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UK Prime Minister Teresa May Gives Speech Indicating She'll Be Pursuing the "Hard Brexit" Option
There are three general options May could choose:
"Hard Brexit," where the UK exits the common market entirely and relies only on general trade agreements of the World Trade Organization in trading with its continental partners (plus any bilateral agreements it can strike up). The UK would gain almost all of its sovereignty back in this option.Favoured by ardent Brexiteers, a hard Brexit arrangement would likely see the UK give up full access to the single market and full access of the customs union along with the EU. The arrangement would prioritise giving Britain full control over its borders, making new trade deals and applying laws within its own territory."Soft Brexit" means the UK bargains with the EU and tries to remain in the common market by making some concessions on otherwise-sovereign decisionmaking -- almost surely on immigration. And because Angela Merkel's government has suggested that there will be no special breaks for the UK unless they cave on just about everything else, "Soft Brexit" means, basically, almost no real Brexit at all. Germany (and France) has the whip hand, and they know it. Any minor concession by the EU will only come with major concessions from the UK. Finally, there was (maybe still is) the possibility of "No Brexit at all." After all, a referendum by the people doesn't have to be respected by the political elites. The political elites really don't care much about the consent of the governed. But May has been saying for a while that "Brexit means Brexit," and that she will not seek to undermine the people's decision. Now she's delivered a speech about the principles guiding her in negotiating Britain's exit from the EU, and most are taking this as a "Hard Brexit" positioning. Though, of course, this is negotiating tactic; it's possible she's just matching Germany's declared hardline stance with her own hardline stance, and that something between Hard and Soft can be agreed to once everyone has done the required number of "I'm leaving this room, do not contact me again" door-slams. Here are some of the principles she claims she will fight for:
May has set out her Brexit plans over 12 points in a speech at Lancaster House in London. Key among these was a commitment for the UK to leave the EU's single market, and that MPs and peers will get a final vote on the deal. Other elements of the speech included that the UK would not be a full member of the customs union, but would hope to strike some sort of tariff-free deal, and continue to cooperate over areas like crime and anti-terrorism. May said that “no deal for Britain is better than a bad deal”, raising the possibility of the UK leaving the EU on default World Trade Organisation rules. She also reiterated Philip Hammond’s threat that if the EU failed to offer a good deal, the UK could move to become a low-tax regime to poach investment. ...In case you're concerned the MPs could reject May's proposed exit from the common market...
May's spokeswoman also said that the parliamentary vote would not stop Brexit, raising the likelihood that if MPs turned down the eventual deal the UK would leave the EU under WTO trade rules.May now having rattled her Iron Saber, it's time for the EU to rattle their own; the main spokesman for the group negotiating with Britain for its exit had this to say in return, on Twitter.
World War Trump, it sounds like.
Guy Verhofstadt
(@GuyVerhofstadt)
Britain has chosen a hard Brexit. May's clarity is welcome--but the days of UK cherry-picking and Europe a la cart are over.
Guy Verhofstadt
(@GuyVerhofstadt)
Threatening to turn the UK into a deregulated tax heaven will not only hurt British people--it is a counterproductive negotiating tactic
January 17, 2017
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 17, 2017 03:08 PM (vP09u)
Posted by: local news at January 17, 2017 03:09 PM (1isJI)
Posted by: Jmel at January 17, 2017 03:10 PM (v4EN5)
hurt British people--it is a counterproductive negotiating tactic"
Top clown of the EU shitshow knows stuff!
Posted by: local news at January 17, 2017 03:10 PM (1isJI)
Threatening to turn the UK into a deregulated tax heaven will not only hurt British people--it is a counterproductive negotiating tactic
Hit me! Beat me!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2017 03:11 PM (IqV8l)
That's the Hardline?
'Almost All of its sovereignty...'
Posted by: garrett at January 17, 2017 03:11 PM (xd0pN)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 03:12 PM (sRFAL)
Wait until a smaller mainland country tries it.
Could very well mean war.
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 17, 2017 03:12 PM (qcr5D)
(@GuyVerhofstadt)
Britain has chosen a hard Brexit. May's clarity is welcome--but the days of UK cherry-picking and Europe a la cart are over.
Guy Verhofstadt
(@GuyVerhofstadt)
Threatening to turn the UK into a deregulated tax heaven will not only hurt British people--it is a counterproductive negotiating tactic
January 17, 2017
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Translation: Attracting businesses through favorable tax policy is just the worst, because reasons. It's not like anyone running a company in France, German, or Italy would ever think of moving to the UK just because they could make and keep more money. It's absurd!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:13 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Hikaru at January 17, 2017 03:13 PM (WDCYi)
May has some cards to play and I think the EU is beginning to see them.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:13 PM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 17, 2017 03:13 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 17, 2017 03:12 PM (qcr5D)
Ya gotta have theses things every 30 years or so to clear away all the bad blood
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 03:13 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: eleven at January 17, 2017 03:13 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 17, 2017 03:14 PM (vP09u)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at January 17, 2017 03:14 PM (RD7QR)
Wait until a smaller mainland country tries it.
Could very well mean war.
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 17, 2017 03:12 PM (qcr5D)
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Who would fight in a war to keep Italy in the EU?
What army would they use? Would Italy be worth the treasure?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:14 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at January 17, 2017 03:15 PM (DpOmP)
She's Stalling.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:15 PM (0O7Yf)
Yeah, it sounds just awful.
Posted by: t-bird at January 17, 2017 03:15 PM (2z74n)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 17, 2017 03:15 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 17, 2017 03:12 PM (qcr5D)
Ya gotta have theses things every 30 years or so to clear away all the bad blood
Someone would first have to have one of them, what do you call them again....oh, yes...armies.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:15 PM (B+qrE)
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 17, 2017 03:16 PM (y3aQB)
What Theresa May and her party of fake conservative Shits are doing for Brexit is exactly what our Republican Shits are doing for obamacare. Stalling.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:16 PM (0O7Yf)
Heh ...
... but I ain't kidding. Think Merkel would hesitate to do an international version of a repo, using German troops, all in the name of "protecting EU interests" if given half a chance ?
I think the bitch is dying to try.
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 17, 2017 03:16 PM (qcr5D)
Posted by: Adam Smith at January 17, 2017 03:16 PM (DpOmP)
Posted by: Flyguy at January 17, 2017 03:16 PM (3sOO0)
May has some cards to play and I think the EU is beginning to see them.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:13 PM (B+qrE)
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Plus, it seems like Trump will be behind the UK in this, supporting them as he can. And, Trump seems to be showing people the advantage of actual negotiation between partners: Stake out a position, refuse to move, threaten to leave the room, and wait for the other side to crumble.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:16 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Dang at January 17, 2017 03:16 PM (8b+oT)
Translation: Attracting businesses through favorable tax policy is just the worst, because reasons. It's not like anyone running a company in France, German, or Italy would ever think of moving to the UK just because they could make and keep more money. It's absurd!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:13 PM (/prE6)
Ireland says hello.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:17 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: wth at January 17, 2017 03:17 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Davros at January 17, 2017 03:17 PM (u0s1P)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Let's please get back to being a serious military blog.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:17 PM (B+qrE)
In about 2 weeks Republican Shits are gonna come out tell us how "expensive" it will be to repeal obamacare and how conservative it would be just to "tweak" it.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:18 PM (0O7Yf)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:15 PM (B+qrE)
...if a NATO country started attacking a NATO country... is the US obligated in some way?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:18 PM (8hICw)
Could very well mean war.
With what army? That's the real reason Merkel's in a tizzy over Trump saying NATO has outlived its usefulness.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 17, 2017 03:18 PM (3J/LN)
Posted by: Former mass resident at January 17, 2017 03:18 PM (d6Zcu)
Threatening to turn the UK into a deregulated tax heaven will not only hurt British people--it is a counterproductive negotiating tactic
Hit me! Beat me!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Please, please, Br'er Fox, don't throw me in that brier patch.
Posted by: Br'er Rabbit at January 17, 2017 03:19 PM (ZO497)
May should have that under her as a caption.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 17, 2017 03:19 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Eyegore at January 17, 2017 03:19 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Arthur at January 17, 2017 03:19 PM (qUNWi)
Ronaldus Magnus once parked the Sixth Fleet in the Aegean and told the Turks and the Greeks to knock it off.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:20 PM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 17, 2017 03:20 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 17, 2017 03:20 PM (FtrY1)
Posted by: Arthur at January 17, 2017 03:19 PM
RI can barely run an ad campaign, never mind a military.
Posted by: Flyguy at January 17, 2017 03:20 PM (3sOO0)
And let's see how long France stays in the EU...
Brussels bureaucrats - that rancid smell you're smelling right now? Trump and May pissed on your bed.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 17, 2017 03:20 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 17, 2017 03:18 PM (3J/LN)
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Imagine the panic across Europe if they suddenly became solely responsible for their national defense.
They'd give themselves over to Russia before making cuts to their welfare states.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (/prE6)
I'm telling you, it's Failure Theater and they're all colluding.
Brexit vote was in June. That was 6 months ago.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (0O7Yf)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: wth at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 03:12 PM (sRFAL)
I am reminded of historian Paul Johnson, who has suggested that the UK ask to join NAFTA, and that said organization be broadened to include the Greater Anglosphere.
Of course there is that Mexico problem.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (ujg0T)
Ronaldus Magnus once parked the Sixth Fleet in the Aegean and told the Turks and the Greeks to knock it off.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:20 PM (B+qrE)
Ok, but Turkey and Greece are basically JV members. What if France/Germany attacked Britain?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (8hICw)
Ronaldus Magnus once parked the Sixth Fleet in the Aegean and told the Turks and the Greeks to knock it off.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:20 PM (B+qrE)
I think that JEF was desperately hoping to throw American lives away in defense of Turkey as soon as Erdogan popped off and did something stupid.
