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Peven Stan posted:In my city democrats have mismanaged things for decades. They also run a machine political operation where all candidates are carefully vetted for loyalty to the local party organization and/or major donors to the party. 4th ward has good bars tho
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Xae posted:There was an NPR interview with one of McMasters friends. They were in the same West Point class together decades ago and have been friends ever since. We just have to hope that McMaster can channel his inner Jack Ryan if Trump wants to nuke some place and can prevent it (see: The Sum of All Fear).
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DrPop posted:There's more in the article: http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/05/27/19041594/suspect-in-portland-hate-crime-murders-is-a-known-white-supremacist White Supremacist Mr Christian
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DaveWoo posted:Man, it's embarrassing to see a respected military guy like McMaster shred his own reputation by making excuses for Trump: SECURE communications does not mean DISCREET. happyhippy fucked around with this message at 15:38 on May 27, 2017 |
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nerdz posted:I don't know if it's because of the current time, but all of these last few tweets with damning news have like zero trump supporters in them. It really feels like his online support is getting tired and dying down. it really is a lot easier to attack than to defend. It seemed really obvious even at the time that "online communities" for trump were largely manufactured astroturfing. Both really astroturfing where like russian chat bots were literally spamming twitter. But also that weird internet age phenomenon where a small number of people can dominate a forum in an organized and outsized way by seeming like a lot of people in a way where they aren't paid by anyone so it's weird to call it astroturfing but it's also a manufactured fake thing.
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happyhippy posted:SECURE communications does not mean DISCREET. I'm just picturing Jared running back and forth huffing and puffing between the Russian Embassy and the White House as Trump relays messages  Xae posted:There was an NPR interview with one of McMasters friends. They were in the same West Point class together decades ago and have been friends ever since. On the other hand, NPR also had on a journalist who discussed the Trump administration on Fresh Air, and, when asked why the hell McMasters was suddenly making all these public excuses for the administration, recalled when they wrote an article all about McMasters as his star rose. The article was glowing on the subject of McMasters and his military unit and had nothing but nice things to say. McMasters called up the journo after the piece came out and absolutely chewed them out because the piece said things in his unit weren't great before he got there and shaped things up. The journalist concluded that McMasters hates when anything he's affiliated with is made to look bad, and that he'll totally defend its honor for no other reason besides that he's affiliated with it. In short, it's just as likely that McMasters is slowly sacrificing his own legacy and credibility as a matter of stupid and misguided honor/loyalty as it is that he's selflessly just trying to help the country. Could even be both. It's also worthy to note the sheer number of powerful, even smart people who have jumped on the USS Trumptanic over the past year or so only to find themselves in swiftly sinking lifeboats because they thought they could ride Trump's coattails. I don't think riding coattails was McMasters' motive, but exactly why you're Trump's pawn or how smart or strategic and how much of a "warrior-monk"  you are doesn't loving matter. At the end of the day, you're just a piece on the board, and you'll be sacrificed long before any of Trump's pets.
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Xae posted:There was an NPR interview with one of McMasters friends. They were in the same West Point class together decades ago and have been friends ever since. I didn't hear this interview. I see the part where McMasters is sacrificing his reputation and credibility. I fail to see how it in any way helps the country or does anything but enable Trump.
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:It seemed really obvious even at the time that "online communities" for trump were largely manufactured astroturfing. Both really astroturfing where like russian chat bots were literally spamming twitter. But also that weird internet age phenomenon where a small number of people can dominate a forum in an organized and outsized way by seeming like a lot of people in a way where they aren't paid by anyone so it's weird to call it astroturfing but it's also a manufactured fake thing. I'm actually a Chinese bot thank you.
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Zwabu posted:I didn't hear this interview. I see the part where McMasters is sacrificing his reputation and credibility. I fail to see how it in any way helps the country or does anything but enable Trump. Stability, even under the Cheeto Nazi, is preferable to the chaos of purging the government of traitors. At least I think that's his angle. He's full of poo poo obviously.
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DrPop posted:There's more in the article: http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/05/27/19041594/suspect-in-portland-hate-crime-murders-is-a-known-white-supremacist Potato Salad posted:White Supremacist Mr Christian
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Teddybear posted:Wasn't McMaster effectively ordered to join the Trump administration, since he was active duty? no, jesus loving christ an officer cannot be ordered to resign and take up a specific civilian job why would you even i what huh what
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I'm curious where Europe goes from here. The USA is clearly unreliable as a partner, as Trump and a good majority of the GOP would rather slobber the dicks of such fantastic nations like the KSA and Russia. In a post Brexit-Trump world, what does Europe do? The USA can't be relied upon as our political leadership is a loving joke. Russia is an existential threat again. AND you can expect more refugees as Africa/Middle-East continue to suffer from the effects of climate change, terrorism, and years of lovely leadership. The good news is, the European voting system isn't as moronic as the USA's, so Greet Wilder's and Le Pen didn't win and it looks like Merkel will continue on in Germany. Does Europe reform the EU? Do they begin to re-do NATO as less of a North American alliance and a more mainlaind Euro-Centric one? The next decade will be interesting as the political alliances we have grown used to since the Cold War era fall apart and reform.
