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For some reason whenever I see the phrase Bundy Ranch Guys my brain processes it as Randy Bunch of Guys.

Loos like we have some thread cross over here

Trump wants a quick trade deal with the UK.

Alas, there are potential problems https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/16/a-uk-trade-deal-with-trump-be-careful-what-you-wish-for

I also have my concerns. As much as I like and trust America, I don't want a trade deal at any price.

To paraphrase on American: "Britain has no friends, only interests..."

My chief concern, mentioned in the article, is food standards.

No offence to American dakka members, but some of the stuff you put in your food and the way it's produced

And corn syrup in everything? That stuff is evil

And we could end up with TTIP lite...

So as much as I trust, like, and respect America, for me it's Britain first, first, and always first...

Sadly, the clowns that run the UK will probably take a bad deal over no deal

 Kilkrazy wrote:
For some reason whenever I see the phrase Bundy Ranch Guys my brain processes it as Randy Bunch of Guys.

That just makes me think its all part of some television sitcom called the Bundy Bunch.

...hmm ..


might be barking up the wrong tree demographically speaking there possibly ?
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/scalpers-losing-money-tickets-trump-inauguration-article-1.2947620?cid=bitly

Inauguration will become a disaster. No celebrities announced. Foreign statesmen might feel a bit disoriented by Trumps statements made recently.

 wuestenfux wrote:
Inauguration will become a disaster. No celebrities announced. Foreign statesmen might feel a bit disoriented by Trumps statements made recently.

Yup. Looks like it's going to be terrible

Prestor Jon wrote:
Is there a high incidence of any other crimes in the area besides pot smoking? The mere act of smoking marijuana really doesn't negatively impact anyone. People should be free to smoke or not smoke marijuana as they choose its pretty pathetic that we've criminalized smoking marijuana.

Found the Bernie supporter wearing a Bob Marley beanie. It's an illegal drug.

Do people really care about the inauguration ?

was/is anyone planning on watching it ?

Figured people would be more annoyed that Trump has said that when he gets sworn in on Friday he intends to take the weekend off and start on Monday.


http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/trump-plans-to-take-off-his-first-weekend-in-office/news-story/4d16f24b31a65f79fcbb18017d9a7ec6

One appreciates there's a degree of hyperbole there but it's....... odd....... to say the least.

 Just Tony wrote:

ender502 wrote:Oh, and check out this article about crosscheck as well.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/the-gops-stealth-war-against-voters-w435890

Voter suppression isnt just thugs outside of polling places.

Since nobody is giving you any attention with your conspiracy theory BS, I will give it a go.

First: the rolling stone? Really? The same rag that published that fake university rape story and then doubled down on it when it came to light it was false before trying to backtrack and save face? Real reputable source there...


Second: my state, Indiana, had organizations registering Illinois voters in our state, thus giving people opportunity to vote in two states. So the basis for the crosschecking law at least has a precedent.


Third: I don't remember a spot on my ballot to list my race, so I really question this absurdity.

Yup, just like Russian hacking the DNC...until it wasn't. Millions of votes were eliminated? Why? Because of this program. What system is there to make sure those votes were eliminated correctly? None.

I know the shpeel... It's a conspiracy theory. No proof. Sit down. Shut up. It's the standard argument made by those threatened by people actually talking. The system discussed was designed to fix the nearly nonexistent problem of inperson voter fraud. What we got was a thinly veiled attempt to radically effect the election. And when ts brought up what do we get? The instant its a conspiracy cry. Sad, considering we are talking about disenfranchising millions of people.

 reds8n wrote:
Do people really care about the inauguration ?

was/is anyone planning on watching it ?

Not really, no. It's another speech that takes away from work and/or painting miniatures or drinking wine.

No one really watches it unless they receive social security, are in social studies class, or is a journalist.

If he had Maria Carrie lip syncing in a deep V dress, I'd watch. Or that red headed British chick from that show on TV that time.

 reds8n wrote:

Figured people would be more annoyed that Trump has said that when he gets sworn in on Friday he intends to take the weekend off and start on Monday.

http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/trump-plans-to-take-off-his-first-weekend-in-office/news-story/4d16f24b31a65f79fcbb18017d9a7ec6

One appreciates there's a degree of hyperbole there but it's....... odd....... to say the least.