Posted by: Hikaru at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (WDCYi)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (jsWA8)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (9krrF)
Posted by: Thomas Jefferson at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (DpOmP)
The catfish said to the trout,
be sure you have your route picked out.
Posted by: Eromero at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (zLDYs)
"Regulate this, you scum sucking Euro weenie snow pimps!"
Although, I've never been known for much in the way of social graces. Her way is prolly better.
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (X+nFp)
Twitter would overload from the number of Americans asking European peaceniks how much they hate the US military NOW.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (3J/LN)
They'd give themselves over to Russia before making cuts to their welfare states.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (/prE6)
then wait until putin cuts their gas off. europe is going to be one big hairy depraved russian whore house when putin is done with them, without Trump. bitches.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Napoleon at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (8ZskC)
Are Brexit and the repeal of obamacare gonna go the way of California's Prop 8?
Yes, yes they are.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (0O7Yf)
My GoogleFu says Germany has 325,000 active duty and reserve personnel. Good enough for #9 in the world according to something called globalfirepower.com, wich says is based on current and potential power.
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (qcr5D)
Well, other than France's nukes...with what exactly?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Thomas Jefferson at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (DpOmP)
I laughed.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: European Weenie Dildo Thrower at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (aOqpx)
As if they are entirely unaware of their own history. Or completely oblivious to the concept of human nature.
Go, Britain, go and don't look back. Tell the damned continent to pound (pun intended) sand, and enjoy its future as a Muslim caliphate.
Meanwhile. Walls. Big honkin' walls.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2017 03:23 PM (TOk1P)
Ok, that was a low blow. Sure, Rhode Island Cooler and Warmer was embarrassingly stupid but ...
fuck
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2017 03:23 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 03:23 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at January 17, 2017 03:23 PM (DpOmP)
Well, other than France's nukes...with what exactly?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (B+qrE)
Look, I get that there's no army. Say they all just declared war against each other. Wouldn't that trigger a NATO clause?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:24 PM (8hICw)
And how many young, male "refugees" have they taken in over the past 1 1/2 years?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 03:24 PM (NOIQH)
They'd give themselves over to Russia before making cuts to their welfare states.
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But that would require Poland's permission to allow Russian troops to cross its borders.
Where have I read about that scenario before?
Posted by: mrp at January 17, 2017 03:24 PM (JBggj)
They also use painted broomsticks for machine gun stand-ins and haven't fired a shot in anger in seventy years.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:24 PM (B+qrE)
Posted by: steevy at January 17, 2017 03:24 PM (r/0kC)
Posted by: LASue, so very deplorable at January 17, 2017 03:24 PM (CLKfs)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at January 17, 2017 03:25 PM (jsWA8)
Posted by: R. DUKE at January 17, 2017 03:25 PM (ONH2e)
Rhode Island governor, a stupid woman, said today she's gonna give free college to residents.
New York said the same thing.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:25 PM (0O7Yf)
Twitter would overload from the number of Americans asking European peaceniks how much they hate the US military NOW.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (3J/LN)
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Don't forget the Left damning Trump for not being satisfied with killing poor old people in America, he had to do it in Europe too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:25 PM (/prE6)
The rich nations are sick of the poor nations living off their hard work, the poor nations are sick of rich nations telling them what to do and how to live, and everyone is sick of the EU leadership -- mostly Germany and France -- telling them they must accept millions of unassimilating, often radical thugs and rapists.
So the UK is not going to get any good deals or negotiation with the EU unless they are totally supine and obedient.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:25 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Sandy Fluke at January 17, 2017 03:25 PM (ty7RM)
New York said the same thing.
"Free"
I don't think that word means what you think it means....
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 03:25 PM (NOIQH)
I'm telling you, it's Failure Theater and they're all colluding.
Brexit vote was in June. That was 6 months ago.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (0O7Yf)
They want to fail but I dont think Trump will let them.
Posted by: local news at January 17, 2017 03:26 PM (1isJI)
Where have I read about that scenario before?
Posted by: mrp at January 17, 2017 03:24 PM (JBggj)
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Well, since history began in January of 2009 with Obama's inauguration, I couldn't possibly tell you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:26 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (9krrF)
Yeah, it's sort of unnatural for the Brits to be in a political system with the Continentals, who they have distrusted for centuries.
Their ties to India are closer. I remember meeting a cranky old Brit back in the '80's who told me he had more in common with his Indian neighbor than with the frogs...
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 17, 2017 03:26 PM (ZM2xo)
New York said the same thing.
"Free"
I don't think that word means what you think it means....
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 03:25 PM (NOIQH)
"Free"
Translation: You're going to be paying for your college education, and everyone else's college education. FOREVER
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:27 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: IC at January 17, 2017 03:27 PM (a0IVu)
You know for all these offices and seats held by Republicans all over the nation I'm still waiting for the Rightward shift to commence...
Or at least a Halt to the leftward shift.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:27 PM (0O7Yf)
Ronaldus Magnus once parked the Sixth Fleet in the Aegean and told the Turks and the Greeks to knock it off.
The image of Turkish paratroopers landing in Cyprus is seared into my memory, but I had to look up the date. It was 1974. What was going on that Reagan sent in the Sixth Fleet?
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at January 17, 2017 03:27 PM (ACM1V)
Rhode Island governor, a stupid woman, said today she's gonna give free college to residents.
New York said the same thing.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:25 PM (0O7Yf)
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Good for Rhode Island. Can she also promise to never ask for a bailout from another state in the Union in any way shape or form when it inevitably becomes a giant boondoggle that costs way way WAY more than expected?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:27 PM (/prE6)
51 7 And we- The USA and PE Trump- should, MUST Support The UK 100%
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 03:12 PM (sRFAL)
I am reminded of historian Paul Johnson, who has suggested that the UK ask to join NAFTA, and that said organization be broadened to include the Greater Anglosphere.
Of course there is that Mexico problem.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (ujg0T)
Very oldtimey Churchill idea from the 30's. English speaking Commonwealth trading zone.
Sounds attractive but will be labeled racist.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 17, 2017 03:27 PM (FtrY1)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 17, 2017 03:27 PM (ty7RM)
I actually have fought a guy before swinging a broom-stick.
It hurt.
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 17, 2017 03:28 PM (qcr5D)
You know for all these offices and seats held by Republicans all over the nation I'm still waiting for the Rightward shift to commence...
Or at least a Halt to the leftward shift.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:27 PM (0O7Yf)
You're forgetting:
Nobody runs big government better than the republicans. Nobody.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:28 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Dang at January 17, 2017 03:28 PM (8b+oT)
'86, I think it was. Murmurings over some the disputed islands or sea shelf as I recall.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:28 PM (B+qrE)
New York said the same thing.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:25 PM
They did the same thing to video game studio run by a baseball player too. I mean, not college, but free money. Such smart people. /s
Posted by: Flyguy at January 17, 2017 03:29 PM (3sOO0)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:29 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: steevy at January 17, 2017 03:29 PM (r/0kC)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 17, 2017 03:27 PM (ty7RM)
Come on, surely there aren't that many of them trying to change their sex.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:29 PM (8hICw)
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You may be right. OTOH, I recall reading an article a few years back that said a good portion of the German military isn't in fighting shape.
Posted by: Independent George at January 17, 2017 03:29 PM (BDZWU)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 17, 2017 03:29 PM (7ZVPa)
Sounds attractive but will be labeled racist.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 17, 2017 03:27 PM (FtrY1)
Shoot, you're racist for remembering it and making that post!
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:30 PM (8hICw)
Sitting in Massachusetts might not be the best vantage point for watching a national rightward trend. Massachusetts won't be participating.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2017 03:30 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 17, 2017 03:30 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Brussels at January 17, 2017 03:30 PM (8b+oT)
Posted by: Xander Crews at January 17, 2017 03:30 PM (g84et)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 17, 2017 03:29 PM (7ZVPa)
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"Oh, it is. I swear. Don't ask me how, just trust me. When have the people who supported the European Community...er...Union ever lied to you?'
-Guy Verhofstadt
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:30 PM (/prE6)
I freakin' haaaate these people and their tired tactics.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 03:31 PM (NOIQH)
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They also use painted broomsticks for machine gun stand-ins and haven't fired a shot in anger in seventy years.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:24 PM (B+qrE)
Once upon a time, back in the day I was serving in a unit whose role was to connect with the Germans at the point where the line against the Soviets stood on the border (waiting to die from missiles, but that's another story).
Anyhoo, as an Armored Division in the U.S. Army, we weren't exactly the elite. Compared with the bearded German pukes who were mandated to be in the military (as reservists), we might as well have all been Audie Freakin' Murphy.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2017 03:31 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2017 03:30 PM
But we'll corner the market on incompetent Kennedy children. So we got that going for us I guess.
Posted by: Flyguy at January 17, 2017 03:31 PM (3sOO0)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:31 PM (B+qrE)
Don't hold your breath.
This is what bothers me. People are acting like the Republic was saved, like now the White House is "ours" as Ace put it a couple days ago. These aren't us, they are politicians, mostly who disagree with us. The nation is still intact, which a Hillary presidency would likely have ended, but the Republic died years ago. Its a matter how how far we stagger on in momentum, not if we get going again.
I hate to rain on peoples' parades, but better now than the horror of realizing later that we did not and cannot vote our way out of this mess.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:32 PM (39g3+)
You know for all these offices and seats held by Republicans all over the nation I'm still waiting for the Rightward shift to commence...
