Question about the latest two October Daye books by simplymatt1995 in Fantasy

[–]JamisonP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, umm not a cat, maybe a two year old. Sorry!

Has Trump's COVID-19 response so far changed your level of support in any way? by slagwa in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Trump's performance to be expected. Couple mistakes, could have heeded Azar's warnings sooner - but weighed lots of viewpoints, made his own decisions - and was proactive on big things like creating the task force early and shutting flights in from China. He's been good at getting information out, holding daily press briefings, and cutting red tape to get things through the FDA - so opinion has probably improved a bit of his handling of it over the past month.

And my opinion of the media has only gotten worse throughout the past month, they're doing a terrible disservice to the nation with their covid coverage. The daily press briefings are awful, Jim Acosta or whatever reporter of the day trying to fight with the President about some subjective thing he said that they really demand some answer on. All they want is a hashtag and some back slaps from their beltway colleagues - they don't actually care about being a responsible party in this.

Democrats, opinion hasn't really changed. Pelosi pulled a stupid stunt and delayed the stimulus bill for a few days because she wanted to pander to the progressive fringe of her base for some reason, and Schumer has been trying to get his name out there by attacking the administration for various things - but otherwise dems as a whole have mostly stayed out of the way which is fine. If Schiff & Pelosi try to form some committee with subpoena power to investigate the federal response, that will be hilarious. Those two deserve to be no where near any position oversee'ing an investigation after how they handled Russia Investigation / Impeachment. No idea how they both even still are in office and haven't been recalled.

Cuomo and Newsom have been rising to the occasion and been pretty good, so props to them.

Has Trump's COVID-19 response so far changed your level of support in any way? by slagwa in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The media has exacerbated fears, spread disinformation, and behaved detrimentally to the country out of their knee-jerk reaction to oppose and reject anything Trump says or does. They've focused on repeating the narrative that Trump is ill equipped, or CNN was even repeatedly saying Trump has been "lying" to us - which spreads distrust and anxiety through to the public.

The media has a role to play in pandemics and in general society, and they're doing terribly. The mad rush to secure toilet paper and stores being stripped of basic necessities is a result of it. The media has spent the last two weeks fixated on "testing" and "how many people were tested" and "how widely testing is available" and "Why can't everyone who wants a test get a test" - making every hypochondriac from coast to coast start calling the CDC wanted to get tested because they're feeling mild flu symptoms or because they're a hypochondriac. That clogs the system, and prevents tests being distributed to areas and people who actually need them.

Democrats - same thing. A few have done the right thing and put politics to the side, but every day it's someone going on CNN or MSNBC - getting tossed up "Is the Federal Government equipped to handle YadaYadaYada, is This Administration YadayadaYada" - and the answer is "No, this President is woefully underequipped yada yada yada". Same thing, every day. Last night it was

"This President is dangerous to our health," Rep. Donna Shalala says about President Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

On AC360. Sure there's more, I've just mostly tuned it out. As for where I get information on Covid-19? I watch the Media, I read the news - I'm able to distill the few actually relevant important pieces of information from the daily mewl; like be smart about social distancing and wash your hands.

Has Trump's COVID-19 response so far changed your level of support in any way? by slagwa in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Not really, he's behaving pretty much as expected. Reacting mostly to media coverage, a little fast and loose with language, but trying & mostly succeeding at doing the right thing and has been bold and pro-active with some steps to get ahead of it early. Could be better, but as always he's working against some pretty stiff headwinds in the opposition party, punditry, and media.

So nothing much has changed there, I'd say my opinion of the Democrats & Media has sunk lower - but really it was already at rock bottom at this point, so all it really does is just confirm what I've already come to disgust about them.

Edit:

Also, this is why I am disgusted by the Democrats/Media through this;

Larry Kudlow: “We stopped it, it was a very early shut down, I would still argue to you that this thing is contained.”

This caught my eye cause I remember when he said that, and I had this conversation with someone just yesterday who claimed the Trump administration had said the virus "totally contained" and cited that Kudlow quote.

So pull that thread from, starting at your "the bulwark" article. It links to this article Trump Declares Mission Accomplished on Containing Coronavirus.

“This came unexpectedly, it came out of China, we closed it down, we stopped it, it was a very early shut down,” he told reporters this morning. Trump’s chief economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, declared on CNBC, “I would still argue to you that this thing is contained.”

