Trump

[Darkflame]

Anyway...


Joker>>Trump

[Little stoned kiwi]

...batteries...

That makes solar power unviable. Going off the grid is a nice sentiment and all, but you only go to the trouble and expense if connecting to the grid isn't viable. Generating enough to offset your power use during the day (more than a 2kw average would be overboard for most houses) 'maximises' the investment. Larger panels producing excess that's stored in batteries or sent out to the grid is a loss.
I believe New Zealand has something against disconnecting from the grid. But if you aren't paying a retailer for service then there won't be any line charges. Which makes sense because there's unlikely to be a good reason to tear out infrastructure just because no one is currently using it.

[F-ZeroOne]

I can accept that the Joker is not racist. He kills everyone equally.

[KlaxonCow]

The Joker is human-racist.

[merman]

Imagine how President Trump would respond to a military coup in Turkey...

[(o)(o)]

" President Trump. "

Reading those words induced a slight nausea.

[F-ZeroOne]

Imagine how President Trump would respond to a military coup in Turkey...

He'd build a wall? Blame Mexicans? Bomb every inch of the country? Announce a policy with his name in front of it, a beautiful policy, a Trump policy...?

[Orava]

Imagine how President Trump would respond to a military coup in Turkey...

He would rename the Thanksgiving turkey to Thanksgiving freedom-bird.

[gumboot]

A ban on all turkeys entering the country until we can figure out what's going on?

[Darkflame]

For the good of everyone, cant they just give Trump a state, or even a Town, and just let him run it for a few months? absolute power. He gets to do what he wants.
Look for the place with highest % of Trump voters, and the rest will just have to take one for the team.

Just, by god, show the world what he would be like with a little power before you give him the fucking lot.

[gumboot]

I don't think any of his supporters can be influenced by evidence, so I'm not sure it would change anything.

[pogo]

For the good of everyone, cant they just give Trump a state, or even a Town, and just let him run it for a few months? absolute power. He gets to do what he wants.

That used to be how it was done, sort of. I mean both parties used to demand and expect presidential candidates with elected government experience. Governors and Senators primarily; both are directly elected statewide offices, and winning the presidency is all about winning states. It provides a record which voters can judge, and lets them see how well the candidate performs in campaigns (presumably well if they were elected).

But this year’s Republican race turned this on its head. Trump, Carson and Fiorina had no electoral experience (except Fiorina had run for something in California and lost). Trump of course won, the others did well for a while. Cruz came second, and although he’s a senator he ran his campaign as an outsider, against not only Obama but also the Senate and Washington in general.

Republican voters want a candidate without experience. Hopefully though the norms will reassert themselves in the November ballot and Trump will be rejected, in part because he has absolutely no relevant experience.

[Darkflame]

Hopefully.
I cant help think as soon as Trump is given even a little power outside his direct experience....

[F-ZeroOne]

Don't worry, everyone, Trumps Vice-Presidential pick will act as a balance for his crazier moments:

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/ ... -pence-vp/

We're doomed, aren't we?

[pogo]

Yes, the more you read about Mike Pence the worse it gets. He‘s not yet at the level of Sarah Palin as a train-wreck of a candidate, but give him time, it’s early days.

It shows how desperate Trump is. His ideal VP would be someone who can appeal to moderate and independent voters, to help Trump pivot away from the Republican primaries and towards the general election. But he has gone the other way, a true conservative to appeal to tea party Republicans. This makes sense given his lukewarm support among such voters, but it will not help him much win the swing states that decide the election.

Apart from that he’s an incredibly weak candidate, little known nationally. Reportedly he is happy to take the job as although he is governor he faces a tough re-election in November which he is likely to lose. So much for the VP helping win his home state. The other names on Trump’s shortlist, Gingrich and Christie, were just as bad, but with so few Republicans willing to support him he probably had no better options.