Or at least a Halt to the leftward shift.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:27 PM (0O7Yf)
Trump hasn't been sworn in yet. And it took 100 years to get us to this point, remember. I expect some immediate shifts, but the country won't be transformed overnight.
Pendulums do swing, but sometimes more slowly than we would like.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 17, 2017 03:32 PM (ZM2xo)
8 Billion worth of Winning from Bayer
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 17, 2017 03:30 PM (y3aQB)
Sounds like it's a trade for allowing Bayer to buy Monsanto.
I'm all for capitalism, but jeepers, can't even one large american company stay american? Bud, Miller, Coors....
No, apple doesn't count.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:32 PM (8hICw)
Oh, FFS, Gloria Allred is suing Trump with some other "victim" again.
Is her name hillary, by any chance?
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:32 PM (0O7Yf)
Posted by: ejo at January 17, 2017 03:32 PM (il4FI)
New York said the same thing.
I don't think that is hers to give.
Posted by: LASue, so very deplorable at January 17, 2017 03:32 PM (CLKfs)
Posted by: @votermom's phone at January 17, 2017 03:32 PM (8uUK+)
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:33 PM (0O7Yf)
Posted by: ejo at January 17, 2017 03:32 PM (il4FI)
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Hard to believe that a guy who (co-)wrote a book called The Art of the Deal would know something about deal making.
Weird...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:33 PM (/prE6)
I hate to rain on peoples' parades, but better now than the horror of realizing later that we did not and cannot vote our way out of this mess.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:32 PM (39g3+)
It's going to at least require people refusing the hand-outs that the government "provides".
It will likely require real, actual civil disobedience, if not outright fighting.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:33 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (0O7Yf)
Even then, it was generally conceded that it would take a year or two to effect the separation.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2017 03:33 PM (LRVnP)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:34 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: steevy at January 17, 2017 03:34 PM (r/0kC)
Posted by: LASue, so very deplorable at January 17, 2017 03:32 PM (CLKfs)
The people of Rhode Island elected her. Whether or not she can, she did.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:34 PM (8hICw)
How's that working out for you?
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 17, 2017 03:34 PM (ty7RM)
Trump accuser: I will drop lawsuit if Trump retracts statement calling me a liar
Better chance of Gloria Allred getting Laid today
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 17, 2017 03:35 PM (y3aQB)
Even then, it was generally conceded that it would take a year or two to effect the separation.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2017 03:33 PM (LRVnP)
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Which obviously means that globalists are going to succeed at stopping it.
I mean, there's really no other explanation. It's not like it would be hard to disentangle from a neighboring power that has extended control over many parts of your country overnight. Right?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:35 PM (/prE6)
Sounds attractive but will be labeled racist.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 17, 2017 03:27 PM (FtrY1)
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Honey Badger Trump doesn't give a sh*t about the labelers. In Davos, the Chinese Communist Party premier quoted the Gettysburg Address and other high-falutin' democratic slogans in defense of "free" trade. The assembled elites in their seal-slick skins gave him a rousing ovation.
Meanwhile, Chinese dissidents continue to be harassed and imprisoned, while the ChiComs turn the screws on the opposition media, such as it is.
Posted by: mrp at January 17, 2017 03:35 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Arthur at January 17, 2017 03:35 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:22 PM (B+qrE)
Britain has nukes, too, you know.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2017 03:36 PM (LRVnP)
How's that working out for you?
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 17, 2017 03:34 PM (ty7RM)
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I remember when the EU was coming together...I was 8 years old.
Damn, some of you people are old.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:36 PM (/prE6)
Weird...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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"How can he make these companies stay in America? It's a done deal. What does he have, a magic wand?"
Posted by: "Barely" Obama at January 17, 2017 03:36 PM (8b+oT)
And micro manage the dimensions of the bottles that can be used by restaurants to provide olive oil on cafe tables?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 03:36 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: R. DUKE at January 17, 2017 03:36 PM (ONH2e)
Translation: I have no case and am admitting up front there was no trauma or mistreatment.
I think mostly what happened is that Allred noticed all the people mocking her fleet of floozies vanished after the election and wants to create some semblance of validity to her election stunts.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:36 PM (39g3+)
Who will fuck her?
Posted by: R. DUKE at January 17, 2017 03:36 PM (ONH2e)
There's a question that should never be dangled in front of the horde. Someone will take it up as a challenge.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:36 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: "Barely" Obama at January 17, 2017 03:36 PM (8b+oT)
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"Modern day Cato. Truly at master wordsmith."
-The New York Times
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:37 PM (/prE6)
It hasn't come up before what with France right there.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 17, 2017 03:37 PM (VdICR)
I don't believe "The Victim" has filed a police report yet. Maybe because filing false sexual assault reports can put you in jail. It's 100% Boolshit.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 17, 2017 03:37 PM (ty7RM)
Posted by: eleven at January 17, 2017 03:37 PM (qUNWi)
Trump accuser: I will drop lawsuit if Trump retracts statement calling me a liar
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Better chance of Gloria Allred getting Laid today
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 17, 2017 03:35 PM (y3aQB)
That's easy: Who am I to say you were lying. You might be entirely delusional, perfectly incapable of knowing reality from fantasy.
So sure, maybe you weren't lying at all.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2017 03:38 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:38 PM (39g3+)
You can't say that yet, Christopher. Nor can I say with any certainty that the pendulum will swing back, along I want to think that. Richard Fernandez of Belmont Club, who is no Mary Sunshine, thinks the left might be in the process of destroying itself.
But none of us know - because we're in the middle of it. One of those scenarios will play out - or maybe a unknown unknown we don't see coming - and it will look obvious to historians blessed with hindsight 100 years from now, but we just don't know now.
Could anybody in 1890 have forseen the 20th century?
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 17, 2017 03:38 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: wth at January 17, 2017 03:38 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:39 PM (B+qrE)
I'm all for capitalism, but jeepers, can't even one large american company stay american? Bud, Miller, Coors....
No, apple doesn't count.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric
The measure of a dynamic economy is not how many large corps are avoid foreign buyouts; it's how many businesses are started.
If they want to buy all of our cash-cow dependent, headed for obsolescent businesses, they're welcome.
Let a billion companies bloom.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2017 03:39 PM (V3IFq)
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 17, 2017 03:39 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: FLOTUS at January 17, 2017 03:39 PM (bc2Lc)
I think these were some of the most honest words Obama has ever spoken. I believe he could not conceive of any way the economy could get better or these companies could be made to stay. That there was literally no possible way, since he'd tried and it didn't work.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:39 PM (39g3+)
This morning CNN claimed to have a breaking news scoop that "GOP Aides" said Republicans were "in the dark" about Trump's obamacare replacement.
Then "GOP aides" became "GOP Sources."
The story is Fake News. There is not even a story, just a title.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:40 PM (0O7Yf)
Europe's key exports are chocolate, Islam, general Joo-hate and sloth.
They need England more than vice versa, and we sure could use their soccer hooliganism here. Just kidding. The UK will flourish economically with the rest of the world and us. Now if they could only get rid of their own Islamic problem (which I strongly doubt).
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:40 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: JEM at January 17, 2017 03:41 PM (TppKb)
TFG did not "try." He had not one, NOT ONE serious economic moment in eight years.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:41 PM (B+qrE)
Then "GOP aides" became "GOP Sources."
The story is Fake News. There is not even a story, just a title.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:40 PM (0O7Yf)
What is this "CNN" you speakith about?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 03:42 PM (sRFAL)
Yeah and we'll never see a GOP majority in our lifetimes. People make all kind of silly statements after a major election and they're all stupid crap. Nothing has changed, the culture is where things have to be fixed, not shuffling around the guys at the top. Until the culture, education, entertainment, and the worldview of the people changes, no amount of Republicans in office will make any difference other than the speed of the burn.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:42 PM (39g3+)
This morning CNN claimed to have a breaking news scoop that "GOP Aides" said Republicans were "in the dark" about Trump's obamacare replacement.
Then "GOP aides" became "GOP Sources."
The story is Fake News. There is not even a story, just a title.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:40 PM (0O7Yf)
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"It's not fake news if it doesn't come from a Macedonian teenager posting on Facebook. That's #science."
-CNN
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:42 PM (/prE6)
This morning CNN claimed to have a breaking news scoop that "GOP Aides" said Republicans were "in the dark" about Trump's obamacare replacement.
Then "GOP aides" became "GOP Sources."
The story is Fake News. There is not even a story, just a title.
Posted by: Soothsayer XLT at January 17, 2017 03:40 PM (0O7Yf)
Pro Tip, or Sad Reality: Learn to read and watch the news the way Russians used to during Soviet times.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:42 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: FLOTUS
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At least when the Obama crew fucks up the White House, we'll hear about it first hand from the president, instead of Bush trying to be "above it all' by ignoring it like it never happened when the Clintons did it.
Posted by: Dang at January 17, 2017 03:43 PM (8b+oT)
Too many shadows, whispering voices
faces on posters, too many choices
If? When? Why? What?
How much have you got?
Have you got it? Do you get it?
If so, how often?
Which do you choose
a hard or soft option?
(How much do you need?)
Posted by: George Lynch at January 17, 2017 03:43 PM (ufoE3)
Posted by: Lauren at January 17, 2017 03:43 PM (vc3XT)
Or even a whiff of will to do so.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:39 PM (B+qrE)
Slap some uniforms on their "migrants" and tell them to go tear assing across the Continent. Maybe a nice long Russian campaign for those migrants who have nothing else better do to except attack German women
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 17, 2017 03:44 PM (493sH)
What about that Super Hardon Collider?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:44 PM (mbhDw)
Like the ones you have to soak in hot coffee before attempting to eat.
