Donald Trump for President Thread

[BlueToff]

Despite all the hysteria, very little will change. It rarely does. Be cynical people!!

Spot on here Tim.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Im confused by this post, because I've already answered your point, and in the very message you quoted. The real question is, why do you feel there is absolutely no need for screening given the terror attacks carried out in Europe?

Because I'm not cowed by extremely isolated incidents. I'm infinitely more likely to be killed on my bike cycling around London than I am by any terrorist attack. It's a completely non-issue, and certainly for vast swathes of the country.

 

[TheBlueGibbon]

Both were extremely bad choices, the only positive is hopefully it will strengthen the relationship with Russia as opposed to Clinton which would have made it worse.

People living in the former soviet block will be delighted with that. They should probably be worried, particularly those on the Baltic sea. The US has just done a huge amount of damage to its soft power by electing Trump, even if he doesn't carry out his election promises.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The last census would be 2011?

I won't argue with the numbers, but I can only tell you that in the local area, there are plenty of immigrants, plenty of ethnic minority groups.

They tend to be in certain areas - the poorer areas - and segregation is an issue here. maybe that is the course of the issue more than immigration itself - well in fact I'm sure it is - segregation.

Those numbers have surprised me. Having lived in the area for 16 years, I would have thought it would have been slightly higher.

Aye, it's the latest figures so it's quite possible that it's changed since then.

 

[larrygobfiend]

i dont think american polls have ever been this wrong before tho?

Just going off this and Brexit, mate.

Could've got 4/1 on a Trump win at one point.

 

[dholliday]

I reckon BSG should be mandatory viewing for kids to teach them about the complexity of the human condition and how it impacts democracy

haha is right.

season 3 starts for us next week once we're done with Mallorca's mountains. this time i got it on bluray, previously was all dvd.

 

[Brennan]

You're four times more likely to be struck by lightning than be killed by a terrorist. I don't see people crapping themselves every time they hear thunder though.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Well, for a start you want to know that the people coming in are not people you have already thrown out before.

And how many of those are there?

 

[Prevenger17]

haha is right.

season 3 starts for us next week once we're done with Mallorca's mountains. this time i got it on bluray, previously was all dvd.

I'm going to get back on it tonight, you watching it has made me extremely jealous

 

[magicjuan]

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

 

[dholliday]

yeah but i dont agree with you on all of this either, so....

at least we can agree a Trump win is good for Syria and Europe: he'll work with Russia not against them.

 

[Prevenger17]

Because I'm not cowed by extremely isolated incidents. I'm infinitely more likely to be killed on my bike cycling around London than I am by any terrorist attack. It's a completely non-issue, and certainly for vast swathes of the country.

Is it all about terrorism though? There's plenty of other concerns, economically, logistically and culturally, that come with unchecked immigration

 

[Moomin]

Just going off this and Brexit, mate.

Could've got 4/1 on a Trump win at one point.

13/2 at about 1am.

They also had him at 8-1 to win Florida with Hilary 1-20 to win it.

 

[abelard]

Because I'm not cowed by extremely isolated incidents. I'm infinitely more likely to be killed on my bike cycling around London than I am by any terrorist attack. It's a completely non-issue, and certainly for vast swathes of the country.

Amen. People should read about the 1970s, when bombings, kidnappings, hijackings etc happened almost every day. and we pretty much just carried on. this sort of thing often didn't even make the front pages of newspapers. This story, for instance, was reported on page 3 of the New York Times! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Essex)

it happens vastly, vastly less often now, and we get hysterical about it, which is a sort of complicity, and which makes us extremely prone to manipulation and bad political judgement. more americans in the US are killed every year by furniture than terrorists.

I think it's mostly a matter of record now that Bin Laden's stategy hinged on the certainty that we'd respond by doing something monumentally stupid

 

[larrygobfiend]

13/2 at about 1am.

They also had him at 8-1 to win Florida with Hilary 1-20 to win it.

Kinell!!

Could've put me winnings towards a nuclear bunker.