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Digby wrote:you're proving annoying to our oil companies

Mikey Brown wrote:It's kind of fascinating reading about this Jeff Mateer bloke, seeing there is somebody else out there who speaks in this same indescribable manner as Trump. Is this what endears him to big Donald? Aside from being a raging bigot of course.

"There are people who marry themselves. Somebody wanted to marry a tree. People marrying their pets. It's just like -- you know, you read the New Testament and you read about all the things and you think, 'Oh, that's not going on in our community.' Oh yes it is."

I mean that's about the least offensive quote I've read from this guy, but the way it is put together is brilliant. If at all accurate.

kk67 wrote:

Digby wrote:you're proving annoying to our oil companies

That sums up the last 60 years of global conflict.
Seven words that explain genocide, rape, enslavement, diasporas, the futures markets and arms sales.

But in fairness we can't limit this to the petrochemical industries. There are the mining industries and the rubber industries and the valuable metals industry.
Don't even start me on the diamond industry/cartel. Fuck DeBeers. Murderous knuts.

Digby wrote:

kk67 wrote:

Digby wrote:you're proving annoying to our oil companies

That sums up the last 60 years of global conflict.
Seven words that explain genocide, rape, enslavement, diasporas, the futures markets and arms sales.

But in fairness we can't limit this to the petrochemical industries. There are the mining industries and the rubber industries and the valuable metals industry.
Don't even start me on the diamond industry/cartel. Fuck DeBeers. Murderous knuts.

How does the last 60 years differ to the previous few thousand? If anything things have improved somewhat

canta_brian wrote:Hopefully Trump will move to "Nambia" and be done with it.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/ar ... d=11925049

President Donald Trump’s appointees to jobs at Agriculture Department headquarters include a long-haul truck driver, a country club cabana attendant and the owner of a scented-candle company.

A POLITICO review of dozens of résumés from political appointees to USDA shows the agency has been stocked with Trump campaign staff and volunteers who in many cases demonstrated little to no experience with federal policy, let alone deep roots in agriculture. But of the 42 résumés POLITICO reviewed, 22 cited Trump campaign experience. And based on their résumés, some of those appointees appear to lack credentials, such as a college degree, required to qualify for higher government salaries.

It’s typical for presidents to reward loyalists with jobs once a campaign is over. But what’s different under Trump, sources familiar with the department's inner workings say, is the number of campaign staffers who have gotten positions and the jobs and salaries they have been hired for, despite not having solid agricultural credentials in certain cases. An inexperienced staff can lead to mistakes and sidetrack a president’s agenda, the sources say.

“There is a clear prioritization of one attribute, and that is loyalty,” said Austin Evers, American Oversight's executive director, who provided the documents after his organization received them in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. He said the group sought résumés for Trump administration political appointees from across the federal government and found an abundance of former campaign workers in positions that did not appear to match their qualifications. “The theme that emerges is pretty clear: What do you have to do to get an administration job? Work on the campaign,” he added.

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WaspInWales wrote:Nice to see Trump attacking more black people via Twitter.

He really is a fucking idiot.

belgarion wrote:Loved the reaction of the Jacksonville & Baltimore players, coaches & staff at the Wembley game.
20 Players knelt, others & staff, including Jacksonville's owner Shahid Khan, who gave $1m to Trump's
campaign, linked arms during the American anthem then stood for God Dave the Queen which followed.

Trump has miscalculated big time with this. His response on Twitter later to-day/to-morrow is gong to be
fun/depressing to read if his 'advisors' don't stop him

Sandydragon wrote:It will make zero difference amongst Trumps core vote, but fair play to them for making a stand.

Meanwhile the rest of us need to hope trump doesn’t blunder into a major conflict in the Korean Peninsula.

Mikey Brown wrote:They can "do free speech on their own time".

Fucking hell.

belgarion wrote:God Dave the Queen