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Now a subpoena has been laid in his hands by the special council.

I did not say that both sides are equally bad. My point is that they both suck out loud, though for different reasons. The Climate Change (tm) orthodoxy is a kind of a kumbaya, we-are-the-world, it's all about us movement, where the climate would be fine if we could agree to fix it. To that I say bullshit. Do we have an impact on our environment? Most assuredly. Is much of anything put forth by Al Gore of merit? Not a fucking chance. Will increasing our dependency on finite fossil resources improve our energy security? Are you kidding me? On the right you have short sighted dunderheads, agreed. On the left you have sanctimonious bugwits of the first order. Neither group has a handle on achieving a sustainable future, for different reasons, though each is convinced that they do. Climate change is more of a symptom than a problem, and the underlying issues are largely insoluble for a laundry list of reasons. In the end, we're all doomed. Like any religion, the climate change alarmist movement has taken a basic thesis and morphed it beyond recognition. It is analogous to Marxism; the ills that spawned Marxism were both real and horrific. Marxism, the ideology committed to addressing these ills, turned out to be significantly worse than the problems it claimed to solve. I think the 'drill baby, drill!' crowd is delusional. Retards like Al Gore are every bit as bad, if not worse. Your analogy that 'doctors are crooks...' is inapt. Physicians have a vested interest in their approach to a problem, and significant disincentive to deviating greatly from the standard of care. The fact that the standard of care is subject to vast changes from generation to generation does not mean that I am likely to smoke cigarettes if it is contraindicated or to drink wine even if I know it would be associated with a longer life. Medical specialists are often oblivious to the big picture, and a great deal of medical treatment is counterproductive. My point is not that it is necessarily bad, but that a certain amount of skepticism is warranted and doing one's homework is a good idea. Whether regarding a Senator of an Oncologist, one should be sensitive to the constraints of the position and conflicts of interest that may come into play. BSBD, Winsor IMO, your understanding and articulation of the facts and basis concerning this issue are of a higher quality than any other member of this forum. Kudos! "Climate change is more of a symptom than a problem, and the underlying issues are largely insoluble for a laundry list of reasons. In the end, we're all doomed." I can see why you two agree.

Resisting Trump, churches give sanctuary to immigrants facing deportation https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/11/29/resisting-trump-churches-give-sanctuary-immigrants-facing-deportation/904889001/ Pastor condemned Trump's 's---hole' in service Pence attended: report http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369068-pastor-condemned-trumps-shithole-countries-comments-while-pence Religion predictions for 2018? Young Mormons become Democrats, white evangelicals stick with Trump https://www.sltrib.com/religion/global/2017/12/22/religion-predictions-for-2018-young-mormons-become-democrats-white-evangelicals-stick-with-trump-a-jewish-metoo/ The Rev. David Gushee: A crossroads for white evangelicals I predict that in 2018 some event involving President Donald Trump will pose a decisive moral test for his strongest base of supporters, white evangelicals. Sadly, I think that we already know what will happen. A core of #Trumpvangelicals will remain loyal no matter what. … And it will be even more clear that whatever happens to Trump will happen to these evangelicals, because they have become indistinguishable= = = HELL??? Max Perry Mueller: Mormons reach a tipping point on Trump The Mormons have never liked Donald Trump. As Mitt Romney put it, Mormons generally view Trump as a “a phony, a fraud.” In 2018, Mormons in Utah might help turn the ruby red congressional districts in Utah blu(ish). Perhaps more importantly, the lasting effect for young Mormon voters coming of age in the Trump era could be a generational fissure between the GOP and their most loyal religious voting bloc. At the opposite end of the religious spectrum are the: Donald Trump is like a cult leader, says religious studies scholar "Donald Trump is akin to a cult leader and his supporters are reminiscent of disciples of a sect, according to a religious studies scholar. Reza Aslan, an Iranian-American author, said he was using the word cult in the “pejorative sense” and argued the US president's supporters were united by a fanatical devotion to their leader. Aslan, who is a creative writing professor at the University of California, Riverside, said the intense sentiments expressed by President Trump’s support base shared more parallels with religion than politics. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-cult-leader-make-america-great-again-alt-right-religion-nationalist-us-president-a8053996.html The dangerous cult of Donald Trump "I am not the first person to point this out: There’s been a cultish quality to President Trump’s most ardent supporters. He seemed to acknowledge the phenomenon when he boasted that he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” and not lose voters. Throughout the campaign, and in personal appearances since then, Trump has harnessed the kind of emotional intensity from his base that is more typical of a religious revival meeting than a political rally, complete with ritualized communal chants (“Lock her up!”)." http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-aslan-trump-cultists-20171106-story.html

