NATION

PASSWORD

MAGAThread XX: A Journal of the Plague Year

For discussion and debate about anything. (Not a roleplay related forum; out-of-character commentary only.)

Advertisement

Remove ads

User avatar
Borderlands of Rojava
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 14813
Founded: Jul 27, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Borderlands of Rojava » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:18 pm

Zurkerx wrote:"Getting the country back from the doctors": Kushner bragged to Bob Woodward in April that Trump was taking the country back from the doctors.

He has described it as a "negotiated settlement" and that the US was moving swiftly through the "panic phase" and "pain phase" of the pandemic and that the country was at the "beginning of the comeback phase."

So, it pretty confirms what we already know and adds icing to the cake: that this was about Trump's re-election and that he would be the "open-up" President, which seems to be backfiring. My bigger question is: why in the fuck would say this to all people, Woodward? They do realize that Woodward would eventually release this stuff so it's even more painful how gullible (and narcissistic) they are. I'll give Woodward credit: he does a phenomenal job getting people to spill their guts. A great journalist he is.


"Fuck science."

-Donald Trump whenever the scientific facts conflict with what he says
Leftist, commie and Antifa Guy. Democratic Confederalist, Anti-racist

"The devil is out there. Hiding behind every corner and in every nook and cranny. In all of the dives, all over the city. Before you lays an entire world of enemies, and at day's end when the chips are down, we're a society of strangers. You cant walk by someone on the street anymore without crossing the road to get away from their stare. Welcome to the Twilight Zone. The land of plague and shadow. Nothing innocent survives this world. If it can't corrupt you, it'll kill you."

User avatar
Gravlen
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 16625
Founded: Jul 01, 2005
Father Knows Best State

Postby Gravlen » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:37 pm

Former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor revealed to be the author of the NYT opinion piece and book by “Anonymous”, which both caused quite a stir when they were published.
EnragedMaldivians wrote:That's preposterous. Gravlens's not a white nationalist; Gravlen's a penguin.

Unio de Sovetaj Socialismaj Respublikoj wrote:There is no use arguing the definition of murder with someone who has a picture of a penguin with a chainsaw as their nations flag.

User avatar
Kowani
Post Czar
 
Posts: 44696
Founded: Apr 01, 2018
Democratic Socialists

Postby Kowani » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:38 pm

Gravlen wrote:Former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor revealed to be the author of the NYT opinion piece and book by “Anonymous”, which both caused quite a stir when they were published.



Linky
Abolitionism in the North has leagued itself with Radical Democracy, and so the Slave Power was forced to ally itself with the Money Power; that is the great fact of the age.




The triumph of the Democracy is essential to the struggle of popular liberty


Currently Rehabilitating: Martin Van Buren, Benjamin Harrison, and Woodrow Wilson
Currently Vilifying: George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and Jimmy Carter

User avatar
San Lumen
Post Kaiser
 
Posts: 81228
Founded: Jul 02, 2009
Liberal Democratic Socialists

Postby San Lumen » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:38 pm

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2 ... d-in-1999/

Trump takes credit for ending Kosovo war which ended in 1999.

User avatar
Borderlands of Rojava
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 14813
Founded: Jul 27, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Borderlands of Rojava » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:38 pm

Gravlen wrote:Former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor revealed to be the author of the NYT opinion piece and book by “Anonymous”, which both caused quite a stir when they were published.


He was the guy?
Leftist, commie and Antifa Guy. Democratic Confederalist, Anti-racist

"The devil is out there. Hiding behind every corner and in every nook and cranny. In all of the dives, all over the city. Before you lays an entire world of enemies, and at day's end when the chips are down, we're a society of strangers. You cant walk by someone on the street anymore without crossing the road to get away from their stare. Welcome to the Twilight Zone. The land of plague and shadow. Nothing innocent survives this world. If it can't corrupt you, it'll kill you."

User avatar
Zurkerx
Retired Moderator
 
Posts: 10952
Founded: Jan 20, 2011
Anarchy

Postby Zurkerx » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:40 pm

Gravlen wrote:Former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor revealed to be the author of the NYT opinion piece and book by “Anonymous”, which both caused quite a stir when they were published.


