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  • falafel
    loves to talk on things
    • Mar 2009
    • 37859

    #20266
    Originally posted by Shaka View Post

    I consulted the almighty Grok. Trump has a point.

    Grok, How many Americans has Fentanyl killed in the last five years?


    Now do guns. Then do cars.
    Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

    Dig your own grave, and save!

    "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

    "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

    GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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    • USUC
      Chronic Poseur
      • Apr 2010
      • 8775

      #20267
      Originally posted by falafel View Post

      Now do guns. Then do cars.
      The current iteration of the GOP has no concept of slippery slopes or tit for tat.

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      • Shaka
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2008
        • 10437

        #20268
        Originally posted by USUC View Post

        The current iteration of the GOP has no concept of slippery slopes or tit for tat.
        The other side can't understand when a metaphor is being employed.

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        • Northwestcoug
          Cocked and Loaded
          • May 2011
          • 17912

          #20269
          Originally posted by Shaka View Post

          The other side can't understand when a metaphor is being employed.
          Is it a really a metaphor when Trump is very clearly using the 'WMD' designation to justify military action?
          "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
          "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
          - SeattleUte

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          • LVAllen
            Senior Member
            • Oct 2013
            • 3222

            #20270
            Originally posted by Shaka View Post

            The other side can't understand when a metaphor is being employed.
            What is a metaphorical weapon of mass destruction? Or is it a weapon of metaphorical mass destruction? A weapon of mass metaphorical destruction?

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            • frank ryan
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2008
              • 12260

              #20271
              Originally posted by LVAllen View Post

              What is a metaphorical weapon of mass destruction? Or is it a weapon of metaphorical mass destruction? A weapon of mass metaphorical destruction?
              Yeah. It's literal.

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              • BlueK
                Senior Member
                • May 2011
                • 7126

                #20272
                Originally posted by Shaka View Post

                The other side can't understand when a metaphor is being employed.
                So we're going to attack another country based on a metaphorical, not a factual reason. How about some literal, not metaphorical evidence that fentanyl even comes through Venezuela?

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                • USUC
                  Chronic Poseur
                  • Apr 2010
                  • 8775

                  #20273
                  Originally posted by BlueK View Post

                  So we're going to attack another country based on a metaphorical, not a factual reason. How about some literal, not metaphorical evidence that fentanyl even comes through Venezuela?
                  Spoiler alert- It doesn't

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                  • dabrockster
                    Senior Member
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 10868

                    #20274
                    I tend to think all these arm-chair QB’s acting like they know better is interesting when the woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize is fully supportive of action taken against Maduro to liberate Venezuela.

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                    • USUC
                      Chronic Poseur
                      • Apr 2010
                      • 8775

                      #20275
                      Originally posted by dabrockster View Post
                      I tend to think all these arm-chair QB’s acting like they know better is interesting when the woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize is fully supportive of action taken against Maduro to liberate Venezuela.

                      https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yNRYpu/
                      I mean, any member of the opposition in a authoritarian state would be supportive of action to liberate their countries. But that doesn't mean it would be legal, feasible, or in our country's best geopolitical interest.

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                      • beefytee
                        Board eye candy
                        • Mar 2009
                        • 7542

                        #20276
                        Originally posted by dabrockster View Post
                        I tend to think all these arm-chair QB’s acting like they know better is interesting when the woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize is fully supportive of action taken against Maduro to liberate Venezuela.

                        https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yNRYpu/
                        I'll wait until Nobel Peace prize winner; Barack Obama weighs in!

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                        • chrisrenrut
                          Strikes and Gutters
                          • Jul 2009
                          • 2259

                          #20277
                          Originally posted by dabrockster View Post
                          I tend to think all these arm-chair QB’s acting like they know better is interesting when the woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize is fully supportive of action taken against Maduro to liberate Venezuela.

                          https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yNRYpu/
                          Great. The right way to go about this is to get congress to declare war and authorize hostile actions and invasion.

                          I don’t think congress will. 1/3 of the Senate and all of the House is already too worried about midterms. They won’t be able to seek invading a foreign country on flimsy excuses that do nothing to cover the naked lust for oil this administration has.

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                          • Northwestcoug
                            Cocked and Loaded
                            • May 2011
                            • 17912

                            #20278
                            Let's review.

                            Exhibit A: The most catastrophic foreign policy failure of at least the last 50 years, the Iraqi war, was still approved by Congress.

                            Exhibit B: This raving madman-level pronouncement will lead us to war, and Congress will just roll over:
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                            "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                            "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
                            - SeattleUte

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                            • frank ryan
                              Senior Member
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 12260

                              #20279
                              Now is the time to push back against unnecessary war and war mongering not later, after it's done its damage. This is madness and worse than Iraq.

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                              • falafel
                                loves to talk on things
                                • Mar 2009
                                • 37859

                                #20280
                                I am confused about what Oil, Land, and other Assets the Venezuelans have stolen from us. Perhaps "dabrockster" can illuminate us on that point.
                                Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

                                Dig your own grave, and save!

                                "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

                                "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

                                GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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