bickster Posted January 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: National Security Council! Got one. It should be USAID US Agency for International Development. Sam Power will head it under Biden and Biden has made that post part of his National Security Council 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, bickster said: Sam Power will head it under Biden and Biden has made that post part of his National Security Council Wasn't it already part of the NSC? Looking online it looks like it was made part of the NSC by Trump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Sam Power ? Great choice . She can do a bit of everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I'd have Sam Power as PM any day as she takes the number 10 role seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 54 minutes ago, villakram said: NSAID elevated to the NSC with former Obama UN person Sam Power back in the hotseat. At least the pretense is removed, I suppose. I wonder how soft this power will be. Non-steroid anti-inflammatory? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Just now, HanoiVillan said: Non-steroid anti-inflammatory? Broofin . They've let reality TV show people run the country for 4 years. Why not see how a pill does under pressure ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Take a 360 degree tour of Trump's Presidential Twitter Library created by The Daily Show. Some of the accompanying notes below the "art" are bloody fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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villakram Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) Haha... I wonder what that mental slip up means Those poor countries I guess, who knows. USAID is the hearts and minds arm of the US government. Or at least that's what is says on the label. It has also been used for a long time as a soft power arm of the empire and used as a recruiting tool for think-tank and cia-land. So, moving it to the NSC (empire strategy council) removes any pretense and explains clearly what the purpose of USAID is. The reporting I heard this morning explicitly stated that Biden was making her/USAID directly report to the WH and it would be part of the NSC. Perhaps this is similar to the Obama era where many of the ad-lib constructions of the Bush/Cheney regime were formalized. It is banned in a number of countries. Guess which ones... Edited January 13, 2021 by villakram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 13, 2021 I'd wager 99% of the people who think Trump is being censored wouldn't bat an eyelid if a Muslim who was using social media to incite terrorism was banned from Twitter. In fact I imagine they'd be right behind it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 3 hours ago, DCJonah said: Wow. I originally said that it was **** up and shouldn't have happened, but I wasn't that sympathetic. I take it back. Thats broke my heart a little. The fact they rushed through this execution shows the kind of base Trump supporters have become. Had not heard of the story before, that’s one of the most tragic things I’ve ever read, from what happened to her to what she did. Society has a real habit of failing people and it is passed on from generation to generation. Grim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted January 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 13, 2021 At least they are prepared now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 22 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I'd wager 99% of the people who think Trump is being censored wouldn't bat an eyelid if a Muslim who was using social media to incite terrorism was banned from Twitter. In fact I imagine they'd be right behind it. Yup, exactly the point I made earlier. Nobody bats an eyelid as it happens every day, many of them American, presumably afforded the same "free speech" rights as the old white guys everyone is shedding tears for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 13, 2021 22 minutes ago, choffer said: At least they are prepared now. I saw this earlier but thought it a bit weird to be honest. They were literally asleep on marble floors, not even a carry mat or any pillow. Probably the most uncomfortable possible way of trying to sleep. They are not exactly going to be functioning properly after that. Surely there is some kind of barracks or at least get them some camp beds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Absolutely barmy thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 9 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: First female in 67 years has been executed in the US. Doctors described her as mentally unstable and should not have been given the death sentence. Theatre for the the USA. Macabre theatre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 7 hours ago, DCJonah said: I've only read part of it but its a truly horrendous crime. However executing someone with serious mental health issues does not sit right with me. It's awful. I'm glad we don't have the death penalty here. There was somebody recently cut off someone's head on a Greyhound bus here in Canada. Served his sentence, was put back on his meds, I am presuming there is a protocol to keep him on his meds, and I believe he is back in the community. That is the difference between a civilized response to horrific events and the Trump administration playing to the deplorable elements in his base. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brumerican Posted January 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2021 58 minutes ago, choffer said: At least they are prepared now. Judging from the insignia that looks like a detachment from the 259th Photo Opportunity Company . Part of a specialist regiment that mainly sleeps during broad daylight whilst operating in locations most other military units dream about being deployed to. They most famously slept away an afternoon in the Vatican Library during WW2. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: I'd wager 99% of the people who think Trump is being censored wouldn't bat an eyelid if a Muslim who was using social media to incite terrorism was banned from Twitter. In fact I imagine they'd be right behind it. Call me the 1%, but this is a false comparison, really. Of course a random person inciting any kind of violence is getting kicked off. They're not a head of state whose account has already been deemed to be official presidential communication. A more interesting comparison is how much people would care about Kim Jong Un or al-Assad being kicked off, and I'm honestly not sure how I feel about it. There's a bit more nuance to it than "Leave my orange god emperor alone but kick off the brown folk" Edited January 13, 2021 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Call me the 1%, but this is a false comparison, really. Of course a random person inciting any kind of violence is getting kicked off. They're not a head of state whose account has already been deemed to be official presidential communication. A more interesting comparison is how much people would care about Kim Jong Un or al-Assad being kicked off, and I'm honestly not sure how I feel about it. There's a bit more nuance to it than "Leave my orange god emperor alone but kick off the brown folk" My point wasn’t so much about brown people, more about people care about free speech when it’s someone they agree with. when it’s not they don’t give a **** I used a muslim Because the rabid pro trumps would be extremely anti Islam. That’s a generalisation, but am I wrong? Edited January 13, 2021 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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