45th President of the United States of America

Trump's 'Sovereignty' is Lawlessness (So Was China's)

https://blackagendareport.com/trumps-sovereignty-lawlessness-so-was-obamas

"Trump's foreign policy is substantively no different than his predecessors': lawless and brutal."

I think that one of the funniest things to come out of the whole "Trump, sports and kneeling" fiasco is his cheerful approval of NASCAR for discouraging it.

NASCAR is an acronym, so I'd capitalize it anyway, but if it weren't, I'd capitalize it anyway!  Because, geez, NASCAR!  What a shocker that Ricky Bobby, or his Skoal-chewin', boot-scootin', rebel flag-flyin' fans aren't that interested in violence against blacks.  I wonder if NASCAR fans have any strong opinions about Affirmative Action, or immigration??!

Trump is a racist. I know it,you know it and everyone outside his cultish bubble knows it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JznsG-8cMFY

Kind of looks like Hank Williams, Jr.

Cranky old white male sportscaster weighs in on the taking of the knee.

I generally don't like video links, but this one is worth the look, and it's short.

As I said a few months ago. Assange has earned his get out of jail free card by propping up Trump in the last election.

I remember when the Repugnicans wanted him executed or put in jail for life. They mistook him as a liberal.

The reality is that he's a Trump sycophant who is as despicable and loathesome as a Nigel Farage or Steve Bannon.

I wish he was wanted by another country (apparently pointing out that Sweden wants him or at least wanted him is 'ignorant') but he will soon have a safe home in the US where he'll continue to use Wikileaks as a propaganda machine for the Repuglican Party.

Assange can fuck off and die. As he deserves to.

I think a boycott only makes sense if there is an organized effort underway to CHANGE A PARTICULAR POLICY. In other words, you're effectively saying to the jurisdiction "I will boycott you until you change that policy." The idea being that they will hopefully change the policy because they want you to end the boycott. Apartheid South Africa would be the classic example here. 

But in the case of the current administration in the US, there's nothing you can really ask Americans to do to get rid of it and end your boycott. The next presidential election is going to be held in 2020, and there is zero chance that it is going to be moved ahead. So, there is literally nothing a boycott could do to get rid of Trump. 

(Well, I suppose you could hope that Trump resigns for the good of the American economy, but this presumes that a) the boycott is massive enough to damage the economy, and b) Trump cares about what happens to anyone besides him, and c) Pence would be an improvement over Trump. I don't place a lot of faith in any of those propositions.)

That said, I'm not sure about your friends' argument that Blue States should be immune from any boycott, since the whole country is usually expected to bear the brunt of policies put into place by the national government, including international reactions against those policies(South Africans who voted against the National Party weren't given special exemptions to do business with the outside world, for example). And, quite frankly, I'd feel more sympathy for a left-winger living in a Red State who gets hurt by a boycott, then for a right-winger in a Blue State, if we're talking about who does and does not deserve to suffer. 

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I think a boycott only makes sense if there is an organized effort underway to CHANGE A PARTICULAR POLICY. In other words, you're effectively saying to the jurisdiction "I will boycott you until you change that policy." The idea being that they will hopefully change the policy because they want you to end the boycott. Apartheid South Africa would be the classic example here.

+1.

I think it's hard to take some boycotts too seriously because:

a) The people "boycotting" really never bought the product or service in the first place.  If you don't ever eat at McDonalds anyway, choosing to never eat at McDonalds "because X" is unlikely to "wake" them.

b) The boycott is a vague message to a business or country that "in general, we sort of don't like you".  Add to that the possibility that many boycotters never will like that business or country no matter what they do or don't do, and again it's unsurprising if they don't promptly roll over.

c) The boycott just doesn't have numbers either way.  There are surely more people who don't drink Coke because they don't care for it, or they don't care for soda drinks, or they just like a different soda better than there are people boycotting Coke because of "X".  No company expects 100% of the population to buy their product, and they're already prepared for the possibility that you won't either.

U.S. officials have told The Associated Press that the United States is pulling out of UNESCO, after repeated criticism of resolutions by the U.N. cultural agency that Washington sees as anti-Israel.

https://apnews.com/64848c45d7184f309f44dd207be160a3?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

I don't think many are going to root for those 14 to hand the U.S. "President Pence".

Trump Pardon Does Nothing To Make Sheriff Arpaio Less Guilty, Says Judge

In ruling, federal judge notes that Arpaio's acceptance of the pardon amounts to an admission of guilt.

A federal judge refused to erase history Thursday, stating that former Sheriff Joe Arpaio is still guilty of criminal contempt of court for defying orders to stop racially profiling Latinos—despite President Donald Trump's pardon of Arpaio in August.

The pardon did not "revise the historical facts of this case," said U.S. District Judge Susan Ritchie Bolton in her ruling.

Bolton convicted Arpaio in July for violating the constitutional rights of residents in Maricopa County, Arizona after an earlier order barred him from doing so. Arpaio, a loyal Trump supporter, was notorious for detaining Latinos without any evidence of wrongdoing. He established a detention center known as Tent City where inmates were regularly humiliated and exposed to extreme temperatures, drawing condemnation from human rights groups.

NDPP wrote:

Greek Prime Minister Tsiprase Embraces Trump

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/10/19/pers-o19.html

"We have common values..."

I feel sorry for him. This is what he has to do - Greece is still in a bad way and Trump requires ass-kissing.

Sean in Ottawa wrote:

NDPP wrote:

Greek Prime Minister Tsiprase Embraces Trump

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/10/19/pers-o19.html

"We have common values..."

I feel sorry for him. This is what he has to do - Greece is still in a bad way and Trump requires ass-kissing.

He'd be better off embracing Russia or China, as bad as either of those choices might be.

And another:

"We must stop pretending that the conduct of some in our executive branch are normal. They are not normal," Flake said in a passionate speech on the Senate floor aimed clearly at Trump.

"I have children and grandchildren to answer to, and so, Mr. President, I will not be complicit and silent," Flake continued. "When the next generation asks us, why didn’t you do something, why didn’t you speak up, what are we going to say?"

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/arizona-republican-sen-jeff-flake-won-t-seek-reelection-dismayed-n813841

Tulsi Gabbard was on CNN.  She refused to the be pinned down on the dossiers, Wolf? CNN host asked twice and she refused to support DNC or Clinton.  She did not use DNC speaking points doessier being opposition research nothing to see here.  Trump news interpetued the interview but hoplifuly is a aviable after trump presser.  Sorry wrong thread.

The "big reveal" is pretty much a moot point, though.  No massive files could prove a negative, redacted or not.  If they released every single page, every single word, and it all pointed to Oswald, k00Ks would just say "they held the good stuff back", or shredded it in 1965, or whatever.

When people believe the government to be corrupt, the catch-22 is that the government cannot hope to prove to those people that they are not corrupt. 

oldgoat wrote:

Being the voice of Trump (I'm reminded here of the mouth of Sauron from TLOTR but Sauron was cooler) is to be precariously employed.

LOL

I see you've channeled your inner geek, and I love it. I only wish I knew which volcano and what item I needed to throw into it to destroy Trump... 8-?