@1, sounds like Trump took his rare smart pill on the day he said that.
If I may suggest ya’ll watch the HBO special movie/doc titled ‘Confirmation’ about how the Supreme Court Clarence Thomas Pervy-rat abused Anita Hill yet somehow got confirmed anyway… https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iHIvZuypso4
johnnyboy
8 years ago
Clarence Thomas played the race card. As I understand it that isn’t frowned upon in some circles.
I’m reminded of Sinek’s view that the best leadership starts with a vision folks can get behind and believe in (“Start with Why”).
The Diplomad did a good writeup on it: “He certainly starts at the right place, and goes on from there to make a pretty well structured argument for a more nationalist foreign policy (I have a few quibbles, see below.) He understands the link between domestic and foreign policies, and how absurd policies in one arena can have dire consequences in the other. He also understands the importance of military power while being reluctant to use it needlessly. He advocates an overdue rebuilding of our nuclear and conventional forces. He skewers Obama’s Iran deal, and mocks him, appropriately, for the shabby reception given Obama in Cuba and Saudi Arabia–citing them as examples of the contempt and disregard with which foreign leaders hold the current president. He does a good job of tying Hillary Clinton to the mast of the sinking Obama foreign policy ship, uttering the word that Romney would not, “Benghazi.” He also has no problem naming the threat posed by “radical Islam.” I, of course, think the problem is more fundamental than “radical Islam,” but, nevertheless, it’s a good start, especially his insistence that “moderate” Muslim nations have to prove their commitment to fighting the crazies.
He avoided the great EU mess, probably wisely at this juncture, but did a good job of taking on the “refugee” lovers. He rightly noted that there is no way to vet these refugees, to wit, we don’t know who they are or where they come from–a little something this blog has gone on and on about from the start. He stuck to his guns on immigration and lousy trade deals, both of which can hurt working Americans
He was right to note that most NATO members are not honoring their commitments, and in asking that they do so if they expect us to help defend them. Good, as far as it goes, but I have a couple of issues here. If you’re a great power and intend to remain one, there are times when you have to accept an unequal burden. While he was right to criticize defense slackers, he also should have mentioned that allies such as Australia and Britain have stepped up repeatedly to defend the West and to put their blood and treasure on the line.
Not bad. Not bad, at all, especially since Hillary has no way to respond. I look forward to his expanding on his foreign policy vision.”
Everything Trump said is pretty much what normal people learned in elementary school…
…back up your friends, don’t go around looking to make enemies, openly kick the bully’s azz to make an example, consider both the short-term and long-term results of your decisions, make plans instead of randomly floundering, etc.
This is is more sensible than the ideological nonsense everyone else seems to be yapping.
setnaffa
8 years ago
CH, I hope you’re right.
ChickenHead
8 years ago
1. Hopefully Trump is saying what he believes rather than what people want to hear so he can become president (which is what the rest are doing).
After 30 years of being a public figure and writing a number ot books, it appears he is saying what he believes.
His thinking has evolved on some issues… rather than the quick contridictions seen in most (all?) other candidates that correlate with gusts of popular feeling.
2. Hopefully Trump can get things done even as other attempt to obstruct him for political and ideological reason rather than what is actually good or bad, right or wrong.
In the end, this is not always a bad thing… as gridlock is frequently better than most of the things politicians attempt to change.
…so we will see what the Trump presidency brings… if They let it happen.
OMG!! Another perfect Officer falsely condemned. What is our society coming to? Back in the old days, an Officer was above reproach. Evidence! We demand evidence! You Frigging lienig whore slut beitches!
Liz
8 years ago
Interesting. From Ole Tanker’s link: “During Thompson’s 2013 trial at the Washington Navy Yard, Pretus challenged testimony given by Thompson’s accusers, Sarah Stadler and a younger classmate. Then, after being spotted by Stadler during the trial, Pretus himself was investigated for allegedly taking part in a threesome with her and Thompson in 2011. Under military law, an officer having sex with a midshipman is a crime, as is having a threesome.”
