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Actually, now that I am

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:53:34 +0000

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Actually, now that I am rereading it, Dowd's column today is bordering on something very similar: impotence (note Noonan sees "projection" with attacking others as impotent):

[....] You’re a killer and a king or a loser, as Fred Trump liked to say. And anyone who doesn’t understand that Trump is more important than the G.O.P. or the institution of the presidency is, in his mind, a loser. Anyone who doesn’t get that the loyalty should be for him personally, rather than the country, is, to Trump, a loser.

Trump is trapped in a caricature of masculinity that corrodes his judgment. As red meat for his base, he tweeted that after consulting his generals he was banning transgenders from the military. But his defense secretary, James Mattis, and generals quickly pushed back on the idea.

With Priebus, The Post reported, the president obsessed on impotence. “The word was ‘weak’ – ‘weak,’ ‘weak,’ ‘weak,’ ‘Can’t get it done,’” an official told the paper.

But after all his bragging about being a great negotiator and closer, it is President Trump who can’t get it done. He couldn’t even close the deal on a pathetic, bare-bones health care bill, ineffectually bullying Lisa Murkowski, a Republican senator from Alaska, and failing to win over John McCain, who gleefully had his revenge for Trump’s mockery of him as being a loser because he was captured in war.

Trump can’t get it done for his pal, Putin, either [....]

yez. maybe Ahnold can pull

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:40:37 +0000

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yez. maybe tempting Ahnold to lose discipline, pull himself away from the Gerrymandering project for a tweet or two to pile on...

I rather detest Noonan, but

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:07:28 +0000

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I rather detest Noonan, but did she just call him a girly man?

Rut roh, Putin saw her op-ed

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 18:32:29 +0000

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Rut roh, Putin saw her op-ed and agrees? Mano a mano, double dare ya:

Breaking News

Putin Expels 755 Diplomats in Escalation Over Sanctions

By NEIL MacFARQUHAR 26 minutes ago

Speaking in a television interview, President Vladimir V. Putin said the diplomats would have to leave Russia by Sept. 1.

The decision was a major escalation in the Kremlin’s fight against a new law passed in Congress last week expanding sanctions.

Last I saw, Trump admin said he would sign it after certain tweaks were made and Congress was okay with them, but he hasn't signed it yet.