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Trump Names New NSA, and It's Not Bolton. Sad!
BREAKING: Trump names Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster his national security adviser.
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) February 20, 2017
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Flyboy at February 20, 2017 02:51 PM (bUjWk)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 02:51 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 20, 2017 02:52 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 20, 2017 02:52 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2017 02:52 PM (KlI/a)
Just sayin'
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 02:53 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Nevyan at February 20, 2017 02:53 PM (Kgmf4)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 20, 2017 02:53 PM (9U1OG)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2017 02:52 PM (KlI/a)
...........
I hope its wetwork.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 02:53 PM (8XRCm)
OR AWESOME!
I DON'T KNOW BUT I WANTED TO BE SURE TO FREAK OUT EITHER WAY.
Also there were like 50 or so robins in the office backyard earlier and now I feel like Tippi.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 20, 2017 02:53 PM (mf5HN)
First Undersecretary of Dwarf Bowling Affairs
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 02:54 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 20, 2017 02:54 PM (VdICR)
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SecLabor? The 'Stache is going union-busting?
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 02:54 PM (nsZ+m)
Posted by: RoyalOil at February 20, 2017 02:54 PM (AmMfi)
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Ummmmm......
....who??
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 02:54 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Under Fire at February 20, 2017 02:55 PM (fqERy)
I think this guy once bought an Icee at a Seven Eleven from a Russian cashier.
THIS IS HOW DICTATORSHIPS START.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 20, 2017 02:55 PM (F0ZHr)
It's Presidents Day. The History Channel has a special logo with bunting on it.
Yet, despite what I know to be a wealth of cool documentaries they've shown about various presidents, it's American Pickers marathon.
Meanwhile, National Geographic is showing "Obama: Prince of Hope."
*PUKE*
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 02:55 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2017 02:52 PM (KlI/a)
...........
I hope its wetwork.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 02:53 PM (8XRCm)
Luca Brasi role?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2017 02:55 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: CNN at February 20, 2017 02:56 PM (j+dfT)
H.R. McMaster LT General is next Nat Sec Advisor
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That is the guy who wrote the LBJ book 'Dereliction of Duty', and is the guy who wrote the new book on counter insurgency tactics.
I would guess the progressives are going to have a fit.
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 02:56 PM (FXOa+)
Posted by: Leftards Everywhere at February 20, 2017 02:56 PM (mt8X9)
Posted by: Hitchcock at February 20, 2017 02:57 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Viking1865 at February 20, 2017 02:57 PM (1BCsn)
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Ummmmm......
....who??
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 02:54 PM (8XRCm)
Hedren. Actress in Hitchcock's The Birds.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 02:57 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 20, 2017 02:55 PM (F0ZHr)
*puffs pipe thoughtfully*
*nods knowingly*
*drools*
Posted by: John McCain, Media Tool at February 20, 2017 02:57 PM (8ZskC)
Details of these findings are embargoed by the journal Nature until 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST)."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/jl6fjkj
Maybe they've found little green men? I hope so.
Posted by: goon at February 20, 2017 02:58 PM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 02:58 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Hitchcock at February 20, 2017 02:57 PM (JO9+V)
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If you're throwing *me* off a lawn.... Tippi better have come of age in the 1800s.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 02:58 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 20, 2017 02:58 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2017 02:52 PM (KlI/a)
...........
I hope its wetwork.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 02:53 PM (8XRCm)
He'll let his 'stache Regis handle that.
ht Jeff Goldstein
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 02:58 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 02:58 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 20, 2017 02:59 PM (mf5HN)
I would guess the progressives are going to have a fit.
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 02:56 PM (FXOa+)
--I'm intrigued.
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 02:59 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 20, 2017 02:59 PM (PXbkt)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 02:57 PM (0mRoj)
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Ahhh!!
I thought *maybe* the Empress was referring to Tippi Degre.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 02:59 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 03:00 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Big Al Fredo at February 20, 2017 03:00 PM (INhDF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 03:00 PM (8ZskC)
Maybe if Bolton loses the 70's porn 'stache.
* Not true
** Not true, again
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at February 20, 2017 03:00 PM (ZFUt7)
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 20, 2017 02:59 PM (PXbkt)
And Barry will always be the President of brown eye to me!
*giggle*
Posted by: Reggie at February 20, 2017 03:00 PM (0mRoj)
....who??
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 02:54 PM (8XRCm)
The hell fingers.
*klaxon blare*
This is your .3723 millisecond emergency flamethrow warning. All those who do not wish to be flamethrown, please step away from fixerupper.
*warning lights go on*
WOOOOOOOSSSSHHHH
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 20, 2017 03:00 PM (mf5HN)
I'm fairly certain the robins aren't working with the squirrels. I'm not so sure about the bluejays, the little bastards.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, at Provisional Basestar at February 20, 2017 03:00 PM (66CWr)
http://www.armywtfmoments.com/2017/02/20/ltg-mcmaster-up-for-national-security-adviser/
Additionally, he most known for his exploits in the Battle of 73rd Easting, where his Company engages and destroyed the majority of an Iraqi Brigade (an organization which is *vastly* larger than a Company).
Here is probably my favorite excerpt from the official report on the battle he made:
Lieutenant Gifford called me from the command post to
remind me that the 70 easting was the limit of advance. We
were already beyond it. I told him, "I can't stop. We're
still in contact. Tell them I'm sorry."
The full version can be found here: http://www.benning.army.mil/Library/content/McMasterHR%20CPT_Battleof73Easting.pdf
Posted by: Captain Oblivious at February 20, 2017 03:01 PM (0EFmf)
Posted by: Principled Conservative Who is Very Principled In His Conservatism at February 20, 2017 03:01 PM (Rupsx)
Not sure if that includes secretaries, gophers, and coffee fetchers.
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 03:01 PM (FXOa+)
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 20, 2017 03:01 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Ok at February 20, 2017 03:01 PM (K2SnJ)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 20, 2017 03:01 PM (mtbNU)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 20, 2017 03:02 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 20, 2017 02:53 PM (mf5HN)
Colluding with the squirrels, no doubt
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 20, 2017 03:02 PM (gWMGR)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 20, 2017 03:02 PM (9U1OG)
That would be kind of a no-show job since there's nothing to steal in Afghanistan.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 03:03 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 20, 2017 03:03 PM (VdICR)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 03:03 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Ok at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (K2SnJ)
Posted by: Simon Gruber at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (rX06+)
That would be kind of a no-show job since there's nothing to steal in Afghanistan.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 03:03 PM (8
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A billion dollars in US Currency when somewhere, over there. Much like that plane load of gold and world currencies Obama sent to Iran.
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (FXOa+)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (8ZskC)
Seriously, though (ok, not really), what's with the initials? Almost as bad as grown men called 'Bobby' or 'Billy' or whatever.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (A3bMt)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, at Provisional Basestar at February 20, 2017 03:00 PM (66CWr)
There was a hawk that got something a few weeks ago and was busy circle of lifing by the parking lot.
I went out to take some people over to the courthouse and the hawk looked up at us, decided pffft losers and went back to eating whatever it was.
My truth is that it was a tree rat and I am sticking with that.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me
You mean you have a sudden desire to open asian staffed nail salons?
Posted by: Aviator at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (/Nite)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (FKHWN)
Now.
TFG and Rice had over 500 people working there.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (F0ZHr)
White House Refuses to Comment
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 03:05 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: Ok
While it seemed to me Obama took down the military, especially Petreaus, to *avoid* a coup.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at February 20, 2017 03:05 PM (ZFUt7)
Posted by: Under Fire at February 20, 2017 03:05 PM (fqERy)
but my source has his own biases, of course.
the two I heard my sources saying they definitely did not want were mcmasters and kellogg.
Posted by: ace at February 20, 2017 03:06 PM (8rNrN)
OR AWESOME!
I DON'T KNOW BUT I WANTED TO BE SURE TO FREAK OUT EITHER WAY.
It's important to cover the bases and do things in a constructive order. Otherwise you have complete bedlam and all the traffic lights go to flashing mode.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 20, 2017 03:06 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
Um, how about +$250 billion in US taxpayer's money?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 20, 2017 03:06 PM (4YGWz)
Seriously, though (ok, not really), what's with the initials? Almost as bad as grown men called 'Bobby' or 'Billy' or whatever.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (A3bMt)
Don't forget me!
Posted by: H. R. Haldeman at February 20, 2017 03:07 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Aviator at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (/Nite)
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You, sir.... can stand next to me so the Empress doesnt waste any napalm.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 03:07 PM (8XRCm)
EATING BORSCHT AND SNORTING BELUGA!!!!
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 20, 2017 03:07 PM (F0ZHr)
I dunno, i hear he's "bad"
but my source has his own biases, of course.
the two I heard my sources saying they definitely did not want were mcmasters and kellogg.
Posted by: ace at February 20, 2017 03:06 PM (8rNrN)
More "un-named sources?" Hmmmmmm.....#fakenews
:-)
Posted by: The Devil's Advocate AKA Agent Cooper at February 20, 2017 03:07 PM (1zARK)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 20, 2017 03:06 PM (4YGWz)
Oh yeah. That.
I was thinking about the illegal sex goat trade.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 03:08 PM (8ZskC)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hmcdfhn
Posted by: The squirrels at February 20, 2017 03:08 PM (P/aDH)
Posted by: This is CNN at February 20, 2017 03:08 PM (Rupsx)
I don't know if he is personally a Trump supporter (or even a Republican), but he is actually a mavericky truth to power guy.
Let's just say he has the right enemies among the military establishment.
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2017 03:09 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at February 20, 2017 03:09 PM (RD7QR)
Pro
- Battle of 73 Easting
- His book Dereliction of Duty is credited with pissing off enough people that it almost ended his career.
- He's a forward thinker, militarily speaking.
Con
- He likes social soirees. I've heard that when he was the Commanding General at Fort Benning that his social budget, e.g. parties at Riverside (the CG's house), was much larger than any CG before or since.
- One of the guys I worked with considered him to be a "booksmart fucktard".
Posted by: Country Singer at February 20, 2017 03:09 PM (GUBah)
>I was thinking about the illegal sex goat trade.
How do you suggest we get the opium in there?
Posted by: Taliban Goat Packer at February 20, 2017 03:10 PM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 03:10 PM (IDPbH)
yeah i wouldn't put too much stock in it. I have no independent knowledge of this guy. But both of the guys who say he's "bad" are guys who are very insistent on the point that the US is not taking the war on terror very seriously. so they're on what you might call the "hardcore" side of things.
whether they're right, or whether mcmasters brings other virtues to the table that they're not giving much credit to, I don't know.
Posted by: ace at February 20, 2017 03:10 PM (8rNrN)
Can any military general translate smoothly into being an effective advisor for national security?
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 03:10 PM (Rupsx)
but my source has his own biases, of course.
the two I heard my sources saying they definitely did not want were mcmasters and kellogg.
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So.
How is Senator McCain these days??
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 03:10 PM (8XRCm)
The "bosses" are political appointees - usually - with titles like "director" and "senior director" etc. (though those can also be career people).
I think the degree to which the NSC staff is drawn from the specific choices of an NSA varies with each crew. But it's always a mix.
I don't think this WH, or McMaster, for example, will have too many former campaign office drivers, or obscure English majors with no background, in senior positions of responsibility.
The degradation of the country and its most important institutions the last 8 years still astonishes, and the contrast will only become more stark with each passing day (in'shallah).
Posted by: rhomboid at February 20, 2017 03:11 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Unnamed Flying Spider Expert at February 20, 2017 03:11 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 03:11 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Don Lemon at February 20, 2017 03:11 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (A3bMt)
Yeah? Come over here and say that.
