American Politics the 2016 edition

I did not mention Kermani because he is a celebrity. I mentioned him because he is as unsuspicious of involvement in terrorist activities as can be. all his writings and speeches are proof of that

fake news: three year old Iran boy robs bank with shotgun

alternative facts: Iran has weapons of mass destruction


Edited by BaldJean - January 31 2017 at 02:34

Something I don't think is getting enough press are Russia's ties to various secession movements in the United States. A rather compelling KQED article about Yes California published in December should have received more attention than it has.

Looks like I have been 'sodded', thank you very much!  No, don't want to see him here.

Matthew _Gill wrote: Sod the liberals, let him in http://https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/178844

Edited by Dean - January 31 2017 at 10:30

progaardvark wrote: Something I don't think is getting enough press are Russia's ties to various secession movements in the United States. A rather compelling KQED article about Yes California published in December should have received more attention than it has.   See: http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/13/from-his-home-in-russia-calexit-leader-plots-california-secession/   I'm not entirely sure that the Rogue POTUS Staff Twitter account is legit, but one of the posts in reference to secession was rather alarming. See: https://twitter.com/RoguePOTUSStaff/status/825509928781623296   It seems rather doubtful to me that a succession movement could succeed in the U.S., particularly in light of this article in New York Magazine it sounds almost impossible: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/01/is-california-really-going-to-secede.html   But, imagine the political ramifications of such a thing actually happening.

There have occasionally been threats by Bavaria to leave the Federal Republic of Germany, especially when Franz Josef Strauss was still alive. Nothing ever came of it.

The "Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft" (meaning "Munich Laughing- and Shooting Society"; the name is an untranslatable wordplay with "Wach- und Schließgesellschaft" meaning "security company" or literally "guarding and locking company"), a highly influential group of political cabaret in Germany (another one was the "Berliner Stachelschweine" meaning "Berlin Porcupines", both had regular TV-shows and occasionally worked together), at one time (in 1971) had a program called "Der Abfall Bayerns" ("The Secession of Bavaria"). For those of you who understand German here is a little excerpt from it, a song about smuggling goods into Bavaria that are forbidden or not available in seceded Bavaria:

npjnpj wrote: I now get a 404-error on those petitions links. Some evil play's afoot.

No, the ":" is missing in the web address. Just remove the "http//" and the link works.


Edited by BaldFriede - January 31 2017 at 10:46

@BaldFriede: Thanks, it works now, as you said.

 I havn't seen a President protested this much since the Vietnam War. WTF?

Well, as far as the start of the day here in Europe and watching the USA goes, it's pretty lame, compared to last week. So, Neil Gorsuch hm? Ho-hum.

What bothers me more each day is that there doesn't seem to be that much of a reaction to Trump's daily excesses from the conservatives or the democrats either.

Sure there's the occasional faint protest quacking from the dems, only just audible over the background noise of international protest, and the conservatives seem somewhat torn between what's good for the country and what's good for them. That's understandable, I suppose. Are they debating if it might be time to form some sort of committee or something? The political silence is pretty eerie. There should be uproar, but all we see are slightly pained expressions and helplessness.

Is everyone paralyzed?

Edited by npjnpj - February 01 2017 at 02:25