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Post by tingramretro on Nov 10, 2016 17:06:20 GMT -5
Huh? Yeah, Trump is a misogynist. I don't dispute this. I just find it comical how offended some dems are by it while they champion politicians like Bill Clinton and JFK. Do you? I guess it is laughable when you have the most valued life on the planet. You get to sit back and laugh and gloat and mock because he did not make light of sexually assaulting your gender, mock your disability, insult people of your religion, or threaten to deport your people. You know absolutely nothing about his life. Making assumptions about it doesn't strengthen your case.
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 10, 2016 16:49:31 GMT -5
Bostonians had no business throwing that tea in the water. They should been home reconciling themselves with the government. Yes. They should. Total waste of good tea.
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 10, 2016 12:21:23 GMT -5
Because it just makes them look like poor losers? Incidentally...why would you want biscuits with chicken? Cheese, yes... So what if they look like sore losers? This isn't a game of checkers. For a lot of people, particularly those who rely on Obamacare for insurance, this is literally a matter of life and death. I understand that, but if the majority of voters go one way rather than another, whatever their reasons, that's democracy. Perhaps they'd be better off criticising the large percentage of their fellow citizens who didn't bother to vote.
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 10, 2016 12:08:11 GMT -5
Is there some reason 'business friendly' has to equal 'short sighted and destructive'? Why not offer incentives for the things we do want to happen? I think Fracking is really, really scary, and I'm afraid it's going to take LA becoming an island or some similar catastrophe for people to realize it The simplest answer is that the quickest, dirtiest and least regulated way is usually much cheaper in the short run and that businesses are rarely about the long run -just the opposite of society. Solar energy is not a pipe dream; even with our current low-efficiency systems, we could supply a lot of our energy needs with what the sun pours in for free, day in, day out, on our planet. Yes, it would cost a fortune... but so did the Iraq war, and that was money utterly wasted rather than invested in the future. The big barrier is however not the price itself, but rather the competitiveness of solar energy. There's no way solar can compete with oil, gas and coal in terms of profit in today's economy. Because of that, we have a huge infrastructure geared for coal, oil and gas production. We also need sources of oil, which means fracking, which means drilling in National parks, which means more access to cheap oil. It will also mean, later on, polluted water tables, more earthquakes, and a devastated environment. But, hey, profits, right? The truly sad part is that it's not even about jobs. As many people could work in the solar energy industry as in the coal and oil business if we just changed the status quo. We could even make certain regions (Death Valley, say) become extremely valuable as hubs of electricity production. But for that, we need the people (and their elected representatives) to stand up to the Koch brothers and to make it more and more expensive to use coal and oil. Making it cheaper for people to use solar energy is also a good idea. Heck, in Germany a substantial amount of the country's power is provided by private solar panels installed on people's roofs. That's the way we should go. There was a big push to get people buying into solar energy in Britain not long ago-a lot of houses near me have roof panels. But people started buying these quite expensive panels because of incentive schemes to reduce their energy bills which the government then decided were too generous, so the incentive has become considerably less...
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 10, 2016 12:03:28 GMT -5
Until they shift their protests from "Not my president!" to "Down with the Electoral College", they're just rebels without a cause. I don't think anyone's protesting how the result was achieved. Though they're entitled to do that, too. They're just protesting the result. And why shouldn't they if they want to send a messsage that it isn't all chicken 'n' biscuits out here? Because it just makes them look like poor losers? Incidentally...why would you want biscuits with chicken? Cheese, yes...
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 10, 2016 11:42:36 GMT -5
Much like there was protesting after Obama was elected. America was born in protest. It is enshrined in the First Amendment. Violence is wrong. Non-violent protest is the American way. But what is the point of protesting against the result of what was supposedly a democratic election? It just reflects badly on the ones doing the protesting. It's no different to rioting at a football match because your team lost, as far as I can see.
