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26  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / The Daily Donald on: January 25, 2017, 11:18:37 PM
One last update for today:

Trump Hotels will triple their US properties despite Donald's promise to not make any new deals while still in office.

Donald has finally made clear his suspicion of voter fraud! Pro golfer Bernhard Langer was in line to vote in Florida when he also witnessed Latino people in line to vote. When Donald finished relaying this story to his audience (and, yes, that's the whole story), he was met with silence. His Chief of Staff urged him to move on.

In actuality, Langer was the one committing voter fraud, as he was turned away for being a German citizen.

I'll see you all again in a dozen hours.
27  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Politics: 2016 Lame Duck and 2017 New Administration on: January 25, 2017, 04:10:04 PM
For what it's worth, every time something has been "expected to happen," it has happened.
He'll drop out of the primary because he doesn't actually want the job, just the media attention (especially to start his own Trump News Network)? He'll nominate Rudy Giuliani Sec. of State? He'll make fun of Christie's predilection for McDonald's--wait, that one did happen.

I'm referring to what I've posted.
28  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Politics: 2016 Lame Duck and 2017 New Administration on: January 25, 2017, 03:55:18 PM
For what it's worth, every time something has been "expected to happen," it has happened.
29  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Politics: 2016 Lame Duck and 2017 New Administration on: January 25, 2017, 03:01:49 PM
And it looks like the White House is sending out their own news packets with the title "Praise for President Trump’s Bold Action."

yay government-approved news
30  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / The Daily Donald on: January 25, 2017, 02:29:18 PM
It's always fun to be censored.

Well, here we are again. One more day into Donny T's reign.

Good news! We've been demoted to a "flawed democracy!"

The ol' Don man is calling for an investigation into voter fraud, despite everyone telling him no voter fraud occurred. His lawyers have said no voter fraud occurred. Studies on voter fraud have found exceedingly minimal evidence of voter fraud. A study cited by the White House to support their voter fraud claims are being misinterpreted, according to the man who organized the study.

But Donald will only be investigating states that voted for the Democratic Party. He'll apparently be rewarding the states that voted for the Republican Party.

Two of Donald's advisors and his daughter are registered to vote in two states.

When Jill Stein attempted to perform a recount in Michigan, her efforts were put to an end by Donald and his people with a court filing that included the following: "All available evidence suggests that the 2016 general election was not tainted by fraud or mistake."

There is increasing evidence that Donald's actions are in fact reactions to news he sees on TV. He'll skip intelligence meetings because he's already a very smart man, and he doesn't bother to read the really long documents, but he'll sit in front of the TV and get his new filtered to him through the convex lens of Fox News.

Remember when Hillary had those private email servers? Donald's senior White House staff now have private email accounts. Trump is still using his old, unsecured phone.

After being treated like piles of garbage by Donald, scientists have decided to start running for office themselves. They're also having their very own march on Washington. Boy, it's gonna be a while before Donald can really enjoy the White House.

Speaking of which, a 70-foot banner that reads "RESIST" now hangs from a crane adjacent to the White House.

Donald's chief economic advisor will receive a $284,000,000 reward from Goldman Sachs.

South Dakota uses emergency powers to repeal anti-corruption laws and prevents people from having a referendum.

Donald's approval rating is much higher in Russia.

Donald's pick for attorney general continues to support major anti-LGBTQ bill.

Donald is expected to bring back overseas CIA black sites and reinstate torture. He's also denying prisoners' access to Red Cross services, which is a war crime. The White House claims the leaked document is fake, but they've also lied about... everything...

Another leaked document demonstrates Donald's plan to do away with environmental protection programs and reduce the EPA's budget by $800,000,000 in an effort to allow big business to f*** the environment into a poisonous desert.

Happy Wednesday.
31  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Politics: 2016 Lame Duck and 2017 New Administration on: January 25, 2017, 12:40:39 AM
Apparently someone decided to lock my Daily Donald thread. I'll continue here.

One last, late-night update.

Apparently all this negative press is keeping Donald from enjoying the White House. I guess the job just isn't as fun as he expected.

Following his other actions to destroy the EPA, Donald has had ordered them to remove their page on climate change.

Donald, in his first few days as president, threatens to enact martial law in Chicago.

Donald is expected to sign several executive actions to stop immigration from mid-Eastern countries--unless he has a hotel located there.

He is also expected to sign an executive order to begin building the wall. I hope you're all ready to pay for it with more taxes.

