Alex 35095 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Those refugees would definitely be better off without a job instead of working at Starbucks whilst studying to try and better themselves or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21928 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-balloon-for-a-coup-e024990891d5#.q7q1z54he fucking hell Trump was, indeed, perfectly honest during the campaign; he intends to do everything he said, and more. This should not be reassuring to you. The regime’s main organizational goal right now is to transfer all effective power to a tight inner circle, eliminating any possible checks from either the Federal bureaucracy, Congress, or the Courts. Departments are being reorganized or purged to effect this. The inner circle is actively probing the means by which they can seize unchallenged power; yesterday’s moves should be read as the first part of that. The aims of crushing various groups — Muslims, Latinos, the black and trans communities, academics, the press — are very much primary aims of the regime, and are likely to be acted on with much greater speed than was earlier suspected. The secondary aim of personal enrichment is also very much in play, and clever people will find ways to play these two goals off each other. Edited January 30, 2017 by Dr Gloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4386 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 The sentiment behind the petition is fine but "embarrassment to the Queen" can fuck right off. They flew flags at half mast for the king of Saudi and sent the jug eared cunt to his funeral which negates any "embarrassment" argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4770 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 I'm just a skeptic, that's all there is to it really. But honestly, it's not like Starbucks will be wringing their hands about the plight of refugees. They'll be thinking "this is a big deal, has caught a lot of international attention... how can we exploit it to boost profits". That'll be all there is to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5223 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 They're the ones saying I'm 'finding fault' with things mate, not sure why you think any of this is news to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5223 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Those refugees would definitely be better off without a job instead of working at Starbucks whilst studying to try and better themselves or something like that. The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalists is not being exploited by them. Not saying the refugees are losing out. I'm just saying that Starbucks are doing it to virtue signal. And that this sort of false 'kindness' is nauseating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5223 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 The sentiment behind the petition is fine but "embarrassment to the Queen" can fuck right off. They flew flags at half mast for the king of Saudi and sent the jug eared cunt to his funeral which negates any "embarrassment" argument. My sentiments exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21928 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 this loonie is pulling the strings in the white house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4770 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalists is not being exploited by them. Not saying the refugees are losing out. I'm just saying that Starbucks are doing it to virtue signal. And that this sort of false 'kindness' is nauseating. Why is what starbucks is doing bad? Who or what is harmed by it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalists is not being exploited by them. Not saying the refugees are losing out. I'm just saying that Starbucks are doing it to virtue signal. And that this sort of false 'kindness' is nauseating. More nauseating than smug middle class scepticism? Nah Edited January 30, 2017 by Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17281 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Which is a fair enough explanation for people in your situation, but would it mean the same outcome for people whose lives actually are shit? Also, which way do you friends vote at GEs? There was a lad at work last week and he was claiming the usual stuff about Brexit being a cure all for every he perceived to be wrong with the country. I think it's summed up best by the folk the media talked to in Sunderland after the vote. They've been manipulated into thinking that the EU is the root cause of everything that's wrong with this country and how much it affects their lives. I asked which EU laws the lad at work was looking forward to being repealed and he mentioned bananas and vacuum cleaners Think most of my mates would vote for the Tories,or Tony Blair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4386 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 I think labour "heartlands" and the rust states Trump won share a sense of betrayal of 35 years of perceived neglect. Being told that the country is booming even before the crisis when you're a taxi driver who used to be a miner is /was a pisstake no matter how much NL invested in schools or the NHS. The same applies to places like Virginia and Ohio and being told by Clinton that the cure all was more of the same with more free trade deals reaped its "reward" the same way threatening people in the NE with financial insecurity did with brexit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5223 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 More nauseating than smug middle class scepticism? Nah Oh ffs, now we really have come full circle. I'm decrying the middle class, you're decrying me on the same basis, we really are fucked. Divided and conquered. Since I've disappeared up my own arse on this one so I'll back out of it for now and wait for the hysteria to die down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21928 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 is anyone else struggling to comprehend what the actual fuck is going on in the US right now? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/30/muslim-ban-consitutional-crisis?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4386 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 is anyone else struggling to comprehend what the actual fuck is going on in the US right now? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/30/muslim-ban-consitutional-crisis?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter So in West wing terms he's removed Fitz and Nancy from the situation room and replaced them with an ignorant stooge. That'll work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Oh ffs, now we really have come full circle. I'm decrying the middle class, you're decrying me on the same basis, we really are fucked. Divided and conquered. Since I've disappeared up my own arse on this one so I'll back out of it for now and wait for the hysteria to die down. I think if you have a genuine issue with the gesture by Starbucks than you must have pretty much an issue with everything in a society which, by your own admission, has served you well. Perhaps Starbucks should give all their profits to charity. No doubt you do the same with most of your spare cash. So that kind of self-satisfied bollocks is canny naseating, aye. It'll probably do more good than harm to the people who get a job there. People struggling to find work in a country they've just arrived in. So Starbucks get some publicity out of it. I can live with that tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3898 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Fucking fake Christians, if you're going to pretend to follow a religion to gain power make one up like Hubbard did. If any of the "christians" in America could read he would get nowhere near the bloody white house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44901 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 I think the hope at this stage is that he's done something illegal and can be impeached. The way things are going at the minute, he's turning the corridors of power in Washington into something resembling a Klan rally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44901 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Iraq has now banned US nationals from entering its country for 90 days. This all seems very grown up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 If we're critiquing the Starbucks then here's the responses from some other corporations... https://theintercept.com/2017/01/29/silicon-valley-is-letting-trump-get-away-with-it/ Think Starbucks have got it better than many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 crystallising the "I neither endorse nor oppose these action but should say something" response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21928 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 i don't think anyone is laughing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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