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Trumps Broken Promises
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 4:52 PM
THGRRI
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 5:12 PM
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 6:01 PM
SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8:00 PM
JEWELSTAITEFAN
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 10:05 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Have you found a copy of the Trump Budget as released yesterday? I could not find an online copy last night.
Thursday, May 25, 2017 11:06 AM
Quote:Originally posted by G: Quote:Originally posted by second: Greg Gianforte is running for the House seat in Montana left open when Ryan Zinke was named Secretary of the Interior. It turns out he really, really doesn't like being asked what he thinks of the Congressional Budget Office's score of Trump's health care bill. In case the video gets deleted, the Republican broke the reporter's glasses, then told him to get out. Imagine if a reporter had body slammed Ted Cruz? There are bigger stories for sure, but this is a good tell in terms of the heat and frustration the GOP must be feeling with these repeated failed attempts from their largely worthless leader. They're starting to crack. ==============================
Quote:Originally posted by second: Greg Gianforte is running for the House seat in Montana left open when Ryan Zinke was named Secretary of the Interior. It turns out he really, really doesn't like being asked what he thinks of the Congressional Budget Office's score of Trump's health care bill. In case the video gets deleted, the Republican broke the reporter's glasses, then told him to get out.
Thursday, May 25, 2017 11:11 AM
Quote:Originally posted by G: There are bigger stories for sure, but this is a good tell in terms of the heat and frustration the GOP must be feeling with these repeated failed attempts from their largely worthless leader. They're starting to crack.
Thursday, May 25, 2017 11:19 AM
Quote:Originally posted by THGRRI: There are many thousands of towns and communities that relies or relied on one form of industry. Everything else that supports a town or community is spawned into existence because of that industry. Outsourcing and digital advancements have been sucking the life source out of theses places. Anger and protectionism is the result.
Thursday, May 25, 2017 4:27 PM
Thursday, May 25, 2017 4:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by THGRRI: There are many thousands of towns and communities that relies or relied on one form of industry. Everything else that supports a town or community is spawned into existence because of that industry. Outsourcing and digital advancements have been sucking the life source out of theses places. Anger and protectionism is the result. Republicans don't understand the concept of a Ghost Town: when the veins of silver are all gone in the local mine, it is time to abandon the town. When the trees have been cut down and the sawmill closes, it is time to abandon the town. When people sell their horses to the slaughter house and buy cars and the horse-drawn buggy factory that employs everybody closes, leave town. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly] They have no sense of neighbor. They scream the loudest they are the ones who do, but they don't. Nowhere in the bible does it say think and act like a Republican.
Thursday, May 25, 2017 7:15 PM
Thursday, May 25, 2017 8:00 PM
Thursday, May 25, 2017 9:01 PM
6STRINGJOKER
Quote:Originally posted by second: "The Germans are evil, very evil," said Trump.
Quote:The "very bad" translation comes from the Cambridge Dictionary, anyway. Google Translate says Trump's comments actually translate to "evil, very evil."
Thursday, May 25, 2017 9:54 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: Quote:Originally posted by second: "The Germans are evil, very evil," said Trump. This is one of the main problems with Left Wing journalism. Trump never said "The Germans are evil, very evil". He said, "The Germans are bad, very bad". https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/05/25/president-trump-calls-germans-very-bad-and-promises-stop-car-imports-report/102162310/ Quote:The "very bad" translation comes from the Cambridge Dictionary, anyway. Google Translate says Trump's comments actually translate to "evil, very evil." I'm sure that you have read articles that were written based off of what "Google Translate" said that Trump said. With reporting as irresponsible as this, one wonders what else has been blown out of proportion after the game of Liberal MSM Telephone that is being held everyday on The Internets.
Thursday, May 25, 2017 10:35 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: With reporting as irresponsible as this, one wonders what else has been blown out of proportion after the game of Liberal MSM Telephone that is being held everyday on The Internets.
