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For the life of me I can not understand why you refuse to see that BLM was not born of one or two or even a hundred cases. It is born of centuries of violent suppression. BLM has many white members. Yes, black on black violence has a greater volume of deaths. But it is a different subject. You are standing in a forest looking one by one at the trees. The nuance of a different subject, a different motive so to speak seems to confuse some. Black on black violence is different from the homicides of blacks. By police that seem indicative of a reckless attitude and bias against them. For which the defense by police that fear for their lives. Law and precedent in the courts. Seems engineered to preclude liability by LEO for almost any acts of reckless shootings. Back to the Nazi movement subject of this thread. The "Unite the Right " movement led by Jason Kessler. -One of the first headliners at Saturday’s event was Richard Spencer... Spencer led a rally in Washington D.C. after Trump’s election, in which members raised their arms in Nazi salutes, and declared “hail Trump.” http://www.newsweek.com/alt-right-leaders-are-addressing-largest-white-nationalist-rally-decades-650096 Anti Jewish chants were intermingled with the mantra of white power for these protestors. All of which also seemed to escape trump's attention. Ah well! Golf and holidays is more important than leadership and example. Or perhaps it was less important than all the other "calls and meetings"!

Maybe, maybe not. I'm gonna guess that KJU and his closest advisers have decent access to the outside world, to include both info and luxury goods. Again, KJU's end game is to stay in power. I think he's smart enough to know that he needs good, accurate, realistic info to do that. Oh they do. Both trump and Jong-un know war is not realistic. They have had nuclear weapons for years(2006). The Pukkuksong-1 is expected to deploy this year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukkuksong-1 IMO Jong-un wants deployment options for the 60+ nuclear weapons that he has now in order to provide a firewall for all his other currency counterfeiting, weapons smuggling, technology trading scams that he runs in order to fund elite special interest groups in his government. Its all bluster from trump and his N. Korean equal.

If their goal was that black lives matter as much as anyone's, fine. That is not, however, the case - their point is clearly that black lives matter BECAUSE they're black, which is racist anyway you cut it. To put it mildly I am not a supporter of the marchers in Charlottesville, but I also find the other end of the spectrum to be equally contemptible. "Reverse discrimination" is discrimination, and its adherents use rationalization no more compelling than those they oppose. I'm underwhelmed. You have difficulties with nuance and circumstance where multiple competing interests, objectives, combine for a common purpose. Introspection for true self motivations may help you ascertain the most important factors biasing your views. Good luck.

Less and less elected republicans are defending trump.

So there are subtle "Neonatzi"s who chant "Friday’s protesters shouted anti-Semitic and Nazi-associated slogans, including "blood and soil”: a phrase that references the German ideology of Blut und Boden, or the idea that a person is defined by his or her relationship to ethnic ancestry (blood) and the land they cultivate (soil). Protesters also shouted “Jews will not replace us” (a more explicitly anti-Semitic take on “you will not replace us,” a white-supremacist alt-right slogan that arose in response to actor Shia LaBoeuf’s anti-Trump performance art piece “He Will Not Divide Us”). Attendees at the rally also wore Nazi paraphernalia, carried flags with swastikas alongside Confederate flags, and wore shirts with quotations by Adolf Hitler. " https://www.vox.com/2017/8/12/16138352/this-weekends-charlottesville-rally-shows-how-close-good-old-boys-and-nazis-really-are

It won't make a blind bit of difference to people like rush or Ron. Trump could be led away in chains and it would STILL be Obama's fault. Muller could find signed and fingerprinted documentation from Trump stating explicitly that he'll give Putin a reacharound every other Monday in return for help during the election and it'll STILL be fake news made up by the evil liberal media. And after all that Ron will state that it is STILL better than Hillary being president, and rush will STILL claim that Hillary has committed crimes and should be locked up - despite the fact you're absolutely right. It's simply not relevant to the current events... Facts and official findings have no place in their world. It's all like America's Favorite Pastime - Baseball. When the home team tries to pick off the guy at 1st, it's all silence, but if the away team does it, Boooooooooo! In baseball, it doesn't matter if you have 20 hits and only 5 runs if they have 10 hits and 6 runs. . .they still win. In this game: Rush/Ron/Trump: 62,984,825 hits - 304 Runs You/Hillary: 65,853,516 hits - 227 Runs Don't pretend you'd play the game differently. . . Great analogy! SAD, BAD analogy. The correct interpretation of this is football. trump is the quarterback and calls bad improvised plays on the line of scrimmage. He blames the receivers for bad passes on routes that cross the middle of the field. That result in DB's laying big hits on defenseless teammates. After the game he calls out his teammates with blame all around. All the while heaping praise on the QB of the hated enemy team in order to get traded for the big bucks.

and some other activities: https://www.ft.com/content/438df45c-d16b-11e5-831d-09f7778e7377 http://www.stylealtitude.com/too-old-to-snowboard.html

Hillary, no warrant from any court. trump/Manafort, special council and warrant.

