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Offline Lyle (Mooska)

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #825 on: June 01, 2017, 10:24:01 AM »

Every day Trump demeans the office of the presidency,
in ways both large and small...insidious ways...he just
demeans all human decency.......when...will...it...stop.



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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #826 on: June 01, 2017, 03:02:45 PM »
Can someone tell me how to use covefe in a sentence? Am I even spelling it correctly?  :laugh:

I think it's Covfefe.

And it's the name of his sled. ;)

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #827 on: June 01, 2017, 04:01:54 PM »
What sled?
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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #828 on: June 01, 2017, 04:06:34 PM »
As in Citizen Kane. :D

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #829 on: June 01, 2017, 04:27:18 PM »
Oh OK. A very obtuse reference.
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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #830 on: June 01, 2017, 04:29:40 PM »
Yep!

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #831 on: June 01, 2017, 05:27:59 PM »
I'm convinced dt pulled out of the Paris climate deal just to stick it to the left.  His promises that this will bring jobs to the poor saps who still believe him is both funny for me, and hugely sad for them.

Now we stand with Syria and Nicaragua – make America great again...by following the lead of two loser states.
 
Trump: 'I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris'
He knows that we don’t have to pay Paris to clean up their environment, right?  It’s just where the summit was held?  He knows that,right?  Oh, covfefe!

list of companies that have urged Trump not to abandon the Paris agreement:

•   Facebook
•   Google
•   Microsoft
•   The Gap
•   Exxon Mobil
•   ConocoPhillips
•   National Grid
•   Apple
•   Adobe
•   Danfoss
•   Levi Strauss & Co.
•   Mars Incorporated
•   Hewlett Packard Enterprise
•   Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
•   Morgan Stanley
•   Unilever
•   Tiffany & Co
•   Dignity Health
•   Ingersoll Rand
•   Intel Corporation
•   PG&E Corporation
•   Johnson Controls
•   Royal DSM
•   The Hartford
•   Royal DSM
•   Salesforce
•   Schneider Electric
•   VF Corporation
Bye, Felicia

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #832 on: June 01, 2017, 05:31:04 PM »
Pittsburgh mayor hits back after Trump invokes city in climate speech

...Peduto said Pittsburgh will continue to honor the agreement, even though Trump has chosen not to: "As the Mayor of Pittsburgh, I can assure you that we will follow the guidelines of the Paris Agreement for our people, our economy & future."


http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/01/politics/pittsburgh-mayor-donald-trump/index.html


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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #833 on: June 01, 2017, 06:25:05 PM »
I'm convinced dt pulled out of the Paris climate deal just to stick it to the left.  His promises that this will bring jobs to the poor saps who still believe him is both funny for me, and hugely sad for them.

Now we stand with Syria and Nicaragua - make America great again...by following the lead of two loser states.
 
(...)

Nicaragua didn't sign on to the Paris Deal because it wasn't stringent enough.
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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #834 on: June 01, 2017, 07:04:41 PM »
68 mayors adopt Paris climate accord after U.S. pulls out

BY ALISSA WALKER


The 68 mayors who previously pledged to ignore President Donald Trump’s climate change policies have upped their commitment after he announced his intent to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord: At least 68 cities are adopting the historic agreement themselves.

The group of mayors, who represent more than 36 million Americans and some of the largest U.S. cities, outlined a plan to align with the other 194 nations that adopted the accord:

We will continue to lead. We are increasing investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency. We will buy and create more demand for electric cars and trucks. We will increase our efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, create a clean energy economy, and stand for environmental justice. And if the President wants to break the promises made to our allies enshrined in the historic Paris Agreement, we’ll build and strengthen relationships around the world to protect the planet from devastating climate risks.


https://www.curbed.com/2017/6/1/15726376/paris-accord-climate-change-mayors-trump

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #835 on: June 01, 2017, 07:51:27 PM »
list of companies that have urged Trump not to abandon the Paris agreement:

•   Levi Strauss & Co.
•   Mars Incorporated
•   Tiffany & Co

Really?

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #836 on: June 01, 2017, 08:58:09 PM »
Oh OK. A very obtuse reference.

I got it right a way, but then I'm a film buff.
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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #837 on: June 02, 2017, 11:46:45 AM »
^^^

It was actually going around the internet and twitter as a meme yesterday.

Example:




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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #838 on: June 02, 2017, 11:49:46 AM »

Or this one:




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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #839 on: June 02, 2017, 11:50:29 AM »

Trump's supporters are so assinine (purposely spelled that way) that they're now online commenting on news stories and
the like about how he is such a genius, how he's manipulating the media by making up words, or that it really is a secret
code word to his supporters and on and on.

Then I read a story about Mark Wahlberg telling Hollywood they should shut up about politics and that the
average people don't care about celebrities and their politics.  And I'm like, "Really, Mark?"  You don't have
a clue. These "average" people you're talking about were blinded by and VOTED for the asshole celebrity
with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His campaign rallies were like scenes from a World Wrestling
Federation cage match.  Trump is and has always been about celebrity. And the "average folk" don't care
about it? Who's out of touch, Mark?