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Post by Ls2012 on Mar 13, 2018 12:40:18 GMT -6
I'm sure they sent a similar email out there. I've got an email out to my local Moms Demand to see if they have info.
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Post by silverspoon on Mar 13, 2018 12:42:09 GMT -6
Tillerson is addressing the employees. I missed most of it. Did it look something like this?
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dc2london
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Post by dc2london on Mar 13, 2018 12:44:57 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Mar 13, 2018 12:45:56 GMT -6
I'm bummed I'm missing school pickup today (allergy shot,). I'm looking forward to talking to my state department friends.
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Mar 13, 2018 13:11:57 GMT -6
They’ve basically conducted a unilateral chemical weapons attack on the UK. I feel like we’ve got our heads on the sand over just how hostile Russia is being and what they are doing (and have been doing) is testing to see how much they can get away with. So far...they can get away with a lot. Trump would rather fire a SOS than enforce nearly unanimously supported, bipartisan sanctions than stand up to Russia in defense of our allies and we are the only ones who can do it. This shit is serious. Preach. The post earlier where the UK was demanding an answer by midnight from Russia... It is like ok, or what? What are you actually going to do if Russia doesn't get back to you by midnight. This is seriously getting out of control.
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Post by elle on Mar 13, 2018 13:15:05 GMT -6
They’ve basically conducted a unilateral chemical weapons attack on the UK. I feel like we’ve got our heads on the sand over just how hostile Russia is being and what they are doing (and have been doing) is testing to see how much they can get away with. So far...they can get away with a lot. Trump would rather fire a SOS than enforce nearly unanimously supported, bipartisan sanctions than stand up to Russia in defense of our allies and we are the only ones who can do it. This shit is serious. It is serious but Trump doesn't want to do anything about it. We're aligned with Russia now and probably soon NK too. The new axis of evil.
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Post by anastasia on Mar 13, 2018 13:19:13 GMT -6
I'm always behind so forgive me if you guys have already discussed, but just found out about this quote on Tucker Carlson
“If you have your children in a school, and [teachers] talk about equity in class--equity, diversity, white privilege, systemic racism, any of that--you take your children out of that class,” Peterson said. “They’re not being educated; they’re being indoctrinated. And there’s absolutely no excuse for it.”
I don't even have words for this nonsense.
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Post by jkjacq on Mar 13, 2018 13:33:15 GMT -6
I'm always behind so forgive me if you guys have already discussed, but just found out about this quote on Tucker Carlson “If you have your children in a school, and [teachers] talk about equity in class--equity, diversity, white privilege, systemic racism, any of that--you take your children out of that class,” Peterson said. “They’re not being educated; they’re being indoctrinated. And there’s absolutely no excuse for it.” I don't even have words for this nonsense. Hes a moron
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Post by athn64 on Mar 13, 2018 13:33:15 GMT -6
They’ve basically conducted a unilateral chemical weapons attack on the UK. I feel like we’ve got our heads on the sand over just how hostile Russia is being and what they are doing (and have been doing) is testing to see how much they can get away with. So far...they can get away with a lot. Trump would rather fire a SOS than enforce nearly unanimously supported, bipartisan sanctions than stand up to Russia in defense of our allies and we are the only ones who can do it. This shit is serious. He's delusional if he think Putin cares one wit about having him in charge. Russia is waging an all out silent war on the biggest powers in the world, and the US is just sitting there twiddling its thumbs. And yet he keeps telling Congress to do their job when he won't enforce the one thing they did that was actually their job. Rage.
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Post by crimsonandclover on Mar 13, 2018 13:39:36 GMT -6
Only open this spoiler if threats of nuclear war don't give you (too much) anxiety. {Spoiler} To make this just that much scarier, I have a friend who is a Russian journalist (not in Russia) and is very regime-critical. He recently posted on Facebook about an interview Putin held on national TV in which he said he would be fine with wiping out the world with nukes if Russia was facing an existential threat because "What do I need a world for if there's no Russia in it?"
So that's cool
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Post by dc2london on Mar 13, 2018 13:53:59 GMT -6
Hahaha so true
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Mar 13, 2018 13:57:27 GMT -6
Amazon was just touring Crystal City and Rosslyn for potential new HQ space.