This is why freight concern UPS signed up for 14 747-8 freighters in late October 2016, with options for another 14 in the future. That sale meant that Boeing's quarterly results call last week featured Boeing chair, president and CEO Dennis Muilenburg, advising that “this order helps to fill the production skyline for the foreseeable future and significantly de-risks 747 program”. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/30/747_saved/ The 777 Freighter (777F) is an all-cargo version of the twinjet, and shares features with the -200LR; these include its airframe, engines,[201] and fuel capacity.[146] With a maximum payload of 224,900 lb (102,000 kg) (similar to the 243,000 lb (110,000 kg) of the 747-200F), it has a range of 4,970 nmi (9,200 km).[175] Greater range is possible if less cargo weight is carried.[202]... The first 777F was delivered to Air France on February 19, 2009.[96] As of June 2017, 130 freighters had been delivered to 16 different customers, with 31 unfilled orders.[1] Operators had 123 of the 777F in service as of July 2016.[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#777_Freighter

For airlines its all about seat mile costs and empty seats on scheduled flights. https://www.airinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/vvv.png Above from https://www.airinsight.com/super-twin-battle-revisited/ and the large twin widebody market in general: https://leehamnews.com/2017/08/07/key-lessors-see-strong-wide-body-market-despite-worries/ Large four engine commercial aircraft are beginning to look like dinosaurs. https://airwaysmag.com/industry/a-look-at-the-remaining-airbus-a380-and-boeing-747-orders-deliveries/ https://leehamnews.com/2017/02/16/singapore-777-9-order-pressures-not-kill-a380/

It could also be by the hands of conservative nationalists or other white supremacy groups, many of which include atheists. It's just that they have a familiarity with christianity and never felt threatened by it, so they just focus on other groups. Most likely a white male with poorly developed perspectives of religion and politics. Therefore easily motivated to impulsive hatred.

Could be. Whose window do you think they meant to throw it through? Truthfully, my first thought was classroom error. Bartsdaddy makes a good point as well. Good point. Any member of the Muslim community in America is a potential fifth column terrorist. All 3.3 million of them. Its time to have the FBI put them all under surveillance.

Please elaborate on the point you are trying to establish.

I taught a 78 or 79 year old pilot to jump. He had a hard time arching because of arthritis. But did great. So you should pack it in and give it up after another 20 years or so. As long as you're not jumping in the UK, but thats another story.

Very funny. The trump clan wants to put the shaft to the US public purse over lease rates. So the Secret Service moves out. Just when you thought the greed of the trump clan couldn't get bigger. Oh well. Russian guests will just have freer access. When they have another suitcase of fresh US cash, its just in the door and up the elevator. No pesky secret service men to deal with.

Because we won. We could not tolerate, even comprehend, Hillary as POTUS. No. That Trump won has nothing to do with the fact that you deliberately ignore provable facts if you don't like them. The two events are not causally related. You are correct, no relation at all. Why? Because we won. I encourage you to enjoy your life as best as you can. Then in 2020 evaluate the results of President Trump's policies and management. I would suggest that the republican party won. Had trump run as an independent the vote split on the right would have put HRC in office. Trump got a SC justice appointed but the honeymoon appears over. What else is he likely to accomplish? IMO Ron has religious beliefs that he sets aside when political ideology takes priority. I got new respect for the Mormon community when its compassionate religious principals shunned trump in the runup to trump's election. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/world/europe/vatican-us-catholic-conservatives.html A Vatican Shot Across the Bow for Hard-Line U.S. Catholics VATICAN CITY — Two close associates of Pope Francis have accused American Catholic ultraconservatives of making an alliance of “hate” with evangelical Christians to back President Trump, further alienating a group already out of the Vatican’s good graces. The authors, writing in a Vatican-vetted journal, singled out Stephen K. Bannon, Mr. Trump’s chief strategist, as a “supporter of an apocalyptic geopolitics” that has stymied action against climate change and exploited fears of migrants and Muslims with calls for “walls and purifying deportations.” The article warns that conservative American Catholics have strayed dangerously into the deepening political polarization in the United States. The writers even declare that the worldview of American evangelical and hard-line Catholics, which is based on a literal interpretation of the Bible, is “not too far apart’’ from jihadists.