So…during the trial that another officer had nonconsensual sex with the accuser and her friend, the accuser points from the stand “And we had sex with him, TOO!”
Nice.
Definitely promote this chick and her friend.
Liz
8 years ago
Oh, just reading further. This was a different threesome Stadler was in with two men instead of the drunken encounter with her and her classmate. My bad. It gets confusing.
setnaffa
8 years ago
Officer Material under Obama seems a bit different than I remember under other Presidents…
Liz, it only gets better, the midshipman in the center of this mess ended up getting kicked out of the Navy for having an affair with an NCO. The Navy is trying recoup the Naval Academy money from her. The whole thing is a disgrace but the instructors at the academy are the most to blame for fooling around with a cadet like this.
setnaffa
8 years ago
On a slightly-related topic, it’s hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally.
Liz
8 years ago
LOL That was a great one Setnaffa.
😀
ChickenHead
8 years ago
Inexperienced geologists take a lot of things for granite.
Liz
8 years ago
“Inexperienced geologists take a lot of things for granite.”
And they’re fickle. Never metamorphical guy. I guess they have a lot of faults.
(slapping fingers)
Tbonetylr
8 years ago
Funny how ya’ll are pondering a Trump win when FoxNOTnews, Limbaugh, etc…are doing anything possible so that Hillary wins 😆
Trump: Transgenders Should ‘Use the Bathroom That They Feel Is Appropriate’
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/04/21/donald-trump-says-transgender-people-should-use-the-bathroom-they-want/?_r=0
Trump shows us how to be presidential
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-quick-cuts/watch/trump-being-presidential-is-easy-672369219931
@1, sounds like Trump took his rare smart pill on the day he said that.
If I may suggest ya’ll watch the HBO special movie/doc titled ‘Confirmation’ about how the Supreme Court Clarence Thomas Pervy-rat abused Anita Hill yet somehow got confirmed anyway…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iHIvZuypso4
Clarence Thomas played the race card. As I understand it that isn’t frowned upon in some circles.
Trump’s foreign policy speech was pretty good, I thought.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/us/politics/transcript-trump-foreign-policy.html?_r=1
I’m reminded of Sinek’s view that the best leadership starts with a vision folks can get behind and believe in (“Start with Why”).
The Diplomad did a good writeup on it:
“He certainly starts at the right place, and goes on from there to make a pretty well structured argument for a more nationalist foreign policy (I have a few quibbles, see below.) He understands the link between domestic and foreign policies, and how absurd policies in one arena can have dire consequences in the other. He also understands the importance of military power while being reluctant to use it needlessly. He advocates an overdue rebuilding of our nuclear and conventional forces. He skewers Obama’s Iran deal, and mocks him, appropriately, for the shabby reception given Obama in Cuba and Saudi Arabia–citing them as examples of the contempt and disregard with which foreign leaders hold the current president. He does a good job of tying Hillary Clinton to the mast of the sinking Obama foreign policy ship, uttering the word that Romney would not, “Benghazi.” He also has no problem naming the threat posed by “radical Islam.” I, of course, think the problem is more fundamental than “radical Islam,” but, nevertheless, it’s a good start, especially his insistence that “moderate” Muslim nations have to prove their commitment to fighting the crazies.
He avoided the great EU mess, probably wisely at this juncture, but did a good job of taking on the “refugee” lovers. He rightly noted that there is no way to vet these refugees, to wit, we don’t know who they are or where they come from–a little something this blog has gone on and on about from the start. He stuck to his guns on immigration and lousy trade deals, both of which can hurt working Americans
He was right to note that most NATO members are not honoring their commitments, and in asking that they do so if they expect us to help defend them. Good, as far as it goes, but I have a couple of issues here. If you’re a great power and intend to remain one, there are times when you have to accept an unequal burden. While he was right to criticize defense slackers, he also should have mentioned that allies such as Australia and Britain have stepped up repeatedly to defend the West and to put their blood and treasure on the line.
