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Post by Jaga on Sept 3, 2015 22:16:47 GMT -7
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Post by Nictoshek on Sept 4, 2015 3:09:36 GMT -7
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Post by Nictoshek on Sept 5, 2015 6:20:23 GMT -7
Trump’s America Why the Donald is dangerousThe Economist Sep 5th 2015 | “THIS country is a hellhole. We are going down fast,” says Donald Trump. “We can’t do anything right. We’re a laughing-stock all over the world. The American dream is dead.” It is a dismal prospect, but fear not: a solution is at hand. “I went to the Wharton School of Business. I’m, like, a really smart person,” says Mr Trump. “It’s very possible”, he once boasted, “that I could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it.” When Mr Trump first announced that he was running for president, he was dismissed as a joke. A wheeler-dealer with lots of experience of reality TV but none whatsoever of elective office wants to be commander-in-chief? Surely, sophisticates scoffed, no one could want this erratic tycoon’s fingers anywhere near the nuclear button. But for weeks now he has led the polls for the Republican nomination, despite saying things that would have torpedoed any normal campaign. Americans are waking up to the possibility that a man whose hobby is naming things after himself might—conceivably—be the nominee of the party of Lincoln and Reagan. It is worth spelling out why that would be a terrible thing. Fortunately, the Donald’s own words provide a useful guide. Mr Trump is not in thrall to the hobgoblins of consistency. On abortion, he has said both “I’m very pro-choice” and “I’m pro-life”. On guns, he has said “Look, there’s nothing I like better than nobody has them” and “fully support and back up the Second Amendment” (which guarantees the right to bear arms). He used to say he wanted a single-payer health service. Now he is much vaguer, promising only to replace Obamacare with “something terrific”. In 2000 he sought the presidential nomination of the Reform Party. A decade ago he said “I probably identify more as Democrat.” Now he is a Republican. Blowing his own Trumpet In an interview this week, The Economist asked Mr Trump why Republican voters seem willing to give him a pass on so many issues they normally hold dear. He took this to be a question about religion, since he is not much of a churchgoer and struggles to cite a single verse from Scripture. “I’m strongly into the Bible, I’m strongly into God and religion,” he declared. But within a few seconds he appeared to grow bored with the topic and switched to talking about how he has “a net worth of much more than $10 billion” and “some of the greatest assets in the world”, including the Trump Tower, the Trump Turnberry golf resort, and so on. On one domestic issue, to be fair, he has staked out a clear, bold position. Alas, it is an odious one. He wants to build a wall on the Mexican border and somehow make Mexico pay for it. He would deport all 11m immigrants currently thought to be in America illegally. Apart from the misery this would cause, it would also cost $285 billion, by one estimate—roughly $900 in new taxes for every man, woman and child left in Mr Trump’s America. This is necessary, he argues, because Mexican illegal immigrants are “bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” Not only would he round them all up; he would also round up and expel their children who were born on American soil and are therefore American citizens. That this would be illegal does not bother him. His approach to foreign affairs is equally crude. He would crush Islamic State and send American troops to “take the oil”. He would “Make America great again”, both militarily and economically, by being a better negotiator than all the “dummies” who represent the country today. Leave aside, for a moment, the vanity of a man who thinks that geopolitics is no harder than selling property. Ignore his constant reminders that he wrote “The Art of the Deal”, which he falsely claims is “the number-one-selling business book of all time”. Instead, pay attention to the paranoia of his worldview. “[E]very single country that does business with us” is ripping America off, he says. “The money [China] took out of the United States is the greatest theft in the history of our country.” He is referring to the fact that Americans sometimes buy Chinese products. He blames currency manipulation by Beijing, and would slap tariffs on many imported goods. He would also, in some unspecified way, rethink how America protects allies such as South Korea and Japan, because “if we step back they will protect themselves very well. Remember when Japan used to beat China routinely in wars?” Towering populism Mr Trump’s secret sauce has two spices. First, he has a genius for self-promotion, unmoored from reality (“I play to people’s fantasies. I call it truthful hyperbole,” he once said). Second, he says things that no politician would, so people think he is not a politician. Sticklers for politeness might object when he calls someone a “fat pig” or suggests that a challenging female interviewer has “blood coming out of her wherever”. His supporters, however, think his boorishness is a sign of authenticity—of a leader who can channel the rage of those who feel betrayed by the elite or left behind by social change. It turns out that there are tens of millions of such people in America. The country has flirted with populists in the past, but none has won a major-party presidential nomination since William Jennings Bryan in 1908. The closest any true firebrand has come was in 1996, when Pat Buchanan, whose slogan was “The peasants are coming with pitchforks”, won the Republican primary in New Hampshire against a dull establishment candidate, Bob Dole. (Mr Dole later won the nomination.) Mr Trump is far more dangerous than Pitchfork Pat, for two reasons. First, as a billionaire, he will not run out of money to finance his campaign. Second, he faces so many Republican opponents that he could grab the nomination with only a modest plurality of the vote. The smart money still says that Republicans will eventually unite behind a mainstream candidate, as they always have in the past. But the world cannot take this for granted. Demagogues in other countries sometimes win elections, and there is no compelling reason why America should always be immune. Republicans should listen carefully to Mr Trump, and vote for someone else.
