Deranged Rhino Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: Trump, Trong, Phuc, and Un. Whete's Bang Ding Ow when you need him? Edited February 27, 2019 by DC Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Trump, Trong, Phuc, and Un. Whete's Bang Ding Ow when you need him? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 3 hours ago, B-Man said: I like the no soliciting sign on the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) Quote MSNBCVerified account @MSNBC FollowFollow @MSNBC JUST IN: Exclusive: US negotiators no longer demanding North Korea agree to disclose full accounting of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs as part of talks between President Trump and Kim Jong Un, according to current and former US officials. Quote Adam Mount @ajmount 3h3 hours ago Adam Mount Retweeted MSNBC Excellent, if expected, news. An inventory was asking to be lied to and would have been deadly for negotiations. The shift move us away from the immediate disarmament mirage and into the real world of arms control. . Edited February 28, 2019 by B-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandemonium Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 On 2/26/2019 at 3:35 PM, sabrecrazed said: I think the real story is that this fella from Wapo doesn't know the difference between waist and waste. Have you heard about Orion’s Belt? ...it’s a huge waist of space. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 41 minutes ago, B-Man said: . Well, of course MSNBC likes it. It's a return to the Clintonian "Let 'em do whatever they want, as long as they do it real quiet-like" foreign non-policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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plenzmd1 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 First blush in middle of the blurry middle of night ... sounds like my fear of Trump giving away to much in effort to “ win” was not realized! While we all certainly want to see An agreement, sounds like North Korea followed same playbook that have for the last 30 years. Good for Triump/Pompeo to walk ( I think) Again, would prefer an a good agreement, but no agreement is better than a bad one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 8 hours ago, Chandemonium said: Have you heard about Orion’s Belt? ...it’s a huge waist of space. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 On 2/19/2019 at 8:27 AM, Buffalo_Gal said: I didn't know where to plop this: You ever apply for a Chinese or Russian visa? It reads like an FBI background check. Then they have eyes on you every step of the way that you’re there. Bugs aplenty too. ? On 2/25/2019 at 5:12 PM, Deranged Rhino said: There are multiple fronts that need to be urgently addressed w/r to China. Number one on that list is IP theft/corporate espionage. That's a boondoggle without an easy answer, but the progress being made on that front are obvious if you've been tracking what's been happening with Huawei and ZTE. A lot of that issue can't be solved by signing a deal, it has to be done at the counterintelligence level... which would be easier if somehow our entire HUMINT network in China hadn't been systematically eliminated during the previous administration (under Mr. Brennan's leadership among others). Almost like that was done as some sort of quid pro quo ... but that's another story. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/us/politics/cia-china-jerry-lee-indictment.html https://in.news.yahoo.com/cias-communications-suffered-catastrophic-compromise-started-iran-090018710.html?guccounter=1 I'll leave it to the economists of the board to give you a more concrete answer to the specific goals, but my point is what they are actually negotiating is much more than an economic agreement. That's the public face of a deal that's much more expansive in scope - hence my comments about the DPRK deal being tied to this one. So it's really important to not look at either of these deals (not just China and the DPRK, but all these trade deals) as being independent of one another even though they're presented as such. The world order is being rewritten - here at home, in Europe, the Middle East, South America and Asia... all at once. That's not an accident. It's evidence of what I laid out in the OP of the Deep State Thread. There's a global shadow war taking place that's going to end up changing the power structure of the world, not just this country. The evidence of it is out there in the open for all to see - but no one in the media or politics is going to cover it. We have to do it for ourselves. The Senator from Beijing says, “You’re welcome.” On 2/26/2019 at 11:38 AM, Deranged Rhino said: Who sat on HSBC's board for years before joining the FBI? Wonder how much cover he gave the Chinese (and cartels) during his tenure... though it's not as big of a mystery as to why he turned the other way when the Chinese were pilfering Hillary's illegal server set up. See the above. Maybe they could have adjoining cells. 22 hours ago, GG said: This is one of many stories (pay wall) why Xi is petrified and Trump is confident he can win the trade negotiation with China Was in China in the fall of 2017. Hundreds of high rises litter the skyline all along the Yangtze. It looked like > 50% were vacant and it still under construction. But the thousands of building cranes (China’s “National Bird”) we’re silent. We were told it was because the CCP was having their biannual convention. I’d wager they are still silent and the half-built bridges are still incomplete as are the access roads to them. 15 hours ago, 3rdnlng said: I like the no soliciting sign on the window. Preeze to be going aroun backside. Backside. 4 hours ago, plenzmd1 said: First blush in middle of the blurry middle of night ... sounds like my fear of Trump giving away to much in effort to “ win” was not realized! While we all certainly want to see An agreement, sounds like North Korea followed same playbook that have for the last 30 years. Good for Triump/Pompeo to walk ( I think) Again, would prefer an a good agreement, but no agreement is better than a bad one. No deal with L’il Kim till Trump & Xi smoke the peace pipe. Xi is the 800 lb gorilla on the Asian continent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deranged Rhino Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Hedge said: Justin must be more vulnerable than he's admitting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Trump to expel dozens of Maduro loyalists from the US The Trump administration is expelling dozens of officials loyal to Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro from the United States, a top administration official announced Friday. “Maduro supporters that abuse or violate human rights, steal from the Venezuelan people or undermine Venezuela’s democracy are not welcome in the United States,” Special Envoy Elliott Abrams told reporters at the State Department. “Neither are their family members, who enjoy a privileged lifestyle at the expense of liberty and prosperity of millions of Venezuelans.” Abrams’ announcement follows through on a threat aired prior to last week’s attempt to deliver humanitarian aid to Venezuela in coordination with top opposition leader Juan Guaido, whom the U.S. and dozens of other countries have recognized as the interim president of the country. Maduro blocked the deliveries, and now, U.S. officials will revoke the visas of Maduro's top officials and their families in an attempt to fracture the unity of the regime leadership. </snip> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Buffalo_Gal said: Trump to expel dozens of Maduro loyalists from the US He's going to expel all the Democrats? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 minute ago, LABillzFan said: He's going to expel all the Democrats? Too bad he can't expel the Democratic (Socialist) "leadership". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Four months now... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 CHANGE: John Bolton: ‘We’re not afraid to use the word Monroe Doctrine.’ “In this administration, we’re not afraid to use the word Monroe Doctrine. This is a country in our hemisphere. It’s been the objective of American presidents going back to Ronald Reagan to have a completely democratic hemisphere,” Bolton told [CNN’s Jake] Tapper. “I mentioned at the end of last year that we’re looking at the talk of tyranny. Part of the problem in Venezuela is the heavy Cuban presence. 20,000 to 25,000 Cuban security officials by reports that have been in the public. But this is the sort of thing that we find unacceptable and that’s why we’re pursuing these policies.” Flashback: John Kerry: “The Monroe Doctrine Is Over.” —Slate, November 19, 2013. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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