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    The US Presidency 2018

    Insisting on a far higher standard of decorum, professionalism and accountability in a private citizen over the POTUS is the crux. That a purported national security threat, replete with indictments against 12 Russian intelligence officers for hacking, can be disparagingly construed as a mere...
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    The US Presidency 2018

    Or perhaps less catastrophically we could implement disincentives to repetitively exploiting untapped and thus cheaper labour markets? Free market fundamentalists love to tout the way development reduces suffering in emerging markets, but they seem to be blind to the suffering it causes in...
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    The US Presidency 2018

    You mean "counteractions" like "Ahead of the meeting, staffers provided Trump with some 100 pages of briefing materials aimed at laying out a tough posture toward Putin [...] “Everyone around Trump” was urging him to take a firm stance with Putin, according to a second person familiar with the...
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    The US Presidency 2018

    You can't just magically divorce the material pronouncements of the head of the executive branch from all the institutions he's in command of and then hand-wave them away as somehow ingenuine. He's "legitimate" in your words, but what you're drawing is the very picture of illegitimacy. Beyond...
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    The US Presidency 2018

    Trump believes Putin with regards Russian interference as per his Helsinki press conference (and if you believe his "walkback" I have a lovely bridge to sell you). As I've already said, he is being categorically ignored. So if hewing to stability only gets him ignored, what options does he have...
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    The US Presidency 2018

    So now if Brennan is both intimately aware of the severity of the threat that he failed over and  categorically ignored by the present administration what are his options with regards to acting on this threat? Is acting on such a threat to national security truly just "an agenda"? He already...
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    Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador for urging release of activists

    Yes, preserving and maintaining their monarchy. See above. Got it long ago without needling any explication, thanks. The question still remains why is that "permanent interest" so eminently understandable, relatable, rational and excusable, i.e. provokes sympathy, but the interest supported and...
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    Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador for urging release of activists

    As an ideally self-sovereign middle global power that is culturally averse to militarism Canada will always have a permanent interest in what is at least conceivably capable of leveling the playing field with bigger global powers. Like the freemen against King John in 1215 that something is due...
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    QAnon Conspriacy theory

    If we're going to legitimize past conspiracies we would be remiss if we didn't mention the attempted fascist coup over FDR thwarted by Major General Smedly Butler as well. Not every conspiracy theory is "crazy", nor is it always socialist. In fact the so-called "Deep State" finds a far better...
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    QAnon Conspriacy theory

    Paths and opinions other than those by and from Democrats are allegedly invalid, but it's the GOP that is most complicit in gerrymandering and passing restrictive voter laws, and who presume a controlling position to "rein in" their fellow Americans. Interesting. You don't see that as arrogant?
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    Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador for urging release of activists

    There's no winning with some. Morally superior hectoring about NATO contributions by President Trump? Well that's just fine now, isn't it: Disrupting institutions with some oh-so-smart Grand Strategy or whatever. But our PM does much the same only instead it's over just silly, inconsequential...
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    QAnon Conspriacy theory

    Hillary's actions and words have proven out that she strongly thought and felt it was "her turn" in the Democratic Party. Her arrogance twisted and gamed the primary to her favour, there is no question. But the party that is more complicit in twisting and gaming electoral politics in their...
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    QAnon Conspriacy theory

    I would argue that what Hillary Clinton inspires is far worse than distrust, and the mentions she still gets here hint at it. Distrust is what most people generally feel about almost every politician. This conspiracy theory is rooted in something far more visceral than mere distrust.
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    QAnon Conspriacy theory

    I don't presume to dictate what others should believe or say here. I have my beliefs on any given subject and I also have my suspicions on what others might believe or say on the same subject - just like everybody else. This subject is no different. If anyone has any thoughts to share on this...
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    QAnon Conspriacy theory

    If you're expecting me to explain the QAnon conspiracy or any part therein you're barking up probably the most ill-equipped tree in this forest. But relatedly since Hillary is only ever mentioned around here in a strong accusation of a malfeasance of one sort or another I would think the...
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    QAnon Conspriacy theory

    Thoughts on this QAnon conspiracy? Considering how much Clinton still figures into so many political discussions here I'm a little concerned the believers of this conspiracy on this forum is non-zero.
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    The US Presidency 2018

    1. Duh? Did anyone genuinely think being the "Shining City Upon a Hill" (quoting Reagan, people - gag me) was going to be cheap or "relatively" advantageous? Seriously. What is the ideal manifestation of that quote: A casino? Theme Park? Truck stop? 2. Corollary to #1., if you want to champion...
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    The US Presidency 2018

    Well put. The senate has the power to consent, but they also have the responsibility to advise. I heard a similar kind of argument often during the Iraq war, where hawks and partisans would talk up the so-called Unitary Executive (remember that? Funny how blind support for that all but dried up...
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    The US Presidency 2018

    I doubt my Google-fu is any better. If that's all you can find then that's probably all there is.
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