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Re: The Trump Presidency (was "Presidential Poll")
« Reply #3150 on: November 21, 2017, 03:12:30 PM »
Y e a ….Trump hates CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/02/politics/trump-wrestling-tweet/index.html

And Verizon has had political aspirations since Ivan the terrible…this guy wanted to be president
or so I've been told.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Seidenberg

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« Reply #3151 on: November 21, 2017, 09:42:42 PM »
Salon is calling for a second Special Counsel to investigate sexual assault charges against Trump:

Title: "It’s time to investigate the sexual assault charges against Donald Trump"

https://www.salon.com/2017/11/21/its-time-to-investigate-the-sexual-assault-charges-against-donald-trump/

Extract: "Donald Trump got a pass during the campaign on numerous accusations of assault. We need a new special prosecutor

Stoynoff is right — the issue has been dropped, outside of some daily liberal grumbling about it. The reason for the lack of official response in Washington is simple enough: Republicans are protecting their president and have zero interest in instigating an investigation, much less considering legal consequences that could in any way slow down their efforts to destroy our health care system and slash taxes for the rich."
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« Reply #3152 on: November 22, 2017, 05:16:20 AM »
I see Neil Cavuto over at FOX came out yesterday and said Trump should act Presidential.

Apparently Neil was on vacation when a Trump was running for office.  He hasn't changed AT ALL.  Same guy that FOX and Neil was lying for during the campaign.

If we are lucky enough to get through this is one piece...the stench of this will stay with FOX for a very long time.

Cavuto, Hannity, Varney.....almost the whole lot of them are pathetic stooges for the Republican Party and Trump.

I sure hope Mueller doesn't have Hannity on tape talking with Manafort during the campaign....working to fly interference for Trump regarding the firing of Comey.😳
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« Reply #3153 on: November 23, 2017, 01:39:35 AM »
The resistance strikes back (by filing an official complaint against Conway):

Title: "Former ethics czar files Hatch Act complaint against White House counselor Kellyanne Conway"

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/22/former-ethics-czar-files-hatch-act-complaint-against-white-house-counselor-kellyanne-conway.html

Extract: "The former director of the Office of Government Ethics said Wednesday that White House counselor Kellyanne Conway likely violated the Hatch Act when she attacked Alabama Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones during a recent interview on Fox News.

Walter Shaub, who now leads the ethics practice at the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center, later wrote the he had filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. OSC is the Justice Department agency responsible for conducting Hatch Act investigations."
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« Reply #3154 on: November 24, 2017, 05:04:48 PM »
Why Trump won the election:

The Nationalist's Delusion
Trump’s supporters backed a time-honored American political tradition, disavowing racism while promising to enact a broad agenda of discrimination.
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Nevertheless, a majority of white voters backed a candidate who assured them that they will never have to share this country with people of color as equals.
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/546356/
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« Reply #3155 on: November 25, 2017, 04:16:04 PM »
A look at the lingering political response to the U.S. election, and why.

Why The 2016 Election Won’t Go Away
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-the-2016-election-wont-go-away/
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« Reply #3156 on: November 27, 2017, 12:53:47 PM »
Interesting segment on 60 minutes last night regarding the bombing of hospitals in Syria by Assad and his Russian puppet masters.  Tragic.

Putin will let Assad do anything he wants in Syria.  And apparently Donnie is fine with it as well.  There is a "special place in hell" for Putin, Trump, and Assad....and the sooner they get there the better off the world will be.

Anyone supporting Putin needs to watch that segment.  The bombing of hospitals is only something that someone who is evil to the core like Putin and Assad would do.  Pathetic...
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« Reply #3157 on: November 27, 2017, 02:01:12 PM »
Interesting segment on 60 minutes last night regarding the binning of hospitals in Syria by Assad and his Russian puppet masters.  Tragic.

Putin will let Assad do anything he wants in Syria.  And apparently Donnie is fine with it as well.  There is a "special place in hell" for Putin, Trump, and Assad....and the sooner they get there the better off the world will be.

