Dump Shithole

[Turner Coates]

This is Sinclair, 'the most dangerous US company you've never heard of'
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/ ... tbart-news

Another cause for concern, and increased scrutiny, is what’s seen as the company’s pronounced political agenda. Sinclair forces its local stations to run pro-Trump “news” segments. In April, they hired Boris Epshteyn, a former Trump campaign spokesman and member of the White House press office, as its chief political analyst. His “must-run” 10-minute political commentary segments unsurprisingly hewed closely to the Trump administration’s message. The news and analysis website Slate, referring to Epshteyn’s contributions, said: “As far as propaganda goes, this is pure, industrial-strength stuff.”

[TenBenny]

This is Sinclair, 'the most dangerous US company you've never heard of'
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/ ... tbart-news

Another cause for concern, and increased scrutiny, is what’s seen as the company’s pronounced political agenda. Sinclair forces its local stations to run pro-Trump “news” segments. In April, they hired Boris Epshteyn, a former Trump campaign spokesman and member of the White House press office, as its chief political analyst. His “must-run” 10-minute political commentary segments unsurprisingly hewed closely to the Trump administration’s message. The news and analysis website Slate, referring to Epshteyn’s contributions, said: “As far as propaganda goes, this is pure, industrial-strength stuff.”

Sinclair is doing some murky shit, man.

[Turner Coates]

Sinclair is doing some murky shit, man.

It's like a novel. The prez of the US wants the world to disregard all media except that which praises and flatters him. He not only wants it, he's using his powers and influence in an attempt to make it so.

This is not good.

What's next? All radio stations playing nothing but Lee Greenwood, Kate Smith and Heino?

[TenBenny]

Look at this shit. Was there a note on a memo in all caps that said "DO NOT INVITE PUTIN TO WHITE HOUSE"?

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/trump- ... ssian-spy/

Inviting Vladimir Putin to the White House at this time is very, very bad for so many reasons. Trump should most definitely not do the one thing that would provide further ample ammo for speculation, the very speculation that led to him being investigated. Upon first thought, this feels more like his idea of chaos and misdirection, just Trump impishly fucking with calm and order. That's assuming this isn't the obvious scenario, which is Trump's puppet master coming to town to get him in line and tell him what he needs to do next.

It would be great if some rogue WH staffer could secretly accrue an account of those interactions like they did with Trump's Oval Office meeting with the Russian diplomats. But maybe Putin is too smart for that.

[SebastianLeeDanzig]

Or maybe you could look at his garbage Israel policy in the light of recent police killings during protests fueled by such policy, or one of the many other actual terrifying things happening under his administration, instead of obsessing over unsubstantial cold war rhetoric that makes all Drumpf opposition look like vindictive, apolitical morons grasping at arbitrary straws.

[TenBenny]

Sinclair is doing some murky shit, man.

It's like a novel. The prez of the US wants the world to disregard all media except that which praises and flatters him. He not only wants it, he's using his powers and influence in an attempt to make it so.

This is not good.

What's next? All radio stations playing nothing but Lee Greenwood, Kate Smith and Heino?

I listened to Howard Stern talk about Trump again the other day. At least I think it was a new clip. He said that Trump really believed this was going to be a fun ride, one in which, I'm sure, he figured he would be given adulation all the time. The guy just has no concept of reality. It makes you wonder exactly how hard his own job was, like if he ever really had to do anything difficult in his business life, because it's been suggested that other people in his organization actually made all his deals for him. The job meant nothing to him. The adulation meant everything.

But where this gets chilling is the idea that the man would subvert the entire process into some dictator-ish/McCarthyist way of getting that adulation. Using what has been a historical nightmare scenario for the US and other countries to try and ensure that he got the adulation he desperately wanted and felt he deserved... When you will wreak havoc in the process of demanding love... fucking chilling.

[Mojo]

McCarthyist

The entire left is after the guy for Russian collusion with almost zero evidence. I'd love to get this twat out of the White House, but McCarthyism, especially in light of all the Russia stuff, is a blatantly lefist trait right now.