Sheriff Joe vs. Norway: Who Better Fixes Inmates? ...Sheriff Joe’s logic is summed up by his position on coffee. He quit serving jail java on the grounds that it has no nutritional value. When prisoners complained, he responded with, “This isn’t the Ritz Carlton. If you don’t like it, don’t come back.” His rationale has great appeal to gritty disciplinarians. Criminals are evil: Punish them. If America treated outlaws more harshly, they would straighten up and fly right.... Contrast this with the Scandinavian model... Norwegian logic is summed up by Bastøy’s prison governor, Arne Kvernvik Nilsen: “Both society and the individual simply have to put aside their desire for revenge, and stop focusing on prisons as places of punishment and pain. Depriving a person of their freedom for a period of time is sufficient punishment in itself without any need whatsoever for harsh prison conditions.” From a sheer financial perspective, we ought to side with Nilsen. Noting that it’s difficult to compare prisoner statistics between vastly different countries and demographics, Norway’s recidivism rate (when a released felon commits a crime and returns to prison) is shockingly low. The average recidivism rate in Europe is 70-75%. In Norway it’s 20%. Meanwhile, the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys’ Advisory Council found that 83.8% of the state’s current inmates had prior adult felony conviction or juvenile adjudications, and 56% had two or more prior felonies. Financially speaking, the Norwegian model of resort-style prisons is a lot cheaper overall. Because the felons don’t come back: they go get jobs. http://www.mightyheaton.com/2012/08/06/sheriff-joe-vs-norway-who-better-fixes-inmates/ Above from: Andrew Heaton on Using Comedy to Explain Economic Concepts Andrew Heaton is a comedian, writer and political satirist. He is the presenter of the witty and entertaining economics podcast, EconPop and has a Masters degree in International Politics. Andrew has been featured in a Bollywood movie, plays a lead role in the sitcom Cap South and has been voted best new comedian of 2013 in New York. http://www.economicrockstar.com/andrewheaton/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-long-lawless-ride-of-sheriff-joe-arpaio-20120802 and from a separate story: His re-election defeat came amid a crush of criticism over the $141 million in legal costs that Maricopa County taxpayers footed for defending him in lawsuits focused on his immigration policies, the deaths of inmates in his jails and a child sex abuse case that was botched by his department's investigators. http://www.latimes.com/nation/sns-bc-us--arpaio-senate-20180109-story.html Oh the republicans of Maricopa County. They, Arpaio and trump deserve each other. If you want to be stupid, if you want to remain ignorant, justice demands payment.

Is North Korea using China’s satellites to guide its missiles? http://www.atimes.com/article/north-korea-using-chinas-satellites-guide-missiles/

Strategic missiles consist of propellant-filled stages, a guidance system, and a payload. Once launched, the missile passes through three phases of flight: boost, ballistic, and reentry. If a missile has more than one stage (as all of ours do) there may be more than one boost phase interspersed with several ballistic (coasting) phases where the missile follows its trajectory. The missile can only be guided during boost phase with inertial or stellar or both. Inertial guidance uses onboard computer driven gyroscopes to determine the missile's position and compares this to the targeting information fed into the computer before launch. Stellar guidance uses an optical tracking system to triangulate star positions and update targeting information when it is out of the earth's atmosphere. Targeting cannot be changed after launch https://fas.org/nuke/intro/missile/icbm.htm

Well. 1. As per the original post the African Union has demanded an apology. 2. Since you used the term that trump used. The one trump used in reference and context to Black immigrants. African immigrants are more educated than most — including people born in U.S. [url]http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-global-african-immigrants-explainer-20180112-story.html As such, the above study shows that 16% of African immigrants have masters degrees. While the orange bigot only has a bachelor's degree(Wharton). From which one of his professors stated that he was one of the dumbest students he has ever met. Given his propensity for stupidity. This only confirms that at least 16% of African immigrants are likely smarter than the idiot-in-chief. 3. The reaction from republican senators has been ....crickets. Yet trump himself phoned his usual base of supporters and consultants. Which only confirmed his views and opinions. Flush with ignorance on the issues.

