Politics - Episode 9: The Lurking Fear

[smjjames]

That's not in the official canon, I don't think....

[Malcador]

Of course, the comparison would work better if the Digital Arts Center voted as a board to move the statue, and then a bunch of Ewoks marched in protest.  

 

edit: Yeah, I am saying Ewoks are racist. They live in the forest and were ready to kill everyone until Threepio showed up.

 

And they savagely beat white guys with rocks.

[smjjames]

Trump just pardoned Joe Arpaio http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html?adkey=bn .......

[Malcador]

Trump just pardoned Joe Arpaio http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html?adkey=bn .......

 

Nice timing to boot, heh.  Plays well with his acolytes.

[smjjames]

 

Trump just pardoned Joe Arpaio http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html?adkey=bn .......

 

Nice timing to boot, heh.  Plays well with his acolytes.

 

 

Not sure what timing is nice. Friday night newsdump or not, it does seem like an attempt to use the hurricane as a distraction.

[Malcador]

Well, that was what I meant, re: the hurricane.  But can't expect much subtlety.  Ah well, maybe Arpaio will get in trouble for something else.

[Bartimaeus]

Gorka is out. While I can't say that he'll be missed, his reason for doing so (specifically mentioning our re-commitment to Afghanistan) is an interesting one.

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

I guess Brietbart just got another writer.

[Gromnir]

Gorka is out. While I can't say that he'll be missed, his reason for doing so (specifically mentioning our re-commitment to Afghanistan) is an interesting one.

 

announced reasons are largely pointless.  kelly wanted him gone.  

 

HA! Good Fun!

[smjjames]

Wasn't he already a writer for Breitbart at some point?

[Elerond]

Starwars wiki has him listed as a General during the Clone Wars.

 

The Clone Wars (22–19 BBY), also known as the Clone War and the Great Clone War, was the name given to the major galactic conflict fought between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

[Agiel]

 

I swear Trump has ADHD sometimes, heh. Of course, his complete lack of political experience is showing, as usual. Gotta sympathise with his frustration on getting the debt ceiling dealt with though.

 

has been linked before by Gromnir and others, but the writer of trump's book, the art of the deal​, has shared his insights into the workings o' trump's mind.  is an intriguing read... not the art of the deal, but rather the interview with tony schwartz.

 

“It’s implicit in a lot of what people write, but it’s never explicit—or, at least, I haven’t seen it. And that is that it’s impossible to keep him focussed on any topic, other than his own self-aggrandizement, for more than a few minutes, and even then . . . ” Schwartz trailed off, shaking his head in amazement. 

 

keep in mind the interview is from the summer o' 2016, before the election. warnings.  warnings not heeded.

 

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all

 

HA! Good Fun!

 

 

Mark Bowden similarly noted in his own interview of Trump for Playboy that Trump's interview fatigue made it somewhat difficult for him to get much material for the piece. Along with Schwartz's observations it was why I found Trump's nickname "Low Energy Jeb" as much him calling the kettle black as his "Lying Ted". 

[Raithe]

So, Trump has now made it an official declaration..

 

Trump directs Pentagon to implement transgender ban

[Raithe]

Prisoners hang themselves at Sherrif Joe Arpaios jails at a rate that dwarfs other county lockups

[Volourn]

Arpaio is a ****. He should be in prison but  the presidential having carte blanche has always been  overpowered and both everyone who has ever been in power has abused and are to blame for overreaching with it.

 

Arpaio is such a piece of crap that he once presumably faked an assassination attempt on himself. He should have been sentenced to prison for more than the limited time that he was. L0L

[Gromnir]

 

 

I swear Trump has ADHD sometimes, heh. Of course, his complete lack of political experience is showing, as usual. Gotta sympathise with his frustration on getting the debt ceiling dealt with though.

 

has been linked before by Gromnir and others, but the writer of trump's book, the art of the deal​, has shared his insights into the workings o' trump's mind.  is an intriguing read... not the art of the deal, but rather the interview with tony schwartz.

 

“It’s implicit in a lot of what people write, but it’s never explicit—or, at least, I haven’t seen it. And that is that it’s impossible to keep him focussed on any topic, other than his own self-aggrandizement, for more than a few minutes, and even then . . . ” Schwartz trailed off, shaking his head in amazement. 

 

keep in mind the interview is from the summer o' 2016, before the election. warnings.  warnings not heeded.

 

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all

 

HA! Good Fun!

 

 

Mark Bowden similarly noted in his own interview of Trump for Playboy that Trump's interview fatigue made it somewhat difficult for him to get much material for the piece. Along with Schwartz's observations it was why I found Trump's nickname "Low Energy Jeb" as much him calling the kettle black as his "Lying Ted". 

 

another article worth reading. 

 

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a46616/dont-mess-with-roy-cohn/

 

note how the original published date is december 1978.  

