Armitage Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 11 hours ago, Sociotard said: The new Director is the first woman in the position, so that's nice. Gina Haspel. Less nice, she was one of the supervisors of the CIA's torture program. Quote From 2003 to 2005, Gina Haspel was a senior official overseeing a top-secret C.I.A. program that subjected dozens of suspected terrorists to savage interrogations, which included depriving them of sleep, squeezing them into coffins, and forcing water down their throats. In 2002, Haspel was among the C.I.A. officers present at the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, an Al Qaeda suspect who was tortured so brutally that at one point he appeared to be dead. Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 I wonder if John Kelly can stop Trump from tweeting congratulations to Putin when he gets "reelected" in a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 15, 2018 Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 Probably not https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/trump-swinging-the-axe-at-tillerson-mcmaster-sessions-jared-and-ivanka?mbid=social_twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted March 15, 2018 Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 When you have a president whose catchphrase is "You're fired!" this is to be expected I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted March 15, 2018 Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 12 hours ago, Cygnia said: Probably not https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/trump-swinging-the-axe-at-tillerson-mcmaster-sessions-jared-and-ivanka?mbid=social_twitter From the article: ...his presidency has entered a new phase—one in which Trump feels emboldened to throw off the shackles that have thus far constrained him. Wait... so up to now, this has been the restrained Donald Trump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted March 15, 2018 Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 "This isn't even my final form!" Iuz the Evil, RDU Neil, Lord Liaden and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 15, 2018 Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 Black Panther being used by white supremacists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU Neil Posted March 15, 2018 Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/mueller-subpoenas-trump-organization-russia-documents-report-180315190602187.html This keeps getting lost, while being the best chance to seriously disrupt der Fuhrer's megalomaniacal reign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 15, 2018 Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 Mueller wants it to keep getting lost, for the most part. He wants to stay under the radar until it is time to strike. RDU Neil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 http://www.westernmassnews.com/story/37720272/teacher-accidentally-fires-gun-in-classroom-student-injured RDU Neil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Several years ago there was a bill in the Idaho state house that would permit instructors in their state universities to carry firearms while performing their teaching duties. There was a snarky letter from an instructor that got published in the NY Times that more or less asked for rules of engagement, when he was allowed to open fire at a student. While intended to be raw snark, that did raise a valid point, of training a significant group of people who would be newly authorized to carry weapons as part of their duties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 That's easy. Is the student black? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 It's Idaho. Those were all hunted out decades ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 So all you citizens of the US don't feel alone, here is what a minister in the Australian government is coming out with. He is copping a lot of flak from it, but he said it. He's also our minister for everything "security" related, which is... delightful. This includes sticking people who aren't white into tropical "detention centres". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 4 hours ago, assault said: This includes sticking people who aren't white into tropical "detention centres". They might be safer from us there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 The one island detention center they were putting refugees into (Manus Island) sounded like hell on earth with a generous helping of rape. Some quick googling suggests that it might actually have gotten worse since I last checked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 Wait, Australia wants to ship undesirable people off to another land mass? Criminals, perhaps? Do they see the irony? Doc Democracy, Lord Liaden, assault and 1 other 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 On 3/16/2018 at 9:08 AM, Starlord said: They might be safer from us there. Guess who gets the privilege of operating those detention centers? I can barely use a euphemism like "detention centers" with a straight face, so excuse me for a minute while I step away from the keyboard for a primal scream or something.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 Looks like the Brazilian police assassinated a political opponent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 On 3/16/2018 at 6:01 AM, assault said: So all you citizens of the US don't feel alone, here is what a minister in the Australian government is coming out with. He is copping a lot of flak from it, but he said it. He's also our minister for everything "security" related, which is... delightful. This includes sticking people who aren't white into tropical "detention centres". When you read the rest of the Minister's remarks about immigration, the whole thing certainly sounds like the familiar euphemisms for, "we only want white people," that we've all been hearing from many countries for years. I am also getting very tired of government officials making policy pronouncements based on what they saw on TV or read on the Internet. Mr. Dutton, you're a high-level minister of a first-world country -- you have the resources to fact-check and get advice on the repercussions before you open your mouth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 It's official. McMaster out, John Bolton in as National Security Advisor. Oh well, we humans had a pretty good run, didn't we? Perhaps we should leave some sort of warning for the giant rats and radroaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 (I hadn't realized James Earl Jones was in this film.) assault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 On 3/8/2018 at 10:47 PM, Sociotard said: You know what, I'm going to make a pledge: If Donald Trump 1) Follows through with negotiations (even if it doesn't result in NK giving up nukes; establishing dialogue suffices) 2) Does not attack NK, including a "bloody nose" strike. 3) Maintains the Iran deal 4) Doesn't let the Syrian civil war drag us into a new conflict with one of the participants (like Turkey or Russia) 5) Maintains relations with Cuba 6) Keeps his stupid trade war small Bonus) Negotiates an end to the Yemeni conflict I will vote for him in 2020. I will forgive his lies and sexual predation and killing Obamacare and the deficit-spiking tax cuts and I will vote for him. C'mon Trump. You can do this. Three years of peace, no regime toppling or pre-emptive strikes. You really can. You evicerated the state department for no good reason, but you can still win my vote by just holding your isolationism. That starts by picking the right advisers. Dagnabit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 I admire your willingness to keep your word, but I think your initial conditions were too wishfully constructed. Deviations from a straight path increase, not decrease, over time, unless there's an overwhelming stabilizing force operating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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