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02-05-2017 , 09:27 PM

#6001

wheatrich

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Originally Posted by Autocratic

It's worse than this. Remember when Kerry made his service the linchpin of his campaign and they created swiftboating? These people do not have respect for troops or military service as a rule.

The line re: Yemen should be "Trump is incompetent." That's it.

They fully support active troops, after that **** em.

02-05-2017 , 09:30 PM

#6002

5ive

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Originally Posted by hemstock

What a true mastermind he is. If the terrorist is also from Australia he might win every state.

02-05-2017 , 09:35 PM

#6003

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Can someone explain to me like I'm 5 years old what the **** the point of the thread title change was?

02-05-2017 , 09:37 PM

#6004

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one does not simply ask why Mr. Sklansky censors a thread title

02-05-2017 , 09:42 PM

#6005

5ive

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Originally Posted by Autocratic

Yeah that was horrific.

02-05-2017 , 09:45 PM

#6006

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Originally Posted by th14

As it turned out, Hitler used the tactics of bluff masterfully, at times giving the impression of being a feckless Chaplinesque clown, at other times a sleeping serpent, at others yet a trustworthy statesman. The Weimar establishment didn’t know what to do, so they pretended this was normal. They “normalized” him....

the Reichstag Fire was not a Hitler plan to excuse a takeover through martial law. It had indeed been the work of a Dutch man, Marinus van der Lubbe. But Hitler, ruthlessly and savagely, took advantage of it, instituting martial law and crushing electoral democracy. There would have been another excuse. Once in power Hitler was going to go on maximizing it until the “final solution.” ....

Hitler had been tricky about his plans until he got the position and the power to enact them. Trump had been tricky, neither accepting nor rejecting the endorsement of KKK leader David Duke. David Duke! The KKK! In this century! He claimed he didn’t know who he was. He couldn’t be disqualified because of someone he didn’t know. That’s where we all went wrong, thinking he was stupid and outrageous, not canny and savvy and able to play the media like Paganini.

Interesting. I had thought it was a false flag. That guy was tried and executed in 1936, but he was re-tried posthumously in 1967 and his sentence was changed from death to 8 years in prison, in 1980 that was overturned, in 1983 overturning was overturned and finally in 2007 71 years after being executed he was pardoned.

02-05-2017 , 09:50 PM

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Melkerson

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Originally Posted by Kirbynator

one does not simply ask why Mr. Sklansky censors a thread title

Well, that's helps a little. So at this point all we know is that DS changed it and we have no idea why? Thought there may have been an explanation somewhere that I missed.

02-05-2017 , 09:51 PM

#6008

Loki

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probably fell asleep with is face on his keyboard while reading everyone responding to a blatant trolling

02-05-2017 , 10:00 PM

#6009

Double Eagle

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Holy **** evidently teaming Haberman with Thrush created some sort of Superhero Reporter. No idea how they are still getting all this stuff, gotta believe Trump is gonna to go crazy tonight/tomorrow reacting to this ****.

02-05-2017 , 10:03 PM

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Am I reading that right, he didnt understand fully what he was doing putting Bannon on the council?

02-05-2017 , 10:05 PM

#6011

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Originally Posted by Melkerson

Can someone explain to me like I'm 5 years old what the **** the point of the thread title change was?

Well son, the title was kind of offensive. First as a concept, and then as a reality. I'm hoping this is the first step in a process that helps us to forget it ever happened.

02-05-2017 , 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Kirbynator

Am I reading that right, he didnt understand fully what he was doing putting Bannon on the council?

Yes, you are reading that right. He at least didn't know what the precedent was, and that's ****ing insane.

02-05-2017 , 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Double Eagle

Yes, you are reading that right. He at least didn't know what the precedent was, and that's ****ing insane.

No, what's insane is that he has no clue how government functions, what NATO is, etc., and yet still somehow never once got asked a question during the campaign that highlighted how little he knows about the very basics of government.

That he's acting on his complete lack of knowledge is to be expected.

02-05-2017 , 10:08 PM

#6014

will1530

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Originally Posted by Double Eagle

Lol, just lololol

02-05-2017 , 10:11 PM

#6015

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https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/0...-strategy.html

Whole article is worth reading, but big take away for me is that Trump was not "fully briefed" on the EO that put Bannon on the NSC Principals Committee before he signed the order.

So, if this is true, (1) Trump is signing EO's without fully understanding what is in them and (2) Trump feels Bannon is so important (or Trump is so unwilling to publicly concede to a error) that Trump didn't fire him.

02-05-2017 , 10:12 PM

#6016

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Originally Posted by Kirbynator

Am I reading that right, he didnt understand fully what he was doing putting Bannon on the council?

Quote:

Aides confer in the dark because they cannot figure out how to operate the light switches in the cabinet room. Visitors conclude their meetings and then wander around, testing doorknobs until finding one that leads to an exit.

02-05-2017 , 10:17 PM

#6017

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NATO meeting with Trump present should be interesting. If these 1 on 1 calls are going so splendidly, I can't imagine how he's going to react when he feels teamed up on. And I don't imagine NATO leaders are going to handle him with kid gloves like GOP/foxnews over Russia/Putin.

02-05-2017 , 10:24 PM

#6018

Mat Sklansky

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out of curiosity, just called David to ask about title change. he has no idea when or how it happened.

it was definitely him, however.

02-05-2017 , 10:24 PM

#6019

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He'll just storm out and put them on notice after calling them "bad hombres".

02-05-2017 , 10:27 PM

#6020

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Mat,

Did he sound refreshed, like he'd just awoken from a keyboard nap?

02-05-2017 , 10:30 PM

#6021

Mat Sklansky

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Originally Posted by Noodle Wazlib

Mat,

Did he sound refreshed, like he'd just awoken from a keyboard nap?

happened around noon. he thinks it was the bird, and that's a real possibility.

02-05-2017 , 10:31 PM

#6022

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more awesome than i could have imagined

02-05-2017 , 10:33 PM

#6023

Max Cut

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grunching... birds are signing trump EOs now?

02-05-2017 , 10:47 PM

#6024

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I guess that depends on whether Trump has full control of the NSA. Or the Fish and Wildlife Service. One or the other.

02-05-2017 , 10:56 PM

#6025

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Originally Posted by will1530

Lol, just lololol

I might be repeating myself here, but the real story here is that someone or some people in Trump's inner circle are totally okay with leaking all kinds of embarrassing **** to the media.

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