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Evidently Putin and Xi were both pissed. How could their security agencies been so wrong. In North Korea the Intelligence director was shot.

Point made. I'd suggest that important "national interests" and a powerful military have made American politicians too willing to engage in military adventurism. Perhaps drones and robotics will allow risk free action in the future. But as every service person knows the first casualty of battle is the plan.

The test is much more difficult than that. trump bragged yesterday, on FOX naturally, “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.” President Trump again sought to showcase his mental fitness on television by reciting, over and over again in an interview broadcast on Wednesday evening, what he said was a sample cognitive testing sequence. For the better part of a month, Mr. Trump, 74, has made repeated appearances on Fox News to brag about acing a cognitive test he said he recently took at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, first with Sean Hannity and again with Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.” All the while, the White House has not disclosed details about when the president underwent the testing or why." FOX viewers and his supporters on SC were amazed at his mental acuity at that feat. FOX hosts could scarcely conceal their glee at a president strutting his stuff on their channel.They speculated that none other than Rupert Murdoch would send trump a golden trophy as recognition.

FOX, Breitbart and Stephen Miller. are all working together to develop a narrative for the election.To tell trump voters what to think. "To his legions of listeners, Rush Limbaugh calls the demonstrators in Portland, Ore., “anarchists” who “hate Americans and America.” He recently made an ominous prediction: “I can see secession coming.” On Fox News, Sean Hannity describes the scene in Portland as “a literal disaster area — and, yeah, it looks like a war zone.” On Wednesday, Breitbart News — which features a “Riot Crackdown” page on its website — published an article declaring, “Now would be a real good time to do whatever is necessary to obtain a permit to legally carry a handgun.” Right-wing outlets and conservative media stars have seized on the weekslong protests in Portland as a rallying cry for law and order, instructing their followers to fear for their safety and blaming Democratic leaders for failing to restore peace." Get guns, fear for your safety and vote GOP. 1968 all over again.

Furthermore those who vote for war should meet the returning wounded, the returning KIA and their families. On weekends they should clean the bedpans and wounds in the military hospitals. There is one country that understands the cost of war. The cost of defending "national interests". The Swiss.

Not even DOA because as Jerry said its ramblings of an idiot. One who has no interest in national health care because he has immigrant children to harass and sic ICE on. But for those who wish to study trump lies about health care. 6 promises Trump has made about health care 03/13/2017

Epstein & trump? trump & DeVos? trump & Miller? Trump’s War on Children White House policies form an unprecedented assault on kids—but, of course, not the white kids.

Title of thread This is how you use kids as a political weapon. "Ms. DeVos,..More than anyone else who has joined the incoming Trump administration, she represents the combination of wealth, free-market ideology and political hardball associated with a better-known family of billionaires: Charles and David Koch.... the DeVoses’ education activism, which favors alternatives to traditional public schools, appears to derive from the same free-market views that inform their suspicion of government. And perhaps more than other right-wing billionaires, the DeVoses couple their seeding of ideological causes with an aggressive brand of political spending." Betsy DeVos Just Bought Herself a Trump Cabinet Position It cost her $115,000 in personal donations to sitting Republican senators; $950,000 more has flowed in from the DeVos family over the last three-and-a-half decades. And another $8.3 million from the DeVoses has gone to Republican super PACs in the last two election cycles alone. Not cheap! But it got the job done." Trump’s Billionaire Education Secretary Has Been Trying to Gut Public Schools for Years I could go on and on but I think the points been made. The billionaire DeVos family and the billionaire Koch family bought her positions to gut public schools. Kill public school unions and fund private ones. Nothing more, nothing less and trump sold her the position. Children, education has nothing to do with the equation. DeVos has never had a idea on how to improve the schooling in poor geographic areas. Never. She and trump have weaponized education with her entire tenure as education czar. Not cabinet minister because consultation was never a part of what she did in education initiatives and not one that trump did. From 2019 Trump administration proposes $7.1 billion funding cut to Education Department. In fact trump cut education in every budget he proposed. You chose the topic its too bad the facts don't support an attempt to paint a narrative you like.

Donald would know what to do.She is clearly a danger to the power of the state and the rule of law.

"Evangelicals For Trump are ready to help re-elect President Donald J Trump." They are evangelical Ukrainians. Evidently they have sold their souls to Lucifer just like US evangelicals. Or so trump thinks.

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Q is mostly an online social support group for people who are powerless but want to believe that they can reclaim power. That they are the few who are the tip of the spear for disenfranchised white conservative Christians. They are a modern Crusader who see infidels where others don't. So they arm themselves, operate sub-rosa and wait for the day when they can shield their group. Be the hero's who prepared while the ignorant infidel masses didn't.

