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Percy Member Posts: 22392 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.3
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No one captures the depth of folly of Trump's willful and ill-considered blunder of recognizing Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel by moving the American Embassy there from Tel Aviv better than Samantee Bee of Full Frontal. Enjoy.
--Percy
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Percy Member Posts: 22392 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.3
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This editorial from the Washington Post, Trump’s successes are thanks to Republicans. His failures are thanks to Trump, is kind of mundane, except for these two paragraphs near the end that briefly yet thoroughly enumerate the many Trump "accomplishments":
quote: I hear attacks on Social Security and Medicare are next, because the tax cuts must be paid for, and the money has to come from somewhere. If it hurts somebody, damages a cherished institution, ruins relationships with allies, or just causes general chaos, Trump wants to do it. I can't help but see parallels of those complicit in Trump's government to those in Hitler's. It isn't like the evil is subtle. --Percy
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Percy Member Posts: 22392 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.3
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Many will like this somewhat poetic New York Times editorial on what we have lost over the past year:
I post a lot of editorials, those I think that best express with clarity our political predicament in this time of Trump. I hope people enjoy them. Or can even read them. The NYT allows non-subscribers 10 free articles or columns per month for free, while the Washington Post allows no access to non-subscribers. You can get around this if you know how to disable Javascript for individual websites. Do this for the Post and you'll be able to read most of their content, though some things, like images and videos, can't be viewed. By the way, I'm against stealing content, I'd like to pay for what I read, but there are many news websites out there and I, like many others I'm sure, cannot afford to subscribe to more than a couple of them. I wish there was a news consolidator site that provided access to all or at least many major newspapers for a single monthly fee. --Percy
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Percy Member Posts: 22392 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.3
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What magical powers does Trump possess that turns normal human beings into sycophants. Here's the embarrassing list of Mike Pence's praise from yesterday's cabinet meeting, taken from In Cabinet meeting, Pence praises Trump once every 12 seconds for three minutes straight:
But wait, there's more! These are comments made at a celebration outside the White House with House and Senate Republicans and is condensed from Republicans celebrate their tax bill and heap praise on Trump
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un must be looking on in envy and contemplating a shakeup in his leadership cadre to fill it's rolls with those who can exceed the fawning sycophantry of Trump's bootlickers. Well, I guess better a groveler's race than a nuclear one. --Percy
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caffeine Member (Idle past 1024 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined:
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You mentioned the alienation of allies, but it's worth noting that some allies are quite satisfied with Trump (not that this is a good thing). Populists and nationalists have come to power in several Central European countries in the last few years. These were countries which, due to the communist legacy, were generally very strongly in favour of the Atlantic alliance throughout the nineties and early 21st century. With the rise of the populist right at the same time that Obama was President in the US, however, this relationship became more strained. They would complain about the 'liberal multicultural agenda' being forced on them by the West.
A pathetically childish example of this strain is shown by the Presidential office here in Czech Republic, which publicly claimed that the (former) American ambassador (an Obama appointee who considered the promotion of human rights and democratic values as part of his role) did not attend the St Wenceslas' Day celebrations. This would be a bit like skipping the 4th of July in the US. This was a barefaced lie, as easily demonstrated by this new-fangled technology of 'video'. The Trump administration, however, has shown no interest in criticising European nations over institutional racism or the undermining of democratic institutions. Even better, he's served to distract foreign attention from this process. The Polish government is busy abolishing the independence of the judiciary at the moment; a process in which the White House has shown no interest, and which I think is getting less coverage internationally than it would if the news wasn't so busy with Trump's Twitter. So, in conclusion, there are a few US allies very happy with Trump's administration so far. Edited by caffeine, : No reason given.
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PaulK Member Posts: 17822 Joined: Member Rating: 2.2
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quote: The Republican Congress is busy appointing judges whose main qualification for the job is their political leanings. Why would the Trump administration object to another state bringing the courts under government control ? They’re more upset about their own courts not being under government control
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Percy Member Posts: 22392 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.3
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In Wednesday's New York Times columnist Yascha Mounk wrote an opinion piece titled The Real Coup Plot Is Trump’s. It takes as an example of the Trumpian assault on truth the recent attempts to discredit the Mueller investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. I've excerpted some of the high points:
quote: --Percy
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Percy Member Posts: 22392 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.3
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In the new American ambassador to the Netherlands, Pete Hoekstra, Trump may have met his match when it comes to layering lie upon lie. Here's an approximation of a reporter's interview with Hoekstra that I pieced together from Trump’s ambassador to the Netherlands just got caught lying about the Dutch:
Reporter: "Why in a 2015 conference did you say there are 'no go' areas in the Netherlands where radical Muslims are setting cars and politicians on fire?" Hoekstra: "That's fake news." Reporter: [plays video clip where Hoekstra says, "The Islamic movement has now gotten to a point where they have put Europe into chaos. Chaos in the Netherlands, there are cars being burned, there are politicians that are being burned....And yes, there are no-go zones in the Netherlands."] Reporter: "So why did you call it fake news." Hoekstra: "I didn't call that fake news. I didn't use the words today. I don't think I did." Needless to say this isn't going over very well in the Netherlands. Sample headline: "The new Trump Ambassador to the Netherlands, Pete Hoekstra, lies about his own lies." Hoekstra was born in the Netherlands but was raised in the US. From the article I linked to at the top:
quote: Sounds like the Dutch are direct and to the point. I like them! --Percy
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jar Member (Idle past 394 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
When the Ambassador to a Nation is shown to be a liar, why should that Nation place any value in anything the Ambassador, or the Ambassador's boss says?
