US punishes Russia for election hacking, ejecting operatives

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Someone is hyped up on prime grade Russian vodka this morning! Save some for NYE at least.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

 

Your boy Obama had 8 years' worth of chances to step up to the plate, and failed.  Miserably, overall.  Now it's time to give someone else a chance.

 

1 hour ago, Teddy B said:

Funny how things have taken a 180 since Nov 8th.

Obama does nothing = Obama's weak not a good president

Obama does something = Obama's weak not a good president

Trump does nothing = Trump is strong, great president

Trump says nothing = Trump is strong, great president

Can't make this stuff up. 

Edited December 30, 2016 by IDGAF

[Teddy B 17,252]

7 minutes ago, IDGAF said:

 

Your boy Obama had 8 years' worth of chances to step up to the plate, and failed.  Miserably, overall.  Now it's time to give someone else a chance.

 

I disagree with your assessment and I doubt that you would be able to post anything that supports it. I think given the hand he was dealt, Obama has done a decent job overall.

The one area where I would say Obama has failed would be race relations. He has clearly played favorites and mishandled situations like Trayvon Martin, Henry Louis Gates and the ridiculous "beer summit", Michael Brown and most of the rioting situations that have taken place when police have shot black criminals/suspects. Imo, he should have been more supportive of the police in these situations, especially when the critical facts became known.

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Russian tamperered with election to help Candidate A win

Government of President B imposes sanctions

Candidate A responds with "No don't, just forget about it"

Russia responds with "Ya we'll just wait until Candidate A gets into office"

This isn't a suprising outcome in this situation. Why would Russia do anything different? They helped elect the man and he is in office in 20 days. They know they have their inside man in just 20 days. They can wait it out.

I think we'll find that Trump likes to grab more than women's pu**ies. He and Putin seem to be sharing a bed. With two "alpha males" I wonder who will be the giver and who will be the receiver?

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I love how all the progressives are blaming Russia for the Trump victory.  Why don't you all just take a step back and look at your seriously flawed candidate, the poor politics of the party (I.e. How they handled Bernie), and the complete and utter contempt their chosen candidate had for middle America.

No, this party had to have been beaten by a foreign power, so blame them.  His worries me as the progressives are not very tolerant and I suspect some of them may take it further to personal attacks against all Russians. 

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Just now, Bill & Katya said:

I love how all the progressives are blaming Russia for the Trump victory.  Why don't you all just take a step back and look at your seriously flawed candidate, the poor politics of the party (I.e. How they handled Bernie), and the complete and utter contempt their chosen candidate had for middle America.

No, this party had to have been beaten by a foreign power, so blame them.  His worries me as the progressives are not very tolerant and I suspect some of them may take it further to personal attacks against all Russians. 

I don't think Russia is the reason he won. I don't think our intelligence agencies are arguing that either. They have just found evidence that Russia attempted (successfully or not) to tamper with the election in favor of a particular candidate. It doesn't matter whether they were succesful or not. A foreign nation should not be even trying (succesful or not) to tamper with a democratic election of another country.

The outcome, as least to me, is not what matters. I don't blame Russia for our Trump presidency. I just think they shouldn't be able to get away with trying to influence our elections. They influence enough elections in Eastern Europe. Their reach shouldnt extend to the USA. I don't want my President's hands down Putin's pants.

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5 hours ago, MarkPerry said:

 

 

 

 

That poor piano. What did it do -- besides being ivory -- to deserve exile in a land which taste forgot?

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6 hours ago, MarkPerry said:

 

 

 

 

Owning a white piano says so much about a person's taste.

 

Edited December 30, 2016 by millefleur

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1 minute ago, millefleur said:

 

Owning a white piano says so much about a person's taste.

 

 

If only the white piano was the only thing in that photo reflecting poor taste

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Just now, bcking said:

 

If only the white piano was the only thing in that photo reflecting poor taste

 

True, the mirrored ceiling isn't helping! I worked for a nouveau riche family here that also owned a white piano, so for me it's just such an obvious trope of people trying overly hard to look cultured and refined.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Hmm.

meanwhile trump has pinned praise of Putin to the top of his Twitter feed.

Great move on delay (by V Putin)- I always knew he was very smart.

 

what does Putin have on him? Why can't trump stop praising him? Putin has his opponents arrested or killed...

Felix Sater, Tevfik Arif...great company Donald keeps..

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/veteran-spy-gave-fbi-info-alleging-russian-operation-cultivate-donald-trump

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On a different note, is it just me or does anyone else think this new VJ "look" is kind of horrible? It's worse than getting used to a new phone.