A ginger snap, maybe.
Posted by: filbert at January 17, 2017 03:44 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 17, 2017 03:44 PM
Wasn't that the plot of Dune?
Posted by: Flyguy at January 17, 2017 03:44 PM (3sOO0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:35 PM (/prE6)
No, the best thing is to just go with the DOOM!! That's what we're used to, we're not used to winning here.
We're the exact opposite of leftists - in good ways but also in bad. No matter how bleak the outlook is, they still believe they are going to win and they always come back because they never stop fighting. We have roses fall on us and bitch about the thorns.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 17, 2017 03:45 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: josephistan at January 17, 2017 03:45 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: JEM at January 17, 2017 03:41 PM (TppKb)
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Funny, but if Merkel had just taken a more modest road in terms of the refugee crisis (say, by saying that they will up their rate of acceptance, but they have a hard stop and they must either integrate into German society or risk expulsion), there's a small chance that Brexit wouldn't have happened (no refugee crisis, then no increased anxiety over the EU overall other than the Euro, which was bad enough).
Just goes to show what happens when you rule by hubris without any concern for what people actually want.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:45 PM (/prE6)
TFG did not "try." He had not one, NOT ONE serious economic moment in eight years.
Hey, he made a phonecall and talked to that guy. And then there was the letter he wrote to someone once. He thought about it while golfing. That all counts dang it!!!!
/leftist
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:45 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 17, 2017 03:45 PM (0/EIm)
Fear.
Why are the protesterrorists being dispatched by Soros, etc?
Why is the MSM panicking?
Why is the establishment bloviating?
Why are government workers sobbing?
Why are 'The Usual Suspects' screaming about racism , sexism, and Hitler?
Fear.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 17, 2017 03:45 PM (toH8T)
*BLINK*
I don't even know what to say.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 03:46 PM (9ASbL)
As RLM said:
"AT-AT! Yay! AT-ST! I KNOW WHAT THAT THING IS! so awesome!"
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 17, 2017 03:46 PM (VdICR)
Saw a documentary on Netflix about Scotland Yard's fugitive apprehension unit. They didn't say it outright but they alluded strongly to the fact that since joining the EU, crime of all sorts is through the roof in Britain because of (quoting now) "open borders."
QED.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:46 PM (mbhDw)
/leftist
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:45 PM (39g3+)
Any good lawyer would charge for thinking about your case.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:46 PM (8hICw)
That there was literally no possible way, since he'd tried and it didn't work.
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Well, no, he didn't try. The whole BS point of the Obamanauts was to fundamentally transform the United States of America into a global information and financial power. That meant getting rid of the smelly, dirty manufacturing sector and outsourcing such to the Third World, which would, in turn, be exempted from any international accords limiting air and water pollution standards.
That hasn't worked out too well.
Posted by: mrp at January 17, 2017 03:46 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: FLOTUS
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We'd like you to get rid of the rats and flies, too.
Posted by: wth at January 17, 2017 03:46 PM (HgMAr)
The problem is that the referendum was an extra-constitutional cop-out. The Brits wanted a radical change in policy without changing their party system accordingly. and thats just not how it works in a system where parliament is sovereign.
The UK needs pols who want independence and know what to do with it and not an old guard that basically just waits for the next chance to get rid of responsibilities again, while lawyerly conceding and working around a single point decided in a referendum.
Posted by: Nurse Ratched at January 17, 2017 03:46 PM (ocMvR)
*BLINK*
I don't even know what to say.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 03:46 PM (9ASbL)
What you say is any Negro that plays for the NY Jets?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 03:46 PM (sRFAL)
*BLINK*
I don't even know what to say.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 03:46 PM (9ASbL)
Well, Mr. Hill, what are the standards for mediocre and outstanding Negroes, and more importantly WHO, pray tell, gets to set those standards?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:47 PM (mbhDw)
faces on posters, too many choices
One of the great songs from the 80s. I really liked the Pet Shop Boys, but they didn't last long.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:47 PM (39g3+)
That hasn't worked out too well.
Posted by: mrp at January 17, 2017 03:46 PM (JBggj)
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All while moaning that manufacturing was disappearing, because it really meant a loss of Union power.
It's plans within plans.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:47 PM (/prE6)
Actually, Germany (in particular) has some very strong industrial products.
The problem is that EU policies and German policies are gradually pushing these firms out. If you're BMW (which is still essentially a privately-held firm) and you're culturally tied to Germany but you can't hire anyone useful who's under 50 and you're paying three or four times US industrial rates for electricity and a whole bunch of other regulatory issues, what do you do?
Posted by: JEM at January 17, 2017 03:47 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: FLOTUS
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Go for it.
Trump is ripping out and replacing all of your malware-ridden tech.
Get out.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 17, 2017 03:47 PM (toH8T)
Collectively, as a group, the European nations are a terrifying a bleak Kafkaesque Soviet bureaucracy.
Posted by: zombie at January 17, 2017 03:48 PM (jBuUi)
Most of the street level crime is due to... well they call them "Eastern Europeans" or "Romanians" but what they mean is "Gypsies" but you cannot say that in England any longer.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:49 PM (39g3+)
fugitive apprehension unit. They didn't say it outright but they alluded
strongly to the fact that since joining the EU, crime of all sorts is
through the roof in Britain because of (quoting now) "open borders."
QED.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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That's in my list. Was surprised by the honest description of the situation.
Posted by: Dang at January 17, 2017 03:49 PM (8b+oT)
Almost forgot, Europe's general economic success is a result of something I believe they called "The Marshall Plan."
Thank us.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:49 PM (mbhDw)
Pet Shop Boys https://tinyurl.com/6mhlbls
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 17, 2017 03:49 PM (y3aQB)
The problem is that EU policies and German policies are gradually pushing these firms out. If you're BMW (which is still essentially a privately-held firm) and you're culturally tied to Germany but you can't hire anyone useful who's under 50 and you're paying three or four times US industrial rates for electricity and a whole bunch of other regulatory issues, what do you do?
Posted by: JEM at January 17, 2017 03:47 PM (TppKb)
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"Suck it up and pay for more refugees peasant!"
-Angela Merkel, 2 years ago
"Oh..shiezen, how about a...uh...burka ban! Yeah, that'll placate you dummkopfs."
-Angela Merkel, the end of 2016
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:49 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 17, 2017 03:49 PM (toH8T)
To protect, help, moderate, and fight
Sounds like a motto jiggered together by politicians.
Motto from Wikipedia. So, could be Fake News.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 17, 2017 03:50 PM (FtrY1)
Whenever I see the name Angela Merkel I think "Angel Merkin."
Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2017 03:50 PM (TOk1P)
and outstanding Negroes, and more importantly WHO, pray tell, gets to
set those standards?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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Elite Negroes.
Posted by: Dang at January 17, 2017 03:50 PM (8b+oT)
Posted by: George Orwell's Ghost at January 17, 2017 03:50 PM (UgF8H)
Posted by: Dang at January 17, 2017 03:49 PM (8b+oT)
I was certain they were going to edit the shit out of it. Then again, there were no Muzzies depicted. I'm sure all of them are honest and peaceful as the day is long.
*world's biggest sarc tag* /S
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:50 PM (mbhDw)
Trump is ripping out and replacing all of your malware-ridden tech.
Get out.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 17, 2017 03:47 PM (toH8T)
"The children are starving. It's very sad. Very, very sad. They're not eating anything. Michelle Obama was starving the children. Kids in Haiti are eating better. But I'm gonna fix it. We've got yuge menus coming. Luxurious. Steaks. And gold plated chicken nuggets. It's gonna be tremendous!"
Posted by: President Donald Trump at January 17, 2017 03:51 PM (4ErVI)
said Republicans were "in the dark" about Trump's obamacare replacement.
Breaking news: "Trump has identified leakers within his team so they no longer have the information to give us"
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 03:51 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: The German Army at January 17, 2017 03:51 PM (ppaKI)
Whenever I see the name Angela Merkel I think "Angel Merkin."
Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2017 03:50 PM (TOk1P)
The merkin on an angel must be gossamer-like, nein?
In any case I always read Angela Merkel as Ethel Mertz or Steve Urkel.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:52 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:28 PM
Found a book on Google :
Strategic Relations Between the US and Turkey 1979-2000: Sleeping with a Tiger
By Ekavi Athanassopoulou
Google wants $43 for the eBook. From just a quick look, at a few pages, it was pretty complicated back then. More than just Greece vs Turkey. Lotta footnotes.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at January 17, 2017 03:52 PM (ACM1V)
411 They will win no converts by chaining trains...even the people who didn't vote for Trump but are not part of the violent activist group will be annoyed at having their commutes disrupted.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2017 03:26 PM (tOcW/)
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There's a solid reason the Republicans won so much at the presidential level in the 60s, 70s, and 80s (not always, but more than average).
Now, imagine that kind of luck combined with the Republicans much more increased power overall (especially at the state level) happening now compared to the same period.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:52 PM (/prE6)
And why should the standard for mediocrity for blacks be any different than those for everyone else?
I mean, Barack Obama's a crap President, and the fact that he's black makes him no more or less crap as President. He probably would never have attained the office were he not black, but as President he's just a crap President and he's not more or less crappy for being black.
Posted by: JEM at January 17, 2017 03:52 PM (TppKb)
*BLINK*
I don't even know what to say.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 03:46 PM (9ASbL)
................
I hesitate to comment until Richard Fowler weighs in.
