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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#185227: Apr 27th 2017 at 6:03:32 PM

@Ambar Rogue responded before I could but check the links he just provided.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#185228: Apr 27th 2017 at 6:06:15 PM

Trump says 'major, major' conflict with North Korea possible, but seeks diplomacy

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday a major conflict with North Korea is possible in the standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to the dispute.

"There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea. Absolutely," Trump told Reuters in an Oval Office interview ahead of his 100th day in office on Saturday.

Nonetheless, Trump said he wanted to peacefully resolve a crisis that has bedeviled multiple U.S. presidents, a path that he and his administration are emphasizing by preparing a variety of new economic sanctions while not taking the military option off the table.

"We'd love to solve things diplomatically but it's very difficult," he said.

Trump lavished praise on Chinese President Xi Jinping for Chinese assistance in trying to rein in North Korea. The two leaders met in Florida earlier this month.

"I believe he is trying very hard. He certainly doesn’t want to see turmoil and death. He doesn’t want to see it. He is a good man. He is a very good man and I got to know him very well.

"With that being said, he loves China and he loves the people of China. I know he would like to be able to do something, perhaps it's possible that he can’t," Trump said.

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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#185229: Apr 27th 2017 at 6:09:42 PM

Trump loves China now, I guess.

I don't mind this development actually. It makes me feel a tad safer.

Makes him look weak though.

I dunno how I feel about Trump being one the to resolve the NK problem.

edited 27th Apr '17 6:10:39 PM by MadSkillz

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#185230: Apr 27th 2017 at 6:14:08 PM

And...the first article shared gets its information on drone strikes from The Intercept. Great research, Atlantic magazine.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#185231: Apr 27th 2017 at 6:34:58 PM

Republicans will not vote for AHCA this week to avoid a Government Shutdown. Official Counts also say Republicans are still at least 2 votes short of passing AHCA in it's current state (and the Senate is still opposed to AHCA from what I've heard).

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#185232: Apr 27th 2017 at 6:44:03 PM

I don't why House Republicans are so desperate to pass this when they don't have the votes in the Senate to get it done.

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#185233: Apr 27th 2017 at 6:46:56 PM

This is great. A Louisiana Indivisible chapter put together a constituents town hall, and placed a dressed up cardboard cut out on a lemonade stand sort of thing, to stand in for their senator.

https://m.bestofneworleans.com/thelatest/archives/2017/04/19/citizens-town-hall-takes-another-dig-at-sen-john-neely-kennedy

TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#185234: Apr 27th 2017 at 6:48:02 PM

[up][up]Because Trump is nagging them and they want to at least look like they're trying. A lot of the sane ones probably don't want to pass a replacement, because then they'd have to own taking away insurance from all those people.

edited 27th Apr '17 6:48:25 PM by TheRoguePenguin

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#185235: Apr 27th 2017 at 6:48:05 PM

@Tactical Fox 88: Because the specific districts that elected them are fanatically right-wing.

edited 27th Apr '17 6:48:25 PM by TrashJack

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#185236: Apr 27th 2017 at 6:55:36 PM

I'm so sorry, but now that you mention it... you don't have the votes, your gonna need congressional approval and you don't have the votes!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb6F6kIqlxw

Trumps tweets annotated: this is great because it logs and gives context to Trump Tweets

http://www.npr.org/2017/01/27/511216062/president-trumps-tweets-annotated

And here's the full write up on the most recent batch.

http://www.npr.org/2017/04/27/525877157/trumps-tweet-and-switch-on-shutdown-and-flynn

edited 27th Apr '17 7:10:31 PM by megaeliz

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#185237: Apr 27th 2017 at 7:09:17 PM

EMAILS REVEAL FBI, JUSTICE PROBE OF BURLINGTON COLLEGE

Jesus Christ, the irony is killing me right now.

[lol][lol][lol][lol]

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DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#185238: Apr 27th 2017 at 7:16:01 PM

[up] You're gonna have to clue me in: Why is Burlington College important?

EDIT: Oh, I see: Bernie Sander's wife was in charge of it at some point, and her actions may have directly caused it's downfall.

edited 27th Apr '17 7:19:53 PM by DingoWalley1

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#185239: Apr 27th 2017 at 7:31:14 PM

Yeesh, was that property really worth lying on a loan application? Especially since it's apparently snowballed into more trouble even after the college itself closed?

