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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
> There is nothing good coming out of this.
The only 'good' I can think of is that they're bringing their troops home which is always nice,plus people in the country might be glad not to have a continual foreign army on their soil,though the fear is that another group like Isis might rise again,we'll see
have a listen and have a link to my discord server
x3 It's like South Vietnam all over again. Except much, much worse.
Syria is in for a bleak future. Because Assad is sure as sunrise going to clamp down so hard on his country it'll make Little Rocket Man's antics seem like a tea party in comparison.
It's a dark day for the Middle East. Awful lot of those, these days.
I hold the secrets of the machine.Oh, boy. I look forward to three days from now when they start batting around a new horrible law claiming we need it to protect us from the ostensibly defeated ISIS.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Dec 19th 2018 at 9:44:26 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.The contradictions in this administration are absurd. "I single-handedly defeated ISIS (which Obama couldn't do), they're wiped off the map, we can pull out of Syria." Then a minute later they're like, "ISIS is constantly trying to enter the country via the Mexican border! We need the wall NOW!"
Which is it?
Edited by speedyboris on Dec 19th 2018 at 11:12:36 AM
Listening to a few news sources regarding the judge going off on Flynn, most of them seem to think that this I indeed about getting Flynn to cough up some more information about two of his business partners who were also part of Trump's transition team and had a hand in planning the kidnapping of that Turkish cleric in Pennsylvania.
Heard the withdrawal is due to the imminent Turkish invasion into Syria and as member of Nato America isn't going to fight their ally so they're pulling their troops,this in turn may be so Turkey stops talking about the murderer,as deal or as a favour perhaps
have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Trump =/= the government (or military, for that matter).
In good news, though, the Asylum revision issued by Jeff Sessions was struck down
by the Washington District Court, stating:
Because "it is the will of Congress — not the whims of the Executive—that determines the standard for expedited removal, the Court finds that those policies are unlawful," Sullivan wrote in his 107-page decision.
He permanently blocked the government "from continuing to apply those policies and from removing plaintiffs who are currently in the United States without first providing credible fear determinations consistent with the immigration laws," and ordered the feds "to return to the United States the plaintiffs who were unlawfully deported and to provide them with new credible fear determinations consistent with the immigration laws."
Emphasis added, because damn is that going to be a lot more expensive than just doing it the right way the first time!
Edited by ironballs16 on Dec 19th 2018 at 3:45:18 PM
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
I really, really shouldn't have read the comments on that one. So many instances of "These people should be jailed for helping illegals!" and "What about our homeless veterans?!"
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"@Parable: There's a pretty plausible explanation for that: One side rapidly drives the other side out until it becomes an echo-chamber.
Leviticus 19:34
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
mod edit: not a good look. don't assume you can speak for people with autism
I wonder what his supporters who were read Hitler quotes and said they don't support Hitler but would support Trump making the same quotes would say now that Trump is now officially doing the same thing as Hitler.
And I may have asked this before, in fact I'm sure of it but humor me. In light of this how real is the threat that in the face of any ramifications over this, impeachment or evidence of papers that were not supposed to exist being found signed by Trump proving Russian collusion, how real is the threat that his supporters will attempt to launch a civil war?
Edited by nombretomado on Dec 19th 2018 at 4:12:27 AM
Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours![]()
I have autism and I'm offended that you even said that. Seriously, what the hell?
I think you and me have very different definitions of what 'gone full Hitler' means. Nevermind that this isn't the first time Trump has threatened to shut down the government over the wall. He threatened the same thing last year, case you forgot.
None. Next question.
Edited by kkhohoho on Dec 19th 2018 at 5:09:15 AM
"Next Question?"
What are the odds Mueller indicts Roger Stone? Wa Po is reporting that he's asking the House for the transcripts of their closed door hearing with him.

Fox News is railing at gender neutral gingerbread people.
Cookies have gender folks! And that gender is Male!