How low can he go?

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 07/26/2017 at 11:05 • Filed to: None

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After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,” Trump said in a series of tweets Wednesday morning. “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.

Thank you

duurtlang > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 11:11

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I’m guessing he can still go lower. Much lower than we can imagine.

Party-vi > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 11:12

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This is a diversion, that is all.

Azrek > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 11:19

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We don’t allow folks with tattoos in certain places; so this isn’t much of a stretch.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 11:19

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cyka blyat pizdets

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 11:22

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I hate this. All of it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Party-vi 07/26/2017 at 11:25

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And / or an attention grab. Another poke in Liberals’ eyes with a sharp stick.

Tekamul > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 11:25

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It’s all bread and circuses.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail 07/26/2017 at 11:25

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Am I supposed to copy this into Google Translate?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/26/2017 at 11:27

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Same.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tekamul 07/26/2017 at 11:27

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I do not know that expression.

Party-vi > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 11:28

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Probably don’t

cmill189 - sans Volvo > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 11:31

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Same...

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 11:31

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What does he think this will accomplish? I can’t imagine that this the military has too many LGBT people crashing through the doors to enlist anyway. But we’re going to make it a big deal because conservative family values.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > fintail 07/26/2017 at 11:31

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No WALL for you then.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > cmill189 - sans Volvo 07/26/2017 at 11:34

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You might send an email to oppomoderator@gmail.com and ask them to grant you authorship. Spend two minutes reading the Oppo Handbook of Style and mention in your email that you’ve read it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/26/2017 at 11:35

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And the “my” generals are all probably growning over their coffee this morning.

Rico > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 11:37

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“A phrase used by a Roman writer to deplore the declining heroism of Romans after the Roman Republic ceased to exist and the Roman Empire began: “Two things only the people anxiously desire — bread and circuses .” The government kept the Roman populace happy by distributing free food and staging huge spectacles.”

Sorry the paste job doesn’t remove the bold from the hyperlinks

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 11:42

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I don’t blame them. Also, this is off topic, but I thought that the Scouts were supposed to be a non political organization, but apparently someone didn’t get the memo. Maybe they should have sent him a pm on Twitter.

Tekamul > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 11:44

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It’s an old Roman phrase to sum up politics through distraction.

It works two ways.

- If he appeases his base with this, they’ll let slip other shortcomings going on at the same time.

 - If he enrages his critics with lots of things, they can’t focus on effectively combating any one thing.

LongbowMkII > Azrek 07/26/2017 at 11:49

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This amount of stretching is considered torture under the Geneva convention

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Rico 07/26/2017 at 11:58

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It’s good. Thank you for teaching me something.

LongbowMkII > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/26/2017 at 11:59

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They’ve been pretty (low key) political for a while at least. I don’t know about when I was a kid because I dot think there would’ve been anything worse than Boy Scout politics.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/26/2017 at 12:00

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I am coming to understand — and accept — that there is a civics lesson in the jamboree debacle. That lesson is that the office of the presidency is separate from the one who holds it, no matter how tirelessly that person works to debase that office.

LongbowMkII > Party-vi 07/26/2017 at 12:01

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Doesn’t erase the effects.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tekamul 07/26/2017 at 12:02

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And if his critics allow themselves to be enraged by every little — or not-so-little — thing, then they play into Caligula’s hand.

bhtooefr > Party-vi 07/26/2017 at 12:04

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I wouldn’t say that that’s all , though.

Everything bad that his administration does is a diversion from the last bad thing, to keep us off balance. And, as LongbowMkII pointed out, it absolutely hurts transgender people in this country.

Oh, and then there’s this - apparently a huge part of it is a cynical attempt to bet on midwestern bigotry against trans people, to sink Democrats in 2018:

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Tekamul > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 12:07

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Right, so take the deeper meaning here (this was written up by someone other than him, when Mattis is not around, and the pentagon was not informed) that this is a WH-driven act, and not something that will be welcomed and championed in the rank and file.

Then get back to screaming at senate members about healthcare, because that’s the real issue of the moment.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tekamul 07/26/2017 at 12:10

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Will you elaborate for me? I’m not following.

Party-vi > LongbowMkII 07/26/2017 at 12:23

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That is true.

Tekamul > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 12:29

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This is not a law, only a policy. A policy that quickly reverses a policy from the previous administration.

It was not recommended by the military, not relayed by the military, and is not being commented on by the military. The rank and file will put as much or as little effort into enforcing this as their personal bias influences them to. This is a big headline, with little substance.

Meanwhile, real law, that carries huge intertia and years of financial and life and death impact is being debated right now. Any energy that common citizens have to expel should be focused there, not on the side show.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 12:53

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Just watch some dashcam videos :)

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tekamul 07/26/2017 at 12:58

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That makes sense. Trump is very good at being shocking.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 13:04

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What a shitstain. I’d say this was a surprise but frankly it’s not.

That car looks like a Chinese knockoff of a Citroen DS.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/26/2017 at 13:06

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It’s a Norwegian car called Troll .

Personally, I was shocked, and that was the president’s aim: to shock me. And it worked.

yamahog > Azrek 07/26/2017 at 13:59

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You choose tattoos and their placement. Believe it or not, people don’t choose to be trans. Also, a 2014 study found that 21% of trans people have served, which is about twice the rate of the general population.

yamahog > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/26/2017 at 14:01

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Actually trans people have served at about twice the rate of the general population.

http://www.thetaskforce.org/new-study-finds-transgender-people-twice-as-likely-to-serve-in-military/

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > yamahog 07/26/2017 at 14:16

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I made an assumption and am willing to admit it. I did look it up but was outside of the time to edit my comment.

yamahog > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/26/2017 at 14:51

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No worries, I only just came across this information today and wanted to share!

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2017 at 17:45

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He is very good at being an asshole.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 07/26/2017 at 19:24

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I believe Donald Trump has contempt for anything that is not Donald Trump. I think that would include his wife and children.

Azrek > yamahog 07/27/2017 at 02:49

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Condescending tone aside (Remember Oppo Rules: Be Excellent to Each Other); The military also doesn’t allow folks ‘born’ with other issues like little people, giants, MS, autism and similar issues.

Folks also need to get medical waivers for minor medical issues such as high blood pressure, previous surgeries and previous broken bones. You can get medically retired for many silly issues as well.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2017 at 05:35

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how low can he go?

i suspect a lot lower.