Anyone supporting Putin needs to watch that segment.  The bombing of hospitals is only something that someone who is evil to the core like Putin and Assad would do.  Pathetic...
Really?
Wow!
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« Reply #3158 on: November 27, 2017, 11:57:05 PM »
 Hopefully, this thread never gets nuked, as I think I'd very much enjoy reading it again start-to-finish in 2019, right before the primaries. 
 
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« Reply #3159 on: November 28, 2017, 12:42:40 AM »
The banning (binning, I assume, was a typo) of health care in Syria is not new. It is intended to induce despair and surrender.

Read it and weep: The Shadow Doctors: The underground race to spread medical knowledge as the Syrian regime erases it. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/27/syrias-war-on-doctors

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« Reply #3160 on: November 28, 2017, 01:52:40 AM »
Sorry about that Susan.  It was bombing.....not binning/banning (fat fingers).

Syria....with Putin/Russia's help....are BOMBING hospitals that help any rebel forces.  I encourage people to watch it, if you have a strong stomach.  It is heart wrenching....
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« Reply #3162 on: November 28, 2017, 08:06:59 AM »
Ah, bombing, of course. The New Yorker article is equally heart and gutwrenching.

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« Reply #3163 on: November 29, 2017, 04:36:13 AM »
Sen Jeff Merkley sums up the disastrous Trump tax bill :

https://www.facebook.com/CREDO/videos/10156909613955968/
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« Reply #3164 on: November 29, 2017, 07:29:36 AM »
Trade war with china on aluminium:

"The Trump administration fired a trade salvo at China on Tuesday by launching a pair of investigations that could lead to steep duties on imports of aluminum sheet valued at more than $600 million.

The move was the first time a U.S. administration has “self-initiated” an anti-dumping or countervailing duty case in at least 25 years and marked an escalation of the Trump administration’s antagonistic trade relationship with Beijing."

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« Reply #3165 on: November 29, 2017, 07:33:07 AM »
Mebbe going to be appealed, but hatchet mike got control of CFPB:

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/28/trump-court-mulvaney-consumer-protection-bureau-265051

Wall Street rejoices.

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« Reply #3166 on: November 29, 2017, 07:51:41 AM »
Always a hit song: beat on Clinton

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/362234-clintons-understated-support-from-firm-hired-by-russian-nuclear-company

"Multiple congressional committees are planning to interview undercover FBI informant William Campbell about what he knows about Rosatom’s efforts to get the Obama administration to make it easier to win more commercial uranium sales inside the United States."

Of course they can't make Mueller investigate anything he doesn't want to. But more chum in the water, keep the base energized. So far the committees are playing well in secondary defense for the admin.

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« Reply #3167 on: November 29, 2017, 02:08:18 PM »
Donnie's panty's could really be in a bind over the next few weeks:

1). Mueller isn't going away.....and the noose continues to tighten further with each day.  Who is talking to Mueller now...and what are they spilling?  We likely have some very nervous cats in the White House.  Pressure kills.....and Donnie's already bad decision making process (FIRE.....ready.....aim) is being made worse than it already is.

2). Tax cut.  Can Donnie push through the tax cut referred to by many as DATSHIT.......Donnie's Agregious Tax Scheme Horror Incentives Tactic?  Will be a close vote when the senate votes on it... Right now it looks like the Senate version may pass....then the House and Senate versions need to be reconciled.

3). North Korea.  This is Donnie's ace in the hole.  If Mueller's noose gets too tight....Donnie can call for a pre-emptive strike.....which would pull China to North Koreas defense.  And Donnie is crazy and desperate enough to do it.  Without a doubt.

4). Congress is up against the wall to fund the govt.  And the republicans need to get 60 votes in the senate to do so....which means they need some Democrat's help.  Very smart of Donnie to piss off Schumer and Nancy Pelosi now that he needs their help.  Well played Donnie.....well played.
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« Reply #3168 on: November 29, 2017, 04:28:26 PM »
The GOP has added legislation to allow drilling in ANWR to the Senate's tax code overhaul bill.

