Originally posted by redstone: So. Winston Churchill held information and leaked it too.... it's called politics.
A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
July 27, 2018, 03:52 PM
Deqlyn
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Originally posted by PASig:
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Originally posted by Deqlyn: Trump leaked the tape. Watch the Netflix doc on him. It talks about how he leaked stuff to the press all the time during the Atlantic City Debacle and also when he was breaking up with his wife.
He does this to misdirect and control the narrative. Remember his "leaked" tax returns? Ya, also him and ended up in a big nothing burger just like this news.
I know you’re our Resident Trump Hater, but that’s just nonsense.
I think you're mistaken on me being a resident trump hater. I've never hated trump. Go check the "no talent ass clown" sticky thread.
What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin
Only boring people get bored. - Ruth Burke
July 27, 2018, 03:52 PM
JALLEN
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Originally posted by lkdr1989: Funny picture of Mueller & Don Jr within shouting distance:
No tie? Public airport when Trump owns several airplanes? No secret service?
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
July 27, 2018, 03:58 PM
JALLEN
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Originally posted by redstone: So. Winston Churchill held information and leaked it too.... it's called politics.
It's an irregular verb.
I give confidential press briefings.
You leak.
He is in violation of 18 US Code 798 et seq.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
July 27, 2018, 05:00 PM
sigfreund
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Originally posted by JALLEN: It's an irregular verb.
Another one for posterity.
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I can tell at sight a Chassepot rifle from a javelin.
July 28, 2018, 09:36 AM
redstone
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Originally posted by JALLEN:
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Originally posted by redstone: So. Winston Churchill held information and leaked it too.... it's called politics.
It's an irregular verb.
I give confidential press briefings.
You leak.
He is in violation of 18 US Code 798 et seq.
I guess I am not intelligent enough to follow.
I grow tired of the haters. Theodore roosevelt really stirred things up, had a big stick and everything. Other great leaders (like Sir Churchill) have done the same. President Trump is daring to play the game to win. He is the first truly postmodern president, and he is ramming it down their fragile postmodern throats.
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson
July 28, 2018, 10:03 AM
Pipe Smoker
The Taliban want to talk. Thanks to pressure applied by President Trump and Secretary Mattis.
“ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban held their first direct contact with a U.S. official in a preliminary discussion about future peace talks on Afghanistan, a senior official with the insurgent group said Saturday. It marked one of the most significant developments amid efforts to find a negotiated end to the country's protracted war…”
President Trump is daring to play the game to win.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way!
I'm looking forward to buying some "Keep America Great" gear soon. The first time I ever contributed money to a political campaign was on 5 July 2016. The day justice died. I gave $100 that day and $100 every month to Trump until the election. I will do the same once he begins his reelection campaign.
I only have one vote, but I have a voice to tell others of his success and I am lucky enough to have some money I can donate to the cause. Our country is worth whatever I can give.
July 28, 2018, 02:20 PM
GT-40DOC
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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker: The Taliban want to talk. Thanks to pressure applied by President Trump and Secretary Mattis.
“ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban held their first direct contact with a U.S. official in a preliminary discussion about future peace talks on Afghanistan, a senior official with the insurgent group said Saturday. It marked one of the most significant developments amid efforts to find a negotiated end to the country's protracted war…”
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
July 28, 2018, 10:03 PM
sigfreund
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Originally posted by redstone: I guess I am not intelligent enough to follow.
The same principle as another irregular verb:
I am firm. You are stubborn. He is a pig-headed fool.
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I can tell at sight a Chassepot rifle from a javelin.
July 28, 2018, 10:23 PM
mr kablammo
Oddball, I love you like brother... but if I want to see a picture of a bunch of assholes then I might consult srewgoole, or visit the proctologist, or aquire a multiplicity of mirrors.
Not meanin' to harsh on ya, but for those entities the less the better.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre.
July 28, 2018, 11:16 PM
medic451
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them." - John Wayne in "The Shootist"
July 29, 2018, 11:41 AM
Tuckerrnr1
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Originally posted by mbinky:
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15. And for the Bonus: Trump has learned how to ‘thread’ multiple tweets on Twitter. May God have mercy upon his enemies.
HAHAHAH! I have NO clue what this means but it sounds excellent!
_____________________________________________ I may be a bad person, but at least I use my turn signal.
July 29, 2018, 04:34 PM
flashguy
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Originally posted by mr kablammo: Oddball, I love you like brother... but if I want to see a picture of a bunch of assholes then I might consult srewgoole, or visit the proctologist, or aquire a multiplicity of mirrors.
Not meanin' to harsh on ya, but for those entities the less the better.
I'm guessing that photo was taken at a State Funeral.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth
July 29, 2018, 04:41 PM
rat2306
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Originally posted by flashguy:
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Originally posted by mr kablammo: Oddball, I love you like brother... but if I want to see a picture of a bunch of assholes then I might consult srewgoole, or visit the proctologist, or aquire a multiplicity of mirrors.
Not meanin' to harsh on ya, but for those entities the less the better.
I'm guessing that photo was taken at a State Funeral.
flashguy
I think it was at DJT's inauguration.
July 29, 2018, 06:30 PM
feersum dreadnaught
This is getting funnier. Soon, we may see even more winning...
giuliani president trump has recordings of dozens of journalists discussing him with michael cohen
During part of a Face The Nation interview earlier today President Trump’s attorney innocuously dropped a bombshell revelation that Michael Cohen recorded hundreds of conversations, including dozens of interviews with journalists and reporters.