Posted by: Bobby Knight, Billy Carter, Billy D Williams, Billy Jack, Bobby Unser at February 20, 2017 03:11 PM (JO9+V)
And that unit competence and institutional memory in how to fight big maneuver battles against peer adversaries has perforce decayed and must be restored. Otherwise, he says, there's going to be a butcher's bill to be paid when those sorts of battles again occur.
He's been a steady persistent critic of current dot-mil thinking in other areas, too. He hasn't made a lot of friends in the flag ranks with his efforts, and his uniformed career was probably capped around the level he was at, so moving laterally into civilian-suited natsec makes sense.
Also: THANK GAWD they didn't take Petraeus.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 20, 2017 03:11 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 03:05 PM (IDPbH)
No point for you... you didn't connect it to Kevin Bacon...
Posted by: Don Q. at February 20, 2017 03:11 PM (qf6WZ)
I should put that in my sig instead of (Insert Year Here).
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 20, 2017 03:11 PM (F0ZHr)
Posted by: zombie P.T. Barnum at February 20, 2017 03:11 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: H. R. Haldeman at February
Aren't you dead?
And now I have "We're Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, and Dean" in my head. I may have to find "The Contra Rap" to get it out, and then watch gameplay videos of NES Contra to get that out.
Also, Contra is awesome.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at February 20, 2017 03:11 PM (A3bMt)
Posted by: WisRich at February 20, 2017 03:12 PM (hdpay)
Well, I guess that means he can be counted on to advance against the enemy which is a much needed attitude right now.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 20, 2017 03:12 PM (sEDyY)
Posted by: The Robins at February 20, 2017 03:13 PM (hUtue)
Posted by: Kamala Harris at February 20, 2017 03:13 PM (HgMAr)
At least McMasters ain't McMuffin. Then again, Bolton would have been brilliant.
Oh well, in Trump's second term!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2017 03:13 PM (mbhDw)
No need to put up a thread about Milo being dis-invited from CPAC. It seems to have been resolved peacefully in last thread. That is, no mention of *whispers* Joe Paterno, the 'your mother' of AoS.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at February 20, 2017 03:13 PM (ZFUt7)
What's his complaint?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2017 03:13 PM (JO9+V)
I know McMaster isn't a yes man. I don't know about the other part.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 03:13 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: Bobby Knight, Billy Carter, Billy D Williams, Billy Jack, Bobby Unser at February 20, 2017 03:11 PM (JO9+V
Billy Dee gets a pass because he's Billy Dee (and also the Dee) but generally, come at me, bros!
Posted by: Lance McCormick at February 20, 2017 03:13 PM (A3bMt)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 03:14 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: The Robins at February 20, 2017 03:13 PM (hUtue)
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To everything .... worm, worm, worm.
There is a season ..... worm worm worm
And a time to every purpose, under heaven.
Posted by: The Byrds at February 20, 2017 03:14 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Principled Conservative Who is Very Principled In His Conservatism at February 20, 2017 03:01 PM (Rupsx)
Yeah, I know. That's why I liked him.
Posted by: Paolo at February 20, 2017 03:14 PM (1Rgee)
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I would think so, especially if you pair them up with a political adviser who is an expert on foreign affairs.
History is more than names and dates. It should also be about why those events happened the way they did. And now there are domestic political forces that have to be factored in when discussing national security. If we didn't learn that from Vietnam, then we didn't learn anything.
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 03:15 PM (FXOa+)
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what did your sources think of Flynn (as a baseline)
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2017 03:15 PM (bEEUL)
Posted by: West at February 20, 2017 03:15 PM (1Rgee)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 20, 2017 03:15 PM (F0ZHr)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 20, 2017 03:16 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: Keith at February 20, 2017 03:16 PM (USf3s)
Dakota Johnson in Black Mass with Kevin Bacon.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 03:16 PM (IDPbH)
"Iran? Iran's so far away...."
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 03:17 PM (oVJmc)
We have no idea if Trump will have an NSA-centric administration when it comes to foreign policy and defense, or one where DOD and State dominate their respective spheres.
Strong NSAs are mostly the exception since the post was created.
So it's pretty hard even to speculate intelligently on any NSA pick because we still don't know how which "model" will evolve or be chosen in this administration.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 20, 2017 03:17 PM (QDnY+)
Dakota Johnson in Black Mass with Kevin Bacon.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 03:16 PM (IDPbH)
SCORRREEEEEE!!!!
Posted by: Don Q. at February 20, 2017 03:17 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 20, 2017 03:17 PM (sEDyY)
I've..uh...got the name of the new National Security Advisor that Trump has picked. Yeah, it's former Gen. McMaster.....BATES! Babba-booey, babba-booey, Howard Stern's penis!!!
*hangs up phone*
Posted by: The one guy who still thinks Howard Stern is hilarious at February 20, 2017 03:18 PM (lRwmz)
*********************
Not coincidentally Mad Dog is also an avid bookworm.
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 03:18 PM (Rupsx)
MOAR EXOPLANETS! I need 13 in the novel I'm creating now and there aren't enough with likely earthlike worlds.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at February 20, 2017 03:09 PM (RD7QR)
The fun thing is, the universe (multi-verse??) is so mind bogglingly, unbelievably, unfathomably old and ginormous that the chances are good just about any kind of world you can imagine exists or has existed out there, someplace.
Just think, there is likely a planet out there that's pretty much just like Nirn, with mammoths and dragons on it. Or Earth Zero, which has superheroes.
It's not what's possible, but what ISN'T possible.
Posted by: Agent Cooper at February 20, 2017 03:18 PM (1zARK)
Trump could appoint and actual tapir and it would be an enormous step forward.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 03:18 PM (/tuJf)
"Iran? Iran's so far away...."
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 03:17 PM (oVJmc)
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Holy crap Peebles.
How long have been storing that pun to use on us???
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 03:19 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 20, 2017 03:19 PM (9Q5BJ)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at February 20, 2017 03:19 PM (nQHw/)
Posted by: wooga at February 20, 2017 03:19 PM (3I7wr)
Don't think a South American would be appropriate.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 03:19 PM (IDPbH)
McMaster is as I said mavericky and made the right enemies in the establishment. It is canon in the military that we actually won in Viet Nam, it was just hte politicians who screwed it up. McMaster's book Dereliction of Duty says, well not so fast, the military, and especially the Joint Chiefs, surely had a hand in our loss.
Now, why criticism of 4 stars in 66-70 would rankle 4 stars in 2005 is a good question, but establishments gotta establish, I guess. This is a quote from wikipedia:
...it is generally agreed that McMaster was held back because of his tendency to argue against the status quo.
Anybody who thinks McMaster is just book learned is talking out of their ass.
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2017 03:20 PM (HV1LS)
Dorothy Sayers was a good example of this, as she routinely researched things to the point of becoming an expert in a field (!) before writing a book covering that topic. Her mystery The Nine Tailors featured enough research into classical English bell-ringing that she was immediately among the leading dozen experts in the world, and that's even discounting her research on low-country canals and drainage for the same book.
Another example of already knowing "who" and researching "what" is Dick Francis, who always wrote about horse racing or breeding... with a twist. Horses, but now with glass-blowing. Horses, but now with ham radio. Horses, but now with private planes in the Keys. All meticulously researched, and with the *people* he knew - horse people from thugs to "toffs" populating the plot.
I guess what I'm saying is, some things are worth researching because they're rad, and writing about them works if you're interested.
Posted by: Sporkatus at February 20, 2017 03:20 PM (eXSOZ)
I assume the source of the comment had two successful battlefield commands on his resume.
Or not.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 20, 2017 03:20 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: the penguin at February 20, 2017 03:20 PM (wpC7C)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at February 20, 2017 03:20 PM (FKHWN)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at February 20, 2017 03:20 PM (nQHw/)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at February 20, 2017 03:20 PM (/Nite)
Consider changing your nic to Gnorman Gnostic.
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at February 20, 2017 03:21 PM (LtuZ9)
but my source has his own biases, of course.
the two I heard my sources saying they definitely did not want were mcmasters and kellogg.
Posted by: ace at February 20, 2017 03:06 PM (8rNrN)
Ace: kindly spill the beans! Why "bad," and what are the referenced "biases?" Inquiring minds want to know.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 20, 2017 03:21 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: The National Tapir Anti-Defamation League at February 20, 2017 03:21 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2017 02:52 PM (KlI/a)
...........
I hope its wetwork.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 02:53 PM (8XRCm)
Luca Brasi role?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2017 02:55 PM (JO9+V)
INT/OVAL OFFICE
TRUMP (dumping whiskers from a folded newspaper): What the hell is this?
REINCE PRIEBUS: It's an old Peruvian message. John Bolton sleeps with the caterpillars.
Posted by: troyriser at February 20, 2017 03:21 PM (Fw5cQ)
Blind tapir with an oxy jones actually on the Russian payroll.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 20, 2017 03:21 PM (F0ZHr)
Mattis and McMaster are both fiends for reading history.
To the point where it's become something of an in-joke.
http://tinyurl.com/zbeqwao
Posted by: torquewrench at February 20, 2017 03:22 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at February 20, 2017 03:22 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: The National Tapir Anti-Defamation League at February 20, 2017 03:22 PM (8ZskC)
of Duty', and is the guy who wrote the new book on counter insurgency
tactics.
I would guess the progressives are going to have a fit.
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 02:56 PM (FXOa+)
Weird....there's a book by the same name that I read about BJ Clinton.
Posted by: Tami at February 20, 2017 03:23 PM (Enq6K)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruyXYkh9-mM
Posted by: Rusty Bill at February 20, 2017 03:23 PM (HBMMh)
Trump could appoint and actual tapir and it would be an enormous step forward.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 03:18 PM (/tuJf)
++++
Word,
Posted by: washrivergal at February 20, 2017 03:24 PM (Ivjge)
... seems big on "everyday" scenes, portraits, and landscapes. Quality was considered high.
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 03:24 PM (RWSlt)
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2017 03:24 PM (bEEUL)
I wanted the lead singer of Flock of Seagulls for his expertise on Iran.
"Iran? Iran's so far away...."
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 03:17 PM (oVJmc)
Everybody around me just heard me laugh out loud, and they are wondering why.Well played, sir.
Posted by: Agent Cooper at February 20, 2017 03:24 PM (1zARK)
Administrator of the Venezuelan Camel Races.
Posted by: R. DUKE at February 20, 2017 03:25 PM (ONH2e)
And that unit competence and institutional memory in how to fight big maneuver battles against peer adversaries has perforce decayed and must be restored. Otherwise, he says, there's going to be a butcher's bill to be paid when those sorts of battles again occur.
He's been a steady persistent critic of current dot-mil thinking in other areas, too. He hasn't made a lot of friends in the flag ranks with his efforts, and his uniformed career was probably capped around the level he was at, so moving laterally into civilian-suited natsec makes sense.
Also: THANK GAWD they didn't take Petraeus.
Posted by: torquewrench
So this is a F U China and Russia pick
Posted by: Jean at February 20, 2017 03:25 PM (NKRqQ)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 03:25 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 03:26 PM (Rupsx)
Weird....there's a book by the same name that I read about BJ Clinton.
Posted by: Tami
Should be one about Obama and Hilary too
Posted by: Jean at February 20, 2017 03:26 PM (NKRqQ)
Posted by: Ok at February 20, 2017 03:01 PM (K2SnJ)
He and Limpsie should just run off and get married.
Posted by: SJW at February 20, 2017 03:27 PM (p2jI/)
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at February 20, 2017 03:27 PM (ZFUt7)
"Why?" he asked quizzically.
I just make names up as I go along; they're just phonics. If they mean something, it's accidental.
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 03:27 PM (FXOa+)
MOAR EXOPLANETS! I need 13 in the novel I'm creating now and there aren't enough with likely earthlike worlds.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at February 20, 2017 03:09 PM (RD7QR)
The fun thing is, the universe (multi-verse??) is so mind bogglingly, unbelievably, unfathomably old and ginormous that the chances are good just about any kind of world you can imagine exists or has existed out there, someplace.