Title: "Democrats worry Arctic National Wildlife Refuge being lost amid tax debate"

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/29/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-267819

Title: "The prospect of drilling in the untouched Alaskan tundra is as close to reality as it's been in more than a decade, with none of the political drama that in past decades turned the refuge's fate into a top-tier rallying cry for liberals. Legislation to allow drilling in ANWR is quietly hitching a ride on the tax code overhaul that Senate Republicans hope to complete by the end of the week, overshadowed by larger debates on whether the bill is a giveaway to rich people and corporations at the expense of the poor and working class."
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« Reply #3169 on: November 29, 2017, 08:36:14 PM »
I am surprised that there is no comment on Trump's latest tweets. He retweeted some fake news videos from a UK far right anti-muslim group.
The reaction from around the world suggests the USA's standing in the world is somewhat reduced, even though Bannon and the alt-right are no doubt ecstatic.
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« Reply #3170 on: November 29, 2017, 08:39:33 PM »
Puerto Rico, Day 70:
—Millions still w/o power
—Hundreds of thousands still w/o clean running water
—Still a humanitarian emergency
Now, the island faces a potential financial storm of a different kind:

San Juan mayor: GOP tax bill would be worse for Puerto Rico than hurricanes
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San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz on Tuesday said the tax legislation Republicans are pushing in Congress will have worse consequences for Puerto Rico than the hurricanes that hit the island earlier this year.

"This would be a much more devastating blow to our economy than Irma and Maria put together," Cruz said on "The Rachel Maddow Show."

Cruz noted that the tax proposal includes a 20 percent excise tax on goods imported from Puerto Rico to the mainland United States. That provision, she said, would destroy the island's economy.

"[Our economy] is crippled already, this would obliterate it," she said.

The San Juan mayor accused President Trump's administration of failing to protect the U.S. territory from the possibility of a humanitarian crisis, while claiming that GOP lawmakers have repeatedly pledged they will fix the language in the bill but have failed to do so. ...
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/362309-san-juan-mayor-gop-tax-bill-would-be-more-devastating-to-puerto-ricos-economy
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« Reply #3171 on: November 30, 2017, 06:27:54 PM »
If Donnie is going to fire everyone in his administration who has called him a MORON....an IDIOT.....or a PUTZ behind his back......then Moron Don has a LOT more firing to do.😳

FIRE.....ready.....aim. 😱
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« Reply #3172 on: November 30, 2017, 07:07:52 PM »
Il Comte Drumpf may soon strike through another name from his black book. See? The Tillerson presidency is walking the plank.

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« Reply #3173 on: November 30, 2017, 07:56:50 PM »
Gerontocrat: Why was it fake news ? The only thing fake about it, was the fake media calling it anti-muslim movies. What we could see was an immigrant beating up a dutch boy, IS trowing a christian from a roof , and 2 muslims destroying a statue from Maria. What kind of media you have to be to call that anti-muslim movies. You could call it anti-christian movies or invading immigrant movies. But not anti-muslim movies.

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« Reply #3174 on: December 01, 2017, 01:38:33 PM »
The Republicans see their opportunity of a lifetime to:

1). Cut Medicare and Medicaid
2). Increase military spending
3). Cut corporate tax rates
4). Do away with the inheritance tax
5). Gut the EPA
6). Gut the state department

.....and they are not wasting any time doing it.  They will try to keep Donnie in office as long as they can.  But they want to accomplish the things above FIRST.
  And if they have to use a ventriloquist...they would.

As noted 10 months ago...this battle is being waged in the public polls.  If they dip low enough...as I expect they will...the Republicans will give in.  But NOT before they can get as many of the things accomplished as they can.


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« Reply #3175 on: December 01, 2017, 07:33:27 PM »
......and those polls are NOT looking good, and they don't have the Michael Flynn News baked in yet.  Gallup is now at 60% disapprove and 34% approve.  Donnie's record low levels are 62 and 33.  So we're heading in the right direction.....and as more news happens......even my very average brain tells me it is NOT going to be good for Donnie. 😳
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« Reply #3176 on: December 01, 2017, 09:14:23 PM »
I wanted to give a BIG shout of approval to the Brits for cancelling the Trump state visit.  Absolutely PERFECT.  I'll tip a couple pints to you tonight.  The Donald Trump onion is now peeling away at a faster rate.  💂🏻🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
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« Reply #3177 on: December 01, 2017, 09:47:11 PM »
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin either lied about evaluating the GOP tax plan — or he hid the evaluation because the tax plan is so bad.