Friday, May 26, 2017 12:25 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: With reporting as irresponsible as this, one wonders what else has been blown out of proportion after the game of Liberal MSM Telephone that is being held everyday on The Internets.You missed the important point, as did Trump, and got sidetracked by trivia about "very bad" in English versus "evil" in the German back to English translation. Getting to the important point: Germany pounded a fact into Trump's head until he said he understood, then the very next time that important fact comes up, yesterday, Trump has completely forgotten it: Angela Merkel was forced to explain the “fundamentals” of EU trade to Donald Trump 11 times after he repeatedly asked to do a deal directly with Germany, a senior German official has claimed. The US President reportedly exposed "very basic misunderstandings" of how EU trade works during a meeting with the German chancellor last month. “Ten times Trump asked [Ms Merkel] if he could negotiate a trade deal with Germany. Every time she replied, 'You can’t do a trade deal with Germany, only the EU,'" the official told The Times. "On the eleventh refusal, Trump finally got the message, 'Oh, we’ll do a deal with Europe then.'" www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/angela-merkel-donald-trump-explain-eu-trade-11-times-germany-chancellor-us-president-a7699591.html To really simplify, because the EU has not yet decided how to respond, if Trump forbids all German cars being imported to the USA (something he has talked about) then the EU might respond by forbidding all USA imports to EVERY COUNTRY in the EU, which is more than just Germany.
Friday, May 26, 2017 12:32 PM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Friday, May 26, 2017 1:00 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: Fortunately I didn't listen to any of Trump's promises, and didn't vote for him because of them. So all this blather is, to me, a small, bored meh.
Friday, May 26, 2017 1:12 PM
Saturday, May 27, 2017 6:31 AM
Saturday, May 27, 2017 10:08 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Another promise broken by Trump, made to his national security advisors: www.vox.com/2017/5/26/15703668/kushner-secret-russia-communication On May 24, Trump’s national security advisors — who, with Flynn gone, overwhelmingly have conventional American views on Russia and NATO — gave the New York Times a heads-up that Trump’s speech at the NATO conference in Brussels would affirm his commitment to the alliance’s core guarantee of collective security. Then when it came time to give the speech, Trump didn’t do that. His advisors later turned around and insisted that, of course, the United States remains committed to the North Atlantic Treaty and its critical Article V pledging that an attack on any NATO member will be regarded as an attack on all NATO members. And, in reality, that is a legally binding treaty obligation of the United States whether Trump likes it or not. The fact of the matter is, however, that these same advisors believed they had talked Trump into making a public affirmation of this and then he refused to do it. To undermine NATO in this way has been a core goal of Russian (and, earlier, Soviet) foreign policy as long as NATO has existed. And through all the ups and downs of the Cold War and post-Cold War eras, Russia has never scored a success on that front until Donald Trump’s continued refusal to affirm that the United States will defend its allies. Why exactly Trump won’t do that remains a mystery. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Saturday, May 27, 2017 5:48 PM
OONJERAH
Quote:Originally posted by THGRRI: SECOND, the jury is still out, but everyday we learn more that suggests Trump is a traitor. It's Puntins' agenda he is pushing not Americas.
Saturday, May 27, 2017 6:07 PM
Sunday, May 28, 2017 9:16 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Oonjerah: Quote:Originally posted by THGRRI: SECOND, the jury is still out, but everyday we learn more that suggests Trump is a traitor. It's Puntins' agenda he is pushing not Americas. Gee. ... D'yah think the Republicans will notice that anytime soon? ... oooOO}{OOooo ... I've given up looking for the meaning of life. Now all I want is a cookie.
Sunday, May 28, 2017 9:24 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: I'm curious what people think that Trump has actually DONE. It looks like some of his surrogates tried to open up lines of communication with Putin. I can see how that would be helpful to avoid all out war with Russia. For example: "Vlad, I'm pretty sure they didn't do it but everyone here's howling about how Syria supposedly chemically attacked a small, non-strategic village. I have to do SOMEthing to get people off my back, politically speaking. How about I bomb a Syrian airfield? Can we not escalate from that?" Talking to the Russians, especially Putin, could be a real world-saver. And hell, even Reagan privately talked with Gorbachev. (And from thence came the START missile treaty. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/09/politics/09REAG.html?pagewanted=all&mcubz=1 https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2004_07-08/Reagan) It's not treason for Trump to talk with Putin. Or even illegal. So - what has Trump DONE that people are so upset about?
