"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
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"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
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...who steps in to prevent WWIII? Ivanka?
“One core belief I have always held is that our strength as a nation is inextricably linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive system of alliances and partnerships. While the US remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances and showing respect to those allies.” - Mattis
Maybe Kelly said it best:
PartyPooper2012
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 09:03 |
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flip that coin upside down... Kelly and Mattis may have been gearing up for war with Russia through Ukraine. With them gone, maybe there won’t be WW3. Troops allegedly getting pulled from Syria and Afghanistan. Hopefully pull out of Baltics/Eastern Europe.
Vlad will be happy. Maybe he will let us take a look at those hypersonic firecrackers so we can make some of our own.
The Dummy Gummy
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 09:09 |
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I would say WW3 won’t be started by a clueless president, but I didn’t think half the shit that has happened the last 2 years was possible.
Maxima Speed
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 09:09 |
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Trump is a business man first and foremost. A nuclear ww3 is the last thing he could possibly want as it would hurt his business interests.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> PartyPooper2012
12/21/2018 at 09:17 |
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“According to [Woodward’s] book, Trump told the defense secretary, Jim Mattis, that he wanted to have Assad assassinated after the Syrian president launched a chemical attack on civilians in April 2017. “Let’s fucking kill him! Let’s go in. Let’s kill the fucking lot of them,” Trump said, according to Woodward.
Mattis told Trump he would “get right on it” but instead developed a plan for a limited air strike that did not threaten Assad personally.”
Yeah, abruptly pulling out of Syria and Afghanistan will definitely make things better there for everyone...
And I guess we should assume that Russia will “annex” more of the old USSR soon. Putin’s getting exactly what he wants. Appeasing Hitler worked out great. Seems like we’re just kicking the can down the road to a greater future conflict.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Maxima Speed
12/21/2018 at 09:19 |
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Trump is a pompous asshole first and foremost. He would’ve assassinated Assad if cooler heads hadn’t prevailed. Seems like there was another assassination that kicked off something... what was it again?
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> The Dummy Gummy
12/21/2018 at 09:22 |
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NATO allies were hardly alone in being left in the dark by Trump. Neither the U.S. Congress nor the Afghan government were briefed on his withdrawal plans in advance. The U.S. also leads a 74-nation Defeat-ISIS coalition, whose members also apparently received no notice of the Syria withdrawal.
Clueless and reckless are not a good combination.
fintail
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 09:25 |
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I’m getting tired of all this winning.
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> PartyPooper2012
12/21/2018 at 09:26 |
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welp... when the next wave of refugees start coming out of the middle east coz everythings gone even biglier to shit... i vote for sending them to the states
you’ve got the space... seems only fair eh
(sides way things are going... europe may not be such a friendly place for them much longer.... hates on the rise over here too)
vondon302
> PartyPooper2012
12/21/2018 at 09:27 |
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Wait what We’re the aggresor in Ukraine?
Huh
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PartyPooper2012
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 09:37 |
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Neither you nor I know what big wigs discuss behind closed doors. I have no idea what they agreed on - like Kennedy and Kruschev.
I will assume both leaders want to preserve lives of their citizens because they pay taxes.
Spanfeller is a twat
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 09:40 |
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I don’t think killing Assad would’ve caused a world war , tensions aren’t nearly as high as in WW1, nor are economic difficulties as notorious as before WW2.
Milky
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 09:40 |
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They’re seriously going to have a hard time making anything from this administration look good in future history books. The exodus from the office seems bonkers, genuinely.
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/08/politics/trump-admin-departures-trnd/
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fintail
> Maxima Speed
12/21/2018 at 09:55 |
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You mean a showman who inherited an empire first and foremost.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> PartyPooper2012
12/21/2018 at 10:00 |
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The Russian government makes most of its money from hydrocarbon production, so Putin just wants more power, more land, and more access to trade/military routes (see the Port of Sevastopol).
Trump only cares about himself.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Spanfeller is a twat
12/21/2018 at 10:09 |
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It probably wouldn’t have, but who knows what a person who is willing to make a flippant order like that might think of doing next?