Article also lists all the investigations of other Trump cabinetmembers currently underway....

Trump's Treasury Dept finds itself facing a new investigation
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin fails to deliver promised tax report
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin assured lawmakers and the public that he had dozens of officials working on creating a detailed analysis of the Republican tax plan he helped craft. The report, Mnuchin added, would be available before Congress voted.

It now appears he may have been lying, not just about the timing, but about the work itself. The New York Times reported yesterday that officials inside Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy claim to have been “largely shut out of the process” and haven’t “worked on the type of detailed analysis” that Mnuchin mentioned. ...
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trumps-treasury-dept-finds-itself-facing-new-investigation
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« Reply #3178 on: December 02, 2017, 02:59:00 PM »
Oh, never expected to see the most welcome breaking news on this forum. That's great about the UK cancelling Trump. It's past time, and does not redeem Theresa May, whose actions speak louder than words as she and her kleptocrat supporting buddies dismantle common property for profit.

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« Reply #3179 on: December 02, 2017, 03:11:00 PM »
......and those polls are NOT looking good, and they don't have the Michael Flynn News baked in yet.  Gallup is now at 60% disapprove and 34% approve.  Donnie's record low levels are 62 and 33.  So we're heading in the right direction.....and as more news happens......even my very average brain tells me it is NOT going to be good for Donnie. 😳

Nixon managed to hold his support in the mid 20s even at the peak of Watergate.  With today’s uber partisan environment and FoxStateTV, it’s likely Trump’s floor is around 28-30%. 

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« Reply #3180 on: December 02, 2017, 03:58:22 PM »
Psychiatrists warn Trump becoming more mentally unstable, putting US, world at 'extreme risk'

• A Yale psychiatrist says President Donald Trump has become increasingly mentally unstable in the past week.
• Dr. Bandy Lee says Trump's behavior puts the U.S. and the rest of the world at "extreme risk of danger."
• Lee points out a series of tweets by Trump, his use of a racial slur against Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and his reported questioning of whether a tape of him boasting of groping women is fake.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/01/psychiatrists-warn-trump-becoming-more-mentally-unstable.html
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« Reply #3182 on: December 05, 2017, 07:26:04 AM »
Extragovernmental secret intelligence action.  Brilliant. What could go wrong ?

https://theintercept.com/2017/12/04/trump-white-house-weighing-plans-for-private-spies-to-counter-deep-state-enemies/

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« Reply #3183 on: December 05, 2017, 11:53:41 AM »
For those of you that thought the first 10 months of King Donnie's reign were as bad as it could get...you may want to pack your bags NOW for New Zealand or some other true Democracy.

Now that Donnie and his Republican thiefs are on the cusp of stealing MORE money via tax cuts for the wealthy and repeal of the estate tax......Donnie will no doubt feel emboldened.  And why wouldn't he?

1). He has majority's in the house and senate
2). It looks like Alabama may be ok with a pedafile as their next senator
3). The RNC even supports Roy Moore
4). He has FOX News lying/brainwashing for him 24/7
5). He has the majority in the Supreme Court
6). We still have a LOT of crazys in Congress that will do whatever Donnie wants

You should expect even worse to come.  Who wants a democracy anyway.....certainly not Donnie, Mitch, Paul, and the rest of the Republican Party.  Expect worse.....because it's coming.

And as I noted after Comey was fired....Mueller will be fired too. 
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« Reply #3184 on: December 05, 2017, 01:58:37 PM »
Remember.....Donnie has to stop the investigation somehow.  If he has to start a war with Iran or North Korea...he will do so.  But he HAS to stop the investigation.  There are MANY Republicans in Congress that would be more than happy to oblige...and going to war with Iran or N Korea may indeed provide them with the background to do so.

1). "Soften" up the FBI by continuing to harp on it publicly and saying how unethical it is...continue to cloud the issue and deflect attention to Hillary, Hillary, Hillary..
2). Start a war in Iran or N Korea....and make a case for suspending the investigation (which several Congressmen and the RNC would be thrilled with)...
3). While we are at war with N Korea...he may want to cut back on freedom of the press.  Remember when I said he would be using FOX News as his SOLE major news outlet (in addition to minor outlets like Breitbart and others)?  Well...we're "there" now.

