2016 United States Election

[Frelga]

What's Russian for schadenfreude?

Злорадство

[Cerin]

Cerin, what do you think would be a more appropriate reaction on the part of the media?

I don't say the reaction of the media was inappropriate, Jewel, but funny -- because the situation is inherently ironic. We have a history of meddling in the affairs of other nations, and Clinton herself is a strong proponent of regime change. What's good for the goose is good for the gander, as they say. If we do it to others, we don't have grounds for complaint when it's done to us (or for the solemn tone of shock and indignation I saw on display in interviews).

No, other countries shouldn't meddle in our affairs. And we shouldn't meddle in theirs.

[Beutlin]

What's Russian for schadenfreude?

Злорадство

And there I was, thinking it was шаденфроеде. ^^

[Frelga]

That's transliteration.

[yovargas]

What's Russian for schadenfreude?

Злорадство

.......... Oh.

[River]

Never mind Russian. What's English for schadenfreude?

[axordil]

Andrea Mitchell turned the tables on GOP chair Priebus--when he tried to make hay of the emails, and said he thought more might be coming, she asked him if he knew anything and why no one hacked the RNC. Which is an excellent question.

[River]

Perhaps the RNC hired itself some Russians?

[Inanna]

Ding!

[Alatar]

What can I say. I'm a musicals geek.

[axordil]

"I'm not a member of an organized political party. I'm a Democrat."
--Will Rogers, the Jon Stewart of the 1930s.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Can Trump really get away with this without it hurting him? Normally I could consider this to be a dealbreaker, but there have been so many other similar apparent dealbreakers that have not seemed to hurt him.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/us/po ... .html?_r=0

[yovargas]

Can Trump really get away with this without it hurting him?

Yes.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Sadly, I think you are correct. But think about it. He is calling on an unfriendly foreign power to spy on the U.S. and interfere in the election. It boggles the mind.

[Inanna]

8-).

[Primula Baggins]

It's skating along the edge of, well, treason. Encouraging an enemy to do something damaging to your country.

And all stupid—the "missing" emails were all recovered, and evidently didn't contain anything criminal.

[River]

Absolutely none of that matters to Trump. Nor, apparently, to his fans.

[yovargas]

I'm genuinely surprised at how enduring a scandal the dumb emails have been. It's such a boring story, I expected everyone to get tired of it ages ago.

[Alatar]

Not that I can claim to be very informed over here in Ireland, but it feels like its the only thing they have on Hilary, so they will keep worrying at it.

[yovargas]

*ahem*



(slightly NSFW)