nobody in the white house cares about facts, guys.

if you want a fact based debate, you'll have to take it to a higher arbiter - and you should. but, you don't sway people like trump with facts. unfortunately, you just irritate them.

trump creates his own reality, where what is true is determined by what is useful to him and how loudly it's yelled.

it would be nice if there was some effluvient force permeating some ether that can work out fact from fiction and uphold the most honourable position, then reward whomever holds it with earthly riches. but, there isn't.

there is only a man in an office in a system that does not care what the facts are.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/04/26/trump-trudeau-readout-call_n_16261762.html

also, to clarify any confusion - dawkins correctly self-identifies as a liberal and always has (the doc is technically a rebuttal of the right's co-option of his theory), although i might suggest that he's actually in a bit of a hurry.

i can't find this on youtube.

but, canadian trade negotiators should sit down for an hour and watch it. it's math, but you don't need any background at all to get it...

...because it's dawkins. richard dawkins uses evolutionary game theory to extrapolate upon kropotkin and argue for co-operation over competition - but it's the caveats that you have to account for that are important and that special attention should be drawn to.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/nice-guys-finish-first/

you cannot co-operate with donald trump.

it's like trying to befriend a jackal.

you have to understand the trumpian logic. it's not irrational - it's just the logic of barbarism, and we have to adjust to it.

1) mexico pushed back.
2) canada sought co-operation.
3) therefore, canada is an easier target than mexico is.
4) so, trump should ignore mexico and attack canada.

QED.

you just have to be a barbarian to actually think like that.

...and, yes, it was predictable. that's why i pleaded with them to stand up, early. but, nobody ever listens. story of my fucking life.

the mexicans did this right. we did this wrong. and, if we push back, trump will go invade the falklands, or something.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/1/25/1625069/-Mexico-May-Call-Trump-s-Bluff-On-NAFTA-Renegotiation

do it.

call his bluff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0JqANzRTo

“Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem? We will see what happens!” - donald trump

the question of whether his accusation is true or not does not seem to matter much, apparently. the value of an accusation lies in it's ability to extract a rent from the accused.

could the president be denied standing in court?

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/donald-trump-canada-tariffs