Sunday, May 28, 2017 10:01 AM
Quote:Originally posted by THGRRI: So 1kiki, why all the lies? Why not just say that? Why ask for immunity? Why not come forth if nothing wrong was done? Why set up a line of communication in the Russian Embassy, where you need to go to the Embassy to speak to Putin, when all they need do is pick up a phone?
Sunday, May 28, 2017 10:46 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by THGRRI: So 1kiki, why all the lies? Why not just say that? Why ask for immunity? Why not come forth if nothing wrong was done? Why set up a line of communication in the Russian Embassy, where you need to go to the Embassy to speak to Putin, when all they need do is pick up a phone?I can answer those questions. There is a "leaked" public transcript of the call between Trump and Duterte, President of the Philippines. On the call, Trump enthusiastically endorsed Duterte’s murderous "drug war" and repeatedly addressed the possibility of a U.S. nuclear strike on North Korea. Maybe when talking to the Russians, Trump is talking about worse actions than nuking N Korea and public executions without arrest or trial. I can see why he needs a secure back channel to avoid leaks similar to this one from the Philippines. www.politico.com/story/2017/05/24/trump-rodrigo-duterte-call-transcript-238758] As with Nixon, follow the money. Russian banks and loans. Also, what Jared Kushner tried to do was not create a backchannel to Russia. The parameters of a backchannel are entirely different from what he tried to do. What Jared was trying to do is set up a covert communications channel with an enemy.
Sunday, May 28, 2017 10:52 AM
Quote:Originally posted by THGRRI: As with Nixon, follow the money. Russian banks and loans.
Sunday, May 28, 2017 12:19 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: Unless they were trading in Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon bags of cash that's all very easy to track these days. Makes you wonder why we're still talking in theoreticals, doesn't it?
Sunday, May 28, 2017 1:25 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: Unless they were trading in Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon bags of cash that's all very easy to track these days. Makes you wonder why we're still talking in theoreticals, doesn't it?There is no reason to wonder. It is not easy to track bribery. Getting a conviction is even harder. For a real example: There is a story about a Russian bribing Erdogan with $25,000,000. It wasn't bags of cash or even electronic transfers between banks. Trump’s bribery could be just as complex and difficult to expose. Trump is actually tied into the story of Erdogan taking bribes. https://theintercept.com/2017/05/26/malta-files-revelations-25-million-oil-tanker-gifted-to-erdogans-family/ This story took 8 years before it was revealed. Slow investigations are typical. Being caught taking a bribe has not gotten Erdogan sentenced to jail. He is still President and he denies everything. Any bribes Trump is taking today might be (or not) revealed in 8 years, after he is out of office. Trump will deny everything, just like Erdogan. It is the smart move.
Sunday, May 28, 2017 5:33 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: Then it sounds to me like they've got nothing. The MSM should be reporting on things that are actually happening, not dealing every single day in theory.
Sunday, May 28, 2017 5:45 PM
Quote:Any bribes Trump is taking today might be (or not) revealed in 8 years, after he is out of office.
Sunday, May 28, 2017 6:09 PM
Sunday, May 28, 2017 6:31 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: Then it sounds to me like they've got nothing. The MSM should be reporting on things that are actually happening, not dealing every single day in theory. For 6 years Trump was saying the case against Trump University was fake news and that he would never settle because he was innocent. "Innocent, believe me." The MSM kept covering the Trump University story, fake or not. Then Trump paid a $25,000,000 fine this year, breaking the promise that he would not settle. Paying was the same as admitting to the MSM that every single time Trump had said "fake news" he knew he was guilty. Trump is pulling the exact same "fake news" scam again, claiming "fake news" for the next 4 to 8 years. When he eventually pays his fine for what is happening today we will know the only thing fake for all those years was Trump, not the MSM news stories about him. http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/18/news/trump-university-settlement-payment/
Sunday, May 28, 2017 9:15 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: I'm still wondering what it is that Trump has DONE that's so bad. Any takers?
