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#182226: Apr 10th 2017 at 1:19:58 PM

Well, if North Korea starts lobbing nukes around, China's in the crossfire, so they really have an interest in preventing that.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#182227: Apr 10th 2017 at 1:25:45 PM

To tie China back to US politics: Trump's escapade into Syria reassures China that the US again get bogged down in the Middle East at the exense of the pivot to Asia.

At his first face to face meetings with Trump last week, Xi Jinping gave the US president nothing. Not the least concession on even the smallest issue... Point for point on Trump's grievance list: Xi made no concession on trade, no concession on China's allegedly undervalued currency, no concession on North Korea, no concession on Taiwan, no concession on the South China Sea.

And an island the Chinese promised Obama they wouldn't militarize has since been militarized with nary a word of protest from Trump.

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#182228: Apr 10th 2017 at 1:28:31 PM

The grotesque incompetence of this administration is going to give China and Russia such a huge leg up in the battle of great powers. We'll be lucky to have any unsullied foreign interests by the time Trump's out.

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Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#182229: Apr 10th 2017 at 1:49:15 PM

The fearmongering here is getting out of control. This is one of the reasons I look down on Americans, and avoided politics for a very, very long time.

edited 10th Apr '17 1:53:08 PM by Bat178

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#182230: Apr 10th 2017 at 1:55:22 PM

Remarkably, Trump said it himself. After their first round of talks before dinner on Thursday night, the American leader told reporters: "We had a long discussion already. So far I have gotten nothing. Absolutely nothing. But we have developed a great friendship."

At the end of the two-day summit, reporters pressed Trump's Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, on whether Xi had promised to make some infrastructure investments in the US, at least. The American side had been expecting such a "gift".

"The best gift was [Xi's] presence," Ross replied. The Chinese agreed to a "100-day plan" to address the trade imbalance, the Americans said, but with no specified goals or outcomes.

"And we're going to win so much. There'll be so much winning that you'll beg me "Oh, Mr. Trump, please, I can't take any more winning!" Maybe he meant to give that speech in the Forbidden City?

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Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#182231: Apr 10th 2017 at 1:58:32 PM

Sorry about that. But I do think the fearmongering around the internet has gotten out of control, especially here.

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#182232: Apr 10th 2017 at 2:04:39 PM

[up][awesome]

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
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Warder of the damned
#182233: Apr 10th 2017 at 2:09:52 PM

Trump is so incompetent he can't even get US imperialistic jingoism right.

Is there any campaign promise he didn't botch up yet? Because the only one I actually expected him to keep just blew up like a premature ejaculation when he struck that Syrian airbase.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#182234: Apr 10th 2017 at 2:19:19 PM

A few things less apocalyptic:

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Tangent128 from Virginia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#182235: Apr 10th 2017 at 2:54:13 PM

On a more local scale, I just heard Ed Gillespie (Republican candidate-apparent for Governor of Virginia) will be holding a short town hall at the defense contractor I work at.

Suggestions for questions I should try to ask if they give us more than a photo-op?

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
PolarPhantom Since: Jun, 2012
#182236: Apr 10th 2017 at 3:22:03 PM

[up] Sorry, I can't think of anything as a Brit he could answer for me.

OK. I get why Syria's important to Putin. I suppose what I really meant to say was "Why is Assad so important to Putin?" Couldn't another, less murderous patsy work? I dunno.

I like to think Putin's been secretly bollocking Assad.

"You disappoint me, my apprentice."

I think I'm a little more calm now. I dunno, though.

Trump's pretty much guaranteed to go down as one of the top ten worst presidents. He can't do ANYTHING.

See me eat my words in a month or two.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#182237: Apr 10th 2017 at 3:29:38 PM

[up][up]First coordinate with a group of coworkers. Then if he talks in circles or tries to dodge the question, you'll have a strategy. Also do your homework on some of the issues facing Virgina, and ask him about it and don't let him not give an answer.

Subjects you can address:

-Stance on ACA

-What does he plan to do to address the problem of climate change and encourage Renewible energy

-how will he address issues such as corruption,

-how he will hold both the Government and private companies accountable.

These are just some general ideas but it's better if you can ask about things specific to Virginia.

The guide https://www.indivisibleguide.com/guide/

Town Halls: https://www.indivisibleguide.com/guide/advocacy-tactics/town-halls/

Edit: and take notes or record what he says and publicize it.

edited 10th Apr '17 4:06:57 PM by megaeliz

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#182238: Apr 10th 2017 at 3:31:18 PM

Alabama's governor just resigned to avoid impeachment.

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#182239: Apr 10th 2017 at 3:32:50 PM
TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#182240: Apr 10th 2017 at 3:36:39 PM

Meant to link the article. Sex scandal, to put it simply.

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#182242: Apr 10th 2017 at 3:52:02 PM

[up][up]Can the same be done to Trump? He has enough sex scandals to be impeached.

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#182243: Apr 10th 2017 at 3:52:57 PM

[up]If it hasn't happened by now, it's probably not going to.

i'm tired, my friend
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#182244: Apr 10th 2017 at 3:59:29 PM

[up][up] Won't happen, the GOP has no reason to impeach him at the moment. I couldn't imagine them doing that unless their base abandons him, which is not something I view as likely.

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TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#182245: Apr 10th 2017 at 4:00:04 PM

Trump is being shielded from numerous things that would get him impeached under normal circumstances. The governor didn't have such cover and his attempts to hide it only made things worse. Short of a Democrat wave in 2018, nothing less than outright treason will make the Republicans abadon Trump.

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That guy
#182246: Apr 10th 2017 at 4:29:15 PM

He has enough sex scandals to be impeached.

Wouldn't he have to do something as president for it to count?

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
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Confirmed Doomer
#182247: Apr 10th 2017 at 4:35:40 PM

[up][up] Honestly, the notion that treason could cause the GOP to drop Trump seems unrealistic. They'd more likely go down with the ship.

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Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#182248: Apr 10th 2017 at 4:37:21 PM

Ah yes, Boris Johnson. The UK's Trump.

The UK's Trump is Arron Banks.

So what you're saying is that by 'real war', the Russians just mean a proxy war, is that it?

If the article is true, then what Russia is probably saying is that any involvement they've had with leaks and hacks that have occurred over the past year should be regarded as little more than a half-hearted opening salvo.

If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#182249: Apr 10th 2017 at 4:41:25 PM

Alabama's governor just resigned to avoid impeachment.
Meant to link the article. Sex scandal, to put it simply.

Send the governor to the shuffle.

I was waiting for an opportunity to post this.

Inter arma enim silent leges
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#182250: Apr 10th 2017 at 4:42:55 PM

[up][up] Still no, it's Farage. Nobody even knows who Arron Banks is.

edited 10th Apr '17 4:43:11 PM by Bat178


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