Lastly, several different intelligence agencies and the Senate committee are investigating Donald's link to Russia. Will they find something? Hopefully.


What's the record for quickest impeachment? Let's beat that, guys.
32  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: The Daily Donald on: January 24, 2017, 08:04:40 PM
How long until he calls himself "our fearless leader," do you think
33  Smiley Smile Stuff / Welcome to the Smiley Smile board / Re: Welcome thread on: January 24, 2017, 03:18:07 PM
I must listen to more music from Can. Which album would you say is the one to hear, Josh?

Oh, man, that's hard to pick. Can made three incredible albums, and they're all different. If you really like "Future Days," then I would probably recommend listening to Future Days, as that sound is unique to that album. If, however, you find yourself liking "Moonshake" on Future Days, then I would recommend listening to Ege Bamyasi. Or, if you want some experimental, exploratory, psychedelic music, I would recommend Tago Mago.

I know you have a policy of one album per artist, but I would definitely encourage you to explore all three of those albums. They're the only albums in the Can discography with Damo Suzuki (the singer), as he joined a little prior to Tago Mago and left after Future Days. They are all beautiful creations that will never be replicated.
34  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: The Beatles Survivor #4: Bealtes For Sale on: January 24, 2017, 02:57:07 PM
"Baby's in Black" is clearly the best song here.
35  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: The Daily Donald on: January 24, 2017, 02:42:41 PM
In other fun news, 1984 has been surging in popularity lately. In 1984, there is the concept of "Doublethink," which means "holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them." Let's see how Donald's administration enacts this concept:

Donald's people say it's impossible to quantify crowd sizes.
Donald's people say he had the biggest inauguration ever.

Or the concept of alternative facts. If the government finds a truth inconvenient, they'll simply make their own version of the truth. It's not a lie--it's an "alternative fact."


Perhaps even more concerning is how authoritarian everything is rapidly becoming, which is only exacerbated by having a popular figurehead for this new government. Has anyone seen that Black Mirror episode with the animated bear that does political commentary? Does anyone remember the giant face on the "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU" posters from 1984?

Things look bleak.
36  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: The Daily Donald on: January 24, 2017, 02:28:38 PM
Man, Donald gets an early start to his day.

Sean Spicer, the second hardest working con man in the country, has covered up inauguration lies with further lies. Is caught in a lie again.

Donald continues to insist voter fraud robbed him of the popular vote. Paul Ryan, Mike Huckabee, and Lindsey Graham (and perhaps more high-profile Republicans) insist there is no evidence of any such voter fraud.

Donald is using executive action (something once considered unconstitutional when used by Obama) to push forward the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines.

The Environmental Protection Agency has been frozen. Employees are placed under gag orders.

Scientists working for the United States Department of Agriculture have been told to stop releasing their work to the public--the people who pay for their work with their taxes.

Those documents that prove he's divested himself of all business interests and signed over the operations to his sons? No one has seen them, including the Ethics Office. Reporters weren't allowed to view them.

When explaining their reason for the federal hiring freeze, the White House lies to the American public.

A third contributor to Breitbart has been welcomed into Donald's administration.

Not only does Donald decide to remove press from the White House, he also decides that he will personally pick which reporters will be allowed in. This will result in government-sanctioned news, i.e. propaganda.

He has also been given the green light to bring his son into his administration, which is in clear violation of past restrictions in place to prevent nepotism.
37  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: The Beatles Survivor #4: Bealtes For Sale on: January 23, 2017, 11:27:15 PM
"I'm a Loser" because it's the worst song in this grouping.
38  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: The Daily Donald on: January 23, 2017, 11:00:53 PM
Donald also ordered a hiring freeze for government positions. This new action is having immediate effect on our very own SMiLE-Brian.
39  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / The Daily Donald on: January 23, 2017, 10:54:05 PM
Who knows if this will be a daily thing. It might be. It might be more frequent. The man delivers.

I have a lot of catching up to do, so let's start off with Trump's decision to go on vacation. The man who ridiculed Barack Obama for playing too much golf has decided to take off his first two days as the newly-inaugurated president.

Donald goes back on building the wall! Well, sort of. Now he's going to make you pay for it. Yay, taxes?

After promising to release his tax returns after the IRS audit was completed, he has now stated that he's never going to release his tax returns.

At a particularly heinous speech at the CIA headquarters, Donald whined about his low inauguration numbers in a room created to remember fallen CIA agents who gave their life for the United States. Furthermore, it's likely people were planted in the audience to cheer and laugh at his remarks, as actual CIA members understand the solemn nature of the room. One person remarked it "was like yelling 'Boo-yeah!' at a funeral."

