Well ok, president Trump is not wasting time with his policies/ measures re. borders, immigration and vetting therein!
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/28/politi...ban/index.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...fugee-program/
Trump's immigration ban derailed: Federal court grants emergency stay temporarily HALTING deportation of visa holders detained at US airports after nationwide protests
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ban-order.html
Trump is doing a great job so far. Let's pray he goes further.
#Tremendous
Has it been a week? Hide all the ink pens! Though I thought former president Obama may have taken all the executive order pens he used with him.
Seriously though, no president can run off executive orders full out, unopposed. There are unintended consequences as we are seeing and will see.
The rift with Mexico is going to be hard to put back into the box for example.
Out of 320,000 that came to the us since the ban 109 have been detained for further vetting.
The list of countries that are included in the ban was compiled by the Obama administration and identified as potential problems.
The wall with Mexico weather physical or not is not targeting Mexicans specifically,come from any country in the world and pay a smuggler who pays off border control in Mexico and they will bring you into the US.
If I have a felony of any kind I cannot visit Canada,but yet this action is criticized when this country follows the laws on the books regarding immigration.
If you are caught coming illegally across the southern Mexican border into Mexico,without the payoffs,and are a female child or woman you will be raped,beaten,jailed then sent back,the males just beaten then jailed before being sent back. 5 years prison,no trials.
Where is the human rights compassion there?
The system has been broken for a long time and it is time to fix it.
Saw this link on another site. Has more detailed info. on policies under Obama vs. Trump.
https://sethfrantzman.com/2017/01/28...wont-tell-you/
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What? So there was a Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 two years before Trump? There was a kind of “Muslim ban” before the Muslim ban? But almost no one critiqued it in 2015 because it was Obama’s administration overseeing it.
So for more than a year it has been US policy to discriminate against, target and even begin to ban people from the seven countries that Trump is accused of banning immigrants and visitors from. CNN even hinted at this by noting “those countries were named in a 2016 law concerning immigration visas as ‘countries of concern.'” But why didn’t CNN note that the seven countries were not named and that in fact they are only on the list because of Obama’s policy?
So much for draining da swamp. Nobody touches on our beloved Saudi Arabia.
^^^ "Saudia Arabia" who also refuses to take any refugees.
Today's Sunday, and it set me thinking while I was at church....
It will be interesting to learn eventually how many "benefit refugees" from North Africa and South America are let into Heaven or [[Hannah). After all Heaven has got a Wall, with a Gate for admittance and Gabriel does the extreme vetting - and he answers to God who doesn't even hold an elected office; but of course there aren't any democrats so who cares? [[Wonder how many Mexians are in Heaven and are they all legal?).
It's sorta what we'd like to do here on Earth if it wasn't for democrats wanting to let everybody in from everywhere to vote for them - screw what Americans want.
I'm not too anxious to find out yet, but it does pose the question, will Gabriel do a fairer and better job than our State Department?
Oops, I missed the "Amen". sorry Gabriel!
Ice sculpture - Japan
Attachment 32725
↑ What's he holding? Oh.Quote:
TOPSHOT - Visitors take pictures of the snow statue of US President Donald Trump gesturing Pikotaro's PPAP [[Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen) during the Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo on Feburary 10, 2017. The week-long snow festival started on February 6. / AFP / TOSHIFUMI
Less tweeting and more exercise
Attachment 32732
I was certain that the ridiculously biased media coverage prior to November's election couldn't be topped, but I was wrong. Since January major media outlets have totally abandoned any resemblance to impartiality in their reporting of the Trump Administration, especially those actions related to immigration. It's turned into a 24/7, non-stop concerted effort to discredit his actions by any means necessary. From top of page articles about how his daughter's shoes aren't selling or misspelled tweets to repeating stories about the deportation of illegal immigrants [[I can't recall seeing this many articles about deportations the entire 8 years of the Obama presidency when he supposedly forced 2.6 million of them to return home).
Flynn resigns. Whew!
Weird spike in illegal crossings at the Canada US border in the past weeks. The French version of this story by Canadian Press writers also mentioned that the border agents and RCMP were catching people almost daily.
http://montrealgazette.com/news/rcmp...er-into-quebec
http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/na...ion_ECRAN1POS1
So now Trump tweets that the Flynn scandal is completely made up and tries to turn the story to the leakers. No investigation about Flynn, just the leaks.
Don't know what part is made up. Don't see anything that is scandalous.Quote:
Originally Posted by sturge
So he talked to a Russian ambassador. Big deal.
