That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons bring us some web forums whereupon we can gather
http://www.octopusoverlords.com/forum/
And of course what's so shitty and stupid is that in GOT "Winter is Coming" is a bad thing, the greatest threat to human peace and survival.Alefroth wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:19 pm Just a normal cabinet meeting with visual aids-
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 08531.html
malchior wrote:I'm also seeing reports he compared the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to our invasion. In the sense, they went in to stop terrorist attacks. Uh, what? Also, sounded like he was making noises about pulling a similar move to Syria. This will go well.
Undoubtedly that's a limited edition poster signed by he president himself and sold by Trump Holdings to the American People for only middling 5 figures. Its "use" in the meeting probably legitimizes the purchase.Alefroth wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:19 pm Just a normal cabinet meeting with visual aids-
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 08531.html
Maybe he could create a wall-themed one with proceeds going to the wall.LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:44 amUndoubtedly that's a limited edition poster signed by he president himself and sold by Trump Holdings to the American People for only middling 5 figures. Its "use" in the meeting probably legitimizes the purchase.Alefroth wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:19 pm Just a normal cabinet meeting with visual aids-
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 08531.html
Of all the lunacy that's come out of this administration, this has to take the cake. At least until next week...Zaxxon wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 1:06 ammalchior wrote:I'm also seeing reports he compared the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to our invasion. In the sense, they went in to stop terrorist attacks. Uh, what? Also, sounded like he was making noises about pulling a similar move to Syria. This will go well.
Something like this?Alefroth wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:28 pmMaybe he could create a wall-themed one with proceeds going to the wall.LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:44 amUndoubtedly that's a limited edition poster signed by he president himself and sold by Trump Holdings to the American People for only middling 5 figures. Its "use" in the meeting probably legitimizes the purchase.Alefroth wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:19 pm Just a normal cabinet meeting with visual aids-
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 08531.html
Every Sunday while i watch MTP, my 5 year old struts around the house and in the deepest voice he can muster chants, "I'm Donald Trump!"
But they gave all their US employees $1,000, so we're good now...right?Telecommunications giant AT&T eliminated more than 10,000 U.S. jobs last year and outsourced some of those positions to contractors overseas, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) said in a report released Monday.
CWA for months has raised questions about AT&T's layoffs following the 2017 tax-cut law, which the union says resulted in roughly $20 billion in tax savings for the telecom company.
"Iconic U.S. telecom giant AT&T received an unprecedented windfall from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which President Trump signed into law in December 2017," CWA said in its report. "But despite this massive boost to its profits, the company is choosing to undercut and offshore American jobs."
CWA estimated that AT&T has eliminated 10,700 jobs across the country, saying the cuts have come by way of closing or shrinking dozens of call centers. The union said AT&T is replacing U.S. workers with low-wage contractors overseas.
"Despite its strong financial position and promises to invest in its American workforce, AT&T has shifted much of its employment away from good, family-supporting jobs and towards a low-wage model that undermines the quality of its customer service and its standing as a good corporate citizen," CWA said in its report.
Yeah, but the other three walls will be made if bars.Max Peck wrote:Something like this?Alefroth wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:28 pmMaybe he could create a wall-themed one with proceeds going to the wall.LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:44 amUndoubtedly that's a limited edition poster signed by he president himself and sold by Trump Holdings to the American People for only middling 5 figures. Its "use" in the meeting probably legitimizes the purchase.Alefroth wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:19 pm Just a normal cabinet meeting with visual aids-
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 08531.html
Left-leaning comedian Ellen DeGeneres must be part of a “deep state” conspiracy, President Donald Trump's son Eric said on Twitter Tuesday night, after apparently misunderstanding how social media works.
The heir to the Trump real estate fortune made the assertion by tweeting a screenshot of which accounts the company's algorithm suggested he follow, including the Twitter streams of Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama and Ellen DeGeneres.
“Shocking,” Trump tweeted. “Once again, here are the @Twitter ‘suggestions’ of who I should follow. #DeepState.”
I'd love to get an honest answer about who they think he "needs to be hurting".“I voted for him, and he’s the one who’s doing this,” she said of Mr. Trump. “I thought he was going to do good things. He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.
Anyone who doesn't match that person's specific social and economic profile, I expect. Probably anyone more than three shades darker than they are.
Or, more likely, just a poor choice of words from someone unused to speaking to the press and finding themselves in a very bad situation created by their own vote.
I think that is a *very generous* read. Her comment suggests it is a complete thought with little wiggle room.Remus West wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 11:45 amOr, more likely, just a poor choice of words from someone unused to speaking to the press and finding themselves in a very bad situation created by their own vote.
"If this did not impact my household directly, I'd tell him to stand tall because something needs to be done," Willard Jenkins said of the president and a barrier at the border. "But because it does and it impacts my wife and me, if this continues we wouldn't have a paycheck. I hope there is some kind of agreement, some kind of settlement because it's directly impacting me. But I definitely understand where Donald Trump is coming from."
