Before the inauguration "fake news" was used to accurately describe a load of disreputable news websites that disseminated false stories. Now Trump has tried to seize "fake news" as a buzz word for any reputable news outlet that reports facts that he doesn't like or doesn't want known to the public.

Before the inauguration "fake news" was used to accurately describe a load of disreputable news websites that disseminated false stories. Now Trump has tried to seize "fake news" as a buzz word for any reputable news outlet that reports facts that he doesn't like or doesn't want known to the public.

(January 29, 2017 at 9:22 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Before the inauguration "fake news" was used to accurately describe a load of disreputable news websites that disseminated false stories. Now Trump has tried to seize "fake news" as a buzz word for any reputable news outlet that reports facts that he doesn't like or doesn't want known to the public.

That's right and the trumpites have turned it into a weapon against the heretics who question there beloved  messiah

If this EO proves to be successful then maybe Trump will issue another one to bar aliens from the South. That could eliminate the cost of building The Wall.

If worms had tail-gunners, birds wouldn't fuck with them.

"Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904-1991) was a life-long cartoonist: in high school in Springfield, Massachusetts; in college at Dartmouth (Class of 1925); as an adman in New York City before World War II; in his many children's books, beginning with To Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street (1937). Because of the fame of his children's books (and because we often misunderstand these books) and because his political cartoons have remained largely unknown, we do not think of Dr. Seuss as a political cartoonist. But for two years, 1941-1943, he was the chief editorial cartoonist for the New York newspaper PM (1940-1948), and for that journal he drew over 400 editorial cartoons."

(January 29, 2017 at 9:42 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: If this EO proves to be successful then maybe Trump will issue another one to bar aliens from the South.  That could eliminate the cost of building The Wall.

Yes, you're definitely trolling. Such a shame you have nothing useful or constructive to contribute to the conversation.

This video may be able to explain the EO to the Trump haters but it will probably go right over their heads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNu4xU9qOEM

It has a good scene of the dummy snow flake Schumer crying like a baby. It's fun to watch just for that.

(January 28, 2017 at 1:33 pm)Aegon Wrote: http://thehill.com/policy/national-secur...ers-report




Can somebody explain how the hell this is legal?

According to NPR, even though we admitted an equal number of Christians and Muslims from predominately Muslim countries, Christian populations in those countries are low, so we admitted a disproportionate number of them.  For example in Syria the pop. is 15% Christian, in Iran 5%. So once again, Trump is offering "alternative facts."

Also, it has been pointed out on NPR that no one from these countries has been responsible for any deaths in the U.S for the past 20 years, while people from countries left off the list, Saudi Arabia and Egypt (just 2 examples) were.   

I don't think it is a coincidence that all the countries left off the list have Trump hotels, resorts and/or golf courses. 

Trump probably doesn't want to anger those countries' leaders.  They may make such a fuss that no one will go to them, or cause red-tape delays of properties in construction. Or they could even seize the properties threatening to hold them until Trump changes tactics.

I was reading some comments about this and lots of people are now calling Trump "Agent Orange." I have much harsher names for him.

"Consider, for instance, that since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Americans have been no more likely to die at the hands of terrorists than being crushed to death by unstable televisions and furniture."

~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/23...e-no-ideas

This ban stems from a flawed premise to begin with. Nothing in this EO has the long term effect of securing our borders from terrorists. It's just a laughable gaff from a simpleton president.