Yes, he confirmed that as well:

https://twitter.com/MilesTaylorUSA/stat ... 6287886338

He must realize Trump is toast. Can't wait to see the Don's Tweets on that. And I was ninja'd.
Last edited by Zurkerx on Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
A Golden Civic: The New Pragmatic Libertarian
My Words: Indeed, Indubitably & Malarkey
Retired Admin in NSGS and NS Parliament

Accountant, Author, History Buff, Political Junkie
“Has ambition so eclipsed principle?” ~ Mitt Romney
"Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value." ~ Albert Einstein
"Trust, but verify." ~ Ronald Reagan

User avatar
Albrenia
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 16619
Founded: Aug 18, 2017
Ex-Nation

Postby Albrenia » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:41 pm

San Lumen wrote:https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/10/28/trump-takes-credit-for-ending-kosovo-war-which-ended-in-1999/

Trump takes credit for ending Kosovo war which ended in 1999.


What a dumbass.

User avatar
Estanglia
Senator
 
Posts: 3858
Founded: Dec 31, 2017
Ex-Nation

Postby Estanglia » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:43 pm

San Lumen wrote:https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/10/28/trump-takes-credit-for-ending-kosovo-war-which-ended-in-1999/

Trump takes credit for ending Kosovo war which ended in 1999.


Ah yes, the Kosovo War. That war famously stopped by the immense power of Trump twenty-one years into the future.
Yeah: Egalitarianism, equality
Meh: Labour, the EU
Nah: pointless discrimination, authoritarianism, Brexit, Trump, both American parties, the Conservatives
I flop between "optimistic about the future" and "pessimistic about the future" every time I go on NSG.

(Taken 29/08/2020)
Political compass test:
Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05

8values thinks I'm a Libertarian Socialist.

Torrocca wrote:"Your honor, it was not mein fault! I didn't order the systematic genocide of millions of people, it was the twenty kilograms of pure-cut Bavarian cocaine that did it!"

User avatar
San Lumen
Post Kaiser
 
Posts: 81228
Founded: Jul 02, 2009
Liberal Democratic Socialists

Postby San Lumen » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:46 pm

Estanglia wrote:
San Lumen wrote:https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/10/28/trump-takes-credit-for-ending-kosovo-war-which-ended-in-1999/

Trump takes credit for ending Kosovo war which ended in 1999.


Ah yes, the Kosovo War. That war famously stopped by the immense power of Trump twenty-one years into the future.

I wonder how much of his base believes it.

User avatar
Borderlands of Rojava
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 14813
Founded: Jul 27, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Borderlands of Rojava » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:48 pm

Estanglia wrote:
San Lumen wrote:https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/10/28/trump-takes-credit-for-ending-kosovo-war-which-ended-in-1999/

Trump takes credit for ending Kosovo war which ended in 1999.


Ah yes, the Kosovo War. That war famously stopped by the immense power of Trump twenty-one years into the future.


See, what happened is SerbNet sent a cyborg superserb back in time to 1978 to kill Sarah Konnoraj, the mother of Albanian resistance leader John Konnoraj, to prevent the Albanians from ever winning the Kosovo war. Trump traveled back in time to protect Sarah Konnoraj and killed the super-serb, thereby guaranteeing that John Konnoraj would be born.

Also he's John Konnoraj's dad which means he cheated on Melania technically before he was even married to her.
Leftist, commie and Antifa Guy. Democratic Confederalist, Anti-racist

"The devil is out there. Hiding behind every corner and in every nook and cranny. In all of the dives, all over the city. Before you lays an entire world of enemies, and at day's end when the chips are down, we're a society of strangers. You cant walk by someone on the street anymore without crossing the road to get away from their stare. Welcome to the Twilight Zone. The land of plague and shadow. Nothing innocent survives this world. If it can't corrupt you, it'll kill you."

