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LawBeefaroni wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:35 am

malchior wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:45 am

Edit: Oh and the US just revoked the visa of a top Putin critic in coordination with the Russians adding him to an interpol watch list. WTF is going on?

Edit2: Here is a NY Times piece giving the background on this - how the Russians are peddling an insane conspiracy theory to go after the guy who put the thumbscrews on Russian oligarchs money.

Remember the "adoption" meetings?

In response to U.S. passage of the Magnitsky Act, Russia cut off the U.S. adoption of Russian children — which led to a meeting during last year's presidential campaign between a Moscow lawyer and representatives of the Trump campaign at Trump Tower.

That bullshit about Trump being unbuyable because he is rich is so laughable. He's probably more buyable because he's so transparently envious of those who are richer than he is.

Just came here to post on this

http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-bro ... ia-2017-10

I really fear that we're never going to bounce back from this. I step away from the news and everything seems OK right now but every time I come back, it's like the conspiracy stuff of the 80s, only it's all real.

This entire thread makes me feel like Russia won Cold War II in a rout.

I am hoping this was something automated - meaning his status in our system is tied into Interpol's status. If so it needs to be reversed. If that isn't what happened and this is coordinated then it certainly looks like something could be really, really fucking wrong.

Remus West wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:51 pm This entire thread makes me feel like Russia won Cold War II in a rout.

What happens when Putin dies? Especially if it's suspicious?

Pyperkub wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:27 pm

Remus West wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:51 pm This entire thread makes me feel like Russia won Cold War II in a rout.

What happens when Putin dies? Especially if it's suspicious?

He's probably the most protected man in the world. In addition to being the richest. He'll live for a long, long time provided he doesn't get into his own puloneum supply. Or fall off a bucking rhino he's riding for sport.

At Steve Wynn's urging, Trump decides to deport Chinese dissident.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... ter-report

The Guardian wrote:Donald Trump called for the deportation of a Chinese dissident living in the US, after receiving a request from Beijing hand-delivered by a casino owner with business interests in China, according to a US report.

And then is talked out of it by advisers who told Trump Guo is a Mar-A-Lago member.

Alefroth wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:21 pm At Steve Wynn's urging, Trump decides to deport Chinese dissident.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... ter-report

The Guardian wrote:Donald Trump called for the deportation of a Chinese dissident living in the US, after receiving a request from Beijing hand-delivered by a casino owner with business interests in China, according to a US report.

And then is talked out of it by advisers who told Trump Guo is a Mar-A-Lago member.

So now a Mar-A-Lago membership also includes "safe from deportation" benefit.

Remember back in July when they twisted Trump's arm and made a big show of him (reluctantly) signing the sanctions against Russia. You may want to sit down for this, but none of them are being enforced.

The administration has since blown past an October 1 deadline to implement the sanctions. Lawmakers are now searching for answers as to whether the president is even planning to follow the law that they passed and he signed.

“If they don’t cooperate, then further actions need to be taken,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told The Daily Beast on Monday. The Arizona senator, who chairs the powerful Armed Services Committee and has spoken out against the White House on its attitude toward Moscow, said the administration has left him in the dark.

LawBeefaroni wrote:

Pyperkub wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:27 pm

Remus West wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:51 pm This entire thread makes me feel like Russia won Cold War II in a rout.

What happens when Putin dies? Especially if it's suspicious?

He's probably the most protected man in the world. In addition to being the richest. He'll live for a long, long time provided he doesn't get into his own puloneum supply. Or fall off a bucking rhino he's riding for sport.

On the event of his demise by rhino or tiger wrestling I'm sure they'll have a cyborg body ready to receive his brain soon after.

$iljanus wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:40 am

LawBeefaroni wrote:

Pyperkub wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:27 pm

Remus West wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:51 pm This entire thread makes me feel like Russia won Cold War II in a rout.

What happens when Putin dies? Especially if it's suspicious?

He's probably the most protected man in the world. In addition to being the richest. He'll live for a long, long time provided he doesn't get into his own puloneum supply. Or fall off a bucking rhino he's riding for sport.

On the event of his demise by rhino or tiger wrestling I'm sure they'll have a cyborg body ready to receive his brain soon after.

Again?

Oh my.
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/922872101597532161

Just as a general principle, since I certainly have no sympathy for PGOTUS, how is the secret service allowing anything to be thrown at a sitting president?

I imagine the flag didn't trip any metal detectors, and I'm guessing they had everyone behind a certain line - ready to tackle anyone who broke formation. This flagger didn't trip any alarms for them. He even dressed like he belonged.

I'm sure you guys can all jump behind this.

President Trump should name himself to be head of the Federal Reserve.

Eliminate the middleman. Save on a salary. Cut to the nitty-gritty: The Fed is not going to do anything Wall Street or Washington doesn’t like, no matter who is the boss.

So pick the one guy who’s in charge of Washington (at least in his mind) and beholden to Wall Street. That one man is Donald J. Trump.

And this way, when Trump changes his mind about interest rates — too low when he was a mere candidate, yet he doesn’t want them raised now that he’s president — he won’t have to explain his flip-flops.

It won’t only save money, it will also be fun.

http://nypost.com/2017/10/23/why-trump- ... l-reserve/

Paingod wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:33 pm I imagine the flag didn't trip any metal detectors, and I'm guessing they had everyone behind a certain line - ready to tackle anyone who broke formation. This flagger didn't trip any alarms for them. He even dressed like he belonged.

Great.. So now the terrorists know they can bring loaded flags within proximity of the President.

