It might be a good idea to modify that absolute right to require that he be aware of what absolute right he’s exercising.
Note Trump’s response: “I know you’re a fan of Obama…”
Unspoken but clear as a bell: you’re black, Obama’s black, therefore he can do no wrong and I/we can discount everything you say.
Not really. So far as security classifications go, it’s his right as the big honcho to see and reveal any damn thing that he wants to.
Reminding Trump that he’s the big honcho isn’t actually conducive to national security. In general, it’s to the nation’s advantage that he forget.
Bolding mine. It has nothing to do with what he believes. Thought and belief requires a tad of critical thinking. Comparisons from good and bad.
Well Trump can tell good from bad. Much like a person or any animal relieves themselves when they have to pee or shit.
I don’t know. I have a 13-week-old stray puppy. In four weeks, he has learned when and where to pee or shit. (He doesn’t always make it, but he knows and tries, you know?) The difference between Cookie and Trump is that the dog doesn’t want shit all over the places he lives and sleeps and eats.
This may be kind of insignificant, but
The image almost certainly came from a satellite known as USA 224, according to Marco Langbroek, a satellite-tracker based in the Netherlands. The satellite was launched by the National Reconnaissance Office in 2011. Almost everything about it remains highly classified, but Langbroek says that based on its size and orbit, most observers believe USA 224 is one of America’s multibillion-dollar KH-11 reconnaissance satellites.
the idea that he can casually just spread this information just seems a bit disturbing.
Disturbing, yes, but surely a well educated voting populace (much less political parties) would consider the merits and qualifications of all candidates and choose a person who exhibits the demeanor and sober judgment such an important office would demand.
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Yeah, I had a good cry/laugh over that one, too.
Ya kinda phoned that one in, Smap…
You really think that’s so? It’s not like he signs executive orders without realizing that that’s what he’s doing. Declassifying secret documents should be something that he can at least demonstrate the knowledge that he’s doing it.
If we accept that he has an “absolute right” to take any action he pleases the moment an impulse strikes him, it really is only a very short step to him having an “absolute right” to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue.
He is the commander-in-chief of the military. Those rules binding others to how to handle classified information are issued by his authority. He does have the right to do what he did. Was it a smart move. Of course not; the man’s an imbecile.
Это был умный ход,
Твой друг,
Влад
CMC fnord!
Pence is in Ireland, doing something necessary, while the Extremely Stable Genius plays golf. However, Pence is staying so far away from Dublin and the meetings that he has to fly in every day on Air Force Two. Wanna guess *where *he’s staying? The *why *is a given.
Как ты можешь поделиться этим со всеми? Даже китайцы?
Я думал, у нас было что-то особенное.
Is it too much to ask people to post in English on this board?
Конечно, без проблем, Comrade.
Thanks. Very helpful. Why don’t we just post in Klingon or High Valyrian or some other language few people know?
I believe it is a board rule that we post in English. I don’t have a problem with single words in another language, but I think that when another language is used for an entire post for comedic effect, a translation should be provided.
Mike Pence’s spokesman said today that Pence can’t be homophobic, he’s sitting down to dinner with the Taoiseach and his husband.
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Just a random thought:
It struck me that it might not be such a bad idea to hold the next G7 at Doral. After all, all we have to do is remind Trump how generous it was for Trump to volunteer his property free of charge for the meeting when otherwise all the other countries would have to pay for accommodations. Just keep repeating how kind and generous Trump is to forego any income he could have earned during that time in order to be a gracious host. In a fight between stroking his ego and giving him money, my bet is that the ego will always win. As a benefit, all of the other countries save the money they would have otherwise paid for hotel rooms and food. It’s so great that Trump has fantastic restaurants there and that he is offering up their catering services as his own expense for this meeting.