Up Like Trump

[Wilikon]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-22/dozens-killed-and-injured-after-massive-bomb-explosions-rip-through-belgium-airport-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3503928/Two-explosions-heard-Brussels-Airport.html


Sad.

Sad, but as I mentioned previously, these events can be predicted.  When the last Islam terrorist bombing starts to fade from the front pages of the newspapers and news blogs, when it is not a subject of daily emoting by the masses of people, that is when the next one will be done.

Engineering of news by evil Muslims.

Yes. They are savvy about this... terrorism business.

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[Spendulus]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-22/dozens-killed-and-injured-after-massive-bomb-explosions-rip-through-belgium-airport-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3503928/Two-explosions-heard-Brussels-Airport.html


Sad.

Sad, but as I mentioned previously, these events can be predicted.  When the last Islam terrorist bombing starts to fade from the front pages of the newspapers and news blogs, when it is not a subject of daily emoting by the masses of people, that is when the next one will be done.

Engineering of news by evil Muslims.

Yes. They are savvy about this... terrorism business.

It is in fact a business.

For example, terrorism definitely jacks up oil prices.

And terrorism acts as a blackmail to keep foreign aid coming.

And it takes a lot of people to keep repeating over and over to the world, "Islam is peace."

[Wilikon]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-22/dozens-killed-and-injured-after-massive-bomb-explosions-rip-through-belgium-airport-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3503928/Two-explosions-heard-Brussels-Airport.html


Sad.

Sad, but as I mentioned previously, these events can be predicted.  When the last Islam terrorist bombing starts to fade from the front pages of the newspapers and news blogs, when it is not a subject of daily emoting by the masses of people, that is when the next one will be done.

Engineering of news by evil Muslims.

Yes. They are savvy about this... terrorism business.

It is in fact a business.

For example, terrorism definitely jacks up oil prices.

And terrorism acts as a blackmail to keep foreign aid coming.

And it takes a lot of people to keep repeating over and over to the world, "Islam is peace."

Someone smart should run the numbers on that "Islam is peace" campaign.

[Moloch]

[Spendulus]

I'm okay with that.  Better than saying he was getting a lot of public opinion polls - wait, those who do that don't say they are doing it, do they?

So you mean, this guy Trump, he ACTUALLY ADMITS TO THINKING THINGS OUT?

Damn....an actual thinker?

That could be trouble....

[practicaldreamer]

Where's Trump stand on the regulation of US PMC's ? Or, indeed, US taxpayers money going towards funding them ?

Or doesn't shit like this warrant discussion in media bubble soundbite land ?

Re. Trump pumping US nationalism. There was an old Scottish NUM (National Union of Mineworkers) top brass called Mick MacGahey. Real tough cookie. Anyhow, only reason I mention him is that he made a great quote regarding nationalism. He said , "Nationalism is a bourgeois distraction from class struggle"

Amen sir.

[tvbcof]

I'm okay with that.  Better than saying he was getting a lot of public opinion polls - wait, those who do that don't say they are doing it, do they?

So you mean, this guy Trump, he ACTUALLY ADMITS TO THINKING THINGS OUT?

Damn....an actual thinker?

That could be trouble....

Being able to think things out for yourself is pointless, frusterating, and counterproductive if your job is to implement operations as assigned by those who've installed you.  That has been the case for POTUS here in the U.S. for quite a few cycles now.

OTOH, thinking things out is actually a valuable skill for someone who is self-funded.  Given some of Trump's documented thought patterns going back a ways, I personally like the way the guy seems to think.

A case in point was the Middle East 'disaster.'  Of course it is not exactly a 'disaster' for the handful of people who planned it, and in my analysis it has gone according to plan.  It's an unmitigated disaster for the people of the destabilized Middle East (or most of them) and for the people in America who are paying for it in blood, sweat, and tears.

[Spendulus]

Your problem is the choice between batshit crazy and apeshit crazy. 

Bats shit on you from above, and apes throw shit at you.

You like to fly, of course, but forget that apes get pissed if flying things shit on them.  They snatch them out of the air and bite their little heads off.

[Moloch]

Your problem is the choice between batshit crazy and apeshit crazy. 

Bats shit on you from above, and apes throw shit at you.

You like to fly, of course, but forget that apes get pissed if flying things shit on them.  They snatch them out of the air and bite their little heads off.

Out of the republicans that are left, Kasich is probably the least crazy... so he obviously has no chance of winning...

[practicaldreamer]

Where's Trump stand on the regulation of US PMC's ?

Oh fuck me - you couldn't make this shit up

"Mr Schmitz served as inspector general at the Department of Defence during the early years of George W Bush's administration. He also worked for Blackwater"

[Moloch]

[tvbcof]

Where's Trump stand on the regulation of US PMC's ?

Oh fuck me - you couldn't make this shit up

"Mr Schmitz served as inspector general at the Department of Defence during the early years of George W Bush's administration. He also worked for Blackwater"

As someone who is hopeful about Trump, I'm not terribly excited about this either.

OTOH, it could be read as an indication that Trump is serious about dealing with some of the upcoming problems that will almost certainly be put up.  I've noticed that he takes every opportunity to enlist the support of the military and the police.  A person with Schmitz experience will have a lot of understanding and connections into the private mercenary elements that the U.S. establishment uses to project force.  It's only a matter of time before this force projection is directed inwardly.  To me, it's only a matter of whether these forces will be controlled by Globalists or by a Nationalist.  The latter is the lesser of two evils as I see things.

