apocalyptic views are shaping policy at the highest levels.

...blah blah blah..

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog ... nfluential

If you have the idea that you have to make the world a really shitty place to fulfil the conditions of a prophesy then things actually get better for you the worse it gets for everyone else. Evangelists ignore, forget, or mostly don't even realise, that Christianity has been an 'end of days' religion from the beginning. Personally I take the view that every day is the end of history.

I agree and these doomsday-people vote Trump

[Tero]

evangelicals

Rapists go free
Abortion banned
God made that baby
Men rule

what could go wrong?

[Forty Two]

Trump secured the release of Pastor Brunson from Turkey, without having to fork over billions of dollars or make concessions.

Manufacturing confidence at an all time high. 600,000 new manufacturing jobs in 18 months - the magic wand that Obama said Trump would need, apparently, worked.

Middle class income is now highest on record.

Consumer confidence is at an 18 year high.

Fastest growth in manufacturing sector in over 14 years.

Unemployment at a 50 year low - 3.7%.

Trump secured 2026 World Cup for the US.

African-American unemployment at an all-time low.

African-American business ownership up over 400% in the last year.

Youth unemployment is at a 52 year low.

Labor participation rate at an all-time high.

Business investment is up almost 40%.

First female head of the CIA.

Trump secured release of prisoners from North Korea and making steps toward a lasting peace plan with the DPRK.

Record number of federal judges appointed and seated.

Two SCOTUS judges appointed and seated.

New trade deal to replace NAFTA and benefitting US workers.

Illegal immigration way down.

If people go by the scoreboard, and not their sensitivities, he's a shoe-in for reelection.

The reaction to the Kanye West meeting with Trump was abysmal. Did you guys see Don Lemon's show on CNN? They called him "what happens to a Negro when he doesn't read" and they were making other racist commentary about him. He's even been called a white supremacist. They are just so nervous about the headway that Trump is making in the African-American community that they just pulled out all the stops. They know that if Trump takes away just a few percentage of African American votes, the Democrats are baked.

President Trump is delivering better economic news for black Americans, Hispanics and women than any other president in the past century. That's bad news for Democrats, who are counting on strong support from all three groups in the midterm elections. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2018/ ... 50943.html

Even CNN admits that Trump has gained support among African-Americans since 2016 - https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/18/politics ... index.html

Herschel Walker, Jim Brown, Terrell Owens, Shawn Merriman, LaTrelle Sprewell, Shaquelle O'Neill, Jimmy McMillan ("The Rent is Too Damn High!"), Dennis Rodman, Stacey Dash, Diamond & Silk, Mike Tyson, and the list goes on ...

Kanye’s effect on the electorate
While Kanye may have shocked the Saturday Night Live cast and crew and the elites of New York City, his message resonates with black Americans of all economic backgrounds.

Black voters act like they have only one choice in elections. Trump has changed all that. In the last election, Trump got one out of 10 black votes. All he needs is two of every 10 black votes to ensure that Democrats will no longer be able to take minority communities for granted.

If Trump gets three in 10 black votes, Democrats will never win another election. That is a distinct possibility. Kanye is merely the most visible tip of the iceberg when it comes to cracking the dominance of the Democrat party among black voters.

Kanye’s message: Trump is good for the black community
Discontent, poor education, failed cities, failed poverty programs, lousy schools, and lack of opportunity plague large numbers of the underclass in America. Black citizens are disproportionally affected by poverty, and mass incarceration.

Trump has been the only politician in decades to recognize that and act on it, even though black voters do not support him. But a rising tide lifts all boats.

With 4% economic growth, rising wages, and the boom in the energy sector, and the return of manufacturing jobs in Amerca, black Americans stand to benefit as much or more than anyone.

https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2 ... rs-106801/

Even if all this were true, none of it really matters, given the dire consequences of doing nothing about climate change.

We’ve missed many chances to curb global warming. This may be our last
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg ... -our-last/

It is all true.

And climate change is by far not the only important issue, nor is the sky falling, Chicken Little. Panic and sound the alarmist bell all you like.

Climate science does not necessitate utilization of every left wing solution proposed. Nor is it "evil" to oppose such policy proposals.

[Forty Two]