User avatar
Borderlands of Rojava
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 14813
Founded: Jul 27, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Borderlands of Rojava » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:49 pm

San Lumen wrote:
Estanglia wrote:
Ah yes, the Kosovo War. That war famously stopped by the immense power of Trump twenty-one years into the future.

I wonder how much of his base believes it.


"Aren't they mooslums?" This is probably the extent of the thought of many of his fans on Albania.
Last edited by Borderlands of Rojava on Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Leftist, commie and Antifa Guy. Democratic Confederalist, Anti-racist

"The devil is out there. Hiding behind every corner and in every nook and cranny. In all of the dives, all over the city. Before you lays an entire world of enemies, and at day's end when the chips are down, we're a society of strangers. You cant walk by someone on the street anymore without crossing the road to get away from their stare. Welcome to the Twilight Zone. The land of plague and shadow. Nothing innocent survives this world. If it can't corrupt you, it'll kill you."

User avatar
San Lumen
Post Kaiser
 
Posts: 81228
Founded: Jul 02, 2009
Liberal Democratic Socialists

Postby San Lumen » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:50 pm

Borderlands of Rojava wrote:
San Lumen wrote:I wonder how much of his base believes it.


"Aren't they mooslums?" This is probably the extent of the thought of many of his fans on Albania.


Albania is the only majority Muslim country in Europe so that's a possibility true statement.

User avatar
Borderlands of Rojava
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 14813
Founded: Jul 27, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Borderlands of Rojava » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:51 pm

San Lumen wrote:
Borderlands of Rojava wrote:
"Aren't they mooslums?" This is probably the extent of the thought of many of his fans on Albania.


Albania is the only majority Muslim country in Europe so that's a possibility true statement.


Bosnia exists too as does Kosovo. As far as I know, the combination of the film Taken, Martin Shkreli and Islam has given many Americans a bad taste of Albania.
Leftist, commie and Antifa Guy. Democratic Confederalist, Anti-racist

"The devil is out there. Hiding behind every corner and in every nook and cranny. In all of the dives, all over the city. Before you lays an entire world of enemies, and at day's end when the chips are down, we're a society of strangers. You cant walk by someone on the street anymore without crossing the road to get away from their stare. Welcome to the Twilight Zone. The land of plague and shadow. Nothing innocent survives this world. If it can't corrupt you, it'll kill you."

User avatar
Telconi
Post Czar
 
Posts: 34903
Founded: Oct 08, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby Telconi » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:59 pm

Borderlands of Rojava wrote:
San Lumen wrote:
Albania is the only majority Muslim country in Europe so that's a possibility true statement.


Bosnia exists too as does Kosovo. As far as I know, the combination of the film Taken, Martin Shkreli and Islam has given many Americans a bad taste of Albania.


I doubt the average American has any idea what an Albania is.
-2.25 LEFT
-3.23 LIBERTARIAN

PRO:
-Weapons Rights
-Gender Equality
-LGBTQ Rights
-Racial Equality
-Religious Freedom
-Freedom of Speech
-Freedom of Association
-Life
-Limited Government
-Non Interventionism
-Labor Unions
-Environmental Protections
ANTI:
-Racism
-Sexism
-Bigotry In All Forms
-Government Overreach
-Government Surveillance
-Freedom For Security Social Transactions
-Unnecessary Taxes
-Excessively Specific Government Programs
-Foreign Entanglements
-Religious Extremism
-Fascists Masquerading as "Social Justice Warriors"

"The Constitution is NOT an instrument for the government to restrain the people,it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government-- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." ~ Patrick Henry

User avatar
Jerzylvania
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 13541
Founded: Aug 10, 2016
Iron Fist Consumerists

Postby Jerzylvania » Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:19 pm

Telconi wrote:
Borderlands of Rojava wrote:
Bosnia exists too as does Kosovo. As far as I know, the combination of the film Taken, Martin Shkreli and Islam has given many Americans a bad taste of Albania.


I doubt the average American has any idea what an Albania is.