Sunday, May 28, 2017 9:21 PM
Sunday, May 28, 2017 11:28 PM
Sunday, May 28, 2017 11:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: All you can do SECOND, is whine about how BAD Trump is - AS PRESIDENT. And I'm STILL wondering - what it is that Trump has DONE that's so bad. Obviously, it's a question you can't answer. Any takers?
Sunday, May 28, 2017 11:48 PM
Sunday, May 28, 2017 11:56 PM
Monday, May 29, 2017 12:05 AM
Monday, May 29, 2017 12:11 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Oonjerah: I consider him borderline nuts, and That is dangerous. Let's hope I'm wrong.
Monday, May 29, 2017 12:13 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: To oonj and second Trump might be the biggest asshole, and most infantile narcissist in the world for all I know. Last I checked, that wasn't impeachable.
Quote:President Trump on Sunday evening called for more spending on health care and said his plan to overhaul the tax code “is actually ahead of schedule” — two statements that are at odds with the budget proposal he unveiled just last week.
Monday, May 29, 2017 12:25 AM
Monday, May 29, 2017 12:27 AM
Monday, May 29, 2017 8:46 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: Stop. Just stop. Do something useful. Maybe write to the democrap party . . . Tell them they have to start solving the problems the vast majority of people care about, like this labor force participation rate 2008-2017 instead of catering to every faction and flavor of minority victimhood. Or the midterms will be a rout as democrats bail even more to third parties.
Monday, May 29, 2017 8:53 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: MEANWHILE - I'm STILL wondering - what it is that Trump has DONE that's so bad. He tried to talk with Russia. Terrible! He tweets. A capital crime, I'm sure! And OMFingG!, he broke some campaign promises. The first politician EVER to do that. Obviously, it's a question you can't answer. So, for starters - Are we at war? Has the economy crashed? Is Trump droning people to death? Have we attacked yet another country? Have we been attacked? What it is that Trump has DONE that's so bad? Any takers?
Monday, May 29, 2017 12:01 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: MEANWHILE - I'm STILL wondering - what it is that Trump has DONE that's so bad. He tried to talk with Russia. Terrible! He tweets. A capital crime, I'm sure! And OMFingG!, he broke some campaign promises. The first politician EVER to do that. Obviously, it's a question you can't answer. So, for starters - Are we at war? Has the economy crashed? Is Trump droning people to death? Have we attacked yet another country? Have we been attacked? What it is that Trump has DONE that's so bad? Any takers?Trump has done nothing so bad. No matter what Trump does, he is safe as long as he does not politically irritate 67 Senators. Very few Senators care about what crimes Trump commits. It is all politics. There were 48 Senators that wanted him impeached before he was inaugurated, but they needed a plausible reason to be politically safe from the voters. If Robert Mueller gives the Democrats a better reason than Trump talked to Russians and also if Trump becomes an embarrassment for his own party, the Republicans will join with the 48. Then Trump will be politically dead as Nixon. By the way, I don't think Nixon's Watergate connected crimes were that big a deal, except to Republican Senators who were tired of his craziness and wanted nice, safe and sane V.P. Jerry Ford as President. Nixon bombing Cambodia was a real crime, but that did not get him impeached. It was the gradual deterioration of his personality that politically killed Nixon. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Monday, May 29, 2017 12:28 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: Don't think I haven't noticed the change in tides here regarding Trump's guilt the last week or so. What's wrong? Is the MSM backpedaling on the narrative all of the sudden?
Monday, May 29, 2017 12:36 PM
BYTEMITE
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: So, for starters - Are we at war? Has the economy crashed? Is Trump droning people to death? Have we attacked yet another country? Have we been attacked? What it is that Trump has DONE that's so bad? Any takers?
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