Some of those recordings between Cohen and journalists were recently passed along to Mr. Giuliani because the subject of them was his client, President Donald Trump.
Let that sink in.
President Trump has recordings, at least a dozen, of reporters discussing him, and their reporting/opinion of him, with Michael Cohen.
Apparently Michael Cohen recorded dozens of interviews with journalists about candidate Donald Trump, and President-elect Donald Trump, and President Donald Trump. Michael Cohen hated the Trump campaign; he made his opinion of the campaign abundantly clear. The media hate anything Trump etc. Now imagine what’s on those recordings…. The journalists did not know they were being recorded.
“Dozens” of recordings. With Michael Cohen and journalists discussing the campaign, president-elect, and President Trump; and because the subject of those recordings was his client, Donald Trump, the recordings of the journalists were turned over to Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s lawyer.
Here’s the interview. The bombshell is quietly placed (revealed) at around 04:00 through 05:30. Watch:
So President Trump and Rudy Giuliani have at least a dozen (or so) recordings of journalists discussing their opinions of, and intentions toward, their coverage of Donald Trump.
Conversations that thoroughly expose the MSM intentions toward the content of their coverage…. that the journalists never knew were being recorded.
Imagine what is on those recordings.
And President Trump has them.
Now…. Does this “meeting” begin to make more sense:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Had a very good and interesting meeting at the White House with A.G. Sulzberger, Publisher of the New York Times. Spent much time talking about the vast amounts of Fake News being put out by the media & how that Fake News has morphed into phrase, “Enemy of the People.” Sad! 8:30 AM · Jul 29, 2018
Imagine the embarrassment of Sulzberger? The potential for exposure? The loss of reputation, credibility…. etc. President Trump likely has New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman on tape. Who else? What other journalists are on those tapes?
President Donald Trump has recordings of multiple journalists revealing their opinions toward, and intentions toward, their reporting of his campaign and his presidency.
Iran On the Ropes? I confess that even after I boarded the Trump train–basically, when no alternative was left–I didn’t imagine that Trump would prove to be a foreign policy genius. But isn’t that what we are seeing? Improving our trade deals, finally doing something about North Korea, standing up to Putin’s Russia, pushing back against Chinese theft of intellectual property, exposing anti-Semitism and fecklessness in the U.N., getting more contributions from NATO allies–it’s been a heck of a year and a half!
Then there is Iran. Barack Obama pursued a bizarre Iran policy, from the first days of his administration, when he went on Iranian television. His view, apparently, was that strained relations between the U.S. and Iran were mostly our fault–never mind that incident at the embassy that stretched on for more than a year–and really, the U.S. and the mullahs’ “Death to America” Iran are natural allies. So he tried to build Iran up as a regional power, supplying pallets of cash and ultimately something like $100 billion in exchange for promises that can be revoked at will.
Donald Trump’s policy is, thankfully, entirely different. He has withdrawn the U.S. from Obama’s foolish agreement, and is imposing new sanctions on Iran’s radical regime. Most important, probably, he is rallying a natural coalition of Sunni Gulf states plus Israel to check Iran’s (and Russia’s) ambitions in the region.
How is it going so far? AFP reports:
Iran’s currency hit a record low on Sunday of 100,000 rials to the dollar amid a deepening economic crisis and the imminent return of full US sanctions.
100,000 rials to the dollar isn’t Venezuela territory, but it is getting there. Just a few more orders of magnitude to go!
The rial has lost half its value against the dollar in just four months, having broken through the 50,000-mark for the first time in March.
In other words, in response to Trump’s policies.
The government attempted to fix the rate at 42,000 in April, and threatened to crack down on black market traders.
Good luck with that. Price fixing has never worked anywhere, but socialists and mullahs will never give up on it.
But the trade continued with Iranians worried about a prolonged economic downturn turning to dollars as a safe way to store their savings, or as an investment in the hope the rial will continue to drop.
Interesting. That means that Iranians who have a little cash are betting against the regime.
With banks often refusing to sell their dollars at the artificially low rate, the government was forced to soften its line in June, allowing more flexibility for certain groups of importers.
The handling of the crisis was one of the reasons behind last week’s decision by President Hassan Rouhani to replace central bank chief, Valiollah Seif.
Iran, like Venezuela, shuffles the deck chairs by firing the head of the country’s central bank. Which will make zero difference.
So, what is causing Iran’s financial crisis?
The currency collapse was encouraged by the US announcement in May that it was pulling out of the 2015 nuclear deal, that lifted certain sanctions in exchange for curbs to Iran’s atomic programme.
The US is set to reimpose its full range of sanctions in two stages on August 6 and November 4, forcing many foreign firms to cut off business with Iran.
So Iran’s current problems are only anticipatory.
Is Donald Trump a foreign policy genius? I assume not. But still: if he were, how would his moves over the last 18 months be different?
_________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!"
July 29, 2018, 10:06 PM
oddball
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Originally posted by rat2306:
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Originally posted by flashguy: I'm guessing that photo was taken at a State Funeral.
flashguy
I think it was at DJT's inauguration.
Correct. Worse than a state funeral, basically their worst nightmare. I think it was the moment when Trump was chewing them out for doing a shitty job
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
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