Posted by: wth at January 17, 2017 03:52 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:52 PM (mbhDw)
. . . And isn't that really the story of Obama?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:52 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:42 PM (39g3+)
Right. But the culture is starting to crumble around the edges a bit. The media has blown it's credibility. The temper tantrums of Hollywood film stars are being mocked and they didn't manage to win the election for Hill. People like Milo and Ben Shapiro are doing the grunt work of challenging group think at the universities. The networks and newspapers no longer have a lock on the news.
Again, this stuff is going to take time to reverse. Maybe a really long time. But it's not going unchallenged. Hell, we're here, aren't we?
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 17, 2017 03:52 PM (ZM2xo)
They don't realize they are really anarchists at heart.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 03:53 PM (9ASbL)
I remember when the EU was coming together...I was 8 years old. Damn, some of you people are old.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:36 PM (/prE6)
Shit when the EU was created I was married and had two small kids at home.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 17, 2017 03:53 PM (lKyWE)
WHERE?!?
Wait... don't answer that. Just forget we asked. Please. We beg of you!
Posted by: Greece at January 17, 2017 03:53 PM (8b+oT)
Only if it's between the hours of 8-5.
Posted by: The German Army at January 17, 2017 03:51 PM (ppaKI)
Used post-war European rifles for say. Never fired, dropped once. A history-making offer!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:54 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: steevy at January 17, 2017 03:54 PM (r/0kC)
In his head, he said a different word, but he knew he couldn't use it on camera. You know I'm right.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:54 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Gitmo Alumni at January 17, 2017 03:54 PM (OLkCE)
Only if it's between the hours of 8-5.
Posted by: The German Army at January 17, 2017 03:51 PM (ppaKI)
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"Don't forget our siestas."
-Spain
"Or the fact that we pretty much just don't work."
-Italy
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:54 PM (/prE6)
NOT REALLY! just arrested Children who think everyone who thinks differently than them is a Big DOODYHEAD!
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 17, 2017 03:54 PM (y3aQB)
As I noted in an earlier thread I saw them open for the Average White Band at the Cow Palace in '75.
Posted by: JEM at January 17, 2017 03:54 PM (TppKb)
didn't vote for Trump but are not part of the violent activist group
will be annoyed at having their commutes disrupted.
You don;t do that to win converts, you do that to create chaos.
DC is always being hobble by some sh#tty protest group. One time when I was living in the area some anti-IMF protesters (IIRC) put tires in the missle of the George Washington parkways and set them on fire. Completely hosed the already miserable morning commute.
They don;t care.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 03:55 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 03:55 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: Julian Assange at January 17, 2017 03:55 PM (JO9+V)
So -- who needs treaties? Just reactivate all the Smugglers' Coves and we're good to go.
Posted by: zombie at January 17, 2017 03:55 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:55 PM (39g3+)
To protect, help, moderate, and fight
Moderate? Are they going to run debates?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 17, 2017 03:55 PM (493sH)
Posted by: The German Army at January 17, 2017 03:51 PM (ppaKI)
We'll call a union meeting and take a vote and get back to you.
Posted by: Dutch Army at January 17, 2017 03:56 PM (TppKb)
Not her fault. Father Time is undefeated. But she held onto One status much longer than most.
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 17, 2017 03:56 PM (qcr5D)
You don;t do that to win converts, you do that to create chaos.
DC is always being hobble by some sh#tty protest group. One time when I was living in the area some anti-IMF protesters (IIRC) put tires in the missle of the George Washington parkways and set them on fire. Completely hosed the already miserable morning commute.
They don;t care.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 03:55 PM (NOIQH)
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Remember how the Weather Underground lead to the dominance of Presidents Hubert Humphrey and George McGovern?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:57 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 17, 2017 03:57 PM (ppaKI)
Only if it's between the hours of 8-5.
Posted by: The German Army at January 17, 2017 03:51 PM (ppaKI)
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"Don't forget our siestas."
-Spain
"Or the fact that we pretty much just don't work."
-Italy
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:54 PM (/prE6)
"We'll get right on that as soon as we get right off your wife."
- France
Posted by: josephistan at January 17, 2017 03:57 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 17, 2017 03:57 PM (kTF2Z)
I've got one, a 1926 British Enfield 303...a fun gun to shot.
Posted by: R. DUKE at January 17, 2017 03:57 PM (ONH2e)
Posted by: steevy at January 17, 2017 03:54 PM (r/0kC)
Authentic black is not about pigmentation. Hence the brutal attacks on Clarence Thomas, Ben Carson, Herman Cain, etc. etc. etc.
I knew the civil rights movement had jumped the shark, or became the shark, when the Black Panthers attacked Jackie Robinson who had condemned and criticized them. That was horrible to witness and not soon after he died at the age of 50.
John Lewis is nothing and has done nothing that is even remotely in the same universe as Jack Robinson.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:57 PM (mbhDw)
Ross Poldark agrees.
Posted by: Tuna at January 17, 2017 03:58 PM (JSovD)
Here's what I don't get, if Merkel thinks that taking in refugees are such a good thing, shouldn't she be glad Britain is not taking more of Diversity Pie?
What exactly is the interest in EU-Brit tariffs? Is the EU afraid of a British trade deficit? That somehow the EU has positioned themselves that they cannot compete with the UK?
Posted by: Axeman at January 17, 2017 03:58 PM (2mC6G)
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I told my friend who was saying it would kick ass that it was actually a house of cards. When Germany, Spain and Greece are pulling the same plow, Greece and Spain ain't gonna do jack shit.
Posted by: Dang at January 17, 2017 03:58 PM (8b+oT)
Posted by: MTF at January 17, 2017 03:58 PM (X4ZNp)
You don;t do that to win converts, you do that to create chaos.
DC is always being hobble by some sh#tty protest group. One time when I was living in the area some anti-IMF protesters (IIRC) put tires in the missle of the George Washington parkways and set them on fire. Completely hosed the already miserable morning commute.
They don;t care.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 03:55 PM (NOIQH)
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Here's the thing about all of this: It's counterproductive for electoral victories, and the only way that it could actually lead to any change in the direction that the terrorists want is if a sizeable portion of the population agrees with them enough to support the nascent fight, and join in.
It didn't work when they originally tried at the end of the 60s and into the 70s, and I still don't think that it'll happen now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:58 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 17, 2017 03:55 PM (493sH)
I have a pre-owned Schmeisser gavel for sale, cheap.
Now to feed die katzen! Ein moment, bitte. . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:59 PM (mbhDw)
Which can mean only one thing to Democrats. They must make him into the antichrist before he aptly displays they've been used like a bunch of dupes for their votes and are worse off because of it.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 03:59 PM (9ASbL)
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"Could mean war..."
I smile when I read that phrase. Ira Gershwin used that in the Gershwins' pacifist comedy musical "Strike Up The Band". Really, like we'd go to war with Switzerland over the "fake news" meme with the Swiss mislabeling US-bound Grade B milk with Grade A labels.
Posted by: mrp at January 17, 2017 03:59 PM (JBggj)
"We'll get right on that as soon as we get right off your wife."
- France
Posted by: josephistan at January 17, 2017 03:57 PM (7HtZB)
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That's the only way you could get her, smelly France, by pinning her down and forcing her to take it.
France, you so rapey.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 03:59 PM (/prE6)
Whining. He was too busy winning and being excellent, smearing he faces of his detractors and attackers with his greatness.
John Lewis has presided over the worst downturn in US history for blacks. He can think whatever he wants about the state of Donald Trump as president and I do not care but Trump hit a home run about crime and economics in his district.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 03:59 PM (39g3+)
Whenever I see the name Angela Merkel I think "Angel Merkin."
Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2017 03:50 PM (TOk1P)
The merkin on an angel must be gossamer-like, nein?
In any case I always read Angela Merkel as Ethel Mertz or Steve Urkel.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:52 PM (mbhDw)
That's why it disappoints me so. Must be like kissing the sweetest cotton candy...
..oh. No. Not Angel Merkin. Gladys Kravitz.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2017 03:59 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Brussels at January 17, 2017 03:59 PM (8b+oT)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 03:59 PM (mbhDw)
In my HS German class, one of my classmates like to say "Katze Eier" which kinda sounds like cat eye, but really means "cat eggs"
Yes, it made no sense, but it was what passed for humor in that class.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 04:00 PM (8hICw)
I hesitate to comment until Richard Fowler weighs in.
Posted by: wth
He sort of looks like a 21st century Urkel.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2017 04:00 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 17, 2017 04:00 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 04:00 PM (39g3+)
*Makes all of the popcorn*
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 17, 2017 03:57 PM (kTF2Z)
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"You know who has a larger and more dedicated fan base than me? Steve Harvey. Let's go after him, veiled call him a house negro, and I'm sure I'll win that battle. I'm super smart."
-Marc Lamont Hill
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 04:00 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh at January 17, 2017 04:01 PM (JBggj)
But zis time we have zee tunnel under zee Channel!
Posted by: zombie napoleon at January 17, 2017 04:01 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at January 17, 2017 04:01 PM (C9pBZ)
Silly rubes. You can't have a war until we define and allow a war.
Posted by: Brussels
Do they have to file an environmental impact statement?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2017 04:01 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: wooga at January 17, 2017 04:01 PM (53Fab)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 04:01 PM (39g3+)
Uh...the French had a shit navy, the Brits beat Boney with their blockade of 'far storm-beaten ships', the Union could have starved the South out by blockade and taking the Mississippi without the 'Forward to Richmond' crap, and all that was long before satellites, surveillance aircraft with global range, drones with half-a-day loiter time and Hellfires, CVs full of flaming-death dispensers, etc.