[TenBenny]

McCarthyist

The entire left is after the guy for Russian collusion with almost zero evidence. I'd love to get this twat out of the White House, but McCarthyism, especially in light of all the Russia stuff, is a blatantly lefist trait right now.

The guy is literally trying to identify and weed out people based on notions of loyalty... loyalty to him, to party, to country, rooting out people that don't seem "American" to him, etc... How is that not McCarthyist in nature?

We could also talk about the obvious psychology of a man who is meanwhile, in essence, crying that there's a witch hunt against him. It's like, "Um, hello!"

"Zero evidence." Look, the public doesn't have all the facts yet, but I feel reasonably confident that Mueller's team has evidence of collusion.

[Danzig in the Dark]

McCarthyist

The entire left is after the guy for Russian collusion with almost zero evidence. I'd love to get this twat out of the White House, but McCarthyism, especially in light of all the Russia stuff, is a blatantly lefist trait right now.

The guy is literally trying to identify and weed out people based on notions of loyalty... loyalty to him, to party, to country, rooting out people that don't seem "American" to him, etc... How is that not McCarthyist in nature?

We could also talk about the obvious psychology of a man who is meanwhile, in essence, crying that there's a witch hunt against him. It's like, "Um, hello!"

"Zero evidence." Look, the public doesn't have all the facts yet, but I feel reasonably confident that Mueller's team has evidence of collusion.

Trump doesn't even collude with his own people.

[Mazerati]

in my mind i really don't think Trump wanted to be president..i think after the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2011 he wanted to get back at Obama so bad that he decided to run for president so he would have a platform to get back at Obama during tv interviews and at his rally's but never really expecting to win..what he didn't expect was how horrible a candidate Hillary would be..seriously the dems could have won with just about ANYONE else but Hillary..it's almost like they wanted to lose on purpose

[thats_what_she_said]

in my mind

[Turner Coates]

The guy is literally trying to identify and weed out people based on notions of loyalty... loyalty to him, to party, to country, rooting out people that don't seem "American" to him, etc...

I think you got the "American" part wrong. I honestly believe that Spanky's patriotism is phony. It's not his style. It is his style to lie about it. I believe that he is dishonest in ALL aspects of his life. I'm convinced he constantly lies to himself. He ran for prez hoping for ultimate revenge, stemming from Obama dissing him, NOT because of a love for his country. He doesn't give a shit about us or any other country, unless he stands to gain something.
He's using his his clout to create a dynasty. Anyone who gives him the benefit of doubt is a chump.

[Mojo]

The guy is literally trying to identify and weed out people based on notions of loyalty... loyalty to him, to party, to country, rooting out people that don't seem "American" to him, etc...

I think you got the "American" part wrong. I honestly believe that Spanky's patriotism is phony. It's not his style. It is his style to lie about it. I believe that he is dishonest in ALL aspects of his life. I'm convinced he constantly lies to himself. He ran for prez hoping for ultimate revenge, stemming from Obama dissing him, NOT because of a love for his country. He doesn't give a shit about us or any other country, unless he stands to gain something.
He's using his his clout to create a dynasty. Anyone who gives him the benefit of doubt is a chump.

I don't want to put words in his mouth (any more words in his mouth would split his fucking cheeks open), but I would presume Lenny meant "white" when he said "American." The rest, you're absolutely correct about. Running for President was all about ego and to make it easier to make money.

[Turner Coates]

[Luminiferous]

in my mind i really don't think Trump wanted to be president..i think after the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2011 he wanted to get back at Obama so bad that he decided to run for president so he would have a platform to get back at Obama during tv interviews and at his rally's but never really expecting to win..what he didn't expect was how horrible a candidate Hillary would be..seriously the dems could have won with just about ANYONE else but Hillary..it's almost like they wanted to lose on purpose

He definitely did not... His thing was totally against Obama. It started with the birther bullshit, then snowballed until someone put into his head that a bunch of redneck yokels were listening to, believing and supporting his bring back 'th good ol' days... Build a wall, kick out the Mexicans, bar Arabs and Muslims from entering the country and giving all the shitty jobs the Mexicans were "taking away from Americans" and give them to the blacks to get them off welfare and make America white again...
Almost his entire first year has been his effort to remove all of Obama's accomplishments for nothing more than revenge, feeding his ego that he is 'WINNING!
The only thing is it's hurting many Americans with the bullshit.
When Obama was in office all I heard from my right wing friends were how they worried about their kids getting all this dumped on them (dept, healthcare, etc) and now with Drumpf removing all the environmental protections and adding to the debt, allowing trickle down to start again, despite what happened just 10 years ago thanks to the same thing and saber rattling against several countries, I do not hear a peep about concern for the childrenzzz future......