Not bad. Not bad, at all, especially since Hillary has no way to respond. I look forward to his expanding on his foreign policy vision.”
Link to the DIplomad article (I wasn’t sure I could do two links in one post without ending up in the spam queue):
http://www.thediplomad.com/2016/04/trumps-foreign-policy-address-not-bad.html
Everything Trump said is pretty much what normal people learned in elementary school…
…back up your friends, don’t go around looking to make enemies, openly kick the bully’s azz to make an example, consider both the short-term and long-term results of your decisions, make plans instead of randomly floundering, etc.
This is is more sensible than the ideological nonsense everyone else seems to be yapping.
CH, I hope you’re right.
1. Hopefully Trump is saying what he believes rather than what people want to hear so he can become president (which is what the rest are doing).
After 30 years of being a public figure and writing a number ot books, it appears he is saying what he believes.
His thinking has evolved on some issues… rather than the quick contridictions seen in most (all?) other candidates that correlate with gusts of popular feeling.
2. Hopefully Trump can get things done even as other attempt to obstruct him for political and ideological reason rather than what is actually good or bad, right or wrong.
In the end, this is not always a bad thing… as gridlock is frequently better than most of the things politicians attempt to change.
…so we will see what the Trump presidency brings… if They let it happen.
“if They let it happen” <— Ed Zachary.
Nomad you bad…
Kim Jong Un earning the Chickenhead Seal of Approval:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kim-jong-un-brings-back-pleasure-squads-of-105047854.html
Fatty Kim had cancelled the program after his father’s death, but brought it back because… Because he damn well could!
No word if his wife approves, but with a baby to take care of at home, and not wanting to be squashed flatter than she already is…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/naval-academy-teacher-is-removed-amid-widening-sexual-misconduct-scandal/2016/04/25/2896c85a-0aea-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html
OMG!! Another perfect Officer falsely condemned. What is our society coming to? Back in the old days, an Officer was above reproach. Evidence! We demand evidence! You Frigging lienig whore slut beitches!
Interesting. From Ole Tanker’s link:
“During Thompson’s 2013 trial at the Washington Navy Yard, Pretus challenged testimony given by Thompson’s accusers, Sarah Stadler and a younger classmate. Then, after being spotted by Stadler during the trial, Pretus himself was investigated for allegedly taking part in a threesome with her and Thompson in 2011. Under military law, an officer having sex with a midshipman is a crime, as is having a threesome.”
So…during the trial that another officer had nonconsensual sex with the accuser and her friend, the accuser points from the stand “And we had sex with him, TOO!”
Nice.
Definitely promote this chick and her friend.
Oh, just reading further. This was a different threesome Stadler was in with two men instead of the drunken encounter with her and her classmate. My bad. It gets confusing.
Officer Material under Obama seems a bit different than I remember under other Presidents…
Liz, it only gets better, the midshipman in the center of this mess ended up getting kicked out of the Navy for having an affair with an NCO. The Navy is trying recoup the Naval Academy money from her. The whole thing is a disgrace but the instructors at the academy are the most to blame for fooling around with a cadet like this.
On a slightly-related topic, it’s hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally.
LOL That was a great one Setnaffa.
😀
Inexperienced geologists take a lot of things for granite.
“Inexperienced geologists take a lot of things for granite.”
And they’re fickle. Never metamorphical guy. I guess they have a lot of faults.
(slapping fingers)
Funny how ya’ll are pondering a Trump win when FoxNOTnews, Limbaugh, etc…are doing anything possible so that Hillary wins 😆
You watch Fox and listen to Limbaugh?
I suspect a lot of Arabs like to hump camels.
I, myself, prefer one hump camels.
…just made that up.
What do you call a two humped camel?
Pregnant! 😀
(I didn’t make that up, it was on Zootopia)
For those who don’t have kids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY73vFGhSVk
Oops…it was a three humped camel.
If it took three tries then the male camel wasn’t doing it right.