***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[frink85]

Animaniacs had the geography lessons on lock. We all know Yakko's "Nations of the World" I'm sure

 

[sonoftony]

Animaniacs is always appreciated.

 

[Based Jesus]

 
I know all the states and the capitals, but that is mainly because when I was a kid we had those US map placemats and my parents would always be quizzing us on them. 

Visited my aunt last week after not seeing her for a few years and she still had the US placemats she made me eat off of. Nostalgia damn near made me shed a few tears.

I was a geography wiz when I was a kid because I needed to be one for school, although they never made us learn about africa or south america, just europe and asia 

Once I left middle school all that went flying out the window 

 I can name all 50 states but no way I can do capitals and if you ask me to fill in a map I'll mess up 2-5 states.

 

[Belgium]

Life is too short to waste it on Roger Stone's ***

**** that man

Oh he's definitely the embodiment of a vile scumbag but I find the psychology behind it pretty interesting

 

[niketalker23]

I'll be the first to admit even with all the knowledge ive attained over the years.....if my life depended on naming all 50 states....ya boi might not make it

I can name all 50, and I can know most of their geographic locations. But Imma have to phone a friend when it comes to where exactly where Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas are. And I only have a vague idea where the hell Iowa is.

What is an "Iowa"?

 

[handullz]

I know all 50 states in alphabetical order.

And will forever.

Imagine if pubkci schools would've implanted useful information in my sponge-like brain....

Like mortgages... Budgeting... Taxes...


Nah, teach these little ****** how to sing the names of the states, 90% of which they probably will never visit.

Yeah, that's it.

 

[everysingletime]

Word. I think it's all relative and what you know depends on where you from. What's considered 'oh duh this is common information' to you might be Greek to someone else.

Idk where France is relative to England and to someone in Europe that would be pretty weird to not know.

When my cousins from London visited me last summer - I live in the northeast - they asked me if California was very far away and they were shocked to know that it was on the other side of the country

 

[Nawzlew]

I'll be the first to admit even with all the knowledge ive attained over the years.....if my life depended on naming all 50 states....ya boi might not make it

i'd struggle with the new england area

 

[Belgium]

I know all 50 states in alphabetical order.

And will forever.

Imagine if pubkci schools would've implanted useful information in my sponge-like brain....

Like mortgages... Budgeting... Taxes...


Nah, teach these little ****** how to sing the names of the states, 90% of which they probably will never visit.

Yeah, that's it.

I wish our education taught us about that too. Our standard of education is excellent in my opinion but in terms of teaching high school students important things like taxes, insurance, loans, ... I wasn't taught any of those things. Neither were my friends.

Many people I know have taken evening classes on accounting to learn more about filing their taxes etc. And I know plenty who got screwed by insurance or taxes because they weren't aware of certain benefits or regulations.

I'm not legally required to pay taxes at this time but I wouldn't know exactly how to file them anyway. Even my mom lets the accountant in our family do our taxes to make sure we're not missing out on anything.

 

[RustyShackleford]

I know all 50 states in alphabetical order.

And will forever.

Imagine if pubkci schools would've implanted useful information in my sponge-like brain....

Like mortgages... Budgeting... Taxes...


Nah, teach these little ****** how to sing the names of the states, 90% of which they probably will never visit.

Yeah, that's it.

Your High School didn't offer Consumer Math famb?

-I went to a pretty do school district, looking back they offered a lot, kids and parents took it for granted though.

I volunteered in Clark County Nevada school and them joints are terrible. Kids graduating not knowing stuff I got taught in Health class in 8th grade.

 

[Belgium]

https://www.c-span.org/video/?42856...sclosure-classified-information-russians&live

 

[gry60]

From the nyt:

I find that hard to believe. 36%? Seriously? 

When I tell people where I'm from, most of them have an impossible time placing the country on the right continent

 

[RustyShackleford]

I'll be the first to admit even with all the knowledge ive attained over the years.....if my life depended on naming all 50 states....ya boi might not make it

I can name all 50, and I can know most of their geographic locations. But Imma have to phone a friend when it comes to where exactly where Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas are. And I only have a vague idea where the hell Iowa is.

What is an "Iowa"?

It is like a mix of an Indiana and an Illinois.

It is like one big farm to be honest.

 

[paulwest1985]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/coulter-disappointment-donald-trump_us_591a4014e4b07d5f6ba578e4

They turning heel on da donald

 [h1]Ann Coulter Calls ‘Grotesque’ Donald Trump A Disappointment[/h1][h2]“The Trump-haters were right ... it’s a nightmare,” she tells The Daily Caller.[/h2]

 
Erstwhile staunch Donald Trump  booster Ann Coulter has called the president “grotesque” and disappointing as she appeared poised to bail on him even before The Washington Post reported Monday that he leaked classified information  to the Russians.

“Everyone who voted for him knew his personality was grotesque,” but it was the issues, the conservative commentator and author told The Daily Caller in an interview Sunday. Now, as far as the issues go, “boy, things don’t look good,” she said.

“I’m not very happy with what has happened so far,” Coulter added. “I guess we have to try to push him to keep his promises. But ... if he doesn’t keep his promises I’m out.”

“Where is the great negotiation?” she asked. “That budget the Republicans pushed through was like a practical joke.… Did we win anything?”

She even called developments in the administration  a “disaster so far.”

Coulter is particularly disappointed about lack of progress on building a wall along the Mexican border and suggested people send bricks to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).