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
When the Ambassador to a Nation is shown to be a liar, why should that Nation place any value in anything the Ambassador, or the Ambassador's boss says? Lol! So you are suggesting that the lying ambassador to the Netherlands might be giving his boss a bad name? Let's recall that this is the same lying boss that retweeted a "Britain First" video with fake Muslim crap in it. Remember what president's spokesperson said in defense of that lie:
quote: How can you embarrass a liar by lying? Hoekstra seems to be representing Trump extremely well. If there is a single aspect of Trump's administration that is a complete and utter failure, it is the in the area of international diplomacy. Whatever allies we still have right now would seem to be hanging despite Trump's best efforts. In the UN vote, it appears that Canada actually abstained rather than appear to be US toadies after Haley's speech. Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) I was thinking as long as I have my hands up they’re not going to shoot me. This is what I’m thinking they’re not going to shoot me. Wow, was I wrong. -- Charles Kinsey We got a thousand points of light for the homeless man. We've got a kinder, gentler, machine gun hand. Neil Young, Rockin' in the Free World. Worrying about the "browning of America" is not racism. -- Faith I hate you all, you hate me -- Faith
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nwr Member Posts: 6408 From: Geneva, Illinois Joined: Member Rating: 5.1 |
The NYT allows non-subscribers 10 free articles or columns per month for free, while the Washington Post allows no access to non-subscribers.
Odd. I have never had a problem accessing Washington Post.
You can get around this if you know how to disable Javascript for individual websites.
Okay. It must be because I use "noscript" with firefox.
By the way, I'm against stealing content, I'd like to pay for what I read, but there are many news websites out there and I, like many others I'm sure, cannot afford to subscribe to more than a couple of them.
Yes, my view is similar. I would really like to see nytimes, wapo, and several other papers get together and form a consortium. The idea would be that you could be a paid subscriber to the consortium, and then pick and choose which articles you want to read.Fundamentalism - the anti-American, anti-Christian branch of American Christianity
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Percy Member Posts: 22392 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.3 |
nwr writes: Odd. I have never had a problem accessing Washington Post.
You can get around this if you know how to disable Javascript for individual websites. Okay. It must be because I use "noscript" with firefox. Even with Javascript is enabled (I can't figure out how to disable Javascript in Chrome on my iPad - it may not be possible), any Washington Post article listed by Google News is accessible, so you can access any of the other Washington Post articles by taking the headline from the Washington Post site, searching for that title in Google News, then clicking on the link that comes up. You can also "spoof" the system and read any article at the Washington Post by replacing the Washington Post URL in the Google News URL with the URL of the Washington Post article you want to read. I should add that lately, occasionally this doesn't work some days. The Washington Post may be working on disabling this loophole. The Wall Street Journal is locked up tight. I haven't figured out a way to get in. After the 10 free articles the New York Times appears to be locked up tight, too. Disabling Javascript used to work, but they closed that loophole a couple years ago.
I would really like to see nytimes, wapo, and several other papers get together and form a consortium. The idea would be that you could be a paid subscriber to the consortium, and then pick and choose which articles you want to read. This is my wish, too, anything along these lines. --Percy
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Percy Member Posts: 22392 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.3 |
Trump signed the tax bill yesterday. ABC News has a short and very readable summary of what is true about the tax plan: AP FACT CHECK: Facts about the tax bill. Summary:
--Percy
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Chiroptera Inactive Member |
After the 10 free articles the New York Times appears to be locked up tight, too. Try deleting the cookies. That seems to work for me. Also, I seem to have a five article limit, but maybe that's device dependent. By the way, I do subscribe to the NYT, but I'm too lazy sometimes to log in.Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. - George Orwell
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Chiroptera Inactive Member |
Eliminating the mandate should have only a small effect on insurance rates. Maybe in the short term. But if healthy people quit signing up for insurance in droves, leaving the insurance companies to pay for the sick customers, premiums will definitely go up. That's the purpose of the mandates.Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. - George Orwell
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