Just think, there is likely a planet out there that's pretty much just like Nirn, with mammoths and dragons on it. Or Earth Zero, which has superheroes.
It's not what's possible, but what ISN'T possible.
Posted by: Agent Cooper at February 20, 2017 03:18 PM (1zARK)
Where does the universe end? What is on the outside of the universe and where does THAT end?
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 20, 2017 03:27 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: Ok
While it seemed to me Obama took down the military, especially Petreaus, to *avoid* a coup.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at February 20, 2017 03:05 PM (ZFUt7)
Second look? C'mon fellas..... that whole Mt. Thunder thing was decades ago.
Posted by: Gen. James Matoon Scott at February 20, 2017 03:27 PM (Pd7Sl)
But he did mention Bolton will be doing something in the Admin
Getting the US out of the UN? Getting the UN out of the US?
Posted by: Central Scrutinizer at February 20, 2017 03:27 PM (vI+F1)
She said Trump was "destructive". I said I was okay with what he, if anything, he was destroying. Then she said "well I think he's misogynist".
#nevertrump is about teh feelz and not, really, about anything concrete Trump is doing. Trump is safe in ignoring such peoples' complaints.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 03:28 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2017 03:24 PM (bEEUL)
Terrorism will be a running threat. Major geopolitical threats can be found in China, Iran, Russia and North Korea. These would be mainly conventional conflicts, and for all of our current experience and expertise in COIN, our conventional focus has suffered.
Posted by: Keith at February 20, 2017 03:28 PM (USf3s)
Breitbart sure is fuck ass slow when reporting breaking news.
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 03:26 PM (Rupsx)
Maybe, but perhaps they actually, you know, fact check stuff to see if it's really accurate before they throw it up on their site? I mean, they're not CNN.
Posted by: Agent Cooper at February 20, 2017 03:28 PM (1zARK)
Can we deport mccain and graham?
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 03:28 PM (+BZ5R)
Posted by: this is known at February 20, 2017 03:29 PM (wpC7C)
I wanted the lead singer of Flock of Seagulls for his expertise on Iran.
"Iran? Iran's so far away...."
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 03:17 PM (oVJmc)
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Settle for John Cougar Mellencamp???
"A little diddy. Bout Mac and Ir-a-a-a-an".
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 03:29 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: XBradTC at February 20, 2017 03:29 PM (uc/qi)
Posted by: H. R. Haldeman at February
Aren't you dead?
And now I have "We're Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, and Dean" in
my head. I may have to find "The Contra Rap" to get it out, and then
watch gameplay videos of NES Contra to get that out.
Also, Contra is awesome.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at February 20, 2017 03:11 PM (A3bMt)
It was just a flesh wound. I've had worse. Have at you!
Posted by: H. R. Haldeman at February 20, 2017 03:29 PM (JO9+V)
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Nicki Haley already has the UN job. Her first major act was to shoot down an appointment by a guy from the "country" of "Palestine".
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 03:29 PM (nsZ+m)
Posted by: josephistan at February 20, 2017 03:29 PM (ANIFC)
I didn't realize that they have been ignoring preparing our regulars for future conflicts against adversary Countries. I thought they continued to provide that training but transferred most of the responsibity to fighting irregular warfare to the various special forces.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 03:29 PM (IDPbH)
The Pentagon alone does not fight terrorism.
The Pentagon alone does carry out combat against nation state actors. We need full spectrum capabilities and he seems to get that.
In any event the nation security adviser is not there to establish military doctrine.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 20, 2017 03:30 PM (F0ZHr)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at February 20, 2017 03:30 PM (nQHw/)
The question is: When McCain and Linda have wild butt sex do they lick the shit off of each other's dicks or do they wipe them on the curtain?
Posted by: R. DUKE at February 20, 2017 03:30 PM (ONH2e)
Bryan Suits KFI @darksecretplace 28m
I was Medic with 2/2CAV during Battle Of 73 Easting. CPT H.R. McMaster whacked an Iraqi RPG gunner with his M16 from his Bradley turret.
...
I got the chance to run into COL McMaster at a 1st CAV briefing in Baghdad. An incredibly sharp mind. Doesn't suffer fools. At any level.
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HR McMaster is the opposite of Mike Flynn in every way. As a leader and and intellect. I'm honestly surprised he took the gig. @KFIAM640
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 20, 2017 03:30 PM (4YGWz)
They say "write what you know" which is good advice overall, but like all simple advice it only goes so far and has a lot of exceptions. I wrote a book about Werewolves and WW2, neither of which I can really know. Werewolves don't exist and while I can research my way into some level of knowledge of WW2, I have not served in any armed forces, am too young to have lived through the time period, and have never been to Europe.
Writers of science fiction and fantasy necessarily have to write what they do not "know" in any conventional sense; they're making it all up as the go along -- within certain boundaries of plausibility and reality.
Yet even a romance or crime writer has to write what they do not "know" in the sense of being a serial killer or falling in love with a super-rich BDSM fancier of elegant dinners.
And when it comes down to it "write what you know" is not so much about experiences or a collection of facts, but rather what an author understands and can properly express or pass on to the reader. You may not know enough about Chinese basketweaving to teach a master's class on the subject, but you can know enough about human nature, Chinese worldview, and interaction between people to write about it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 03:30 PM (39g3+)
Where does the universe end? What is on the outside of the universe and where does THAT end?
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 20, 2017 03:27 PM (nQ10o)
Perhaps it's turtles all the way down. Only Eru Iluvatar knows for sure.:-)
Posted by: Agent Cooper at February 20, 2017 03:31 PM (1zARK)
An attack on the leaders of an institution is generally regarded as an attack on the institution.
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 03:31 PM (TppKb)
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Good point.
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 03:31 PM (Rupsx)
Posted by: Roy at February 20, 2017 03:31 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 03:32 PM (IDPbH)
McMaster asserts that while counterterror and counterinsurgency missions are obviously necessary, ways have to be found to conduct them that don't needlessly exhaust and distort the force.
This is true not only with regard to his prior professional specialty in armor. My own example would be the habit of using B-1 and B-2 bombers to conduct strikes on Islamic State "bases" which are often little more than small clusters of foxholes. Not only using them, but using them up.
Irreplaceable intercontinental strategic air assets, meant for nuclear deterrence, enormously costly both to acquire and to operate per flight-hour, having the wings flown off of them for tactical ordnance delivery that a dirt cheap turboprop or drone could easily do in their stead.
(It's not as though the Islamic State has an air force of its own, or an integrated air defense network through which only a stealth bomber can slip.)
Posted by: torquewrench at February 20, 2017 03:32 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2017 03:20 PM (HV1LS)
Here's the backgrounder on that:
We worked for McMaster at the time, at Benning. The colleague, a prior enlisted Ranger, took umbrage to McMaster publicly bawling out a SGM in a large conference. I wasn't in the room, so I can't comment on that. In the few times I was in the same room with him nothing like that ever happened.
Posted by: Country Singer at February 20, 2017 03:32 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 03:33 PM (TppKb)
Use BING!!! Google is evil.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at February 20, 2017 03:33 PM (W8bn5)
They are never going to let this go.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 20, 2017 03:33 PM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Caliban at February 20, 2017 03:33 PM (3GFMN)
McMaster is bald.
Himmler was bald.
McMaster is a Nazi.
Posted by: HugoStiglitz at February 20, 2017 03:34 PM (aOqpx)
Anyway, those who fear Stache cooties are not yet in a position to relax. The threat remains.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 20, 2017 03:35 PM (QDnY+)
warfare; but terrorism is the greatest threat (so I was told) so how
will tanks help ?
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2017 03:24 PM (bEEUL)
Terrorism will be a running threat. Major geopolitical threats can
be found in China, Iran, Russia and North Korea. These would be mainly
conventional conflicts, and for all of our current experience and
expertise in COIN, our conventional focus has suffered.
Posted by: Keith at February 20, 2017 03:28 PM (USf3s)
all right
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2017 03:35 PM (bEEUL)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 03:29 PM (IDPbH)
My son, a young infantry sergeant, told me about the shift in training emphasis. He says tankers love it. They're getting training dollars they haven't seen in years.
Infantry is not loving it so much. They're digging holes again.
Posted by: troyriser at February 20, 2017 03:35 PM (Fw5cQ)
Anyway, those who fear Stache cooties are not yet in a position to relax. The threat remains.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 20, 2017 03:35 PM (QDnY+)
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Replace RBG on SCOTUS.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 03:35 PM (vur0q)
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Keep moving
Posted by: A leading lemming about to get pushed off the cliff by the film producer at February 20, 2017 03:35 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 20, 2017 03:36 PM (xJa6I)
Speaking about the CPAC disinvite
Posted by: L, Elle at February 20, 2017 03:36 PM (Rsi2C)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 20, 2017 03:36 PM (F0ZHr)
I know it's probably a bit late in the game to still be looking at things through that lens, but it's still true.
Posted by: Agent Cooper at February 20, 2017 03:36 PM (1zARK)
Allusion to the Dutch Masters in the McMaster thread ? Nothing from the Horde.
Western Frontier Farmers sock / Whiskey Rebellion reference in the George Washington / Art thread ? Crickets.
Even threw out a Patrick Henry sock at TheJamesMadison. Silence. Nada. Zero. Zip.
*puts plastic bag over head, twists around neck tightly*
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 03:36 PM (RWSlt)
I didn't realize that they have been ignoring preparing our regulars for future conflicts against adversary Countries. I thought they continued to provide that training but transferred most of the responsibity to fighting irregular warfare to the various special forces.
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The regulars got roped into it (by necessity) during Afghanistan and Iraq. Things like IED-resistant MRAPs are useful for counterinsurgency. They're not so useful if we have to defend an ally against an aggressive neighbor.
Or to put it in terms relating to a discussion I had elsewhere not too long ago...
I was on the forums for Battlefront, a company that makes 15mm miniatures for various 20th Century conflicts. The M113 ACAV is a very handy variant to have in Battlefront's Vietnam game. But it doesn't exist in their hypothetical 1985 Cold War goes hot game. The reason for that is while the M113 ACAV was great against Vietnamese insurgents (bulletproof with lots of .50 cals against foot sloggers with AKs and some RPGs), it would have been a target if fighting had broken out with the Warsaw Pact in Europe. A BMP would be nearly invulnerable to it, and would have no trouble killing it.
The current military has a lot of modern equivalents to the M113 ACAV. Given how the War on Terror has changed, we need to make sure that stuff is phased out and replaced with equipment that will be more useful against conventional armies that we might face in the future.
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 03:37 PM (nsZ+m)
Oh, you mean like hollowing out the B-52 force over Hanoi?
I agree in concept with what you're saying. My take would be that you do it just enough to give the crews some real-world training (or as you can manage) but you don't wear the crews or equipment out doing it.
We have a military which, though capable, is ruinously expensive to run.
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 03:37 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 03:37 PM (HDU3V)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 03:38 PM (+BZ5R)
Even threw out a Patrick Henry sock at TheJamesMadison. Silence. Nada. Zero. Zip.
*puts plastic bag over head, twists around neck tightly*
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 03:36 PM (RWSlt)
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Patrick Henry isn't worth my invective.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 03:38 PM (vur0q)
Posted by: Roy at February 20, 2017 03:38 PM (VndSC)
Allusion to the Dutch Masters in the McMaster thread ? Nothing from the Horde.
Western Frontier Farmers sock / Whiskey Rebellion reference in the George Washington / Art thread ? Crickets.
Even threw out a Patrick Henry sock at TheJamesMadison. Silence. Nada. Zero. Zip.
*puts plastic bag over head, twists around neck tightly*
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 03:36 PM (RWSlt)
_____________________________________
you'll be back..
