Philk

" his punishment will not be what it once would have been. "

Trump speaking about the captured bomber - so is he suggesting bringing back hanging,drawing and quartering? To be broadcast live on the Trump TV channel of course to get the highest ratings

robin1234

I got MLK, Gordon Brown and Hillary Clinton, but no Putin.

scrubbedexpat091

No Putin when I did that search.

I got an old white guy, a black guy who is not MLK, Clinton was there, a couple dogs, Kevin Spacey, Gordon Ramsey, misc random photos, but no Putin.

Leslie

Gordon may be a "polite" poster but he has consistently, and with great frequency, went out of his way to drive BE traffic away from this forum and onto these dodgy websites. Some which actually are pro-Russian propaganda sites --- as has been pointed out before. Others seem to just be hack-job conspiracy sites.

Most of us have a rudimentary understanding of how web traffic works. The more clicks - the more ad money for a site. We also know that when somebody clicks one of Barlow's links, the website linked can see from where the new viewers are originating --- in this case, British Expats.

We all post links now and then, and maybe Gordon isn't breaking any BE rules, but I don't think it's out of line for other posters to question his strange behavior.

Giantaxe

I don't think his behaviour is that strange... link dumping's purpose is as you explain, which is why many sites (not BE) prohibit it. Worse, it adds nothing to the discourse on BE; how many times has "Gordon Barlow" entered into debate about his "claims"? Next to none, I believe.

Jerseygirl

You both have a point...one to which I will look into.

Philk

Skittles photo as used in the tweet by Donald Turd Jr was taken by a refugee

sir_eccles

The continuing story about Trump's foundation is fascinating. If you don't follow David Fahrenthold (@fahrenthold) you should.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...dc7_story.html

I think it is odd how a supposed billionaire needs to raid his foundation for a mere quarter million in legal fees. Unless he is flat broke?

MidAtlantic

It's not difficult to be asset rich and cash poor in the property business

sir_eccles

True, but I guess he has to service his debt to the Bank of China somehow.

Even so, it does not change the fact that using the foundation's money for personal things is illegal.

sir_eccles

The apparent origin of the skittles meme is quite interesting.

https://theintercept.com/2016/09/20/...-at-nuremberg/

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

dakota44

Well I do recall reading that Trump had an oft read copy of My New Order at his bedside. A collection of Hitlers speeches. And here it is. http://www.businessinsider.com/donal...his-bed-2015-8

Anian

I'm okay with not eating any Syrian refugees.

The tweet has a very different tone if you replace "Syrian refugee" with "gun owner". Not that i am disparaging gun owners here, just pointing out that dismissing everyone due to isolated examples works with people you like as much as those you fear.

Anyway, more people have died from eating Skittles in the US than from terrorist attacks by refugees.

Philk

and the skittles meme is often used by the alt-right as it references Trayvon Martin

Giantaxe

A short article from The Economist about how retweets from "Russia Today" - the government-funded Russian site that Gordon Barlow frequently links to from here - are made by a more limited set of people than is the case for the BBC and NY Times:



Tweetaganda | The Economist