Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 19

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Ladewig said:
What a bizarre mind he has. It is not enough to assert that it won’t work; he has to complain about its appearance. His border wall is beautiful, but a seawall that is supported by Democrats looks terrible. It is impossible for this man to be more shallow.
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It is not.
 
Dread Pirate Roberts said:
Does he have an explanation for why, when the Dems had a Supermajority his guns weren't taken? Why now would they suddenly have the power they lacked then?

I know, it's a rhetorical question, but I have relatives they believe this too and they never really address that one.
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Yes.
If you look at a chart of annual gun sales you see that every year the gun-seizers wait, the more difficult their task becomes.
 
He just tweeted (again) the assertion that he's got "95% approval with Republicans. A new record!" (again)

I think maybe his toadies are just showing him the same (bogus) poll from months ago every few days to calm him down, and he forgot he'd ever seen it before. Then he Tweets because it's REAL NEWS.
 
Hmm. Poking time!

Military leaders requested new force to fight cyberwar, but got Space Force instead

Sounds about right.

...For a daily bit of :eek::eek::eek:...

Assume Putin decides to 'retake' Alaska, the way he 'retook' Crimea. Assume further that a president allows him to do it, because he believed that Russia has a legitimate claim to 'its' original territory... That would be terrible, but would it be impeachable? Not under the Constitution.
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Alan Dershowitz, one of the stars of Trump's Impeachment Defense, from his recent book.
 
Aridas said:
Hmm. Poking time!

Military leaders requested new force to fight cyberwar, but got Space Force instead

Sounds about right.

...For a daily bit of :eek::eek::eek:...



Alan Dershowitz, one of the stars of Trump's Impeachment Defense, from his recent book.
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That has to be a Poe. :rolleyes:

I assume it isn't but ... :eek:


What if Congress voted to go to war with Russia and Trump didn't. Would that be an impeachable offense?

I hope Schiff has a chance, maybe in a press conference, to read from Derchie's book.
 
Ladewig said:
What a bizarre mind he has. It is not enough to assert that it won’t work; he has to complain about its appearance. His border wall is beautiful, but a seawall that is supported by Democrats looks terrible. It is impossible for this man to be more shallow.
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Not just complain about the appearance but even mock those that stand to suffer damages from such storms ("Sorry, you’ll just have to get your mops & buckets ready!").

He's so shallow he's actually inverted.
 
Trebuchet said:
Trump is claiming the impeachment has been arranged to take Sanders away from the campaign at a critical time. No mention of Warren or Klobuchar, who are also Senators.
Oh, wait, I forgot: They are just women and not worthy of mention.
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More like, Trump wants to 1) face Bernie more than he wants to face any of the rest of the Senators, 2) stir up trouble and give Bernie supporters more Democratic targets if Bernie loses, and 3) try to make another argument for why he should not be being impeached.
 
If he faces Sanders, he can scream about him being a filthy Socialist who hates America. Just like he will with any other candidate nominated by the Dems.
Seriously, the Dems could resurrect and nominate Ronald Reagan and he'd be called a Socialist.
 
Craig4 said:
In Europe and North America, only a white person could say that. ["I don't recognise 'race'. It's a nonsense concept."] Everyone else doesn't have the luxury of not noticing race.
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I thought this was an interesting point but I'm responding here because, to respond within the thread it came from would be blatantly off-topic. It seems to me, in much of the United States that is no longer true. In fact, the loss of that 'privilege' is probably one of the things that drive Trump supporters. Trump would get that. The need to have some awareness of a person's race when engaged in a social or business interaction. Obviously, some whites resent that and make it known they resent it.
 
Trebuchet said:
If he faces Sanders, he can scream about him being a filthy Socialist who hates America. Just like he will with any other candidate nominated by the Dems.
Seriously, the Dems could resurrect and nominate Ronald Reagan and he'd be called a Socialist.
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True, but President Trump would level that charge against:

a resurrected George Washington or a resurrected Adam Smith,

a resurrected Thomas Jefferson, a resurrected George Jefferson, or even against a resurrected Jefferson Davis.

FFS, he’d make it against a resurrected Frederick Trump. President Donald is a bit of a Johnny-one-note.


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I just realized that we have elected a man who would take time out of his presidential schedule to respond to tweets from a six-bit psychic claiming to be in touch with his late father who is disappointed with his son’s presidency.

In fact I think I might take offer even odds that President Trump is dumb enough to respond to a psychic claiming that his late father said, “I am disappointed in Donald because if I were in that position, I would not be giving my salary away, I’d be using the office to make money hand over fist.”
 
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Trump Tweets

I have never seen the Republican Party as Strong and as Unified as it is right now. Thank you!

I will be going to Austin, Texas. Leaving soon. Always like (love!) being in the Lone Star State. Speaking to our great Farmers. They hit “paydirt” with our incredible new Trade Deals: CHINA, JAPAN, MEXICO, CANADA, SOUTH KOREA, and many others!
 
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You're right; I have morals and principles.

I have an idiot BIL who believes that crap about the Dems taking away his guns. He's a one issue voter and it's guns.
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Dread Pirate Roberts said:
Does he have an explanation for why, when the Dems had a Supermajority his guns weren't taken? Why now would they suddenly have the power they lacked then?