Most likely a knockoff of a Chinese weapon, built by Pakistan then re-exported to N. Korea. https://thediplomat.com/2016/08/the-long-history-of-the-pakistan-north-korea-nexus/ https://www.telegraphindia.com/1151115/jsp/7days/story_53188.jsp For cash the Pakistanis will sell anything to anyone. As demonstrated by the Paki-Libyan and Paki-N. Korea trails of technology.

You excoriate the Right for putting their short term concerns over the future of America, but give the Left a pass for putting their short term concerns over the future of America. The Left and Right are standing across the aisle from each other, each side pointing at the other and screaming what assholes they are. You agree with one side. I agree with both. I'd like to see some elaboration on that view given China has signed on. In addition the US is now the sole non party to that agreement. er trump and his base. This map shows which states are vowing to defy Trump and uphold the US' Paris Agreement goals http://www.businessinsider.com/us-states-uphold-paris-agreement-2017-6 I see US governors, democrat house and senate members standing up for the accords. Where are the republican leaders? Please explain your moderate middle of the road view. Reading comprehension time. My point was simply that BOTH sides of the aisle are incompetent morons. That's it. If you want to discuss the Physics and Politics of Climate Change, that has nothing to do with what I said. As you were. Thanks for making my point.

You excoriate the Right for putting their short term concerns over the future of America, but give the Left a pass for putting their short term concerns over the future of America. The Left and Right are standing across the aisle from each other, each side pointing at the other and screaming what assholes they are. You agree with one side. I agree with both. I'd like to see some elaboration on that view given China has signed on. In addition the US is now the sole non party to that agreement. er trump and his base. This map shows which states are vowing to defy Trump and uphold the US' Paris Agreement goals http://www.businessinsider.com/us-states-uphold-paris-agreement-2017-6 I see US governors, democrat house and senate members standing up for the accords. Where are the republican leaders? Please explain your moderate middle of the road view.

Donald Trump must apologize for comments - African Union http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42670715

Well you've been rewarded then. The "trump effect" in reduced tourism has cost the US economy "International travelers to the U.S. spent 3.3% less last year through November than the comparable period a year earlier, costing the economy $4.6 billion, according to a Friday report by the Commerce Department’s bureau of economic analysis." During a time where the DYX fell 10.1 percent. So the US dollar as compared to a world basket of currencies depreciated over 10% which would normally result in increased tourism. Yet tourism income dropped almost $5 billion.YOY. https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/dxy https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2018/01/10/los-angeles-new-york-report-tourism-growth-despite-national-decline-foreign-visitors/1019888001/

Norwegians tell Trump: We don't want to come to your s***hole country Scandinavians express solidarity with Haiti and African nations "But Norwegians and their Scandinavian cousins on Twitter decided to mock Mr Trump and America itself instead by asking why they would want to go to a country without free healthcare and rampant gun crime. One user, Christian Christensen, a Stockholm-based American professor, wrote: “Of course people from Norway would love to move to a country where people are far more likely to be shot, live in poverty, get no healthcare because they’re poor, get no paid parental leave or subsidized daycare and see fewer women in political power”. Another, Christian Gerhard, said: “Being from Norway and the country Trump wants immigrants from. Would not even consider to emigrate to s***hole USA as long as Donald Trump is president there.” Meanwhile, Kathinka Froystad addressed the President directly, saying: “Dear Mr President, I am glad you enjoyed meeting my prime minister, but I am quite happy where I am and would not even dream of settling down in the US during your s***hole, racist and misogynist regime.” http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/norwegians-tell-trump-we-dont-want-to-come-to-your-shole-country-a8156666.html Good Country Index 2017 shows Norway is the second best country contributing positively to climate and environment. According to a new report called the “Good Country Index,” which ranked 163 countries by their contributions to the global community, Norway takes the second place in climate and preserving the planet category, and 13th place overall. In the climate individual category with ecological footprint, reforestation since 1992, hazardous pesticides exports, CO2 emissions and ozone, Norway has been ranked on the top after Iceland. To compile the Good Country Index, the reserachers created seven big categories: Science & Technology, Culture, International Peace & Security, World Order, Planet & Climate, Prosperity & Equality, and Health & Wellbeing. The data came from sources like the United Nations and the World Bank and it aims to measure the countries’ positive contribution to whole planet and humanity. https://www.tnp.no/norway/panorama/norway-second-best-making-world-better-place

