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Calling Kim Jong-un #Rocketman while threatening nuclear war proves that DT is the only world leader (Original Post) jodymarie aimee Sep 2017 OP
remarkably unqualified yet reflective of each and every person who voted for him Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #1
ER jodymarie aimee Sep 2017 #10
Impotent threats by international shouting magnate Donald Trump are dismissed,... mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 #2
WOW!!!!!! spanone Sep 2017 #4
I like their style cyclonefence Sep 2017 #8
In reading some comments from a Facebook post, Frustratedlady Sep 2017 #3
There is one standard by which his fans judge Trump gratuitous Sep 2017 #7
I'll have to check some of those FB posts out. Never have. Frustratedlady Sep 2017 #9
For the "Freedom" crowd, a counterpoint saidsimplesimon Sep 2017 #5
The whole point of The Doomsday Machine is lost if you keep it a secret. nycbos Sep 2017 #6
 

jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
10. ER
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 02:26 PM
Sep 2017

read Wolcott's latest column in Vanity Fair....oh, this is why I live....the wordplay is magnificent. A MISOGYNIST'S NIGHTMARE.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,319 posts)
2. Impotent threats by international shouting magnate Donald Trump are dismissed,...
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 01:21 PM
Sep 2017
Impotent threats by international shouting magnate Donald Trump are dismissed, as the twitchings of a Dog licking its flea-riddled scrotum.



ETA: I have to point this out, especially since I was taken in at first too:

DPRK_News is a parody account. It sounds just like North Korean shortwave broadcasts, so the people behind it have the lingo down pat. Don't be like the New York Times:

Twitter Parody Account @DPRK_News Sparks Some New York Times Fireworks

Another feather in the cap of Popehat

By Richard Horgan July 6, 2017

While The New York Times is by no means the only outlet to be fooled by Twitter parody account @DPRK_News, which counts more than 200,000 followers and is operated by members of legal blog popehat.com, some might be tempted to couch this July 4 drama within the context of the newspaper’s planned copy editor cuts. After all, the incident has been ascribed to an “editing error.” To recap:

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Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
3. In reading some comments from a Facebook post,
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 01:28 PM
Sep 2017

the RW is in 7th heaven and think Trump is THE best POTUS we've had in years. I read down as far as I could stand it, but quit when my head nearly came loose from my neck from shaking side to side. HOW can we be so far apart in opinions? Has our people become so ignorant they can't sort out truth from fantasy?

My brain is totally discombobulated (sp?) from the wonder of it all.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
7. There is one standard by which his fans judge Trump
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 01:38 PM
Sep 2017

Does it piss off liberals, or do they think something he's done pisses off liberals? If so, they're in full-throated support; if not, then he's a cuck RINO who needs to be thrown out of office yesterday. It doesn't matter if Trump rants out some demented screed that only a madman would find compelling, it pisses off liberals! Therefore, it is the summum bonum.

When Trump briefly "capitulated" on DACA, he was a total traitor to all of America last week. This week, he's threatening a global conflagration based on nothing more than a deep-seated desire to teach Kim Jong-Un a lesson. It's idiotic and self-destructive, but because liberals are among those rightfully horrified by this bullshit, they're back to slapping high fives and celebrating Trump as the greatest leader ever. They're morons. Don't hesitate to point it out.

Click through on some of the Facebook profiles, and you'll find the "person" behind the post is some nameless, faceless, rootless sock puppet with no personal history. The first time I called one of those profiles out, I was a little nervous. But I've never gotten any response from any of them, so I do it now as a matter of course.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
9. I'll have to check some of those FB posts out. Never have.
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 01:48 PM
Sep 2017

I DO have a couple "former" friends who were intelligent as normal people, but when they became Trump fans, they totally changed personalities and apparently showed a side I never imagined was in them. They are Breitbart fans, which I never realized. They are now cult followers and suck in every word/idea. Worse than deplorable. Also, they are both deeply religious and think Trump is, as well.

Obviously, they are reading/listening to different sources than me.

Oh, and I'd love to know how I, as a liberal thinker, became the enemy. Liberal is a hateful, disgraceful term and I didn't do a damned thing but try to treat people kindly and equally. I sure messed up somewhere and didn't even realize it.

Now, they can add "proud" to that description, as I am a proud liberal and will probably die as one.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
5. For the "Freedom" crowd, a counterpoint
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 01:37 PM
Sep 2017

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