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Post by TC on Jul 5, 2017 12:22:09 GMT -5
I think this is misrepresenting all of the issues there. He didn't apologize for the video - sticking "CNN" letters on some wrestler's face isn't offensive. It's stupid. It's pathetic and disgusting that a sitting President posts it as official communication, but it's not offensive when some random internet user shares that. He apologized for his other posts on reddit, which were racist and bigoted (his own words) and deleted his account. Immediately after he posted his apology, the_donald Reddit mods locked and deleted the apology because they live for the racist and bigoted stuff. CNN then released a statement that they weren't going to identify him because he promised not to do it again, apologized, etc etc - which internet trolls took as "blackmail", but really read as some sort of lawyer statement where CNN had grounds for damages due to some random internet wrestling video used their trademark - but declined to push the issue. So in summary, everyone involved in this was horrible : Trump, the Redditor who posted it for all of his trolling posts, and CNN for not doing its job and just reporting what they found, but posting some overlawyered statement instead that makes the use of their trademark somehow more important than what they should stand for.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jul 5, 2017 13:50:31 GMT -5
I think this is misrepresenting all of the issues there. He didn't apologize for the video - sticking "CNN" letters on some wrestler's face isn't offensive. Actually, that was no wrestler. It's the husband of one of his Cabinet officials and a major Trump donor. "In April, Dan Alexander of Forbes noted that Vince and Linda McMahon were listed as the biggest donors to the Trump Foundation, with $4 million donated according to a 2007 IRS filing from the foundation. The contribution represented 8% of WWE's profits that year. The gravy train did not stop there as Linda McMahon, who has since been tabbed as chief of the Small Business Administration, donated a total of $7 million to a pro-Trump super PAC."www.forbes.com/sites/alfredkonuwa/2017/07/03/donald-trump-used-wwe-footage-for-anti-cnn-tweet-and-its-not-a-coincidence/
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 5, 2017 14:04:50 GMT -5
This NYTimes op-ed states much more eloquently the discussion I was attempting to have with EasyEd when he took great offense at an analogy I posited. I asked if there was a moral component to the leadership of the United States: There is something insidious and corrosive about trying to evaluate the severity of every offense, trying to give each an individual grade on the scale of absurdity. Trump himself is the offense. Everything that springs from him, every person who supports him, every staffer who shields him, every legislator who defends him, is an offense. Every partisan who uses him — against all he or she has ever claimed to champion — to advance a political agenda and, in so doing, places party over country, is an offense. Republicans have bound themselves up with Trump. His fate is their fate. They have surrendered any moral authority to which they once laid claim — rightly or not. If Trump goes down, they all do. www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/opinion/trump-hijacked-american-presidency.html
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Post by hoya95 on Jul 5, 2017 14:44:52 GMT -5
I think this is misrepresenting all of the issues there. He didn't apologize for the video - sticking "CNN" letters on some wrestler's face isn't offensive. Actually, that was no wrestler. It's the husband of one of his Cabinet officials and a major Trump donor. "In April, Dan Alexander of Forbes noted that Vince and Linda McMahon were listed as the biggest donors to the Trump Foundation, with $4 million donated according to a 2007 IRS filing from the foundation. The contribution represented 8% of WWE's profits that year. The gravy train did not stop there as Linda McMahon, who has since been tabbed as chief of the Small Business Administration, donated a total of $7 million to a pro-Trump super PAC."www.forbes.com/sites/alfredkonuwa/2017/07/03/donald-trump-used-wwe-footage-for-anti-cnn-tweet-and-its-not-a-coincidence/So Vince spent almost $100 million trying to buy his wife a Senate seat when he could buy her a cabinet post for $7 million. That probably explains the look on his face in this picture. Good to see the Modern gilded age is alive and well. i.imgur.com/l7LUSHj.jpgAttachments:
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 6, 2017 4:53:18 GMT -5
