csyphrett Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 A judge files lift on ban. Customs are allowing people to come in again. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 ...and our President responded with the grace and dignity we have come to expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaspar Hauser Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 A Michigan GOP official just called for another Kent State for campus protestors. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michigan-gop-official-kent-state_us_58952eafe4b09bd304bb86f0? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 A Michigan GOP official just called for another Kent State for campus protestors. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michigan-gop-official-kent-state_us_58952eafe4b09bd304bb86f0? In the name of free speech yet, if it's the same so and so I saw on Twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 In the name of free speech yet, if it's the same so and so I saw on Twitter. As rephrased, if the protests continue, there'll be another tragic, horrible Kent State incident, and this will lead to an end to free speech due to people free-speeching getting shot. Which he condemns. Because it is bad and wrong, and he's sorry that his initial statement was susceptible to being misinterpreted as suggesting that he's some kind of jackhole, which obviously he isn't, because who's ever heard of a Milo fan being mean on the Twitters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armitage Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 It doesn't appear to have been mentioned here, and more stupid things have replaced it in the news. Kellyanne Conway defended the immigration ban by citing the "Bowling Green Massacre", a terrorist attack in Kentucky that was covered up by the media. “I bet it’s brand new information to people that President Obama had a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized, and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green Massacre,” Conway said on MSNBC on Thursday night. “I mean most people don’t know that because it didn’t get covered.” It must have been pretty easy to cover up, since it never happened. Two Iraqi refugees living in Bowling Green, Kentucky were arrested in 2009 for attempting to send money and supplies to insurgents in Iraq. Apparently, that's a "massacre". She later claimed that she misspoke and meant to say "terrorists" instead of "massacre", but that clearly makes no sense. "...two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized, and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green (terrorists)." Two terrorists were the masterminds behind the terrorists? No surprise, she's now crying about people being so mean to her. Iuz the Evil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 And the President went on vacation after two weeks on the job. Did I hear that right? I'm not sure how this works so I don't even know if that's unusual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 I'm not sure how this works so I don't even know if that's unusual. Don't worry, neither is the President. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/04/politics/doj-appeals-travel-ban-ruling/index.html And the 9th Circuit denies lifting the Travel Ban injunction. Asks for more information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 The Arnold and the Don are still going at it. Arnold sent the president a picture of his tax releases. It might be because Arnie is younger and smarter, but he is getting some good burns over this CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Also, Arnie has actual political experience and has learned how government works. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Also, Arnie has actual political experience and has learned how government works. Yeah, there was a definite learning curve there for him too, but eventually he seemed to get the hang of it (more or less). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Yeah, there was a definite learning curve there for him too, but eventually he seemed to get the hang of it (more or less). I'm betting Arnie actually hired people who actually knew how to do their jobs too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 A discussion of Trump's counterterrorism policies by a counterterrorism expert tl;dr: Trump is doing everything exactly wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 aylwin13, Pattern Ghost, Iuz the Evil and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 I hope that's within the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaspar Hauser Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Trump is excluding white supremacists from being targeted by a multi-agency program designed to counter extremism. http://fortune.com/2017/02/02/trump-counter-extremism-program-white-supremacists-islam/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 And the President went on vacation after two weeks on the job. Did I hear that right? I'm not sure how this works so I don't even know if that's unusual. There's a running joke I think of whenever the President goes abroad. "I have good news and bad news. The good news is the President is going to England!" "What's the bad news, then?" "He's coming back!" It comes to mind regardless of who the President is or whether I actually like him. Presidents traditionally take a lot of vacation time. George W. Bush took a lot of breaks. Barack Obama's Hawaii trips drew a lot of Republican ire. The thing is he doesn't just stop being President when he travels or goes home for the holidays. He still needs to be reachable 24/7, still has to keep the nuclear football in easy reach, and is still surrounded by some of the tightest personal security on Earth. You can never really relax until the next guy takes over. (Barack Obama is probably wondering what he's going to do with himself and all this new free time.) In some countries, going abroad on state business is hazardous for heads of state and government. Being out of the country gives your enemies an opportunity to plot against you, or to put plots against you into action. IIRC, Mikhail Gorbachev was on vacation in 1989 when the die-hards of the Communist Party staged the failed coup that led directly to the utter collapse of the Soviet Union. Perhaps because he remembers this, Vladimir Putin apparently rarely if ever leaves Moscow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 I cannot recall any President getting this much bad press so early on and this is going back to Reagan's first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Here is a list of Trump's executive orders so far for those of you that have lost track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 While I object to some of Mike Pence's political and social positions, I have to admire the consistent slickness with which he spins his President's utterances in followup public interviews, to make them seem almost palatable. The contrast in style between Donald Trump and this career politician is stunning. Something tells me this may turn out to be the Vice-President's most frequent contribution to the Trump administration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Trump and Aids Rethink Tactics After Stumbles From the NYT via my wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Well, that article makes it sound like Trump is at least beginning to grasp how government works, and why it works that way. Baby steps, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 One can hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Well, that article makes it sound like Trump is at least beginning to grasp how government works, and why it works that way. Baby steps, I suppose. Great news. After only 1 or 2 unfortunate nuclear exchanges, they should have it all nailed down and running smoothly. Kaspar Hauser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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