Now HRC while secretary of state allowed a Russian company to buy a U.S. Uranium mine and coincidentally the Clinton foundation got a multi-million dollar donation. Hmmn pay to play like here in the Motor City under the Kwame administration. Where was the press then???
Now what is worrisome is that appointed people, [[read non elected) in the intelligence agency are leaking data to the press who is running with the story which is against the law and people don't seem to care that this is happening. This is like a coup.
I think Trump pleaded with the combined Intelligence agencies to mount the evidence against Error Flynn, the swashbuckler in charge of Defense. Short of heavy meds, not much could help his delusional nominee, save a kick in the Rump.
Nothing personal, I kind of like Flynn's comic ability; he made dr Strangelove look like a hyper realistic character.
Dennis Kucinich seems to be more worried about a coup than about Trump.
CivilWar2 Kucinich Pins Flynn Leak on Intel Community 2/14/17
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/...as-kingslayer/Quote:
Originally Posted by GMan
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With members of the CIA and NSA leaking materials on Michael Flynn’s communications with Russian officials, we are witnessing a slow boiling domestic coup that will transform American governance and the Executive Branch’s relationships with intelligence agencies. It remains to be seen whether these moves signal broader attacks on the Presidency by agencies long accustomed to taking out administrations threatening the Agency’s perceived interests.
John Oliver - Sweden and Undercovered Stories
"... you look at what's happening last night in Sweden," [Trump] said.
"Sweden, who would believe this? Sweden...."
Is he probing for the most preposterous "fake news" that someone — anyone — would believe? Why? :confused:
When you are working secretly to undermine the actions of the US govt, that is a big deal.
Let's see if this one will clear out-of-control judges and the 9th Circus.
https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...0f&oe=59400F16
And then return to their original country ASAP or sooner when it's no longer at war with anybody.
http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/poli...t-stenkastare/Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimaz
Trump jumped the gun. He should have said "next Monday" instead.
Meanwhile, Rioting Breaks Out In Sweden
edited to add: For days, the media went on about Trump incorrectly saying something had happened in Sweden on Friday. Initially, it was reported that trump had claimed a "terror attack" had occurred when, in fact, he never said a terror attack occurred that Friday. Yet when cars are being burned, stones are thrown at police, and the police withdrew making fools of Trumps detractors within days of Trump's otherwise correct comments, the news is silent. Censored news is as bad as fake news. I just did a Google search and the story, largely vindicating Trump, wasn't covered by CNN and fake comedians playing to smug arrogant audiences didn't do routines about it.
Or maybe he was referring to what has been going on already but nobody was paying attention.
They started back in 2013 and played out for weeks at a time.
Here is just one example.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/05/25/sweden-riots-violence/2360211/
But until reality affects someone personally,it is not happening and when it does it is usually to late.They are not driven by compassion,you will bow to their beliefs or die,it is that simple and anybody that doubts that needs to hop on a plane and experience the harsh realities of that life.
How many compassionate Americans are ready to strap a bomb to their 9 year old daughter and send her into a police station or mall to blow it up in the name of their god.
wow, I have never had any love for Trump, always thought of him as a parody and a fool... and this was well before he slapped an R next to his name. So my disdain for him is not partisan driven. However, I am amazed by how many people drink his kool-aid. This country is filled with people making excuses for him and filling his thoughts to align with their ideology. Perhaps is party driven? I do not know.
Don't mistake it for love, but when the mainstream portrays events in dismiss-able terms for one party's agenda and jumps on the slightest flaw in the other, People are calling B.S.!Quote:
Originally Posted by mikehamm45
Look at the latest riots in Sweden. Yes they are happening. They are being dismissed as income inequity in some press, [[BBC e.g.) or not reported on in others, Duetch Welle and CBC. Why? Doesn't fit the globalist agenda?
What about the stories the papers choose to run, CBC: "Man without a country" refugee who can't migrate to his dream land in Canada, because of the evil U.S. or Praising Cities in Canada trying to become Sanctuaries for refugees while dismissing the rising concerns of the police that have to patrol them.
It's not along party lines, it's along lines of insanity to keep self destructing the western world that we've built up.
This Sweden story line is the perfect example of how the media is proving its biases against Trump. President Trump mentioned Nice, Paris, Germany and a host of other places that have faced incredible acts of violence from Islamic Terrorists. Is the media talking about the implications of those events? No, of course not. For them, the story here is President Trump's two sentence mention of Sweden. They'll ignore and forget the 100's of dead and injured civilians in the terrorist attacks on Paris and Nice and will spend the next week talking and twisting what was said about Sweden.
