Random Political Thoughts

[rbkwp]

good F'n job
well deseved
yet another embarrasment
go rocket man,rubitin??
not in your nature i suspect ha

yeah 2013 Obama shutdown?

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi leads Democrats in denouncing the GOP's role in today's government shutdown. Source: Getty

Stormy Week Ends With Federal Shutdown
The bucks stop here. At midnight Washington time, a Senate stopgap budget deadlock triggered a shutdown of non-essential government functions. GOP leaders needed Democrats’ cooperation to reach the required 60 votes, so Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer negotiated with Trump into the night. But Republicans wouldn’t abide concessions such as loosening immigration policy and boosting Puerto Rico aid. The crisis capped a week that included reports that Trump’s lawyer paid for a porn star’s silence and a Republican senator’s speech comparing presidential anti-media tirades to Stalinism, controversies fading quickly amid partisan shutdown sniping.

Bad timing: Shutdown spoils Trump’s 1-year festivities
The president was supposed to be in Florida to celebrate the one-year anniversary of his inauguration. Instead, the U.S. government shut down.

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/...hutdown-spoils-trumps-1-year-festivities.html


and
werent those same arseholes doing the exact same thing to Obama inhis 8 yearterm
the hypocritical overfed arseholes

US Government shuts down, White House blames 'obstructionist losers'
A partial shutdown of the US Government begins after an eleventh-hour effort to secure a funding deal failed, in a chaotic close to Donald Trump's first year as President.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...tm_content=ABCNewsmail_topstories_articlelink

 

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of course
get into the WW swing of things Australia
increase that military budget under the guise of protecting your nation/peoples
ensue billions are paid for arms to the USA/UK/France esp
dont hold back, you a big player now in a big world full of self made TERRORISTS

why not think the threat of the USA
like what the world and esp NK/IRAN are experiencing currently
we know who is disupting international order

The landmark shift in US national security policy to prioritise the threat posed by powers like China and Russia could prompt a rethink of Australia's defence spending, according to an incoming senator.

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The US National Defence Strategy states China and Russia are "undermining" international order
Retired Major General Jim Molan says the US has been carrying a disproportionate burden in defence spending
He thinks America will expect more from Australia

US national security policy could spark Australian defence budget rethink: incoming senator Jim Molan

The landmark shift in US national security policy to prioritise the threat posed by powers like China and Russia could prompt a rethink of Australia's defence spending, according to incoming senator Jim Molan.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...tm_content=ABCNewsmail_topstories_articlelink

 

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imagining the big mouthed IDIOT of a USA leader is keeping its foul racist mouth shut for a period/in the interim
taken a beating having the entire USA SHUTDOWN
tuff, hero NOT !!!

shows its not as invimcible or loved as much as it thought it was


what a great thought on a SUNDAY arfternoon NZ

 

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will allow ya'all to claim it
dont deserve it/or do ya duh

either way, it appears to be keeping its foul mouth/tweets shut for a day

 

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LAUGHING at that supposed bastion of US MEDIA NYT
nary a word as in email alerts/special breaking news of the
GREAT AMERICAN SHUTDOWN
ie
GREAT AMERICAN FUCK UP
24 hours on
search in the newspaper yes i assume,but who is going to bother sifting thru all there buy this newspaper crap
as if its the only reasonably credible American news source

better variety of news resources on LPSG threads

 

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OLD NEWS
but relevant as in,why not yet another poke at Vlad day
he who supposedly authorized assisstance to Trump aka Americas downfall?? i mean SHUTDOWN? ha
rather a shirtless Vlad, than a shitless Trump??

Putin takes shirtless dip in icy waters to celebrate Epiphany

https://nypost.com/2018/01/19/putin-takes-shirtless-dip-in-icy-waters-to-celebrate-epiphany/

uhmmmm
sure hope the USA ie CIA are doing there utmost in payback, to get Vlad back in?? huh duh?? ha
one favour deseves another??

