Seveneves: A Novel -
The Moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason.
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Wednesday, 27 January 2016
quote [ “Let’s see how much money Fox is going to make on the debate without me,” he said at a news conference here.
Fox News said Mr. Trump’s refusal to debate his rivals was “near unprecedented.” ] Donald Trump refusing a chance for more publicity? Now I've seen everything.
Incidentally, something similar happened in Germany last weekend.
With our upcoming regional elections in Rhineland-Palatinate, the TV station SWR wanted to host a political debate starring the front runners of all parties with chances to get into the regional parliament. The current minister-president (head of government) of Rhineland-Palatinate, Malu Dreyer, refused to come to the debate if the candidate of extreme right-wing party AFD (think tea party sans religion and with even more conspiracy theory) would also be invited. Hearing this, SWR offered to host two debates - one with just the candidates for the parties currently in parliament, the second for parties trying to get in. However, hearing this, now the front runner for CDU, the largest opposition party in Rhineland-Palatinate, Julia Klöckner, refused to come to that debate, simply because she refused to let her political opponent have their way. Without her attendance, the political "debate" would have only features the two parties currently governing Rhineland-Palatinate, and thus, SWR cancelled the entire event, telling both sides to kindly reconsider. And people wonder why AFD looks reasonable in comparison.
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Kama-Kiri said @ 1:49am GMT on 28th January
Look, he would be a terrible president. He clearly has no interest in legislation or any of the mechanics of government, no interest in diplomacy or world affairs. He would fail at anything that required subtlety to resolve instead of bombast and brinkmanship. (don't get me wrong, sometimes bombast is the right tool ... just, relatively rarely) He would embody the ignorance of a GW Bush unfettered from any sense of human decency or moral restraint.
But, his ability to dominate the news cycle, utterly and completely, throughout this entire campaign ... all while spending practically no money, remember, and with no help (active interference?) from GOP party machinery ... and convert that domination into such a commanding position in the polls that he can more or less tell Fox News to fuck off ... I find that both fascinating and incredibly impressive.
Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump have some interesting commonalities and, together, represent a totally new, and potentially transformative kind of politics. "Internet populism" for lack of a better term, with all the risks and dangers that implies.
Kama-Kiri said @ 1:50am GMT on 28th January
Look, he would be a terrible president. He clearly has no interest in legislation or any of the mechanics of government, no interest in diplomacy or world affairs. He would fail at anything that required patience and subtlety to resolve instead of bombast and brinkmanship. (don't get me wrong, sometimes bombast is the right tool ... just, relatively rarely) He would embody the ignorance of a GW Bush unfettered from any sense of human decency or moral restraint.
But, his ability to dominate the news cycle, utterly and completely, throughout this entire campaign ... all while spending practically no money, remember, and with no help (active interference?) from GOP party machinery ... and convert that domination into such a commanding position in the polls that he can more or less tell Fox News to fuck off ... I find that both fascinating and incredibly impressive.
Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump have some interesting commonalities and, together, represent a totally new, and potentially transformative kind of politics. "Internet populism" for lack of a better term, with all the risks and dangers that implies.
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Kama-Kiri said @ 1:49am GMT on 28th January
Look, he would be a terrible president. He clearly has no interest in legislation or any of the mechanics of government, no interest in diplomacy or world affairs. He would fail at anything that required patience and subtlety to resolve instead of bombast and brinkmanship. (don't get me wrong, sometimes bombast is the right tool ... just, relatively rarely) He would embody the ignorance of a GW Bush unfettered from any sense of human decency or moral restraint.
But, his ability to dominate the news cycle, utterly and completely, throughout this entire campaign ... all while spending practically no money, remember, and with no help (active interference?) from GOP party machinery ... and convert that domination into such a commanding position in the polls that he can more or less tell Fox News to fuck off ... I find that both fascinating and incredibly impressive.
Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump have some interesting commonalities and, together, represent a totally new, and potentially transformative kind of politics. "Internet populism" for lack of a better term, with all the risks and dangers that implies.