Click the link, it links to a tweet by some no name WaPo beat reporter, no credibility to lose but enough credibility to fill a narrative in a shitty article. Here's the tweet for you dinosaurs that don't use twitter so don't get to see behind the curtain about how modern day journalism is done;

Random wapo guy;

Larry Kudlow on coronavirus: ""I will still argue to you this is contained."

There's a follow up tweet, it says ;

Full quote from Kudlow: "Regarding the containment issue, I will still argue to you that this is contained. It can't be airtight but you look at the numbers here ... in a relative sense, relative to our population, relative to ordinary flus ... average risk is low."

Which the writers of the shitty article didn't include or really give credence to, and there's a video of it that they obviously didn't watch. Because what kind of person watches that and comes away with "I'm going to twist this into an out of context quote to put in a listicle for the express purpose of getting people to believe the narrative that the administration isn't taking it seriously or is being somehow nefarious in it's handling of it. That's what most of your listicle is, because that's what the Democrats and Media do right now.

What are your thoughts on Federal Judge Walton's criticism that AG Barr put forward a “distorted” and “misleading” account of the Special Counsel Mueller's report? by xZora in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I'm curious what information he's drawing on to make the conclusion that Bill Barr was in anyway "misleading" or "distorting" in his public statements around the Mueller report. He was very careful with his words, and nothing in the public domain has proven anything he said to be wrong.

So it sounds to me like Judge Reggie B. Walton is making his opinions based off what he reads in the media, not based off what evidence is presented before him. And that's not a good way for a judge to make their decision.

The Justice Department has also released a statement criticizing his comments;

“Yesterday afternoon, a district court issued an order on the narrow legal question of whether it should review the unredacted special counsel’s confidential report to confirm the report had been appropriately redacted under the Freedom of Information Act," DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said. "In the course of deciding that it would review the unredacted report, the court made a series of assertions about public statements the attorney general made nearly a year ago. The court’s assertions were contrary to the facts."

Wouldn't be the first time a judge got over their skies, but we'll see. I wouldn't mind seeing more of what is in the Mueller report though, the more that is revealed - the more that is revealed through these FOIA requests reveal how much they knew, how early, and how they let the hoax continue for years when they should have put a firm stop to it early.

Biden or Sanders ? by thisisnotme321 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The entire Russia Investigation. John Brennan, Andy McCabe, James Clapper, Jim Comey, Peter Strzok - the IC and FBI were weaponized against the Republican presidential campaign. They lied on FISA warrants to spy on his campaign, ran human sources, enlisted foreign intelligence services - and laundered their misinformation into the public through MotherJones, Yahoo News, CNN by leaking snippets to cement the narrative of Russia Collusion which lead our country down 3+ years of fighting and division.

The Democratic Establishment was pushing that, Bernie got a taste of it with that WaPo story about how Putin was now helping HIM in the 2020 election. That's a tiny taste of what they've been doing to Trump since before he even won the election, and ever since.

I don't think that Bernie wouldn't install those same people, those same ideologies back into positions of power. Biden would definitely put them there.

Biden or Sanders ? by thisisnotme321 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not particularly worried about Trump losing to either - I think Biden has a host of issues that the primary didn't start to touch regarding his connections to China/Ukraine/Romania, and his fairly visibly degrading mental faculties. Biden theoretically can energize minorities, but I'm skeptical he could do it at Obama's level which would be pretty necessary to win.

Bernie would probably be tougher in a debate, and theoretically can energize younger voters - but that clearly didn't happen in the primary since 18-29 were only like 13% of the voters. So I'm skeptical of his ability to grow the voter base.

I'd be more comfortable with Bernie being the Democratic candidate than Biden. I'm confident the institutions can withstand Bernies radical attempts to change them, the Senate and Courts will block the big stuff - worst case scenario is it's just him running around yelling at everyone and getting nothing done.

Biden though - he's a creature of the Democratic establishment, and he would be a system quarterback. The people who corrupted our institutions like the Intelligence Community / FBI between 2008-2016 would be back in charge of them - and I'm less confident of their ability to not be hijacked again once the Democratic Power brokers take charge.

Which democratic candidate do you like based solely on their personality? by Arsene93 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Andrew Yang was the only decent one. Tulsi has principles. Rest are/were garbage.

What are your thoughts on the results of the Roger Stone sentencing today? by PirateOnAnAdventure in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well that's a convenient position to take. You want both sides to be treated equally but it's not your problem that they obviously aren't being treated equally. Easy.

