Current Affairs The Would Be Emperor Has No Clothes (aka POTUS 47)

[Noisy noise annoys]

I don't have any single news source I rely on. Usually best to get your news from a variety of sources from different ideological slants. All the while remembering all news sources are likely lying, spinning or telling you half truths.

Personally I'd be happy enough for the MSM to remain but with massively reduced budgets and different priorities. Even you must realise that what the MSM have been doing in recent years has not exactly strengthened political culture or journalistic practices.

Thanks for responding.
I will be honest, I do not think they are lying, spinning or telling half truths. They may well lean one way or the other but the notion that they are somehow complicit in fake news (ironic) and mis-truths just doesn't wash - at least not here in the UK. The BBC is a strange one (coverage of Israeli genocide was certainly ignored) but certainly channel 4, ITV and the like are all just 'telling the news'.

It really does sound like the same line my conspiracy friends like to dish out - we cannot trust MSM! My feeling is because MSM just doesn't follow their conspiracy narrative it must therefore be 'in on it' with the powers that be - all of which is total nonsense - there is no agenda, there is no new world order, the world is just a mess.

That is how I see it at least.

 

[BlueTX]

A monumentally stupid idea, even by this administration’s standards.

Yesterday he also talked about stopping licensing/leasing land for windmills and solar power generation.

As of a few minutes ago, 68% of Texas' power generation in this cold (it's been colder here than in Liverpool) has come from, you guessed it, wind and solar power - both of which this state has been a national leader in developing over the last 10+ years.

The guy is dumber than a box of rocks.

 

[Blue 1]

Thanks for responding.
I will be honest, I do not think they are lying, spinning or telling half truths. They may well lean one way or the other but the notion that they are somehow complicit in fake news (ironic) and mis-truths just doesn't wash - at least not here in the UK. The BBC is a strange one (coverage of Israeli genocide was certainly ignored) but certainly channel 4, ITV and the like are all just 'telling the news'.

It really does sound like the same line my conspiracy friends like to dish out - we cannot trust MSM! My feeling is because MSM just doesn't follow their conspiracy narrative it must therefore be 'in on it' with the powers that be - all of which is total nonsense - there is no agenda, there is no new world order, the world is just a mess.

That is how I see it at least.

Impartiality rules are much more lax in the USA. The fairness doctrine getting abolished under Reagan was one of the worst things that ever happened to the USA, and it's a big contributory factor towards where we find ourselves now.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Yesterday he also talked about stopping licensing/leasing land for windmills and solar power generation.

As of a few minutes ago, 68% of Texas' power generation in this cold (it's been colder here than in Liverpool) has come from, you guessed it, wind and solar power - both of which this state has been a national leader in developing over the last 10+ years.

The guy is dumber than a box of rocks.

Change for change sake. I'm the boss, you do as you're told. Older than time immemorial. Fight my say so? Deport that woke! Fight me in court? I send the nutters round your house armed! Find me guilty? You are a traitor and a terrorist!

berlusconi owned the media state wide in Italy, he flouted the law, and had a rather unhealthy interest in underage girls.

Small world.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Impartiality rules are much more lax in the USA. The fairness doctrine getting abolished under Reagan was one of the worst things that ever happened to the USA, and it's a big contributory factor towards where we find ourselves now.

It appears fox is allowed to spew whatever it wants and people take it a fact. We do have quite stringent vetting of our news broadcasters for impartiality

 

[Amw79]

It appears fox is allowed to spew whatever it wants and people take it a fact. We do have quite stringent vetting of our news broadcasters for impartiality

They don’t count as MSM (for some reason).

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

They don’t count as MSM (for some reason).

It seems Dysxc has now lumped them in with the rest of the MSM - something obviously went down, Fox crossed the line somewhere.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Just reading he’s pulled gov funded security for Fauci, John Bolton and few others who had the temerity to slight him since his last presidency
One spiteful man child.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Just reading he’s pulled gov funded security for Fauci, John Bolton and few others who had the temerity to slight him since his last presidency
One spiteful man child.

The more enemies he makes, the more concerted effort behind the scenes to screw him over. An imbecile of this magnitude has himself wide open to a good flanking somewhere. It'd be hilarious if he get's struck down like nixon.

 

[Lapeno77]

 

[Rita_Poon]

4 days in, war over. drill baby drill. hoorah for peace.

And so a new iron curtain falls, a lot closer to the heart of europe than ever previous. Good job for brexit then eh folks...

 

[Lapeno77]

4 days in, war over. drill baby drill. hoorah for peace.

And so a new iron curtain falls, a lot closer to the heart of europe than ever previous. Good job for brexit then eh folks...

If there's a bright side, and it's a small one, he's being entirely predictable. Makes anticipating the next move easier and being prepared.

 

[Rita_Poon]

If there's a bright side, and it's a small one, he's being entirely predictable. Makes anticipating the next move easier and being prepared.

It's a pish take, announced (if it's real) on day four. Of the 3 days special operation. The orchestrator is skilled.

 

[PhilM]

The only exceptions are, apparently, for Israel and Egypt. When you delve deeper, it is meant to allow for an eighty-day cessation to check for efficiencies.

What it will more likely mean is Trump's administration can hold anyone and everyone who receives said aid over a barrel.

 

[tsubaki]

From the article:

'Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said they will stand up for law-abiding residents regardless of their legal status.'

'Pritzker went out of his way to say that there’s an exception for undocumented immigrants found guilty of violent crimes, who he said in accordance with longstanding law should not be allowed in Illinois or the U.S.'

The guidance from ISBE(Illinois Board of Education)stresses that schools should not “force” a student or family to share their immigration status, such as when figuring out students’ residency for enrollment eligibility purposes.

What the article does NOT say; that the definition of an 'Illinois resident' is limited to those illegals paying tax or enrolling in school. It merely says illegal immigrants often pay tax and some of their children attend Illinois schools. That's it.

Perhaps you should have emboldened the "will stand up for law-abiding residents" bit, given that was the relevant part.

Its also a pretty massive stretch to say that the bits it specifically mentions in connection with residents doesnt actually count.