Posted by: IP at February 20, 2017 03:38 PM (hUtue)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 03:38 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 03:39 PM (oVJmc)
For the record, I still think CPAC is crap. It's Establishment/GOPe/PC bullshit front organization pretending to be conservative.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 03:39 PM (+BZ5R)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 03:39 PM (+BZ5R)
Does a lot of money rot your brain?
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 03:40 PM (HDU3V)
A navy blue sign, white letters, saying "we're against hate" or something. It's the puff version of "resist."
Governor Hickenlooper's neighborhood of Park Hill is littered with them. Same for Capital Hill and Congress Park and every other 'hood in town where the housing prices begin at $500k and go to $2mil and higher.
Oh, and when that story went to the news about the couple and their tagged house, windows shot through with pellet holes, it got one two minute segment on ABC channel 7.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at February 20, 2017 03:40 PM (U6f54)
Yep, Trump has a full plate, of full plates, but two critical issues that remain unaddressed are 1) getting rid of Comey, who clearly is unfit for his job, and 2) fully investigating and prosecuting Clinton and her gang for their historic criminal violations of our most important laws.
Meanwhile, the judicial coup continues into its second week, admissions to the country that were reasonably suggested to be suspended by the intel agencies responsible for evaluating the risk of such admissions continue, on the "authority" of an obscure district judge who cited no legal or constitutional grounds or even rationale for his order.
A blueprint - if not completely rebuked - for theoretically infinite and pernicious judicial lawlessness that could vitiate much of the good the new administration might accomplish in years to come.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 20, 2017 03:40 PM (QDnY+)
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look, I exported some ties to Russia. Very classy ties, silk and really big league. Improved our trade balance and gave some Americans jobs. so screw off.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 03:40 PM (PqqkK)
This is precisely why you don't dick around with nation-building or long occupations.
Win. Go home.
Using strategic bombers in ones and twos is idiotic. Either commit the might of the nation or admit that its not worth fighting over.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 20, 2017 03:41 PM (F0ZHr)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 03:39 PM (+BZ5R)
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After giving us Bigfoot and Wildboy, I'm pretty sure you must be correct about everything.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at February 20, 2017 03:41 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 03:41 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Caliban at February 20, 2017 03:41 PM (3GFMN)
The robot will pay taxes on its salary. Which is the minimum wage of $0
Posted by: Roy at February 20, 2017 03:41 PM (VndSC)
It's on the bookshelf next to my bed, I've been going back and forth between that, Kissinger's 'Years of Upheaval', and Jon Savage's 'England's Dreaming'.
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 03:41 PM (TppKb)
They are never going to let this go.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 20, 2017 03:33 PM (7uYFy)
Funny, I don't remember anyone demanding an investigation into Obama's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Posted by: rickl at February 20, 2017 03:41 PM (zoehZ)
The Pentagon alone does carry out combat against nation state
actors. We need full spectrum capabilities and he seems to get that.
In any event the nation security adviser is not there to establish military doctrine.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 20, 2017 03:30 PM (F0ZHr)
yes, i understand. I think it was rumsdfeld who noted that it was time for the military to become more agile, not necessary larger. nation states these days employ proxies to fight their wars - Iran/Hezbollah. I honestly think that army v army days are long gone (nukes made that possible), but it is my personal opinion.
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2017 03:41 PM (bEEUL)
Milo was doing his usual British humor/pushing the envelope thing and went too far about having sex with underage kids as young as 13. He apologized and explained it but that's all the left will bring up from now until the end of time about Milo, to attempt to discredit what he says.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 03:41 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 03:42 PM (+BZ5R)
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Ah, but if you had more than 50 robots, would you have had to get them health insurance policies under the pre-Trump ACA?
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 03:42 PM (nsZ+m)
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The failing media wants you to think that these ties were four or five inches too long. That's why I'm taking my case directly to you, the American people.
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 20, 2017 03:42 PM (PXbkt)
Is it un-PC?
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 03:39 PM (+BZ5R)
I've seen better.
Posted by: Harry Reid at February 20, 2017 03:42 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at February 20, 2017 03:43 PM (zRZaJ)
That's easy for you to say!
Posted by: William Safire at February 20, 2017 03:43 PM (3GFMN)
The robot will pay taxes on its salary. Which is the minimum wage of $0
Posted by: Roy at February 20, 2017 03:41 PM (VndSC)
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I'm betting there are ways to tax an employer for every robot it uses that meets some kind of threshold.
Not that I'm advocating for it, but it does seem feasible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 03:43 PM (vur0q)
Posted by: Abby Normal at February 20, 2017 03:43 PM (cQO95)
They are never going to let this go.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 20, 2017 03:33 PM (7uYFy)
A WaPo side bar: Chris Wallace says, Saturday, Trump's fake news comment crossed the line. oooh, threats
Posted by: gNewt at February 20, 2017 03:44 PM (p2jI/)
yes, i understand. I think it was rumsdfeld who noted that it was time for the military to become more agile, not necessary larger. nation states these days employ proxies to fight their wars - Iran/Hezbollah. I honestly think that army v army days are long gone (nukes made that possible), but it is my personal opinion.
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I'm of the opinion that proxies are only used because of the fear that the US will come down hard on anyone who doesn't. If another country ever loses its fear of the US military...
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 03:44 PM (nsZ+m)
McGeorge Bundy
Henry Kissinger
Brent Scowcroft (2x)
Zbigniew Brzezenski (Mika's dad)
Colin Powell
Sandy Berger
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2017 03:44 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: garrett at February 20, 2017 03:03 PM (p+Qx5)
Not Even ACE?
Posted by: EVLINC! at February 20, 2017 03:44 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 03:36 PM (RWSlt)
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when did we start letting 14 year old girls join the horde?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 03:45 PM (PqqkK)
you own a factory say and have a employee paying taxes, then replace
him with robotics you should have the robot pay taxes.
Does a lot of money rot your brain?
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 03:40 PM (HDU3V)
Like most regulations giant companies can incur these costs but the smaller competition can't. So for Billy this is just pulling up the ladder behind him to eliminate competition. If that's not his reasoning than maybe money does rot your brain.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 20, 2017 03:45 PM (P/aDH)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 03:45 PM (+BZ5R)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 03:41 PM (39g3+) 'Look I'm for edgy humor but joking about boinking kids? Even teenage kids?
I don't find anything funny or edgy about that. Just creepy.
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at February 20, 2017 03:45 PM (nDcc3)
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 03:45 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Roasted Squirrel Nuts Python Joke at February 20, 2017 03:45 PM (8J/Te)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at February 20, 2017 03:45 PM (nDcc3)
I want Heather Locklear, The 22 Year Old Version. Means about the same! Ain't going to get it either
Posted by: EVLINC! at February 20, 2017 03:45 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 03:46 PM (+BZ5R)
A WaPo side bar: Chris Wallace says, Saturday, Trump's fake news comment crossed the line. oooh, threats
Posted by: gNewt at February 20, 2017 03:44 PM (p2jI/)
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May they continue digging. May the press continue to up the fight against Trump. May Trump continue to gain energy at the attacks. May the American people continue to see the press as partisans who have no interest in objectivity.
Let the mask fall so far and for so long that no one will ever believe that they are unbiased ever again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 03:46 PM (vur0q)
Does a lot of money rot your brain?
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 03:40 PM (HDU3V)
.............
So if I quit seeing hookers does my new sex robot have to pay?
Posted by: wth at February 20, 2017 03:46 PM (HgMAr)
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This is why Trump needs to go after Hillary with a special prosecutor. You know that old song of how they are guilty of what they accuse you of doing?...
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 03:46 PM (Rupsx)
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 03:46 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Biscuits Mahoney at February 20, 2017 03:47 PM (GAVZe)
I don't find anything funny or edgy about that. Just creepy.
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I haven't seen the segment. But based on his explanation/apology and what others have said, it appears to have been some edgy jokes at his own expense (he was molested as a teenager), combined with some gay slang that sounds bad in the non-gay community.
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 03:47 PM (nsZ+m)
Does a lot of money rot your brain?
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Then they'll just hire Mexican robots and pay them under the table
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 03:47 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: EVLINC! at February 20, 2017 03:47 PM (y3aQB)
because of the fear that the US will come down hard on anyone who
doesn't. If another country ever loses its fear of the US military...
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 03:44 PM (nsZ+m)
yes, the overwhelming force, ability to fight two wars at a time
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2017 03:47 PM (bEEUL)
It has to do with how British humor works; they joke about awful stuff because its awful. Its a way of dealing with it -- he was molested as a kid. But he went too far and it didn't work. That's why he apologized:
"I'm partly to blame. My own experiences as a victim led me to believe I could say anything I wanted to on this subject, no matter how outrageous. But I understand that my usual blend of British sarcasm, provocation and gallows humor might have come across as flippancy, a lack of care for other victims or, worse, "advocacy." I deeply regret that. People deal with things from their past in different ways.
As to some of the specific claims being made, sometimes things tumble out of your mouth on these long, late-night live-streams, when everyone is spit-balling, that are incompletely expressed or not what you intended. Nonetheless, I've reviewed the tapes that appeared last night in their proper full context and I don't believe they say what is being reported."
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 03:47 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 03:41
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What upsets me most about this is not the clumsy disinvite days after making the initial invite (expected RINO behavior) is that they have agreed with the left and given them a damning attack line likely to successfully keep him from speaking at universities. Thanks asshole RINOs.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 20, 2017 03:47 PM (Rsi2C)
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LOL glad you mentioned the Ham. That woman's got a few screws loose.
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 03:47 PM (Rupsx)
I'd like an investigation into leading Democrats' ties to Russia.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 03:48 PM (oVJmc)
Gen Flynn who was just a civilian talked to a Russian official
Gen Flynn was receiving security breafings
Gen Flynn was working for President Trump
So President Trump must have been conniving with the Russians
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 03:48 PM (HDU3V)
Posted by: Rachel Maddow at February 20, 2017 03:48 PM (3GFMN)
I'm not being snotty here - anyone's entitled to wear what they've earned - but understatement among the very powerful can be a good sign.
Posted by: JPS at February 20, 2017 03:48 PM (+43f8)
Allusion to the Dutch Masters in the McMaster thread ? Nothing from the Horde.
Western Frontier Farmers sock / Whiskey Rebellion reference in the George Washington / Art thread ? Crickets.
Even threw out a Patrick Henry sock at TheJamesMadison. Silence. Nada. Zero. Zip.
*puts plastic bag over head, twists around neck tightly*
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 03
Please don't try to usurp my status here as "Invisible 'Ette."
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 20, 2017 03:49 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 03:44 PM
I feel the same way. Which is why, after 9/11, somebody was going to pay. What's that fancy French phrase 'to encourage the others', or in this case, discourage anyone else from trying that stunt again. Which is why we get the onesy and twosy lone wolf mass murders and their car bombs.
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 03:49 PM (FXOa+)
While you're right about the homosexual community, he's not for it. It was a joke, one of those chain of consciousness things you do when you're with friends riffing that didn't work. He has come out in no uncertain terms opposing pederasty. Milo has serious moral issues, but this does not seem to be one.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 03:49 PM (39g3+)
Milo supported current age-of-consent in the same video.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 03:49 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 03:49 PM (Rupsx)
On way home radio news reported Bill Gates thinks if you own a factory say and have a employee paying taxes, then replace him with robotics you should have the robot pay taxes.
No taxation without representation so do they get a vote too?
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at February 20, 2017 03:49 PM (lKyWE)
Not that I'm advocating for it, but it does seem feasible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 03:43 PM (vur0q)
Does that include thermostats on A/C units, elevators and automatic door openers too?
Posted by: Kindltot at February 20, 2017 03:49 PM (XMCn6)
Thanks, still not comfortable with it tho.
