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6 years ago
^^^
All of this is indisputably true. But so what? Trump's policies on Russia have been a continuation and escalation of his predecessor's policies. Much like Trump, Obama also disingenuously pretended that Russia wasn't a threat in public (such as in the debate with Romney in 2012) but then he did things behind the scenes to counter Russia.
The real question is why would you even *want* a president to be hard on Russia anyway? I for one am glad that the Cold War is over. Don't we ever get to move on from the Cold War? It's great that we now live in a world where our biggest enemy is a country whose economy is less than one-tenth our size. We won. Game over. Why is this shit still necessary at all? At this point NATO is just global welfare, and it's about time that we end it completely. Western Europe can't possibly protect us, so why should we bother to protect them? Who cares how much Slovenia spends on its defense? - at the end of the day, we're still protecting them! We should leave NATO entirely.
Here's a link that mentions that both Clinton and Sanders both argued that NATO members should be paying more for their defense, while Trump argued that maybe NATO shouldn't exist anymore. So basically he's adopted the other side's position and yet you're acting like it's something new and different. This was supposed to be one of the only good things about Trump (rethinking NATO) and he won't even do it:
https://amp.cnn.com/money/2016/04/15/news/nato-spending-countries/index.html
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6 years ago
I hate that shit. Why do bitches feel the need to own so many pets anyway? I bought a multi-pack of lint rollers at a warehouse club and I try to remember to bring one with me whenever I go to get laid. It's funny how the lint rollers were on sale at the same time as the condoms... but I didn't bother to get any condoms LOL. Shows where my priorities are. Pet hair gets stuck in the leather seats of a car and it's hard to get rid of. But the worst is when there's so much pet hair in her bed that it literally gets stuck to your own dick. So disgusting. When it's that bad, I never go back for seconds.
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6 years ago
@Warrenboy75,
LOL, I rest my case. It's nice that someone read my "essay." But yeah, I'm told that Hillary Clinton supported anti-Putin separatist movements during her tenure as Secretary of State. And she was among the loudest voices privately calling for sanctions on Russia and arming Ukraine after she left the State Department. Putin probably always prefers the more dovish American candidate anyway, and this time it was Trump.
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6 years ago
My guess is that Trump isn't being blackmailed by Russia and he isn't a Russian "double-agent." That just seems silly to me. It's more complicated than that.
First, the Republican base has been told for years that France, Germany, England, and Canada are socialist countries whose people hate America. Meanwhile, they were told that Barack Obama was a weak indecisive leader, while Vladimir Putin is a "strongman." So it's a natural progression for a Republican President to oppose our old allies and to be more friendly towards Putin. It was bound to happen eventually - the voters tend to get what they want. Plus Putin absolutely hates Hillary Clinton, and you know the old saying, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Putin clearly preferred Trump during the election, so Trump probably feels *some* sense of gratitude, too.
That doesn't mean that Trump's behavior is acceptable. It's part of a disturbing pattern. I thought it was sickening when Bush held hands with the Saudi Crown Prince; and when Obama was seen laughing and smiling at a baseball game with Raul Castro. It was also really bad when Obama was caught on a hot-mic making promises to Medvedev. And, it's really bad when Trump bowed before a North Korean general and congratulated Putin on his great "election victory." That's all bad stuff and it should never have happened. It proves what a complete joke these three Presidents really are. The USA shouldn't have to soil its hands by getting into bed with these awful countries. We don't need them, so why should we compromise with them?
BUT the good news is that Russia can't do much harm to us. In fact, none of our modern enemies are particularly dangerous anymore. North Korea, Iran, Cuba, and Syria are not serious threats to the US, and we shouldn't be wasting our time with them. And the only reason Russia is even a *small* threat at all is because of all the Soviet-era nukes it still has. Otherwise it would be just another nothing-country. Russia's GDP is roughly the same size as Spain's, and it's actually less than Italy's GDP. Its economy is less than one-tenth the size of ours. That's pathetic. The only thing they can do is nuke us, but then we would nuke them right back. And Putin doesn't need Trump's cooperation for that - he can commit suicide without any help at all.
The whole thing is a joke because Putin clearly has geopolitical ambitions, but he's living in the past. The USSR is gone. Modern Russia can't even fully control it's own territory, and yet it wants more. I say, let Putin have whatever territory he wants. Wake me when he invades New Jersey.
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6 years ago
I have to admit, I've never understood why it's ok for women to wear a thong bikini at a public beach or a pool, and yet it's not ok for a woman to wear a bra and panties anywhere outside of a bedroom. We have strange standards. The bikini covers up exactly as much skin as the underwear does, if not less.
