Politics And Current Events

Postby **crusherstasiak** » Sun May 09, 2021 7:15 pm

Postby **Morkle** » Mon May 10, 2021 8:44 am

A white nationalist and religious nut at an America First rally....add him to the domestic terrorist list.

Postby **crusherstasiak** » Mon May 10, 2021 10:58 am

it's surreal how many people we know who subscribe to this garbage

Postby **shmenguin** » Mon May 10, 2021 11:03 am

it's surreal how many people we know who subscribe to this garbage
https://www.newsweek.com/actress-cirste ... se-1589772 https://www.newsweek.com/actress-cirste ... as-1580823

More amazing is that people like this are given clear choices of, “Do you want to keep going on about this or do you ever want to be left alone in the same room as your grandchildren?” - and they choose the former.

Postby **count2infinity** » Mon May 10, 2021 11:11 am

Jordan Peterson appeared on Ben Shapiro's show last week and told a story about a woman that escaped a prison camp in North Korea, found her way to Columbia University to get a degree, and she said that she felt she had more freedom of speech in freaking North Korea than she had at Columbia. Apparently the intro to biology course was too politically correct.

And people eat this sh*t up... SEE?!?!?! Universities are just left wing brainwashing factories!!!

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon May 10, 2021 11:22 am

Postby **Troy Loney** » Mon May 10, 2021 11:22 am

Jordan Peterson appeared on Ben Shapiro's show last week and told a story about a woman that escaped a prison camp in North Korea, found her way to Columbia University to get a degree, and she said that she felt she had more freedom of speech in freaking North Korea than she had at Columbia. Apparently the intro to biology course was too politically correct.

And people eat this sh*t up... SEE?!?!?! Universities are just left wing brainwashing factories!!!

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opin ... k-web.html

Postby **NTP66** » Mon May 10, 2021 11:23 am

Amazing.

Postby **shmenguin** » Mon May 10, 2021 11:35 am

Jordan Peterson appeared on Ben Shapiro's show last week and told a story about a woman that escaped a prison camp in North Korea, found her way to Columbia University to get a degree, and she said that she felt she had more freedom of speech in freaking North Korea than she had at Columbia. Apparently the intro to biology course was too politically correct.

And people eat this sh*t up... SEE?!?!?! Universities are just left wing brainwashing factories!!!
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opin ... k-web.html

Sam Harris, mentioned in this article, is a baffling person. He is, in most ways, one of the most enlightened human beings on the planet. In other ways, he has a bunch of racist and/or moronic buddies and also has no idea how the normal world works.

I’ve learned a lot from Sam and wish he would just shut up about social issues.

Guys like Eric Weinstein and his brother though...born with a silver spoon jammed into critical parts of their brains that have allowed them to build their wealth but do little else.

Postby **shmenguin** » Mon May 10, 2021 11:35 am

W...why did you book this guest?

Postby **Morkle** » Mon May 10, 2021 11:36 am

That's exactly how people should treat Newsmax.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon May 10, 2021 12:04 pm

Why would you book a former Obama speech writer to talk about Elon Musk on SNL? Makes little sense.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Mon May 10, 2021 12:09 pm

Postby **nocera** » Mon May 10, 2021 12:15 pm

Why would you book a former Obama speech writer to talk about Elon Musk on SNL? Makes little sense.

Follow-up question: why would you talk about Elon Musk on SNL during a "news" program?

Postby **shmenguin** » Mon May 10, 2021 12:17 pm

Why would you book a former Obama speech writer to talk about Elon Musk on SNL? Makes little sense.
Follow-up question: why would you talk about Elon Musk on SNL during a "news" program?

first non-performer to host since trump. wanted to point out that trump was better, i guess.

Postby **shmenguin** » Mon May 10, 2021 12:22 pm

getting an army of HVAC repairmen to agree with the most prominent horse breeder in history that life is unfair to him in particular is the greatest magic trick of our time.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Mon May 10, 2021 12:27 pm

Why would you book a former Obama speech writer to talk about Elon Musk on SNL? Makes little sense.
Follow-up question: why would you talk about Elon Musk on SNL during a "news" program?
first non-performer to host since trump. wanted to point out that trump was better, i guess.

I think actually, Musk is becoming a hero to the right-wing online types.

Postby **nocera** » Mon May 10, 2021 12:28 pm

Why would you book a former Obama speech writer to talk about Elon Musk on SNL? Makes little sense.
Follow-up question: why would you talk about Elon Musk on SNL during a "news" program?
first non-performer to host since trump. wanted to point out that trump was better, i guess.

I've watched SNL every week for as long as I can remember. I got no love for either of them. Elon was objectively "better" but to be fair every character he played was catering to his weirdness. Non-performers shouldn't host.

Postby **blackjack68** » Mon May 10, 2021 12:35 pm

Why would you book a former Obama speech writer to talk about Elon Musk on SNL? Makes little sense.
Follow-up question: why would you talk about Elon Musk on SNL during a "news" program?
first non-performer to host since trump. wanted to point out that trump was better, i guess.
I've watched SNL every week for as long as I can remember. I got no love for either of them. Elon was objectively "better" but to be fair every character he played was catering to his weirdness. Non-performers shouldn't host.

Ditto to all.

Postby **crusherstasiak** » Mon May 10, 2021 12:36 pm

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Postby **count2infinity** » Mon May 10, 2021 12:38 pm

Well, at least he left a 0.001% chance that he’s 100% batshit crazy.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Mon May 10, 2021 12:38 pm

I think people criticize snl, I’m not sure what like gauge it’s being judged on, maybe old snl. But I bet if you went back and watched like an entire old episode, half the skits would be terrible. It’s just that we get the highlights of that era now. I think you can go back to any season and make a great compilation of skits. But, I don’t really care, I don’t watch it, it just seems like it’s both culturally relevant and despises by everyone

Postby **nocera** » Mon May 10, 2021 1:12 pm

I think people criticize snl, I’m not sure what like gauge it’s being judged on, maybe old snl. But I bet if you went back and watched like an entire old episode, half the skits would be terrible. It’s just that we get the highlights of that era now. I think you can go back to any season and make a great compilation of skits. But, I don’t really care, I don’t watch it, it just seems like it’s both culturally relevant and despises by everyone

Many people watch SNL heavily in high school/college and stop watching around the time they get a job. Because of this, everybody thinks that the cast when they watched was the best. They'll check out a show every now and then but because they don't have that same good will for the current cast, they hate on it. And you're right, if you watch full shows of those old casts, there are a number of really horrible sketches. We remember the good stuff or the stuff that's put in compilations.

Postby **dodint** » Mon May 10, 2021 1:21 pm

SNL has never been good in my lifetime. (By lifetime I mean when it would've been relevant, so aged 13+ or 1995 if you're doing the math)