Re: The American Presidential Election thread 2012 aka PMSL at Seppos

by JGK Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:07 am

It's a bit like the old line:

If you owe me $100,000 its your problem.

If you owe me $100,000,000 its my problem.

by skully Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:26 am

JGK wrote:No. I did mean militarily.

So here's the summary - USA owes PRC gazillions of dollars. If PRC are qunts the USA just says "we aren't going to pay you back, what are you going to do about it?". Short of starting World War III, PRC says "ah".

Cheers. WWIII over debt owed. Ugh. Shocked

by Basil Sat Nov 10, 2012 5:40 pm

Head of the CIA David Petraeus resigns because he dipped his wick where he shouldn't.

by skully Sat Nov 10, 2012 5:51 pm

Aye, r00ting his biographer. What a roob. Still...

The biographer - Paula Broadwell...

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The American Presidential Election thread 2012 aka PMSL at Seppos - Page 41 Paula175419--525x415

...and his wife, Holly Petraeus...

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Harsh, I know, but the man clearly let his penis do the talking!! Shocked

by tricycle Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:12 pm

Why does an intelligence agency chief have to resign for poking himself into where he doesn't belong? He's paid to do that.

by PeterCS Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:57 pm

Indeed. He must have seen penetrating questionable foreign bodies as his petraeodic doody.

by PeterCS Sat Nov 10, 2012 11:01 pm

skully wrote:Aye, r00ting his biographer. What a roob. Still...

The biographer - Paula Broadwell...

...and his wife, Holly Petraeus...

Harsh, I know, but the man clearly let his penis do the talking!!

The only interesting thing is that the biographer looks like the wife, minus 30 years.

Perhaps she is their daughter.

by LeFromage Sun Nov 11, 2012 2:56 am

Florida finally declared for Obama.

Romney's share of the national vote now stands at 47%.

If he understood irony, he might allow himself a wry smile as he cries himself to sleep.

by JGK Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:11 am

skully wrote:Aye, r00ting his biographer. What a roob. Still...

The biographer - Paula Broadwell...

...and his wife, Holly Petraeus...

Harsh, I know, but the man clearly let his penis do the talking!!

Pretty poor form by the biographer too.

by JGK Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:19 am

Just saw that the biography was called "All in". Seems that Patreus treated that as an invitation, not a book title.

She has a husband and 2 kids too.

by PeterCS Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:22 am

She gave her all for Petraeus.

Maybe he had a bigger charisma.

Or she was tired of the husband and kids, and fell for her biographee instead.

At least we can't be held responsible for double standards.

by skully Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:23 am

JGK wrote:
skully wrote:Aye, r00ting his biographer. What a roob. Still...

The biographer - Paula Broadwell...

...and his wife, Holly Petraeus...

Harsh, I know, but the man clearly let his penis do the talking!!

Pretty poor form by the biographer too.

Aye, shades of Bob Hawke.

by skully Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:25 am

JGK wrote:Just saw that the biography was called "All in". Seems that Patreus treated that as an invitation, not a book title.

She has a husband and 2 kids too.

She seemed to drop her standards a bit too. This is her husband...

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by PeterCS Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:35 am

I'm not sure which of those would be higher on Dan's smashlist.

He wouldn't go for Mr or Mrs Petraeus, though. Not an age thing. Just that uniforms are not his bag.

by skully Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:40 am

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by JGK Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:46 am

Probably a few places I could have put this but I never fail to be surprised at the closed mindedness of Seppos on guns:

NFL gun lament slammed as 'vacuous dreck'

December 4, 2012 - 9:03AM
Adrian Lowe

As Americans reel from more high-profile gun deaths - this time NFL player Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend - some who advocate tougher gun control laws are being howled down.

Belcher, 25, a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, killed girlfriend Kassandra Perkins, 22, at home on Saturday, then drove to his home stadium, where he killed himself as coaches pleaded with him not to pull the trigger.

The father of a three-month-old daughter, Belcher's suicide was witnessed by a coach and other team staff.

Jovan Belcher. Photo: Getty Images
In the wake of the shocking incident, discussion has again turned to the nation's gun control laws.