You are correct in Hillary and Drumpf were without a doubt the two worst choices for either party to allow to carry their flag... Then I remembered the present day America and between social media and cellphone addicted walking dead, I really wasn't surprised how everything has come to be.
I wouldn't have put either in charge of running a fucking lemonade stand, let alone one of the most powerful countries in the world... I've always held a disdain for Drumpf way before he got into politics, from back in the 1980's I've always thought he was an idiot.. Present day he proves I wasn't wrong.
Hillary I hated even when Bill was in the White House, never trusted her and held a belief she had some skeletons in her closet. How the Dems really believed she was a better choice than Sanders is beyond me, but then we learned there was some backroom bullshit going on to secure her nomination. Not a surprise at all..

Drumpf had two things in his favor running for president and it worked perfectly. Hillary as an opponent and riling up the redneck population with his build a wall and other shit I mentioned in the first paragraph. I know this because I have numerous friends who jumped on his bandwagon when the birth certificate shit was in full swing as they fully bought the Kenyan Muslim who was sworn into office with his hand on the Qu'ran and set the precedent for using crisis actors in false flag mass shootings to take our guns and then became frothing fanboys and girls when he mentioned the wall and banning Muslims..
His insinuating that his flock is so stupid that he'd not lose a one even if he shot someone on 5th avenue, is one of the few truths he's said.

He's stuck now, so he's realized he can use the office to his financial advantage.. Even if he's impeached or actually squeaks out 4 years as president, he and his family are set for life money wise.. Way more than before he became president..
Books, speaking engagements, continued fire and brim-stoning the yokels with his xenophobic rhetoric, hell Faux News may give him or one of his family members a prime time slot to carry the MAGA torch...

[Turner Coates]

Books, speaking engagements, continued fire and brim-stoning the yokels with his xenophobic rhetoric, hell Faux News may give him or one of his family members a prime time slot to carry the MAGA torch...

[Luminiferous]

Just heard on CNN: "Easter is when Trump looks at cross and sees a "T."

Brilliant.

[TenBenny]

The list of grifts in this article is astounding. There's actually a book called "The List" by Amy Siskind which also details similar week-by-week accounts of last year. The point of pieces like this is that Trump is a crook in plain sight, which makes his protection by his own party all the more damning. It's all right there in front of the eyes of anyone with half a brain.

[TenBenny]

So I just spotted this. Fuckers took down an official webpage devoted to giving info to women about breast cancer.

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/38 ... ens-health

[DEATH ROW JOE]

[SeminiferousButtNoid]

"Zero evidence." Look, the public doesn't have all the facts yet, but I feel reasonably confident that Mueller's team has evidence of collusion.

People should be "reasonably confident" when they see evidence, not simply because an investigation exists. That's why you are a dunce.

[TenBenny]

Looks like the EPA distributed a memo to staffers telling them how to downplay climate change. This whole administration is a festering cancer.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ep ... mg00000003

[SeminiferousButtNoid]

Lenny is spamming at this point. He's pulling an Ironman where he's just posting articles, calling them "interesting" and then not engaging.

[Chip Z'Hoy]

Lenny is spamming at this point. He's pulling an Ironman where he's just posting articles, calling them "interesting" and then not engaging.

Most of the time not even reading them.

[SeminiferousButtNoid]

Lenny is spamming at this point. He's pulling an Ironman where he's just posting articles, calling them "interesting" and then not engaging.

Most of the time not even reading them.

Right. It's what AngryAgain got banned for and Ironman almost did during the election. I wonder if Lenny finds this interesting and amazing.

