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ParticipantNo and no.
ParticipantParticipantSo Eurasia is our friend now and Eastasia is the enemy?
ParticipantI doubt the president-elect wanted to win. Hard to walk up to a woman and grab her by her p*ssy with presidential entourage surrounding you.
The guy who until last year owned Miss USA and Miss Universe and enjoyed inspecting the goods will be seeing more of Merkel, less of Wurtzbach.
ParticipantWolf reminds me of Rove 4 years ago.
Regardless of the outcome measured in electoral votes, I’d say Americans are as happy with their elite as Brits were with theirs, Algerians with theirs, etc…
Participant[quote=NotCranky]
I can find people to be happy for and reasons to be happy about the new president and first gigolo.[/quote]
“I’m back, b*tches!”
ParticipantTrump will lose today, re-join Democrats and be Clinton’s primary challenger in 2020.
Participant[quote=harvey][quote=all]Trump’s taxes and big money supporting Clinton. Two topics that must not be covered.[/quote]
Is there really much controversy over who donates to the Clinton campaign?
A quick google brought up this list, and I don’t think she has ever disputed it: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jul/07/facebook-posts/meme-says-hillary-clintons-top-donors-are-banks-an/
Trump’s tax return denial is incredibly suspicious, but it’s too late to do anything about it in 2016.
Now if he runs again in 2020 and tries to use the “routine audit” excuse, he’ll have some ‘splaining to do…[/quote]
My point is that the issues that would turn the attention towards the wealthy are generally ignored. Trump mentioned few names during the second debate, Buffet made short remark and that was the end of it.
Participant[quote=harvey]
But the one glaring item where Trump has received a pass is the tax returns.Anybody that has ever filed a 1040 knows that his “audit” excuse is pathetic and a complete sham.
What is Trump hiding and why hasn’t the media pushed harder to make him reveal it?[/quote]
Trump’s taxes and big money supporting Clinton. Two topics that must not be covered.
Participant[quote=millennial][quote=all]
So the current war in Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, is due to the lack of access to Facebook and Twitter?[/quote]
?? No that’s a ridiculous statement there is no causality between the events. There may be some correlation between the likelihood and magnitude of an event to occur, but it doesn’t work the other way around.[/quote]You lost me. Does exposure to social media make ‘millennials’ more, or less likely to start and perpetuate wars?
Participant[quote=millennial][quote=all]
The power of media lies in its ability to expand the area of concern. The enemies used to live next door, or within walking distance.
Today, the enemies are on the other side of the world in Eastasia or Eurasia, one quick Instagram post away. And they are coming to get you.[/quote]
So are you saying that just as social media has created the ability for people to be informed of atrocities happening to people throughout the world, with it comes the negative aspect that it keeps people informed of people talking shit from across the globe? I agree that this might cause discourse on a personal level, but not on nation vs. nation level. Don’t get me wrong, there are negative aspects, for example the ease of finding people with similar radical beliefs and the ease of assembling and spearheading anarchy. But I think this is different than foreign relations turning into an all out war.[/quote]So the current war in Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, is due to the lack of access to Facebook and Twitter?
Participant[quote=millennial][quote=all]
Reminds me of a Wiener Zeitung article I once read in which the author celebrates the Treaty of Berlin proclaiming the dawn of a new era and the end of wars.[/quote]
I think what you’re saying is that you believe I’m being a little optimistic regarding the ability of social media to change human nature of starting and creating wars. I guess what I’m saying is that wars are possible, but will be much more difficult to do openly(would probably have to use drones, or poison). Utilizing Milgram’s experiment, I would say that it would be akin to shocking someone while both of you have the ability to see each other.[/quote]The power of media lies in its ability to expand the area of concern. The enemies used to live next door, or within walking distance.
Today, the enemies are on the other side of the world in Eastasia or Eurasia, one quick Instagram post away. And they are coming to get you.Participant[quote=millennial]
Not sure if the egalitarian attitude relates specifically to our generation, but it may be due to current technology and our social network. For instance I’m sure that Boomers and Millennials alike would have the same response if we saw a live feed on Facebook or Snapchat of innocent children and babies getting killed first hand in Syria. Having witnessed this, I think it makes it a lot more difficult for a nation to remain ignorant of their actions and for megalomanics to prosper.[/quote]Reminds me of a Wiener Zeitung article I once read in which the author celebrates the Treaty of Berlin proclaiming the dawn of a new era and the end of wars.
Participant[quote=XBoxBoy]
I’m thinking 8megs memory and at least 512meg SSD drive…[/quote]512MB SSD might work, but with 8MB of RAM you will need MS DOS, or Windows 3.11. Win95 should also work.
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