Posted by: Dutch Army at January 17, 2017 04:02 PM (TppKb)
Pretty sure I have a kick ass bong made there.
Posted by: Gary Johnson at January 17, 2017 04:02 PM (8b+oT)
Apparently the folks at #DisruptJ20 think that throat punching is a legitimate form of protest. #Inauguration #Veritasiseverywhere
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2017 04:03 PM (V3IFq)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 17, 2017 04:03 PM (2x9LM)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2017 04:03 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: eleven at January 17, 2017 04:03 PM (qUNWi)
Ross Poldark agrees.
Posted by: Tuna at January 17, 2017 03:58 PM (JSovD)
Poldark? The lady in Warsaw with the lightbulb died?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 04:03 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2017 04:03 PM (IqV8l)
Which? Doctor?
As Momma Sefton used to say.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 04:04 PM (mbhDw)
>>Only if it's between the hours of 8-5.
And not during August because Europe is closed.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2017 04:04 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2017 04:04 PM (V3IFq)
I replied that if she went ahead with the internship, she would have to be as a mole. Everyone at the table LOLed.
Posted by: Ruthless at January 17, 2017 04:04 PM (ro5Th)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 04:04 PM (9ASbL)
Ross Poldark agrees.
And Bert Large too probably.
Posted by: andycanuck at January 17, 2017 04:04 PM (lJXY3)
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Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2017 04:01 PM (IqV8l)
Holy shit. That's funny cause it's true. hah
Posted by: eleven at January 17, 2017 04:05 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Dutch Army at January 17, 2017 04:02 PM (TppKb)
Go on . . . .
Posted by: alexthechick - I see you tree rats at January 17, 2017 04:05 PM (mf5HN)
>>Only if it's between the hours of 8-5.
And not during August because Europe is closed.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2017 04:04 PM (/tuJf)
Mousse out front shoulda told ya.
Posted by: Polly Voo Fronncey at January 17, 2017 04:05 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 17, 2017 04:05 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: wth at January 17, 2017 04:06 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Tuna at January 17, 2017 04:06 PM (JSovD)
victories, and the only way that it could actually lead to any change
in the direction that the terrorists want is if a sizeable portion of
the population agrees with them enough to support the nascent fight, and
join in.
First, they're kids having a temper tantrum and punishing the people who upset them by voting Trump. J20 is not about winning hearts and minds, this is jr. Weathermen stuff.
Second, they've always had MSM cover, and now a lot of Democrat cover, too, so this protects them from most of the scrutiny. Just look at how the Creamer riots/attacks were characterized: "TRUMP is riling up the people and causing violence at his rallies." Same goes for the violent protests at about Milo - it's *his* fault, and he's the one punished with high security fees and speech cancellations.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 04:07 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Fred Sanford, Proprietor at January 17, 2017 04:07 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 17, 2017 04:05 PM (JO9+V)
And Lee May was one fine right handed hitter
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 04:07 PM (sRFAL)
Sounds like the worst threat there is to most of the EU. "Deregulated"? "Tax heaven?" [sic] What's not to like?
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 17, 2017 04:08 PM (9eOWg)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 17, 2017 04:08 PM (ro5Th)
Wave something bloody at him, and he'll faint or run away. So no problem about him getting P.C. Penhale to arrest anyone!
Posted by: andycanuck at January 17, 2017 04:09 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 17, 2017 04:09 PM (WDy4l)
Posted by: zombie napoleon at January 17, 2017 04:01 PM (lJXY3)
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And, face it, the map also shows it has a history of getting its butt kicked by France. The Brits held Calais for a good while, but could never make it much further.
Posted by: Axeman at January 17, 2017 04:09 PM (2mC6G)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 04:04 PM (9ASbL)
Only food I ever saw Guy Fieri almost spit out. I would have to agree with him. But like you, a lot of people like them.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth proud son of a Marine at January 17, 2017 04:09 PM (1me8P)
Her brother is great on Grand Tour, too!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 04:01 PM (39g3+)
Her dad was great as the voice of The Robot on "Lost In Space."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 04:10 PM (mbhDw)
Second, they've always had MSM cover, and now a lot of Democrat cover, too, so this protects them from most of the scrutiny. Just look at how the Creamer riots/attacks were characterized: "TRUMP is riling up the people and causing violence at his rallies." Same goes for the violent protests at about Milo - it's *his* fault, and he's the one punished with high security fees and speech cancellations.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 04:07 PM (NOIQH)
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Oh, I know that. And the Weather Underground Sr. had some MSM cover too.
It's going to be much harder to control the narrative when they're threatening (and, God forbid, actually causing) physical harm to people.
When a #BLM supporting madman shot several police officers in Dallas, were Democrats really loud and vocal in condemnation? Or were they using more cautious terms? Which reaction leads to winning elections on a national scale in America?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 04:10 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: JEM at January 17, 2017 04:10 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 17, 2017 04:10 PM (9YjDP)
I see Maxine "Stupid" Waters has called for the impeachment of Trump because the Russians got him elected or something.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 17, 2017 04:11 PM (le7jz)
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the backdoor key
Stepping outside she is free
We gave her most of our lives
Sacrificed most of our lives
We gave her everything money could buy.
Posted by: Johan, Pablo, Gerhard and Ringo at January 17, 2017 04:11 PM (DVW2r)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 17, 2017 04:11 PM (Mxs5H)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 17, 2017 04:11 PM (ZM2xo)
The ultimate inversion - the UK becomes Hong Kong.
Posted by: JEM at January 17, 2017 04:11 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 17, 2017 04:08 PM (ro5Th)
Good. I hated that movie.
And with that, I'll see you in the casino.
Posted by: Willie "Teh Say Hey Kid" Mays at January 17, 2017 04:12 PM (TOk1P)
Cod liver oil is the first.
I'm waiting.
Posted by: Durian at January 17, 2017 04:12 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 17, 2017 04:12 PM (oVJmc)
only hurt British people--it is a counterproductive negotiating tactic
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Turning the UK into a deregulated tax haven would turn the UK into a financial colossus.
Just imagine an England where curbside vendors, without harassment, can sell their products with weights and measures listed in both imperial and metric units.
Posted by: mrp at January 17, 2017 04:13 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Ocre Media at January 17, 2017 04:13 PM (bc2Lc)
Yeah, ask the Persians about how well invading a nation through a narrow opening works out.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 04:13 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 17, 2017 04:11 PM (le7jz)
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...and that he developed campaign slogans that would not flatter his opponent: "Crooked Hillary", saying she was "low energy" or playing up that she was ill. All those are (Waters-)impeachable.
Posted by: Axeman at January 17, 2017 04:13 PM (2mC6G)
How many thousands of bikers for Trump will be in DC?
Go ahead. Start some shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 17, 2017 04:13 PM (WDy4l)
The ultimate inversion - the UK becomes Hong Kong.
Posted by: JEM at January 17, 2017 04:11 PM (TppKb)
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It'll never happen. They'll probably never dismantle or redefine their welfare state enough to reach that.
But that's the thing: They don't need to. They just need to be geographically close and a markedly better option from which to do business. French firms can only go so long losing money and buckling under regulation before they chuck off their patriotism hats and move across the Channel just to survive.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 04:13 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Roland THTG at January 17, 2017 04:14 PM (QM5S2)
Posted by: Ireland at January 17, 2017 04:14 PM (7HtZB)
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 04:14 PM (9ASbL)
Posted by: Mindless Leftist Sloganeering, Inc. at January 17, 2017 04:14 PM (QtQaN)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 17, 2017 04:15 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 17, 2017 04:15 PM (ro5Th)
I freakin' haaaate these people and their tired tactics.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 03:31 PM (NOIQH)
Live stream.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s98vEkSJd4Y
Posted by: Off the reservation at January 17, 2017 04:15 PM (uqnYW)
I'm sure the back of his throat has been punched many times.
Posted by: wooga at January 17, 2017 04:15 PM (53Fab)
Scrapple....
Tried sushi once, might have been even worse.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at January 17, 2017 04:15 PM (ACM1V)
Yeah, ask the Persians about how well invading a nation through a narrow opening works out.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 04:13 PM (39g3+)
"Tell me about it!"
- - Tubby Riefenstahl's gastroentorologist
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 04:16 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 04:16 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: Almost Zombie Rod Stewart at January 17, 2017 04:17 PM (53Fab)
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 17, 2017 04:17 PM (y3aQB)
Ory I would agree. I will only say you have. It had them prepared the right way to make them less greasy and get rid of the underlying funky flavors.
Oh yeah. And it's pig. So there's that.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 04:17 PM (9ASbL)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 04:16 PM (sRFAL)
Their compatriots in the West Wing are so lonely.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 17, 2017 04:17 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 17, 2017 04:17 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: irright at January 17, 2017 04:18 PM (pMGkg)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 04:07 PM (NOIQH)
Yep. But this is DC on Inauguration Day not UC Davis. Unlike the "security" on campuses, which does nothing when Milo is nearly smacked onstage and suffers no consequences for it, there will be consequences for the security people if these losers manage to disrupt things.
O'Keefe has been forwarding this info to the authorities - hopefully they'll keep a close eye on the trains and these nasty snots won't have time to come up with Plan B.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 17, 2017 04:18 PM (ZM2xo)
http://tinyurl.com/j522glm
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2017 04:18 PM (tOcW/)
Too late. Hillary Clinton will never be President of the United States.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 17, 2017 04:18 PM (oVJmc)
Jeezuz! Keep it down with the war talk, I'm fekkin' hung over!
