Predisent Donald J. Skroob: Episode X: Purple Raining to Impeachment

[Zealot]

There's a letter up in my break room right now about how we all get tomorrow off, and to say that he spends 4 paragraphs talking about how he's the greatest and all the great things he's done for federal workers.

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[kuronosan]

Someone brought that up to me a while ago that they're glad they have Christmas Eve off like it's the most brilliant thing ever.

[Tokitoki]

I used to get one or the other off. I don't this year at the new job. It's weird. I actually think I'm more annoyed I have to take an extra day when we go up to the in laws.

We get neither Christmas Eve nor the day after Christmas off.

[Yabby]

Someone brought that up to me a while ago that they're glad they have Christmas Eve off like it's the most brilliant thing ever.

I've been a federal worker for close to 6 years now... I've always had Christmas Eve/Day off. So has anyone that has worked for the Federal courts. Unless you work directly for a Judge, and that Judge is a dick, you already had it off.

[djzombie]

I had xmas eve off last year, but not this year (same company).

I just assumed because we had it off last year that we would this year as well.

So I made plans.

Long story short, I'll be working remotely from the road as we travel tomorrow. And if there is nothing to do in my inbox I'll just stay logged in all day haha.

[Byrthnoth]

Eyyyy unlimited vacation and people don't care where I am or understand what I am doing because I moved to R&D.

At the moment the lack of accountability is awesome.

[guartz]

I'm interested to know where this extreme confidence in Trump getting re-elected comes from.

I'm not saying he won't, keep in mind, but everyone on the right seems just utterly convinced of its inevitability.

Republicans have lost hundreds of seats nationwide since he took office, including in deep red, lean red, and purple states.

His approval rating has never escaped margin of error levels above or below 40%. The people who support him can not have their minds changed but he seems incapable of attracting new fans.

His only signature legislation, the tax bill, has demonstrably failed to deliver on any of its promises vis a vis the economy or the middle class.

For all the talk about his electoral landslide (granted only he talks about it) his decisive victories in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin were all by 1% or less.

Is the confidence in the perceived weakness of Democratic candidates (almost all of whom defeat Trump in head to head polling, as meaningless as those might be 10+ months out)? Or that simply "owning the libs" is enough to draw people to the polls? We'd rather win than make a good decision, is that the idea?

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Eh it puzzles me too, believe it or not Zealot.

I think it's more like the dems are loosing then Trump winning. Far left stuff is pretty unpopular, maybe even more then Hillary. I think the dems strategy is to hurt trump's image, but people who hate him and people who love him have sort of settled into non-movable positions.

[archibaldcrane]

Really depends on what far left stuff. Decriminalization of immigration/anything progressive on immigration really is unpopular, but the wealth tax is very popular, M4A holds up just fine, federal drug manufacturing (or anything really about prescription drugs) is popular etc

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[Zealot]

Immigration seems like the dumbest issue ever from a social/economic/regulation point of view. The right holds onto it because they've trained significant portions of the country to be xenophobic and the politicians in place now either want to take advantage of it or are true believers.

The economic loss from not just letting people live and work where they'd be the most productive must be staggering.

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[vagus]

https://mobile.twitter.com/thehill/s...81147867877377

Trump doesn't understand wind.

I read the transcript before watching the video. No sane person speaks like this.


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[guartz]

Think I disagree Zealot, xenophobia is something natural and has been an issue since time immemorial. It would be more accurate to say the left has trained a significant portions of the country to believe diversity is our strength and politicians in place now either want to take advantage of it are true believers.

[Salodin]

It would be more accurate to say the left has trained a significant portions of the country to believe diversity is our strength

As opposed to...nothing but white people?

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[Tokitoki]

It's worked well with China, right?

[guartz]

As opposed to...nothing but white people?

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That's a leap, but I'll add it's not self evident that diversity is our strength if based on pure racial boundaries.

Thomas Sowell speaks on the issue very eloquently from a historic perspective in Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective

[Gredival]

We're one step away from agrarian tribes boys.

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[Zealot]

Sowell is NOT AN EXPERT.

I've had to go over this a thousand times with my Dad, who remains a Sowell loyalist.

Thomas Sowell is an economist, and maybe one of the most accomplished economists in the nation. But economics is the single most ivory tower bullshit "science" that exists in terms of actual basis in reality. Sowell's theories are deeply rooted in his economic background and he demonstrates no practical understanding of the social or legal issues that would apply to any of them. Asking Thomas Sowell his thoughts on social theory would be like asking Garry Kasparov his thoughts on biology.

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[vagus]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life...article543361/



Study links low intelligence with right-wing beliefs

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[Zealot]

And also genetically speaking, diversity literally is our strength.

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[guartz]

Sowell is NOT AN EXPERT.

I've had to go over this a thousand times with my Dad, who remains a Sowell loyalist.

Thomas Sowell is an economist, and maybe one of the most accomplished economists in the nation. But economics is the single most ivory tower bullshit "science" that exists in terms of actual basis in reality. Sowell's theories are deeply rooted in his economic background and he demonstrates no practical understanding of the social or legal issues that would apply to any of them. Asking Thomas Sowell his thoughts on social theory would be like asking Garry Kasparov his thoughts on biology.

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What aspect of group economic success is outside the purview of an economist? I mean, he is completely relevant to the discussion here.

[archibaldcrane]

https://twitter.com/ShaneSheehy/stat...031174144?s=19

Hm

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