FFS, Charles Stross and his joke-prediction for the next year is going to turn out to be right. We'll have Trump going on vacation as much as possible, with the same people who shrieked whenever they saw Obama outside of D.C. defending the orange blowhard until they're red in the face.

 reds8n wrote:
Do people really care about the inauguration ?

was/is anyone planning on watching it ?

Figured people would be more annoyed that Trump has said that when he gets sworn in on Friday he intends to take the weekend off and start on Monday.


http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/trump-plans-to-take-off-his-first-weekend-in-office/news-story/4d16f24b31a65f79fcbb18017d9a7ec6

One appreciates there's a degree of hyperbole there but it's....... odd....... to say the least.

No one really cares about the inauguration... and I've never watched it in real time.

I'll just catch it on the telly at the end of the day and watch pundits freak the feth out.

 kronk wrote:

 reds8n wrote:
Do people really care about the inauguration ?

was/is anyone planning on watching it ?

Not really, no. It's another speech that takes away from work and/or painting miniatures or drinking wine.

No one really watches it unless they receive social security, are in social studies class, or is a journalist.

If he had Maria Carrie lip syncing in a deep V dress, I'd watch. Or that red headed British chick from that show on TV that time.

If it wasn't so early in the day I'd proffer a nice drinking game involving shots every time the term "bigly," "am I right?," and "great" are mentioned.

 infinite_array wrote:

 reds8n wrote:

Figured people would be more annoyed that Trump has said that when he gets sworn in on Friday he intends to take the weekend off and start on Monday.

http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/trump-plans-to-take-off-his-first-weekend-in-office/news-story/4d16f24b31a65f79fcbb18017d9a7ec6

One appreciates there's a degree of hyperbole there but it's....... odd....... to say the least.

FFS, Charles Stross and his joke-prediction for the next year is going to turn out to be right. We'll have Trump going on vacation as much as possible, with the same people who shrieked whenever they saw Obama outside of D.C. defending the orange blowhard until they're red in the face.

Hmmm... in my circle we cheered whenever the Obama's goes on vacation or when he's on the golf course... he can't do any damage to the country.

Likewise, we should always encourage Drumpf to go on vacay... less time in the oval office.

As I've said many a time on Dakka, I live in hope that publicly, Trump will yank off his toupee and throw it at somebody in disgust or anger

So yeah, you're damn right I'll be watching the inauguration

..There must be a limit to the amount of marching band music a person can hear in one day anyway.


oh :

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/monica-crowley-plagiarism-donald-trump-administration-national-security-council-harper-collins-a7530606.html

 Stevefamine wrote:

 wuestenfux wrote:
Inauguration will become a disaster. No celebrities announced. Foreign statesmen might feel a bit disoriented by Trumps statements made recently.

Yup. Looks like it's going to be terrible

Prestor Jon wrote:
Is there a high incidence of any other crimes in the area besides pot smoking? The mere act of smoking marijuana really doesn't negatively impact anyone. People should be free to smoke or not smoke marijuana as they choose its pretty pathetic that we've criminalized smoking marijuana.

Found the Bernie supporter wearing a Bob Marley beanie. It's an illegal drug.

Ha. I'm a registered Independent who's voted for more Libertarian candidates than any other party and I've never smoked marijuana. None of which is relevant to the fact that pot smoking in and of itself isn't a dangerous crime and the reasoning behind the Feds/DEA making it an illegal substance are incredibly weak and faulty.

 reds8n wrote:
Do people really care about the inauguration ?

was/is anyone planning on watching it ?

Figured people would be more annoyed that Trump has said that when he gets sworn in on Friday he intends to take the weekend off and start on Monday.


http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/trump-plans-to-take-off-his-first-weekend-in-office/news-story/4d16f24b31a65f79fcbb18017d9a7ec6

One appreciates there's a degree of hyperbole there but it's....... odd....... to say the least.

Non-event.

No, but smokers of marijuana do become crashing bores - only every going on about their drug of choice like it's somehow controversial and edgy, or forever dragging conversations back to when they last had enough wherewithal to follow. Which can be hours.

The only people who really care about the inauguration are the federal employees in D.C.who get the day off.

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
The only people who really care about the inauguration are the federal employees in D.C.who get the day off.