Posted by: Ireland
I remember Ireland was supposed to be some kind of tax miracle attracting businesses. What ever happened to that?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2017 04:18 PM (IqV8l)
Yeah, they just have to suck less than the EU, which isn't exactly a challenge. Plus, while they don't exactly have the navy any longer, Britannia is still a leader in shipping. Not so much Spain.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 04:18 PM (39g3+)
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good old mediocre negros were drinking whiskey 'n rye
Singing: "This'll be the day that I die"
This'll be the day that I die
Posted by: wth at January 17, 2017 04:19 PM (HgMAr)
But zee Anglais will be too busy fighting zee balloons!
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hwa7ozb
Posted by: zombie napoleon at January 17, 2017 04:19 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 17, 2017 04:19 PM (y3aQB)
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You shouldn't call Congesswoman Waters stupid. She's also ugly. Damn ugly.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 17, 2017 04:19 PM (9YjDP)
Say $3k if you bag one and extras for battered condition?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 04:19 PM (9ASbL)
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Barry's been upstaged by Trump so often since the election, that I think it's a safe bet that the 48 hours preceding the inauguration will be something to behold.
Posted by: mrp at January 17, 2017 04:19 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at January 17, 2017 04:19 PM (ACM1V)
Posted by: josephistan at January 17, 2017 04:20 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2017 04:20 PM (/tuJf)
BREAKING: President Obama grants commutation of sentence for Chelsea Manning, who sent classified material to WikiLeaks - NYTimes
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2017 04:20 PM (V3IFq)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 04:18 PM (39g3+)
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Imagine what the world would be like if nations took the idea "Suck less than our Neighbors" and ran with it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 04:20 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Charles Berry, guitar maestro at January 17, 2017 04:20 PM (JO9+V)
I hate that fuck more than ever
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 04:20 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 17, 2017 04:20 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at January 17, 2017 04:15 PM (ACM1V)
I've had bland sushi before. Some of it gets too fancy for its own good, but good sushi is one of life's greatest pleasures.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2017 04:20 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2017 04:21 PM (/tuJf)
BREAKING: President Obama grants commutation of sentence for Chelsea Manning, who sent classified material to WikiLeaks - NYTimes
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2017 04:20 PM (V3IFq)
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Upside? Can we stop paying for his transition now?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 04:21 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2017 04:21 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 04:21 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: steevy at January 17, 2017 04:21 PM (r/0kC)
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The hell?! Who's next, nidal malik hasan?
Posted by: auscolpyr at January 17, 2017 04:21 PM (suO/a)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 04:21 PM (sRFAL)
99 Luft balloons?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-PsDqiBORQ
Posted by: Nena at January 17, 2017 04:22 PM (Mxs5H)
Posted by: Polly Voo Fronncey at January 17, 2017 04:05 PM (TOk1P)
i love you despite the coffee on my keyboard.
Posted by: moronhorde minion at January 17, 2017 04:22 PM (hKDRi)
Peter Schweizer: Clinton Global Initiative Folded Because They Can No Longer Sell Access to Political Power
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 17, 2017 04:22 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: steevy at January 17, 2017 04:22 PM (r/0kC)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 17, 2017 04:22 PM (EQZy6)
I remember Ireland was supposed to be some kind of tax miracle attracting businesses. What ever happened to that?
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After about 350+ plebiscites, the Elites finally browbeat the Irish peasants into submission and then voted to join the EU.
Posted by: mrp at January 17, 2017 04:22 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2017 04:20 PM
Maybe it was the dippin sauce I didn't like.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at January 17, 2017 04:22 PM (ACM1V)
Posted by: Hikaru at January 17, 2017 04:23 PM (WDCYi)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 17, 2017 04:23 PM (9YjDP)
THIS IS DISGUSTING
Posted by: ThunderB at January 17, 2017 04:23 PM (EQZy6)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 04:23 PM (9ASbL)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 17, 2017 04:23 PM (ro5Th)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 04:21 PM (39g3+)
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"We will ignite the passions of the people!"
-Unrelated quote from the June Rebellion in 1832, roughly translated from the original French
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 04:23 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 17, 2017 04:23 PM (y3aQB)
TRAITOR
Posted by: ThunderB at January 17, 2017 04:23 PM (EQZy6)
Can we put a bounty on protesters?
Say $3k if you bag one and extras for battered condition?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 04:19 PM
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Mmmmm... battered.
Posted by: Homer S. at January 17, 2017 04:23 PM (pMGkg)
Posted by: josephistan at January 17, 2017 04:23 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 04:24 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 04:24 PM (sRFAL)
BREAKING: President Obama grants commutation of sentence for Chelsea Manning, who sent classified material to WikiLeaks - NYTimes
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2017 04:20 PM (V3IFq)
Hold on... is he going in alphabetical order?
Posted by: Mumia and Manson at January 17, 2017 04:24 PM (TOk1P)
BREAKING: President Obama grants commutation of sentence for Chelsea Manning, who sent classified material to WikiLeaks - NYTimes
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2017 04:20 PM (V3IFq)
Hold on... is he going in alphabetical order?
Posted by: Mumia and Manson at January 17, 2017 04:24 PM (TOk1P)
Egad, I hope not.
Posted by: Malvo at January 17, 2017 04:24 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: wooga at January 17, 2017 04:25 PM (53Fab)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 17, 2017 04:25 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at January 17, 2017 04:25 PM (ul9CR)
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TFG still hasn't run out of FU's to America, I see.
Hillary awaits her pardon with bated (and baited) breath
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 17, 2017 04:25 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 17, 2017 04:25 PM (EQZy6)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 17, 2017 04:26 PM (mpXpK)
O'Keefe has been forwarding this info to the authorities - hopefully they'll keep a close eye on the trains and these nasty snots won't have time to come up with Plan B.
Posted by: Donna and V.
It's hilarious they think with a few chains they've smuggled in they can stop vehicles designed to haul 100k's of lbs routinely.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2017 04:26 PM (V3IFq)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 17, 2017 04:26 PM (9YjDP)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 17, 2017 04:26 PM (Om16U)
Sushi is raw fish, with some rice molded on top. Sashimi is just the raw fish without rice. Both are dipped in soy sauce and Japanese horseradish (wasabi), which is optional. Wasabi is fairly sharp.
BTW, good sushi is delicious. Bad sushi (like almost any food) is not. Don't judge an entire food category based on one bad example or you will soon find there is nothing you find acceptable and you will starve to a horrible death.
Posted by: Ruthless at January 17, 2017 04:26 PM (ro5Th)
Posted by: wooga at January 17, 2017 04:27 PM (53Fab)
Today: "The guy who gave Wikileaks all sorts of military documents to Wikileaks to destabilize America under Bush totes deserves to be freed!!!"
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 04:27 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 17, 2017 04:27 PM (EQZy6)
Posted by: Bob Bergdahl's man bun at January 17, 2017 04:27 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2017 04:27 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 17, 2017 04:26 PM (Om16U)
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Is it related to the same reason the McAuffle (or however you spell his name) couldn't commute all the felons in VA at once? He had to sign a bunch of orders because a blanket pardon was unconstitutional, at least in Virginia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 04:28 PM (/prE6)
A 48 percent increase in government spending in 2 years plus over priced real estate will cure any growth...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at January 17, 2017 04:28 PM (C9pBZ)
Now, under the terms of Mr. Obama's commutation announced by the White House on Tuesday, Ms. Manning is set to be freed in five months, on May 17 of this year, rather than in 2045.
Posted by: Robby Mook at January 17, 2017 04:28 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: homer simpson at January 17, 2017 04:28 PM (lJXY3)
MANNING IS OUT THIS MAY
Posted by: ThunderB at January 17, 2017 04:27 PM (EQZy6)
And be starring in tranny porn by June
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 17, 2017 04:29 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Robby Mook at January 17, 2017 04:29 PM (e8kgV)
Now that we've established that sending stuff to WikiLeaks is A-OK, I don't want to hear word one about Russia.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 17, 2017 04:29 PM (3J/LN)
I guess that's the punch line to the big joke about the Dems being totes all about National Security...
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 17, 2017 04:30 PM (xceq/)
Its a matter of personal taste. I've had "good" sushi and it was awful. Some people like it, others don't. But if you cook it up, its not bad.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 17, 2017 04:30 PM (39g3+)
What's next...because there will be more.
Oh, wait, forgot that he put freakin' Ben Rhodes on the board of the National Holocaust Memorial. Rhodes who may well be credited with giving Iran the nukes they use to attack Israel. Grrrrr!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 17, 2017 04:30 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 17, 2017 04:30 PM (EQZy6)
Posted by: Durian at January 17, 2017 04:30 PM (TppKb)
Got it. One by one he's removing what little doubt was left that Obama is truly anti American at heart.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 04:30 PM (9ASbL)
Jeezuz! Keep it down with the war talk, I'm fekkin' hung over!
Posted by: Ireland
I remember Ireland was supposed to be some kind of tax miracle attracting businesses. What ever happened to that?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2017 04:18 PM (IqV8l)
Compared to the onerous corporate taxes in the US? Yep. But remember that U2 pissed off all their fellow Micks by incorporating their music business in the Netherlands because Ireland's corporate tax rates/policies were STILL too high.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 17, 2017 04:30 PM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 04:30 PM (sRFAL)
Now, under the terms of Mr. Obama's commutation announced by the White House on Tuesday, Ms. Manning is set to be freed in five months, on May 17 of this year, rather than in 2045.
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Coming soon: a Hollywood movie. Chelsea Manning is Coming Out! starring Samantha B.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 17, 2017 04:30 PM (9YjDP)
Posted by: eleven at January 17, 2017 04:31 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 17, 2017 04:31 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: Ruthless
Word.