I know, it's a rhetorical question, but I have relatives they believe this too and they never really address that one.
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He's one of the 'slippery slope' believers. He thinks it begins with outlawing assault type rifles and will end up with no one (but criminals) being able to own a gun.

When I remind him that can't happen because of the 2nd Amendment, he argues that it can because the Dems 'will find a way'.

In order to keep peace in the family, we agreed not to talk politics anymore. It helps.
 
Ladewig said:
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I just realized that we have elected a man who would take time out of his presidential schedule to respond to tweets from a six-bit psychic claiming to be in touch with his late father who is disappointed with his son’s presidency.
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Could you please provide the link to this? I'd love to read it.
 
Belz... said:
And a better military commander than George Washington.

A modern day renaissance man, I tell you.
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People are saying he invented the Renaissance. Lots of people are saying, "Sir, you invented the Renaissance." I've read it, too. I don't think most people know that.
 
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Now Mini Mike Bloomberg is critical of Jack Wilson, who saved perhaps hundreds of people in a Church because he was carrying a gun, and knew how to use it. Jack quickly killed the shooter, who was beginning a rampage. Mini is against the 2nd A. His ads are Fake, just like him!
 
What I find terribly sad is that so many people feel they have the need to carry a gun on them...even to church. Doesn't say much for us as a country that they feel so unsafe.
 
Stacyhs said:
Could you please provide the link to this? I'd love to read it.
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I said “would” because I was speculating.

I, personally, do not think it was unreasonable speculation, but I am willing to change my mind if presented with a reasonable argument.
 
Norman Alexander said:
In China, yes they are. iPhone is made in China.
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In the U.S. we have "national security letters" which can compel companies to cooperate with authorities while simultaneously placing them under gag order.

Lots of countries have some mechanism like this.

So why target Huwawei specifically?

Has any existing Huwawei infrastructure been demonstrated to perform in a way that would (intentionally) compromise a secure connection/share information with unauthorized parties?
 
Cain said:
Geroge Washington didn't have an Airforce. Donald Trump has a Space Force.
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Nuh uh....Washington's troops "manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports". Obviously, if he had airports and manned the air he had an Air Force. Sheesh.
 
Stacyhs said:
What I find terribly sad is that so many people feel they have the need to carry a gun on them...even to church. Doesn't say much for us as a country that they feel so unsafe.
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You say that like it's a bad thing. When everyone feels that they have to carry a gun to be safe then America will have achieved peak greatness.
 
a_unique_person said:
You say that like it's a bad thing. When everyone feels that they have to carry a gun to be safe then America will have achieved peak greatness.
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I have never understood the fetish of owning guns and I own 4. I could care less about them. The only one I've fired more than a couple of times is a shotgun I use to carry for hunting birds and rabbits with my father. The other 3 were gifts sort of. Two of them I inherited from my father and the last one was a WW1 relic a neighbor gave me for doing some computer work. I keep meaning to sell them.

But I had an ex brother in law who probably had 30. But he's from Alaska which is the most gun happy place on the planet. Still, I thought he was nuts and hated him being with my sister.
 
acbytesla said:
I have never understood the fetish of owning guns and I own 4. I could care less about them. The only one I've fired more than a couple of times is a shotgun I use to carry for hunting birds and rabbits with my father. The other 3 were gifts sort of. Two of them I inherited from my father and the last one was a WW1 relic a neighbor gave me for doing some computer work. I keep meaning to sell them.

But I had an ex brother in law who probably had 30. But he's from Alaska which is the most gun happy place on the planet. Still, I thought he was nuts and hated him being with my sister.
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Years ago, my husband brought home a gun he was given by a friend in exchange for some work. I didn't like it then...and a few years later when I got pregnant, I told him to get rid of it. He did....he sold it to my BIL. This guy keeps a loaded rifle under his bed. He lives in a very nice neighborhood with virtually no violent crime or burglaries. And he has a home security system so why he feels he needs to keep a loaded rifle is beyond me. But this guy has a fetish for knives, too. It's just weird.
 
a_unique_person said:
You say that like it's a bad thing. When everyone feels that they have to carry a gun to be safe then America will have achieved peak greatness.
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Nope.

When that happens, the gun-nuts will want to carry bigger guns and more guns than their imaginary attackers who have guns. Logically this will lead to all Americans packing as many heavy weapons and ammo as they can carry everywhere they go.

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Just popping down to the 7-11 for some milk.
 
Stacyhs said:
Years ago, my husband brought home a gun he was given by a friend in exchange for some work. I didn't like it then...and a few years later when I got pregnant, I told him to get rid of it. He did....he sold it to my BIL. This guy keeps a loaded rifle under his bed. He lives in a very nice neighborhood with virtually no violent crime or burglaries. And he has a home security system so why he feels he needs to keep a loaded rifle is beyond me. But this guy has a fetish for knives, too. It's just weird.
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Maybe I’m missing something. Isn’t a handgun much, much better than a rifle for home defense.
 
Stacyhs said:
Nuh uh....Washington's troops "manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports". Obviously, if he had airports and manned the air he had an Air Force. Sheesh.
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I forgot that he "manned" the air. I thought he just had airports but no airplanes. Still, Washington was the first to declare war on Christmas. Trump's a much better president, accomplishing more in two years than Washington did in eight. Our economy is fantastic. The best ever. Look at Black unemployment. George's biggest accomplishment was standing up in a boat.
 
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