Goose-stepping Our Way Toward Pink Revolution by CJ Hopkins
"The point is, millions of American citizens [[as well as citizens of other countries) are prepared to support a deep state coup to remove the elected president from office … and it doesn’t get much more fascistic than that."
Good article going on to define the 'deep state' as more than a few US government spy agencies. That is what Google has tried to do in its definition perhaps trying to control the narrative. Google's definition of 'deep state': "a body of people, typically influential members of government agencies or the military, believed to be involved in the secret manipulation or control of government policy."
The article concludes, "The way things are going, it’s just a matter of time until they either impeach [[Putin's) puppet, Trump, or, you know, remove him by other means. I imagine, once we get to that point, Official State Satirist Stephen Colbert will cover the proceedings live on the “Late Show,” whipping his studio audience up into a frenzy of mindless patriotic merriment, as he did in the wake of the Flynn fiasco [[accusing the ruling classes’ enemies of treason being the essence of satire, of course)."
Trump owes his rise to the media, there was a real and devastating false equivalency problem with reporting the candidates this year.
The conservative side of me is more upset about how much of our tax payer dollars have been spent on the Trump family thus far, including funding the "southern White House" as he calls it.
Now I can call out the media for underreporting this because I would like everyone to raise as big of a concern on it as I have, truth is they have reported it, it is just not as sexy as other things. And with monitoring his twitter feed, there is only so much time.
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Originally Posted by mikehamm45
Funny how that statement pops up "drinks the kool-aid" but yet nobody seems to have a basis behind it.
We are a nation of immigrants and the favorite comeback seems to be an Ellis island reference.
What happened at Ellis island?
Immigrants would go to the gates where they would be registered and then go through the process of becoming a citizen,see the difference.
They did not come in by overstaying their visas or sneaking across the border.
Many a mob boss or henchman was deported when they committed a crime or got caught anyways and that was the way it was.
Obama deported more illegal immigrants and green card holders that committed felonies in the past then any other president,but yet nobody said a thing.
As an average American name one country that you can legally immigrate to,you will not find one.
Spain you can and others with a minimum of a $500,000 investment,other then that when caught you will do jail time then deported.
People protest about Russia but yet support China because it saves them money while they throw their fellow Americans under the bus,self centered hypocrisy.
Make a call to secure the Mexican border and you become a racist against Mexicans but yet nobody can think past the fact that it is not just Mexicans that come across the southern border it is a entry point for every other country in the world,that is a hard concept to grasp?
Get caught illegally in Mexico and go to prison before being deported.
I export to Mexico and am charged tax by Mexico for my goods going in but not coming out,and that is fair?
I am a veteran but the temporary helpers that contract with me that are here under DHS have better excess to health care then I do,no appointment or cost necessary.
Obama had 8 years to fix a broken immigration system,did he do it? No outcry or protesting there,and why not?
It goes on and on,but as of yet Trump has done nothing different then what was already being done in the past while everybody was sleeping other then his way of being a non politician and guess what,he was voted in for that exact reason.
To me when somebody says you are drinking his cool aid is code speak for I do not like the guy and anybody that does is a scumbag and I will stomp my feet and yell at the moon to show my displeasure because I did not get my way.
A lot seem to be used to a president taking them by the hand and with a little kiss on the cheek telling them,it is okay I will make it all better for you.
Sorry,saying because I do not agree with you,you must be drinking the cool-aid is a cop- out,without something solid to back it up.
↑ "Trump slashes Great Lakes funding by 97 percent in early budget plan"
Next he'll claim they're "fake lakes."
Now he's throwing a trumpertantrum claiming Obama tapped his phones. Someone responded: "No, presidents can't do that. That law is to protect citizens against people like you." LOL!
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Originally Posted by sturge
The plan also includes a $13 million cut in compliance monitoring, which the EPA uses to ensure the safety of drinking water systems. State grants for beach water quality testing would also be eliminated.
I wonder if those in Flint would miss those cuts?
I know a guy who claimed he voted for Trump "so when Hillary screws up everything I can say 'Don't blame me, I didn't vote for her'." [[Although he's a kidder. I suspect he didn't vote at all.)Quote:
Donald Trump's federal budget plan proposes large funding cuts with largely negative consequences. John Oliver examines the troubling priorities of the new administration.