I can't even imagine what Crystal City would mean traffic wise. Getting into DC from Rt 1/395 is already excruciating.
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Post by crimsonandclover on Mar 13, 2018 13:58:56 GMT -6
You know, the more this continues, the more I think Putin is a macho mastermind. 1) Destabilize US by getting Trump into office - a guy with 0 experience, self-control, or idea of what to do in international politics; 2) once US is essentially off the world stage because Trump is an idiot, Russia starts to step up and show the world it means business by killing off former spies; 3) Russia makes threats about nuclear war to intimidate anyone from doing anything to act against it because other countries probably won't act without robust US support, and they're not getting it right now (possibly because Russia could even be blackmailing higher-ups in the US government with campaign-influence info??); 4) Putin gives evil dictator chuckle as US declines as only superpower and Russia steps up to regain its place as the counter-power.
It sounds like a conspiracy theory ,but it seems we're already on step 3 and rapidly heading toward 4...
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Post by byjove on Mar 13, 2018 14:03:24 GMT -6
You know, the more this continues, the more I think Putin is a macho mastermind. 1) Destabilize US by getting Trump into office - a guy with 0 experience, self-control, or idea of what to do in international politics; 2) once US is essentially off the world stage because Trump is an idiot, Russia starts to step up and show the world it means business by killing off former spies; 3) Russia makes threats about nuclear war to intimidate anyone from doing anything to act against it because other countries probably won't act without robust US support, and they're not getting it right now (possibly because Russia could even be blackmailing higher-ups in the US government with campaign-influence info??); 4) Putin gives evil dictator chuckle as US declines as only superpower and Russia steps up to regain its place as the counter-power. It sounds like a conspiracy theory ,but it seems we're already on step 3 and rapidly heading toward 4... I agree this is plausible. I think we are in this deep.
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Post by byjove on Mar 13, 2018 14:04:23 GMT -6
Amazon was just touring Crystal City and Rosslyn for potential new HQ space. I can't even imagine what Crystal City would mean traffic wise. Getting into DC from Rt 1/395 is already excruciating. OMG no. Hard pass. Tell them to go to One Loudoun or something; they're already putting a data center in LoCo. box! Crystal city does have a ton of vacant office space though.
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Post by cmb on Mar 13, 2018 14:05:51 GMT -6
You know, the more this continues, the more I think Putin is a macho mastermind. 1) Destabilize US by getting Trump into office - a guy with 0 experience, self-control, or idea of what to do in international politics; 2) once US is essentially off the world stage because Trump is an idiot, Russia starts to step up and show the world it means business by killing off former spies; 3) Russia makes threats about nuclear war to intimidate anyone from doing anything to act against it because other countries probably won't act without robust US support, and they're not getting it right now (possibly because Russia could even be blackmailing higher-ups in the US government with campaign-influence info??); 4) Putin gives evil dictator chuckle as US declines as only superpower and Russia steps up to regain its place as the counter-power. It sounds like a conspiracy theory ,but it seems we're already on step 3 and rapidly heading toward 4... I’ve been here for a while. We’re a big reason the USSR fell (well, they shouldn’t have let a reactor blow up out of stupidity... idiots). He wants it back. Short of that? Taking down the US is a damn good revenge
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Post by crimsonandclover on Mar 13, 2018 14:11:57 GMT -6
You know, the more this continues, the more I think Putin is a macho mastermind. 1) Destabilize US by getting Trump into office - a guy with 0 experience, self-control, or idea of what to do in international politics; 2) once US is essentially off the world stage because Trump is an idiot, Russia starts to step up and show the world it means business by killing off former spies; 3) Russia makes threats about nuclear war to intimidate anyone from doing anything to act against it because other countries probably won't act without robust US support, and they're not getting it right now (possibly because Russia could even be blackmailing higher-ups in the US government with campaign-influence info??); 4) Putin gives evil dictator chuckle as US declines as only superpower and Russia steps up to regain its place as the counter-power. It sounds like a conspiracy theory ,but it seems we're already on step 3 and rapidly heading toward 4... I’ve been here for a while. We’re a big reason the USSR fell (well, they shouldn’t have let a reactor blow up out of stupidity... idiots). He wants it back. Short of that? Taking down the US is a damn good revenge If he makes Russia great again (although MRGA just doesn't have quite the same ring to it...) by annexing Ukraine and starting to collect the Caucasus and possibly the Baltic states (although that would be huge since they're part of the EU) while also finding domestic scapegoats to consolidate his power, and at the same time brings the US down a few notches, then he has achieved both goals - weaken the US, and make Russia stronger so it's again on equal footing with the US. I mean, from a Realpolitik perspective, it's a good plan. But less so from an "I'd like to live on a non-nuclear-wasteland world" perspective.