Disgusted, but not surprised
FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#185240: Apr 27th 2017 at 8:05:00 PM

Trump is extorting South Korea, threatening to terminate the U.S. Trade agreement with them and wanting them to pay $1 billion dollars for THAAD deployment: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/27/trump-threatens-to-terminate-free-trade-deal-with-south-korea-says-he-wants-seoul-to-pay-for-thaad.html

edited 27th Apr '17 8:05:31 PM by FireCrawler2002

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#185242: Apr 27th 2017 at 8:18:32 PM

If they have any sense, then they know he's full of crap and won't go along with the demand. He'll back down.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#185243: Apr 27th 2017 at 8:18:40 PM

Xi has to be just laughing his ass off.

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Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#185244: Apr 27th 2017 at 8:24:02 PM

Every day we just keep getting handed more vindication that the current President of the United States is dumbest motherfucker on the face of the planet.

Trump says he thought being president would be easier than his old life: (emphasis mine)

He misses driving, feels as if he is in a cocoon, and is surprised how hard his new job is.

President Donald Trump on Thursday reflected on his first 100 days in office with a wistful look at his life before the White House.

"I loved my previous life. I had so many things going," Trump told Reuters in an interview. "This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier."

A wealthy businessman from New York, Trump assumed public office for the first time when he entered the White House on Jan. 20 after he defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an upset.

More than five months after his victory and two days shy of the 100-day mark of his presidency, the election is still on Trump's mind. Midway through a discussion about Chinese President Xi Jinping, the president paused to hand out copies of what he said were the latest figures from the 2016 electoral map.

"Here, you can take that, that's the final map of the numbers," the Republican president said from his desk in the Oval Office, handing out maps of the United States with areas he won marked in red. "It’s pretty good, right? The red is obviously us."

He had copies for each of the three Reuters reporters in the room.

Trump, who said he was accustomed to not having privacy in his "old life," expressed surprise at how little he had now. And he made clear he was still getting used to having 24-hour Secret Service protection and its accompanying constraints.

"You're really into your own little cocoon, because you have such massive protection that you really can't go anywhere," he said.

When the president leaves the White House, it is usually in a limousine or an SUV.

He said he missed being behind the wheel himself.

"I like to drive," he said. "I can't drive any more."

Many things about Trump have not changed from the wheeler-dealer executive and former celebrity reality show host who ran his empire from the 26th floor of Trump Tower in New York and worked the phones incessantly.

He frequently turns to outside friends and former business colleagues for advice and positive reinforcement. Senior aides say they are resigned to it.

The president has been at loggerheads with many news organizations since his election campaign and decided not to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington on Saturday because he felt he had been treated unfairly by the media.

"I would come next year, absolutely," Trump said when asked whether he would attend in the future.

The dinner is organized by the White House Correspondents' Association. Reuters correspondent Jeff Mason is its president.

(Writing by Jeff Mason; Editing by Kieran Murray and Howard Goller)

edited 27th Apr '17 8:24:51 PM by Eschaton

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#185245: Apr 27th 2017 at 8:24:53 PM

[up][up] That would be my guess as well. He's probably enjoying an early glass of wine or other fine liquor too.

[up] It's too bad for all of us that his own ego means he won't retire early. I know I would breathe easier if he just went back to hosting a bad reality show or spending retirement golfing.

edited 27th Apr '17 8:26:40 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#185246: Apr 27th 2017 at 8:26:32 PM

[up][up] He really thought BEING THE FUCKING PRESIDENT OF THE US would be easier than being some rich New York cigar chomper...

edited 27th Apr '17 8:26:39 PM by FireCrawler2002

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#185247: Apr 27th 2017 at 8:28:06 PM

I'm so angry that Trump is basically shaking down and bullying down South Korea. He tries so hard to look tough.

I hope that South Korea tells him to screw off as politely as possible.

Do not obey in advance.
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#185249: Apr 27th 2017 at 8:31:26 PM

Screw being polite about it.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#185250: Apr 27th 2017 at 8:31:42 PM

I wonder if this will make Taiwan's current dumb-as-shit leadership reconsider their attempts to curry favor with Trump and buying F-35s.

I mean, if Trump is willing to attempt extortion on one of the USA's oldest allies...

[up][up]So is Trump still not aware that the people of Puerto Rico are American citizens?

By that logic, Kansas should be left out to dry.

edited 27th Apr '17 8:40:31 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised

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