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I’ve Seen John Bolton Up Close. Yep, Be Afraid.
From the time in 2005 when he tried to blow up a U.N. negotiation, Trump’s new national security adviser has had two mottos: Allies are a hindrance, and diplomacy is surrender.
I first started covering John Bolton in 2005. At the time, the United Nations was gearing up for its largest-ever meeting of heads of state to mark the organization’s 60th anniversary. The fete was to take place at the annual United Nations General Assembly that September, the focal point of which was a major package of reforms that had been painstakingly negotiated by countries prior to the summit.
But weeks before presidents and prime ministers were to arrive to celebrate the successful signing of these reforms, John Bolton entered the picture. Bolton was granted a recess appointment by George W. Bush on Aug. 5, just as negotiations entered their final stages.
The talks were immediately thrown into disarray.
Bolton inserted hundreds of objections to a late draft of the agreement, creating new “red lines” for the United States where none had previously existed. His objections covered issues big and small—even on semantics. For example, he rejected the mere mention of a poverty-alleviation program called the Millennium Development Goals. He refused to budge from his maximalist position on this and every other edit he made to the document.
At the time, he seemed to relish in the chaos that he had sown. During late-night press encounters, he would quip “All night, all right!” as if his goal was less to negotiate in good faith and more to just drag out the negotiations as a deadline loomed.
Eventually, as I reported at the time, then-Secretary General Kofi Annan got so fed up with Bolton’s antics that he called then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and asked her to rein him in. She did. The reform packages passed at the eleventh hour.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/ive-seen-john-bolton-up-close-yep-be-afraid
From the time in 2005 when he tried to blow up a U.N. negotiation, Trump’s new national security adviser has had two mottos: Allies are a hindrance, and diplomacy is surrender.
I first started covering John Bolton in 2005. At the time, the United Nations was gearing up for its largest-ever meeting of heads of state to mark the organization’s 60th anniversary. The fete was to take place at the annual United Nations General Assembly that September, the focal point of which was a major package of reforms that had been painstakingly negotiated by countries prior to the summit.
But weeks before presidents and prime ministers were to arrive to celebrate the successful signing of these reforms, John Bolton entered the picture. Bolton was granted a recess appointment by George W. Bush on Aug. 5, just as negotiations entered their final stages.
The talks were immediately thrown into disarray.
Bolton inserted hundreds of objections to a late draft of the agreement, creating new “red lines” for the United States where none had previously existed. His objections covered issues big and small—even on semantics. For example, he rejected the mere mention of a poverty-alleviation program called the Millennium Development Goals. He refused to budge from his maximalist position on this and every other edit he made to the document.
At the time, he seemed to relish in the chaos that he had sown. During late-night press encounters, he would quip “All night, all right!” as if his goal was less to negotiate in good faith and more to just drag out the negotiations as a deadline loomed.
Eventually, as I reported at the time, then-Secretary General Kofi Annan got so fed up with Bolton’s antics that he called then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and asked her to rein him in. She did. The reform packages passed at the eleventh hour.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/ive-seen-john-bolton-up-close-yep-be-afraid
BREAKING NEWS
President Trump secured his first major trade deal: a pact with South Korea. It may have been driven by looming talks with North Korea.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/...&gwh=7EC4F7460DDA9CDB0C86F24591F2E974&gwt=pay
BREAKING NEWS
Kim Jong Un met China's leader during secret visit
Chin
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/kim-jo...secret-visit-to-beijing-state-media-1.3860043
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fromanohther source:
BREAKING NEWS
North Korea's leader is said to have met secretly with China's president. It was Kim Jong-un’s first trip out of the country since taking power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/...&gwh=DC883AADE276024EC9412EC8DBE42C2B&gwt=pay
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Mark Zuckerberg has decided to testify before Congress
Mark Zuckerberg has decided to testify before Congress, sources say - Mar. 27, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg has decided to testify before Congress, sources say - Mar. 27, 2018
Russia expels US diplomats and shuts consulate in tit-for-tat move
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/euro...-85ab61caae3ef5cd9023bd4646468418850f556dc606
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from another source:
BREAKING NEWS
Russia will expel 150 diplomats, including 60 Americans, in retaliation for Western nations’ response to the poisoning of a former spy
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/...aking-news&nlid=55065696ing-news&ref=headline
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/euro...-85ab61caae3ef5cd9023bd4646468418850f556dc606
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from another source:
BREAKING NEWS
Russia will expel 150 diplomats, including 60 Americans, in retaliation for Western nations’ response to the poisoning of a former spy
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/...aking-news&nlid=55065696ing-news&ref=headline
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LOL.......probably most of the planet ;-) exceptions being black hole dwellers ;-)
and the US has trump to deregulate everything else. He and his pals will have sold off everything possible until the US is too polluted to do anything with. MAGA!!
