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Wow

Very grateful for the cool head in a hot situation. RIP, sir.

Good: - Buffalo still has an NFL team Bad; - I don't like football anymore

Kirk Cameron says God is sending Irma to us because we're sinners. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/09/kirk-cameron-god-sends-hurricanes-make-sinners-repent/

Rush Limbaugh spouting off about spreading fear & manufacturing hype is perfect. It's what he knows. He's a category 5 swirling storm of ***hole.

I think Trump could have beaten Obama because Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.

A question for someone who may know: How is DACA unconstitutional? Sessions and Trump seem to be pushing this idea, but it seems like bunk to me. I understand the argument that it was an overreaching use of executive privilege. I can even understand that many could be against it as a policy that they don't like. That's not me, but I can understand that argument. What I can't understand is how it can be described as unconstitutional. Is that not just bully politics?

I think you may have misinterpreted grinreaper's post. He was not really arguing the issue--he was merely taking the opportunity to attack you personally.

True. It doesn't make Arpaio anything. I don't actually care what happens to Arpaio. He's an old man. His life's work of being a dick to people is done. It doesn't make Trump a racist either. But it does make him a **** leader.

And it's reasonable for minorities to feel pissed off about this. To a lot of people, this is another grand gesture of !@#$ off you don't matter here.

I think the important thing about Arpaio's pardon is what it means at this moment in this country. Who is happy about it? Why did Trump go out of his way to do this at this time? It doesn't matter so much whether Arpaio is a racist (he is), but what he represents to people. This is Trump throwing a bone to a segment of his base that he will never disavow as long as there is some political advantage to be milked from it.

Actually, I think Trump would do well here overall. I was being half-sarcastic. Some posters here are held to a very strict standard. Some not so much.

I don't get your point. I'm not trying to be glib or anything, I just don't know what we're supposed to compare.

Ahhhh... no

It's a good thing the President of the United States of America doesn't try to post stuff in this forum. The expectations here are that claims are backed up by good evidence, sound arguments and carefully thought out analysis.

Not so... “Here is the thing: When I make a statement, I like to be correct. Before I make a statement, I need the facts. I don’t want to rush into a statement.” - Donald J. Trump

I totally lost track of what we were talking about. I like onions on burgers, unless the analogy means something I don't like in this case. Is the burger America? Is it being stolen from us? Ah, nevermind...

Huh? I haven't done this. Is this like a regular thing?

+8 goal differential after week 2 is no joke though.

"...8 percent of candidates failed because of abnormalities found in their scrotum from sitting too much..." I think it's possible the Scrotum Irregularity Detection Team is simply trying a little too hard. Maybe they're worried their dept. will be shut down, so they want to justify their budget.

It must be a terrifying thing to hit the road with whatever you can fit in your vehicle, including kids, pets...to sit in the traffic jam of a lifetime, hoping not to run out of gas, to go to who knows where. Here's hoping Harvey is not so bad.

No, I haven't. I said it will be interesting to see... True, I don't have much confidence in Trump, but I think it was worth pointing out that his words and deeds during a crucial time can mean a lot. George W. increased his stock a great deal in the days following 9/11. Also, get back to us about the Kardashians being of low consequence when they move into the White House. EDIT: Also, you should be aware of how quick you are to turn this personal. I was just making a point about the pres--your reply was aimed at me specifically. You (knowing almost nothing about me) criticized the way I spend my time, called me (indirectly) mindless and said the way I live my life is silly. I think this would strike anyone as kind of odd...outside of this weirdly insular forum anyway. I just felt I should point that out because it seems easy for people to fall into that mindset here in PPP. But, regardless, it's kind of !@#$ed up and it's not anything like an actual conversation.

It will be interesting, if this hurricane ends up being serious, to see whether Trump can act like an adult for a few minutes and restrain himself from reminding everyone how CNN looked at him funny in third period study hall. If he can come off as something close to "presidential" during a moment of disaster, I think it could be an opportunity for him to alleviate some of the pressure he is getting from all sides. I'm not sure he's interested in that though. We'll see.