And you have the President of the United States responding to him. I guess it's just modern day presidential to act like a thin-skinned loudmouth.

*insert some dumb democrat platitude about priviledge*

Rather be accused of being as thin-skinned loudmouth, than of being a thief.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/11/18/lavar-ball-says-trump-did-nothing-for-his-son-and-his-ucla-teammates-in-china/?utm_term=.e7bbf85c8c31

like I said: Lavar Ball/10.

Honestly, my brain has never been able to get around things like: Lavar Ball/10

Now if there was a numerical value associated with the left side, I think my brain could deal with it.
I mean I understand the reference, but every time, my brain goes...wtf?


/e My brain would be all smiley face if it was something like: Lavar-2/10 or something.

This post was edited by Ghot on Nov 19 2017 04:56pm

Thank God lonzo got a hair cut. Maybe now he can attempt to not play like dog shit too.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/europes-merkel-macron-may-less-popular-than-trump/article/2641178

thoughts europoors?

I already knew that, and it doesnt surprise me one bit.

trump is portrayed a lot worse by the media than he actually is. and may, macron and merkel all have done things in recent months/years that gave a good chunk of their people plenty of reason to hate them.

but trumps approval ratings are also helped a lot by the extreme polarization in the united states, coupled with a two-party system. this polarization ensures that at least half the US population hates his guts, but is helps him hold his ground within the other half, despite having a very erratic and ineffective first year in office.

if a politician in the UK/france/germany behaved and governed like trump did in the US, his popularity would be far below where may/macron/merkel currently stand.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Nov 19 2017 06:26pm

first of all, comparing approval ratings of politicians in america's two party system with those in france / germany / and the uk, and expecting some kind of meaningful conclusion, is a very questionable approach to begin with. the 46% of americans who voted for trump and the 48% who voted for hillary are also results that are almost unthinkable in our multi party systems.

secondly, trump's approval rating (currently 38.3% according to RCP) is still LOWER than merkel's, even the one from their own source. also, his disapproval rating (57%) is significantly higher than merkel's and even macron's despite having a much larger base rooting for him no matter what, just based on the party he belongs to.

lastly, the numbers provided by the "zogby analytics" poll seem, at the very least in merkel's case (don't know about macron and may, perhaps some frenchies or brits wanna address that), very fishy. i don't know anything about them or their methods (and a quick google search wasn't particularly flattering), but while prolonged (and ++ breaking news: failed! ++) coalition talks might have seen her approval rating drop even further, established german pollsters "infratest dimap" have merkel currently still above 60% (!):





so in conclusion, despite the odds being stacked heavily in trump's favour just based on the different systems, the only way you can justify the headline in regards to merkel is using an extremely questionable poll when it comes to her approval ratings and choose the rasmussen (!) poll for trump's...

washington examiner / 10

This post was edited by fender on Nov 19 2017 07:40pm