The democrats need to seize the middle ground of the political spectrum. Be friendly to business while advancing the environmental agenda. Protect the trump voters that lose their jobs because of shifting employment dynamics.Hold back on those that want the government to be all and do all. Recognize that republicans will re-organize, find new leaders and push back. Make truth, science, ideals, integrity and engagement with the world. The new great America.

Well its clear that for pimps of children, child molesters and those that prey on them. That for Donald personal loyalty trumps calling them out and labeling them with adjectives of personal disgust.

Its all a part of a trump election strategy to create a dangerous domestic enemy. Antifa, mob rule and all the boogymen will come to the fore if democrats are elected. Only a rule of law president, a rule of law party can protect you. Its an old strategy of dictators and strongmen. Create an enemy foreign or domestic, stir dissent to create labels for those enemies. Wrap yourself in the flag and put some fresh lipstick on the pig. The new narrative: "As we look at America, we see cities enveloped in smoke and flame. We hear sirens in the night. We see Americans dying on... As far as this problem of law and order is concerned, I am for law and order." Sorry thats not Donald trump. Its Richard Nixon 1968.

As usual the FOX/GOP Kool Aid has been consumed in usual quantity. Of course you know there are studies on this subject. But instead choose Sean Hannity's figures. US wage parity gap 22% in 2020.

Rumors have started of GOP backbones starting to form again. No, for old white men its not calcium supplements. No its not the widely advertised Prolia. Its,...news flash... falling trump poll numbers! If John McCain was still alive he'd be smiling again.

No apologies necessary. I was sort of replying to Turtles post supporting vouchers. But i don't like debating with him for obvious reasons. IMO good schools are the best way to lift poor people from a economic malaise. It is for certain the most effective way for countries to increase overall productivity, GDP, reduce unemployment, etc.

I suppose but DeVos: Betsy DeVos Wants to Use America’s Schools to Build “God’s Kingdom” Betsy DeVos: the billionaire Republican destroying public education A sobering look at what Betsy DeVos did to education in Michigan — and what she might do as secretary of education

Fast forward ten years. China, Iran Approach Major Accord Amid Deteriorating US-China Relations "Beijing is reported to be in the final stages of approving a $400 billion economic and security deal with Tehran, which some analysts say could give China a vast and secure source of energy and a strategic foothold in the Gulf. Iran’s foreign ministry has confirmed that the potential agreement includes significant infrastructure investments and closer cooperation on defense and intelligence sharing. It’s also rumored to include discounts for Iranian oil. The deal is the latest step in Beijing’s attempt to expand from a regional hegemony to a world power via its Belt and Road Initiative." That should provide the military might to protect its recently bombed centrifuges. The needed cash to reinvigorate its nuclear program. The shield of China to keep tankers pouring cheap oil into China. The US’s demand to extend the arms embargo against Iran, due to expire in four months, has been rejected by the members of the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) including China and Russia. "The other permanent members of the UNSC – the UK and France – also failed to support the extension of the embargo against Iran. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that lifting the ban on the trade of conventional weapons would turn Iran into a “rogue weapons dealer,” supplying advanced weapons to groups like Hamas and Hezbollah and fueling conflicts in Venezuela, Syria and Afghanistan." So how did trump's "great negotiating" , "maximum pressure" all turn out?

Agree. I accept your idea that teachers use kids to negotiate a better compensation agreement. But in general they are not highly paid. Competition needs to come from testing both on the teacher and the student. Not at the source of funding because property taxes acts to keep poor areas with underfunded schools. Why America's Schools Have A Money Problem. A excellent graphic portrait of under-funding in US schools. Betsy DeVos is a idiot and charter schools are a recipe for failure in poor geographic areas.

Within the conservative, nationalist movement there is in addition a perceived threat from women. They want the same pay as men. Want to take away traditional jobs from men. They want to challenge men in positions of power. Some even think they can have families w/o a husband. A GOP heresy, a nightmare.

When ascertaining where the thinking of certain trump supporters comes from. Its usually FOX. Certain SC posters love and worship FOX broadcasters. Anytime I criticize FOX its as if I attacked their mother. On the right sources of thinking are fiercely protected so its useful sometimes to get the lies right from the source.Think teat of a cow.

“What this lawsuit reveals is that today’s Fox News is the same old Fox News,” said attorney Douglas Wigdor in announcing the lawsuit’s filing. “Some of the names in leadership may have changed since Roger Ailes’ regime, but Fox News’ institutional apathy towards sexual misconduct has not.” No wonder its trump's favorite channel. All the players getting a piece of the action, no pun intended.

Hold that thought: Trump Refuses To Commit To Accepting Election Results from July 19,2020