Trump

[Digby]

Trump decreases the median beautifully.
It just makes it easier for all the psychopathic morons to pretend they're decent.

Mean. Decreases the mean.

That’s the hole you chose to highlight in his theory?!?!?

His theory being everyone in the Western world is a psychopathic moron with the obvious exceptions of Joe Launchbury and Nigel Owens?

[morepork]

Trump decreases the median beautifully.
It just makes it easier for all the psychopathic morons to pretend they're decent.

Mean. Decreases the mean.

That’s the hole you chose to highlight in his theory?!?!?

I'm on the spectrum.

[Digby]

Mean. Decreases the mean.

That’s the hole you chose to highlight in his theory?!?!?

I'm on the spectrum.

well aren't you just a little ray of sunshine

[Sandydragon]

It's funny that the prevailing opinion is that Trump is a uniquely stupid Politician. In actual fact they're all like that, just better at hiding it.

Utter nonsense. Trump is a fucking idiot. Even the most shallow of politicians have had some element of basic intelligence.

[Sandydragon]

Mean. Decreases the mean.

That’s the hole you chose to highlight in his theory?!?!?

His theory being everyone in the Western world is a psychopathic moron with the obvious exceptions of Joe Launchbury and Nigel Owens?

And evil. Don’t forget evil

[Digby]

That’s the hole you chose to highlight in his theory?!?!?

His theory being everyone in the Western world is a psychopathic moron with the obvious exceptions of Joe Launchbury and Nigel Owens?

And evil. Don’t forget evil

I'm western and thus by extension a moron, try not to judge

[BBD]

north western or south western?

[Digby]

north western or south western?

North by north west

[Sandydragon]

What about me? I'm only partially "Western."

Stop confusing the categorisation process. You need to be categorised dammit!

[Digby]

The swamp continues to be drained as Trump fires a senior police officer in a celebration of democracy

[WaspInWales]

Nothing will stop the dictatorship.

Mueller next.

Viva la Trump!

[Sandydragon]

Nothing will stop the dictatorship.

Mueller next.

Viva la Trump!

He’s just misunderstood. Apparently we don’t recognise his genius.

[kk67]

Mean. Decreases the mean.

That’s the hole you chose to highlight in his theory?!?!?

His theory being everyone in the Western world is a psychopathic moron with the obvious exceptions of Joe Launchbury and Nigel Owens?

Yeah.
errrrrrrr....yeah.

[kk67]

People who live their lives vicariously through the talent of others.
People who send other people to war because they are chicken-morons who seek money.

[kk67]

It's funny that the prevailing opinion is that Trump is a uniquely stupid Politician. In actual fact they're all like that, just better at hiding it.

Utter nonsense. Trump is a fucking idiot. Even the most shallow of politicians have had some element of basic intelligence.

They mostly have a commercial interest. I have a very deep seated objection to this instant war footing bollocks from across the parties. It does look like the PLP that Blair created are just a bunch of corporate stooges and warmongers.
I find no surprise that the right-wing are seeking to escalate. The defence industry wants new funding. They always do.

[kk67]

I seem to remember when I was a kid that there were two rules of international diplomacy.

I.) Don't get involved in the Middle East.
ii.) Don't poke the Bear.

[WaspInWales]

Trump V Biden.

Trump has height and weight advantage and is 4 years younger. They both dodged the draft.

Hard to call, but I hope it isn't PPV.

[morepork]

Trump V Biden.

Trump has height and weight advantage and is 4 years younger. They both dodged the draft.

Hard to call, but I hope it isn't PPV.

Come at me bro.

Screen Shot 2018-03-22 at 12.32.30 PM.png

[morepork]

Or on me. Either way.

[Stones of granite]

north western or south western?

Right now, I’m in the North West Castle Hotel, which is in Stranraer - about as far South West as you can go in Scotland.
I have a sense of dislocation.

[morepork]

John Bolton replaces McMaster as national security advisor. Fuck me.

[Sandydragon]

John Bolton replaces McMaster as national security advisor. Fuck me.

For what we are about to receive.......

[Digby]

Back in the day Trump promised he'd deliver a comprehensive plan to improve cybersecurity within 90 days of his inauguration, this has never happened , though the Whitehouse did release a rather long memo that doesn't actually say anything or change anything. They're still pending even initiating a discussion of the $600-700 billion dollar military spend and moving more of that spend away from more typical military spend onto cybersecurity.

Congress has added text (over Trump's objections) to the national defence act calling on the President to develop and deliver a national policy on cybersecurity, nothing has happened so far. The Senatate Armed Services Committee last Year was chasing Trump with hearings on the progress being made, or not, to which when summoned the Trump Whitehouse refused to send White House cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce citing excecutive privilege, this has not gone down well in the Senate. I don't know what the Senate Armed Services Committee are doing, last year there was talk of a subpoena to force testimony from Rob Joyce but that seems to be in limbo

The basic assumptions seems to be nobody is in charge of policy on this area, though we have recently had Dan Coats the Director of National Intelligence telling the Senate Armed Services Committee that he’s spoken about cyber threats with Trump. Coats said that without referring to Russia specifically, Trump said, “I assume you’re doing your job -- all of you who head up these agencies relative to cyber -- but if you need for me to say, direct you to do it, do it.” Coats was able to say cycbersecuirty was 'a high priority', though nothing has been done, he said the response was 'in process' but that he couldn't tell anyone about what that might mean given any discussions as to what might happen are classified.

And they're fast closing on their midterms. On the midterms Coats was at least able to assure they're pretty sure Russia might try something, they just don't know what, when or where that might be.

[Which Tyler]

Well, that's a relief then.



Any of you military folks checked out the weather in Iran in the Autumn?

[Donny osmond]

I seem to remember when I was a kid that there were two rules of international diplomacy.

I.) Don't get involved in the Middle East.
ii.) Don't poke the Bear.

You may be misremembering. If you grew up in the cold war it would have been largely about how much bear poking was deemed necessary.

Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using Tapatalk