trump trying to trump the US on the world stage IS the best show on TV. Hard to look away.
Wait till they release the pee tape. You'll look away. You'll be busy staring into your toilet.
Breaking News
Reports of shots fired at YouTube headquarters
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/active-shooter-at-youtube-headquarters-police-1.3869811
Just another regular day in gun loving America.
It is evident that America has a very high tolerance for shootings .......as they are not prepared to do anything about the easy access t o weapons. The horrors these shootings have created have not created a dent in the gun ownership / possession obsession. IF anything....... each shooting just makes them want MORE guns..........and the vicious cycle is just self reinforced. FEAR (generated by a violent culture ) gun possession en mass... massive shootings,........ more fear ........more guns for "protection".........and then more shootings,........ creating more fear........and the cycle is established in the populations DNA. One cannot easily change this kind of conditioning of a population.
This is now an established pattern in the American lifestyle. Seems they can't go out anywhere without makings they know where the exits are and having some kind of escape plan. Meanwhile the NRA gets more powerful , influential...... and wealthy.
https://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na&eml_hdr=1&module=manage&nlid=55065696ml_hdr=1
Reports of shots fired at YouTube headquarters
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/active-shooter-at-youtube-headquarters-police-1.3869811
Just another regular day in gun loving America.
It is evident that America has a very high tolerance for shootings .......as they are not prepared to do anything about the easy access t o weapons. The horrors these shootings have created have not created a dent in the gun ownership / possession obsession. IF anything....... each shooting just makes them want MORE guns..........and the vicious cycle is just self reinforced. FEAR (generated by a violent culture ) gun possession en mass... massive shootings,........ more fear ........more guns for "protection".........and then more shootings,........ creating more fear........and the cycle is established in the populations DNA. One cannot easily change this kind of conditioning of a population.
This is now an established pattern in the American lifestyle. Seems they can't go out anywhere without makings they know where the exits are and having some kind of escape plan. Meanwhile the NRA gets more powerful , influential...... and wealthy.
https://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na&eml_hdr=1&module=manage&nlid=55065696ml_hdr=1
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You have a point. Ads are highly influential./ suggestive .its because of the ads. the ads are longer than the clips.
My son regularly posts videos on YouTube. I even attended a "One Millionth View" party put on by YouTube, with him (fascinating!).
Should I be arming my son?
Calibre?
How big a magazine does he need?
Should I be arming my son?
Calibre?
How big a magazine does he need?
Exclusive: Kremlin ties to pages deleted by Facebook should have been obvious months ago
Kremlin ties to pages deleted by Facebook should have been obvious months ago: Exclusive
Kremlin ties to pages deleted by Facebook should have been obvious months ago: Exclusive
BREAKING NEWS
Facebook will require political advertisers to verify their identities. Mark Zuckerberg, who faces Congress next week, cited 2016 election abuses.
Facebook on Friday announced a series of moves meant to improve the transparency of political ads and pages on its social media service. The changes came just days before Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive, is to testify before Congress.
https://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na&eml_hdr=1&module=logo&nlid=55065696ml_hdr=1
Facebook will require political advertisers to verify their identities. Mark Zuckerberg, who faces Congress next week, cited 2016 election abuses.
Facebook on Friday announced a series of moves meant to improve the transparency of political ads and pages on its social media service. The changes came just days before Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive, is to testify before Congress.
https://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na&eml_hdr=1&module=logo&nlid=55065696ml_hdr=1