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He is basically admitting

artappraiser — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 02:45:55 +0000

In reply to The Children are Lost and Someone Must Pay

He is basically admitting here today that it really hurt him with his own base by pretending it wasn't his fault And with them, he'll get away with it, he doesn't pay for anything because the hardcore fan base is a delusional minority. They listen to his version of things rather than to the "faux news".

Yes, it's a cult of personality. But the seeds of it are in our previous cult of personality/charisma presidential campaigns, i.e., Obama or RFK or Saint Ronnie is gonna be a savior, women swoon, etc. This is a problem built into our system. The difference now is the much enhanced ability for people to go much further and deeper into echo chambers of support for alternative reality based on one person, the whole presidential fandom thing is much more dangerous.

Storms? There was a full

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 15:26:49 +0000

In reply to Nah, that's too neat.

Storms? There was a full-court British naval press going on, including the Brits keeping the French pent up in port for years, and then foiling Villeneuve and the Spanish's rendezvous with other forces at Brest. Nap was more experienced on land than at sea, so 1000 miles to Moscow was more doable. Still, even there an early spring, ice floes and lots of mud did him in - ruined by fair weather, hèlás!

Nah, that's too neat.

Flavius — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 13:42:05 +0000

In reply to Who's clueless...?

Nah, that's too neat. Everything is not connected to everything else. It's tempting to think that. Particularly about the bad stuff but a lot of what happens is the result of uncoordinated random actions. Which we attempt to force into a pattern so we can get a handle on it.

Tolstoy amused himself ( I hope) with a fable that goes like this.

Time and again Napolean intended to invade England. Told his closest allies it would happen. Ordered the planning begin. Nothing. There were storms or whatever.

Conversely a time came when he too decided on the ever popular invade plan Poland ( join the club! ) Crossed the border. Then the hapless country . To its opposite side.

How to celebrate his Polish success ?

A parade.

Of course !

So came a beautiful June afternoon. A perfect day for an invasion! N stood on a hill overlooking the Vistula listening to the bands playing below and returning salutes from the elegantly dressed troops. . Behind Marshall whomever on a handsome horse (watch where you're stepping!)

As they marched- parallel to the river -they came to a bridge. To Russia.

Marshall X looked up at Nappy on the bluff ,nodded his head to east in a questioning way ,( I leave it to you to imagine what a " questioning " nod would have looked like in 1812).

Nap nodded back, "Yes" .

The rest is history.

You frankly seem more

NCD — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 05:38:37 +0000

In reply to I still think it's a point of

You frankly seem more apathetic, amused, rather than concerned, about it all.

Who's clueless...?

NCD — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 05:35:07 +0000

In reply to duceSinister ? To some extent

Who's clueless...?

Trump is put where he is by Russia, anti-democratic American and foreign plutocrats, and right wing media to mismanage and weaken government. Pruitt at EPA, DeVos at Education, Mulvaney to destroy Consumer Protection, State Department hemorrhaging experienced personnel, Carson at Housing, the Trump picks are not there to be good managers...!

Bankrupt the Treasury with huge deficit expanding tax cuts on GOP donors and multinationals, unravel and defund the social safety net, weaken the nation's institutions, further divide the country, put political discourse in the gutter and shatter alliances and trust with our allies.

I still think it's a point of

artappraiser — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 05:34:09 +0000

In reply to Who's clueless...?

I still think it's a point of contention whether Russia got what it was expecting (beyond some chaos that is.) We can't really know for sure for a while yet at the very least and I've seen convincing arguments all over the map on it so far.

Wall St., corporate America, they seem to be happy but I think that might be this Congress that they are happy with,and that Mnuchin is still at Treasury and do not attribute this economy to the skills of Trump, rather, many probably fear his incompetence. Especially if you do big picture and not last week, i.e., the 15 of the Trump Business Advisory Council quitting en mass, Gary Cohen, Rex Tillerson and his recent speech, etc. I'd be willing to bet they'd be sooo happy to see a President Pence replacement. I also think we are also going to see a lot of complaining very soon from corporate America about wily nily crazy tariffs unless Kudlow, once back on the job, can convince him to quiet down.

And in the end, all in all it's a big reminder for me that the president does not really have a lot of power in our system (except for appointing Supremes), or that's how it always used to be until we got one who's only real skill is to troll the media and direct the news cycle away from reality. Congress is still everyone's #1 important vote, a pity that more never thought so in the past.

Flav, you made me realize how

artappraiser — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 04:24:25 +0000

In reply to duceSinister ? To some extent

Flav, you made me realize how it has been somewhat forgotten that he sold himself as the great executive manager character of "Apprentice" and that was some help in his win. Those of us who already had the impression of him as a horse's ass and saw no need to investigate further, didn't even bother to check out whether that was true or not . We learned after the sad fact much more horse's ass stuff about The Donald, more than we ever wanted to know! But in the end it is so ironic, it is as you say we're lucky he's incompetent as well.

Strikes me that this sort of belongs on one of my absurdities threads, but the latest one is already plenty full in short order.

duceSinister ? To some extent

Flavius — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 03:34:35 +0000

In reply to The Children are Lost and Someone Must Pay

Sinister ? To some extent. But mostly clueless.. Trump is incapable of managing a large organization. He never has. Not when he was young enough to maybe learn from experience. Certainly not now when he's too old.

Never managed a large organization ? The businessman President?

Correct. He never was a "manager" . A gambler. A "businessman" sort of . Not an " executive."

Whatever the downside of being a corporate executive it graduates people who can get things done. Partly because they've learned -usually by first getting it wrong- that before you issue an Executive Order instructing somebody to do something first ask her if she can.. She just might know more than you. And besides if you want his help during a crash landing, better make sure he's aboard at take off.

Of course since all his ideas are stupid , evil or both we're lucky he's incompetent as well.

It's a win win for Trump and

NCD — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 19:25:07 +0000

In reply to Something really sinister

It's a win win for Trump and the Republicans if in part due to their past, current and almost certain future abuse and neglect by "the system" even one of these kids commits any crime, or, the GOP dream scenario...... winds up in a gang.

YES

Richard Day — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 17:40:29 +0000

In reply to The Children are Lost and Someone Must Pay

YES