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at February 20, 2017 03:50 PM (nDcc3)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 03:50 PM (HDU3V)
Posted by: Harry Reid at February 20, 2017 03:42 PM (ANIFC)
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you've Made better
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 03:50 PM (PqqkK)
I'd like an investigation into leading Democrats' ties to Russia.
I'd like - DEMAND - an investigation into the last administration's ties to Iran.
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 03:50 PM (TppKb)
Yes he is authorized the full salad but you can wear all some or none, and I think you are right, for a 3 star to go with 2 rows shows some humility.
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2017 03:50 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 20, 2017 03:50 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 20, 2017 03:49 PM (XMCn6)
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Depends on the threshold decided upon by Congress.
But yeah, all of those jobs were once held by people, so they really should qualify, no?
Again, I don't really think it's a good idea. I think it's just feasible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 03:51 PM (vur0q)
Posted by: I denounce myself at February 20, 2017 03:51 PM (y+GEM)
As in Mary Katherine? What?
No, seriously. What.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at February 20, 2017 03:51 PM (A3bMt)
Posted by: Biscuits Mahoney at February 20, 2017 03:47 PM (GAVZe)
It appears you have intimate knowledge of this subject.
Posted by: gNewt at February 20, 2017 03:51 PM (p2jI/)
Has any body seen ScoggDog lately???
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I think he's painting. He's in his blue period
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 03:51 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: Blake MacBain at February 20, 2017 03:52 PM (Ws18s)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 03:52 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 03:52 PM (6FqZa)
I shifted to Bing, and then after Microsoft execs started doing stupid SJW crap like funding WA state's aggressive new gun control laws, or shipping Clock Boy Achmed a ton of shiny Microsoft stuff, I shifted again.
Currently using DuckDuckGo. Happy with it.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 20, 2017 03:52 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 03:52 PM (39g3+)
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....who ??
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 03:53 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at February 20, 2017 03:53 PM (nQHw/)
Posted by: gNewt at February 20, 2017 03:53 PM (p2jI/)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 20, 2017 03:53 PM (Rsi2C)
you own a factory say and have a employee paying taxes, then replace
him with robotics you should have the robot pay taxes<<<
This was the moment when Skynet and AI decided to annihilate mankind.
Posted by: Fritz at February 20, 2017 03:53 PM (2Mnv1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 03:53 PM (Nwg0u)
Me either, I was very disappointed in him when I heard about it. I have the same reaction with Lena Dunham's "I repeatedly molested my little sister" bit. But in her case, she really did it of course.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 03:54 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: gNewt at February 20, 2017 03:53 PM (p2jI/)
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I remember a time when executive appointments never made comments to the public. They reported to the president who reported to Congress.
I do kind of miss that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 03:54 PM (vur0q)
He's a no-talent ass clown!
Posted by: Michael Bolton at February 20, 2017 03:54 PM (oVJmc)
WHO USED THE LAST DAMN TRASHBAG????
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I don't want to say it's ScoggDog
but it's scoggDog
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 03:54 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: RoyalOil at February 20, 2017 03:54 PM (AmMfi)
He's a no-talent ass clown!
Posted by: Michael Bolton at February 20, 2017 03:54 PM (oVJmc)
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Aren't the Pirates movies amazing, Michael?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 03:55 PM (vur0q)
Yeah I can separate shitty jokes and actual horrifying behavior.
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at February 20, 2017 03:55 PM (nDcc3)
Link goes to FB post of his.
http://tinyurl.com/hybbv5b
Posted by: Tami at February 20, 2017 03:55 PM (Enq6K)
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And just as importantly, still doesn't think she did anything wrong.
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 03:55 PM (nsZ+m)
I'm betting there are ways to tax an employer for every robot it uses that meets some kind of threshold.
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I used to work for the local Fox affiliate. I lost my job due to automation. In fact, I'd say that in the past 7 years, the station has reduced about 1/3 of their technical staff, probably more.
They are trying with every breath they take to automate as many humans away as possible. They are consolidating things so that instead of having three humans in 50 cities working an 8 hour shift, they will have three humans in ONE city handling all 50 cities. They are in the process of doing that now in what's called master control. Right there you've lost 147 high paying jobs. Then add in automated teleprompters, and fully automated cameras (each camera used to have a person, now one person operates many cameras robotically) you're talking hundreds of jobs nationwide in local tv news.
IMHO, people need work to feel good about themselves. If we allow industry to take all work away, what will happen to society? Will we be turned into a planet of anti-depressant taking losers who spend all of their days playing video games and masturbating?
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 20, 2017 03:55 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free!
OTOH Out Magazine would have endless stories.
Posted by: Aviator at February 20, 2017 03:55 PM (/Nite)
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She lost her husband in the most tragic sense possible, then carries on in the political circuit as usual, along with having a spot a short time later to query the presidential candidates in a GOP debate with this perpetually shit eating grin on her face. I know people grieve in different ways but it struck me as bizarre.
She also went full retard in defending Michelle Fields from being arm raped by Corey because Vagina First or something.
Just all around bizarre weirdness, though it would be wrong to say she was the only one. A lot of these pretend conservative women are some whacko nut cases in real life.
Except Trish Regan, who I love sexually.
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 03:56 PM (Rupsx)
Posted by: The Bobs at February 20, 2017 03:56 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 03:57 PM (6FqZa)
I would assume he's busy helping rewrite Trump's travel ban that is due out later this week.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 03:57 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: K-E at February 20, 2017 03:57 PM (HlvVu)
Posted by: EVLINC! at February 20, 2017 03:57 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 03:52 PM (39g3+)
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....who ??
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 03:53 PM (8XRCm)
Hrummmmph.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 20, 2017 03:57 PM (nQ10o)
Mary Katherine Ham is a pretend conservative activist who likes DC and the games they play there.
She likes being the Token Con for the Fake News.
It's her bread and butter.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 03:58 PM (+BZ5R)
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 03:58 PM (8XRCm)
Do our Commies really want us to investigate connections to their Commies?
Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2017 03:58 PM (/cksx)
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 20, 2017 03:55 PM (J5mC3)
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There were similar concerns about what people would do when it looked like farmers were going to start using large tools and machines to harvest and plant instead of a bevy of people.
Very few people were predicting that there would be a large movement to industrial jobs at the time, and yet it still happened.
This doesn't mean that there's a guaranteed new horizon where most workers will go, but history does provide examples where there was large displacement of the working class, and they migrated to something else.
Remember when we made fun of Obama for saying that ATMs took jobs from bank tellers?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 03:58 PM (vur0q)
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If you want to get any national attention, you'll have to go with Ladydemocrat or Ladyrepublican.
No other way. Sorry!
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 20, 2017 03:58 PM (PXbkt)
Age of consent is highly variable.
In Milo's UK it's what, 15, or 16?
That's true of much of the US, depending on who's doing the fucking, and most of the world, save where it's 13 in some cases like Spain.
CA and FL are the only states, in fact, where non-commercial boning needs 18.
As for commercial boning, I call your attention to this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4239210/
No Irish, no Indians, and cowboy on fat guys gets her off every time, so there's hope for some of us.
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 03:59 PM (TppKb)
themselves. If we allow industry to take all work away, what will happen
to society? Will we be turned into a planet of anti-depressant taking
losers who spend all of their days playing video games and masturbating?
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant at February 20, 2017 03:55 PM (J5mC3)
I would add also that having one office controlling content in 30 or so cities destroys all local flavor and content.
Sort of like the Gannet families of "local" newspapers that have almost no local content because they fired all the local reporters and edit from Texas
Posted by: Kindltot at February 20, 2017 03:59 PM (XMCn6)
Or maybe he's just meeting some really great, supremely qualified people.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at February 20, 2017 03:59 PM (ZFUt7)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 03:59 PM (HDU3V)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 03:59 PM (+BZ5R)
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=368457#c26663859
Posted by: gNewt at February 20, 2017 03:59 PM (p2jI/)
McGeorge Bundy
Henry Kissinger
Brent Scowcroft (2x)
Zbigniew Brzezenski (Mika's dad)
Colin Powell
Sandy Berger
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2017 03:44 PM
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Condoleeza Rice
Susan Rice
Uncle Ben Rice
Okay. Just kidding about one of those.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 20, 2017 04:00 PM (Nox3c)
I'm guessing an unofficial title where he makes the deep state disappear in strange and unexplainable incidents one by one.
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 04:00 PM (Rupsx)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 04:00 PM (39g3+)
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One thing Trump exposed was a lot of these people that are "conservative" media personalities and pundits are just playing a part no different than any actor for a movie role.
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 04:00 PM (m8FSu)
It's her bread and butter."
SE Cupp is a better looking version and fills that role for CNN. Sole purpose is to criticize R's for lib media masters.
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 20, 2017 04:01 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 20, 2017 04:01 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 04:01 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 04:01 PM (8XRCm)
taking losers who spend all of their days playing video games and
masturbating?
Posted by: shibumi, a rational single white female and kitteh servant
Sounds like heaven.
Posted by: Typical Bernie Voter at February 20, 2017 04:02 PM (/Nite)
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 04:00 PM (m8FSu)
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Bill Kristol at February 20, 2017 04:02 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 04:02 PM (GsAUU)
The advent of the Tea Party changed a lot of conservatives/Republicans, or exposed them.
The Tea Party movement, quite frankly, disgusted many Republicans. These are the Bob Michel Republicans, I like to say. The Bush Republicans. The Eternal Second Bananas, I also like to say.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 04:02 PM (+BZ5R)
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On the upside it also revealed the true believers, such as Judge Pirro, who I love very sexually.
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 04:03 PM (Rupsx)
Posted by: Al Kabong at February 20, 2017 04:03 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 04:03 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at February 20, 2017 04:03 PM (LL8uc)
Wash. D.C. Virus ! only cure is DEATH
Posted by: EVLINC! at February 20, 2017 04:03 PM (y3aQB)
UPDATE: Bill Kristol likes McMaster. Not a good sign."
This site should have more respect for real conservatives like Mr. Kristol and David Brooks. Otherwise, we will never win a national election again.
Posted by: Bull Wynn at February 20, 2017 04:04 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 03:49 PM (39g3+)
I watched his FB Live Mea Culpa and learned that he vehemently opposes pedophilia because he was a victim of it. I did not know that.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now luxuriating in vast pools of winning! at February 20, 2017 04:04 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 04:04 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at February 20, 2017 04:04 PM (nDcc3)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 20, 2017 03:57 PM (nQ10o)
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Make'um some sammiches and they might detect you for a few seconds. Or flash the titties.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 04:04 PM (PqqkK)
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This^
Among the tankers I have worked with, McMaster is a god.
How this translates to his competency as the head of the NSA, who knows.
Posted by: SMFH at February 20, 2017 04:04 PM (CRotO)
Mary Ham was on Fake News this morning saying "both sides" were wrong in the Trump/Media war.
That earned her an approving smile from the host.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 04:04 PM (+BZ5R)
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If you want to get any national attention, you'll have to go with Ladydemocrat or Ladyrepublican.
No other way. Sorry!
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 20, 2017 03:58 PM (PXbkt)
NEVER a democrat, and switched to independent about 5 years ago when became unable to tolerate the betrayal of GOPe.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 20, 2017 04:05 PM (nQ10o)
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Oh fuck me with a barbed broomstick. Second look at the Stache NOW!!
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 04:05 PM (Rupsx)
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It was a clarifying moment.
Also led directly to me my first honest-to-god, "Fuck You. War." moment, when Obama called them tea-baggers on TV.
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 20, 2017 04:05 PM (PXbkt)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 04:05 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2017 04:06 PM (bEEUL)
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I don't want to say it's ScoggDog
but it's scoggDog
On those days when I get home from work and my wife imediately wants to start going off on something ... my go-to-move is to take my six-pack of tall boys out of the plastic sack, pull the sack over my head, and fall to the floor.