After Trump won he said [[more seriously this time) "The whole country went crazy."
That pretty much nails it.
Gentlemen, we have a loose cannon — not on deck but on the bridge. ;)
I don't know what Trump's policy is on ILLEGALS but here what they're costing us -
Below are state-by-state detailed infographics on how much illegals burden you and your state:
So maybe illegals are costing us via government expenditures. What can be
done is to look at places where illegals are making their contributions to the
economy and shifting government revenues to places that either will discourage
hiring of illegals or will capture income that will cover the necessary government
expenditures for illegals.
This would be like asking Wal-Mart to raise wages if government expenditures
are needed for living basics for Wal-Mart employees.
http://www.freep.com/story/money/bus...sing/78019058/
"One fairly new trend that took off in 2015 involved buyers who snapped up
modest ranches or bungalows priced $150,000 to $200,000 and within
walking distance of popular suburban downtowns in Royal Oak, Ferndale,
Northville, Plymouth, or Berkley. They then bulldozed the small house to
build a larger new house for around $500,000 to $800,000 that ended up
filling much of the lot."
New Trump designed Air Force One arrives for flight testing.
Attachment 32994
Two videos here: Sci-Fi Director Envisions Donald Trump’s Air Force One And Presidential LimoQuote:
Originally Posted by Bigb23
Thanks for grabbing that escort. I tried to wash the few videos to get them on site, to no avail.
Trump Tower Condo or Middle Eastern/Russian Despot Residency ? That explains the motorcade.
"Trumpcare", AKA the "The Let's Uninsure Millions In Order To Give Tax Breaks to the Wealty Act", goes down in flames. What a f'ing loser the so-called great dealmaker is.
[QUOTE=DetroiterOnTheWestCoast;522954]"Trumpcare", AKA the "The Let's Uninsure Millions In Order To Give Tax Breaks to the Wealty Act", goes down in flames. What a f'ing loser the so-called great dealmaker is.[/QUO
Unfortunately, this is not the only swampless Billionaire biz to come. Grab your socks.
Unfortunately this is not the only crap seeping up from the Billionaire swampless mess. Weeks to come boy-o.Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroiterOnTheWestCoast
If Trump really wanted Obamacare Lite to succeed, Trump did suffer a big defeat. However, making Ryan look bad, possibly having Ryan replaced as House Speaker, and letting Obamacare become unaffordable without additional subsidies and illegal presidential interventions like Obama used to provide would be wins for Trump.Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroiterOnTheWestCoast
Trump Unveils Sprawling New Presidential Retreat Where He Can Escape From Stresses Of Mar-A-Lago
The Onion
ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Speaking Wednesday from the grounds of the lavish tropical estate where he plans to spend much of his downtime while in office, Donald Trump unveiled a new presidential retreat he hopes will allow him to escape from the grueling pace of life at Mar-a-Lago.
With its sunny climate, secluded setting, and luxurious accommodations, the 45-acre Caribbean hideaway known as Isola Vista—which sits on a pristine white-sand beach along the island of St. Thomas’ southern coast—will reportedly serve as a haven where the president can find respite from his five-star Palm Beach, FL resort and its many day-to-day pressures.
“After a while, all that time spent at Mar-a-Lago starts to take a toll,” Trump said of the relentless routine of recreation and extravagance he experiences at his oceanfront Florida club. “I’m there so much that sometimes I just need to get away and clear my head. Here in St. Thomas I’ll have a place where I can simply relax and, for a little while at least, forget about all those headaches I left behind in Palm Beach.”
Added the president, “A few days in the Caribbean should be all I need to feel refreshed and ready to get right back to the usual grind of Mar-a-Lago.”
According to sources, considerable efforts have been made at Isola Vista to create a tranquil retreat far removed from the rigorous schedule of golf, fine dining, and spa treatments the commander-in-chief faces every single day he is in Florida.
His stressful days at Mar-a-Lago reportedly begin at 6 a.m. with a breakfast prepared by a Michelin-starred chef, followed by an early tee time at the award-winning Trump International Golf Club. By the time the last wearying soiree at his private club finally winds down, the president is often completely exhausted, aides say, prompting his decision to decamp to Isola Vista for some much-needed rest and leisure.
“It’ll be great to fly down here from Mar-a-Lago and have a little me time,” said Trump, describing how the new retreat will finally let him enjoy some peace and quiet away from his exclusive members-only Florida resort. “The amount of unwinding I’ve done in Palm Beach lately has left me completely drained. Hopefully Isola Vista will allow me to recharge anytime I overdo it at Mar-a-Lago and start to feel run down.”
