She probably has a second cousin twice removed that once spent a summer in Iran. So, you know, OK.
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concussion protocols made me give up face-palms. i now stamp my feet, which is leading to other issues.
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āThe truth is, Mr. Schaub [ā¦] is interested in grandstanding and lobbying for more expansive powers in the office he holds.ā
Umā¦.who does this fit to a tee? Classic Trumpian projection from Walters.
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The Italians arenāt laughing. They understand the problems here. Berlusconi was rich, corrupt & incompetent, too; at least he could sing.
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The ethics thing is a bigger deal than people may think. The US and the G7 have been working for about 20 years to get across the idea that giving and taking bribes as a cost of doing business is a bad way to run things. And now back to sqaure one.
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āItās hard for the United States to pursue international anticorruption
and ethics initiatives when weāre not even keeping our own side of the
street clean".
Thatās a feature, not a bug.
Itās interesting how the White House characterizes those who have already left. If they leave because of scandal (Flynn, Manafort, Lewandowski) they are patriots who are misunderstood or under-appreciated. If they leave because they canāt stand the stench (Shaub) or who are fired for doing their jobs (Yates, Comey) they are either subversive, āwhack jobs,ā or grandstanders. Nice value system we have here.
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And you have to have actually experienced German newscasts to truly understand how big a shift this is. Most German news is still in the classic āearnest talking headā model. They make the BBC look positively relaxed.
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it is no wonder the rest of the world thinks he is cognitively impaired - or off-kilter
FUNDAMENTALLY - Trump has no - zero - original productive thoughts - no vision and ā¦ damn it - it is impossible to identify what he truly stands for - because he is too incoherent to craft an overall strategic position and only speaks using broad nonspecific, but excessive, superlatives
ā¦ but then again bank robbers donāt formulate comprehensive strategic positions while they are feverishly emptying the vault before the law shows up
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I was just thinking yesterday that this country now has less credibility and respect than Italy of all places. I try not to think too much about empire in respect to the US, but once an empireās stability becomes a serious question, the essential faith that sustains its global position withers. Just like the dollar is faith and the justice system is faith, empire is faith. I worry that the only thing that can restore the countryās central myth is serious tribulation. And for the first time, I donāt take it on faith that America can survive tribulation or deserves to.
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āEthics; as in he aināt got any!ā The continuing wisdom of the Coen brothersā¦
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These two men have far more in common than they have in contrast - and that is a dismal situation.
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And bunga bunga!
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Is this really real?
Trump claimed that respect for the USA would increase under his presidency. He meant to say disrespect.
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