Oh, also, Nicole, you write quite poorly. Are you sure the law is really the ideal profession for you? Are you aware that you will have to write with precision and clarity, like, every single day of your life from law school to retirement? Maybe Nina is right and rock-ho would be a better career path.
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6 years ago
@mark94,
Ok, I give up. I know when I'm being trolled. Below are some links. If you skim through them you'll see that most of the action happened long before Trump was elected.
This is on the long-running proxy war between the US and Russia in Syria: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War
This is a history of sanctions that the US and its allies have applied to Russia since the invasion of Crimea: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Ukrainian_crisis
If you begin with the premise that "I like Trump and therefore I support everything he does," then you're going to end up having to twist yourself into knots trying to defend him. The same can be said of Trump-haters who start with the premise that "I hate Trump and therefore I oppose everything he does." The reason is because most Trump-supporters hate Obama, and most Obama-supporters hate Trump... and yet Trump and Obama have some overlap, especially on foreign policy. So it's easy to start to look like a partisan hypocrite.
You certainly haven't convinced me that Trump's policies represent a major break from those of Obama (or even Bush). This is the petty narcicissm of very small differences. The differences exist but they are small. Overall, I think Trump is a better president than either of those two, but not by much.
And no, he hasn't committed any crimes so I don't think he'll be impeached. In fact, he has a half-way decent chance of getting re-elected. His survival instincts are every bit as good as the average Congressional cockroach. Pity for you, though, because at some point his survival instincts will prompt him to support policies that you won't like. (But then again, as long as it comes from Trump, I guess you'll probably fall in line and learn to love it.)
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6 years ago
@mark94,
What am I making up? If you want, I'll post some links to jog your memory. I sometimes don't bother even looking for links because I know no one bothers to read them.
And yes, I do hate Trump. There hasn't been a single president during my entire adult life who I haven't viscerally hated, Trump included. But that doesn't prevent me from acknowledging it whenever he does something that I approve of, or defending him against deranged people who can't seem to remember recent history (both on this forum and IRL).
The thing about Trump supporters is that they seem to delight in the outrage of the media and of their fellow Americans. They think this is striking a blow against the establishment and political correctness somehow. But what they fail to realize is that most of the outrage happens only because Trump supporters behave hypocritically and fail to acknowledge historical accuracy. It may feel gratifying to frustrate your opponents with lies and double-talk, but in the end you are losing potentially sympathetic voters.
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6 years ago
@mark94,
What did Obama apologize for? Are we just talking about Russia? I mean, Trump literally said that America is no better than Russia! Remember when Trump said we kill lots of people, too?
Also, I seem to remember that Obama publicly gave Russia a stupid reset button, but meanwhile he also applied sanctions, expelled their diplomats, seized their property in Maryland and New York, and waged a proxy war with Russia in Syria. And it was under Obama's tenure that the price of oil and gas collapsed, damaging Russia's economy. Trump's policies seem like a continuation of Obama's. And I don't approve of either one.
Are you saying that you want an actual war with Russia? Do you really believe that Putin is so stupid to not know what the US government is doing, only so long as he gets sweet-talked in public? I doubt that an ex-KGB agent can be bought off with cheap flattery.
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6 years ago
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6 years ago
@txtittyfag, Meat72, pistola,
You guys do realize that mark94 didn't actually write that article, right? He says it's from the American Spectator.
@mark94,
Can we all just cut the shit for a second? Maybe Trump is right and maybe he isn't. But how is his behavior towards dictators any different from Bush's and Obama's behavior? If it was disgraceful then, it's still disgraceful now.
If you're all so convinced that Trump has good motives and that kissing a dictator's ass is the best course of action, then you should have felt the same way when Obama did the exact same thing. And yet I'm sure you didn't feel that way. It seems like the only thing that matters to you folks is whether Trump's name is on the deal, not what the deal actually accomplishes.
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6 years ago
@mark94,
Really? The "Deep State" did all this? Funny, because Mueller was actually appointed by Rosenstein. And Rosenstein was hired by Trump (as was Sessions). So what happened? I thought Trump was going to hire the best people. Is this really the best he can do? I mean, he's being investigated by his own people and he's calling it a witch hunt. If he wants to reveal all the dirt, why didn't he put the right people in place to begin with?
And if Trump is such an outsider, then why is it so easy for the establishment to influence his hiring decisions? If even Trump can be so easily influenced and controlled by the Deep State, then what's the point of having elections in the first place? Oh, I almost forgot... didn't Rosenstein write the memo recommending that James Comey should be fired? I'm having trouble remembering who's supposed to be part of the Deep State and who's supposed to be trying to Make America Great Again.