Mueller obviously knows what is going on..and many on the Democratic side in Congress understand...but the Republicans in Congress don't give a rats ass.  Many of them are FULLY on board with Donnie and Vladimir.


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« Reply #3185 on: December 05, 2017, 04:53:32 PM »
Maybe this explains why Team Trump is denying climate change, and why they get so much support from the Deep South and Arizona:

Adam Isen et al. (2017), "Relationship between season of birth, temperature exposure, and later life wellbeing", PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1702436114


http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/11/28/1702436114.abstract

Abstract: "We study how exposure to extreme temperatures in early periods of child development is related to adult economic outcomes measured 30 y later. Our analysis uses administrative earnings records for over 12 million individuals born in the United States between 1969 and 1977, linked to fine-scale, daily weather data and location and date of birth. We calculate the length of time each individual is exposed to different temperatures in utero and in early childhood, and we estimate flexible regression models that allow for nonlinearities in the relationship between temperature and long-run outcomes. We find that an extra day with mean temperatures above 32 °C in utero and in the first year after birth is associated with a 0.1% reduction in adult annual earnings at age 30. Temperature sensitivity is evident in multiple periods of early development, ranging from the first trimester of gestation to age 6–12 mo. We observe that household air-conditioning adoption, which increased dramatically over the time period studied, mitigates nearly all of the estimated temperature sensitivity."

See also the related article:
Title: "Climate Change Might Lower Salaries"

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/hot-weather-fetuses/547406/

Extract: "The more 90-degree days a fetus or infant endured, the lower his or her earnings in adulthood."
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« Reply #3186 on: December 05, 2017, 06:37:27 PM »
The Wall Street Journal (otherwise known as FOX propaganda on paper) is joining in with FOX and Breitbart to try and save Donnies ass.  As you hopefully know.....The Wall Street Journal is part of the Rupert Murdoch lie machine.  They were bought by Murdoch several years ago.  More journalism down the tubes.

You will continue to see WSJ, FOX, Breitbart and other far right sources continue to push their lies in the coming months in order to try and stave off any further erosion in King Donnie's poll numbers.

I also expect Donnie to boot any cabinet member out of his administration who doesn't kiss his ring (or some other body part of his😉).  He is now aware of the 25th amendment.....and he doesn't want to be looking over his shoulder.  That is why Rex is on his way out.  If he ever kicks Mattis out..... I'm heading to New Zeland. 😳

We have a crazy and dangerous 12+ months ahead of us...... it's a good thing we don't have a fat slob with a bad decision making process, hot temper, and thin skin.....otherwise I would be REALLY be worried.😳😳😳
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« Reply #3187 on: December 05, 2017, 09:07:41 PM »
Great.....Donnie recognizes Jerusalem as capital of Israel.  Now Donnie has his table set:   He will have a choice of which War he wants to start first:  Iran or N Korea.

I wonder what Hillary would have done? 🙄
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« Reply #3188 on: December 05, 2017, 10:04:26 PM »

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« Reply #3189 on: December 05, 2017, 10:14:40 PM »
An older article by Andrew O'Hehir on framing the Trump Presidency in Baudrillard's 2001 vison of suicidal world order at war with itself:

"Like the 9/11 attacks, Trump has provoked “prodigious jubilation” in some quarters, along with an unwholesome, libidinal fascination among both the media and the worldwide public."

" ... a new phase of what Baudrillard identified in 2002 as a global conflict within the Western world, reflecting a deep crisis in its dominant political and economic order. To put this in the most provocative terms possible, has Donald Trump succeeded Osama bin Laden as the central figure of World War IV?"

