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This tweet hits me hard like

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 07:53:48 +0000

In reply to President Trump seems to be saying more and more things that aren’t true (WaPo & NYT White House reporters agree)

This tweet hits me hard like this: We really are living through a nightmarish news cycle, all due to his crazy way of making up policy and events from temper tantrums, not even listening to his own staff, refusing to learn anything about actualities of current situations, as well as escalating the lying and the flip flopping. He's truly a troll par excellence, with manic depressive tendencies as well as narcissist ones we know for sure. something's got to give:

This tweet was just 3 days ago. https://t.co/TFGcpsJ6gT
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) June 20, 2018

Edit to add: Another thing that hits me: what happened to that old canard that if there is no stability of leadership and people are unsure of what will happen, the economy will crash?

When you earn the moral

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 06:05:22 +0000

In reply to but wait, there's more, a con

When you earn the moral rebuke of Michael Cohen - wow!

The book I read interpreting

NCD — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 05:46:41 +0000

In reply to Interesting. I've never read

The book I read interpreting and following Xenophon's text is by Greek scholar Robin Waterfield titled, Xenophon's Retreat, Harvard University Press, 2006.

He follows their journey in his research, and has a photo if a knee high unmarked stone cairn that he believes is the one they built when they first spotted the sea, and escaped at last from pursuers. (northern Turkey, Black Sea)

Interesting. I've never read

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 03:43:20 +0000

In reply to Xenophon's Anabasis , (circa

Interesting. I've never read Xenophon.

Fair enough. Book 8 concerns

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 03:33:38 +0000

In reply to True, Plato argued for the

Fair enough. Book 8 concerns government. Book 9, which you quoted, concerns the soul. And Trump is nothing if not a tyrannical soul.

PS Contrast with Obama, who comes close to Plato's ideal of the aristocratic soul

Xenophon's Anabasis , (circa

NCD — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 02:11:01 +0000

In reply to The founders shared Plato's

Xenophon's Anabasis , (circa 400 BC), Waterfield translation, in analogies from incidents in his participation in a failed invasion of Persia, found all three forms of government, democracy, oligarchy and authoritarian, were prone to dissolution or catastrophe.

but wait, there's more, a con

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 01:21:02 +0000

In reply to Which is pretty much the

but wait, there's more, a con too far, irony of ironies; was this really one con too far, or is this a con on a con? whatever, no one would try making this stuff up:

Real news isn't that Cohen left the RNC. It's that he criticized Trump in his resignation letter. "As the son of a Polish holocaust survivor, the images and sounds of this family separation policy is heart wrenching,” he wrote. "Children should never be used as bargaining chips." https://t.co/96KEodpzfj
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) June 20, 2018

American and United Airlines

NCD — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 01:13:01 +0000

In reply to Trump said that he could not

American and United Airlines refuse to allow ICE to use their planes for relocation of the children

.....United Airlines wants nothing to do with transporting the children of parents who have entered the U.S. illegally and have been separated from their families at the border. Neither does American Airlines......Based on our serious concerns about this policy and how it’s in deep conflict with our company’s values, we have contacted federal officials to inform them that they should not transport immigrant children on United aircraft who have been separated from their parents. Our company’s shared purpose is to connect people and unite the world.”

Which is pretty much the

moat — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 01:10:15 +0000

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Which is pretty much the definition of a con job.

this >

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 01:03:11 +0000

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this >

So much of the Trump administration is Trump creating crises then partially solving them. The travel ban, trade wars, escalation with North Korea, Obamacare subsidies, family separation...

Again and again, Trump triggers disaster, then demands credit for semi-averting it.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) June 20, 2018