International tensions are only getting higher as commitments to old alliances like NATO seem to fade , and it seems like we’re on the verge of a major global downturn. Wage disparity is a serious problem in many places (riots in France). And there are still many who want to wage “holy war” against the modern world.
We need cool heads in leadership - people who are willing to work together to prevent escalation of tensions. Trump is the proverbial bull in a china shop.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Milky
12/21/2018 at 10:12 |
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I was looking for that graphic.
I really hope that the Trump administration is the wake-up call that our nation clearly needed to get back to sanity, and not the start of something even worse.
nermal
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 10:20 |
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I honestly don’t think WW3 will happen - ever. There are too many countries with nukes.
There is still a need to remind everybody of your strength, through things like the US blowing up chemical weapons plants in Syria.
Mattis was definitely the right guy for the job. His ~2yr tenure is not unprecedented, however. THE LAST THREE people in the same position lasted about the same time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense
Just Jeepin'
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 10:21 |
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Trump seems to have lost the Washington Examiner, which I didn’t think possible. Now if only Fox would turn on him.
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Maxima Speed
> fintail
12/21/2018 at 10:25 |
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Uhuh sure, because someone worth about a million dollars when they start their career can turn that into over a billion dollars by being a completely clueless idiot who doesn’t know business. Please. It’s pretty obvious that he is clever, how in the world did he become president? He lost the popular vote. No one expected him to win and yet he did. Apparently more is going on behind the scenes . Does that make him presidential material? No. However, claiming that he isn’t a shrewd manipulator who is clueless about his actions is ignorant.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> nermal
12/21/2018 at 10:26 |
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I hope you’re right. But all it takes is one lunatic to set it all off... One has to hope that all of the military personnel in all of their respective countries have enough empathy and desire for life on Earth to continue that they’d not follow through on the order. And then, there’s human/computer error - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nuclear-disaster-near-misses-korea_us_598b4f5ce4b0449ed5076e9b
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Just Jeepin'
12/21/2018 at 10:29 |
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I don’t pay that much attention, but it seems like he’s down to only like 65% of Fox News supporting him blindly now.
The Sean Hannity stumping for him debacle really pissed off a lot of the real reporters there, apparently.
Future next gen S2000 owner
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 10:32 |
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There was an almost nuclear war sometime in the early 80's I believe. Russia had a false radar reading or incorrectly inter preted that the US had launched a boat load of ICBM’s. Supposedly, the guy that was suppose to launch the counter attack didn’t believe it and chose to wait instead of instantly launching a counter barrage.
I owe that guy a beer.
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Future next gen S2000 owner
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 10:34 |
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Trump is burning bridges now because, I believe, he has no respect for the long term consequences of his decisions and actions.
I think that is the key distinction between him and other presidents.
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fintail
> Maxima Speed
12/21/2018 at 10:34 |
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Daddy’s empire and connections were worth a lot more than 1MM. But if one wants to cling to bootstrapper myths, that’s cool too. President via an antiquated system and (sometimes justifiably) bitter electorate, perhaps.
Clever, indeed, like a conman.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Future next gen S2000 owner
12/21/2018 at 10:36 |
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No joke.
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Future next gen S2000 owner
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 10:40 |
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Too late apparently.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Future next gen S2000 owner
12/21/2018 at 10:41 |
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Asked on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” who he talks with “consistently” about foreign affairs, Mr. Trump responded, “I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said a lot of things,” Politico reported.
The mogul pointed to his 2000 book, “The America We Deserve,” where he made a reference to Osama bin Laden before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
“I know what I’m doing, and I listen to a lot of people, I talk to a lot of people, and at the appropriate time I’ll tell you who the people are,” Mr. Trump said Wednesday. “But I speak to a lot of people, but my primary consultant is myself, and I have a good instinct for this stuff.”
- before he was President, but I doubt things have changed much...
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Future next gen S2000 owner
12/21/2018 at 10:45 |
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RIP, c omrade.
OmerCarrothers333
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 10:46 |
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Like Shep Smith.
ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
> Maxima Speed
12/21/2018 at 10:46 |
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If by inheriting
a fortune accumulated by blatant racism and squandering it to the point of needing to declare bankruptcy 4 times -
he
bankrupted
a
casino for fucks sake- then yes, he’s a “
business man.”
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OmerCarrothers333
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 10:48 |
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I wanted to slap the shit out of Orrin Hatch for saying civility needs to come back to politics.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> OmerCarrothers333
12/21/2018 at 10:52 |
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Chris Wallace: “you’re seen around the world as a beacon for repression ”
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> OmerCarrothers333
12/21/2018 at 10:54 |
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It’s probably less of a crime if you do that in about two weeks.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
12/21/2018 at 10:57 |
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Seeing racism become more prevalent around the globe is such a sad and scary thing...
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 11:09 |
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its not gonna end well thats for sure
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
12/21/2018 at 11:21 |
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I’m afraid it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 11:30 |
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yup...... tbh.. im still expecting a war... tho it might be the racists/nationalists vs everyone not too lethargic to bother rather than countries going at it
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Spanfeller is a twat
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 11:32 |
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I don’t think we should panic yet. The trends you describe are very alarming, but far from causing a serious conflict of the magnitude of WW2.
We have to fix those problems, but we still have time, and Trump isn’t even as unstable as even some previous US presidents (I mean, Reagan probably had dementia during Iran Contra and JFK almost turned a dick measuing contest into a nuclear-war) that governed in much more turmolous times.
Loosing Mattis is certainly a problem, but far from being worthy of throwing around the “WW3” term
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Spanfeller is a twat
12/21/2018 at 11:43 |
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I don’t honestly think war is imminent. My post was made mostly in jest - see: Ivanka, but I am concerned that he has no more “adults in the room”. I definitely don’t think we should panic, but we need sanity and truth-tellers in leadership, not ones that will pull out of military commitments or shut down the government on a whim.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
12/21/2018 at 11:51 |
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Hate breeds hate. I always wonder what circumstances c ould lead to all Sunni & Shia nations worldwide uniting against the primarily Christian/secular “ West” ... Religious war on a global scale would be terrifying. Hope we never see it.
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 11:57 |
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welp... climate change might kill of f enough of us to save us from that one.... on the other hand...
we’re fucking stupid
so when things get bad we’ll probably kill eachother more rather than try and fix it
god knows what the time line on that is tho
im firmly in camp cant we all just get along?
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
12/21/2018 at 11:58 |
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Time and time again, we’ve proven that we can’t...
WiscoProud
> nermal
12/21/2018 at 11:58 |
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I don’t think WWIII will happen because he idolizes autocratic leaders, and the other two superpowers are autocratic. He doesn’t want to make them democratic, he wants us to become them.
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 12:04 |
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yep... its a shit
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Spanfeller is a twat
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 12:20 |
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I’m a bit more worried by AG wittaker
f86sabre
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/21/2018 at 14:31 |
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Look, there are some simple things to remember to make you feel better:
- make sure your home is up wind of any major cities. Ideally, you probably want to be on an island somewhere that no one cares about and that is far from major shipping lanes.
- locate your home on the back side of a hill so it is between you and the nearest likely target. It will help protect you from direct blast effects.
- paint you house white to better reflect the impulse. Dark colors are more likely to cause combustion.
- park your EMP hardened off-roader in a reinforced bunker, preferably underground to ensure it is usable when the zombie hordes emerge from the rubble.
Do all that and everything will be fine.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Spanfeller is a twat
12/21/2018 at 14:44 |
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Thankfully he’s only “acting AG”...
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> f86sabre
12/21/2018 at 14:45 |
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And make sure you have a heavy desk to hide under.
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f86sabre
> Spanfeller is a twat
12/21/2018 at 14:48 |
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I think the signs are there that Trump has dementia well.
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Spanfeller is a twat
> f86sabre
12/21/2018 at 14:55 |
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Trump had a dementia screening made before he entered office... I think he tested negative. But old age will certainly be an issue, his father died of dementia (I think) and he's becoming very old.
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nermal
> Future next gen S2000 owner
12/21/2018 at 15:30 |
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There was also that Cuban Missile thing in the 60s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis