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  1. 4 hours ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

    Did I advocate for the US to invade Venezuela? The answer is no. 

    Military adventurism is not the definition of Neoconservatism and interventionism.

    Earlier this week Icono celebrates Trump for being a noninterventionist and ridding the the GOP of neocons. Today the Trump administration appoints Elliot Abrams as the special envoy for Venezuelan affairs and Icono celebrates.

    That don't make no sense.

  2. 2 hours ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

    Cuba and Russia are propping up Maduro which is fine for Fozz and bad teammate; however, the US should betray our historic role as master of the Americas and not play any role in asserting American foreign policy interests in Venezuela. Y’all would neuter our role as a superpower in pursuing vital American interests which includes easing the suffering of the Venezuelan people by seeking a transition back to capitalism. Good editorial from the WSJ concerning the role our rivals are playing in propping up Maduro.

     

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    The Venezuelan military holds the key to whether Mr. Maduro will step down peacefully. Common sense and reporting in the country suggest that a good part of the army is ready to side with the Venezuelan people. The rank and file have families who are also suffering the privation caused by nearly two decades of socialist rule.

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    Yet Cuba controls Mr. Maduro’s personal security detail and has built a counterintelligence network around the high command. Venezuela’s 1,000 or so flag officers operate in silos and are spied on by minders. An officer who sides with the opposition is putting his life and perhaps his family at risk. The head of the armed forces expressed support for Mr. Maduro on Thursday, but the real test may come if soldiers are ordered to fire on protesters or Venezuelans trying to protect Mr. Guaidó. 

    Nations that want better for Venezuela should focus as much on Havana as Caracas. If civilized countries want to end the starvation and mass migration of Venezuelans, they have to convince the Cuban regime to back off. That means targeting Havana with diplomatic pressure, as well as sanctions such as travel restrictions and frozen bank accounts.

    The Kremlin is also backing Mr. Maduro. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Thursday that if the U.S. didn’t stay out of Venezuela there “would be a catastrophic scenario that would shake the foundations of the development model we see in the Latin American region.” 

    But Cuba is the imperial power in Caracas, not the U.S., and the only recent “development” in Venezuela has been malnutrition. Russia certainly wouldn’t mind a Syrian-style civil war in Venezuela that spread more chaos in the Americas and more opportunity to undermine democratic governments.

    The U.S. must also protect its diplomatic personnel in Caracas. Mr. Maduro on Wednesday ordered Americans to leave the country within 72 hours, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo replied that the U.S. now recognizes Mr. Guaidó as interim president and will not comply. The U.S. needs to make clear that if Mr. Maduro or his paramilitaries act against Americans, the Administration will hold Cuba responsible. Now that Venezuelans are risking their lives for democracy, free nations owe them support.

     

    Weren't you a non-interventionist earlier this week? You were praising the new Trump GOP for ousting the neocons just a few days ago.

     

  3. 4 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    The real story is the GOP Congress that allowed Trump to do this to himself.  

    Just goes to show they really don’t give a single fuck about Trump succeeding, otherwise they would have protected him from this disaster.

    Yeah, they pretty much sat this one out. Which is a shame because they skated away from this cluster fuck with minimal damage.

  4. 44 minutes ago, Pancho Negro said:

     

    Everyone saw this coming the moment Trump opened up his big mouth regarding owning the shutdown. Up until this point he never had to face the pushback from Congress. Trump being Trump didn't think ahead on how this would play out and here we are.

    President Trump, welcome to the world of checks and balances.

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  5. 45 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

    Coulter calling Bush a wimp makes me ragey.  STFU, you miserable cunt.

    In a just world, Coulter would have to spend a month living with John McAfee in Belize.

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  6. 14 minutes ago, mdmost said:

    Shit, this might all unravel if Ann Coulter is mean to Trump.

    That's an experiment I would like to see tested. Coulter is a professional troll, will she see if she can troll POTUS into resuming a shutdown of the U.S. government?

  7. 34 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

    Dems should get that quote out there in every space on the internet possible in the next 24 hours.... 

    "This is your fault", Mitch.

     

    Now is the time to start pounding the Republicans. Instead of blaming Trump they need to call out the Republicans for refusing to retrieve their loose dog that's taking shits in everyone's yard.

     

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  8. 1 minute ago, Skinny Tie said:

    Scumbag Gen X coworkers still dropping “technologically challenged” as if Microsoft Office was invented a year ago.

    How bout you Google your question instead of getting paid to play with your tits and talking bout your children.

    Are you hanging out at the strip club during the day shift?

     

     

  9. 50 minutes ago, Kyrie Eleison said:

     


    yup...shit was awesome. we’d eat that before duck hunts along with jalapeño flavored potato chips and Big Red, and when you felt hungry you’d muster up a giant burp and got a two meals for one deal.

    Dinty Moore Beef Stew, chips and MGD for 3 days was fine dining and made for epic dumps upon a return to civilization.

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  10. 39 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

    Shit, someone in his administration needs to clue him in.  He could start Trump Loans @ 679% interest and the MAGA fucktards would sign up in an instant.

     

    Every loan includes a free* Trumpy Bear.

     

    *There is a $19.95 shipping and handling fee.

  11. 2 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    Sorry bro. We were preoccupied trying to avoid the AIDS and Hep C and shit that the Boomers left behind for us when they put the front door key on our keyrings and tuned out. 

    Every time I see one of those Baby Boomer Hep C commercials, I just think "let them die off already."

     

     

  12. 1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    Booty juice seems like he’d make a great chief of staff or defense secretary over the next decade.

    Not sure I feel comfortable with him as potus yet because I have no idea how he would handle a real crisis or rebound from mistakes. 

    Booty Geist

     

  13. 1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    Tax the population to the point of starvation. When they come for your head, publicly hang your second in command for making the people suffer and say he was behind it the entire time.

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  14. 45 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    IMO college Halloween costumes should be off limits when it comes to employment decisions.

    Only because I went as Osama bin Laden one year. 

    Agree, we did a Rodney King ensemble one year and those pictures haven't aged well.

  15. On 3/27/2018 at 2:55 PM, Hate said:

    The Royal Palace is pretty damn cool. 

    I made love to a 21 year old girl from Bilbao in the park outside of the Royal Palace in the middle of the night when I was 18. That was a world changing event that took a while to get over. Everything seemed so bland after that. Whenever I am in Madrid, I stop by that spot.

     

  16. 2 hours ago, horncyclist said:

    A lot of the impact of this is not going to be apparent immediately or possibly not ever discernible, but there's no doubt an impact. I'm a federal antitrust attorney. We had to suspend the investigations we working on. We'll eventually continue, but the month of lost work means a one month delay in those investigations and that resources will be lost down the road that could go to investigating other conduct. Other than targets and third-parties connected to these investigations, no one is going to notice but that doesn't mean there's not an impact. I would guess most of the effects of the shutdown fall in this category of longer-term projects. 

    In case I'm doxxed, I'm speaking in my personal capacity and these views are my own. Not that I could represent my agency anyway, as I am not legally permitted to work. 

    I had a call with some 3 letter federal agencies this morning. 

    Without going into details they were told "their shit is all fucked up and in dire need of being fixed on their end." Their reply was nothing can be done until the shutdown ends. The conversation went back and forth with the government side just saying their hands were tied until the shutdown ends.

    Everyone was aware of the absurdity but nobody mentioned it.

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