U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands Apologizes After Bizarre 'Fake News' Exchange

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8 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

"Dat" = "that" in Louisiana Cajun English

I'm.pretty sure they stole that from the Dutch 

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12 hours ago, -Trinity- said:

Dutch has that to btw, lot of hard G's.

Only in 'Holland'. Us southerners have a soft and gentle G. 

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5 minutes ago, Little_Vixen said:

Only in 'Holland'. Us southerners have a soft and gentle G. 

Lol, that's true. I worked for a "Limburgs" company and had a hard time understanding them when they spoke the dialect.

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21 hours ago, -Trinity- said:

http://time.com/5078452/pete-hoekstra-fake-news/

 

I wish we had a facepalm emoji on VJ...

 

Mods can we get one, please?

 

  "We in the US we would call it fake news" is unfortunately both true and embarrassing, because that has actually been occurring. Politicians are getting caught in lies and trying to shift the blame and diminish the credibility of the media instead of owning up to the lies. It has worked to a degree, unfortunately, and it is why some politicians are working hard to discredit the media in the first place.

 

   I think the lesson for politicians in this case is "do try this at home". The current atmosphere may allow this to work in the USA, but don't expect the public or the media in other countries to fall for these kinds of shenanigans. When it will stop working here is ultimately up to the American people.

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28 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  "We in the US we would call it fake news" is unfortunately both true and embarrassing, because that has actually been occurring. Politicians are getting caught in lies and trying to shift the blame and diminish the credibility of the media instead of owning up to the lies. It has worked to a degree, unfortunately, and it is why some politicians are working hard to discredit the media in the first place.

 

   I think the lesson for politicians in this case is "do try this at home". The current atmosphere may allow this to work in the USA, but don't expect the public or the media in other countries to fall for these kinds of shenanigans. When it will stop working here is ultimately up to the American people.

Yeah, I don't understand why he thought that he could possibly get away with this. Spreading fake news works to a certain point when you pass that point you're basically making a fool out of yourself.

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17 hours ago, -Trinity- said:

I'm.pretty sure they stole that from the Dutch 

DE BRIDGE (CAJUN JOKE)

    Boudreaux live across de bayou from Clarence who he don like at all.  Dey all de time yell across de bayou at each other.  Boudreaux yell to Clarence, "If I had a way to cross dis bayou I'd come over dere an beat you up good, yeah!"
    Dis go on for years.  Finally de state done built a bridge across dat bayou right by dere houses and Boudreaux's wife Marie say, "Now is you chance, Boudreaux.  Why don you go over dere an beat up Clarence like you say."
    Boudreaux say "ok" and start across de bridge but he see a sign on de bridge an he stop to read it and den he go back home.
    Marie say, "Why you back so soon?" and Boudreaux say, "Marie, I dun change my mind bout beat'n up Clarence.  You know Marie dey got a sign on dat bridge what say Clarence 13 ft 6 in.  You know, he don look NEAR dat big when I yell at him from across de bayou!"