Putin wins strong millennial following as Russian election looms

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/putin-s-millennial-fans-can-t-wait-russian-election-n833406

 

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NOT that i am into rubbishing the current AUSTRALIAN Govt as much as i am the USA ha

but will say
the Govts mention of a paltry 60 million rescue package (over 18 months) for the iconic GREAT BARRIER REEF.. hopefully knock out the crown thorn starfish etc
is peanuts, when in the next breath its stated the Reef brings in 6.3 billion worth of benefits?
wonder how much the federal Govt takes as compared to QLD


GOOD, but anaylisis only ha

Both countries think America is weaker
Recent polling by the United States Studies Centre (USSC) and YouGov — surveying both Australians and Americans — gives mixed grades on American strength after the first year of Mr Trump's presidency. Perceptions of American strength and international security are closely linked for large portions of the publics in both countries — with some interesting exceptions. Our data suggest that many see the world as more dangerous precisely because the United States is perceived to be weaker under Mr Trump.

Analysis: The Trump effect has exposed fault lines in our opinion of America
One year into Donald Trump's presidency, Australians and Americans feel America is "weaker" and the world is more dangerous. What does this mean for our partnership with the US?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...tm_content=ABCNewsmail_topstories_articlelink

Trump urges Senate rule change as shutdown stalemate continues

US President Donald Trump says if the shutdown deadlock continues, Republicans should fund the Government by changing Senate rules, but top Republicans immediately dismiss the idea.

 

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same ole,nothing new
people been saying so for 12 months

CHINESE STATE MEDIA: GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN SHOWS U.S. DEMOCRACY 'CHAOTIC' AND CHRONICALLY FLAWED

President Donald Trump looks up as he sits beside China's President Xi Jinping during a tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing on November 8.

http://www.newsweek.com/chinese-sta...1&spJobID=950958279&spReportId=OTUwOTU4Mjc5S0

good on him fo speaking out
mousy gutless politicians dont dare?

TRUMP'S 'DIVISIVE' RHETORIC COMPARED TO ISIS PROPAGANDA BY LONDON MAYOR SADIQ KHAN

http://www.newsweek.com/trumps-divi...1&spJobID=950958279&spReportId=OTUwOTU4Mjc5S0

 

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a first alert acknowledgement anything untowards happened
like big mouthed Trump
opening its mouth with an alert
30 odd hours later,well at least Trumps on the ball with its cock ups,and lets folk know of its balls ups, in advance
but
as STUPID as Trump
must be the area they come fom
ERRATIC,dont know if theyre comming or going duh'
any opportunity i will rubbish it/them
no compunctions

Breaking News Alert
January 21, 2018
NYTimes.com »

BREAKING NEWS
The government shutdown will continue into Monday. Senators inched toward a compromise on Sunday but failed to reach a deal.
Sunday, January 21, 2018 9:45 PM EST
The government shutdown will enter its third day. Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, delayed a procedural vote on a stopgap spending bill until noon on Monday, as a bipartisan group of senators appeared to be inching toward a compromise.
Read More »

 

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WANKERS blaming the opposition political paty instead of being objective and takinhg partial blame itself
surely its all involved

good payback for the ridiculous/childish/pathetic 8 years of continual blocking of Obamas every moves anyway

White House changes voicemail to say Democrats 'holding Government hostage'
Callers to a White House phone line hear a message accusing Democrats of holding funding hostage to an "unrelated immigration debate". The message has been labelled childish by some, but praised by others as a call to arms.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...tm_content=ABCNewsmail_topstories_articlelink

 

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and still
we the peopl suffer huh WW
humankind will neverr be held responsible i geuss
so much unabated hate around

Violent deaths of LGBT people in Brazil hit all-time high
At least 445 LGBT Brazilians died as victims of homophobia in 2017, new research reveals, following a 30% spike in just one year

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/22/brazil-lgbt-violence-deaths-all-time-high-new-research

as well ascoruption galore by people of authority,people who pretend perfection inthhoughts/beliefs perhaps
ebem with people weve never heard uf/likely to hear of again

Brazil president formally accused of conspiracy against corruption inquiry
Charge marks latest crisis for Michel Temer, with stage set for constitutional battle as president is accused of working to silence witnesses

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...michel-temer-corruption-conspiracy-accusation

 

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lil odditty
just saying
perhaps an article can be done on the SAUDIS being addicted t KILLINFS also

The United States: Addicted to special forces

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/united-states-addicted-special-forces-180114151037810.html?utm_source=Al+Jazeera+English+Newsletter+|+Weekly&utm_campaign=378b5093ef-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e427298a68-378b5093ef-224064669

what caused the GREAT AMERICAN SHYTDOWN huh
well sot of/amongst other things

The very American myth of 'exceptional immigrants'

It is time for more privileged immigrants in the US to stop seeing themselves as more deserving than others.