On the subject of the inauguration, one of Donald's first actions as president was to lie to the American public for the sole purpose of protecting his pride.

More people attended protests than attended his inauguration.

Donald ordered a mass shutdown of government-run Twitter accounts after a tweet was made in reference to the number of people who attended his swearing in ceremony. They were told to find other means of alerting people to newly-developing emergencies. That's right: Donald's pride is more important than your life.

The cabinet position appointments are an absolute dumpster fire.

The Holman Rule has been brought back. This ominous little policy allows government officials to cut salaries down to $1. It has been used in the past to purge left-leaning individuals from all bodies of government.

Donald's presidency opens with the lowest approval ratings in the last 70 years. It was 45%.

The White House's phone number to leave comments has been shut down.

Republicans propose new bills to criminalize peaceful protest, which would violate the first amendment. This is a fun tidbit: "a North Dakota bill [...] would allow motorists to hit and kill protesters obstructing the highway 'as long as [the] driver does so accidentally.'"

Donald signs bill into law that restricts US funding for women's health programs. Groups are no longer allowed to broach the subject of abortion at the risk of losing assistance from the United States.

Donald's business, now run by his daughter, is receiving payments from a group that promotes tourism to Abu Dhabi.

And here's a fun, little video of all of Donald's lies since becoming president.


I'm sure I've missed something, but I'm also sure I'll have ample opportunity to catch up. I'll see you all again soon.
40  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: At least there's always music? on: January 23, 2017, 12:39:33 PM
Sometimes I just don't feel like listening
41  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: 1986 in Music on: January 23, 2017, 12:09:47 PM
Yes, and that's another thing. A lot of the "good stuff" from 1986 just isn't for me.

oh well
42  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Cats on: January 23, 2017, 12:07:43 PM
undercover-m needs to be a rangerover cat
43  Smiley Smile Stuff / Welcome to the Smiley Smile board / Re: Welcome thread on: January 23, 2017, 03:30:46 AM
Well, it has come to my attention that Can's drummer died earlier today. Cry

44  Smiley Smile Stuff / Welcome to the Smiley Smile board / Re: Welcome thread on: January 23, 2017, 02:12:49 AM
Hey, John. I like your new place. It's nice in here. May I suggest, for relaxation purposes, Can's "Future Days."
45  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: AGD missing, the future of this forum on: January 22, 2017, 11:16:18 PM
Smile Brian sent me a photo of him at a casino, and I can also confirm that he is not Melinda.
46  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: AGD missing, the future of this forum on: January 22, 2017, 10:08:35 PM
A regrouping will never happen, not because of a belief that supposedly people want safe spaces - but because there's one group of people that acted with complete disregard for a lot of people (including Melinda Wilson) and the people here wanted nothing to do with them.

It's not a "supposed" belief--it's basic psychology. Groupthink, ingroup and outgroup biases... A budding psychologist could write an incredible dissertation on Beach Boy fans.
47  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: AGD missing, the future of this forum on: January 22, 2017, 09:36:23 PM
It has been great to not have to read why VDPs supposedly isn't a credible source for Beach Boys anecdotes because he flubbed a factoid about a poet in a Twitter post in 2013. It has been great not debating the idiots who defended Mike Love at every turn even when Mike was clearly in the wrong. It has been great not having to see Debbie KL get harassed for being supportive of Brian Wilson's musical output. The list of benefits goes on.

And I'm sure the other group would express similar sentiments, which is exactly why a regrouping will never happen. Everyone wants their own space where their beliefs aren't questioned. It's basic human nature. Both boards will eventually die, as will everything else.
48  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Politics: 2016 Lame Duck and 2017 New Administration on: January 22, 2017, 05:57:39 PM
I have to respect the way Donald is cutting out the middleman by just putting corporate leaders into powerful, government positions.
49  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Cats on: January 22, 2017, 02:10:06 PM
I also played with that little kitty
50  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: 1986 in Music on: January 22, 2017, 01:59:22 PM
I've noticed in the past that 1986 seems to be a relatively lean year for me, and I'm not sure why. I seem to recall this being a very pop-heavy year from the singles and albums that charted. I also stop following just about any popular band from the 60s or 70s once they hit the 80s, so I can't comment much on those cases. However, I can easily see older artists becoming lost and out of touch around the mid-1980s and releasing some terrible attempts at remaining relevant.
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