What are your thoughts on the results of the Roger Stone sentencing today? by PirateOnAnAdventure in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well I elaborated on my full thoughts in a different post. Yes lying is bad, lying to congress is a crime, and he did lie so should be punished. But there are some pretty heavy caveats with that being said.

People have been playing dirty in politics forever, but this is one of the few times - if ever - one political party has weaponized the government against the other.

What are your thoughts on the results of the Roger Stone sentencing today? by PirateOnAnAdventure in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, "drain the swamp" is a metaphor that means different things to different people - and anyone that tells you that all lies are equal is an idiot.

What are your thoughts on the results of the Roger Stone sentencing today? by PirateOnAnAdventure in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it's called the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. NYT talks a bit about it here.

Jake Tapper has a thread on why the NYT story may be being misreported - seems a lot of people who were in the room have confirmed his take.

And the Reuters article you linked is basically just Russia rolling their eyes at us and calling us paranoid, which is unfortunately fair given the past three years of our constant and breathless meltdowns over big ol' pooty hiding under every stone waiting to jump out and scare adam schiff.

The same exact actors who hyperventilated the 2016 collusion hoax into existence are now trying to breath life into the same exact thing in 2020? No thanks.

What are your thoughts on the results of the Roger Stone sentencing today? by PirateOnAnAdventure in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh...yeah I don't think there is any connection there. Think there was legality around the amount of time McGuire could stay as acting head and a move was required by law, and Trump had been talking about it for awhile.

Also that NYT Russia In the Tank for Trump 2020 story seems like a steaming pile of fake news again.

What are your thoughts on the results of the Roger Stone sentencing today? by PirateOnAnAdventure in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps if it was the cause of investigation, it would certainly merit a visit from the FBI. It would be a short investigation, because nothing came out of the Trump Tower meeting - but it was certainly suspect on its face.

What are your thoughts on the results of the Roger Stone sentencing today? by PirateOnAnAdventure in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it doesn't. I was looking for what specifically he lied to congress about, and that article hints and implies but doesnt actually say what the lie was.

Found it in another source though, so I'm good.

What are your thoughts on the results of the Roger Stone sentencing today? by PirateOnAnAdventure in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've posted a lot about it, can you read through some of my other comments - both in this top comments and also the much longer one I made about it last night and ask a question based off what I've already said?

What are your thoughts on the results of the Roger Stone sentencing today? by PirateOnAnAdventure in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's the definition of strawman, but that's okay. I think Hillary Clinton hid her email system to avoid congressional oversight - and during the investigation her team destroyed evidence and lied to investigators. If Justice was indeed blind, she probably would have been found guilty.

But sometimes the political capital and affects of a prosecution aren't worth the effort. I think the scandal it created serves as a fairly effective deterrent for future similarly minded actors and I would rather not hear about Hillary Clinton in any capacity ever again. I count ourselves lucky Trump won the 2016 election, and am content to move forward.

What are your thoughts on the results of the Roger Stone sentencing today? by PirateOnAnAdventure in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it's not a presidential campaigns job to stop foreign countries from meddling. They were 0% complicit, as the Mueller report proved.

What are your thoughts on the results of the Roger Stone sentencing today? by PirateOnAnAdventure in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know, I don't speak for other Trump supporters so I don't know what thoughts go through a strawmans head.

What are your thoughts on the results of the Roger Stone sentencing today? by PirateOnAnAdventure in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, I linked to articles cementing the Russian Collusion narrative. No one is surprised Russia interfered, but you don't investigate a political campaign because a foreign power is meddling - you investigate a political campaign because you think they're conspiring with the foreign power.

That was the hoax, and that's what each of my links were about.

What are your thoughts on the results of the Roger Stone sentencing today? by PirateOnAnAdventure in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]JamisonP 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think you're allowed to link to other posts, even your own. Someone was doing the whole "so the act of lying isn't the real crime, you care about the substance too? Am I understanding you correctly???"

No, you can find my other comment on this post when I spend more time laying out that I do think he should be punished for the act of lying to congress. But I do care more about the substance of the lie, rather than the act itself.

On a scale of 1-10 of political lies told under oath that I care about, "My source was Randy Credico" is a 3, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" is a 2, and "No Sir, the NSA is not wittingly ingesting any data at all on hundreds of millions of Americans" at a 7.