The 2017 General Political discussion thread, Part 2!

[hoosierdoc]

Glad to see the new civility taking hold.

Johnny Depp casually asks: Is it time for an actor to kill the president again? | Page Six

Depp is so absurdly in debt he is probably just looking for work

Not a fan of either house or senate healthcare bill. They just love entitlements for all

 

[2A_Tom]

Not Republicans! They are for small government and self sufficency!

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Elizabeth Warren Irresponsibly Tweets The Senate Healthcare Bill Is "Blood Money"

Interesting term. Must be a Cherokee thing.

 

[Dddrees]

Declassified report Putin ordered the effort to undermine the election and help Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/intelligence-chiefs-expected-in-new-york-to-brief-trump-on-russian-hacking/2017/01/06/5f591416-d41a-11e6-9cb0-54ab630851e8_story.html?utm_term=.f31ae26ceae2

 

[Birds Away]

Do you have that from a legitimate news source?

 

[printcraft]

Declassified report Putin ordered the effort to undermine the election and help Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/intelligence-chiefs-expected-in-new-york-to-brief-trump-on-russian-hacking/2017/01/06/5f591416-d41a-11e6-9cb0-54ab630851e8_story.html?utm_term=.f31ae26ceae2

So basically Russia did for Trump what the US leftist media did for hitlary clinton?

So it's a wash right?

 

[Dddrees]

Do you have that from a legitimate news source?

The Washington Post isn't legitimate?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Do you have that from a legitimate news source?

It's an actual report from the Intel Community. WaPo's linking to it is irrelevant.

You can read it here:

The intelligence community report on Russian activities in the 2016 election - The Washington Post

 

[2A_Tom]

Elizabeth Warren Irresponsibly Tweets The Senate Healthcare Bill Is "Blood Money"

Interesting term. Must be a Cherokee thing.

If their opponents said anything like the things the left say, the left would burn down the country.

Oh. I forgot, they're working on it.

 

[Dddrees]

It's an actual report from the Intel Community. WaPo's linking to it is irrelevant.

You can read it here:

The intelligence community report on Russian activities in the 2016 election - The Washington Post

Thank you sir.

 

[Birds Away]

The Washington Post isn't legitimate?

They, like the NYT, have relaxed their journalistic standards appreciably since the sole purpose of their existence has become unseating DJT.

 

[Birds Away]

It's an actual report from the Intel Community. WaPo's linking to it is irrelevant.

You can read it here:

The intelligence community report on Russian activities in the 2016 election - The Washington Post

Yeah, like I said...

 

[Dddrees]

Yeah, like I said...

So our intel community isn't legitimate?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Example of why this "fake news" meme is silly.

Person 1 pulls a knife and stabs Person 2.
Person 3 happens to be recording the event.
Person 3 uploads the video to YouTube.

CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, WaPo, NYT, HuffPo, ThinkProgress, Salon, and Breitbart all make a page with the video embedded.

In which situations did the event simply not happen because of the website that hosted the video? Does Salon having the video of the event on their website make it less real? Does Fox News having the video embedded in their article make it more true?

Judge the articles that each website writes in response to it, by all means. That's where legit criticism should be pointed... in how they frame it.

WaPo, NYT, et al's view on the declassified report will, assuredly, be sensationalist.

 

[Birds Away]

So our intel community isn't legitimate?

In which area? They have proven to be participants in partisan politics. They are leakier than the Titanic but only to support one side, interesting.

 

[Dddrees]

Example of why this "fake news" meme is silly.

Person 1 pulls a knife and stabs Person 2.
Person 3 happens to be recording the event.
Person 3 uploads the video to YouTube.

CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, WaPo, NYT, HuffPo, ThinkProgress, Salon, and Breitbart all make a page with the video embedded.

In which situations did the event simply not happen because of the website that hosted the video? Does Salon having the video of the event on their website make it less real? Does Fox News having the video embedded in their article make it more true?

Judge the articles that each website writes in response to it, by all means. That's where legit criticism should be pointed... in how they frame it.

WaPo, NYT, et al's view on the declassified report will, assuredly, be sensationalist.

Yeah, but when you say Fake News you can automatically silence all of your critics. It makes your fantasy world all nice warm and fuzzy. Alls right with the world now that I don't have to open my eyes and face the facts.

 

[Birds Away]

Example of why this "fake news" meme is silly.

Person 1 pulls a knife and stabs Person 2.
Person 3 happens to be recording the event.
Person 3 uploads the video to YouTube.

CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, WaPo, NYT, HuffPo, ThinkProgress, Salon, and Breitbart all make a page with the video embedded.

In which situations did the event simply not happen because of the website that hosted the video? Does Salon having the video of the event on their website make it less real? Does Fox News having the video embedded in their article make it more true?

Judge the articles that each website writes in response to it, by all means. That's where legit criticism should be pointed... in how they frame it.

WaPo, NYT, et al's view on the declassified report will, assuredly, be sensationalist.

Unfortunately, life isn't quite that neat and simple.

 

[Dddrees]

In which area? They have proven to be participants in partisan politics. They are leakier than the Titanic but only to support one side, interesting.

See post above. Enjoy, be all warm and fuzzy.

 

[Birds Away]

Yeah, but when you say Fake News you can automatically silence all of your critics. It makes your fantasy world all nice warm and fuzzy. Alls right with the world now that I don't have to open my eyes and face the facts.

You use the word "facts" like someone who knows the difference. Your recent posting history doesn't really support that.

 

[Dddrees]

You use the word "facts" like someone who knows the difference. Your recent posting history doesn't really support that.

Just chant Fake News, everything will be all right.