"There are premonitions of a certain reality-show celebrity turned politician who subverted an entire campaign cycle here as well, in the observation that the terrorists exploited the media economy and its “instantaneous worldwide transmission” of spectacle, but that none of us could resist its power: “There is no ‘good’ use of the media; the media are part of the event, they are part of the terror, and they work in both directions.” "

" Were the shocking attacks of September 2001 and the shocking election result of November 2016 — 9/11 and 11/9, the palindrome that defines our age — fluke occurrences amid the general upward trajectory of Western civilization? Or do they represent, as Baudrillard argued in the first instance, Western civilization’s innate yearning toward its own destruction? "
That is the world we live in now: the world of World War IV. The scale of the self-inflicted defeat in that first battle — which was more like an abject surrender — was greater than Baudrillard or anyone else could have imagined in 2002. It paved the way for many other defeats, large and small, including the spectacular and improbable rise of a clownish would-be dictator who barely pretends to care about the supposedly sacred traditions of democracy and who embodies the grossest possible caricature of the “ideology of freedom.” "

https://www.salon.com/2017/07/29/from-911-to-president-donald-trump-a-short-history-of-world-war-iv/

Baudrillard's essay can befound, among other places, at:

http://insomnia.ac/essays/the_spirit_of_terrorism/

It is very much worth reading, perhaps more so than O'Hehir.

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« Reply #3190 on: December 05, 2017, 10:20:13 PM »
I have shaken Baudrillard's hand. Will you take me seriously now?  ;D
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« Reply #3191 on: December 06, 2017, 06:38:19 PM »
you're the only one I take seriously on this site.... 

for whatever that's worth.

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« Reply #3192 on: December 06, 2017, 08:04:10 PM »
I'm glad you added that second sentence.  ;D
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« Reply #3193 on: December 07, 2017, 05:24:17 AM »
"I have shaken Baudrillard's hand."

Did you get to talk to him at all ? He saw things differently than many.

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« Reply #3194 on: December 07, 2017, 05:25:27 AM »
Why not a party line vote ? what did democratic congressmen have to lose by voting for this ?

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/06/trump-impeachment-vote-fail-282888

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« Reply #3195 on: December 07, 2017, 07:34:08 PM »
The concealed gun carry act passed in the US House today....231 - 198.

Clearly we don't have enough gun deaths in the US...so we need more guns. 😳
Canada has 2 gun deaths per 100,000 people....Mexico has 7.6 gun deaths per 100,000 people.   But that should be expected...right?  I mean Mexico has all that crime and rapists like Donnie says.

Which is fascinating because the US has 10.5 gun deaths per 100,000 people.  That is 40% HIGHER than Mexico. 👀

So....in the concealed carry bill that passed the House today 231 - 98 ... there were 6 Democrats that voted for the bill.  Those damn Democrats.  We need to get those 6 Democrats out of power...so then we ONLY have to worry about the 231 Republicans. 🙄🙄

The House tax bill passed with those 6 Democrats voting against the regressive tax bill.

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« Reply #3196 on: December 07, 2017, 08:13:35 PM »
The US has plenty gun deads, that's for sure. But in general it's not a bad place to live. In the US you have 8 people that die every year per 1000 people. Over here (Belgium)we have 11 people that die every year for every 1000 people. That's a big differance. That is all kinds of deaths together.
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« Reply #3197 on: December 07, 2017, 08:46:18 PM »
Trump can't even manage to 'do wrong right'!

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« Reply #3198 on: December 08, 2017, 01:27:35 PM »
Is Donald Trump's mental health becoming dangerous? Medical experts weigh in.
Medicine is an equalizer, and the president may find that he cannot outrun his own condition.
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”Simply put, Trump has already exceeded our usual threshold for evaluation. Just some of the signs that have raised red flags include: verbal aggressiveness, boasting about sexual assaults, inciting violence in others, an attraction to violence and powerful weapons and the taunting of hostile nations with nuclear power. Specific traits that are highly associated with violence include: impulsivity, recklessness, paranoia, a loose grip on reality and poor understanding of consequences, a lack of empathy and belligerence toward others, rage reactions and a constant need to demonstrate power. Such traits interfere with the ability to think rationally, to take in needed information or advice, to weigh consequences and to make sound, logical decisions based on reality.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/donald-trump-s-mental-health-becoming-dangerous-medical-experts-weigh-ncna827251
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« Reply #3199 on: December 08, 2017, 03:41:38 PM »
Donnie has now solidified Germany as the leading democratic country in the world as European countries continue to back off from the US after Donnie's decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.

Well done Donnie....and it didn't even take 11 months!!  I wonder what Hillary would have done?😳
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