Kids love it.
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 04:06 PM (RWSlt)
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Oh fuck me with a barbed broomstick. Second look at the Stache NOW!!
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 04:05 PM (Rupsx)
Oh nooooooo!!
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 20, 2017 04:06 PM (nQ10o)
MFM: It's chaos in the Trump administration!! And Russians. Chaos and Russians!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 20, 2017 04:06 PM (auHtY)
Also led directly to me my first honest-to-god, "Fuck You. War." moment, when Obama called them tea-baggers on TV.
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 20, 2017 04:05 PM (PXbkt)
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"Obama is so smart and erudite. He obviously reads great things!"
-MSM
"I got teabagger from late night MSNBC."
-Obama
"Squeee!'
-MSM
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 04:06 PM (vur0q)
I'm sure that they're real and they're Spectacular!
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 04:06 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at February 20, 2017 04:03 PM (LL8uc)
I would be willing to wager that one or more of those folks screaming about Milo are actual pedophiles. Pizzagate and Pedo Island, anyone? Throughout history, pedophiles have sought positions of power in order to have access to children and the means to cover up the predilections.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now luxuriating in vast pools of winning! at February 20, 2017 04:07 PM (kXoT0)
Uh oh.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 04:07 PM (6FqZa)
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and 'The Great Sifting' continues apace...
Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at February 20, 2017 04:07 PM (KgpWR)
Posted by: steevy at February 20, 2017 04:07 PM (r/0kC)
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2017 04:08 PM (bEEUL)
Uh oh.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 04:07 PM (6FqZa)
Shitsky.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 20, 2017 04:08 PM (nQ10o)
I'm sure that they're real and they're Spectacular!
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 04:06 PM (PqqkK)
Exactly.
I mean all the 'ettes will do is send you loving care packages of emus delivered by a velicoraptor or four armed with flamethrowers.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 20, 2017 04:08 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Country Boy - just a humble, occasionally hotheaded poster at February 20, 2017 04:08 PM (tI8kc)
BUT , am I the only one who has noticed the subtle shift from "Putin" to "Russia?" During the debates, Clinton and Kaine were all "Putin."
Now it's "Russia."
Why?
Or am I over thinking this?
Posted by: JoeF. at February 20, 2017 04:08 PM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 20, 2017 04:08 PM (OD2ni)
By 2012, Many many Republicans recoiled at the idea of the Fake News calling them "tea party candidates."
Republicans hated that label; hated to be associated with the Tea Party, which is exactly why the Fake News used the label.
The Left decided that "tea party" anything was Bad/Racist/Extremist, and the Republican Shits complied.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 04:09 PM (+BZ5R)
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Bill Kristol at February 20, 2017 04:02 PM (HV1LS)
327 Oh shit.
From Vox Day:
UPDATE: Bill Kristol likes McMaster. Not a good sign.
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 04:02 PM (GsAUU)
--That was eerie.
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 04:09 PM (GsAUU)
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Does he say why?
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 04:09 PM (nsZ+m)
taking losers who spend all of their days playing video games and
masturbating?
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When you've got (B) and (C), why would you ever need (A)?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 04:09 PM (PqqkK)
What happened? Is this the Bill Kristol with the beard?
Honestly? Non-snarkily? A week ago Kristol was telling us that the National Security Advisor position was third officer on RMS Titanic.
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 04:09 PM (TppKb)
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Oh fuck me with a barbed broomstick. Second look at the Stache NOW!!
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 04:05 PM (Rupsx
When somebody says honestly, good chance that it is not 100% honest.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at February 20, 2017 04:10 PM (FKHWN)
Posted by: troyriser at February 20, 2017 04:10 PM (Fw5cQ)
vehemently opposes pedophilia because he was a victim of it. I did not
know that.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now luxuriating in
vast pools of winning! at February 20, 2017 04:04 PM (kXoT0)
I didn't know it either until I read his FB post this morning.
Posted by: Tami at February 20, 2017 04:10 PM (Enq6K)
CA and FL are the only states, in fact, where non-commercial boning needs 18.
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 03:59 PM (TppKb)
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I always assumed NY required 18.
I mean, Law and Order SVU told me so.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 20, 2017 04:10 PM (Nox3c)
Does anyone really care what this utterly irrelevant tool says?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 20, 2017 04:10 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 04:10 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2017 04:10 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 20, 2017 04:10 PM (7uYFy)
Does anyone really care what this utterly irrelevant tool says?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 20, 2017 04:10 PM (auHtY)
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Apparently, a lot of people in the Horde care a lot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 04:11 PM (vur0q)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now luxuriating in vast pools of winning! at February 20, 2017 04:11 PM (kXoT0)
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Does he say why?
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 04:09 PM (nsZ+m)
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Sounds like a slam against Trump, knowing ole Bill.
Posted by: Flyboy at February 20, 2017 04:11 PM (bUjWk)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2objectid=11804442
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 04:11 PM (uYy21)
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 20, 2017 04:11 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Wontsubmit at February 20, 2017 04:11 PM (zj+JZ)
Must have some pretty fancy office equipment at DOJ if it takes this long to add "or else!"
Posted by: DaveA at February 20, 2017 04:11 PM (8J/Te)
Lot of things have changed in 8 years. 8 years ago, this place had daily who is more conservative battles and only the most conservative candidates would do.
And now we Trump who while he has some conservative positions is a populist and most here seem just fine with that.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 04:12 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 04:12 PM (+BZ5R)
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 04:12 PM (RWSlt)
BUT , am I the only one who has noticed the subtle shift from "Putin" to "Russia?" During the debates, Clinton and Kaine were all "Putin."
Now it's "Russia."
Why?
Or am I over thinking this?
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If I had to speculate...
1.) Casts a slightly wider net, making it easier to catch someone.
2.) More likely to piss off the general Russian population (who get cranky about the various negative stereotypes about Russians in the wider world), making them more hostile to Trump than they might otherwise be.
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 04:12 PM (nsZ+m)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 04:12 PM (IDPbH)
I wanted to get this up fast. I will add what little I know about McMasters as I look it up on the Google machine.
I'm totes not going to tell you to stick to what you know rather than do copious national security research on McMaster. Mainly because I don't want Ewok paw-shaped dents in my shins.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 20, 2017 04:13 PM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 04:13 PM (HDU3V)
UPDATE: Bill Kristol likes McMaster. Not a good sign.
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 04:02 PM (GsAUU)
I read Vox Day's site, but his International Joo Conspiracy shit gets tiring.
But, yeah, you get a few more of the Bush Neocons jumping on the McMaster bandwagon and he'll be in trouble.
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 04:13 PM (TppKb)
And now we Trump who while he has some conservative positions is a populist and most here seem just fine with that.
But his "populism" lines up perfectly with my conservatism.
Strange, that.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 04:13 PM (+BZ5R)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at February 20, 2017 04:13 PM (FKHWN)
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2017 04:08 PM (bEEUL)
--Yeah, once I read the quote someone posted, my inference was Kristol said "Trump is an asshole, but McMaster might be the kind of guy to put up with it."
I'm still a little, uh, fuck, [needs synonym for concerned]
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 04:13 PM (GsAUU)
Uh oh.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 04:07 PM (6FqZa)
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In Chinese: Ruh roh.
Posted by: WisRich at February 20, 2017 04:13 PM (hdpay)
Ok, that's the first thing someone says when they're being dishonest and snarky.
Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2017 04:13 PM (NBHj5)
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 04:13 PM (FXOa+)
A local liberal loon was completely flipping out at me about how Trump once had been billed at a pro wrestling event, had gotten in the ring, and so forth. You can imagine.
OMG HOW CAN YOU ENTRUST THE AWESOME POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY TO A CHEAP SHOWMAN WHO PRETENDS TO PARTICIPATE IN A FAKE SPORT ELEVENTY
But Trump will have hence gained an understanding about pro wrestling's concepts of keyfabe, faces, and heels. This stuff is not without worth for someone who's competing at the top level of 21st century American electoral politics.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 20, 2017 04:14 PM (noWW6)
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That would make sense, if he thinks McMaster is going to obstruct and be the contrarian and with Trump on every national security issue.
If he believes that he's an even bigger fucking idiot than I thought, and I had already placed him way down there with Colbert in terms of intellect.
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 04:14 PM (Rupsx)
Posted by: ScoggDog
*jumps up and down, claps hands*
Posted by: Bill Krystol at February 20, 2017 04:14 PM (/Nite)
Posted by: sunny-dee at February 20, 2017 04:15 PM (QAOZh)
They're shape-shifters. They can look like anyone. Asian. Irish. You name it. No way to spot 'em as Jewish.
Vox should know that.
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 04:15 PM (RWSlt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 04:15 PM (uYy21)
Posted by: Myshiba at February 20, 2017 04:15 PM (n20xt)
Posted by: sunny-dee at February 20, 2017 04:15 PM (QAOZh)
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Liking things do show up in your feed.
Sounds like they just had a very low tolerance for pro-Trumpism.
Too bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 04:16 PM (vur0q)
Reagan played second fiddle to a monkey.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 04:16 PM (IDPbH)
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Perfect. Cut out the middlemen and the bureaucracy. Pass the savings along to the consumer.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 04:16 PM (PqqkK)
The thing is, the Trump of 2015 campaign and the Trump of now is not the same dude. He's moved to the right significantly. Will he stay there? I don't know. But for now he's being more conservative than Reagan times Cruz when it comes to actual practice.
Would I prefer he be more socially conservative? Yeah, he's a repellent human being personally. But I'll take a lousy man who does the right thing over a decent man who fails (George Bush the younger)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 04:16 PM (39g3+)
>>Strange, that.
Some, not all of it. Trillion dollar infrastructure plans have never been considered conservative. In his presser last week Trump said that he would have a policy "with heart" when dealing with the Dreamers (sounds like they are staying) and he's already said he wants to keep at least some of Obamacare.
Lots of things change.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 04:16 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 20, 2017 04:11 PM (OD2ni)
She slept with the enemy and was proud of it, so she's no better.
Posted by: Country Boy - just a humble, occasionally hotheaded poster at February 20, 2017 04:16 PM (D2vc1)
taking losers who spend all of their days playing video games and
masturbating?
That sounds disturbingly familiar, I must admit.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 04:16 PM (oVJmc)
But he was Dan Quayle's advisor, so he has that going for him on his resume.
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 04:17 PM (m8FSu)
Green card holders are not involved
Anyone in travel when it is signed are not involved
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 04:17 PM (HDU3V)
Posted by: sunny-dee at February 20, 2017 04:15 PM (QAOZh)
Your Likes get posted. Nutjob Liberals will be on the lookout for it. If you are using FB, you should assume that folks can figure things out about you.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now luxuriating in vast pools of winning! at February 20, 2017 04:17 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Yo! at February 20, 2017 04:17 PM (GwIKd)
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In Chinese: Ruh roh.
Posted by: WisRich at February 20, 2017 04:13 PM (hdpay)
I believe that's Scooby-do.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at February 20, 2017 04:18 PM (nQ10o)
taking losers who spend all of their days playing video games and
masturbating?
Don't you judge me!
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 04:18 PM (0mRoj)
I say this honestly and non-snarkily - Bill Krystol can eat a Bag o' Dicks.
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Seems like it all really depends on the volume of the stomach and the cubic displacement of the bag of dicks.
Also , is the bag itself consumed? Because that would figure into the displacement.
Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at February 20, 2017 04:18 PM (KgpWR)
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And then you went and *joined* the police...
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 04:18 PM (nsZ+m)
Posted by: steevy at February 20, 2017 04:18 PM (r/0kC)
Probably advised him to judge a spelling bee.
