visionary Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Ahem.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD0506 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 13 minutes ago, visionary said: Is Trump producing a movie.... Cartoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 So if anyone is keeping score.. Martial law - bigly good Science - bigly bad Torture and CIA Black Sites - bigly good Gag orders - bigly good Muslims and immigrants - bigly bad Media - bigly bad Fox news - bigly good anything else I'm missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jumbo Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 @youngchew A positive for me today was hearing of the spike in Orwell's 1984 sales. I love the idea of new generations discovering the golden oldies. I've been thinking about that full-on in your face nature of dissembling (and even aggressive strategic lying) called "doublespeak" ever since I started seeing Trumps spokespeople on panels and witnessed the heights it was being taken to in this manifestation. When I was a teen, 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave new World were both "must reads" along with Harlan Ellison and Kurt Vonnegut. Philosophy and heavy social and political commentary were major components in much "sci-fi" then (movies too, like THX1138/Logan's Run etc. ) and that genre was kind of a common unifying interest for many young folks of the day. Even at the high school age, we'd gather 'round and talk about this stuff as part of "what's up.". It was all much better before the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Oh good. How far we've come.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 4 minutes ago, Jumbo said: It was all much better before the internet. You left out Soylent Green! That's where we are headed. Gotta feed the masses somehow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoyler23 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 59 minutes ago, Llevron said: I bet he doesnt even read these orders. Dude is the puppet the GOP has been looking for. No time to read when he has TWEETS to make! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 28 minutes ago, The Evil Genius said: So if anyone is keeping score.. Martial law - bigly good Science - bigly bad Torture and CIA Black Sites - bigly good Gag orders - bigly good Muslims and immigrants - bigly bad Media - bigly bad Fox news - bigly good anything else I'm missing? I think you are missing a lot, but I understand these things take time to adjust to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 After 4 days..its becoming apparent that Trump likes his socialism nationalistic. And the GOP who acted like they hated him before are mostly goosestepping their way back into line. Quite a **** show. Will anyone be surprised when Dear Leader mentions concentration camps for "the muslims" here in the US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Just now, HOF44 said: You left out Soylent Green! That's where we are headed. Gotta feed the masses somehow!! Oh, I left out a lot, trying not go too OT lol. I had also been thinking of a number of RTT regs that would love the socially-directed sci-fi works of Heinlein and Asimov and Dick (and on and on). sci-fi was a real hotbed of social and philosophical imaginations---very much about the nature of humans interacting and all the noises they make internally and externally in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 If we're now fighting a war against Islamism, we're going to have to kill A LOT of people around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Nice use of "alt". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Regarding the bigly thing, I know that's a running joke now, but I watched that debate, and at the time, I really thought he said "Big league" which made a lot more sense given what he was saying. I didn't think anything of it until the Internet ran with bigly. Has this ever been clarified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 20 minutes ago, Jumbo said: Oh, I left out a lot, trying not go too OT lol. I had also been thinking of a number of RTT regs that would love the socially-directed sci-fi works of Heinlein and Asimov and Dick (and on and on). sci-fi was a real hotbed of social and philosophical imaginations---very much about the nature of humans interacting and all the noises they make internally and externally in the process. Once quoted Heinlein (Starship Troopers) in an ethics class. Instructor said no one had ever done that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 4 minutes ago, Forehead said: Regarding the bigly thing, I know that's a running joke now, but I watched that debate, and at the time, I really thought he said "Big league" which made a lot more sense given what he was saying. I didn't think anything of it until the Internet ran with bigly. Has this ever been clarified? It is big league (or at least that's what the speech pathologists have identified). I believe he was even asked once about it and said he was saying big league. But when the President is a 70+yo with the eloquence of a 3rd grader and the temperament of a 3yo petulant child..bigly is what I hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Larry Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 18 minutes ago, visionary said: If we're now fighting a war against Islamism, we're going to have to kill A LOT of people around the world. Well, for one thing, we have to reframe the discussion, to make it a religious war. Makes it it easier for us to ignore the pesky detail that most of our "radical Islamic terrorism" seems to be coming from US citizens whose only tie to "radical Islamic terrorism" is that they watched some videos on YouTube, and mentioned it in their press release. (And that you can't fight that, by blowing things up in the Middle East). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 It is " big league" he's been saying. I thought everyone knew that and the "bigly" thing was knowingly made up by folks cuz of how he slurs it together. I started using bigly cuz it seemed so trumpy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 38 minutes ago, Larry said: Well, for one thing, we have to reframe the discussion, to make it a religious war. Makes it it easier for us to ignore the pesky detail that most of our "radical Islamic terrorism" seems to be coming from US citizens whose only tie to "radical Islamic terrorism" is that they watched some videos on YouTube, and mentioned it in their press release. (And that you can't fight that, by blowing things up in the Middle East). I propose that when they make Muslim people register, we ALL register. Overload their illegal system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Wait a minute. The ghost of Al Pacino as Serpico is guiding Trump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 1 hour ago, twa said: I think you are missing a lot, but I understand these things take time to adjust to. By "these things," you mean authoritarianism, right? Yeah, I think it'll take Trump supporters a while to see through to what's really happening to their freedoms as well. We're certainly not all on the same page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 16 minutes ago, Dan T. said: Wait a minute. The ghost of Al Pacino as Serpico is guiding Trump? He gets around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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