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Groovelord Neato posted:it's not just that - they're straight up not reporting the biggest political story/stories going on right now. you can't survive just ignoring that poo poo. i want to believe it's basically 'blink twice if there is russian colusion' and mcmaster is tying to stay in his seat while keeping trump from nuking anyone, but the more likely scenario is that someone ghostwrote his book and he's actually scum
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Lieutenant, your country thanks you for your service. Please report to the Cinnabon in Spokane, WA, where you will serve out the remainder of your commission.
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Charliegrs posted:Holy poo poo America has a lot of nihilists Ve cut off your johnson, Kushner!
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Josh Lyman posted:When r/The_Donald was first created, I remember thinking it was ironic. At what point did it become alt-right central? Irony is the devils brain trap.
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DaveWoo posted:Man, it's embarrassing to see a respected military guy like McMaster shred his own reputation by making excuses for Trump: What good does discreet back channels do if the President is going to boast about anything discussed at the first opportunity? Also for a government that runs off of "Not really but really" bribes that this Russia stuff is too corrupt for them to cover. God, politics has made me so cynical. Josh Lyman posted:When r/The_Donald was first created, I remember thinking it was ironic. At what point did it become alt-right central? If it was ironic at first then the same thing happened to it as 4chan's ironic love of MLP. When reality mirrors parody.
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Solaris 2.0 posted:I'm curious where Europe goes from here. The USA is clearly unreliable as a partner, as Trump and a good majority of the GOP would rather slobber the dicks of such fantastic nations like the KSA and Russia. There was an article in Macleans that read like some lunatic's fever dream, where Scotland would separate from the UK after Brexit, then join Canada, and the resulting country would then join the EU. It seemed pretty deranged at the time, but maybe just because everything is so bizarre now, it seems like something that could actually happen and might not be a terrible idea.
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Josh Lyman posted:When r/The_Donald was first created, I remember thinking it was ironic. At what point did it become alt-right central? I don't think there has ever been a single thing on the internet that considered itself "ironic" that wasn't basically just that actual thing past a day or two.
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Josh Lyman posted:When r/The_Donald was first created, I remember thinking it was ironic. At what point did it become alt-right central? I remember it exploding in popularity around the time the Republican race went down to him, Cruz, and Kasich.
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Josh Lyman posted:When r/The_Donald was first created, I remember thinking it was ironic. At what point did it become alt-right central? Seemed about a month after it started. I remember it starting out seeming like a joke on Trump and then became true believers. It was like when people started saying Murica making fun of US nationalism and within a few months actual nationalists were using it unironically.
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skylined! posted:i want to believe it's basically 'blink twice if there is russian colusion' and mcmaster is tying to stay in his seat while keeping trump from nuking anyone, but the more likely scenario is that someone ghostwrote his book and he's actually scum It was written as part of his PhD program. I think he wrote the book, it's just that it's easier to critique in theory than it is to do in practice — and that the critiques that he put forward didn't necessitate public criticism.
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PT6A posted:There was an article in Macleans that read like some lunatic's fever dream, where Scotland would separate from the UK after Brexit, then join Canada, and the resulting country would then join the EU. It seemed pretty deranged at the time, but maybe just because everything is so bizarre now, it seems like something that could actually happen and might not be a terrible idea. Canada should definitely be in Eurovision.
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Willie Tomg posted:no, jesus loving christ an officer cannot be ordered to resign and take up a specific civilian job why would you even i what huh what He's still active duty. NSA isn't civilian as such.
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Willie Tomg posted:no, jesus loving christ an officer cannot be ordered to resign and take up a specific civilian job why would you even i what huh what Willie Tomg posted:Lieutenant, your country thanks you for your service. Please report to the Cinnabon in Spokane, WA, where you will serve out the remainder of your commission. McMaster is still on active duty: https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-20/general-h-r-mcmaster-tapped-as-u-s-national-security-adviser http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mcmaster-senate-confirmation-star-general/story?id=45640246
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"I just had a tremendous discussion with Prime Mister Justin Bieber" - Trump, probably.
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PT6A posted:I like that he's upset with Germany now over some nonsense so he seems to have forgotten to be pissed off at Canada over whatever nonsense he was upset about a few weeks ago. He said it was over trade because he still doesn't understand you can't do a trade deal with only Germany.
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gently caress mixed up mattis and mcmaster.
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Ularg posted:"I just had a tremendous discussion with Prime Mister Justin Bieber" - Trump, probably. I seriously think Trump couldn't remember Justin Trudeau's last name there.
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Potato Salad posted:Kim Dotcom promised evidence then couldn't produce any, every initial source claiming to have information on Seth Rich has since recanted. I'm about as concerned about Seth Rich's murder being more than a mugging as I am about Apollo 11 not having actually visited the moon. More specifically: Kim Dotcom sent a malicious link to Seth Rich's e-mail in an attempt to gain access to the e-mail account so that he could forge an e-mail that makes it look like Seth was working with Wikileaks/was assassinated. As he did this, he contacted Hannity promising he'll have something in the next few days. He was fully confident that when Seth Rich's dad checked his son's e-mail, he'd click on that link. Seth Rich's dad never did. So, Kim got nothing.
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