Bonus points if they can tell what the Adriatic is.
Donald Trump has no clue as to what "insuring the domestic tranquility" means

QB Lamar Jackson will be available for trade, minimum bid is two #1 NFL draft picks+

Jerzylvania is the NFL Picks League Champion in 2018 and also in 2020 as puppet Traffic Signal

User avatar
Borderlands of Rojava
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 14813
Founded: Jul 27, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Borderlands of Rojava » Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:26 pm

Telconi wrote:
Borderlands of Rojava wrote:
Bosnia exists too as does Kosovo. As far as I know, the combination of the film Taken, Martin Shkreli and Islam has given many Americans a bad taste of Albania.


I doubt the average American has any idea what an Albania is.


Trust me, after Taken, they have an idea.
Leftist, commie and Antifa Guy. Democratic Confederalist, Anti-racist

"The devil is out there. Hiding behind every corner and in every nook and cranny. In all of the dives, all over the city. Before you lays an entire world of enemies, and at day's end when the chips are down, we're a society of strangers. You cant walk by someone on the street anymore without crossing the road to get away from their stare. Welcome to the Twilight Zone. The land of plague and shadow. Nothing innocent survives this world. If it can't corrupt you, it'll kill you."

User avatar
Grinning Dragon
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 10387
Founded: May 16, 2011
Anarchy

Postby Grinning Dragon » Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:08 pm

Telconi wrote:
Borderlands of Rojava wrote:
Bosnia exists too as does Kosovo. As far as I know, the combination of the film Taken, Martin Shkreli and Islam has given many Americans a bad taste of Albania.


I doubt the average American has any idea what an Albania is.

Goes great with a nice Chianti and Fava beans. :p

User avatar
Zurkerx
Retired Moderator
 
Posts: 10952
Founded: Jan 20, 2011
Anarchy

Postby Zurkerx » Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:50 am

Emails show how the Pompeo Family mixed personal, official business.

Ah look, misused of government resources in the Trump Administration? Shocking, I know.
A Golden Civic: The New Pragmatic Libertarian
My Words: Indeed, Indubitably & Malarkey
Retired Admin in NSGS and NS Parliament

Accountant, Author, History Buff, Political Junkie
“Has ambition so eclipsed principle?” ~ Mitt Romney
"Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value." ~ Albert Einstein
"Trust, but verify." ~ Ronald Reagan

User avatar
Vassenor
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 66772
Founded: Nov 11, 2010
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Vassenor » Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:58 am

Zurkerx wrote:Emails show how the Pompeo Family mixed personal, official business.

Ah look, misused of government resources in the Trump Administration? Shocking, I know.


BUT HER EMAILS
Jenny / Sailor Astraea
WOMAN

MtF trans and proud - She / Her / etc.
100% Asbestos Free

Team Mystic
#iamEUropean

"Have you ever had a moment online, when the need to prove someone wrong has outweighed your own self-preservation instincts?"

User avatar
Valrifell
Post Czar
 
Posts: 31063
Founded: Aug 18, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Valrifell » Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:18 am

Vassenor wrote:
Zurkerx wrote:Emails show how the Pompeo Family mixed personal, official business.

Ah look, misused of government resources in the Trump Administration? Shocking, I know.


BUT HER EMAILS


Clinton would have had the most corrupt administration ever. So glad we dodged that bullet and instead got someone who essentially sells government office to his friends and profits wildly off the presidency to pay off debt to foreign nationals.

Whew, that was close. Glad we avoided that mistake.
HAVING AN ALL CAPS SIG MAKES ME FEEL SMART

User avatar
Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States
Postmaster of the Fleet
 
Posts: 21315
Founded: Feb 20, 2012
Democratic Socialists

Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:20 am

Gravlen wrote:Former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor revealed to be the author of the NYT opinion piece and book by “Anonymous”, which both caused quite a stir when they were published.

Fucker. He should have come out at once with this information, making it more credible. But he wanted to keep his job, the coward.
The name's James. James Usari. Well, my name is not actually James Usari, so don't bother actually looking it up, but it'll do for now.
Lack of a real name means compensation through a real face. My debt is settled
Part-time Kebab tycoon in Glasgow.