 

were warning signs going back decades.

 

HA! Good Fun!

[Malcador]

At least one of his deputies got a trip to Hawaii out of it.

 

http://archive.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/2012/05/21/20120521arpaio-obama-birth-funding.html

[Gromnir]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-25/yellen-gives-more-swan-song-than-job-audition-in-jackson-speech

 

other than the hurricane, this might actual be the most important news o' the last week.  no doubt some folks recollect Gromnir complaints 'bout clinton era bank deregulation.  bush attempted to reign in some o' the freewheeling bank excesses and lost a battle with gop congress from which he never fully recovered- he never again went 'gainst his party in Congress.

 

bank deregulation is, in our estimation, one o' the more terrifying ideas being advanced by trump.  we has noted how Presidents don't have near as much impact on the economy as many believe, and the ways in which Presidents do significant impact the economy is rare comprehended at the time pivotal choices is made. yellen is correct, but she is hammering nails in her own coffin.  am hopeful she can find a way to maintain the federal reserve chair, 'cause the alternative has us likely repeating 2008 economic meltdown... albeit long after trump is outta office.

 

HA! Good Fun!

Edited August 26, 2017 by Gromnir

[smjjames]

Yep, Trump and other Republicans have repeatedly said that they want to repeal the same regulations that were made after the 2008 recession, even though some of those Republicans (and some not in office anymore) have voted for said regulations.

[Guard Dog]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-prepares-to-lift-limits-on-military-gear-for-police/ar-AAqOsCh?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

 

This was a bad f-----g idea in FDR's day. It was a bad f-----g idea in 1990. It was a really bad f-----g idea in 1995 when Clinton extended it to municipal police forces. It was a really, really bad f-----g idea when Obama expanded it, then limited it, then ignored. And it's a really, really, really bad f-----g idea under Trump.

[injurai]

Have toys, will play.

[Malcador]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-prepares-to-lift-limits-on-military-gear-for-police/ar-AAqOsCh?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

 

This was a bad f-----g idea in FDR's day. It was a bad f-----g idea in 1990. It was a really bad f-----g idea in 1995 when Clinton extended it to municipal police forces. It was a really, really bad f-----g idea when Obama expanded it, then limited it, then ignored. And it's a really, really, really bad f-----g idea under Trump.

 

Why are you soft on criminals ?

 

[Guard Dog]

Actually I can almost hear WoD and others saying if you're not a criminal or a terrorist you have nothing to fear. Until the day the guys with automatic weapons and armored troop carriers decide you are. Or that they would just be better off without you around. Think it can't cappen here? It already has. Ask Gromnir. 

[Guard Dog]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-25/yellen-gives-more-swan-song-than-job-audition-in-jackson-speech

 

other than the hurricane, this might actual be the most important news o' the last week.  no doubt some folks recollect Gromnir complaints 'bout clinton era bank deregulation.  bush attempted to reign in some o' the freewheeling bank excesses and lost a battle with gop congress from which he never fully recovered- he never again went 'gainst his party in Congress.

 

bank deregulation is, in our estimation, one o' the more terrifying ideas being advanced by trump.  we has noted how Presidents don't have near as much impact on the economy as many believe, and the ways in which Presidents do significant impact the economy is rare comprehended at the time pivotal choices is made. yellen is correct, but she is hammering nails in her own coffin.  am hopeful she can find a way to maintain the federal reserve chair, 'cause the alternative has us likely repeating 2008 economic meltdown... albeit long after trump is outta office.

 

HA! Good Fun!

 

Well, you already know I disagree with you on Dodd-Frank and bank de-regulation in general. Dodd-Frank is at it's heart a corporatist bill that suppresses competition from smaller institutions. It's two cups of regulation mixed with a gallon of anticompetitive measures. And in the end the higher cost of regulation compliance are always paid by the end user of the service. And no one complains when there are a lot of users to spread it around. If you are going to de-regulate banking, do it all the way. Take away the government safety net. The too big to fail bailout. It would certainly have me re-thinking what banks I do business with. And banks would be more circumspect with their own activities. I can't see either as a bad thing. But this half measure stuff just causes problems. Glass-Stengal made sense because it came on the heels of a crisis and incorporated lessons learned. Then they spent the next eighty ears chipping away at it. My problem with the current mess of regulatory acts isn't that they don't safeguard the consumer (they don't but caveat emptor) it's that they are not what the purport to be.  

[Malcador]

Actually I can almost hear WoD and others saying if you're not a criminal or a terrorist you have nothing to fear. Until the day the guys with automatic weapons and armored troop carriers decide you are. Or that they would just be better off without you around. Think it can't cappen here? It already has. Ask Gromnir.

Yep. Eventually we'll see them using Predators to tackle pot grow ops

 

I assume they have to publicly state reasoning for needing such equipment though?