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Started by FunkMonk, November 08, 2016, 11:02:57 PM

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crazy canuck

#30495
January 11, 2021, 03:11:56 PM
Quote from: Valmy on January 11, 2021, 02:44:07 PM
Kind of surprised they are turning themselves in. Maybe some of these people got caught up in the mob mentality and later regretted their actions? Or something else?

Surprised because it is the smart move and therefore unexpected of this mob?  I think that is again dangerously dismissing this group as a mere rabble.

Jacob

#30496
January 11, 2021, 03:12:50 PM
Quote from: Valmy on January 11, 2021, 02:44:07 PM
Kind of surprised they are turning themselves in. Maybe some of these people got caught up in the mob mentality and later regretted their actions? Or something else?

Honestly, I expect 90% of the people there - including a good number inside the chambers - just got swept along in the moment without any clear goals or serious thought about the consequences. It doesn't mean they couldn't have spilled blood if the mob got their hands on those they considered enemies, but I expect most of the folks didn't go with more of an agenda than "show up, be heard and seen... something-something."

Habbaku

#30497
January 11, 2021, 03:18:48 PM
I don't want to get anyone's hopes up, but this is the current State Dept. bio for Trump:

The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Valmy

#30499
January 11, 2021, 03:32:49 PM
Well I guess if he resigns at 7:40 pm we know this is true.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Jacob

#30500
January 11, 2021, 03:34:53 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 11, 2021, 03:18:48 PM
I don't want to get anyone's hopes up, but this is the current State Dept. bio for Trump:



They also list Pence's term as ending today: https://www.state.gov/biographies/michael-r-pence/

Sheilbh

#30501
January 11, 2021, 03:35:33 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 11, 2021, 03:18:48 PM
I don't want to get anyone's hopes up, but this is the current State Dept. bio for Trump:


:huh:

It does sort of make sense. Self-pardoning is legally in doubt from what I understand. Getting a pardon from Pence is far more secure.
Let's bomb Russia!

HVC

#30502
January 11, 2021, 03:41:10 PM
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Malthus

#30503
January 11, 2021, 03:43:11 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on January 11, 2021, 03:35:33 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 11, 2021, 03:18:48 PM
I don't want to get anyone's hopes up, but this is the current State Dept. bio for Trump:


:huh:

It does sort of make sense. Self-pardoning is legally in doubt from what I understand. Getting a pardon from Pence is far more secure.

It looks like Pence's term ends today as well, judging by the website.

What this means, I have no idea.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Habbaku

#30504
January 11, 2021, 03:45:25 PM
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

DGuller

#30505
January 11, 2021, 03:56:29 PM
How easy is it to repair the government site after vandalism?  I wonder if it would be simpler to just have Trump and Pence resign at the time specified instead.

Malthus

#30506
January 11, 2021, 03:57:03 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 11, 2021, 03:45:25 PM
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/state-department-website-trump-term-ending-employee

Sadly, a "disgruntled staffer", which does seem a likely excuse.

Probably for the best - if they had actually resigned, I would assume it was for some bad motive.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Valmy

#30507
January 11, 2021, 04:07:16 PM
Well I hope that stupid internet stunt was worth your career dude.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Malthus

#30508
January 11, 2021, 04:11:44 PM
Quote from: Valmy on January 11, 2021, 04:07:16 PM
Well I hope that stupid internet stunt was worth your career dude.

My guess is that it was shamming the door while on the way out of it anyway.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Sheilbh

#30509
January 11, 2021, 05:08:11 PM
There are times through the Trump Presidency where I find him, fundamentally, kind of hilarious:
Let's bomb Russia!
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