User avatar
Borderlands of Rojava
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 14813
Founded: Jul 27, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Borderlands of Rojava » Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:29 am

Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States wrote:
Gravlen wrote:Former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor revealed to be the author of the NYT opinion piece and book by “Anonymous”, which both caused quite a stir when they were published.

Fucker. He should have come out at once with this information, making it more credible. But he wanted to keep his job, the coward.


By him doing it anonymously he may have been able to stay in longer and get more info. It's smarter than him blowing his cover and getting immediately fired.
Leftist, commie and Antifa Guy. Democratic Confederalist, Anti-racist

"The devil is out there. Hiding behind every corner and in every nook and cranny. In all of the dives, all over the city. Before you lays an entire world of enemies, and at day's end when the chips are down, we're a society of strangers. You cant walk by someone on the street anymore without crossing the road to get away from their stare. Welcome to the Twilight Zone. The land of plague and shadow. Nothing innocent survives this world. If it can't corrupt you, it'll kill you."

User avatar
Cultural Posadism
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1075
Founded: Oct 05, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Cultural Posadism » Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:29 am

Zurkerx wrote:"Getting the country back from the doctors": Kushner bragged to Bob Woodward in April that Trump was taking the country back from the doctors.

He has described it as a "negotiated settlement" and that the US was moving swiftly through the "panic phase" and "pain phase" of the pandemic and that the country was at the "beginning of the comeback phase."

So, it pretty confirms what we already know and adds icing to the cake: that this was about Trump's re-election and that he would be the "open-up" President, which seems to be backfiring. My bigger question is: why in the fuck would say this to all people, Woodward? They do realize that Woodward would eventually release this stuff so it's even more painful how gullible (and narcissistic) they are. I'll give Woodward credit: he does a phenomenal job getting people to spill their guts. A great journalist he is.

Death cult, death cult, death cult.

Nothing matters except sating every whim of the rotting, mush-brained septuagenarian demigod.
be gay do crime

User avatar
The Dutch Workers Union
Civilian
 
Posts: 1
Founded: Oct 21, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby The Dutch Workers Union » Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:33 am

-Ocelot- wrote:
Borderlands of Rojava wrote:
To be fair, we didn't know what Trump was all about then. Oh we knew he was a clown and a race baiter but even I didn't see all this coming.

Besides, unlike Biden Hillary was pretty bad in her own ways, like her idea of bombing the Russian navy or establishing a no-fly zone over Syria.


That's still better than electing a president who is subservient to them.



The People Of The United States were to chose between some outsider who had no previous political experience, which could have been good or bad in which way you looked at it- or someone who wanted to go to war with Russia and set up a NFZ in Syria. Neither options were good, but I believe that the Trump Presidency despite it's flaws would still be better than a Clinton One

User avatar
Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States
Postmaster of the Fleet
 
Posts: 21315
Founded: Feb 20, 2012
Democratic Socialists

Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:33 am

Borderlands of Rojava wrote:
Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States wrote:Fucker. He should have come out at once with this information, making it more credible. But he wanted to keep his job, the coward.


By him doing it anonymously he may have been able to stay in longer and get more info. It's smarter than him blowing his cover and getting immediately fired.

But he wasn’t just a journalist. He actively contributed to the policies of the Trump administration. If he sabotaged them, that’s one thing. But he contributed fully, and in my opinion, if he really cared, he had a duty to resign and reveal himself as the source. If everyone in the ‘resistance’ did that, Trump wouldn’t have much left to work with. But they weren’t doing it out of pove for their country, they were hedging their bets.
The name's James. James Usari. Well, my name is not actually James Usari, so don't bother actually looking it up, but it'll do for now.
Lack of a real name means compensation through a real face. My debt is settled
Part-time Kebab tycoon in Glasgow.

PreviousNext

Advertisement

Remove ads

Return to General

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Aguaria Major, Arvenia, Bradfordville, Calption, Eternal Algerstonia, Floofybit, La Xinga, Mtwara, Necroghastia, Soviet Haaregrad, The Jamesian Republic, The Pirateariat, Umeria, Vassenor, Washington Resistance Army

Advertisement

Remove ads