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That article was pretty funny, but I also thought it was a stupid thing to do. It just buys Trump sympathy, and is going to cost the city money to repair it.
 
Mischief said:
Does your black and white view of things extend to all aspects of your life?

Do you, for example, treat a co-worker who is willing to go out of his way to help you out when you're in a bind on one of your projects exactly the same as a co-worker who leaves you to stew in your own deadlines, or are you more willing to go the extra mile for the person who does the same for you?

Do you help the friend move who isn't willing to help you when you move? Or are you more likely to help the friends who go out of their way to help you?

It's called compromise and negotiation in business and politics. It's also called realpolitik. It's how things get done, absent universal agreement.
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Apples and oranges have been mentioned, and I think it applies here. Clinton is not a personal friend of all these journalists, but if she were, they shouldn't be writing articles about her in the first place as it would be a clear conflict of interest. No, Clinton is a candidate for the most powerful elected office in the world, not some kind of banana republic, and therefore it's the media's job to try and hold these candidates accountable. If they can't do that, if they in fact do the opposite of that, then they're undermining the people's trust in the candidates, in the media and even democracy. It's a dangerous path that produces people like Donald Trump and others who are able to channel the energy of the people's rage.

I do understand that this has become part of 'the game', and I'm not really surprised. This is the sort of thing I would suspect Clinton might be doing.
 
Mischief said:
He wants us to admit that we simultaneously believe that she can do no wrong while acknowledging that we are only voting for her because she is merely the lesser of two evils. Nothing else will do.
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Excluding the post regarding your concerns for Clinton which you listed only to meet my challenge, every one of your post has been a vigorous defense of her actions or alleged actions.

So yes, you do believe she can do no wrong.
 
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It's good to be in touch with your feelings, as long as you recognize that they're just that - your feelings, and have zero relationship to how others may actually think.
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Good non answer...

You know darn well, that in your view,everything Trump does is horrible, and everything that Clinton does is really nothing at all.
 
There's not much point in talking to people who decide not to listen at all.

It's just plain tedious.
 
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For those still confused about whether Trump is self funding his campaign:

Donald Trump has repeated it so much it’s almost part of his stump speech: He’s going to put $100 million of his own money into his campaign before Election Day. But new filings show he’s got a long way to go if he’s going to hit that mark.

The Republican presidential nominee gave a mere $31,000 to his campaign in the first 19 days of October. That means he needs to pony up another $44 million to fulfill his $100 million claim.
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Trump gives $33,000 in October, falling short of $100M boast

Of course, even if Trump anted up another $44 million, he would still be so very far from self funding; $100 million is a small percentage of the overall campaign costs.
 
I read this this morning and was a bit surprised.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/u...-takeover-of-oregon-wildlife-refuge.html?_r=0

Of course, after thinking about it for a minute, I was not really surprised any more, given the political climate and that all the defendants were upstanding,
white,
patriotic citizens who so far had not done anything un-patriotic or communist like, e.g., protect a forest from the legitimate interests of a logging company or protesting the constitutional needs of oil companies :mad:.

I was - and still am - disgusted, however.

And it galls me that those people compare themselves to Martin Luther King.

I guess the next step will be to press charges against the employees of the refuge, as it was made clear in the process that at no time there was the intent - much less a "conspiracy" - to intentionally keep them from doing their job by occupying the refuge. They were likely just shirking, and should be held accountable for it....

And, of course, we will likely see some of those freed patriots as guests of honour at Trump rallies....
 
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