Following his first visit to Isola Vista, presidential advisers confirmed Trump’s time away appeared to have had a positive effect on his mood and energy level.
“The new retreat seems to have worked wonders on the president,” Trump aide Jessica Ditto told reporters. “When he returned to Mar-a-Lago, he was eager to dive right back into his packed daily schedule immediately and couldn’t wait to get started on the day’s first hot-stone massage.”
FAKE! FAKE NEWS from the failing Onion! :cool:
If you go to Google Images and type "charlatan" a whole subcategory appears just for Trump. ;)
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Originally Posted by Bigb23
Yes. I can hear it now from the tiny square mouth of Chump;
SAD! SAD SAD NEWS from what was once a great paper and is now just a JOKE!
Too many people that work and EARN income have to pay outrageous monthly insurance payments, then they cannot afford to BUY healthcare because of the size of their deductible. THEY HAVE INSURANCE BUT CANNOT AFFORD HEALTHCARE UNDER Obamacare because all their insurance and deductibles go to the people who earn nothing and can't afford anything that isn't given them out of somebody else's pay packet. Health welfare paid for by Socialist redistribution for "the survival of the weakest" [[apologies to Darwin).Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroiterOnTheWestCoast
As for dealmaking. ANYBODY can make a deal if they give away what isn't theirs to give. That's "obama style dealmaking", and results in escalating debt and weakness [[like drawing Red Lines and letting people walk all over them and bowing to "enemies"). Dealmaking includes knowing when to walk away without bowing to those that don't want to deal; to come back again later. Trump has demonstrated over and over he will be successful in the end so, don't let it worry you!
Anyone who supports trump is likely a russian shill or brainwashed by Fox News. He is a traitor and was not legitimately elected. He's a pig and he belongs in prison.
Oh, it's soooo.... good to see democrats reduced to their normal losing posture of jabbering rabid irrational hate, and puerile name calling, and know we will enjoy it for at least the next eight years. I've never enjoyed gloating so much; thanks Don, keep it going, and get back to your CNN; they have another panel full of people like you just seated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Mossi-ish
Signed - a likely Fox News brainwashed russian shill.
More fake news to read: [[SARCASM)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/03/su...volving-trump/
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/artic...iates-in-intel
Does any of this correspond to the FISA requests that were filed with the FISA court? If so would seem to collaborate the W.H.'s story of being spied on.
Who did leak the intel to the media after the unmasking? Prosecute them.
This is all well and good, but you should know you're being judged. And the verdict isn't kind.Quote:
Originally Posted by coracle
It never is from a Kangaroo Court.Quote:
Originally Posted by noise
Surprising news from the BBC; US / Mexico border crossings at 17yr low.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39505999
I guess the "Memo" made it south of the border.
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Originally Posted by GMan
This side also,where I am at lots of stuff coming on the market for pennies on the dollar,cash out and go.
They are also saying that Mexico also stopped 160,000 from their southern border from other countries,it really never had anything to do with Mexicans in general,more so because it became an international crossing.But it did make for good opposition racist material.
Meenwhile overly creative artistic memes pop up depicting Trump and Putin in various poses overshadowing the wacko that goes to sleep at night dreaming about shoving a few nukes up our butt without a second thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Mossi-ish
But yes,let's view Russia as a direct threat because there is a lot of money to be made in Cold War scenarios and to do that one must first take advantage of the weaker minds to create division and actually help the one you despise destroy the country without fireing a shot.
It has worked out pretty well in the past when it came time to overthrow small country's. Like puppets on a string.
NPR did a story, probably a few months ago now, about 4K Haitians that have been showing up on the Mexican shore, destined for the USA, because the economy in Brazil tanked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard
That whole Hati thing that compassion created by lining a few pockets with millions in order to buy a government.
The one thing that has more personal value then a car?
A 5 gallon plastic paint bucket,you use it to carry water from the river to wash your clothes,cook the meal and bathe.
I think Canada has a storm coming,it has always been a stepping stone for entry into the states via asylum and it would appear that it may end up being the route.
It would be interesting to watch the numbers for the next couple of years.
Well, being dumb isn't a crime.Quote:
Originally Posted by Honky Tonk
You're safe then [[even dumber than a kangaroo).Quote:
Originally Posted by noise
So you never grew out of "I know you are, but what am I?"Quote:
Originally Posted by coracle
Fitting, really.