Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

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Martin Alvito said:
You are kidding, right?

Legacy media outlets could not have written a character that was better for their bottom line if they had tried. They may have postured with respect to Trump, the better to attract both views in agreement and hate watches, but he was great for business. A very sizable fraction of Trump's past sins flew right under the radar in most legacy outlets until after he was elected.

Nixon, by contrast, was both loathed and taken down by traditional outlets.


Increases in spending tend to follow from increases in GDP. That part is normal.

If you're trying to argue that Republicans are today's fiscal conservatives, you cannot be serious. That went right out the window once Kasich left the House and a pair of wars in the Middle East started. That argument was already imperiled by Reagan buying into Kemp's nonsense, but those events settled it.
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Sure, the legacy media couldn't get enough of Trump. That still doesn't take away from the fact most of that coverage was negative and extremely negative at that. As far as Nixon goes I still don't know if he was taken down by the media or the intelligence services. The jury is out on that imho.

I have said nothing about the GOP being fiscal conservatives. I think there is still a small strand in the GOP who like to think themselves fiscally conservative but they are falling in number each and every year.
 
JimmyJeffers said:
Big fan of @dylsexicbleu telling Americans all about their history here. He has an MA in YouTube comment’s sections some of our brethren from over the water should really take notice.

At least he isn’t advocating Equine Aloe Vera as a cure for serious illness I guess though.
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It's Americans though. Their expertise in history is a similar level to Chicago public schools and math proficiency. No offence to Americans, we in the UK aren't any better.
 
dylsexicbleu said:
It's Americans though. Their expertise in history is a similar level to Chicago public schools and math proficiency. No offence to Americans, we in the UK aren't any better.
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The states with the worst ranked public schools are predominantly all in the south (though there are different ways to rank schools). Chicagoland public schools have actually improved quite a bit, but the surburban (largely white) and urban (>86% black/hispanic) divide is a major issue with respect to funding and graduation rates in this area (as they are in the south). Chicago has 5 public schools in the top 100 in the nation. Are you dropping some casual racism into your argument? That is, Chicago schools are largely black and brown, so therefore they are inherently bad. This is a common right-wing tactic: disguise casual racism with other words like "school systems" "drugs" "crime", etc.



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verreauxi said:
The states with the worst public schools are predominantly all in the south. Chicagoland public schools have actually improved quite a bit, but the surburban (largely white) and urban (>86% black/hispanic) divide is a major issue with respect to funding and graduation rates in this area. Chicago has 5 public schools in the top 100 in the nation. Are you dropping some casual racism into your argument? That is, Chicago schools are largely black and brown, so therefore they are inherently bad. This is a common right-wing tactic: disguise casual racism with other words like "school systems" "drugs" "crime", etc.



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I honestly wasn't picking on Chicago. I could have picked almost any major city in the US. I also have no doubt some of the worst cities for public schools have some very good, if not outstanding, schools too. However, as a general rule, if a public school district in the US doesn't have a high number of Asian students it's probably gonna be pretty crap at teaching maths.

Edit; at no point did I suggest Southern schools are even remotely good. You seem to be arguing the wrong argument here.
 
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The states with the worst ranked public schools are predominantly all in the south (though there are different ways to rank schools). Chicagoland public schools have actually improved quite a bit, but the surburban (largely white) and urban (>86% black/hispanic) divide is a major issue with respect to funding and graduation rates in this area (as they are in the south). Chicago has 5 public schools in the top 100 in the nation. Are you dropping some casual racism into your argument? That is, Chicago schools are largely black and brown, so therefore they are inherently bad. This is a common right-wing tactic: disguise casual racism with other words like "school systems" "drugs" "crime", etc.



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Of course he is. He hasn’t randomly picked out Chicago. He knows exactly what he’s doing
 
Wizard said:
Of course he is. He hasn’t randomly picked out Chicago. He knows exactly what he’s doing
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Sure, it wasn't entirely random. I picked a major city that at least to the casual overseas observer isn't overflowing with Asian students. I assume Asians are over-represented in West Coast school districts.
 
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