1margd
Urge Israel to not admit two Congressional reps. Netanyahu complies.
Recession looms.
Epstein death--via criminal neglect of his Justice Dept of one degree or another.
Recession looms.
Epstein death--via criminal neglect of his Justice Dept of one degree or another.
3margd
>2 John5918: Yes! Buy Greenland, and build a new Trump hotel--for one, with bars (of the window kind).
4John5918
>1 margd: Urge Israel to not admit two Congressional reps. Netanyahu complies.
No politician in living memory has been treated as badly as Ilhan Omar (Independent)
The propaganda war against Omar is an attack on all minorities that make up the fabric of America
No politician in living memory has been treated as badly as Ilhan Omar (Independent)
The propaganda war against Omar is an attack on all minorities that make up the fabric of America
5John5918
>2 John5918: Greenland: Trump warned that island cannot be bought from Denmark (BBC)
Greenland has said it is "not for sale" following reports that US President Donald Trump has spoken about buying the world's biggest island...
But Greenland's Foreign Minister Ane Lone Bagger dismissed the idea, telling Reuters: "We are open for business, but we're not for sale"...
Greenland has said it is "not for sale" following reports that US President Donald Trump has spoken about buying the world's biggest island...
But Greenland's Foreign Minister Ane Lone Bagger dismissed the idea, telling Reuters: "We are open for business, but we're not for sale"...
7lriley
#4--FWIW Omar has shown both resilience + an ability to fight back very well. The more ridiculous the assaults against her the more she laughs them off. Her grilling of Elliott Abrams in a committee hearing was maybe the best thing I've seen in the last 20 years. On target and laugh out loud hilarious. I think she can take care of herself very well.
8JGL53
A big part of the problem is that the democratic party in large part were so shit-your-pants scared when Omar was accused of making anti-Semitic remarks that they attacked her, along side the stinking shit-ass repukelicans.
What a fuck-tarded country we have, politically-speaking, i.e., our best hope is the democrats and they are a herd of self-serving dicks, but we must needs vote for them because they are not the ultimate pile of shit - which would be the repukelican party, if I must state the obvious.
The Orange Asshole makes it easier, much easier, to vote democratic, but I am not happy about making common cause with a group of (mainly) cowards and self-serving punks and punkettes - the Dim-o-craps.
What a fuck-tarded country we have, politically-speaking, i.e., our best hope is the democrats and they are a herd of self-serving dicks, but we must needs vote for them because they are not the ultimate pile of shit - which would be the repukelican party, if I must state the obvious.
The Orange Asshole makes it easier, much easier, to vote democratic, but I am not happy about making common cause with a group of (mainly) cowards and self-serving punks and punkettes - the Dim-o-craps.
9margd
St. Pierre-Miquelon? The Falklands? ;>
Why Trump Can’t Buy Greenland
Scott R. Anderson | Friday, August 16, 2019
...Article 1(2) of the U.N. Charter, further developed through a series of resolutions, (principle that peoples and nations have a right to self-determination under international law)
...2009...Act on Greenland Self-Government, which expressly recognized that “the people of Greenland is a people pursuant to international law with the right of self-determination” and devolved control over an even greater scope of activities to Greenland’s own government. This includes foreign affairs: the legislation authorized Greenland to enter into international agreements on its own regarding matters that solely affect Greenland’s interests, while setting up consultation requirements for any international agreements that Denmark may wish to pursue that implicate Greenland. Finally, the act also sets out a process through which Greenland can choose to seek its own independence. This process ultimately requires a referendum of Greenland residents as well as approval by the parliaments of both Denmark and Greenland.
...Even if the United States does not see the people of Greenland’s right to self-determination as an obstacle—a real possibility given the Trump administration’'s deep skepticism of international law and institutions—Denmark almost certainly does.
...Greenland’s residents have responded to the idea of becoming part of the United States with extreme skepticism...
https://www.lawfareblog.com/why-trump-cant-buy-greenland
Why Trump Can’t Buy Greenland
Scott R. Anderson | Friday, August 16, 2019
...Article 1(2) of the U.N. Charter, further developed through a series of resolutions, (principle that peoples and nations have a right to self-determination under international law)
...2009...Act on Greenland Self-Government, which expressly recognized that “the people of Greenland is a people pursuant to international law with the right of self-determination” and devolved control over an even greater scope of activities to Greenland’s own government. This includes foreign affairs: the legislation authorized Greenland to enter into international agreements on its own regarding matters that solely affect Greenland’s interests, while setting up consultation requirements for any international agreements that Denmark may wish to pursue that implicate Greenland. Finally, the act also sets out a process through which Greenland can choose to seek its own independence. This process ultimately requires a referendum of Greenland residents as well as approval by the parliaments of both Denmark and Greenland.