[Turner Coates]

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http://thehill.com/homenews/media/38154 ... t-was-true

Fox News host Shephard Smith on Tuesday fact-checked President Trump's claim that the U.S. Postal Service was losing large amounts of money because Amazon was delivering packages at low cost.

"The Post Office is losing billions of dollars, and the taxpayers are paying for that money because it delivers packages for Amazon at a very below cost," Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday.

"That's not fair to the United States, and it's not fair to out taxpayers, and Amazon has the money to pay the fair rate at the Post Office," he continued.

Trump went on to say the Post Office "loses $1.47 on every package" it delivers on behalf of Amazon.

Smith responded to each of Trump's claims on Tuesday.

"The Postal Service's own numbers show it makes money by delivering packages for Amazon and other companies. As for taxpayers, the post office's own website points out, and I quote, 'the Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses.' None," Smith said.

"And a reference to that $1.47 the president came up with there? A Citigroup study last year showed on average that the Postal Service was charging a $1.46 below market rates for package delivery, but our researchers point out if that discount exists, it's not just for Amazon, it's a bulk rate discount," he continued.

"There is a great deal of confusion or something here regarding Amazon and the Post Office because none of that, none of that was true," Smith told Fox News White House correspondent John Roberts.

[Pierce Foreskin]

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http://thehill.com/homenews/media/38154 ... t-was-true

Fox News host Shephard Smith on Tuesday fact-checked President Trump's claim that the U.S. Postal Service was losing large amounts of money because Amazon was delivering packages at low cost.

"The Post Office is losing billions of dollars, and the taxpayers are paying for that money because it delivers packages for Amazon at a very below cost," Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday.

"That's not fair to the United States, and it's not fair to out taxpayers, and Amazon has the money to pay the fair rate at the Post Office," he continued.

Trump went on to say the Post Office "loses $1.47 on every package" it delivers on behalf of Amazon.

Smith responded to each of Trump's claims on Tuesday.

"The Postal Service's own numbers show it makes money by delivering packages for Amazon and other companies. As for taxpayers, the post office's own website points out, and I quote, 'the Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses.' None," Smith said.

"And a reference to that $1.47 the president came up with there? A Citigroup study last year showed on average that the Postal Service was charging a $1.46 below market rates for package delivery, but our researchers point out if that discount exists, it's not just for Amazon, it's a bulk rate discount," he continued.

"There is a great deal of confusion or something here regarding Amazon and the Post Office because none of that, none of that was true," Smith told Fox News White House correspondent John Roberts.

You mean to say that POTUS lied?
GTFO with all that.

Billy Bush told a story about Trump on Real Time a few weeks ago, where Billy called Trump on his lying on air about his ratings, and according to Billy, Donald basically said, "Billy they'll believe it if you tell them."
Or as PT Barnum used to say...

[DEATH ROW JOE]

TRUMP ALREADY LOSING HIS TRADE WAR
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles ... heir-hands

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said it plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on more than 1,000 Chinese products, totaling about $50 billion of annual imports, in retaliation for what it alleges are unfair trade practices. Trump’s list was notable for how hard it worked to minimize the pain felt by American consumers and Chinese businesses. It avoided disrupting major sectors, and seemed to focus on products that could easily be substituted.

By contrast, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s administration produced a heavily concentrated list that targeted politically sensitive industries such as planes, beef and soybeans. Covering only a little more than 100 products, but worth about the same as the U.S. list, these tariffs seemed designed to place severe pressure on key companies and constituencies.

China’s highly aggressive tariffs suggest no interest in negotiating a more open trade and investment environment. To the contrary, they demonstrate just how seriously China takes challenges to its centralized economic model.
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Trump is also overstating the trade deficit with China by 125 billion:
https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/intern ... ad1217.pdf

[Kiss Crue]

Market is going to continue to tank.

The combination of the 1.3T fleecing of the American people and now int'l trade concerns is like a Tyson left right combo from the late 80's for the market.

[DEATH ROW JOE]

Market is going to continue to tank.

Either tank or level out for a year or so like they did in 2015 - 2016. We might get back to 26,000 by the time Trump leaves office in 2020.