Thats what I was thinking except that like the strike on Syria that he ordered. Any military action might do the job. Hopefully Mattis can herd the 50 cats running around in trump's brain. Either N. Korea or Iran would be a mistake.

This says it all. Or a Machiavellian family whose children are no different than the father.

Don't forget George Soros. He is the antiChrist.

https://www.edubloxtutor.com/iq-test-scores/ Harvard Professor Howard Gardner suggests that there are at least eight different types of intelligence, which are Verbal-linguistic intelligence (“word smart”) Logical-mathematical intelligence (“number/reasoning smart”) Visual-spatial intelligence (“picture smart”) Musical intelligence (“music smart”) Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence (“body smart”) Interpersonal intelligence (“people smart”) Intrapersonal intelligence (“self smart”) Naturalist intelligence (“nature smart”) Above from the story. Which traditionally miss a target of forecasting success, income, life satisfaction, problem solving and analytical abilities in general. Traditional IQ tests focus on "Logical-mathematical intelligence (“number/reasoning smart”) ". As such, they may rank such personalities as those on the popular TV show Big Bang Theory high. But whose comedy is based upon their interpersonal dysfunction vs a normal range of inter-intrapersonal skills.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-28/killing-the-border-tax-solved-one-problem-it-may-create-several B.A.T. was a bad idea. A VAT is a effective way to generate revenue for a government. But for republicans the introduction of such a broad tax, "invasive" for small business and individuals. Would be DOA without a comprehensive tax reform bill(s).

Take the link at the top of this page to avoid the paywall: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awashingtonpost.com+trump+is+something+the+nation+did+not+know+it+needed&oq=site%3Awashingtonpost.com+trump+is+something+the+nation+did+not+know+it+needed&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.14214j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Thanks for that i knew there was a google search way to do it but after a couple searches without the correct story headline I gave up. Trump is something the nation did not know it needed: a feeble president whose manner can cure the nation’s excessive fixation with the presidency. from story. The ideas that government or single policies can fix complex economic problems is beyond most people. The structural changes of energy, for example coal. Are beyond throwing the environment and its protective regulations under the bus. To save a few jobs for a few years. Leadership is not bullying. Its ideas and cajoling, hard work & sweat, long hours & flexibility. Its give and take. None of these qualities are evident in trump's personality. General Kelly will need more than band-aids to treat his personal head banging against a brick wall. In dealing with trump.

Now would be a good time for democrat leaders to step up. John McCain showed what leadership was all about this morning. When he voted down the "skinny bill". Democrats could approach McCain and other republican leaders and start a dialog to fix the ACA. To decrease costs and increase coverage. To come forth with positive ideas.

You've hit the nail on the head with the counter point. Allow me to wax poetic for a moment by saying that, in my estimate, 85% of the people that join the military do not join because of an overwhelming sense of patriotic duty. They join for much more tangible reasons: benefits, healthcare, education, skill training, financial stability, escaping a bad situation, etc. There are some that join purely to serve their country but the numbers are not many. Through basic training, advanced individual training, and unit training, the esprit d'corps, culture, and patriotism are established in the individual (or indoctrinated if you want to argue that point). Ask an initial term member why they serve and they will provide a much different answer than someone that is on their 3rd contract or a lifer. If someone wants to join just for a sex change, I don't really care. They will sign up, serve their obligation as deemed by their respective branch and move on. I roll that under Veterans benefits the same I would education benefits or any other benefits packages available to vets. The amount of fraud, waste, and abuse in the acquisitions and logistics area are far more concerning to me than the negligible costs of hormone treatments for an estimated 1500-6000 people. The military budget spends more on medical necessities of dependas and their broods than on actual service members. At least the transgenders are actually serving. To your last comment, I can trust them because I don't care about what is in their pants. I care about their demonstrated ability to uphold the physical standards set forth by the Army for their appropriate gender marker, their professional competence, and desire to achieve success on behalf of themselves and the unit. Agree completely. The same argument has been used since the 1950's with regards to pilots. That aviators were joining the services just to get free training to move onto the major airlines. Even greater reasons now that ATP is 1500 min.

Let's just keep them out of the military. We need warriors not emotionally disturbed, gender confused victims in the ranks. http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/opinions/kristin-beck-on-trump-transgender-tweet-opinion/index.html We should take up a collection to send him her to the WH. To kick trump's ass!!! Needless to say this command will not stand. Even you're confused now. :) Its a good thing I have you as my wingman.