Why Russia refuses to give refugee status to Syrians

Despite playing a major role in Syria's war, Moscow has granted refugee status to only one Syrian national since 2011.

 

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just saying 2,for the day
wishlist
that the USA start considering theyre likely termed a major terroist goup/country themselves
as well as every country on earth

there activities seem far from usual

Pentagon says confronting Iran now tops terrorism concerns

As the Pentagon shifts its focus from terrorism to competing against China and Russia, the US military will also look to counter nations that are deemed hostile, such as Iran.

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/01/pentagon-confronting-iran-top-terrorism-concern.html?utm_campaign=20180122&utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily Newsletter

realistic thought,as far as i am concerned
USA habit of making every other country get all PARANOID with FEAR about Russia/China

as if theyre the ones to have fear of

obviously white Australia will stick with white USA in the inteimm
but lets wait and see the shirtfront next few Australian Govts kowtowing to CHINA with TRADE to the forefront, once the silk road projects completed

Australia should not fear Chinese influence, PNG says
The Papua New Guinea Government says Australia should not be alarmed by Chinese investment and aid to developing countries on its doorstep.

Australia's International Development Minister questions Chinese projects in the Pacific
PNG says Australia should not fear China's influence in the Pacific
China fills the gap after Australia's investment in PNG stagnates
The Australian Government is becoming increasingly alarmed about Chinese investment and aid — usually in the form of concessional loans — to developing countries on its doorstep.

But Papua New Guinea's Foreign Affairs Minister, Rimbink Pato, has moved to reassure Australia that Papua New Guinea can manage its relationship with both countries.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...tm_content=ABCNewsmail_topstories_articlelink

 

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pooh pooh
getting into that situation in the first place is a laugh in itself
no excuses, yet another USA EMBARASSMENT
finest democracy in the world indeed

no,not going to let up

US senators reach deal to end government shutdown
US senators vote to move forward on legislation that would reopen the federal government until February 8, ending a three-day standoff between Democrats and President Donald Trump's Republicans over immigration and border security.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...tm_content=ABCNewsmail_topstories_articlelink

US Government shutdown: What's closed, and who is/was affected?
Updated January 21, 2018 15:59:50

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-20/what-happens-in-a-us-government-shutdown/9345858

migrant/refugees on the move forever fom now on
no prediction needed
LISTEN !!!

Temperature affects human migration, new research shows

Living on Earth

https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-01...re affects human migration new research shows

plus

In Africa, dams and loss of wetlands are helping to fuel the migrant crisis

https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-01-21/africa-dams-and-loss-wetlands-are-helping-fuel-migrant-crisis

 

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SO
USA Gymnastics has a better record than the Rusians huh duh

just sayin 3

matter of time, just patiently wait and a lot will be revealed

and
the Australian GREAT BARRIER CORAL REEF/ a lousy Governmental 6o million dollars over 18 months
already the folk are saying its a'lousy' amount
think i said so yesterday
shithead Au PM TURNBALLS says it yesterday as if it was the/a most magnanimous gesture
when its worth 6.3 BILLION in revenue to the country
the current Australian Govt are just preternding theyre interested in GW/CC

 

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TERROISIM in a major city
equal to/could have been
LONCON/PARIS/NY

Deadly Kabul hotel siege investigated as 'insider attack'

Published on Jan 23, 2018
Taliban fighters who killed guests and staff in a luxury hotel in Afghanistan are thought to have smuggled in weapons days or possibly weeks before the siege.

At least 18 people were killed in the 16-hour-long attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul on Saturday.

One of the focuses of the investigation is likely going to be who were the hotel insiders who helped the Taliban carry out the highly coordinated attack.