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 20, 2017 04:19 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Country Boy - just a humble, occasionally hotheaded poster at February 20, 2017 04:16 PM (D2vc1)
Yeah, love happens, the minute Mary Matalin fell in love with Carville, from then on, her political views and ponderings meant nada to me.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now luxuriating in vast pools of winning! at February 20, 2017 04:19 PM (kXoT0)
Sounds like they just had a very low tolerance for pro-Trumpism.
Too bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 04:16 PM (vur0q)
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Seems to be a lot of that going around.
I continue to not miss Facebook at all.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at February 20, 2017 04:19 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 20, 2017 04:19 PM (MZcWR)
Posted by: IP at February 20, 2017 04:19 PM (hUtue)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at February 20, 2017 04:13 PM (FKHWN)
That makes no sense. I've read the transcript of Milo's apology. He's not advocating pedophilia--far from it. And he's (provably) exposed three pedophiles, which makes him aces in my book.
I think CPAC and--to a lesser extent--Breitbart are just uncomfortable with someone like Milo and are looking for an excuse to shut him out. Personally, I think he's good at taking it to the bad guys on their turf--something most of the CPAC crowd are evidently incapable of doing.
Posted by: troyriser at February 20, 2017 04:19 PM (Fw5cQ)
Posted by: Yo! at February 20, 2017 04:20 PM (GwIKd)
Jackstraw, I figured you'd instead tell me that 35% tariffs on imports aren't "conservative."
But since I brought it up, I like the idea of taxing these Corporate Shits. Therefore, it's conservative.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 04:20 PM (+BZ5R)
Posted by: steevy at February 20, 2017 04:20 PM (r/0kC)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at February 20, 2017 04:13 PM (FKHWN)
Apparently ? where is from ?
Posted by: runner at February 20, 2017 04:20 PM (bEEUL)
Or maybe not.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 20, 2017 04:20 PM (7uYFy)
Well yeah, because it became totes all right for me to drive a tank and blow things up.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 04:20 PM (uYy21)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 04:20 PM (HDU3V)
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I might be wrong but I always thought one of the exceptions conservatism makes for government involvement involves infrastructure.
Or in other words, true conservatism is about stopping the fucking social entitlement spending bullshit and shifting that to rebuilding our roads and bridges instead.
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 04:20 PM (Rupsx)
For me that's never been true.
I have never been a hardcore RedState anti-abortion type. It's an evil, but the extension of Federal authority to ban it utterly would be a greater evil. It's a state issue.
I support free trade but have never been a hardcore free-trader. Free trade is a basis for a trade policy but you cannot have free trade with countries that do not trade freely and float their currencies freely themselves.
I regard civil asset forfeiture absent a criminal conviction as a clear Fourth Amendment violation, and am concerned about AG Sessions' stand on this, but you cannot have everything and before I'd throw him under the bus you'd have to show me someone likely to be as strong on voter integrity and generally cleaning DOJ house as he's likely to be.
And the whole range of putative head-choppers Trump has nominated - Pruitt, Perry, DeVos, etc. - are a wet dream compared to what we could have expected from any other GOP nominee save maybe Cruz or Walker.
I place not my trust in princes, even when they own big comfortable hotels, but I'm also not willing to let the perfect be the enemy of the good enough.
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 04:20 PM (TppKb)
"Not My Presidents Day" protests were planned across the country Monday and come after demonstrations over the weekend focused on the president's immigration ban.
Well if a couple hundred people showed up for that it's time for Trump to pack it in and resign
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 20, 2017 04:20 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: Yo! at February 20, 2017 04:21 PM (GwIKd)
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Which He probably does on a daily basis...
Posted by: deplorable donna at February 20, 2017 04:21 PM (O2RFr)
taking losers who spend all of their days playing video games and
masturbating?
Wait, you mean everyday will be like my weekends?
SCORE!
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 20, 2017 04:21 PM (mf5HN)
I continue to not miss Facebook at all.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at February 20, 2017 04:19 PM (xeeHA)
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Mine still exists. I still occasionally go. I'll very rarely post on some group discussion.
I mostly leave it there so that I can see the pictures that my wife posts of our son. I see all of the pictures she takes, but I'm just curious about the ones she shares.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 04:21 PM (vur0q)
Posted by: IP at February 20, 2017 04:19 PM (hUtue)
Not so fast:
youtube.com/watch?v=5PLS2U5oQb4
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 04:21 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: steevy at February 20, 2017 04:20 PM (r/0kC)
I never got it either. He not only looks like a snake, he is a snake--the things he did for the Clintons--yuck.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now luxuriating in vast pools of winning! at February 20, 2017 04:21 PM (kXoT0)
Unless you're in a Trial by Combat type situation, and need a Champion in an Eat a Bag o' Dicks event.
In which case, I'd think Bill Krystol would be one handy son-of-a-bitch to have around.
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 04:22 PM (RWSlt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 04:22 PM (vur0q)
Posted by: William Eaton at February 20, 2017 04:22 PM (MuTTO)
Posted by: Yo! at February 20, 2017 04:21 PM (GwIKd)
Hey what did I do?
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2017 04:22 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: Yo! at February 20, 2017 04:20 PM (GwIKd)
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Also some Bradleys.
The targeting system of the M1A1s, not to mention the insane speed, took the Iraqis totally by surprise.
Those Russian tanks didn't have a chance.
Posted by: SMFH at February 20, 2017 04:22 PM (CRotO)
What I don't want are current supporters abandoning him when he makes a decision that doesn't line up with their expectations. You've got to give a couple of mulligans.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 04:23 PM (IDPbH)
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You make it sound as if there was ever a point in time when the Tank Police *didn't* do that.
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 04:23 PM (nsZ+m)
There are several billion people I care not to hear their stupid opinions on anything. Top of that list are: Bill Kristol, George Takei, and Lena Dunham.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 04:23 PM (+BZ5R)
https://youtu.be/68Eq5EKr9XY
Foamy the Squirrel on Triggers and Safe Spaces. Over 10 minutes long.
Warning very strong language warning.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 04:23 PM (uYy21)
I wanted to get this up fast. I will add what little I know about McMasters as I look it up on the Google machine.
Posted by Ace at 02:49 PM
This is taking as long as the shelves.....
Posted by: Tami at February 20, 2017 04:23 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at February 20, 2017 04:24 PM (XB85R)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at February 20, 2017 04:24 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 04:20 PM (TppKb)
I go pterodactyl screechy about CAF but that's exactly where I'm at with AG Sessions.
He's wrong on that but you know what? He also believes in following the law and it's Congress's job to eliminate it on the Federal level, not his now that he's AG, and I am bone certain that if Congress eliminated it, then he would say alright and adapt to that new reality.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 20, 2017 04:24 PM (mf5HN)
Yeah, love happens, the minute Mary Matalin fell in love with Carville, from then on, her political views and ponderings meant nada to me.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now luxuriating in vast pools of winning! at February 20, 2017 04:19 PM (kXoT0)
No kidding. I honestly can't remember anything that Matalin has written or done that's the least bit significant or worthy of note since she married the Snakehead. And before that, she was an up-and-comer.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 20, 2017 04:24 PM (XWkhW)
Or in other words, true conservatism is about stopping the fucking social entitlement spending bullshit and shifting that to rebuilding our roads and bridges instead.
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Depends on the infrastructure.
Oroville Dam repairs can probably safely be considered conservative.
Gov. Moonbeam's high-speed train to nowhere is not.
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 04:24 PM (nsZ+m)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at February 20, 2017 04:24 PM (5j542)
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*grin*
Posted by: SMFH at February 20, 2017 04:24 PM (CRotO)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 04:25 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 20, 2017 04:24 PM (XWkhW)
Yes, she was a darling of the GOP, then she dove off that cliff.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now luxuriating in vast pools of winning! at February 20, 2017 04:26 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 04:23 PM (IDPbH)
Mulligans? He has been doing great. What ever hiccups there have been don't even qualify as mulligans. Now how he articulates his thoughts sometimes leaves something to be desired, but hey that's Trump. And if your gotta let him be on that. And after all look what he is up against? A full on rebellion by the Left and the deep gov. Fuck them
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2017 04:26 PM (KlI/a)
passed over for promotion coz of his tendency to buck the status quo
Posted by: @votermom @vm at February 20, 2017 04:26 PM (Om16U)
The targeting system of the M1A1s, not to mention the insane speed, took the Iraqis totally by surprise.
... and it was dark. (I think) We had night vision, the Iraqis were night blind. It was a turkey shoot.
Correct me if I'm wrong. Pulling it out of memory.
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 04:27 PM (FXOa+)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 04:27 PM (+BZ5R)
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I have to wonder about conservative women dating liberal shitweenies. Didn't Laura Ingraham actually date OLBERMAN at one point?
Apparently there aren't enough conservative single men to go around.
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 04:27 PM (Rupsx)
Proper infrastructure -- that is, the stuff we need to function as a nation between states -- is constitutional and righteous government spending. The only reason its so huge a bill is because the last, oh, 10 presidents more or less blew it off.
I go pterodactyl screechy about CAF but that's exactly where I'm at with AG Sessions.
Me too, I'm Joe Biden about asset forfeiture, its a big F'n deal, but... I can swallow it for now to get the rest of what Sessions may bring. If he doesn't even bring that? Off with his head.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 04:27 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at February 20, 2017 04:27 PM (XB85R)
Back in the '50s and '60s infrastructure and defense was a huge (okay, yuge) driver of the middle-class.
You can pine all you want for the Coolidge approach, but the world we live in has little in common with that era.
The problem isn't infrastructure per se, it's the corruption of the processes (too much money going to contract managers documenting multi-gender honey-huts on site and the appropriate gender distribution of machinists, not enough to people on the line) and the Federal debt.
You could argue that unions have been a factor as well but they've ALWAYS been a problem in the industrial era, and my guess is Trump can co-opt them better than anyone else.
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 04:27 PM (TppKb)
Correct me if I'm wrong. Pulling it out of memory.
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 04:27 PM (FXOa+)
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True.
Posted by: SMFH at February 20, 2017 04:28 PM (CRotO)
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 04:24 PM (nsZ+m)
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Tis a good point.
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 04:28 PM (Rupsx)
Posted by: mustbequantum at February 20, 2017 04:28 PM (MIKMs)
You read my comment incorrectly for what it's worth.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 04:28 PM (IDPbH)
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Maybe she's just blind.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 04:28 PM (Nwg0u)
Will we be turned into a planet of anti-depressant
taking losers who spend all of their days playing video games and
masturbating?
Wait, you mean everyday will be like my weekends?
SCORE!
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 20, 2017 04:21 PM (mf5HN)
Go on........
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 20, 2017 04:28 PM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Yo! at February 20, 2017 04:28 PM (GwIKd)
Oroville Dam repairs can probably safely be considered conservative.
Gov. Moonbeam's high-speed train to nowhere is not.
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 04:24 PM (nsZ+m)
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There's also a difference about where the funding is coming from.
If a state like, say, New York wants to spend a bunch of money to build a canal, then there's really nothing wrong with it. They did, and they still use the Erie canal 200 years later. They funded it intelligently and prudently, managed it well, and delivered a useful result, all without any funds from any other state.
I see that as fine. The New York state constitution, apparently, provided for the authority to take on such projects.
The federal government's enumerated powers in terms of internal improvements are very narrow, though. Postal roads, and an implied power to enhance interstate commerce. I'm kind of a purist and feel that that's going a bit far, but I understand if people disagree.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 04:28 PM (vur0q)
wear what they've earned - but understatement among the very powerful
can be a good sign.
Posted by: JPS at February 20, 2017 03:48 PM (+43f
The Navy is allowed to wear only their top 3 ribbons on the daily service uniform which I always thought was strange. It is your resume and service record book and while some medals and ribbons mean less than others, you should display what you have been awarded.
McMasters seems like a fairly solid choice, I know very little about him, just his wikipedia entry and his book. It definitely pointed to the folly of containment as a strategy because it hamstrung a bunch of talented officers from executing an actual plan to defeat the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong. In Iraq, there was a system of thinking that became known as Effects based operations which rather than being a mere datapoint to the completion of operational objectives, instead became their own operational metrics.
In layman terms, if the tanks had to be killed before I could roll on an objective. The focus became, just killing the tanks, the actual objective got lost in the fog. General Mattis finally rid us of that horrid manner of waging war when he was at Joint Forces Command.
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at February 20, 2017 04:29 PM (7N6ox)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 20, 2017 03:47 PM (Rsi2C)
Not exactly. I have yet to see a leftist group that disavows pedophilia. It's why schools want to provide sex education to kindergartenders, and have 'try on homosexuality" days in middle schools. So revoking Milo's invite due to his video statements about under age sex partners should put him up a few points in the leftist column.
I appreciate the explanations and link postings in the last threads so I understand more about Milo.
However, he probably doesn't understand the discomfort his last couple of sentences cause to those of us who aren't homosexual lifestyle cheerleaders.
If I had a 16-17 year old at home, who was confused regarding his sexuality, I'm sorry, I am not eager to have some 35 year old queen with a variety of STD's and possibly drug addicitons, take him "under his wing" to introduce him to the gay lifestyle so he feels "better" about himself.
That older gay man is not interested in a relationship, he is interested in free , in his prime, sex with a perpetually aroused and stupid kid, who is going to end up further screwed up. It's no different than a 35 year old woman with a 17 year old HS boy. There is almost zero chance there is any kind of intellectual or even experience creating a bond in that relationship.
And Milo trying to excuse it as it being a good thing just wiped out all his cries of hating pedophilia.
Again, he has a right to his opinion, but I also have a right to feel his opinion is not one I want to endorse.
Milo may be a free speech warrior, but he has to understand at this point in his life, his free speech is represented by his entire self and his beliefs. They are intertwined.
Posted by: Jen at February 20, 2017 04:29 PM (cWhln)
There are several billion people I care not to hear their stupid opinions on anything. Top of that list are: Bill Kristol, George Takei, and Lena Dunham.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 04:23 PM (+BZ5R)
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Ya'll notice that I did not make this list?
Posted by: Barack the Splendid at February 20, 2017 04:29 PM (Ivjge)
Must have been glorious to see.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at February 20, 2017 04:30 PM (xeeHA)
That, and Russian stuff is never as good as they claim it is.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 04:30 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 04:30 PM (8ikIW)
A company? Squadron?
??
Posted by: Yo! at February 20, 2017 04:28 PM (GwIKd)
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Depends on if a cav unit or not.
Posted by: SMFH at February 20, 2017 04:30 PM (CRotO)
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They should have at least had IR. That was standard on T-72s, iirc.
But thermal optics are a lot better than IR.
Posted by: junior at February 20, 2017 04:31 PM (nsZ+m)
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2017 04:31 PM (HDU3V)
It must be the drinking and buggery.
Posted by: Jaws at February 20, 2017 04:31 PM (oOw3I)
What I don't want are current supporters abandoning him when he makes a decision that doesn't line up with their expectations. You've got to give a couple of mulligans.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 04:23 PM (IDPbH)
If we ever had a President with whose every action I agreed, I would be terrified and I'm including if I were President.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 20, 2017 04:31 PM (mf5HN)
Must have been glorious to see.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at February 20, 2017 04:30 PM (xeeHA)
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Yes it is.
Posted by: SMFH at February 20, 2017 04:31 PM (CRotO)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 04:32 PM (IDPbH)
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Is it because of that sex report they did in the 70's?
Posted by: Jane Honda at February 20, 2017 04:32 PM (fi5nC)
It must be the drinking and buggery.
You forgot the lash.
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 04:33 PM (TppKb)
I'm guessing your EO causing the genocide of squirrels to be something I could not support,
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 04:33 PM (IDPbH)
hiccups there have been don't even qualify as mulligans. Now how he
articulates his thoughts sometimes leaves something to be desired, but
hey that's Trump. And if your gotta let him be on that. And after all
look what he is up against? A full on rebellion by the Left and the
deep gov. Fuck them
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2017 04:26 PM (KlI/a)
I heard the other day (and I don't remember where, but I think Hannity said this on his show) that you're right--Trump isn't always articulate. He talks (and I'm paraphrasing heavily, but you'll get the idea) the way a top NYC real estate business executive does at work, who is very busy and has very little time to explain every detail to everybody in the room, and has surrounded himself with people who don't need him to.
And I think that's probably right.
Trump alternates between that and talking like you would to your family in the living room. And people get that. He doesn't need to be Ronald Reagan to tell me there's too much illegal immigration, too much crime, and too many jobs being sent overseas. I understand him fine.
Posted by: Agent Cooper at February 20, 2017 04:33 PM (1zARK)
Posted by: IP at February 20, 2017 04:19 PM (hUtue)
Ahem. We have bagpipes. Not even the Ghurkas have bagpipes.
Posted by: Ladies from Hell at February 20, 2017 04:34 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 04:34 PM (TppKb)
No, they're all for it. Seriously, they lurve some kiddy rape, its part of leftist culture to the bone. Hollywood, politicians, rock music, its all been about underage girlies and bois. They don't have the slightest problem with it.. However....
However, he probably doesn't understand the discomfort his last couple of sentences cause to those of us who aren't homosexual lifestyle cheerleaders.
And that's why they will bring it up. Kind of like what they did to GOP congressmen in 2006. They didn't care if a queer senator was trolling for guys in the rest area bathrooms, they probably were some of his partners. They cared that we care about it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 20, 2017 04:34 PM (39g3+)
It's 'Gurkha'.
A Ghurka is presumably the Persian pickle variety with whom Valerie Jarrett pleasures herself.
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 04:35 PM (TppKb)
Or maybe not.
Posted by: JoeF
Angry toddlers who have never been told 'no' tend to continue to act like angry toddlers who have never been told 'no.'
I'm hoping Trump pisses them off to the point of mass aneurysms.
Kristol is an evil fuck.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 20, 2017 04:35 PM (4YGWz)
And now we Trump who while he has some conservative positions is a populist and most here seem just fine with that.
Posted by: JackStraw
About eight years or so, some link brought me here. I think it was Ace bitchin' because Charles of Johnson had cut him off. I agreed with Ace as to the cowardess, then delved into the comments. It was a Sarah Palin infested love fest. She's okay, but was never the answer.
I bookmarked the site, anyway. Thought Ace was funny. Yeah, I'm populist/America first type.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at February 20, 2017 04:35 PM (ZFUt7)
473 What is a group of 4 Abrams and the associated Bradly's?
A company? Squadron?
??
Posted by: Yo! at February 20, 2017 04:28 PM (GwIKd)
Big Fuckin' Can of Whoopass
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 20, 2017 04:37 PM (XWkhW)
The RINOs are enemies of American liberty that side with the globalist/leftist alliance.
Those of that you that continue to be shocked at betrayal after betrayal by these 5th column traitors need to realize that for your own mental health if nothing else
Posted by: Grad School Fool at February 20, 2017 04:37 PM (swEzU)
Posted by: Roy at February 20, 2017 03:41 PM (VndSC)
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Yeah, but that Carbon Tax is going to replenish our coffers ...
Posted by: California at February 20, 2017 04:41 PM (mt8X9)
And, truthfully, that makes the populist the most conservative choice.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 04:42 PM (oVJmc)
SCORE!
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at February 20, 2017 04:21 PM (mf5HN)
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Posted by: McCain Is A Fart Sniffer at February 20, 2017 04:44 PM (bKxiT)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 04:45 PM (6FqZa)
A company? Squadron?
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4 M-1s is a tank platoon. if you're talking about the deployment of 4 tanks and 15 Bradley's, that's either a Mech heavy Infantry company or a Scout Troop.
since the one i read about was from an Armor bat, it's a company.
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 20, 2017 04:49 PM (5SiTe)
Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2017 03:20 PM (HV1LS)
Having hand in our loss largely because the Joint Chiefs were unable to get over their inter-service rivalries and so unable to put together a unified plan, much less a coherent one. He names McNamara & The Quantifiers as being in charge because, well, because there was no one else, with the Joint Chiefs continually battling among themselves. Gen. MacMaster was not particularly gentle about it, either.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at February 20, 2017 04:52 PM (o7l6R)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at February 20, 2017 03:04 PM (A3bMt)
Hey now....
Posted by: jwpaine at February 20, 2017 04:55 PM (hoJm7)
It is now 5:20 pm.
McMasters is a fricken ghost.
That, or entirely unremarkable.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 20, 2017 05:14 PM (P/kVC)
Posted by: EVLINC! at February 20, 2017 05:14 PM (y3aQB)
284 Almost 2 weeks in office and not a word about or from Sessions.
Posted by: gNewt at February 20, 2017 03:53 PM (p2jI/)
He's doing the Al Capone/baseball bat thing through DOJ and is only at level 2. He has broken so many bats he is using maple ones.
Patience.
Posted by: Walter Winchell at February 20, 2017 05:16 PM (FtrY1)
Can any military general translate smoothly into being an effective advisor for national security?
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 03:10 PM (Rupsx)
Absolutely,They have mastered the arts of Courntey Masengil and will kiss the bosses ass to the ends of the world while demanding that those below them will kiss theirs, the original human centipede, interior segment.If you want a yes man you can never go wrong with an accomplished officer (not they they are all yes men, but can be among the very best if that is the requirement).
Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 20, 2017 05:19 PM (P/kVC)
He was masterful in combat, but was passed over several times for promotion. His brilliance led Gen. Petraeus to go to Washington from the Middle East to sit on a promotion board to ensure he was selected for general officer.
This selection is on par with Mattis as Sec Def.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2017 05:24 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 20, 2017 06:11 PM (P/kVC)
Thank you Jen for keeping the Milo comments in proper perspective. Milo says free speech is his only issue, and I agree that free speech requires a constant vigilance and fight, but in this case he is vulnerable to attack from all sides.
Posted by: jayhawkone at February 20, 2017 06:32 PM (ZD+J8)
Posted by: LTC O at February 20, 2017 06:53 PM (ZkztE)
Can any military general translate smoothly into being an effective advisor for national security?
Posted by: John Nada at February 20, 2017 03:10 PM (Rupsx)
Depends on the general. The NSC advisor's job is to coordinate the interagency process to give the best advice possible to the President. If he has good bureaucratic leadership and good executive/critical analysis skills, should be no problem. McMaster has a critical eye for bullshit, and people forget that the Army is also a bureaucracy, albeit a more mission-oriented one than most. Should be OK for him.
Also, he's not going to come up with the lowest-common-denominator, consensus solution. He will force the staff to produce quality. Nor will he allow them to do the standard Option-A nuclear annihilation, Option-B abject surrender, staff recommends Option-C bullshit.
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at February 20, 2017 08:10 PM (laMCB)
He is a true intellect of the first order, one of only three I've ever met. His character and commitment to give the POTUS the very best strategic guidance regardless of politics makes him a superb choice.
By way of explanation I served as one of his scout platoon leaders at the 73 Easting and again under 3d ACR (OPCON) in Tal Afar, Iraq as a Squadron S3. HR is the same gifted and morally grounded and person I've known for 27 years.
Posted by: Timothy Gauthier at February 21, 2017 12:50 AM (/OQQ9)
Posted by: Simon James at February 21, 2017 12:54 AM (Bv0TA)
Remarkable to see you post here, sir. I came across your name just this morning, reading LTG McMaster's
article "Eagle Troop at the Battle of 73 Easting."
http://tinyurl.com/jqf8pxq
My hat is off to you, to Mr. James, and to several others here. I don't know the general but I was excited to read of this choice.
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