I used to call it bait.
Until I had very, very good sushi & sashimi.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 17, 2017 04:31 PM (S3oyF)
It ought to remind leftists that once upon a time, they thought Wikileaks was great.
But that's when Assange was hurting America. He made the mistake of hurting Dems.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 17, 2017 04:31 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: eleven at January 17, 2017 04:31 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 17, 2017 04:29 PM (3J/LN)
THIS, x1000
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at January 17, 2017 04:31 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at January 17, 2017 04:31 PM (nd1zx)
Posted by: Chelsea Manning at January 17, 2017 04:31 PM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: Charles Berry, guitar maestro at January 17, 2017 04:32 PM (JO9+V)
Yeah, there's something fundamentally weird in that.
Posted by: Durian at January 17, 2017 04:32 PM (TppKb)
Somebody figured out "Soft BREXIT" => "TRUMPXIT 2.0 - TEH OTHER SHOE"
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 17, 2017 04:32 PM (xceq/)
Now, under the terms of Mr. Obama's commutation announced by the White House on Tuesday, Ms. Manning is set to be freed in five months, on May 17 of this year, rather than in 2045.
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Coming soon: a Hollywood movie. Chelsea Manning is Coming Out! starring Samantha B.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 17, 2017 04:30 PM (9YjDP)
And thanks to Tranny Fetishes, he'll still get laid more than Lena Dunham.
Posted by: Hikaru at January 17, 2017 04:32 PM (WDCYi)
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Ya, I think that was it. Didn't know what it was. Didn't know what to expect.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at January 17, 2017 04:32 PM (ACM1V)
Answered your own question, didn't you?
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at January 17, 2017 04:31 PM (nd1zx)
Yeah I know...it was moslty rhetorical
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 04:32 PM (sRFAL)
Not enough deets for a nood yet, I'd guess.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at January 17, 2017 04:32 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: mrp at January 17, 2017 04:33 PM (JBggj)
I'm Ready For Hillary
Hahahahahahahha haha ha ha
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2017 04:33 PM (yx0Ld)
So Manning gets his commutation. Of course, that doesn't apply to any OTHER crimes he's committed. Or will commit.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 17, 2017 04:33 PM (XWkhW)
Oh, wait, forgot that he put freakin' Ben Rhodes on the board of the National Holocaust Memorial. Rhodes who may well be credited with giving Iran the nukes they use to attack Israel. Grrrrr!
Maybe he's plannining on adding a new wing
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 17, 2017 04:33 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at January 17, 2017 04:33 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 04:33 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 17, 2017 04:33 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Chelsea Manning at January 17, 2017 04:31 PM (bc2Lc)
Can't, you cut it off.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 04:34 PM (8hICw)
..........
Because that's what this country needs, more treasonous weirdos.
Posted by: Bob Bergdahl's man bun at January 17, 2017 04:34 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 17, 2017 04:34 PM (4ErVI)
I am surprised it is not 01MAY17
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 04:34 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 17, 2017 04:33 PM (JO9+V)
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Don't forget national security.
There seems to be some kind of feeling that they prefer boutique issues to things like national security.
I really have no idea where people get that notion.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 04:35 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: mrp at January 17, 2017 04:35 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 17, 2017 04:35 PM (EQZy6)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 04:35 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 17, 2017 04:34 PM (4ErVI)
Yeah, I expect that will be next. I was surprised when Clinton didn't pardon him.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 17, 2017 04:35 PM (ZM2xo)
It's the least we can do for such a fine patriot as Mr./Ms./Missed Manning
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at January 17, 2017 04:35 PM (nd1zx)
..........
Because that's what this country needs, more treasonous weirdos.
Posted by: Bob Bergdahl's man bun at January 17, 2017 04:34 PM (HgMAr)
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I, personally, look forward to his first of many appearances in MSNBC to assure scared liberals that Trump is a tool of Russia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 04:35 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Voter dude at January 17, 2017 04:36 PM (ckRtw)
This can't end soon enough.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2017 04:36 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 17, 2017 04:36 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 17, 2017 04:36 PM (EQZy6)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 17, 2017 04:36 PM (JO9+V)
DONT TELL ME ONE FUCKING WORD ABOUT RUSSIA
NOT
ONE
Posted by: ThunderB at January 17, 2017 04:35 PM (EQZy6)
But I don't have anything else to talk about...
Posted by: Edward Snowden at January 17, 2017 04:36 PM (WDCYi)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 04:36 PM (/prE6)
Well at least we will be spared the embarrassment of the military having to pay for his sex change.
What make you think so?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2017 04:37 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Sancho at January 17, 2017 04:37 PM (oENGE)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 17, 2017 04:37 PM (sRFAL)
I peel the kelp and rice off and chow the Spam pieces.
Posted by: wth at January 17, 2017 04:37 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2017 04:37 PM (yx0Ld)
Got it. One by one he's removing what little doubt was left that Obama is truly anti American at heart.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 04:30 PM (9ASbL)
Think of all the people languishing in prisons, possibly innocent, but at least model prisoners for sometimes decades... and not one of them considered. Instead, this guy.
Yep. Says all it can possibly say about the Scoamf.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2017 04:37 PM (TOk1P)
As always with prince 5 putt, you have to look for the ulterior motive.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at January 17, 2017 04:38 PM (d76uN)
Look, Russia hacked the DNC, but Manning helped it gain power. Clearly there's a difference here!
Posted by: President Barack Hussein O'Bama at January 17, 2017 04:38 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2017 04:37 PM (yx0Ld)
====================
You steal my first, and I steal your line.
Boom.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 04:38 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth proud son of a Marine at January 17, 2017 04:38 PM (1me8P)
Well I would assume he is going to get a dishonorable discharge. Not seeing how the military would be on the hook for him after that.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2017 04:38 PM (/tuJf)
But way to fuck our country and the military on your way out the door sparky.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2017 04:38 PM (9ASbL)
As always with prince 5 putt, you have to look for the ulterior motive.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at January 17, 2017 04:38 PM (d76uN)
======================
Can you rescind a presidential pardon?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 17, 2017 04:39 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 17, 2017 04:39 PM (mpXpK)
Why does that little fag transexual get off for treason?
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You misspelled "on" f-o-r.
Answer: I don't know why the president is that way.
Posted by: irright at January 17, 2017 04:39 PM (pMGkg)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 17, 2017 04:40 PM (ro5Th)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 17, 2017 04:35 PM (ZM2xo)
Expecting a pardon, I recently looked for info on Peltier and found a revisionist piece written on him years ago.
They went through the whole thing and the amount of evidence linking him to it is about as strong as you can get without a picture of him actually killing a federal agent. Fingerprints on a bag holding one of the agent's gun found in a getaway car, etc.
What surprised me is that he's actually eligible for parole. They just keep denying it.
So they could've granted parole and he'd be free. For me though it's the nature of the crime that should keep him locked up and the fact that so many of the USUAL SUSPECTS keep advocating for his release. I say keep him locked up, but if Barry commuted the sentence it's not as huge of a fucking deal as I thought it would be. Now an outright pardon would be a fucking crime.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 17, 2017 04:41 PM (4ErVI)
Anything that is not in effect at the time the POTUS changes hands IIRC can be rescinded by the incoming POTUS.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at January 17, 2017 04:41 PM (d76uN)
NOT
ONE
.
.
.
.Or the Chinese hack of OPM that got everything my wife and I ever put on a security clearance form for 20+ years in the Navy.
obama didn't do a thing about that except give me free credit monitoring for 5 years.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 17, 2017 04:42 PM (le7jz)
Posted by: Voter dude at January 17, 2017 04:44 PM (ckRtw)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 17, 2017 04:49 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: Sancho at January 17, 2017 05:36 PM (dongu)
As I have said before: if you want to see what actual racism looks like; just let blacks start voting Republican again.
Posted by: An Observation at January 17, 2017 05:37 PM (py4xj)
Republicans have most state govts."
But most of those are Rove Republicans, and as such are nothing more than Hillary, but without the balls. Or haven't you noticed Lyin' Ryan insisting that Congress won't let President Trump remove the invaders? And then there's Shrub-wannabe Rubio, and Johnny McStain. Real conservatives who want to keep this country an independent sovereign nation, like President Trump, are a small minority of elected officials in this nation...
Posted by: Mark Matis at January 17, 2017 05:46 PM (LzG0h)
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Republicans have healthy majorities in both houses, but the RINO Speaker of the House and the Dem remnant control the legislature.
We are blessed that our legislature only meets every two years for 180 days.
We've been trying for years to reverse that to every 180 years for two days.
Posted by: Sancho at January 17, 2017 05:55 PM (dongu)
Oops, I meant to say "in Texas"
Posted by: Sancho at January 17, 2017 05:57 PM (dongu)
Posted by: rayj at January 17, 2017 09:24 PM (pI/IV)
Developing...
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 17, 2017 03:15 PM (8ZskC)
I have a bad feeling about this.
Posted by: Qui-Gon Jinn at January 18, 2017 04:01 AM (ulnyA)
Ronaldus Magnus once parked the Sixth Fleet in the Aegean and told the Turks and the Greeks to knock it off.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 17, 2017 03:20 PM (B+qrE)
Ok, but Turkey and Greece are basically JV members. What if France/Germany attacked Britain?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 17, 2017 03:21 PM (8hICw)
Same thing.
France/Germany couldn't invade Libya.
They needed us to do that for them, too.
Posted by: BuddyPC at January 18, 2017 04:05 AM (ulnyA)
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