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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
We also have a lot of people for whom hardship has been romanticized. Suffering is a badge of honor in America, and a lot of people who are actively suffering are therefore unwilling to actually participate in measures meant to alleviate that suffering.
A popular conservative rallying cry that's been going around since the election is, "Suck it up, Buttercup." It's the latest variant on a variety of similar statements such as "Man up", all of which mean, "Life is hard for everyone, so stop whining and just suffer contently like the rest of us."
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I honestly don't understand how Kissinger thinks that Trump is in anyway a good idea, even ignoring long term problems Trump is a terrible move strategically for the US. Intelegence sources and allies are going to clam up something fierce now for fear of information working its way to Russia, the Russians aren't going to want or be able to make up for the loss in intelegence and support that Trump will bring about.
Kissinger used to be smarter than this, having a Russian puppet in the White House is terrible for the US strategically, a realignment towards Russia would have to be done slowly, competently and independently, not in a rushed dash by someone already compromised by the Russians.
Dear god having a president comrpamised by anyone is insane strategically, even if it was the British of French who'd comrpamised the president to would be bad, but the Russians? That's fucking terrible.
Kissinger has basically set himself up as a single point of failure, for the US to not suffer massive geopolitical losses he has to have his claws into Trump deeper than Putin does.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran![]()
Meanwhile, people who are shot because of their skin color, aren't allowed to use public bathrooms, are denied access to basic healthcare because, and/or are afraid to practice their religion publicly, are like "sorry, we're whiners?"
edited 12th Jan '17 7:35:05 AM by RBluefish
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."Hey, Kissinger isn't immune to senility - he probably will have fully succumbed to it or something else before the world can agree on whether he was genre savvy or wrong genre savvy the entire time.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiotSure Trump listens but does Kissinger honestly think that he alone is enough? I mean I could see Kissinger playing damage control but he's doing a piss poor job if that is his plan, otherwise he's banking on being able to play Trump better than Putin can? Unless Kissinger is also sitting on the file that Putin has on Trump I don't see that happening.
Strategically Trump is simply a terrible choice for president, so Kissinger has either lost the plot (possible, he is in his 90s), is playing damage control (in that case he sucks at it), or thinks he can control Trump well enough to make things work strategically (in which case his ego in huge).
Ignoring morality for a second I just don't see how Kissinger thinks that the US can come out of this stronger than it goes into it.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran![]()
Eh not really; he doesn't have dementia or Alzheimer's at this point as far as we can tell, and at his age it's not particularly likely to start all of the sudden. More likely is that he dies mid way through Trump's tenure and the administration turns into a deer in the headlights midway through some grand maneuver he was planning.
Trump also clearly buys into Kissinger's Realpolitik worldview, and nominated his recommendation for Secretary of State, and at least insofar as he picked out Putin as a man with potential back in the 90s, Kissinger has an eye for a certain sort of talent.
edited 12th Jan '17 7:47:19 AM by CaptainCapsase
Trump Organization handover plan slammed by ethics chief
but "Mr Shaub said the [Office of Government Ethics] was waiting to assist Mr Trump if he decided to "adjust his plan."
So who wants to start a pool on when that call will come?
Newsweek: How Donald Trump's economic policies will bring back the 1980s
Trump wants our good friend Rudy Giuliani to be an advisor on cyber-security.
Man, with that guy at the helm, all those surveillance reforms are gonna be thrown out, won't they?
edited 12th Jan '17 9:56:36 AM by speedyboris
A grim prediction of what kind of game Russia's playing with Trump kompromat material.
TL;DR: Russia, having installed a puppet as president, will now be free of checks on their power and will seize the opportunity to go after their geopolitical objectives. They'll escalate up to the point of a major international crisis, like an invasion of the Ukraine. Then, when pressure starts to mount for the US to intervene, they leak whatever they have on Trump.
All hell breaks loose in the US, and we become to embroiled in constitutional crisis and brutal infighting - possibly violent - that Russia is allowed to continue accomplishing their goals unopposed. And by the time we've sorted our shit out, it's too late to do anything about it and a new world order has arisen.
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."Nothing in depth, but at least an actual article on the matter that might update with more info:
"DOJ watchdog investigating FBI decisions in Clinton email probe" - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN14W2NT
Also, one I saw earlier:
"French far right leader Marine Le Pen seen at Trump Tower" - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN14W2EO
And, maybe already brought up:
"Trump says intelligence director denounced 'fictitious' report" - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN14W1R8
It sounds more like he was told the report was not leaked by intelligence agencies.
edited 12th Jan '17 10:52:40 AM by sgamer82
Is that kosher?
I mean no one deserves a medal for being Joe Biden more than Joe Biden, but it does seem a bit odd to have a medal awarded by the President to his VP. Ditto Obama being awarded a medal the other day by some federal department (forget which), although apparently that's something that's happened at least once previously with other Presidents.
Can someone explain to me what Kissinger did that makes him a war criminal? What I know about the guy is basically summed as "He was US Secretary of State during the Yom Kippur War, in which he was instrumental in brokering a peace that was blatantly in favor of Israel" (which may or may not be completely accurate).
edited 12th Jan '17 1:56:03 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.I think it has to do with bombings carried out in Cambodia
(this is just one of the missions I think) which not only killed tons of civilians itself but helped prop up the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, which for complicated/stupid reasons the United States preferred over Communists (even though the Khmer Rouge were themselves Communists, but unlike the Communists we didn't like were genocidal nuts).
edited 12th Jan '17 2:01:53 PM by Hodor2

He was saying "be nice to everyone, but be prepared in case they turn out to be one of the bad guys". Given that they were fighting terrorists hiding among the civilian population at the time, this is entirely reasonable advice.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.