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The new yorker article just confirms what we knew about trump. His reason for not visiting the funerals of those sent off to war, for why he didn't go the memorial overseas.
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Or Trump's apparent response that he didn't believe that.MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:11 am The New Yorker article is very long but looks very interesting - Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals. The quote about Trump wanting his generals to be more like the German generals of WWII comes from this article. I wish the tweets included the additional sentence -
“You do know that they tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off?” Kelly said.
But the sunshine aye shall light the sky,
As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
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As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
- Charles Mackay, "Eternal Justice"
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Damn, now *I* wish his generals were a bit more like the German generals, too (with better luck)MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:11 am The New Yorker article is very long but looks very interesting - Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals. The quote about Trump wanting his generals to be more like the German generals of WWII comes from this article. I wish the tweets included the additional sentence -
“You do know that they tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off?” Kelly said.
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Lani wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 11:20 pm
Article in WaPo yesterday: The GOP is sick. It didn’t start with Trump — and won’t end with him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... k-excerpt/
See also "The GOP is Viktor Orban’s party now" by Max Boot
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... w-fascism/
(I still can't believe I agree with Max Boot, but he's been a bit sane for a while now.)
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Not arguing that it started with Trump. But it amped up as a result of him to where we have a major political party that is openly fascist, aligned with fascists and Russia, and has enough support we are concerned they could carry one or both houses and the presidency when it comes up. And where armed militia thugs are calling fellow Americans the “evil ones.”
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Good article, I may spring for Milbank’s book.
My personal choice for calumny wasn’t mentioned in the article, but the fruits of his labors were - Frank Luntz, the consultant Gingrich hired who told the Rethugs to use negative adjectives (stupid, evil, damaging) every.single.time. they spoke about Democrats. He gave seminars and spoke at R political retreats and more. Those working in Washington knew it was just rhetorical fuckery BUT the rubes didn’t. Years and years of calling Dems debased and worse have led to Q, adrenachrome, hatred of ‘libs’ just because, and the stupidest of the stupid conspiracies.
FUCK THESE LYING REPUBLICAN ASSHATS! I WANT MY ZEITGEIST BACK!
My personal choice for calumny wasn’t mentioned in the article, but the fruits of his labors were - Frank Luntz, the consultant Gingrich hired who told the Rethugs to use negative adjectives (stupid, evil, damaging) every.single.time. they spoke about Democrats. He gave seminars and spoke at R political retreats and more. Those working in Washington knew it was just rhetorical fuckery BUT the rubes didn’t. Years and years of calling Dems debased and worse have led to Q, adrenachrome, hatred of ‘libs’ just because, and the stupidest of the stupid conspiracies.
FUCK THESE LYING REPUBLICAN ASSHATS! I WANT MY ZEITGEIST BACK!
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Full text of General Milley's letter dated June 8, 2020.
From The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022 ... s-generals
From The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022 ... s-generals
I regret to inform you that I intend to resign as your Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Thank you for the honor of appointing me as senior ranking officer. The events of the last couple weeks have caused me to do deep soul-searching, and I can no longer faithfully support and execute your orders as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It is my belief that you were doing great and irreparable harm to my country. I believe that you have made a concerted effort over time to politicize the United States military. I thought that I could change that. I’ve come to the realization that I cannot, and I need to step aside and let someone else try to do that.
Second, you are using the military to create fear in the minds of the people—and we are trying to protect the American people. I cannot stand idly by and participate in that attack, verbally or otherwise, on the American people. The American people trust their military and they trust us to protect them against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and our military will do just that. We will not turn our back on the American people.
Third, I swore an oath to the Constitution of the United States and embodied within that Constitution is the idea that says that all men and women are created equal. All men and women are created equal, no matter who you are, whether you are white or Black, Asian, Indian, no matter the color of your skin, no matter if you’re gay, straight or something in between. It doesn’t matter if you’re Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jew, or choose not to believe. None of that matters. It doesn’t matter what country you came from, what your last name is—what matters is we’re Americans. We’re all Americans. That under these colors of red, white, and blue—the colors that my parents fought for in World War II—means something around the world. It’s obvious to me that you don’t think of those colors the same way I do. It’s obvious to me that you don’t hold those values dear and the cause that I serve.
And lastly it is my deeply held belief that you’re ruining the international order, and causing significant damage to our country overseas, that was fought for so hard by the Greatest Generation that they instituted in 1945. Between 1914 and 1945, 150 million people were slaughtered in the conduct of war. They were slaughtered because of tyrannies and dictatorships. That generation, like every generation, has fought against that, has fought against fascism, has fought against Nazism, has fought against extremism. It’s now obvious to me that you don’t understand that world order. You don’t understand what the war was all about. In fact, you subscribe to many of the principles that we fought against. And I cannot be a party to that. It is with deep regret that I hereby submit my letter of resignation.
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Unfortunately he will be, as the National Portrait gallery is part of the Smithsonian....
"He sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see, He tries to tell me what I put inside of me
He's got the answers to ease my curiosity, He dreamed a god up and called it Christianity"
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The ones who spent a good part of the war plotting to kill him?
Hmmm... I'm kind of liking the taste of that in my mouth... lemme think about that.
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Can we at least get Ralph Steadman to be the painter?Frater I*I wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:27 pmUnfortunately he will be, as the National Portrait gallery is part of the Smithsonian....
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CNN: FBI executes search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago:
The FBI executed a search warrant today at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, the former President confirms to CNN.
This story is breaking and will be updated.
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CNN reporting that FBI executed a search warrant at Mar A Lago.
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You bet me to it! (Not that I care. I'm just happy about the raid!)
You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy.
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Woot woot!
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I was more in favour of Pelosi and Schummer, along with several Dems, knifing him just before his State of the Union address...
"He sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see, He tries to tell me what I put inside of me
He's got the answers to ease my curiosity, He dreamed a god up and called it Christianity"
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Ha!
“Et tu, Nancé?’
(Wow, things move fast. This was in response to Frater ‘s post, then all hell broke loose. The good kind of hell, yay.)
“Et tu, Nancé?’
(Wow, things move fast. This was in response to Frater ‘s post, then all hell broke loose. The good kind of hell, yay.)
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Soooooo, the botched burglary of the DNC is exactly like the FBI showing up at your house with search warrants.
Got it.
Of course the raid was unannounced. Otherwise, every toilet in the resort would be clogged with paperwork.
Got it.
Of course the raid was unannounced. Otherwise, every toilet in the resort would be clogged with paperwork.
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I'm going to go out on a very short and sturdy limb here and say the FBI doesn't raid the residence of a former president unless they're 110% sure they have something.
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You just gotta know this search warrant was airtight.Shizzle Popped wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 7:16 pm I'm going to go out on a very short and sturdy limb here and say the FBI doesn't raid the residence of a former president unless they're 110% sure they have something.
What's the Frequency, Kenneth?