She may have merely been thinking he wasn't supposed to be hurting people working for the government, or in her area, or simply just not her. There is nothing to suggest, from that comment, that she meant anything racial. Given the type of people supporting him I have not issue with being aware of the possibility. I just find myself wanting to find something good in those folks right now. Even if it is simply the desire that he stop hurting people.malchior wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:00 pmI think that is a *very generous* read. Her comment suggests it is a complete thought with little wiggle room.Remus West wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 11:45 amOr, more likely, just a poor choice of words from someone unused to speaking to the press and finding themselves in a very bad situation created by their own vote.
I think a lot of us feel the same way about issues we want something done on though. If we don't pay the price of making a stand then we fully support the stand. Seems fewer and fewer of us are willing to make that stand AND pay the price ourselves.malchior wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:10 pm A similar quote elsewhere.
"If this did not impact my household directly, I'd tell him to stand tall because something needs to be done," Willard Jenkins said of the president and a barrier at the border. "But because it does and it impacts my wife and me, if this continues we wouldn't have a paycheck. I hope there is some kind of agreement, some kind of settlement because it's directly impacting me. But I definitely understand where Donald Trump is coming from."
It would be easier to be interpret this generously if Trump hadn't run his campaign and stoked his rallies on the promise of hurting people. Sometimes it was overt, sometimes it was couched as "Taking Our Country Back," but there was never any doubt that Trump was promising to (at the very least) take something away from certain fellow Americans that his followers disliked.Remus West wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:11 pmShe may have merely been thinking he wasn't supposed to be hurting people working for the government, or in her area, or simply just not her. There is nothing to suggest, from that comment, that she meant anything racial. Given the type of people supporting him I have not issue with being aware of the possibility. I just find myself wanting to find something good in those folks right now. Even if it is simply the desire that he stop hurting people.malchior wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:00 pmI think that is a *very generous* read. Her comment suggests it is a complete thought with little wiggle room.Remus West wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 11:45 amOr, more likely, just a poor choice of words from someone unused to speaking to the press and finding themselves in a very bad situation created by their own vote.
Fair. Funny enough I didn't interpret her remarks towards race. Though it is plausible and I'd get why people would make that assumption. However, I don't even think it matters. She is wishing harm on those not in the tribe and that is flat out wrong - no matter who the target is.Remus West wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:44 pm I'm certainly not arguing that race played an exceptionally large part in gathering his base and in the core of it. I am simply suggesting that we need to not immediately color everything his followers say with that crayon because there are those among them that remain there because our coloring habits rather than their own really true beliefs. Anecdotal evidence doesn't really prove much but I do know a few folks that saddened me by voting for him and remain supportive of him because we (the non-tRump America) turned so hard against them for it. They feel like we won't let them out of his orbit so why not embrace it.
Or maybe she wish harm on the criminal and other bad guys that hate USA, not patriot citizens of USA like her.malchior wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:29 pmFair. Funny enough I didn't interpret her remarks towards race. Though it is plausible and I'd get why people would make that assumption. However, I don't even think it matters. She is wishing harm on those not in the tribe and that is flat out wrong - no matter who the target is.Remus West wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:44 pm I'm certainly not arguing that race played an exceptionally large part in gathering his base and in the core of it. I am simply suggesting that we need to not immediately color everything his followers say with that crayon because there are those among them that remain there because our coloring habits rather than their own really true beliefs. Anecdotal evidence doesn't really prove much but I do know a few folks that saddened me by voting for him and remain supportive of him because we (the non-tRump America) turned so hard against them for it. They feel like we won't let them out of his orbit so why not embrace it.
It is unclear, based on the tweet’s wording, if Trump already directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to withhold funds or if he would be doing so. FEMA representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday morning. An email sent to them generated this automated reply: “Due to the federal funding hiatus, we are not able to respond to general press queries.”
Personally, I assume she didn't mean to hurt other people. She wanted something from the 'drain the swamp' type promises he made. Hurting the government elements that were bleeding our country of the great things it should be doing.malchior wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:29 pmFair. Funny enough I didn't interpret her remarks towards race. Though it is plausible and I'd get why people would make that assumption. However, I don't even think it matters. She is wishing harm on those not in the tribe and that is flat out wrong - no matter who the target is.Remus West wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:44 pm I'm certainly not arguing that race played an exceptionally large part in gathering his base and in the core of it. I am simply suggesting that we need to not immediately color everything his followers say with that crayon because there are those among them that remain there because our coloring habits rather than their own really true beliefs. Anecdotal evidence doesn't really prove much but I do know a few folks that saddened me by voting for him and remain supportive of him because we (the non-tRump America) turned so hard against them for it. They feel like we won't let them out of his orbit so why not embrace it.
based on the wording... sounds like he put it on FEMA to determine if California is doing enough to deserve the money.Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:06 pm WaPo
It is unclear, based on the tweet’s wording, if Trump already directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to withhold funds or if he would be doing so. FEMA representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday morning. An email sent to them generated this automated reply: “Due to the federal funding hiatus, we are not able to respond to general press queries.”
Or that the Federal Government manages by far the most forest in California (~55% versus ~40% or so owned by aggregate private individuals and the balance to various authorities). What a malevolent and idiotic clown.
Which is why need to make public lands public! Once we make public lands public hunter and fishers (and mining and lumber and livestock) will take care of the land after we sell it to them behind closed doors. As long as you keep public lands from the public this will continue.