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PoliGAF 2017 |OT1| From Russia with Love

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balladofwindfishes

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Vixdean said:
Between Russia amping up attacks in Ukraine, Iran/NK testing missiles, and China flexing its nuts, how long will it take before people start to realize maybe Obama wasn't so weak on FP after all?
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"Black people can't be strong leaders, it's inherent to their race, so there's no way Obama could be a strong president."

I imagine that's pretty much exactly the rationale used to justify how Obama was weak on FP.
 
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Wilsongt

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aTTckr said:
Why has abortion become so important to American christians though? Was just the hyping of issue by Republicans because they knew it would be a winning topic for them politically, or why is the opposition to abortion so extreme in the US compared to the rest of the western world? When it comes to other social issues, for example gay marriage, public opionion seemed to become more liberal faster than in other countries.
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Samantha Bee had a great piece on this last year. Can't link at the moment, though.

Basically the answer is Reagan.
 
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syllogism

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chadskin said:
So, um, the Treasury has amended Obama's sanctions EO to authorize 'certain transactions' with the Russian FSB: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/cyber_gl1.pdf
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It says that any fees to the FSB for the received permits and licenses should not exceed $5,000 per year. Further reading suggests that this was done because imports of devices with encryption (e.g. mobile phones) have to subject to mandatory approval with the FSB and may include a fee.
 
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AnotherNils

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ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
If white evangelicals cared that much about abortion, they would not like Trump and would have voted him as a lesser of two evils thing. Trump openly called for Tiffany's fetus to have been aborted on Howard Stern.

But this isn't the case! White evangelicals are constantly polled as actually liking Trump and they didn't vote him as a lesser of two evils.

White evangelicals may more openly talk about abortion being why they're conservative, but conservative white evangelicals are more driven by a hatred of Islam.
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This assumes they care about the person rather than the promise. It's pretty clear they'll vote for anyone so long as they deliver anti abortion actions. Ends justify the means.
 
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Plinko

Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
If white evangelicals cared that much about abortion, they would not like Trump and would have voted him as a lesser of two evils thing. Trump openly called for Tiffany's fetus to have been aborted on Howard Stern.

But this isn't the case! White evangelicals are constantly polled as actually liking Trump and they didn't vote him as a lesser of two evils.

White evangelicals may more openly talk about abortion being why they're conservative, but conservative white evangelicals are more driven by a hatred of Islam.
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Again, this isn't true.

Here's the problem: they believe any republican and what they say, regardless of their past. Trump talked tough on abortion in the election? They don't care what he did in the past.

Willful ignorance is the key here.
 
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ItWasMeantToBe19

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AnotherNils said:
This assumes they care about the person rather than the promise. It's pretty clear they'll vote for anyone so long as they deliver anti abortion actions. Ends justify the means.
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There were tons of people who admitted that they voted for Trump and liked his policies but disliked him as a person last year.

White evangelicals are not one of those groups. White evangelicals straight up like Trump as a person... Because Trump hates Islam.
 
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Joe Shlabotnik

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Bonen no Max'd said:
Anecdotal, but the religious Latino catholics I knew in school are pretty anti-abortion. I'm not sure how they or their parents normally vote, except one friend's mom who I know is a Democrat.
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White Catholics went overwhelmingly for Trump; Hispanic Catholics went equally overwhelmingly for Clinton:

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aTTckr

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Drewton said:
As someone who sees abortion as murder, I'd still vote Democrat. So it's not impossible.
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Excuse me but this a completely ridiculous attitude. Either you truly believe abortion is equivalent to murder and will not vote for Democrats (or any person who facilitates murder) or your abortion is murder belief is hyperbole. Would you vote for a politician with Democratic positions even if he went out on the street, shot multiple people and faced no legal consequences? If you still vote for that Democrat, you would be intellectually consistent, but a horrible person I am sorry to say.
 
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Plinko

Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
aTTckr said:
Excuse me but this a completely ridiculous attitude. Either you truly believe abortion is equivalent to murder and will not vote for Democrats or your abortion is murder belief is hyperbole. Would you vote for a politician with Democratic positions even if he went out on the street, shot multiple people and faced no legal consequences? If you still vote for that Democrat, you would be intellectually consistent, but a horrible person I am sorry to say.
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Uh, no.

No candidate is perfect. As a Christian, I choose the candidate that I think best represents Christian beliefs. Far and away recently, that has been democrats. Taking care of the poor, working hard for lower- and middle-class, not letting rich take advantage of the lower classes, weloming refugees, helping those abroad, maintaining friendly relationships, etc., etc.
 
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dramatis

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smokeymicpot said:
Bannon already planning for 2018.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/tarinipart...looking-at-the?utm_term=.fuqA45r5j#.pfWvW7w7N

“The days of [Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell picking Republican nominees in Senate races are over,” Bannon has told the donors, according to sources familiar with the meetings. He also mentioned the US Chamber of Commerce as declining in influence, according to one of those sources.
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This might be an interesting fight, I'd like to see Bannon vs McConnell not out of glee but out of curiosity.
 
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aTTckr

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Plinko said:
Uh, no.

No candidate is perfect. As a Christian, I choose the candidate that I think best represents Christian beliefs. Far and away recently, that has been democrats. Taking care of the poor, working hard for lower- and middle-class, not letting rich take advantage of the lower classes, etc., etc.
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So a person who commited cold blooded calculated murder is simply not a perfect candidate? Interesting, I never heard murder being described as just a minor and inconvenient character flaw which can be overlooked with ease.
 
smokeymicpot

smokeymicpot

Beat EviLore at pool.
dramatis said:
This might be an interesting fight, I'd like to see Bannon vs McConnell not out of glee but out of curiosity.
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Just wish they both some how lose. Sadly it will probably be Bannon.

mo60 said:
It looks like Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's influence over trump is decreasing now.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...s-president-white-house-adviser-a7557436.html

The article also says that Kushner was pissed off at trump over his call with the Mexican president.
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He was also pissed for the shit they pulled during the weekend. He takes off for the sabbath if I am not mistaken.
 