From a year ago, so I guess its just more of the same: https://newrepublic.com/article/140641/trump-turned-gop-party-eugenics

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What some Americans...er trump supporters... don't seem to understand. Is that not every country is blessed with fertile soil, natural resources, a stable political environment. That allows long term education systems, long term investments in infrastructure that lift economies. To develop and better its people. National pride is not limited to the US and the star spangled banner. The Olympics use sport to bring athletes together.From every country rich and poor. Just as the UN tries to do. To use language like that, in his capacity as president. Is like walking to a Indian reserve, into the home of a poor family in Pine Ridge South Dakota. Then insult that family by calling their home a shithole. Its the definition of ugly American. Because that family could have sent its sons to Vietnam, to the battlefields of Europe in WW 11. No, a shithole is someone who doesn't care about the suffering of others. The strong spirit but poor home of another person. Who brims with integrity. Someone who is prepared to pollute and let the wind carry his pollutants downwind for someone else to deal with.

Probably had his inherent integrity reinforced by the Marines. Too bad that the diplomatic service is being gutted by the trump administration. Nothing that 1-2 decades can't repair. Top U.S. Diplomat Blasts Trump Administration for ‘Decapitation’ of State Department Leadership Two former ambassadors have rebuked the White House in an increasingly vocal backlash against its efforts to sideline the State Department. “Our leadership ranks are being depleted at a dizzying speed,” Barbara Stephenson, a former U.S. ambassador to Panama and current president of the American Foreign Service Association, the union for foreign service officers, wrote in a letter for the December 2017 issue of the Foreign Service Journal. Scores of senior diplomats, including 60 percent of career ambassadors, have left the department since the beginning of the year, when President Donald Trump took office, according to the letter. There are 74 top posts at State that remain vacant with no announced nominee. “Were the U.S. military to face such a decapitation of its leadership ranks, I would expect a public outcry,” Stephenson wrote. It’s not just top leadership that is fleeing. New recruitment is falling dramatically as well, shrinking the pool for future talent. The number of applicants registering to take the Foreign Service Officer Test this year will be fewer than half the 17,000 who registered just two years ago, she wrote. Stephenson wasn’t the only top diplomat with harsh words for the White House this week. “Quite frankly, this administration is categorically destroying the Department of State and devaluing diplomacy as something important in this world,” said Wendy Sherman, former undersecretary of state for political affairs under President Barack Obama, speaking Nov. 6 at Foreign Policy‘s Diplomat of the Year event in Washington (Sherman was named this year as National Security Diplomat of the Year). http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/11/08/top-u-s-diplomat-blasts-trump-administration-for-decapitation-of-state-department-leadership/

She is qualified, and so are many other people. We need to stop limiting our choices to career politicians. Once this country sank to the point of making us choose between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump I gave up on trying to predict anything. Nothing seems too ridiculous to happen anymore. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ OUTSTANDING

A thread is needed to keep track of the hypocrisy of Christians. For those that spread the word of god, proclaim to follow his example. Together with the examples as to why: We're at the end of white Christian America. What will that mean? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/20/end-of-white-christian-america Breaking Faith The culture war over religious morality has faded; in its place is something much worse. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/breaking-faith/517785/ Together with those that profit from old white Christians, trump, Exposing America’s Biggest Hypocrites: Evangelical Christians It’s okay to prey as long as you pray. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/exposing-americas-biggest-hypocrites-evangelical_us_5a184f0ee4b068a3ca6df7ad Ahhh, Christianity in America. Or should I say, the single greatest cause of atheism today. You know who I’m talking about, right? The type of people who acknowledge Jesus with their words, and deny him through their lifestyle. The ones who preach the importance of traditional family values, all while holding a rally and offering standing ovations for a man who preyed on 14-year-old girls. The ones who look to excuse the despicable allegations directed at Roy Moore by literally quoting the bible, comparing his molestation to Joseph and Mary. I give you the most hypocritical religious group in America, Evangelical Christians.