My sober assessment of things is that we are in so much trouble and so deep in the hole at this point that we may never get out, and if we do manage the feat, it won't be pretty.

In a slightly more hopeful scenario, I do have some hope that Trump is serious about addressing the crony nature of our quasi-capitalist political structure.  I don't think he would talk about it as much as he does unless he were serious.  Sure, he played inside that system and played well, but it is possible stand up from the table and leave.  (A situation which I have some experience with.)  This makes his threats to change the game somewhat credible to me.  Back to Schmitz (and the various other apparent scumbags Trump has fingered), it is possible that he knows that he needs people who 'know where the bodies are buried' in fields beyond his expertise in order to have a chance at making some corrections.

Trump remains a 'hail Mary' play to me, but still much better odds than any other candidate I've seen in probably forever.  Certainly anyone who has made it to the level Trump has achieved today.  I'm still with Webb on his statement that a Trump presidency could go 'either very good or very bad.' ...with the shared caveat that a Hillary one would go very bad.

I'm more than ready to see Trump align with some people I find more to my liking, but am willing to give him a pass until he stomps the rest of the Repubicans into the dirt.  Carson dealing with the education system is to my liking at least.  And, though it probably was not the goal of the article, I find it hopeful that the media noted that the names Trump named vis-a-vis foreign policy were relative unknowns and 'were not inside either of the two mainstream establishment camps.'

I'll also add that I was shocked and delighted to see Trump be interested in diminishing NATO.  I consider this structure to be outdated and one of the most palpable threats of triggering a hot WW-III.

[Moloch]

I like that republicans are supporting the anti-establishment candidate, I just wish that candidate was not Trump...

Trump is not the lesser of two evils

[Wilikon]

I like that republicans are supporting the anti-establishment candidate, I just wish that candidate was not Trump...

Trump is not the lesser of two evils

Harpy clinton is...

[Wilikon]

Published on Feb 25, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDUVMpmPOxM

[Spendulus]

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I'll also add that I was shocked and delighted to see Trump be interested in diminishing NATO.  I consider this structure to be outdated and one of the most palpable threats of triggering a hot WW-III.

Correct.

Do we have a nuclear threat from Russia?

Can and should we be working with Russia against common foes?

[galdur]

Well, NATO outspends Russia 10-1 on the military but I´m not sure how much they really have to show for it. When terrorists attack next door to your headquarters you´ve probably been pretty useless in the war against terrorists for instance. As for the supposed threat from Russia; NATO has no armies to speak of to counter any invasion of western Europe so they´re not expecting any invasion - I guess. It´s a gravy-train first and foremost.

[Spendulus]

....It´s a gravy-train first and foremost.

That's the age old problem of a standing army standing against risks that each year have a statistical low chance of occurring.  But that analysis is incorrect because "statistiocal analysis" does not work against an intelligent adversary who seeks nothing but the element of surprise.

Duh...

[tvbcof]

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I'll also add that I was shocked and delighted to see Trump be interested in diminishing NATO.  I consider this structure to be outdated and one of the most palpable threats of triggering a hot WW-III.

Correct.

Do we have a nuclear threat from Russia?

Can and should we be working with Russia against common foes?

If neither side were on an expansionist trajectory, working together on projects where it made sense would probably happen without effort.  I'm not holding my breath for a situation where we are all holding hands and singing kumbaya (and don't even wish to see it), but I do hope for a situation where there is a 'competition of ideas' where larger nations win over smaller nations by being decent to them and making 'good deals' rather than by sending in mercenary armies to shatter them and turn them into hell-holes.

My problem with NATO, and especially as it absorbs an increasing number of unstable countries, is that you get degenerate freaks like Turkey invading other nations when they see some oil they can seize then run back to NATO mommy if/when they get resistance.  If we actually wished to get rid of ISIS, WE should be bombing Turkey since that's where most of ISIS is living at the moment.  Certainly we should not be protecting ISIS from attack with our nuclear arsenal and making a very credible threat to bring on WW-III in doing so.

[galdur]

This is interesting. Brussels ran an ad last January mocking the notion of a terrorist attack there. I guess they can be excused, what with the headquarters of NATO and the European Union housed there. And then the attack takes place literally next door to those luminaries...

Brussels Ran Ad In January Mocking Notion Of Terror Attack

Published on Mar 23, 2016
After Brussels was linked to terror plots in November, the international media portrayed the city as a war zone. That’s because several of the Paris ISIS terrorists were from Brussels. They slaughtered 130 people in neighboring France. In January visit.brussels decided to change that perception. The group created #CallBrussels —- We gave people in Brussels the opportunity to tell how life really is in the city. From 7 January to 11 January, 12688 phone calls were made from 154 countries. The campaign was exported to the entire world: from neighbouring countries to The United States, Japan, Brazil and even Australia. 74% were international phone calls.

The action was also widely followed on social media. The hashtag #CallBrussels was used all over the world and became the most popular hashtag in Belgium at its launch. Over 9,317,000 people have seen the hashtag. --- The group ran this ad in January. Tonight the Brussels Group’s website got some feedback on their ad campaign... https://call.brussels/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnIiAd_xXF0