Well, I'd have to disagree on the Obama one. That was literally historic. Free at last.

Trump, not so much.

 ender502 wrote:

 Just Tony wrote:

ender502 wrote:Oh, and check out this article about crosscheck as well.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/the-gops-stealth-war-against-voters-w435890

Voter suppression isnt just thugs outside of polling places.

Since nobody is giving you any attention with your conspiracy theory BS, I will give it a go.

First: the rolling stone? Really? The same rag that published that fake university rape story and then doubled down on it when it came to light it was false before trying to backtrack and save face? Real reputable source there...


Second: my state, Indiana, had organizations registering Illinois voters in our state, thus giving people opportunity to vote in two states. So the basis for the crosschecking law at least has a precedent.


Third: I don't remember a spot on my ballot to list my race, so I really question this absurdity.

Yup, just like Russian hacking the DNC...until it wasn't. Millions of votes were eliminated? Why? Because of this program. What system is there to make sure those votes were eliminated correctly? None.

I know the shpeel... It's a conspiracy theory. No proof. Sit down. Shut up. It's the standard argument made by those threatened by people actually talking. The system discussed was designed to fix the nearly nonexistent problem of inperson voter fraud. What we got was a thinly veiled attempt to radically effect the election. And when ts brought up what do we get? The instant its a conspiracy cry. Sad, considering we are talking about disenfranchising millions of people.

When the crux of your crackpot conspiracy is "throw out all the black and brown votes" I do call it a crackpot conspiracy theory. If you can show proof that they somehow isolated black and brown voters to discard their votes, I'll be on board. Until then: crackpot conspiracy theory.

So, what sort of traditions do Americans get to do on inauguration day?

Here in the UK, when it's the Queen's birthday, you're legally allowed to start blasting cannons in celebrations.

Anything similar in the USA?

This is a really, really good breakdown by Real Clear Politics:
How Trump Won: The South

Too many graphs to post, so check it out.

...
In summary: In 2009, we identified the outlines of what would become a Democratic problem: weakness among traditionally Democratic voters in rural areas and towns. In 2016, this weakness became significant enough that it overwhelmed Democratic strength in urban areas in two states that President Obama had won. As we saw above, this is significant, because while urban areas are growing, they are growing at a slower rate than many analysts seem to appreciate.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
So, what sort of traditions do Americans get to do on inauguration day?

Here in the UK, when it's the Queen's birthday, you're legally allowed to start blasting cannons in celebrations.

Anything similar in the USA?

The Wife is making me take jitterbug lessons that Friday. We have matching dance shoes.

 Frazzled wrote:

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
So, what sort of traditions do Americans get to do on inauguration day?

Here in the UK, when it's the Queen's birthday, you're legally allowed to start blasting cannons in celebrations.

Anything similar in the USA?

The Wife is making me take jitterbug lessons that Friday. We have matching dance shoes.

Jitterbug? What is this, the 1940s?

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
So, what sort of traditions do Americans get to do on inauguration day?

Here in the UK, when it's the Queen's birthday, you're legally allowed to start blasting cannons in celebrations.

Anything similar in the USA?

The Wife is making me take jitterbug lessons that Friday. We have matching dance shoes.

Jitterbug? What is this, the 1940s?

Yes indeedy. I just rented the Zoot Suit for the Valentine's Dance. I'm a hep cat!

It's the only action he gets at his advanced age!

I think the harkening back to the days of Zoot Suit riots is extremely appropriate for this nomination. My smooth dance moves will mesh bigly to the pending inauguration.

-Frazzled making 40s Dance great again!

 Stevefamine wrote:

Prestor Jon wrote:
Is there a high incidence of any other crimes in the area besides pot smoking? The mere act of smoking marijuana really doesn't negatively impact anyone. People should be free to smoke or not smoke marijuana as they choose its pretty pathetic that we've criminalized smoking marijuana.

Found the Bernie supporter wearing a Bob Marley beanie. It's an illegal drug.

You just responded to someone arguing that marijuana shouldn't be illegal by stating that it's illegal as if that were a counterargument. Do you realize the level of nonsense that represents?

https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/821381854783819778





Most extraordinary.


Why didn't any of the Black presidents do anything about slavery huh ?!