Yup. Kinda funny that Ron (and so many, many others) were/are against Obama because of his "communist influences", yet support Trump. They deliberately ignore the fact that Manafort and Flynn are both Russian agents and that the Trump campaign almost certainly worked with Russia. The info that Trump likely was laundering money for the Russian mob is also largely ignored. All just part of trump support for Russia, Putin and Russian/US babies. Russians Flock to Trump Properties to Give Birth to U.S. Citizens https://www.thedailybeast.com/russians-flock-to-trump-properties-to-give-birth-to-us-citizens Birth tourism brings Russian baby boom to Miami https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/birth-tourism-brings-russian-baby-boom-miami-n836121 Its all part of the trump family ideas of cradle to grave services for Russians. US citizenship, money laundering, US condo's. Oh wait thats all part of his "Red Line". No, red is not a pun those are actually his words.

Why Twitter should ban President Trump https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/why-twitter-should-ban-president-trump/article37484778/ Donald Trump Is Testing Twitter’s Harassment Policy The president’s latest outbursts suggest the social-media platform imposes no editorial standards. But should it? https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/the-president-of-the-united-states-is-testing-twitters-harassment-policy/532497/

trump did the right thing by cancelling his trip to the UK.It seems as if the UK was prepared to say to trump's face what the world thinks. Naturally trump lied to cover up the reasons for cancelling. But lies, coverup are what his administration and family are all about. -UN condemns Donald Trump's 'shithole countries' remark as racist https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/12/unkind-divisive-elitist-international-outcry-over-trumps-shithole-countries-remark -'Shame on Trump!' World reacts to Trump's 'shithole countries' remarks http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/12/politics/trump-shithole-countries-reaction-intl/index.html -Racist rhetoric marks Donald Trump's candidacy and presidency http://www.smh.com.au/world/racist-rhetoric-marks-donald-trumps-candidacy-and-presidency-20180112-h0h93p.html "Writer Wajahat Ali said in a tweet: "In just 11 days, Trump has insulted Pakistan, a country of 200 million, Haiti (11 million), El Salvador (6 million), the entire continent of Africa (which is not a country & has 1.2 billion) & millions of Americans. So, about 1.5 billion people. 20% of the world. Week isn't over." http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/trump-shithole-remarks-spur-international-anger-180112084723204.html There is a scam poster that shows up on this site from time to time selling fake passports, drivers licenses, etc. from any country in any name. Presumably they are from China. If trump keeps this up the mods may want to welcome him. Americans wanting to travel anywhere in the world may become targets for physical malice if trump continues.

Vicente Fox Quesada ‏Verified account @VicenteFoxQue .@realDonaldTrump, your mouth is the foulest shithole in the world. With what authority do you proclaim who’s welcome in America and who’s not. America’s greatness is built on diversity, or have you forgotten your immigrant background, Donald? 2:46 PM - 11 Jan 2018

Post coffee caffeine syndrome.

Tech companies should be spending money on R&D not to keep the most qualified employees at work. Creating tax dollars for the government. When republicans can't get immigration straight. Apple, Microsoft Step Up to Defend Dreamers From Deportation https://www.wired.com/story/apple-microsoft-step-up-to-defend-dreamers-from-deportation/ "If Congress fails to act, our company will exercise its legal rights properly to help protect our employees," Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith wrote in a blog post Tuesday, shortly after US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the administration would stop accepting new applications and seek to "wind down" the program. "If the government seeks to deport any one of them, we will provide and pay for their legal counsel,".. Apple CEO Tim Cook likewise condemned the Trump administration's decision and pledged in a note to employees to offer any employees affected by the change the “support they need, including the advice of immigration experts,” Apple, Microsoft, and Google CEOs vow to fight for employees affected by DACA https://thenextweb.com/us/2017/09/06/apple-microsoft-and-google-ceos-vow-to-fight-for-employees-affected-by-daca/