😀 You can be sure, Pat, that that ain't goin' to happen! Those windthings might be taken down, as a goodwill gesture. I believe that he was a bit concerned about those a few months ago.
😀 You can be sure, Pat, that that ain't goin' to happen! Those windthings might be taken down, as a goodwill gesture. I believe that he was a bit concerned about those a few months ago.
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Let's hope we don't get the " Mad Dog General "".
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Time to revisit Dr Strangelove.
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Dow Jones surges past 19,000. I believe someone gloomy said they were waiting for the market to rally after Trump.
According to most news agencies that are not like Huffing-a-ton, "The Trump rally will carry through the holidays: Bank of America" 👍
According to most news agencies that are not like Huffing-a-ton, "The Trump rally will carry through the holidays: Bank of America" 👍
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“It wasn’t any one or two positions that appalled me; I’m old enough to remember Trump as the ’80’s and ’90’s thief, hoax and punchline … turned reality TV star,” Ken Sanzel, a television director and former police officer, said in an email. “People didn’t take him seriously because he was a cartoon. The fact that a cartoon can become president was a real kick in the balls; it erased any wishful thinking about the innate wisdom or decency of the American people as a mass.”
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Bad moon arising as they said, but we may be surprised yet.
I was shocked to see he is going to pull the US out of the Climate Change agreements !
Can just 1 stupid man " cook "the world ?
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A Brief History Lesson Regarding the Berlin Airlift:
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. The United States, United Kingdom, and France controlled western portions of the city, while Soviet troops controlled the eastern sector. As the wartime alliance between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union ended and friendly relations turned hostile, the question of whether the western occupation zones in Berlin would remain under Western Allied control or whether the city would be absorbed into Soviet-controlled eastern Germany led to the first Berlin crisis of the Cold War. The crisis started on June 24, 1948, when Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany.
At the height of the campaign, one plane landed every 45 seconds at Tempelhof Airport. By spring 1949, the Berlin Airlift proved successful. The Western Allies showed that they could sustain the operation indefinitely. At the same time, the Allied counter-blockade on eastern Germany was causing severe shortages, which, Moscow feared, might lead to political upheaval.
On May 11, 1949, Moscow lifted the blockade of West Berlin. The Berlin Crisis of 1948–1949 solidified the division of Europe. Shortly before the end of the blockade, the Western Allies created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Two weeks after the end of the blockade, the state of West Germany was established, soon followed by the creation of East Germany. The incident solidified the demarcation between East and West in Europe; it was one of the few places on earth that U.S. and Soviet armed forces stood face-to-face. It also transformed Berlin, once equated with Prussian militarism and Nazism, into a symbol of democracy and freedom in the fight against Communism.
--U.S. Dept of State
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. The United States, United Kingdom, and France controlled western portions of the city, while Soviet troops controlled the eastern sector. As the wartime alliance between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union ended and friendly relations turned hostile, the question of whether the western occupation zones in Berlin would remain under Western Allied control or whether the city would be absorbed into Soviet-controlled eastern Germany led to the first Berlin crisis of the Cold War. The crisis started on June 24, 1948, when Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany.
At the height of the campaign, one plane landed every 45 seconds at Tempelhof Airport. By spring 1949, the Berlin Airlift proved successful. The Western Allies showed that they could sustain the operation indefinitely. At the same time, the Allied counter-blockade on eastern Germany was causing severe shortages, which, Moscow feared, might lead to political upheaval.
On May 11, 1949, Moscow lifted the blockade of West Berlin. The Berlin Crisis of 1948–1949 solidified the division of Europe. Shortly before the end of the blockade, the Western Allies created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Two weeks after the end of the blockade, the state of West Germany was established, soon followed by the creation of East Germany. The incident solidified the demarcation between East and West in Europe; it was one of the few places on earth that U.S. and Soviet armed forces stood face-to-face. It also transformed Berlin, once equated with Prussian militarism and Nazism, into a symbol of democracy and freedom in the fight against Communism.
--U.S. Dept of State
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https://www.rt.com/usa/366577-colleges-students-stress-exams/
FFS. "Liberal pussy" sterotype confirmed!
NB. I appreciate that there was hysteria from some on both the right after the first Obama victory, and from the left after the Trump victory. However it's seems obvious (to me at least) that the magnitude and scale are far greater following the Trump victory.
FFS. "Liberal pussy" sterotype confirmed!
NB. I appreciate that there was hysteria from some on both the right after the first Obama victory, and from the left after the Trump victory. However it's seems obvious (to me at least) that the magnitude and scale are far greater following the Trump victory.
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Oh those poor millenials ! See it's just not true what teacher said "you are all winners, there are no losers".
Well suck it up losers.
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/29856/
Well suck it up losers.
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/29856/
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Cautionary note and one or two observations here...
Reason why things are the way they are is to do with decisions being taken in the best interest of those involved; be it individuals, companies, governments, nations and trading blocs. Since WWII that's about 70 years of decisions.
Now suddenly due to our political processes and global phenomena arising from excessive consumption and debt, accumulation of obscene wealth in the hands of the very few, aging and rising populations... various countries are facing new challenges.
These radical changes are coming from the very leading countries; UK and the US. Who could have guessed that???
This is very profound as free international trade and multinational corporations in the spirit of capitalism were hailed as delivering wealth to all. Contrary to expert opinion, politicians tell us that's all a load of b0ll0cks and the less well educated are inclined to believe them. The very Mexicans and migrant labour that has invaded the UK and US making them great infact were worse than leaches sucking the countries from inside. This has to be reversed. When that happens, UK and US will be greater than great as it was before.