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 10, 2016 11:37:46 GMT -5
I call Bovine Scatology on this. If Trump supporters were burning Hillary in effigy, beating Hillary-resembling pinatas, burning trash on highways, throwing rocks and fireworks and Molotov cocktails, or exhibiting any of the other behaviors that CNN has reported, the outrage over it would be deafening because they are treasonous, racist, sexist Nazis who just couldn't accept a woman in the White House. But because it is anti-Trump, it's just a protest by some sore losers who have no agenda or biases whatsoever. They're given a pass, avoiding any real criticism, because it's understandable to be outraged to the point of violence since Trump won. I mean, he's a horrible person, as are all those who voted for him, so these types of actions are justified, right? On a related note, something that I've noticed a fair bit of recently, is the rise of the foot-stamping, crybaby, political sore losers after any big political event. I first noticed them in the 2015 General Election here in the UK, where there were anti-Conservative/anti-austerity marches that turned into ugly clashes. Then again, after Brexit, those on the remain side acted appallingly towards those who voted leave, while going on marches and setting up online petitions to re-hold the referendum because they didn't get the result they wanted. Here again, we see it happening in the U.S., with anti-Trump protests and violence. What is wrong with these people? I mean, I get that they're dissapointed that their side lost, but that's life, I'm afraid ...that's democracy. Suck it up, buttercup! I was gutted when the Labour party got such a kicking at the 2015 election and I'm gutted/worried now that Trump is the new American President. But you just have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and accept that the majority of people within the current voting system got the government that they wanted, no matter how slim the majority was. That's how democracy works. It's not perfect and it's certainly not going to please everyone all of the time, but the alternative to that democracy is a whole lot scarier. I think these people who are out in the streets, wringing their hands, protesting and rioting, should grow up a little bit and stop acting like spoilt, overly-entitled brats. The time for mobilising and getting out to do something proactive about the election result was, you know, before the election, not after! Agree totally. It's all just symptomatic of what appears to be a general sense of rather childish entitlement pervading just about every area of society today, from the most serious to the most trivial. People need to grow up.
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 10, 2016 4:00:18 GMT -5
Captain Britain #5 (Nov '76)Script: Chris Claremont Art: Herb Trimpe/Fred Kida "Captain Britain Has Been Beaten!" Issue five picks up our tale with the Captain regaining consciousness surrounded by bystanders from Thames University, just in time for one of the buildings damaged by Hurricane to collapse; so, rather than take off after the villain, he finds himself helping Courtney, Jacko and various others to dig people out of the rubble, "the living--and the dead" (yes, innocent bystanders actually die in British comics; I suspect that in an American Marvel title in '76, all the damaged buildings would have been conveniently empty). Jacko Tanner is still sniping at Brian Braddock, despite Braddock being nowhere in sight, which suggests that he has some deep rooted obsession with him, but CB's ego gets a bit of a boost when Dai Thomas turns up with his subordinate, Inspector Kate Fraser, and starts ranting about "super powered yobbos" turning London into their "private punching ground": Brian's tutor, Dr. Neil MacKenzie,mounts a spirited defence of our hero and tells Thomas he thinks he's attacking the wrong man. CB slips away while they're arguing, his departure noticed only by Kate Fraser, who says nothing. Fraser, incidentally, is another character last seen in that same Blade series in which Thomas made his debut. She's another character who will basically fade into the background pretty quickly here, and while in her original appearances she had some sort of psychic ability, it's never mentioned in this series, possibly because Claremont has plans to introduce a female psychic of his own in the near future. Or maybe he just forgot. Meanwhile, a throwaway character already introduced is about to make his second and in all probability last appearance, but it is a significant one. Sandy York (remember him?) is an amateur potographer, and he tried to photograph Hurricane, hoping to sell the pictures to "The Mail or The Mirror", but is baffled to find that every one of them is fogged. Brian's genius intellect immediately leads him to deduce that Hurricane's armour is nuclear powered; "that glow surrounding him--that's from an intense concentration of radioactivity affecting the photographic negative". This gives Brian an idea... We cut to some hours later at Brian's flat in Seraph Mews, which we've never seen before, and which he apparently rents from Dr. MacKenzie because it gives him access to MacKenzie's private lab. With a speed which even Tony Stark would envy, Brian pinpoints the exact type of radiation Hurricane is emitting by examining bits of the buildings he touched, and whips up a tracking device which will lead him straight to him. He also establishes that Hurricane's gear is unstable, he is "a walking H bomb", and if he goes off "it's bye-bye London"! Hurricane has returned to his lair, where he muses on what part of London to destroy next before demanding a ransom of "a billion pounds in gold", but before he can choose he is rudely interrupted by our hero, who bursts in through a skylight and announces that he is there "to end your madness once and for all--or die trying!" That didn't work out too well last time, of course. Still, maybe Brian's due for a change of luck...though I'm actually wondering why, if Hurricane's armour is so radioactive, he doesn't just sit back and wait for the guy to drop dead. What do you mean, "that's not very heroic"?