Jennifer Glasse reports from the capital.

the intelligentsia orthe idiocy of the eduated dduh'
educated/coached toappear on reality shows only

Trump Passed a Cognitive Exam. What Does That Really Mean?
By GINA KOLATA
The exam, called the Moca, is widely used in doctor’s offices, but it is not sophisticated enough to diagnose mental decline, experts say.

thinking the USA/ISRAEL want the conflict to be ongoing/in perpetuity,because they can,BOTH REPS/DEMS

world is gutless and will/can do fuck all about it
evil tegime in IRAN
-it said

as if its not an evil regime in ISRAEL aka USA

Is the US undermining the Middle East peace process?
Al Jazeera English
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HUMANITY takes all kinds
no real comment, on them??
views/expressions allowed arent they

i think the jews need to get over the fact they thik they were/are the most persecuted people on the planet
Holocaust aside a lot of countries have suffeed similar,forget about numbers, add other numbers up and
could well be as many who have met there death or
been maimed
probably be rubbished to hell, but WTF ha

Rebel Rabbis: Anti-Zionist Jews Against Israel

Published on Sep 7, 2016
VICE embeds with the London branch of the Neturei Karta, a group of controversial Ultra Orthodox Jews who campaign against Zionism and for the immediate dismantling of the state of Israel.

Because of their unusual views, and support of people like ex-Iranian president Ahmadinejad and groups like the Hungarian far right Jobbik party, other Jewish people often label them as extremists.

Reporter Milène Larsson goes behind the closed doors of this secretive community to understand why this Jewish group's anti-Israel sentiment has led them to join Palestinians protesting Israeli occupation and burn Israeli flags.

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good for him
like Putin and more so Xi this being to the forefront
and what other big power has chosen to IGNORE it alll
shameful that an ignorant person like Trump can dictate to the majority of Americans

Indian solar park (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)
India has invested heavily in solar power and other renewable sources of energy

edit

Modi singled out three major challenges mankind was facing right now. He said the greatest threat came from rapid climate change and the resulting extreme weather conditions, natural disasters and rising sea levels which threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of people around the world..
Watch video01:40

http://www.dw.com/en/indian-pm-nare...n-newsletter_en_bulletin-2097-html-newsletter

 

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the asehole warmongers of the world want/need the YEMEN WAR to continue
they have tohave at least one majo areato be killing and waring at least

As Yemeni riyal is in free fall, worst may be yet to come

The Yemeni riyal's loss of more than 15% of its value in a matter of days will make establishing peace more difficult by exacerbating inequality.

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/or...ru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily Newsletter

am sure no one would ne surprized
altho some will DENY as a Trump style behavioural pattern would work

TOP STORIES
Israel’s decades-long efforts to kill the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat included a plot to down a commercial plane, The Times Magazine reveals
Tuesday, January 23, 2018 4:19 PM EST
No target thwarted, vexed and bedeviled Israeli security forces more than Yasir Arafat, and the desire to kill him placed Israel at the center of the ongoing debate about what a nation can and cannot do to survive. Former officials told us the story.
Read More »

 

[rbkwp]

pooh pooh
symapthy abounds NOT!!!
YA'ALL running around with your arses up in the air, using anything to maintain being
'the best democracy in the world' self proclaimed

your politicians and shit house, i am talking

Now that the government shutdown is over, Congress must tackle a slew of difficult issues in the weeks ahead. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters
It’s Tuesday, the traditional day for elections and for our pause-and-consider newsletter on politics and policy. We think of it as a mini-magazine in your inbox.

WHY THINGS ARE GOING TO GET HARDER FOR CONGRESS, DACA AND SPENDING
By Lisa Desjardins, @LisaDNews
Correspondent

After a three-day shutdown, Congress voted to reopen the government -- for now. But agreeing on a longer-term funding bill is not lawmakers’ only task in the weeks ahead. Lawmakers face a complex web of difficult, hot-button issues, and a very limited calendar in which to get them done. This is their to-do list. (Click here for an expanded version of this story.)

1. Fund the government again: By Feb. 8. The problem? Lawmakers are linking passage of the next spending bill to all of the issues listed below.