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6 years ago
I know I probably shouldn't... but yeah, I eat gash all the time, paid and unpaid. If you listen to folks nowadays they'll have you believing that every last thing is bad for you. I've heard some conflicting stories through the years about HPV and throat cancer. First they said that throat cancer really is caused by whistling in the weeds... but then they said it's a myth... but then they said it was linked to eating cooze again. Until this gets issue gets settled, I'm going to err on the side of caution and simply not eat anyone's pussy unless I would also be willing to fuck her bareback. I think that will keep me safe.
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6 years ago
^^^
I know... I gave more detail than the author did and I wasn't even allowed in LOL.
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6 years ago
I'm really glad flagooner showed up to make a comment. This thread was getting dangerously high in factual content.
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6 years ago
@RandomMember,
- "the Russian government hacked into the servers of the DNC and Hillary's private Google email account."
You're right, they did hack the DNC and hacking is a crime. But A) the end result of their hacking was only to reveal the "bad" things that the Democrats said and did in private. Any time a politician's private thoughts and motives are revealed to the voters, that's a good thing in my opinion. So you're not going to get me to feel sorry for Hillary Clinton and John Podesta. While we're at it, perhaps we should also find and prosecute the person who leaked the Access Hollywood Tape, too. It was a private conversation after all, and Trump didn't seem to know he was being recorded.. But whoever leaked it also did the American people a real service, if you ask me, just like the Russians did.
B) There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that this hacking swung the election. In fact, Hillary Clinton was still leading Trump in the polls by double digits AFTER multiple hackings and document dumps. (The only thing that seemed to make a dent in her poll numbers was when Jim Comey reopened the server investigation at the very last minute.)
C) And besides, what should we do about this anyway? Should we go to war every time somebody hacks a server? Should we apply more sanctions? You do realize that sanctions can only hurt the citizens of Russia, not Vladimir Putin himself, right? Does this seem fair to you?
- "Creating fake stories on social media is far more benign -- but yes we should try to thwart that, too."
Really? You want to make it illegal to tell tall tales on the internet? You want to try to stop people from speaking ill of a politician? Good luck with that. I guess you better start by repealing the First Amendment... and then we'll have to lock up half the morons on TUSCL.
- "I doubt very much the Dems will win the Senate, but they presently have a good chance of taking the House"
If the election were held today, I give it 100% odds that the Democrats would win the House and 50% odds that they would win the Senate. As I told mark, I've been watching six key Senate seats that have 50% or greater odds of flipping. Three are currently held by Democrats (Missouri, Indiana, and North Dakota) and three are held by Republicans (Arizona, Nevada, and Tennessee).
Believe me, I would love to unseat Sherrod Brown and Ben Nelson, too, but that's probably not going to happen. It would also be great if we could somehow unseat Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, but that's just a fantasy, it's not even possible. Hell, even my own loathsome homestate Senator Bob Menendez will probably squeak by in November. Lots of things can happen between now and then, of course.
The most likely outcome is for Arizona, Nevada, and North Dakota to all flip, which means the chamber would be split exactly 50-50. With McCain out sick and Pence being needed for every single vote, that would give Democrats de facto control until McCain can be replaced.
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6 years ago
@mark94,
You may be accurate... but when Obama did the same exact thing, most Republicans said he was coddling dictators, cozying up to our enemies, and apologizing for America. Is Trump's behavior really any different?
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6 years ago
@RandomMember,
"If nothing comes out of it, then fine -- we move on."
What do you mean 'move on'? You mean you'll stop believing there was collusion? Or you'll stop caring whether the Russians intervened? I doubt it. You know, you and the Trumptards have one thing in common: you both want to play by the same old set of rules.
The rules say that foreigners can't participate in our elections. But why? Have you ever even bothered to ask yourself this question? Shouldn't the Russians be entitled to express their opinions and to lie about things on the internet, just like everyone else does?
I'll never understand the mentality that says that it's perfectly ok for Russians to move to America, and it's perfectly ok for Russian-Americans to express their opinions in America, and it's perfectly ok to hire Russian-Americans in America... but don't you dare hire Russians in Russia to work on your campaign because that's treason! It just seems so ridiculous to me.
If Putin had moved to Brighton Beach to write a blog about the 2016 election, no one would try to stop him. But a bunch of trolls in Russia write some nonsense online and everyone completely loses their shit over it. Maybe Trump broke the law, maybe he didn't. But THESE ARE STUPID LAWS!
