How will the 2nd 100 days go?

Curious Cdn

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Trump has been THE BOSS for most of his life (an inherited situation) and he has never had to answer to anyone other than his debtors (and we know how he's treated them, in the past). It is likely that he is incapable of the sort of conciliatory behaviour necessary to be President of a republic. He looks like a dictator and in a weaker democracy, he would be one by now.
 

Danbones

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That whole Syria/Russia thing calmed down, as in, no more chest beating by the Russians or Assad. They'll lay off for a month or two and then start up with their hijinx. I wonder what a MOAB would do to a city the size of Damascus? I'm not suggesting Trump should bomb it. A smaller city or town would suffice. Still, what will Putin and Assad get into next?
Bombing your house in revenge for all the crazy prop o gand ah you write
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just to see if you like how it feels
 

JLM

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complete story? doesn't matter, Welcome to the trump era of alternative facts, fake news, lies, and self promotion.


I can't quite agree there, Twila. In all the equations I've encountered in my life, if one component is changed, the bottom line is changed. How much in politics is determined by facts and how much by perception? I think the latter plays the bigger role, not that I agree with it one iota! :)
 

Twila

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I can't quite agree there, Twila. In all the equations I've encountered in my life, if one component is changed, the bottom line is changed. How much in politics is determined by facts and how much by perception? I think the latter plays the bigger role, not that I agree with it one iota! :)

you don't have to agree, but it's what trumps done. Made a world where facts and the truth don't matter.
 

Cliffy

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A sign of the times:

 

Tecumsehsbones

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So this is how they'll make America great.....


White House says diabetics don’t deserve health insurance
White House says diabetics don
I'm forced to agree with the White House. People who don't take care of themselves don't deserve health insurance.

Pregnant? Nobody forced you to have sex. Pay for your pre-natal care, delivery, and pediatric care out of your pocket, or do without?

Black lung? Who held a gun to your head and forced you into the coal mine? You knew the risks, or should have.

Combat wounds? What did you expect when you joined the Army? Pay for it yourself.

Cancer? Many contributing causes. Unless you can prove that you never smoked, never ate a candy bar, never went out in the sun without sunscreen and a hat, you're on your own.

Traffic accident? We'll wait until the insurance company and police report on fault before we cover your medical expenses.

It's the Christian thing to do!
 

Twila

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I'm forced to agree with the White House. People who don't take care of themselves don't deserve health insurance.

Pregnant? Nobody forced you to have sex. Pay for your pre-natal care, delivery, and pediatric care out of your pocket, or do without?

Black lung? Who held a gun to your head and forced you into the coal mine? You knew the risks, or should have.

Combat wounds? What did you expect when you joined the Army? Pay for it yourself.

Cancer? Many contributing causes. Unless you can prove that you never smoked, never ate a candy bar, never went out in the sun without sunscreen and a hat, you're on your own.

Traffic accident? We'll wait until the insurance company and police report on fault before we cover your medical expenses.

It's the Christian thing to do!

You ever play those games where you build your own nation and by the choices you make you can see the end result? You should try it with the above criteria and see what happens. Not suggesting anything, coming from a purely curious place.
 

Tecumsehsbones

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You ever play those games where you build your own nation and by the choices you make you can see the end result? You should try it with the above criteria and see what happens. Not suggesting anything, coming from a purely curious place.
You end up with Donald Trump's Murka.
 

Cliffy

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Accepting that money, religion, politics or patriotism offers an answer to human suffering, is the mind set of complacency. None of these things in and of themselves have ever eliminated suffering. The Heyoka reality TV show going on non-stop down south reveals this in amazing clarity. The Donald show in all its naked absurdity, allows all to see the great failures of such ideas and definitions of reality. No doubt some of us held these things dear, maybe even as sacred. Donald Trump has been a god send for some of us if seen from the right place. He reveals the truth behind the facade of belief.
This orange haired Heyoka, shows us that the most powerful, the richest, the most famous, have found no end to their suffering anymore than anyone else has. Having gathered all these things over a life time, made them central to ones imagined well being, and yet to still experience great suffering, obviously means all of it was a complete waste of time, a sad gilded lie. If we survive his crazy Heyoka dance, he may well end up as one of our greatest teachers, as many other infamous people in history have. We learn a lot from the worst of us it seems.
Lest we forget that the Trump dismantling and pillaging of some of the things that were positive about America, is not the only shocking, tragic, reality TV show going on. While we are mesmerized by our sacred clown, a peculiar Heyoka of sorts for some of us, the great suffering of billions of innocent beings goes on unabated. - Chris Waller

(The heyoka (heyókȟa, also spelled "haokah," "heyokha") is a kind of sacred clown in the culture of the Lakota people of the Great Plains of North America. The heyoka is a contrarian, jester, and satirist, who speaks, moves and reacts in an opposite fashion to the people around them.)
 

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Trump threatens to discontinue press breifings.
The Daily Beast - Cheat Sheet - AM Edition


This is getting out of control. One mouth does not know what the other mouth is saying and the third mouth undermines what the other two are saying.

Sean 's job is at risk now too.

The body count could get larger in short order.

With all this hurricane going on...........is any real work getting done??

Vertigo creating.

Don't they realize that this kind of stuff leaves them highly vulnerable or are they too arrogant to care??The Mafia was more organized than this. Seriously the reality and the optics are really bad .

Imention the Mafia because Trump demands loyalty from his aides very important. demanding loyalty from Comey is way out ofline. There is NOTHING presidential about this administration. It is a sham. Whatever positive it might have been doing......is lost in the fog of this hurricane.

I think it was established earlier that Republicans don't have the mental capacity to be held responsible for their actions.
And THAT is more blatantly obvious each HOUR. ;-)

The word Impeach is being floated ........
 

JLM

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According to what I just heard on the truck radio, Trump is in real Shit. How much of this legit and how much is melo drama being generated in the news room is hard to say. Hope the old fella doesn't have a stroke! :)

Trump threatens to discontinue press breifings.
The Daily Beast - Cheat Sheet - AM Edition


This is getting out of control. One mouth does not know what the other mouth is saying and the third mouth undermines what the other two are saying.

Sean 's job is at risk now too.

The body count could get larger in short order.

With all this hurricane going on...........is any real work getting done??


Yeah, really! I think it's about time someone demanded a progress report on that Wall! .
 

Curious Cdn

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Hmm. . . the only thing I've heard about Bush since the inauguration is comparisons to Trump that favor Bush. I must not have your sterling news sources.

Trump is starting to make Nixon look better. Nixon never publicly blackmailed the FBI leadership. If Nixon had Twitter back then, he would have stayed on topic, at least. Trump flits about from rage-to-rage.
 

Curious Cdn

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According to what I just heard on the truck radio, Trump is in real Shit. How much of this legit and how much is melo drama being generated in the news room is hard to say. Hope the old fella doesn't have a stroke! :)




Yeah, really! I think it's about time someone demanded a progress report on that Wall! .

Apparently, a Canadian contractor has bid on building it.

MAGA!