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 9, 2016 13:34:58 GMT -5
Why would ISIS b e happy? One infidel has got a job instead of another infidel. They don't care who your president is. As for Putin, I was under the impression the cold war ended decades ago. Where've you been? ISIS thrives on an enemy who falls into the trap of paying them constant public notice. Great PR for them. And Putin? Well, there's all that money Trump has tied up with Russian interests. Plus Trump has had an authoritarian boner for him since te day before forever. Putin is Hannibal Lecter waiting to have Trump over for dinner... with a few fava beans. But never fear: Rudy Giuliani, Chris Christie, General Flynn and Kelly Anne Conway will be there to save the day. Nothing like having good people around you. I'm afraid I've never heard of any of those four people, so I wouldn't know. But the Russian thing just sounds like paranoia to me.
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 9, 2016 13:25:01 GMT -5
ISIS is happy. And of course, Putin is very happy. Why would ISIS be happy? One infidel has got a job instead of another infidel. They don't care who your president is. As for Putin, I was under the impression the cold war ended decades ago.
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 9, 2016 13:19:57 GMT -5
So, does Captain Britain take on Typhoon and Spitfire, as well, for a full on Battle of Britain? Or am I the only one who makes the connection to this: or this: I would love to see Captain Britain meet Captain Hurricane, but sadly not (or Typhoon Tracy either, for that matter). In later years though, he did meet Marvel's Spitfire...
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 9, 2016 5:52:37 GMT -5
I am not American so I will not comment on the choice either way regarding the candidates.
However, I will say I prefer my own country when it comes to political decisions and the voting system. The distance between politicians and voters are much smaller and even though our current government is not one I voted for, I have a lot more respect for them then I think a lot of CLinton supporters have for Trump or the other way around. I also think its sad thay so few people apparently voted, but mostly I think its sad that people dont think they have a reason to vote. I understand why they would say it, but the fact that is how Things are and the way people feel is to bad. But then again, Denmark is such a small country, less then 6 million people, and so much more insignificant when it comes to World politics that it might not be that surprising my view would be different. Although we do tend to get voted as the happiest country in the World on a regular basic. Thats something I guess. Oh and we also have LEGO.
You also gave the world Aqua's Barbie Girl. And one day, you'll pay for that...
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 9, 2016 5:44:34 GMT -5
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 9, 2016 4:56:23 GMT -5
Captain Britain #4 (Nov '76)Script: Chris Claremont Art: Herb Trimpe and Fred Kida "Hour of the Hurricane!" Issue four begins with "a young physicist turned superhero" working out, in costume, in Thames University's gymnasium early one morning, an ill-considered move which almost results in his being discovered by his old foe Jacko Tanner and having to transform into the non powered Brian Braddock while fifteen feet up in the air in order to avoid this. Cue a nasty fall and much hilarity from Jacko and his cronies. Why is Brian using the University's facilities as Captain Britain? Well, for no readily apparent reason. I guess he still just hasn't got around to reading the superhero handbook. This scene does give us a little insight into Brian's past though, as he walks away from Tanner's taunts musing "a coward! That's what they think I am...and a weakling...just because I won't fight them. But none of them knows what happened to my parents...or of the vow I made to them..." So, in addition to being a brilliant young scientist, Brian is also apparently an orphan with a tragic past and a vow; to begin with, his origin seemed curiously reminiscent of Thor's and his background a carbon copy of Spider-Man's, but now we seem to have Batman thrown into the mix as well! We'll learn no more about this for the moment though, as Brian's breakfast date with Courtney Ross is rudely interrupted by the arrival of a flying, armoured figure who starts smashing up the surrounding buildings with energy blasts and artificially created winds while loudly proclaiming "hear me people of London..and beware! for I am the voice of doom and destruction! I am Hurricane!" Our new bad guy seems to be tearing the place apart just to test out his armour, which rather suggests that when, as he angrily monologues to himself "those fools at the institute ridiculed my theories! They called me a madman!", they weren't actually far off. We won't find out for awhile what "institute" Hurricane is talking about or what his theories were, though, as at this point Captain Britain pole vaults into the fray, charging into his first battle with an actual supervillain with reckless abandon, whie still finding time to silently complain that he doesn't actually know why he's bothering to "try to save the worthless skin" of people like Jacko Tanner. At this point, Brian's heart really doesnt seem to be in this hero business. Anyway, the battle goes predictably badly and after a few pages of getting knocked around, CB crashes to the ground unconscious as Hurricane flies away crowing "today it was Captain Britain--tomorrow it will be all mankind!" Actually, mental or not, I quite like Hurricane. His costume's better than the Captain's, too. Is it too late to start campaigning for a title change?
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 9, 2016 3:53:40 GMT -5
Dow Futures are down 1000 points. The Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore markets are way down. This isn't just an American disaster...it's potentially a world-wide disaster. No it isn't Same thing happened during the Brexit, and the numbers shot right back up within 2 weeks. Yep, it was basically just a wobble caused by scaremongering. This will be the same thing.
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