The American (USA) 2016 presidential elections thread?

[onearmedbandit]

Another 12 posts of crap removed from a thread that is mostly crap anyway. I'd argue it's funny watching you guys take pathetic pot shots at each other but it took around 38 seconds of my time to moderate the thread and I don't get paid enough for it to be funny.

[Katman]

Another 12 posts of crap removed from a thread that is mostly crap anyway. I'd argue it's funny watching you guys take pathetic pot shots at each other but it took around 38 seconds of my time to moderate the thread and I don't get paid enough for it to be funny.

Dude seriously, why do you even bother?

Do you actually think taking 12 posts out of a thread that has over 7 thousand posts (that you deem to be "mostly crap anyway") makes the slightest difference?

[husaberg]

Yep. Previously I had a rather jaundiced view of the FBI. Some of the "terrorist plots" they uncovered didn't exist until the FBI manufactured them.

Trump though has attacked the law enforcement and intelligence services in an effort to destabilise them and/or use them for his own purposes. In doing so he created some unlikely FBI sympathisers.

The oragnatan has a history of not listening to his own intelegence agengies he prefers Putins opinion.

A former FBI acting director has alleged Donald Trump dismissed advice from his own security agencies on the threat posed by North Korea’s missiles, saying “I don’t care. I believe Putin.”
Andrew McCabe made the claims in an interview with 60 Minutes, in which he discussed his tenure at the FBI after James Comey was fired by the president in 2017.

McCabe said Trump made the comments in a meeting about the weapons capability of North Korea. McCabe was not in the meeting with Trump and said his FBI colleague told him about it later.
“The president launched into several unrelated diatribes. One of those was commenting on the recent missile launches by the government of North Korea. And, essentially, the president said he did not believe that the North Koreans had the capability to hit us here with ballistic missiles in the United States. And he did not believe that because President Putin had told him they did not. President Putin had told him that the North Koreans don’t actually have those missiles,” said McCabe.

July 16, 2018
Presidential Palace Helsinki, Finland
My second question is, would you now, with the whole world watching, tell President Putin — would you denounce what happened in 2016? And would you warn him to never do it again?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: all I can do is ask the question. My people came to me — Dan Coats came to me and some others — they said they think it’s Russia. I have President Putin; he just said it’s not Russia.
I will say this: I don’t see any reason why it would be,
…. I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today.

Q President Putin, did you want President Trump to win the election? And did you direct any of your officials to help him do that?
PRESIDENT PUTIN: (As interpreted.) Yes, I did. Yes, I did.

[MaxPenguin]

Dude seriously, why do you even bother?

The most brightest thing said on this sorry thread so far. By heaps.

[onearmedbandit]

Dude seriously, why do you even bother?

Because it turns to total shit if left alone. Then my inbox gets full of reported posts notifications. Then I have to check my email. And I don't like checking email.

[Katman]

Because it turns to total shit if left alone. Then my inbox gets full of reported posts notifications. Then I have to check my email. And I don't like checking email.

Seriously, are you looking for some sort of validation for your existence?

If so, you're totally looking in the wrong place.

[onearmedbandit]

Seriously, are you looking for some sort of validation for your existence?

You're looking in the wrong place.

Yes please, validate my existence for me through the medium of a bike forum. I didn't expect such a childish retort from you. But life is about lessons learnt.

[Bonez]

At least OAB has the balls to actually be a moderater. Unlike some with "Me" after their nick. I'm guessing some will be in the naughty corner soon enough.

[Katman]

I didn't expect such a childish retort from you. But life is about lessons learnt.

Dude, we're learning plenty about each other.

[mashman]

Yep. Previously I had a rather jaundiced view of the FBI. Some of the "terrorist plots" they uncovered didn't exist until the FBI manufactured them.

Trump though has attacked the law enforcement and intelligence services in an effort to destabilise them and/or use them for his own purposes. In doing so he created some unlikely FBI sympathisers.

There's no way the FBI could pull this off alone, because they aren't the only ones with big ears and cool toys. It takes interdepartmental cooperation to achieve such levels of "cover". Without question there are humans at those organisations that are pissed at what they are being used for, and ya have to wonder, being that the "soldiers" with access to those tools, you know, the guys who actually do the "job", just how many of those guys exist. We know of two obvious ones i.e. Manning and Snowden. How many friends do you reckon they had? And that's just those two. What about Scwharz or Assange? How many friends that are completely fed up with the bullshit that's taking place? And how's about the veterans returning from manufactured wars? How many friends do they have? Or perhaps the soldiers who are still fighting those manufactured wars? Many friends? Is there a coordinated effort by those who are fed up with the bullshit?... because there's an awful lot of them.

Maybe Trump is there at their request? I'm curious as to what we're going to see.

[Katman]

Yes please, validate my existence for me through the medium of a bike forum.

Dude, I'm not the one binning 12 posts simply due to some misguided sense of duty.

[mashman]

Dude, I'm not the one binning 12 posts simply due to some misguided sense of duty.

Really? We were warned and OAB made good. Some people class that as fair enough and something that could go by without needing comment by anyone other than the mod... but hey

[Katman]

Really? We were warned and OAB made good. Some people class that as fair enough and something that could go by without needing comment by anyone other than the mod... but hey

I don't give a fuck about repercussions - I never have.

I thought you'd have noticed that by now.

[mashman]

I don't give a fuck about repercussions - I never have.

I thought you'd have noticed that by now.

I wasn't concerned about you having repercussions as I realse that'd be futile, heh, however a basic level of civility doesn't go amiss sometimes (yes yes yes, that ironing is massively hyper-ironing), especially when it comes to doing what one said one was going to do on a forum that one moderates. Yes, I also realise that this post is carrying on the banal side of things, but hey...

[onearmedbandit]

Dude, we're learning plenty about each other.

I would suggest after reading your comment regarding 'validation of my existence' you have a lot more learning to do. I'll be straight up with you, your comment doesn't bother me, just surprised me 'tis all.

Dude, I'm not the one binning 12 posts simply due to some misguided sense of duty.

Have you been drinking tonight?

The site rules are clear to understand. The 12 posts I removed tonight were in violation of those rules. No infractions were handed out, I like to believe that's not necessary. However in replace of that a little reminder of what I said earlier about PD'ing this thread was timely. If you can't understand that, that's not my problem.