Still searching for Trump's "moral compass": Gracelessness shows bad character, but it is also an obstacle to success and often a recipe for failure. Humiliating people is a terrific way to reduce the likelihood of cooperation. Graceless leaders produce graceless followers and graceless opponents. Gracelessness is stupid, because those who lack grace inflame their adversaries -- and turn potential friends into enemies. Actually it’s worse than that. We already have disturbing evidence that the election of President Trump has produced an increase in xenophobia, stemming from an erosion of social norms that counteract public expression of dislike or hatred of foreigners. It is not unreasonable to speculate that insofar as the president uses violent images or language against members of the press, or against political opponents, he will end up fueling actual violence. www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-07-05/a-graceless-president-a-national-betrayal?cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 5:48:08 GMT -5
Peak Trump: Russia might have hacked, they might not, but either way it's Obama's fault.... Trump now: Why did Obama do nothing about it? Trump then: It's rigged!! I love Wikileaks!! It was a 400lb Chinese hacker! But most important what are you doing about it now to protect our democracy?? _____ NYT: "Two people close to Mr. Trump said they expected [Trump and Putin] to bond over their disdain for 'fake news.'" www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/us/politics/trump-poland-germany-g20-putin.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0Oh... Maybe somebody should mention Russia has weaponized fake news against the country you're supposed to be the leader of... Ignorant beyond belief...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 5:59:44 GMT -5
Ruh roh..... Russia-born dealmaker linked to Trump assists laundering probe Felix Sater, who worked on Trump Soho, turns against Kazakh former business partners www.ft.com/content/159eb2d8-6162-11e7-8814-0ac7eb84e5f1Mr Sater has now agreed to co-operate with an international investigation into the alleged money-laundering network, five people with knowledge of the matter said. The co-operation has included working with a team of lawyers and private investigators pursuing civil cases across three continents, the people said. Mr Sater declined to comment. In Kazakhstan as in other former Soviet states, Mr Trump’s sprawling business interests threaten to impinge on the president as he manages American foreign policy commitments in the region. When the FT revealed these deals last year, Alan Garten, a lawyer for Mr Trump’s business, said he had “no doubt” that “every legal requirement” had been fulfilled in respect of checking the provenance of the money for the transactions. Mr Garten did not respond to a further request for comment. But the relationships that link Mr Trump’s opaque business interests to the alleged laundering scheme go back much further — and run chiefly through Mr Sater. ____ Article states Trump isn't the direct target but makes pretty clear he has his hands dirty soooo...
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 6, 2017 6:42:27 GMT -5
Ruh roh..... Russia-born dealmaker linked to Trump assists laundering probe Felix Sater, who worked on Trump Soho, turns against Kazakh former business partners www.ft.com/content/159eb2d8-6162-11e7-8814-0ac7eb84e5f1Mr Sater has now agreed to co-operate with an international investigation into the alleged money-laundering network, five people with knowledge of the matter said. The co-operation has included working with a team of lawyers and private investigators pursuing civil cases across three continents, the people said. Mr Sater declined to comment. In Kazakhstan as in other former Soviet states, Mr Trump’s sprawling business interests threaten to impinge on the president as he manages American foreign policy commitments in the region. When the FT revealed these deals last year, Alan Garten, a lawyer for Mr Trump’s business, said he had “no doubt” that “every legal requirement” had been fulfilled in respect of checking the provenance of the money for the transactions. Mr Garten did not respond to a further request for comment. But the relationships that link Mr Trump’s opaque business interests to the alleged laundering scheme go back much further — and run chiefly through Mr Sater. ____ Article states Trump isn't the direct target but makes pretty clear he has his hands dirty soooo... Put more plainly, Robert Mueller has hired a prosecutor who was previously involved with a case that involved securing the close cooperation of an individual who might (might!) have simultaneously been helping fund Trump projects with laundered money. www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/06/21/felix_sater_donald_trump_robert_mueller_and_andrew_weissmann.html
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 6, 2017 7:02:44 GMT -5
Trump finally affirms US position on Article 5 defense of NATO and traditional alliances at end of his speech in Poland -- and throws in an affirmation of the freedom of press. He'll say it in Poland but not the US?? Mattis/McMaster influence greater on this speech and Trump stuck to the script; Bannon/Miller wing probably Editeded.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 12:36:44 GMT -5
Energy Secretary Rick Perry during a visit to a coal plant: "Here’s a little economics lesson: supply and demand. You put the supply out there and the demand will follow."
