{"id":83268,"date":"2018-12-05T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=83268"},"modified":"2018-12-04T20:21:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T00:21:46","slug":"midweek-open-thread-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83268","title":{"rendered":"Midweek Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-82309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/polarbear-algore-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Happy Hump-day This Aint Hell!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>President Trump declared today a national day of mourning due to the passing of the late George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the U.S. I saw, from the liberal&#8217;s corner, a comment about how the late president could &#8220;roll with the punches&#8221;, even laugh at himself.<\/p>\n<p>This individual wondered why President Trump &#8220;can&#8217;t&#8221; be the same way. Going beyond the surface of that statement, this liberal was demanding one thing. That republicans take on the characteristics of the republicans that liberals like.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the liberal corner, time to bring you some of what snowflakes are pondering.<\/p>\n<p>One leftist believes that we tend to be &#8220;anti-science&#8221;. We &#8220;pooh-pooh&#8221; science, but are not afraid to use it, like flying in airplanes, using cell phones, benefiting from advanced medicine, etc. Then there&#8217;s that &#8220;flat earth&#8221; accusation again&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Originally posted by <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democraticunderground.com\/100211504221\">PJMcK<\/a>:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Republicans don&#8217;t believe in human-caused climate change. Yet this issue will dramatically change our planet and could possibly spark an extinction event causing the deaths of hundreds of millions of people and animals.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are numerous other similar examples of Republicans denying things that are scientifically proven. (I doubt one could find any Progressives who believe the Earth is flat!)<\/p>\n<p>And yet, Republicans are more than willing to use science for themselves. They use cellphones and GPS devices which wouldn&#8217;t be possible if Professor Einstein hadn&#8217;t done some very specific and remarkable research and made incredible discoveries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What&#8217;s this? Looks like our commonly known Berkeley graduate has been going about this &#8220;all wrong&#8221;, he needs to shell out some money:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Originally posted by <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democraticunderground.com\/?com=view_post&amp;forum=1002&amp;pid=11504236\">get the red out<\/a>:<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Originally posted by <b>beachbum bob<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Science does not overcome ideology, simple<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, or money. <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">There has to be profit or benefit to them (and their big donors) from the science\/tech in question for them to &#8220;believe<\/span><\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Our president was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and was raised doing bad things. Folks are still continuing to write President Trump off:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Originally posted by <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democraticunderground.com\/?com=view_post&amp;forum=1002&amp;pid=11503882\">linuxuser3<\/a>:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>he&#8217;d have been locked up in a psych hospital by now. His administration has hit the iceberg it&#8217;s just a long sinking feeling from now on.<\/strong><\/span> Will he pardon himself? If Pence goes down same time Trump does they might try the Nixon-Ford 2-step: He pardons Pence first, then resigns, then Pence pardons him. Of course that would take trusting Pence *completely* so I&#8217;m gonna say no way he tries that. He&#8217;ll try to pardon himself. Will need to invest in popcorn stocks<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This individual expresses an opinion that shows us that they still don&#8217;t understand why their candidate lost the 2016 presidential election. This poster, and others on the same side of the argument, risk another snowflake moment in the aftermath of the 2020 Presidential Election if they keep this attitude up:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Originally posted by <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democraticunderground.com\/100211503160\">democrank<\/a>:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s presidency reminds me of my childhood. <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">No rational person in charge, nobody running things, no rules, no guidance, no standards, no bottom lines, no reasonable explanations, no kept promises.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This same individual demonstrates control issues with this comment:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Originally posted by <b>democrank:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s presidency is like life after a tornado. You look through a hole where a wall used to be and see the neighbor&#8217;s bathtub crashed against your mailbox. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Everything is upside down&#8230;.nothing seems familiar and you wonder if you&#8217;re even on the right street.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Looking forward to your thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Hump-day This Aint Hell! 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