Donald Trump and US politics
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Isn't it a strange coincidence that this happened after the business with Bannon? Hmm.
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" As usual? Dude how many effing times did I paraphrase you? If you want act like a bitch go ahead, but please, don't make stuff up. I didn't assume that you were explaining "why would he request the name" because that was never an issue, the reason why he would request is clear as soon as you read the name of the twitter account he is asking to be unmasked. "Why he shouldn't get the name without a mandate" is the only thing that is worth discussing. If you had read the rest of what I wrote you would have known that I was talking about that, but now that I saw your response I don't know why I even bothered. " Oh, you believe so much in anonymity that when a company does something to protect it instead of giving a thumbs up you weigh in acting all cynical. About only being a request: " That is a weird way to ask for things... I mean, I don't understand a lot about law and stuff, but it's like they implied there would be repercussions if Twitter didn't comply. Dude, if asking a private company to hand over private data without a mandate is not testing the waters then what it is? If he got the data of this user, how many more wouldn't they just keep asking? If it works once then fuck it, keep doing it, and then maybe try doing the same with facebook. How the hell is this paranoia? You sound more paranoid than I do man. About morons trusting twitter, well I agree with that but it has been proved now that they at least won't hand your info to every idiot who asks, so maybe it's not that bad. |
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" I've read that they warned the Russians before the attack, which I don't blame him from doing it since it could be worse if he didn't do it. But the Russians probably warned the Syrians, so everything important was probably taken out of the way before the missiles hit(including the possible chemical weapons). So maybe Trump was just making a show? I mean, maybe he wanted to show strength, to give the message that "I will use force if I need to!", but IMO it shows that he is definitely not willing to mess with Russia, and Russia is backing Syria, so who is supposed to be scared by that? Kim jong un? |
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" I did give this train of thought a go but came to the conclusion that it's highly unlikely that it was the main motivation. If you warn someone one hour prior to an attack with missiles (of which ~60 got fired), this doesn't leave enough time for the military to evacuate everything. Sure, everyone should have been able to get away safely and it's probably that a considerable amount of material was evacuated too but there's a lot of stuff that's screwed. Don't forget this is an air base. An air base cannot function without specific infrastructures such as hangars, tracks, communication tower, barracks, water, repair shops and I'm sure I'm missing some. All those can take months to repair, depending on the severity of the damage inflicted. I really feel that it was a move against Al-Assad and served as a warning that the US is ready to strike if he use chemical weapons (That said, I have high suspicions that Syria didn't use them). If this scares north korea, this will just be a bonus. Build of the week #9 - Breaking your face with style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_EcQDOUN9Y
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" Yes, it's entirely possible that this was a show-off move, but it is still stupid, reckless and expensive. Kim Jong Un is a madman and N.Korea will not just stop their WMD/ICBM program because Trump is showing-off. Also, its entirely possible that Trump opted for this attack to show that he's not a "Russian puppet", lol. Or Trump couldn't hold back Neocons warmongers any longer, so he wanted to appease them with this? Throwing ~60 rockets on one airbase, that (apparently) destroyed mostly just infrastructure and non-operational planes. Dunno. It's weird, Trump admin seems to have went 180 degrees in a matter of days, on the issue of Assad / Syria. The supposed chemical attack, the media propaganda around it and the haste with which Trump admin acted, all smell like a false flag to me. Syria is not supposed to have any chemical weapons left and the Assad regime has absolutely nothing to gain with such an attack, they have only to loose. The only party that gains, are the jihadists / ISIS / FSA / alQaeda. E: First vid from the ground. There are even intact planes & bunkers still there: Первые кадры с авиабазы Шайрат When night falls She cloaks the world In impenetrable darkness Last edited by morbo#1824 on Apr 7, 2017, 5:00:06 AM
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"Well, I don't think it's wrong to point out that Hillary would have done worse. Because she would have. But I do agree that saying it to defend Trump is bullshit. The election is long over, thus the context of Clinton comparisons has shifted from relevance to idle banter. Additionally, Clinton is a very low bar to clear (as evidenced by the election itself), so unless Trump's behavior is several tiers above Clinton's, Trump is shit too. Trump's recent actions in Syria show he really isn't in a tier above Clinton; it stinks oh military-industrial complex warmonger bullshit. When Stephen Colbert was killed by HYDRA's Project Insight in 2014, the comedy world lost a hero. Since his life model decoy isn't up to the task, please do not mistake my performance as political discussion. I'm just doing what Steve would have wanted.
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" What gave you that idea? His increased funding of the military? |
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"That was more of a warning sign. But one that proved accurate. When Stephen Colbert was killed by HYDRA's Project Insight in 2014, the comedy world lost a hero. Since his life model decoy isn't up to the task, please do not mistake my performance as political discussion. I'm just doing what Steve would have wanted.
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Meanwhile in Sweden: Don't listen to Donald Trump propaganda, we are the safest place on Earth.
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"As far as the specific location goes: fair enough. As far as the timing goes: the US attack of Syria may have motivated the Stockholm attack. When Stephen Colbert was killed by HYDRA's Project Insight in 2014, the comedy world lost a hero. Since his life model decoy isn't up to the task, please do not mistake my performance as political discussion. I'm just doing what Steve would have wanted.
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