Remember When 45, As A Candidate, Said He'll Only Pick The Best of the Best?

[SabathMoon]

I grew up in Iowa. The old folks in the 1960s could still speak German. Some areas, the Churches used German in services.

My grandpa who was an Austrian-German never spoke the old Bavarian German dialect much. He didn't know it at first. And there are a lot of Scottish people who think they are German, and a lot seemingly Austrian Germans who think they are Irish, and probably are not. They are also a lot of Canadians who are Scandinavian but are not even close to being German, but they must be German because they say themselves to be.

Apparently, not a significant source:
http://www.history.com/topics/u-s-immigration-before-1965

Perhaps, but there are a lot of people here who have parents from Canada, and they don't admit it.

Which states still have slavery?

Every where a high or low skilled immigrant is cheapened.

 

[Danoh]

Well get a load of this...

NBC News on Twitter

Is this acceptable to Republicans, and even 45's supporters?

If so, would you have had the same answer if President Obama elected the same type of people?

As one person rightly referred to him "$45."

:chuckle:

 

[MarcATL]

Trump has re-envisioned the role of President.

Into what?

 

[intojoy]

Into what?

I’m watching you boy



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[The Barbarian]

Your statement makes no logical sense. Gay marriage is still not the law of the land, and gay women and men, they sometimes get everything except that.

Roy Moore was tossed out of office for trying to stop same-sex marriage in Alabama. Think about that one, for a bit.

 

[jgarden]

Nothing but the best. He must be the best :idunno:

:angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob:

- bot accounts made up 18% of Twitter’s traffic related to the 2016 election

- these bots overwhelmingly pushed messages in favor of now President Donald Trump

- at least 33% of pro-Trump tweets during the election came from bots

- 50% of Trump’s most engaged Twitter followers are bots

“All of us are the target for disinformation,” he said. “Look at the story, look at the statement. Is that person trying to comment on the evidence or are they insulting the witness? If they’re insulting the witness then that’s disinformation.”

https://thinkprogress.org/russian-bots-where-are-they-now-e2674c19017b/

:angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob::angrymob:

It would be naïve to think that the Russians aren't already back bolder and in even greater numbers for the 2018 Interims!

It would also be naïve to believe that TOL, or any other forum, would be immune from Russian "BOTS" or that some of our pro-Trump "friends" aren't who they say they are!

 

[jgarden]

#BotSpot: Ways to Spot a Bot

1. Activity
- most obvious indicator that an account is automated is its activity
- calculated by looking at its profile page and dividing the number of posts by the number of days it has been active
- The Oxford Internet Institute’s Computational Propaganda team views an average of more than 50 posts a day as suspicious; this is a widely recognized and applied benchmark,

2. Anoymity
- account gives a minimum of personal information
- avatar and background are non-specific, the location is given as “USA” and the bio gives a generic political statement

3. Amplification
- one main role of bots is to boost the signal from other users by retweeting, liking or quoting them.
- a procession of retweets and word-for-word quotes of news headlines, with few or no original posts
- eyeball identification is possible by clicking on the account’s “Tweets and replies” bar and scrolling down the last 200 posts.- bots share news stories/videos direct from selected sites without any further comment
- posts long strings of such shares is likely automated

https://medium.com/dfrlab/botspot-twelve-ways-to-spot-a-bot-aedc7d9c110c

 

[MarcATL]

#BotSpot: Ways to Spot a Bot

1. Activity
- most obvious indicator that an account is automated is its activity
- calculated by looking at its profile page and dividing the number of posts by the number of days it has been active
- The Oxford Internet Institute’s Computational Propaganda team views an average of more than 50 posts a day as suspicious; this is a widely recognized and applied benchmark,

2. Anoymity
- account gives a minimum of personal information
- avatar and background are non-specific, the location is given as “USA” and the bio gives a generic political statement

3. Amplification
- one main role of bots is to boost the signal from other users by retweeting, liking or quoting them.
- a procession of retweets and word-for-word quotes of news headlines, with few or no original posts
- eyeball identification is possible by clicking on the account’s “Tweets and replies” bar and scrolling down the last 200 posts.- bots share news stories/videos direct from selected sites without any further comment
- posts long strings of such shares is likely automated

https://medium.com/dfrlab/botspot-twelve-ways-to-spot-a-bot-aedc7d9c110c

Good info.

Do you watch the TV show "The Americans?"

Seems like we're living it now.

 

[Rusha]

Into what?

A national embarrassment ...