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Post by Nictoshek on Sept 12, 2015 7:33:04 GMT -7
Trump rally tickets going for up to $200 a pair onlineBy ELIZA COLLINS 09/11/15, 05:04 PM EDT Thousands of people snapped up free tickets for Donald Trump's mega rally in Dallas on Monday, but diehard Donald disciples are not out of luck—people have starting hawking tickets online. As news came Friday that the Republican presidential candidate had sold out the 20,000-seat American Airlines Center through Ticketmaster, tickets started popping up on eBay and Craigslist, with some sellers asking for upwards of $200 for a pair. Some sellers marketed the tickets off of Trump's slogan, the one emblazoned on those puffy baseball hats that has even managed to make their way into Tom Brady's locker. “Pair of tickets available for the Donald Trump Rally on September 14th. Come support Trump as America is made great again,” a Craigslist posting Friday afternoon for a pair for $100 said. Others played up Trump's candidacy. “Don’t miss this great event!” an eBay posting for a pair of tickets for $99 read. And some expressed sadness they could not be there to witness the spectacle themselves. “I have a ticket to the Trump rally at American Airlines Center. Unfortunately, I cannot attend,” a Craigslist ad for a $60-or-best-offer ticket said. One eBay seller listed the tickets under "comedy show." So far, tickets were spotted on Craigslist and eBay. StubHub will not offer tickets because it is a free event, the website said. In an unusually subdued boast, Trump tweeted out an article from The Hill that said his rally was sold out Friday afternoon—there was no explicit mention of how successful he is.
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Post by Jaga on Sept 12, 2015 14:41:47 GMT -7
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Post by Jaga on Sept 12, 2015 14:50:23 GMT -7
Trump by Stephen Colbert:
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Post by Jaga on Sept 12, 2015 14:56:52 GMT -7
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Post by Jaga on Sept 12, 2015 15:34:41 GMT -7
Guys, here is Jimmy Fallon dressed as Trump to interview Trump. It already got almost million hits. You need to see it:
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Post by Nictoshek on Oct 1, 2015 8:30:11 GMT -7
Hi folks, can anyone SEE and SPOT what is WRONG with this picture ?? Willing to bet that Karl will definitely KNOW fer sure !
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Post by pieter on Oct 1, 2015 12:13:25 GMT -7
The German Waffen-SS soldiers below, who wear the Waffen-SS camouflage uniform.
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Post by Nictoshek on Oct 1, 2015 12:22:53 GMT -7
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Post by kaima on Oct 1, 2015 22:50:25 GMT -7
Colin Powell slams Donald Trump's immigration plan Dylan Stableford October 1, 2015
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says the Republican Party has shifted much further right than the rest of the country — and GOP leaders must get its fringe members in line.
During an appearance at the Washington Ideas Forum on Wednesday, Powell said it “should be obvious to party leaders that they cannot keep saying and doing the things that they were doing and hope to be successful in national-level election in the future, not just in 2016.”
Powell said Republican front runner Donald Trump’s controversial plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants is not reflective of the rest of the party’s position.
“I don’t agree that it’s the Republican position on immigration,” Powell said. “I think most Republicans understand that we need immigration, we are an immigrant nation [and that] it is in our best interest to do it. But … there are pockets of intolerance within the Republican Party, [and] the Republican Party had better figure out how to defeat that.”
The 78-year-old former secretary of state, whose parents emigrated to the United States from Jamaica, said immigration is part of this country’s DNA.
“I think the American people have to understand that we are an immigrant nation,” Powell said. “It is our history. It is our tradition. If you look at what immigrants have done in this country — we have been built on the backs on immigrants.”
Powell, who said he tries to stay out of politics, nonetheless offered the real estate mogul some advice: “If I was around Mr. Trump — Donald, who I know rather well — I would say, ‘You know, Don, let’s see what happens. Let’s tell all the immigrants working in Trump hotels to stay home tomorrow.’”
“Are you kidding me?” he continued. “These are first-generation American immigrants who will raise children who will go up to higher things. They’re not mopping floors and waiting tables so their children can do the same. It’s that immigrant tradition — get started and the next generation will be better, and the generation after that will be even better.”
Powell called for a “sensible immigration policy to bring these people out of the black.”
“Yes, I’m still a Republican,” Powell added. “I want to continue to be a Republican because it annoys them.”
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Post by Nictoshek on Dec 6, 2015 14:48:22 GMT -7
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Post by karl on Dec 6, 2015 16:08:02 GMT -7
Nictoshek
Yes, Pieter has indeed so bet me to the answer {Thank You Pieter}, I have never touted to being swift. Pieter is correct with those being German solders of the long past Waffen SS with one wearing Flectarn {camouflage}.
My self am not shocked, simply a bit surprised this photo was slipped in to the back ground below the American flagg. Are these people lacking in smarts, or is there some thing I have missed?
Karl
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Post by karl on Dec 6, 2015 19:08:56 GMT -7
Nictoshek Perhaps both Mr. McConney and Mr. Trump both would enjoy more so the appropriate music Panzerlied: www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Panzer+Tank+Song+in+English&view=detail&&&mid=57446B546CB858F701D157446B546CB858F701D1&rvsmid=57446B546CB858F701D157446B546CB858F701D1#view=detail&mid=57446B546CB858F701D157446B546CB858F701D1Whilst in my required military service duty, once out of basic training, I was assigned to Panzerbrigade 21 Lipperland, 1st Armoured Division. Our formation sign was the prancing white horse on red colour background. And, it was back to training on Panzer tactics, formation and fire control {hitting correctly, the target with the cannon}{At that time, the target would have been a Russian tank} To pee off our American fellow armour crews, we would sing the Panzer Lied and stomp our feet in rythem, they would inturn, provide us their finger wave and sing their national anthem song, clap their hands in rythem and stamp both feet to the song. It was wonderful until we were all caught by their American commander. We then were all to sign an attached sheet of a letter of oppology written by our commander to theirs. Very imbarrasing I must say, and a great blow to our ego, but it was done as ordered. Karl
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