commando Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 this should work out well https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/world/europe/state-department-russia-global-engagement-center.html WASHINGTON — As Russia’s virtual war against the United States continues unabated with the midterm elections approaching, the State Department has yet to spend any of the $120 million it has been allocated since late 2016 to counter foreign efforts to meddle in elections or sow distrust in democracy. As a result, not one of the 23 analysts working in the department’s Global Engagement Center — which has been tasked with countering Moscow’s disinformation campaign — speaks Russian, and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit the computer experts needed to track the Russian efforts. Link to comment
RedDenver Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 2 hours ago, commando said: this should work out well https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/world/europe/state-department-russia-global-engagement-center.html WASHINGTON — As Russia’s virtual war against the United States continues unabated with the midterm elections approaching, the State Department has yet to spend any of the $120 million it has been allocated since late 2016 to counter foreign efforts to meddle in elections or sow distrust in democracy. As a result, not one of the 23 analysts working in the department’s Global Engagement Center — which has been tasked with countering Moscow’s disinformation campaign — speaks Russian, and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit the computer experts needed to track the Russian efforts. Of course not. Donnie and team think Putin will help them again. Link to comment
RedDenver Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) Not sure where else to put this. 170 presidential scholars ranked Trump dead last in a comparison of presidential greatness: How Does Trump Stack Up Against the Best — and Worst — Presidents? EDIT: And some discussion by 538: Presidential Ratings Are Flawed. Which Makes It Hard To Assess Trump. Edited March 5, 2018 by RedDenver Link to comment
commando Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 5 hours ago, commando said: this should work out well https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/world/europe/state-department-russia-global-engagement-center.html WASHINGTON — As Russia’s virtual war against the United States continues unabated with the midterm elections approaching, the State Department has yet to spend any of the $120 million it has been allocated since late 2016 to counter foreign efforts to meddle in elections or sow distrust in democracy. As a result, not one of the 23 analysts working in the department’s Global Engagement Center — which has been tasked with countering Moscow’s disinformation campaign — speaks Russian, and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit the computer experts needed to track the Russian efforts. just to add 3 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 15 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: OMFG....... This is a small thing, but he's doing lots of bigger things, and the more he's allowed to get away with the more he'll try to get away with. He's been impeachable for over a year now. Link to comment
commando Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, Moiraine said: This is a small thing, but he's doing lots of bigger things, and the more he's allowed to get away with the more he'll try to get away with. He's been impeachable for over a year now. he won't be impeached as long as republicans are in control. Link to comment
zoogs Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 I often feel like we've already cemented our failure as a society just by treating all of this as still some matter of interpretation. No, no, no! Reasonable people cannot disagree about what Trump is and what he is doing. If that's where we are, if that's where we are stuck, then alas for America. Link to comment
Moiraine Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 1 minute ago, commando said: he won't be impeached as long as republicans are in control. I know. Which means they're culpable. 1 minute ago, zoogs said: I often feel like we've already cemented our failure as a society just by treating all of this as still some matter of interpretation. No, no, no! Reasonable people cannot disagree about what Trump is and what he is doing. If that's where we are, if that's where we are stuck, then alas for America. Sometimes I think we deserve whatever happens since so many voted for him. 3 Link to comment
TGHusker Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 17 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: OMFG....... Oh what a surprise. Oh wait - no it isn't. I think we saw all this coming. Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 1 hour ago, TGHusker said: Oh what a surprise. Oh wait - no it isn't. I think we saw all this coming. Quote Past administrations have policed usage vigilantly. In 2005 the Bush administration ordered the satirical news website The Onion to remove a replica of the seal. Grant M. Dixton, associate White House counsel, wrote in a letter to The Onion that the seal "is not to be used in connection with commercial ventures or products in any way that suggests presidential support or endorsement." After listening to the new ProPublica/WNYC podcast "Trump, Inc.," a listener brought the signs to our attention. Eagle Sign and Design, a metalworking and sign company with offices in New Albany, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky, said it had received an order to manufacture dozens of round, 12-inch replicas of the presidential seal to be placed next to the tee boxes at Trump golf course holes. Two tee markers are placed on the ground at the start of a hole on golf courses to indicate where golfers should stand to take their first swing. "We made the design, and the client confirmed the design," said Joseph E. Bates, who owns Eagle Sign, declining to say who the client was. An order form for the tee markers reviewed by ProPublica and WNYC says the customer was "Trump International." The Facebook page for Eagle Sign and Design shows a photo of the markers in an album with the caption "Trump International Golf Course." So, Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm, W made the Onion take down a satirical piece that featured the seal & Trump is slapping them on his tee boxes. What a joke. The shameless self-promotion & money grab never ends. This chump needs to be gone yesterday. 3 Link to comment
TGHusker Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 When you cheapen the office, the office itself loses respect that it deserves. First at home and then abroad. Again, when will someone standup and protect our institutions? This is a big fail by the congress. If this was Obama or GWB ... you know the rest of the story.... Regan so respected the office, he wouldn't go in to it without suit & tie - Trump and family market it for all their self-aggrandising worth. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Moderate Dems and Moderate Repubs probably all long for the days of Obama and GWB in comparison. http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376909-bush-says-trump-makes-me-look-pretty-good-by-comparison-report Quote Former President George W. Bush often jokes that President Trump's administration makes his own former White House team look "pretty good," according to a Republican source. The former Republican president regularly knocks the current administration, a source close to the Trump administration told National Journal, unable to understand why the White House often seems to be in chaos. "Bush is often heard to remark, unable to stifle his trademark smirk: 'Sorta makes me look pretty good, doesn't it?' " National Journal reported. Link to comment
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