It's amazing, I can't even get Trump supporters to agree with me about this, because A) they have an irrational prejudice against foreigners to begin with, even when the foreigners appear to be helping their silly cause, and B) people have such an ingrained bias in favor of doing things the same way we always have. Everyone shouts about wanting change but then they don't really want to change a single thing, they just want to rearrange the deck chairs a little bit.
At some point, you're going to have to decide how much you really care about democracy. If democracy is so fragile and if people are so stupid that they are susceptible to believing nonsense about Hillary Clinton running a child sex-ring out of a pizzeria (which is what the Russian troll-bots were claiming)... then just admit it, you don't really believe in democracy. You believe people are too stupid to be trusted to vote. It's ok to admit this. This is not an illegitimate position to hold.
Lastly, yes, Ryan and McCain have criticized Trump. But they are not the majority and they are not the base. And most Republican congressmen don't care nearly as much about tax cuts and judges as you might think... they care about getting re-elected. And their base loves Trump and thinks the sun shines out of his ass. If President Dipshit came out in favor of higher taxes and liberal judges tomorrow, his base would still cheer... and any congressman who cares about his career would swallow it or ignore it. Keep watching Trump's behavior after the midterms. If the Democrats take both chambers of congress, Trump's behavior will suddenly turn on a dime and no one will even remember the vaguely conservative policies of 2017. You'll see.
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6 years ago
^^^
You're absolutely right, that basically sums it up
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6 years ago
I was at the Hard Rock about a week ago, and I can vouch for the fact that the club is very hard to find. I literally had to ask a security guard for directions. And then, after I found it, I was turned away from the rope-line for not wearing proper attire. This place thinks it's fancy-pants. I guess LDKs are out of the question. But if you're dressed properly and you're looking for it, it's on the second floor. When you're facing the buffet, it's all the way down the hall behind you. Or, if you're a creepy lurking lowlife, you can just loiter in the hallway near the restrooms and watch the dancers come and go all evening (I was just looking for a cell signal, I swear).
So anyway, I didn't get to visit Scores, but I didn't really come to AC for a strip club anyway. I came to eat unhealthy food and gamble. The buffet at the Hard Rock is not good, by the way. This place was nicer when Trump still had his name on the place, many years ago. He would have taken one look at the buffet and diagnosed it as low-class. In fact, the whole place just looks like they removed all the gaudy gold Trump-Taj decor and replaced it with... nothing. Very generic.
If you want a good casino in AC, may I suggest the Borgata or the Tropicana. And you can't go wrong with the buffet at the Borgata, by the way - the food is as good as a 3-star restaurant. Having said that, the noodle bar at the Hard Rock isn't bad, although the menu is a little limited (because they just opened up). I think the cocktail waitresses are hotter at the Borgata and the Trop than the ones at the Hard Rock, but Atlantic City in general has always been a low-cut outfit/big-titty fest. Enjoy it while you still can before political correctness forces the casinos to start hiring men in drag.
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6 years ago
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@LinzeeDet,
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6 years ago
Jesus fucking Christ. We have crossed the Rubicon. This is uncharted territory. There's no going back. We are now talking about farting on strippers... Juice is my hero.
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6 years ago
@mark94,
It feels like more of the same. More neoconservatism, more picking winners and losers, more intervening in the affairs of other countries.
And I haven't seen any evidence that Iran is worse than Saudi Arabia. So why should we support Saudi Arabia against Iran?
And if you're so against multilateral trade deals, then why would you support multilateral diplomatic deals? If one of these deals fails we might be obligated to go to war, or else look weak (remember the "red line" in Syria?). It would be no different than Nato.
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6 years ago
@txtittyfag,
I really hope you don't do a job that requires reading comprehension or a good memory. Barack Obama also intervened in foreign countries, including Lybia, Yemen, Somalia, 100,000+ troops in Afghanistan, drones over Pakistan, special forces in Pakistan and West Africa, etc. I was totally against it then and I'm totally against it now. America doesn't need an empire. As long as it doesn't directly affect us we should just let the chips fall where they may. Also, I'm actually a registered Republican. In fact, I voted for your homestate senator, Ted Cruz, in the primary two years ago.
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6 years ago
@mark94,
"If you succeed, you can end wars and save hundreds of thousands of lives."
I know I've only asked you this about a dozen times, but why should the United States be trying to end wars and save lives in foreign countries? And if Trump wants to end the war in Syria and leave Assad in control, then why did he bomb Syria twice already?
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6 years ago
@txtittyfag,
Hey genius, I literally posted the exact same link here 3 hours ago. Maybe twentyfive is right, you people are fucking idiots.