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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Veronese68 wrote:
    bendertherobot wrote:
    bendertherobot wrote:
    This Flynn thing is potentially huge

    Gone. The end of that incident? Or the start of the house of cards.
    Doubt it will be the end, but I can't help thinking he has gone in the hope of protecting others.

    A few analysts who know more than me are suggesting that Trump tweeting "Great move on delay (by V.Putin) I always knew he was very smart" suggests that Flynn was acting on trump orders.

    They reckon therefore, the transcripts should reveal that Flynn presented himself as Trump's spokesperson, which would be backed up by that tweet, which, if that were found to be the case, would be a case for impeachment.
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  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    bendertherobot wrote:


    Anyone scared yet?

    Started watching Designated Survivor last night hours after seeing the facebook pics of the "football" from Mar-a-lago. The thought of Trump in a war room when the sh*t is hitting the fan is terrifying.

    This whole episode (not DS) is a real bad look for the republican party, don't know how congress etc. works but surely if they don't start reigning him/them in it'll do serious damage to their long term reputation.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,152
    Dinyull wrote:

    Started watching Designated Survivor last night

    We managed 2 and a half episodes. Interesting premise.
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    Dinyull wrote:
    bendertherobot wrote:


    Anyone scared yet?

    Started watching Designated Survivor last night hours after seeing the facebook pics of the "football" from Mar-a-lago. The thought of Trump in a war room when the sh*t is hitting the fan is terrifying.

    This whole episode (not DS) is a real bad look for the republican party, don't know how congress etc. works but surely if they don't start reigning him/them in it'll do serious damage to their long term reputation.

    You wonder how far from the truth it's capable of being. That one, no house or senate, no executive. Is that worse than no opposition in house and senate and limited executive?
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  • letap73
    letap73 Posts: 1,608
    Hopefully Flynn's replacement Keith Kellogg won't be another cereal liar.
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    letap73 wrote:
    Hopefully Flynn's replacement Keith Kellogg won't be another cereal liar.
    he certainly will get a frostie reception if he is
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    Kellog gives me a bit of that 'contractor' vibe that you get in stuff like the TV/Film Shooter.
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  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    Trump said a blonde woman would look great sight on her knees. Jesus wept.
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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Father Jack wrote:
    Trump said a blonde woman would look great sight on her knees. Jesus wept.


    Lord of the Idiots said what, when?

    Kellogg is ex-airborne, ex-SF gonged up to the neck. Theoretically he may gave a working idea of what he's talking about. Then again .......
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Flynn was a three star General. It seems top military experience doesn't always transfer to politics.

    Apart from maybe the willingness to sacrifice yourself to save others.
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    mrfpb wrote:
    Flynn was a three star General.

    A 3* general who was also good mates with Russia's political elite. How TF does that work?
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Imposter wrote:
    mrfpb wrote:
    Flynn was a three star General.

    A 3* general who was also good mates with Russia's political elite. How TF does that work?

    Was as in past tense. He was a retired "private citizen" when attending socials with Putin and discussing sanctions with the Russian gov't.

    My point is that Kellog's military record is no guarantee of political competence.
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    mrfpb wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    mrfpb wrote:
    Flynn was a three star General.

    A 3* general who was also good mates with Russia's political elite. How TF does that work?

    Was as in past tense. He was a retired "private citizen" when attending socials with Putin and discussing sanctions with the Russian gov't.

    My point is that Kellog's military record is no guarantee of political competence.

    No, I agree. Was just highlighting the 'unusual' situation of a US 3* general apparently having so many high-level Russian contacts, before taking office.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Therefore my use of the word "theoretically".
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • slowmart
    slowmart Posts: 4,516
    Trumps team will be picked off as they inevitablely continue with the car crash administration and any vacuum will be filled by the Republican Party rising stars.

    Trumps teflon coating will last as long as the Republican Party establishment can milk his Presidency for.

    How ironic that Trumps rhetoric and actions are a more imminent threat to American values than any radical religious fanatic.
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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Watergate v2 - here we come...

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/p ... -news&_r=0
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref ... r%5Eauthor
    you couldn't make it up... of course the market isn't stable, why would any company invest time and resources in to something that Trump keeps banging on about repealing. and Trump blames it on Obamacare :roll:
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    Imposter wrote:
    Watergate v2 - here we come...

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/p ... -news&_r=0
    The New York Times and Washington post are doing a great job in slowly undermining the administration, wonder whether Murdoch and his Fox news and wall st Journal will be forced to take a more partisan line (or 'even more' in Fox news case) reports that WSJ journeys are very unhappy at editorial leanings towards Trump
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Saw something suggesting the Washington Post and NT Times are purposefully dripping through news so that the Trump administration can't organise a game plan against as they're constantly having to put out flames. Also, hard to game plan around Spicer denying one thing one day and having to correct himself the next.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Dinyull wrote:
    Saw something suggesting the Washington Post and NT Times are purposefully dripping through news so that the Trump administration can't organise a game plan against as they're constantly having to put out flames. Also, hard to game plan around Spicer denying one thing one day and having to correct himself the next.

    Oldest trick in the book.
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  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Dinyull wrote:
    Saw something suggesting the Washington Post and NT Times are purposefully dripping through news so that the Trump administration can't organise a game plan against as they're constantly having to put out flames. Also, hard to game plan around Spicer denying one thing one day and having to correct himself the next.

    Oldest trick in the book.

    Nah, new tricks involved, sat night live and Nordstom also involved in distracting them with more important things than running a country :)
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • narbs
    narbs Posts: 593
    What an utter car crash of a press conference.

    The man is so far out of his depth it's unbelievable. He genuinely has no idea.
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    only caught the last 5 mins, but CCN are ripping his performance to bits at the mo
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    That's the most disturbing yet, which is actually a very difficult thing to achieve.

    WTAF!
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,554
    The Deutsche Bank stuff is interesting as well. Much the same attitude to debt repayment as facts.
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  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    This may well be the beginning of the end. He's not well, not well at all.

    Uranium, lol.
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    "He should do this with a therapist, not on live television." -- anonymous GOP senator to @JohnKingCNN in reaction to Trump's press conference.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Why does he always do that thing of repeating his sentence? Does he think telling an obvious lie twice in quick succession will make it appear true?
  • narbs
    narbs Posts: 593
    http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/16/click-fo ... rence.html

    Completely deranged.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Imposter wrote:
    mrfpb wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    mrfpb wrote:
    Flynn was a three star General.

    A 3* general who was also good mates with Russia's political elite. How TF does that work?

    Was as in past tense. He was a retired "private citizen" when attending socials with Putin and discussing sanctions with the Russian gov't.

    My point is that Kellog's military record is no guarantee of political competence.

    No, I agree. Was just highlighting the 'unusual' situation of a US 3* general apparently having so many high-level Russian contacts, before taking office.

    its not unusual at all, at the senior level in the military you will more likely spend lots of time with others of similar ranks and above from foreign countries if you happen to have a posting abroad moreso even than your peers, I have no idea if he did mind, if he didnt then that would be very unusual indeed.
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