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IggyChooChoo

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smokeymicpot said:
Bannon already planning for 2018.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/tarinipart...looking-at-the?utm_term=.fuqA45r5j#.pfWvW7w7N

“The days of [Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell picking Republican nominees in Senate races are over,” Bannon has told the donors, according to sources familiar with the meetings. He also mentioned the US Chamber of Commerce as declining in influence, according to one of those sources.
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Between this and abolishing the filibuster, that's two ways in which the power of the Senate as an instution as well as the power of individual senators is being reduced. I am starting to wonder if McConnell is really going to go for all this.
 
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AnotherNils

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ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
There were tons of people who admitted that they voted for Trump and liked his policies but disliked him as a person last year.

White evangelicals are not one of those groups. White evangelicals straight up like Trump as a person... Because Trump hates Islam.
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I see what you're saying. In that case, it's pretty clear they were lying to themselves to justify the choice. We heard a litany of excuses during the election doing just that.
 
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metalslimer

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aTTckr said:
So a person who commited cold blooded calculated murder is simply not a perfect candidate? Interesting, I never heard murder being described as just a minor and inconvenient character flaw which can be overlooked with ease.
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Right, it's extremely inconsistent to think abortion is murder and go along with people who believe in it. It's one thing to think it's immoral, but to specifically use the word murder is not compatible with someone going along with it.
 
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sc0la

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I said gawd dayumn CNN being accurate for once with their breaking news headline
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Too bad the story headline it links to is soft bullshit

Edit: heh they updated the headline before I screen grabbed. At first it was about a whites only scholarship.
 
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Ether_Snake

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There is an article on The Guardian about Bannon saying the US will go to war against China in the south China sea within 5 to 10 years, along with another big conflict in the middle east. Things he said before Trump was elected.

The US isn't going to be in a good position for that if their only ally is Russia, which would tell Trump they got his back and then not show up.
 
smokeymicpot

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Beat EviLore at pool.
sangreal said:
you can tell from the first sentence he didn't write it

Trump's vocab is limited to like 25 words
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You can tell just by the font he didn't write it.

Seeing Trump Regrets tweets I do not feel bad at all for some of these people. He is doing exactly what he said what he was gonna do.
 
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Slacker

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Sorry if this has been discussed as I've been popping in an out of the thread lately. But can you fathom the Republican response if this had the name Obama or Clinton in in instead of Trump? We'd have investigations and hearings for the next 20 years. I know the hypocrisy of the GOP should no longer be staggering to anyone at this point but dammit man THE HYPOCRISY IS STAGGERING.

US military officials told Reuters that Trump approved his first covert counterterrorism operation without sufficient intelligence, ground support, or adequate backup preparations.

As a result, three officials said, the attacking SEAL team found itself dropping onto a reinforced Al Qaeda base defended by landmines, snipers, and a larger-than-expected contingent of heavily armed Islamist extremists.

A navy seal and a number of civilians were killed, including a little girl who was shot in the throat.
 
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TestOfTide

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smokeymicpot said:
You can tell just by the font he didn't write it.

Seeing Trump Regrets tweets I do not feel bad at all for some of these people. He is doing exactly what he said what he was gonna do.
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You don't have to feel bad for them so long as you recognize that those regretful of voting for Trump are potential allies for the future,
 
smokeymicpot

smokeymicpot

Beat EviLore at pool.
TestOfTide said:
You don't have to feel bad for them so long as you recognize that those regretful of voting for Trump are potential allies for the future,
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I just don't get how they realize it now the writing was on the wall.

They are making reasons now.
A source working on the sanctions says this was "technical fix to avoid unintended consequences...Planned under Obama. Not Trump weakening"

https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/827209659966771200
 
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Slacker

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Reporter: How does Donald Trump plan on protecting us from home-grown terrorism?

Spicer: Secure the borders.

I shit you not, folks.
 
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UberTag

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mo60 said:
It looks like Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's influence over trump is decreasing now.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...s-president-white-house-adviser-a7557436.html

The article also says that Kushner was pissed off at trump over his call with the Mexican president.
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Bannon is winning the war of influence over whose hand is up the Donald's butt.
That's a very bad outcome for the rest of humanity.

Teggy said:
Russian critic, having experienced organ failure a couple of years ago due to poisoning, had it happen again (the organ failure - cause yet to be determined)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38844292
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I'm sure it's not poisoning this time.
 
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ItWasMeantToBe19

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There's a NYT article about Frank Gaffney basically calling for a Holocaust of Muslims.

Gaffney is a Trump adviser.

In an interview, he explained his view of Islam, which focuses less on the violent jihad of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State than on the quieter one he sees everywhere. By his account, potential enemies are hidden in plain sight — praying in mosques, recruiting at Muslim student associations and organizing through mainstream Muslim rights groups — and are engaged in “this stealthy, subversive kind of jihad.”

“They essentially, like termites, hollow out the structure of the civil society and other institutions,” Mr. Gaffney said, “for the purpose of creating conditions under which the jihad will succeed.”
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https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/...lam.html?_r=0&referer=https://t.co/eI8ZeiYrUx
 
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