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When a nation’s children marched, and their President ignored them - Trump cont.

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TheClaws · 29/03/2018 01:36

For me, the Parkland children being belittled and abused in so many ways is utterly heartbreaking to witness. But they have been more adult than the adults in their response. They have shown us what faith means, and bravery. POTUS? He is made much, much smaller.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3198255--In-politics-stupidity-is-not-a-handicap-We-know-this-now-Trump-thread-cont

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lionheart · 01/04/2018 21:00

Hello yolo. Smile

cozietoesie · 01/04/2018 21:23

.... State legislators in Vermont have passed a gun control bill that would raise the minimum age for buying a gun to 21, expand background checks for private gun sales and ban high-capacity magazines and bump stocks....

Thanks, lion. Good for them.

lionheart · 01/04/2018 22:04

Good for them--if it has to be done state by state then so be it.

www.rawstory.com/2018/04/poster-child-trumps-intolerance-ex-evangelist-rains-holy-hell-converted-catholic-laura-ingraham/#.WsFC6fHYTIw.twitter

lionheart · 01/04/2018 22:28

www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-donald-trump-jr-india-project

'A Trump project in Mumbai had its permits revoked after investigators found “significant irregularities.” Then Trump Jr. travelled to India to get the decision overruled.'

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TheClaws · 02/04/2018 01:22

Here’s an article with the full list of imported Chinese items that now have tariffs.

www.vetr.com/posts/8090392525-China-Slaps-Tariffs-On-US-Imports-Including-Pork-Nuts-And-Wine

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cozietoesie · 02/04/2018 01:24

Any additional gun control legislation is a good thing, in my view. It changes the conversational climate. Smile

cozietoesie · 02/04/2018 01:26

Ouch, Claws. 'Measured' they may be but they're still being effected.

cozietoesie · 02/04/2018 01:49

I think that some reputations might be made and some broken on Wall St next week.

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TheClaws · 02/04/2018 01:56

Agree, cozie. The markets are going to be most interesting - and an education for POTUS, it seems. Even though he is a “businessman”, he doesn’t appear to have much knowledge of economics, trade, money, budgeting, etc ...

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TheClaws · 02/04/2018 02:00

A piece from Rodong Sinmun, the North Korean information outlet, about the UN.

To Struggle for International Justice Is Common Duty of Mankind

It is a contemporary task and common duty of each country and nation to struggle for genuine international justice.
The imperialists are describing their interference in other countries' internal affairs and invasion of them as "just actions" for "combating terrorists", "championing human rights" and "ensuring peace".
"War on terrorism" touted by the imperialists as one for "ensuring world peace and stability" is nothing but a state-sponsored terrorist act against anti-U.S. independent countries, an act for new war of aggression.
The imperialists often find fault with "human rights situation" in other countries while styling themselves an "international human rights judge". This is little short of an artifice for justifying their interference in internal affairs of independent countries standing against imperialism, and pressure, invasion and moves for toppling their regimes.
Typical of such acts are the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq perpetrated under the pretext of "anti-terrorism" and "protection of human rights".
If the imperialists and hegemonic forces are allowed to perpetrate hooliganism under the mask of "justice", the world will turn into a lawless land where injustice overwhelms justice and invasion and war are rampant.
What matters is that the United Nations, which claims standing up for international justice in name, is being abused by specified countries for attaining their unreasonable purpose.
If the UN fails to set right the present abnormal situation in which high-handed and arbitrary practices by a specified state prevail and double-standards are openly connived at and allowed, it will be reduced to a nominal body and this will hinder the establishment of a fresh and fair international order. That's why a lot of member states of the UN are struggling for its reform.

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cozietoesie · 02/04/2018 02:01

True - he doesn't. But what is even worse is that he - and his base - thinks he does.

cozietoesie · 02/04/2018 03:17

What an unfortunate cover.......

Magazine cover

(A Hill piece.) Smile

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TheClaws · 02/04/2018 05:37

He won’t like that Easter Grin

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TheNorthWestPawsage · 02/04/2018 07:58

He won't like that cover but (and I can't believe I'm saying this) the actual photo of him (behind the snout) is one of the 'nicest' I've seen of him! Weirdly - this cover makes him look human. Confused
I'll get my coat Blush

TheNorthWestPawsage · 02/04/2018 08:08

twitter.com/maggienyt/status/980600512256110598?s=21

As you watch the simulcasts of Sinclair on-air staff reading scripts about the dangers that some reporters present to democracy, recall this:
www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-campaign-sinclair-broadcasting-jared-kushner-232764

Kushner: We struck deal with Sinclair for straighter coverage
By JOSH DAWSEY and HADAS GOLD 12/16/2016
Donald Trump's campaign struck a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group during the campaign to try and secure better media coverage, his son-in-law Jared Kushner told business executives Friday in Manhattan.

Kushner said the agreement with Sinclair, which owns television stations across the country in many swing states and often packages news for their affiliates to run, gave them more access to Trump and the campaign, according to six people who heard his

In exchange, Sinclair would broadcast their Trump interviews across the country without commentary, Kushner said. Kushner highlighted that Sinclair, in states like Ohio, reaches a much wider audience — around 250,000 listeners — than networks like CNN, which reach somewhere around 30,000.

“It’s math,” Kushner said according to multiple attendees.