What is even more astonishing is that what may be considered the party of business; Conservatives and Republicans are now supporting protectionism.
UK leaving the biggest free trading bloc in search of free bilateral trades elsewhere. India has welcomed the UK with folded arms and elbows. Theresa May was pleased with the visit stating a new body was setup between UK and India on how they can increase trade. She's happy with the progress and so should we be too. Australia is also jumping up and down wanting new deals. With a population of 20m that's going to be fundamental to UK growth in the years to come.
US leaving TTP and NAFTA agreements because the people who agreed to those did so against US interests. They were unfair deals and US negotiators were not very good giving away more than they should. They were weak negotiators.
As it happens China has stepped up to the plate filling US shoes in Asia. For some reason they are considering this a win for them. Contrary to expert opinion, the US have suckered the Chinese in assuming TTP lead as it is a bad deal but they don't know it yet!
Russia also seems to be pleased with developments but they shouldn't be. Because DT is setting up him self and family as the next dynasty or more appropriately Tzar of the US of A and this will ultimately impact the number of media exposures Putin will get in glossy magazines riding horses and fighting bears. DT will also be riding pussies and fighting beavers so Putin will have met his match.
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Reason why things are the way they are is to do with decisions being taken in the best interest of those involved; be it individuals, companies, governments, nations and trading blocs. Since WWII that's about 70 years of decisions.
Now suddenly due to our political processes and global phenomena arising from excessive consumption and debt, accumulation of obscene wealth in the hands of the very few, aging and rising populations... various countries are facing new challenges.
These radical changes are coming from the very leading countries; UK and the US. Who could have guessed that???
This is very profound as free international trade and multinational corporations in the spirit of capitalism were hailed as delivering wealth to all. Contrary to expert opinion, politicians tell us that's all a load of b0ll0cks and the less well educated are inclined to believe them. The very Mexicans and migrant labour that has invaded the UK and US making them great infact were worse than leaches sucking the countries from inside. This has to be reversed. When that happens, UK and US will be greater than great as it was before.
What is even more astonishing is that what may be considered the party of business; Conservatives and Republicans are now supporting protectionism.
UK leaving the biggest free trading bloc in search of free bilateral trades elsewhere. India has welcomed the UK with folded arms and elbows. Theresa May was pleased with the visit stating a new body was setup between UK and India on how they can increase trade. She's happy with the progress and so should we be too. Australia is also jumping up and down wanting new deals. With a population of 20m that's going to be fundamental to UK growth in the years to come.
US leaving TTP and NAFTA agreements because the people who agreed to those did so against US interests. They were unfair deals and US negotiators were not very good giving away more than they should. They were weak negotiators.
As it happens China has stepped up to the plate filling US shoes in Asia. For some reason they are considering this a win for them. Contrary to expert opinion, the US have suckered the Chinese in assuming TTP lead as it is a bad deal but they don't know it yet!
Russia also seems to be pleased with developments but they shouldn't be. Because DT is setting up him self and family as the next dynasty or more appropriately Tzar of the US of A and this will ultimately impact the number of media exposures Putin will get in glossy magazines riding horses and fighting bears. DT will also be riding pussies and fighting beavers so Putin will have met his match.
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Given how Trump voters are behaving having won, one can only imagine how they'd be behaving if they'd lost.
You can look over the pond to see a losing side reaction
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What interests me during periods like this is being able to peer behind the facades that people adopt when they post to message boards. Even people one thought one knew turn out to be something quite different, and what one sees is not encouraging. But then it's not confined to message boards. One also learns many things about one's neighbors, co-workers, even family members.
Brits are lucky that they don't have to endure "Thanksgiving".
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let's see if any of his bills get passed. Mitch Mcconell screwed himself over on this one
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For some, yes. But it isn't so much a matter of letting go as of dragging the states into the 21st century and auditing the results. Each state is responsible for conducting its own elections, each having its own procedures. Multiply that by 50. Add the variety of methods and means of voting: early voting, extended hours, absentee voting, paper ballots, electronic ballots, machine ballots, and so on and so on. Given all of that, every state should be required to audit their results for every ballot measure, whether presidential or not. But none are. In effect, we guess. Given the disparity in the popular vote, which itself may not be accurate, and given the results, it makes sense to pursue verification. Otherwise, with the majority of voters not voting for Trump, getting anything done during the next four years would otherwise be next to impossible.
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Dickens, anyone?
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A think tank funded by Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education pick recently advocated for putting kids back in the workforce.
The Acton Institute, a conservative nonprofit that is said to have received thousands of dollars in donations from Betsy DeVos and her family, posted an essay to its blog this month that called child labor “a gift our kids can handle.”
“Let us not just teach our children to play hard and study well, shuffling them through a long line of hobbies and electives and educational activities,” said the post’s author, Joseph Sunde. “A long day’s work and a load of sweat have plenty to teach as well.”
--Alana Horowitz Satlin
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A think tank funded by Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education pick recently advocated for putting kids back in the workforce.
The Acton Institute, a conservative nonprofit that is said to have received thousands of dollars in donations from Betsy DeVos and her family, posted an essay to its blog this month that called child labor “a gift our kids can handle.”
“Let us not just teach our children to play hard and study well, shuffling them through a long line of hobbies and electives and educational activities,” said the post’s author, Joseph Sunde. “A long day’s work and a load of sweat have plenty to teach as well.”
--Alana Horowitz Satlin
