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by Moggy » Sun Dec 08, 2019 10:02 pm

twitter.com/mattrindge/status/1203556607033929729



Wow.

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Hesk » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:56 am

Partridge Iciclebubbles wrote:

twitter.com/mattrindge/status/1203556607033929729



Wow.


Good on them.

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Rax » Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:15 am

People will still miss the point. Great idea though, hopefully it reminds people of just how bad the policies under that orange dickhead are.

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Moggy » Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:16 am

Rax wrote:People will still miss the point. Great idea though, hopefully it reminds people of just how bad the policies under that orange dickhead are.


When I first saw it I thought “do they have trouble with vandalism” so I expect most people will miss the point. :lol:

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Alvin Flummux » Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:31 pm

Fantastic Nativity scene. Finally a church that gets it.

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by Lex-Man » Mon Dec 09, 2019 4:33 pm

Because of the US's refusal to appoint judges to the WTO tomorrow they'll officially only be one person to hear trade disputes when three are required to hear a case. People are saying this is the end of the WTO. I wonder how that'll effect us?

The United States has spent two years chipping away at the World Trade Organization, criticizing it as unfair, starving it of personnel and disregarding its authority, as President Trump seeks to upend the global trade system.

This week, the Trump administration is expected to go one step further and effectively cripple the organization’s system for enforcing its rules — even as Mr. Trump’s widening trade war has thrown global commerce into disarray and another tariff increase on Chinese goods set for next weekend could send markets reeling.



https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/busi ... r-wto.html

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Rocsteady » Mon Dec 09, 2019 5:25 pm

Leave EU, trade under WTO. Who could have possibly foreseen that would be a bad idea?

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by Moggy » Mon Dec 09, 2019 5:28 pm

Rocsteady wrote:Leave EU, trade under WTO. Who could have possibly foreseen that would be a bad idea?


GATT24!!!!

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Monkey Man » Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:17 pm

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by KK » Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:30 pm

YouTube has made some policy alterations:

BBC News wrote:YouTube will no longer allow videos that "maliciously insult someone" based on "protected attributes" such as race, gender identity or sexuality.

The video-sharing platform will also ban "implied threats of violence" as part of its new harassment policy.

A row erupted in June after a prominent video-maker said he had been the target of abuse by another YouTube star.

At the time, YouTube said its rules had not been broken. But it has now deleted many of the videos in question.

"Even if a single video doesn't cross the line, with our new harassment policy we can take a pattern of behaviour into account for enforcement," Neal Mohan, chief product officer at YouTube, told the BBC.

As a result of the policy change, the Google-owned business also considered taking down clips of President Trump calling Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren "Pocahontas" to taunt her over her claim that she has distant Native-American heritage.

But it decided that the president's intention was to curry favour with voters rather than attack his opponent on race and so the videos could remain online.

What was the row about?

At the centre of the dispute was journalist Carlos Maza, who presented videos for the Vox channel.

Mr Maza said he had been the subject of persistent abuse from rival video-maker Steven Crowder, who presents a talk show on YouTube.

Mr Crowder had about four million subscribers at the time, while Vox had about six million followers.

Mr Maza created a video compilation of all the times Mr Crowder had made fun of his sexual orientation and ethnicity.

In the clips, Mr Crowder imitated Mr Maza's accent and called him, among other things, a "lispy queer", a "gay Vox sprite" and a "gay Mexican".

Mr Crowder said the language he had used to mock Maza was "friendly ribbing".

But the videos led many of Mr Crowder's viewers to harass Mr Maza on social media.

YouTube said it had conducted an "in-depth review" and found "the videos as posted don't violate our policies".

However, it later restricted Mr Crowder's ability to earn advertising revenue due to "continued egregious actions".

And on Wednesday, it intends to delete several of Mr Crowder's videos that fall foul of the updated harassment policy.

What does the updated policy say?

Prior to the change, YouTube had already banned videos that:

  • contained explicit threats of violence
  • bullied somebody about their appearance
  • revealed somebody's personal information
  • encouraged viewers to harass an individual
But the new policy also bans:

  • "veiled" or implied threats of violence, such as saying "you better watch out"
  • simulated violence towards an individual
  • malicious insults based on protected attributes such as race, gender expression or sexual orientation
  • YouTube said the new policy would apply to "everyone" including politicians and popular YouTube stars as well as the general public.
[*]Video-makers who consistently break the rules will have their ability to earn advertising revenue restricted, and may have videos deleted or their channel closed.

The company said there would be some exemptions from the new policy, including insults used in "scripted satire, stand-up comedy, or music".

Mr Mohan told the BBC that individual complaints would have to be judged on a case-by-case basis, with the context of each video being taken into account.

However, the new guidelines do say: "This is not a free pass to harass someone and claim, 'I was joking.'"

Mr Mohan said YouTube had consulted with think tanks, video-makers, Google employees and other third parties to help inform its policy.

He told the BBC he did not think the new rules would restrict YouTubers' freedom of expression.

"We don't want YouTube to be a place where public discourse is getting stifled as a result of people having the fear of being harassed on our platform," he told the BBC.

"My view is that, on balance, having a strong framework around which we are protecting individuals from being harassed is important to ensure that our platform remains one where there can be robust debate."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50733180

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Lex-Man » Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:27 pm

twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1204503645607333888



Even Trump supporters think he's a villain.

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Monkey Man » Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:07 pm

President Donald Trump’s three eldest children have agreed to undergo a mandatory training seminar to ensure they don’t fraudulently misuse charity funds in the future.

The three children in question — Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump — were all officers at the Trump Foundation, which was accused by prosecutors of fraudulently misappropriating funds for the president’s personal expenses.

In addition to paying $2 million, the president also had to admit that he misused foundation funds to fund his own presidential campaign, pay off his businesses’ legal expenses, and to buy a $10,000 portrait of himself that wound up being displayed at one of his Florida hotels.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/trumps ... charities/

I'm sure if the average person defrauded a charity they'd be sent on a training course.

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Alvin Flummux » Wed Dec 11, 2019 11:26 pm

twitter.com/atrupar/status/1204782833119748106



:slol:

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Moggy » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:57 pm

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1205100602025545730



:lol: :fp:

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Dual » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:25 pm

What the

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Garth » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:27 pm

So jealous :lol:

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by KomandaHeck » Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:56 pm

fuming raging

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Peter Crisp » Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:01 pm

How dare someone else get in the news.
Everyone knows the news should be all Trump, all the time.

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Garth » Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:34 pm

Wonder if Democrats will be looking at the UK exit poll and worrying. Imagine if Trump gets another 4 years :dread:

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PostRe: US Politics 2
by Peter Crisp » Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:45 pm

I honestly fear for many Americans if he does get another term.
Trump openly doesn't give a gooseberry fool about the poor or middle class and will make sure all the tax cuts go to the ultra rich while at the same time slashing anything and everything that actually helps anyone. I foresee public infrastructure spending taking a huge nosedive and regulations built up over the last century being rolled back at the behest of business because they can obviously be trusted not to kill people for profit.

The life will be great for the billionaires but strawberry floating punishing for everyone else and yet some people will still say poverty is a choice and anyone who isn't rich is just lazy.
It's almost like those people watched all the dystopian films about about megacorperations taking over the country and said "Yep, that seems just lovely".

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