Coulter said she was opposed from the beginning to the president hiring daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner. “Americans don’t like that, I don’t like that. That’s the one fascist thing he’s done. Hiring his kids.”

Coulter said that being on the Trump ride is like being told you’ve got six days to make it from Chicago to Los Angeles, except you spend the first three days heading instead to New York. 

“He can still turn around and get us to LA in three days, but I’m a little nervous,” she added.

“If we just keep going to New York ... again, I’ll say we had no choice, but the Trump-haters were right … it’s a nightmare. I can’t even contemplate that. Right now I’m still rooting for him to turn around and take us toward LA.”

Coulter helped drum up big support for Trump during the presidential campaign and wrote the book “In Trump We Trust,” in which she said she “worshiped” him with “blind loyalty.”

“I have no regrets for ferociously supporting him. What choice did we have?” she asked. “I don’t apologize. ... He said all the right things and nobody else would even say it.”

She said she still believes in “Trumpism” and largely faults the Republican Congress for moving too slowly to make changes. “They are swine.”

She called Trump the “last shot” but then named U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions as someone she might consider supporting in the future.

Coulter was scheduled to speak last month supporting crackdowns on undocumented immigrants in a controversial appearance  at the University of California, Berkeley. She eventually canceled after a back-and-forth with university officials over security issues.

 

[sonoftony]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/coulter-disappointment-donald-trump_us_591a4014e4b07d5f6ba578e4

They turning heel on da donald

 
[h1]Ann Coulter Calls ‘Grotesque’ Donald Trump A Disappointment[/h1]

[h2]“The Trump-haters were right ... it’s a nightmare,” she tells The Daily Caller.[/h2]

[QUOTE url="[URL]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/donald-trump[/URL]"]
 

Erstwhile staunch Donald Trump booster Ann Coulter has called the president “grotesque” and disappointing as she appeared poised to bail on him even before The Washington Post reported Monday that he leaked classified information to the Russians.



“Everyone who voted for him knew his personality was grotesque,” but it was the issues, the conservative commentator and author told The Daily Caller in an interview Sunday. Now, as far as the issues go, “boy, things don’t look good,” she said.



“I’m not very happy with what has happened so far,” Coulter added. “I guess we have to try to push him to keep his promises. But ... if he doesn’t keep his promises I’m out.”



“Where is the great negotiation?” she asked. “That budget the Republicans pushed through was like a practical joke.… Did we win anything?”



She even called developments in the administration a “disaster so far.”



Coulter is particularly disappointed about lack of progress on building a wall along the Mexican border and suggested people send bricks to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).



Coulter said she was opposed from the beginning to the president hiring daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner. “Americans don’t like that, I don’t like that. That’s the one fascist thing he’s done. Hiring his kids.”



Coulter said that being on the Trump ride is like being told you’ve got six days to make it from Chicago to Los Angeles, except you spend the first three days heading instead to New York. 



“He can still turn around and get us to LA in three days, but I’m a little nervous,” she added.



“If we just keep going to New York ... again, I’ll say we had no choice, but the Trump-haters were right … it’s a nightmare. I can’t even contemplate that. Right now I’m still rooting for him to turn around and take us toward LA.”



Coulter helped drum up big support for Trump during the presidential campaign and wrote the book “In Trump We Trust,” in which she said she “worshiped” him with “blind loyalty.”



“I have no regrets for ferociously supporting him. What choice did we have?” she asked. “I don’t apologize. ... He said all the right things and nobody else would even say it.”



She said she still believes in “Trumpism” and largely faults the Republican Congress for moving too slowly to make changes. “They are swine.”



She called Trump the “last shot” but then named U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions as someone she might consider supporting in the future.



Coulter was scheduled to speak last month supporting crackdowns on undocumented immigrants in a controversial appearance at the University of California, Berkeley. She eventually canceled after a back-and-forth with university officials over security issues.

[/quote]

b-b-b-b-but give him a chance!!

 

[rolaholic]

Speaking of "give him a chance"...

@businessinsider:
Dave Chappelle regrets saying we should give Trump a chance: 'I f---ed up' http://read.bi/2pSHk6h

It's okay Dave

 

[Based Jesus]

Ann still pushing that "What choice did we have?" nonsense 

 

[harlemtothebronx]

At least Dave is willing to admit it.

 

[sonoftony]

we forgive you Dave

 

[RustyShackleford]

Coulter is so full of ****.

She is a vile racist and a true to the game bigot. I would suppose she prioritizes white supremacy and terrorizing minorities very high on her list as to what she looks for in a candidate, so the entire GOP field was an option for her.

 

[elpablo21]

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Republicans added amendment to NDAA in 2011 to prevent Obama from giving Intel to Russia (which he had no intention to do). Trump did it

 

[Mark Antony]

Coulter is so full of ****.

She is a vile racist and a true to the game bigot. I would suppose she prioritizes white supremacy and terrorizing minorities very high on her list as to what she looks for in a candidate, so the entire GOP field was an option for her.

Which is why she got her eye on Grand Wizard Sessions.

 

[$tatus $ymbol]

Speaking of "give him a chance"...
It's okay Dave

Wonder what Jeffrey Atkins thinks of this

 

[osh kosh bosh]

HR Mcmaster outchea making zero sense.

 

[paulwest1985]

HR Mcmaster outchea making zero sense.

spinning his a** off