...Even if the United States does not see the people of Greenland’s right to self-determination as an obstacle—a real possibility given the Trump administration’'s deep skepticism of international law and institutions—Denmark almost certainly does.
...Greenland’s residents have responded to the idea of becoming part of the United States with extreme skepticism...
https://www.lawfareblog.com/why-trump-cant-buy-greenland
10margd
Sure hope the lil baby doesn't employ tariffs or military action to get what he wants. Wah!
In Denmark, Bewilderment and Anger Over Trump’s Canceled Visit
Martin Selsoe Sorensen | Aug. 21, 2019
President Trump said he was putting off a state visit to Denmark because the prime minister had said she had no interest in discussing the sale of Greenland...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/world/europe/greenland-denmark-trump.html
In Denmark, Bewilderment and Anger Over Trump’s Canceled Visit
Martin Selsoe Sorensen | Aug. 21, 2019
President Trump said he was putting off a state visit to Denmark because the prime minister had said she had no interest in discussing the sale of Greenland...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/world/europe/greenland-denmark-trump.html
11lriley
#10--so bizarre. For people who support the Donald--I don't know how they can look at this and not think he's nuts.
12margd
Rachel Maddow MSNBC @maddow | 3:46 PM · Aug 21, 2019:
Credit where credit is due.
It is not wholly, inexplicably irrational for a president to whip out the Defcon-1 level bizarre behavior and non sequiturs... if these are the kinds of headlines everyone would be looking at otherwise:
Trade War Dragging on U.S. Economy as Deficit Soars, CBO Warns
The U.S. budget deficit is growing faster than expected and President Donald Trump’s trade war is weighing on the economy, according to a new Congressional Budget Office forecast that highlights key...
bloomberg.com
Credit where credit is due.
It is not wholly, inexplicably irrational for a president to whip out the Defcon-1 level bizarre behavior and non sequiturs... if these are the kinds of headlines everyone would be looking at otherwise:
Trade War Dragging on U.S. Economy as Deficit Soars, CBO Warns
The U.S. budget deficit is growing faster than expected and President Donald Trump’s trade war is weighing on the economy, according to a new Congressional Budget Office forecast that highlights key...
bloomberg.com
132wonderY
"Owning the Libs" is the whole point, according to Slate's Tom Scocca:
Governing by Owning the Libs
And a broken government is better than a shared one. In Trump, the party has found a figure who frees it from even pretending to care about running the country. Where the George W. Bush administration boasted that “when we act, we create our own reality,” the Trump administration dispenses with action and reality alike. Every decision or announcement or tweet is pure antagonism, a boast of a win built on taunting the losers. By the time anyone tries to figure out what happened—whether the wording of the executive order makes legal sense, or the draft memo ever came to be, or where anybody put the detained babies—the president has gotten bored and moved on. The insight of Donald Trump and the people around him, then, is that the spirit of negation is not just for obstructing what your opponents want to do, but can extend to the entire project of being in charge of the government.
Governing by Owning the Libs
And a broken government is better than a shared one. In Trump, the party has found a figure who frees it from even pretending to care about running the country. Where the George W. Bush administration boasted that “when we act, we create our own reality,” the Trump administration dispenses with action and reality alike. Every decision or announcement or tweet is pure antagonism, a boast of a win built on taunting the losers. By the time anyone tries to figure out what happened—whether the wording of the executive order makes legal sense, or the draft memo ever came to be, or where anybody put the detained babies—the president has gotten bored and moved on. The insight of Donald Trump and the people around him, then, is that the spirit of negation is not just for obstructing what your opponents want to do, but can extend to the entire project of being in charge of the government.
14margd
The Amerikkkan Führer returns in Part II.
@RealDonaldTrump reprises his role as dictator-in-chief
@ProjectLincoln with a special cameo
#Juneteenth #Resist #TheResistance
1:54 ( https://twitter.com/major__Ray/status/1273983065426137088 )
- major_Ray @major__Ray | 10:16 AM · Jun 19, 2020
@RealDonaldTrump reprises his role as dictator-in-chief
@ProjectLincoln with a special cameo
#Juneteenth #Resist #TheResistance
1:54 ( https://twitter.com/major__Ray/status/1273983065426137088 )
- major_Ray @major__Ray | 10:16 AM · Jun 19, 2020
15margd
Tamara Keith @tamarakeithNPR | 9:25 AM · Jul 30, 2020:
It's worth noting this was sent 16 minutes after historically terrible GDP numbers came out and
after the release of new unemployment data indicating first time claims are once again rising.
Quote Tweet
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 5h
With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???
It's worth noting this was sent 16 minutes after historically terrible GDP numbers came out and
after the release of new unemployment data indicating first time claims are once again rising.
Quote Tweet
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 5h
With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???