2. Immigration: By March 5. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects young people brought to the United States illegally as children from deportation, ends March 5. A few competing bills have emerged in both the House and Senate this year, but now multiple groups of lawmakers are meeting to craft potential new deals.

3. Spending cuts: As soon as possible. Across-the-board spending cuts are due to kick in this year, meaning tens of billions less for the military and the rest of government. Many sources on Capitol Hill say the two sides have essentially agreed on the level of spending they want. But they will not pass that deal until everything else on this list, especially immigration, is resolved.

4. Disaster funding: As soon as possible. Puerto Rico, Texas and Florida but have been waiting for months for a larger funding package to help them recover from last summer’s storms. The House passed $81 billion in disaster aid in December, but it is waiting for the Senate to act.

5. Other issues: As soon as possible. States have been waiting since last summer for federal dollars to help fight the opioid epidemic. Meanwhile, federal funding for community health centers across the nation ran out September 30.

THE STRANGEST MOMENTS FROM A STRANGE SHUTDOWN WEEKEND
By Lisa Desjardins

There was the two-hour midnight vote that led to a government shutdown. Then came the open, personal feud between a top Republican senator and one of the president’s top aides. There were beer runs in the U.S. Capitol and a speaking stick was passed around negotiations in one senator’s office. Here are the strangest things we at NewsHour noticed during several days of walking the halls and waiting for news at the Capitol this past weekend.

The shutdown actually had little effect through midday Monday. Museums remained open in Washington, D.C. And Monday morning rush hour was actually worse than usual as workers were told to come in and set up out-of-office procedures by 1 p.m. EST. (Though I did benefit from relaxed parking rules at the Capitol.)

Senate leaders didn’t talk to the press after they voted to end the shutdown Monday. Instead, it was a large group of senators not in leadership who brokered the final deal and held an impromptu and highly unusual gatheringoff the Senate floor immediately after the vote. Their spirits were high; at one point members of the group called out “New guy! new guy!” when freshman Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala. began to speak.

The main sound on the Senate floor during the dramatic (and doomed) shutdown vote Friday: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, cracking jokes so funny that Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C. and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, teared up and boomed with laughter. Meanwhile, no fewer than three other senators seemed to nod off at different points.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was actually blocked from entering the Senate chamber, due to his weekend-wear: a Clemson baseball hat. (No hats are allowed in the chamber.) The senators’ fashion judgement in general during the weekend sparked an entire Wall Street Journal article.

President Donald Trump was not personally involved, something the White House says was a calculated strategy. But it was especially strange Friday night on the Senate floor, when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke about a press release from the White House press secretary, saying it was “presumably on behalf of the administration.” Usually the party’s leader in the Senate would know precisely, not presumably, where the White House stands.


THE DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED “NO” ON ENDING THE SHUTDOWN
By Daniel Bush, @DanielBush
Digital Politics Editor

The 81-18 Senate vote to reopen the government Monday revealed a telling -- if not all that surprising -- divide among Democratic senators.

While 33 Democrats joined Republicans in backing the three-week spending bill, 16 Democrats opposed the measure. And several of the Democrats who voted “no” have one thing in common: potential aspirations to run for president, according to early speculation about the likely 2020 Democratic primary field.

Many liberal groups saw the vote as a critical test of where Democrats stand on immigration -- a key issue for the party’s progressive base and one that will likely be front and center in the 2020 election.

Here’s the complete list, in alphabetical order, of the senators who voted against ending the shutdown, including the many Democrats who opposed the bill in large part because it didn't include protections for young undocumented immigrants. Members rumored to be considering a White House bid are in bold.

Minute by minute: How the Democrats shut down the House for gun control

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politi...democrats-shut-down-the-house-for-gun-control

 

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Email
TPP resurrected: Here's what's in the latest Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and what it means for you


The TPP has been resurrected. Here's what's new and what it means for you
The troubled TPP looks to have returned from the dead. You'd be excused for not recalling what the trade deal is all about.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...tm_content=ABCNewsmail_topstories_articlelink


in America we seem to have gone away from mainstream media
- he said

we dont trust them anymore
often opionated/biased
learh from friends
- he said

SELECTIVE
- i said