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July 16, 2017

My early choice for President in 2020? Pete Buttigieg

He's the real deal.

July 15, 2017

JPR types applaud the idea of Putin dominating eastern Europe & pushing the US out of Europe

https://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/putins-policy-towards-america-is-working-and-that-could-be-a-good-thing/
Putin's Policy Towards America is Working, and That Could be a Good Thing

At the recent G20 summit, Putin got everything, and I mean everything, he wanted at the time from Trump. But his longterm objective isn’t just the lifting of sanctions(which I’m sure he didn’t directly bring up at the time), but a pullback of the American and Western European military and influence from eastern Europe and what used to be Soviet Central Asia, where there’s all those wonderful natural gas and mineral deposits. How to do that? Simple. Promote a political awareness in America, by Americans themselves, that they have absolutely nothing to gain by pushing hard at Russia and escalating tensions with it. That is certainly the viewpoint RT America is advocating.

The thing is, that has been my own viewpoint for most of my life!
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So, nostrovia, Uncle Vlad! Keep funding RT America. I might even send you a Christmas card.
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July 7, 2017

"We're not going to solve our problems if we get distracted by carnival barkers and sideshows"

"We're not going to solve our problems if we get distracted by carnival barkers and sideshows" (Barack Obama, 27th April 2011, in reference to Donald Trump)

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President Obama's statement back in April of 2011 reads like an uncanny prediction now.

July 5, 2017

In 18 years since Naders run, what has been accomplished by attacking the Dem party from the left?

I am counting from 1999 to present since Nader declared before 2000.

I've heard a few arguments for attacking Democrats from the left that all seem bad.

Does anyone think the country has been "pushed to the left" by the actions of those trying to do so? Has the Democratic party been pushed to the left?

If you can't answer yes to those questions, isn't attacking the Democratic Party from the left an epic and unadulterated failure?

And why is it that those folks are allowed to attack the Democratic Party from the left but if we respond to them in kind, some folks accuse us of being divisive? Why do some folks here think that is OK?

July 2, 2017

16 or so post Twitter rant from Tom Nichols re: Trump CNN tweet is amazing

Start here: https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/881546248699904000

Tom Nichols?Verified account
@RadioFreeTom

The "oh, Trump made everyone crazy, but it's just a dumb tweet" defenses have begun.
Those defenses are stupid and irresponsible. /1
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Tom Nichols?Verified account
@RadioFreeTom

This is a 71 year old man, supposedly Leader of the Free World and our Commander in Chief, occupying his time like a teenage shitposter. /4
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Tom Nichols?Verified account
@RadioFreeTom

He does not understand his own legislative initiatives. He has no interest in foreign affairs. But he has time to tweet dumb videos. /6
12:18 PM - 2 Jul 2017

June 26, 2017

Yes Trump, Hume, Sean it would be a crime, a serious one.



I'm not as good as EarlG at these memes but it gets the point across!
June 8, 2017

Wow, Comey's opening words indicate to me he is going to unload on Trump

If I were Trump or other members of the administration I would be VERY concerned right now.

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