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NBC football anchor Bob Costas has drawn scorn for his 90-second editorial during the half-time break of a Sunday night football broadcast, in which he advocated for tougher controls.

At times quoting a Fox Sports columnist with whom he agreed, Costas described the incident as "almost unfathomable".

"In the coming days, Jovan Belcher's actions and their possible connection to football will be analysed. Who knows? But here, wrote Jason Whitlock, is what I believe. If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Kassandra Perkins would both be alive today," Costas said.

Whitlock's original column also added that with America's present gun culture, "more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy, and that more convenience store confrontations over loud music coming from a car will leave more teenage boys bloodied and dead. Handguns do not enhance our safety".

But the broadcaster, 50, has been condemned online for choosing "the wrong place and the wrong time" to voice his views.

Herman Cain, a Republican who pushed for the party's 2012 presidential nomination but lost out, tweeted: "You tune in for a football game and end up listening to Bob Costas spewing sanctimonious dreck."

Dan Calabrese, a columnist for Cain's CainTV website, described Costas as "an idiot" and said that meant he should "shut up".

"This [is] about as idiotic a span of a minute and 32 seconds as you're ever going to hear," Calabrese wrote. "Bob Costas has a real gift when it comes to talking about sports, especially baseball. When it comes to talking about culture and public policy, he reveals himself to be an utter buffoon who just needs to shut his mouth and spare the rest of us the torment of listening to his ill-informed, intellectually vacuous dreck."

Republican strategist Ted Newton said the NBC network should be ashamed for the "embarrassing anti-gun screed".

YouTube clips of Costas' segment have largely been rated negatively and debate is raging across social media.

Fellow broadcasters have also criticised Costas' approach.

Said Fox News anchor Brian Kilmeade: "I just don't know if it's appropriate enough on a Sunday night, less than 24 hours after the guy took his own life and killed his girlfriend and the mother of his baby, to make that stance ... I don't really think we needed to hear that last night."

Sports talk show host John Kincade tweeted: "I will gladly debate Jason Whitlock and Bob Costas on gun control, BUT we tuned in for an NFL game! Ridiculous programming decision!"

Football columnist Audrey Snyder also criticised Costas, tweeting: "That Costas rant there was umm interesting. Let's focus on mental health and not just gun control. Can't strictly blame one or the other."

And rock musician Ted Nugent also slammed Costas. "We all kno that obesity is a direct result of the proliferation of spoons & forks Get a clue [sic]," he tweeted.

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by skully Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:10 pm

All I can say is I'm glad I live in Aus.

by horace Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:51 pm

the one decent thing ljh did was to take on the crazed rednecks of Qld and the Toxic two heads who were opposed to the gun buy back scheme here

by embee Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:01 pm

" If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Kassandra Perkins would both be alive today,"

She'd probably have been beaten to death and he would be suicide by police

by Big Dog Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:34 pm

horace wrote:the one decent thing ljh did was to take on the crazed rednecks of Qld and the Toxic two heads who were opposed to the gun buy back scheme here

I think you'll find there wer'nt too many 'Toxic Two Heads' who opposed it.

by horace Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:53 am

gun ownership remains very high in toxic twohead land

by Big Dog Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:51 pm

horace wrote:Legal gun ownership remains very high in toxic twohead land

More accurate but the percentage of guns handed in was on a par with the rest of the country as i recall.

by lardbucket Thu May 09, 2013 6:22 pm

this thread should never die ...

Seppoes continue to arm themselves against common sense

by lardbucket Sat Apr 29, 2023 1:38 pm

skully wrote:It's the Trump and Palin Republican show

"Donald Trump and Sarah Palin both continued their political tease over the weekend, rallying the faithful ahead of a potential - but by no means confirmed - run at the White House."

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On the Nooz tonight it seemed to suggest that Trump running as the Republican nominee (pending run-offs) in 2012 was a foregone conclusion. Hmm, what a weird country the USA is.

... just IMAGINE!!

by lardbucket Sat Apr 29, 2023 2:55 pm

page 1 of this thread is an amazing re-read

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