I think the good secretary needs to re-enroll in Econ 101.
But hey, let's produce more coal and watch the demand roll in!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 12:51:53 GMT -5
A kiss? Snark aside, yes, and he will....
Question: If Trump the President of the United States doesn't trust our intelligence agencies, why should anybody else? Should anybody else? I'm confused....
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jul 6, 2017 13:05:32 GMT -5
Energy Secretary Rick Perry during a visit to a coal plant: "Here’s a little economics lesson: supply and demand. You put the supply out there and the demand will follow." I think the good secretary needs to re-enroll in Econ 101. To be fair, the former Gov. Perry was not an econ major at Texas A&M, where he majored in animal science. The course catalog is linked below--yes, there's even a one credit course on barbecue. animalscience.tamu.edu/academics/courses/courses-2/ansc-undergrad/
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Post by hoyainspirit on Jul 6, 2017 13:53:20 GMT -5
Energy Secretary Rick Perry during a visit to a coal plant: "Here’s a little economics lesson: supply and demand. You put the supply out there and the demand will follow." I think the good secretary needs to re-enroll in Econ 101. But hey, let's produce more coal and watch the demand roll in! Oops! Perhaps Perry should have gotten Price's job. As states that took the Medicaid expansion prove, "You put the supply out there and the demand will follow." A&M should demand their degree back. What a doofus!
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 6, 2017 18:59:47 GMT -5
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Post by tashoya on Jul 7, 2017 8:24:25 GMT -5
Energy Secretary Rick Perry during a visit to a coal plant: "Here’s a little economics lesson: supply and demand. You put the supply out there and the demand will follow." I think the good secretary needs to re-enroll in Econ 101. But hey, let's produce more coal and watch the demand roll in! Next up, an equally well-informed lecture on climate change!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2017 9:35:05 GMT -5
“I worry a little about this meeting because Putin is going to walk into the room very well prepared, and I’m not certain Trump will come into that room prepared,” said Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and career diplomat who now is a senior foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington. Should Trump prove unprepared, that won’t be for lack of effort on the Americans’ side. Leading up to his first face-to-face meeting with Putin, U.S. intelligence officials have prepared a detailed psychological profile of the long-serving Russian strongman, a former KGB officer who spent decades recruiting spies for the Soviet Union and mastered the art of bending people to his will. The profile, according to two U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the preparations, is part of a thick binder prepared for Trump. The president often doesn’t read the usual briefing books and relies on in-person briefings, the officials said, so aides also have written a list of tweet-length sentences that summarize the main points Trump could bring up with Putin. Putin was and is a KGB officer, and KGB officers are specialists at one thing: seduction, how to persuade others to do what you want... www.latimes.com/politics/la-fg-trump-putin-20170704-story.html?utm_content=bufferbf553&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer_________ "tweet-length sentences that summarize the main points Trump could bring up with Putin." Tough....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2017 10:02:14 GMT -5
Confirmed...
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Post by TC on Jul 7, 2017 10:14:38 GMT -5
Did he pull the pull-in handshake BS on Vlad? Or just prostrate himself and kiss his feet?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2017 10:29:07 GMT -5
Did he pull the pull-in handshake BS on Vlad? Or just prostrate himself and kiss his feet? Switched out his faux super macho handshake and went with the pat on the back instead... Fitting...
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 7, 2017 12:12:41 GMT -5
News Heading: Trump Meets With KGB Handler for Two Hours: New Taskings Provided
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