Comments on: In Non-Puppy News

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 22:16:18 +0000

People have a right to their opinion and to believe whatever they feel is suitable, but they don’t have any right to impose their opinion or belief on anyone else, What I object to viscerally is the insistent of Trump and his minions that they own the patent on the truth and no one else has a right to disagree with them. When you spew lies about everything and demand to be taken seriously and have your words accepted as holy writ without challenge you are either a con man or crazy.

Juanita, the Chinese are the more serious problem because they are engaging with the outside world after decades of isolation. They are testing and probing. We can’t be sure what they will do, because we don’t have the depth and history of interaction that exists between the West and Russia.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 21:18:39 +0000

Yeah... But there is hope! The problem with groups like the current GOP, is that they can't help but squabble & fight. They are all egomaniacle narcissists. They will only allow someone to lead when they stay on message, but the message changes internally often! They can't actually agree on anything! *shrug* I came across this awesome bit of insanity. This is an example of a Trump Voter. Worth $millions. Believes the Earth is flat (seriously!) LMAO But then, he's a sports jock. Brains not included. NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving is a flat-Earth truther Denial does not get much more insane that that my friends! :roll: Unbelievable.

By: JuanitaM

JuanitaM — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 20:14:45 +0000

Interesting times, indeed!

You said it, Kryten.

In my opinion, Trump has no idea of the jeopardy he is in by making McCain his enemy. While Trump shows disdain for POW’s, he may find that they have learned a thing or two in dealing with dictators and crackpots. McCain survived and overcame people that would make short work of someone like Trump and he (Trump) is completely clueless to that fact.

Let the games begin. I guess…

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 18:08:49 +0000

Twitter is all..a atwitter over this by WaPo:

John McCain just systematically dismantled Donald Trump’s entire worldview

This was followed by MSC2017 head Walter Ischinger (possibly the USA biggest friend in Germany) stating in DW: “It would be a non-military declaration of war should Trump continue to advocate against the EU”.

Many Journalists have taken to Twitter with a vengeance over Trumps constant attacks on them.

Victoria Brownworth
@realDonaldTrump Many of us who are journalists have risked our lives at some point. I have. Colvin & Ochlik lost theirs. We are #NotTheEnemy!

Phil Williams
This is the @Newseum’s Journalists Memorial, listing the 2,291 individuals who have died around the world reporting the news #NotTheEnemy

Interesting times, indeed!

By: JuanitaM

JuanitaM — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 17:22:24 +0000

I thought I had responded to this post the other day, but apparently I wrote something but neglected to hit “Post”. Sigh…

Anyway, thanks Bryan for your perspective. Good to know that this is just business as usual. It just seems like the news is obsessed with everything Russian, and there have been no recent articles on things like the ‘uge islands being built by China in the South China Sea. Apparently, this isn’t all that important?

(Dang it, this time I’m hitting POST.)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 02:30:47 +0000

Additional thoughts: The Nixon White House was more disciplined than the day care on Penn Ave. They faced a Congress that actually cared, and the Washington Post didn’t put up with interference.

I watched a lot of the Watergate hearings in a motel in Texas waiting for a new head to be installed on a Datsun 2000 that I was driving to California for my next duty assignment. I was still operationally under the National Security Agency. I really missed access. It is better that I don’t have access these days, as I’m not sure I could continue to keep my mouth shut.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 01:35:35 +0000

This is what things are like in a corporation when a new CEO takes over who has no understanding or feeling for the culture and decides to use the ‘new broom’ approach. Generally there’s someone who is more than ready to retire but was held over to smooth out the transition. They are the ones who get to say things like: “I would love to help you with that, but you fired everyone who had the passwords and knowledge to do that last week..”

This is what running government like a business really looks like, Are you impressed?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:38:36 +0000

I’m a nurse so not an expert unless it has to do with nursing but I have never seen this kind of chaos going on before. Dan Rather compared this to Watergate but I think this is worse. By a long shot. BTW Rogue WH is awesome to follow on Twitter.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:36:21 +0000

There were always one or two Soviet ‘fishing’ trawlers off Shemya. They were mostly rust held together with paint. We always joked about buying life preservers and donating them to the crews. In additions to the trawlers there should be a few subs off the coast. We can locate them and they are toast whenever the button is pushed. They stopped doing this for years to save money, but Putin has started doing it again. They are scooping up anything they can, which is what we do. No worries, all part of the Great Game.

This is all part of Vlad’s program to take Russia back to the 19th century so he can be the Tsar.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:22:06 +0000

From my experience, they are probably testing the waters (no pun intended) to see what the US reaction is (they know what Trump will do, want to see what everyone else will do) & to better eavesdrop. Also could be intelligence gathering from their people in the area. And possibly testing new equipment. *shrug* 🙂