Woman on the right with the oh-shit fake smile. LoL

Rip wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:27 pm I'm sure you guys can all jump behind this.

President Trump should name himself to be head of the Federal Reserve.

Eliminate the middleman. Save on a salary. Cut to the nitty-gritty: The Fed is not going to do anything Wall Street or Washington doesn’t like, no matter who is the boss.

So pick the one guy who’s in charge of Washington (at least in his mind) and beholden to Wall Street. That one man is Donald J. Trump.

And this way, when Trump changes his mind about interest rates — too low when he was a mere candidate, yet he doesn’t want them raised now that he’s president — he won’t have to explain his flip-flops.

It won’t only save money, it will also be fun.

http://nypost.com/2017/10/23/why-trump- ... l-reserve/

Sure, let's put someone whose tax cuts are actually tax increases to the middle class in charge of the Fed. That would go swimmingly.

So, this is a thing.

Wait. Is he counting the standing ovations for Flake?

Because it really seems like he's implying there were multiple standing ovations for him at his Tax Cut lunch photo op.

I assume he believes when people get up to leave any room he enters that they’re giving him a standing ovation, and not leaving because he’s an obnoxious scumbag who has to pay for wives and friends?

Zaxxon wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:01 pm So, this is a thing.

If Trump were a PUBG player, he'd die in 86th place and then stroke his ego online as the best ever, so many chicken dinners.

Punisher wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:31 pm

Paingod wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:33 pm I imagine the flag didn't trip any metal detectors, and I'm guessing they had everyone behind a certain line - ready to tackle anyone who broke formation. This flagger didn't trip any alarms for them. He even dressed like he belonged.

Great.. So now the terrorists know they can bring loaded flags within proximity of the President.

I sure hope so.

On a side note..did Mr Tangerine Man ever release his tax reports????

Im going to suggest to Rocket Man that he refer to trump as Mr Tangerine Man from now on.

Add this to the list of trying to undo everything connected with Obama. Trump wanted to undo the renaming of Denali:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/24/politics/ ... index.html

I'd be lying if I said I don't enjoy watching Jeff Flake going out in a blaze of anti-Trump glory.

Zaxxon wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:01 pm So, this is a thing.

We should just call Congress the Politburo and in future photo ops have him met by the cheers of the local Communist youth brigade, umm I mean Cub Scouts.

$iljanus wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:19 pm

Zaxxon wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:01 pm So, this is a thing.

We should just call Congress the Politburo and in future photo ops have him met by the cheers of the local Communist youth brigade, umm I mean Cub Scouts.

And man, we should really add an extra entry exam question for the senate hiring process.

Do you want success for the U.S.?
yes / no

lol. https://twitter.com/CNN/status/923237983335088131

He's kind of a big deal.

I've never met a single intelligent person that felt compelled to say the words "I'm a very intelligent person". Not one time.

I've met people that have said that out loud, but the people who have done that aren't intelligent people. They're unintelligent people who are desperately insecure about it.

I have. However the context of proclaiming to be intelligent is usually an antecedent to recognizing the limitations of their ability grasp something.

I'm a smart guy, but....
I'm a pretty intelligent dude, but...

But more importantly, I'm totally lost on the connection between being civil and being intelligent or being civil and having been to an Ivy League school. And I don't have a concept of how associating Ivy League with intelligence either. Being from rust bell, the first and perhaps only thing I associate Ivy League with is family name or family money...

And it's not the press that makes you out to be uncivil. It's your tweets. It's your interviews. It's your speeches. If you fail to comprehend that, then you may just need to revisit you intelligence premise.

Ted Kaczynski was ivy league. I highly doubt anyone associates "Unabomber" with "courteous and polite".

LordMortis wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:14 pmI'm a smart guy, but....
I'm a pretty intelligent dude, but...

That's a different thing altogether. That's not actually a declaration of intelligence. That's just a clever lead-in to calling something stupid or unclear.

If you've actually met someone that is actually intelligent, that said "I'm a very intelligent person" (hard stop), I'd be surprised.

Very intelligent people don't have to tell people they are very intelligent, because it's obvious. You only have to tell people when it's not obvious. And when it's not obvious, it's because you aren't actually a very intelligent person. You only think you are, and are incredibly self-conscious about others not noticing.

Don't forget that he also has good words.

Like Cyber? He's the best at cyber.

RunningMn9 wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:02 pm I've never met a single intelligent person that felt compelled to say the words "I'm a very intelligent person". Not one time.

I've met people that have said that out loud, but the people who have done that aren't intelligent people. They're unintelligent people who are desperately insecure about it.

https://twitter.com/bngpy/status/922446643315666947

Also, I'm just trying to imagine Obama deflecting criticism by saying, "I went to Harvard, okay? I'm a smart guy". It would be a week long controversy about him being smug and "elitist" and completely dismissive of middle america.

https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/9232 ... 77952?s=09

Check out @joshtpm’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/9232 ... 77952?s=09

I have no more can'ts.

Edit: I seriously don't know how to post here anymore. It's a tweet. I put the link in tweet brackets and it still fucks up. If a mod wants to fix formatting, go ahead.

https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status ... 9187622912

Will this show up as just a copy paste. Who knows.

But the text is:

Trump says he did not authorize the mission in Niger that resulted in loss of 4 soldiers. generals did

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/923247207440175104

The White House said last week that civilians shouldn't question generals.

Trump said today that the generals make the calls, not him.

And lastly.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 7728386049

Spoke to President Xi of China to congratulate him on his extraordinary elevation. Also discussed NoKo & trade, two very important subjects!

maybe I've got tweets figured out...