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Post by cnf on Mar 13, 2018 14:13:46 GMT -6
My husband's school is doing the same thing only they are calling it "staying neutral". They aren't attempting to stop them, but they aren't supporting them either. He wishes they would just come out and say they are supporting it. Really, by not trying to stop it they kind of are supporting it so just say it. I agree that not trying to stop it is support. I actually told my principal I thought he should back off when he was trying to lead it because this is a student movement. My problem is in the language he uses when he tells kids he supports it. He specifically tells them this shouldn't be about any political opinions, just to remember the lives lost. He repeatedly tells them this is a student movement and he won't stand in the way. Then tells them what to think and say, or rather not say, and where he would like them to congregate, etc. We conveniently have a half day tomorrow ending around the time of the walkout. Teachers staying for active shooter training after. Intentional much?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 14:22:26 GMT -6
Twitter thinks statement from State suggests that Tillerson wasn’t fired on Friday. I do think it’s possible that Tillerson cut his trip short to try to influence the No Korea discussions. I'm very late but I did see a tweet end of last week that he canceled some event in Africa because he was ill.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 14:28:29 GMT -6
John Bolton would be end of times.
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Post by ktg on Mar 13, 2018 15:10:40 GMT -6
IT'S ONLY TUESDAY. 😵
Sorry for the shouting. I cannot believe this is real life sometimes.
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Post by jkjacq on Mar 13, 2018 15:15:54 GMT -6
this is one of the questions on msn homepage daily quiz Would you vote for him if the next election were held today?
46% Yes 54% No
46% of the american public should not be allowed to vote. THERE I SAID IT I'm gonna edit my answer with the final question What is your gender?
37% Female 59% Male 4% Other
46% of the 59% of the men answering this poll should not be allowed any where near a polling site.
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Post by Minerva on Mar 13, 2018 15:18:07 GMT -6
I can’t with the news today, especially the SRO shooting in the City of Alexandria. I’m going to go stick my head in a bucket of sand for a few hours. 🙁
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Post by dc2london on Mar 13, 2018 15:54:26 GMT -6
Trump reportedly considering making Rick Perry VA Sec
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Post by mb3 on Mar 13, 2018 16:08:56 GMT -6
Trump reportedly considering making Rick Perry VA Sec The game of musical idiots continues. there is no adequate emoji of my head exploding
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Post by mb3 on Mar 13, 2018 16:09:27 GMT -6
I think polls should be closing in PA soon. I’m off to stalk for some results.
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Post by jkjacq on Mar 13, 2018 16:11:32 GMT -6
Trump reportedly considering making Rick Perry VA Sec The game of musical idiots continues. I just... REALLY Can we just have ONE WEEK just one of some semblance of normalcy. Like 45 gets a really bad stomach bug and causes temp unuse of his fingers and we just have a week where its quiet and nobody tweets out anything stupid, racist or misogynistic or gets us into a nuclear war. Is that too much to ask?
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Post by morecoffeeplease on Mar 13, 2018 16:12:21 GMT -6
Trump reportedly considering making Rick Perry VA Sec Shulkin needs to go, but shouldn't the head of the VA have experience with veterans? Or maybe healthcare? on the other hand, Perry is basically one the few high level appointments who hasn't done something dumb/illegal (that we know of).
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Post by charlotte on Mar 13, 2018 16:17:39 GMT -6
I think polls should be closing in PA soon. I’m off to stalk for some results. Was just thinking about this!
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Post by mb3 on Mar 13, 2018 16:25:04 GMT -6
I think polls should be closing in PA soon. I’m off to stalk for some results. Was just thinking about this! 8 eastern. 90 minutes to go!
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