Because Trump 2.0

[EchoFiveMike]

17 minutes ago, 17thfabn said:

A good political move would have been to include the kkk, cair and neo nazi groups in this order. This would provide political cover. 

It would be ironic if it was proven that george soros was funding antifa, the kkk, neo nazis and cair all at the same time.

KKK and neonazis are basically all police agencies investigating each other at this point.  S/F....Ken M

[Ivanhoe]

[Ivanhoe]

Rapists for Kamala?

 

 

[Ivanhoe]

13 hours ago, EchoFiveMike said:

KKK and neonazis are basically all police agencies investigating each other at this point.  S/F....Ken M

 

The FBI should probably be renamed to FCI (Federation of Confidential Informants). 

 

[Ivanhoe]

Funny how an election completely changed the left's insistence on the rule of law; 

 

 

[Murph]

7 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

Funny how an election completely changed the left's insistence on the rule of law; 

 

 

Always does, they cannot stand accountability.

[rmgill]

Thats a rather remarkable turn of events for a DA’s home. 

[Tim the Tank Nut]

I watched some of the videos of the hostages getting reunited with their families.  I'm not sure what the appropriate award for President trump but whatever it is it isn't good enough.

[seahawk]

As most awards are given out by leftist liberals... not giving him the Nobel Peace Price was simply an insult to America.  

[Stuart Galbraith]

Id give him the Nobel prize for getting the hostages back. I dont even like the son of a bitch, and Im still happy to give him due credit to getting that across the line.

Then he can hand it back and say thanks, but its too much like the one Obama got.

[DKTanker]

8 hours ago, seahawk said:

As most awards are given out by leftist liberals... not giving him the Nobel Peace Price was simply an insult to America.  

The Nobel Peace Prize committee should be mind readers?  Okay, I know, I know, the committee awarded Obama the NPP for simply being elected POTUS in 2008, however, the nominations which are to be considered have to be made before January 31 of each year.  Had Trump ended the ME conflict by the end of January 2025 and had he made good on his assertion he could end the Ukraine/Russia war in 24 hours, he would likely have been in the running for the 2025 NPP.  As it is he'll have to wait until at least October 2026. 

[seahawk]

Do you think the leftist would grant him that honour? 

[Ol Paint]

Who cares?

Doug

[Ivanhoe]

https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/media/nbcs-andrea-mitchell-roasted-for-crediting-biden-for-gaza-peace-deal/
 

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NBC News veteran Andrea Mitchell was scorched online after she appeared to credit the Biden administration for the Gaza peace deal brokered by President Trump.

The 78-year-old host thanked former Secretary of State Antony Blinken for his work “creating the basis for the agreement once the two sides were finally prepared to compromise — we hope!” — a message that many read as giving the Biden team credit for Trump’s breakthrough.

“Thank you for spending two years working toward this moment,” Mitchell wrote Monday on X in a reply to a post by Blinken.

 

 

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Blinken, who served under President Joe Biden, posted earlier that Trump’s plan “adopted and built on the plan the Biden Administration developed.”

That thread prompted Mitchell’s reply — and the wave of ridicule that followed.

 

Is anyone surprised?

[Mr King]

2 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/media/nbcs-andrea-mitchell-roasted-for-crediting-biden-for-gaza-peace-deal/
 

 

Is anyone surprised?

That should read "Blinken who was one of Biden's puppeteers"

 

 

[Ivanhoe]

The question, of course, is who was Blinken's puppeteer? 

My hypothesis; Tehran.

 

[Ivanhoe]

[Stuart Galbraith]

One of the Israeli hostages said that the terrorists treated him badly and wanted Kamala to win. They only treated him halfway decently when Trump subsequently won. I can entirely believe that.

[urbanoid]

44 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

One of the Israeli hostages said that the terrorists treated him badly and wanted Kamala to win. They only treated him halfway decently when Trump subsequently won. I can entirely believe that.

Politics are to a large extent 'vibe based'. I think it's no coincidence that Russia didn't try to start anything stupid during his first term, he has a reputation of being unpredictable and while he's all about making deals, at the same time there's a 'or else' part implied which gives off the 'WAGTFKY' vibe - which is exactly the one that the enemies of the West should feel. 

[Stuart Galbraith]

In foreign policy, Trumps unpredictablity is a disadvantage and an advantage. A disadvantage because there is seldom consistency, it seems to be to throw shit at a wall till something sticks. Though to  give credit, if something starts to work, he tends to stick with it. (I still think he took too long to grasp that Putin wasnt going to play ball).

Its an advantage, because I think the right people are scared shitless of him. I think he may well be the only person that could give tlams to Ukraine and get away without consequence. Im reminded of the Herman Kahn madman strategy, which could have been written for Trump. That he keep talking of nuclear and the inherent beauty of the B2 stealth bomber makes it all the more convincing. He really does sound like a madman.

So you see, even though I cant stand the son of bitch, im more than capable of seeing he does indeed have some positive attributes. Probably more so than his cheerleading team here actually grasp.

Edited October 16, 2025 by Stuart Galbraith

[urbanoid]

25 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

In foreign policy, Trumps unpredictablity is a disadvantage and an advantage. A disadvantage because there is seldom consistency, it seems to be to throw shit at a wall till something sticks. Though to  give credit, if something starts to work, he tends to stick with it. (I still think he took too long to grasp that Putin wasnt going to play ball).

Its an advantage, because I think the right people are scared shitless of him. I think he may well be the only person that could give tlams to Ukraine and get away without consequence. Im reminded of my Herman Kahn madman strategy, which could have been written for Trump. That he keep talking of nuclear and the inherent beauty of the B2 stealth bomber makes it all the more convincing. He really does sound like a madman.

So you see, even though I cant stand the son of bitch, im more than capable of seeing he does indeed have some positive attributes. Probably more so than his cheerleading team here actually grasp.

Or maybe he knew that all along (or at least suspected), but he had to make an attempt or imitation thereof, because for internal political reasons he owed that to his base. Now he can say that he tried, 'but since Putin refuses to be reasonable what else can you do'. I think it's a nice touch that he even put Vance, earlier used to convey skepticism about Ukraine (and European NATO in general), out there to say things along these lines. Same for Hegseth, another of this type, who even refused to attend Ramstein meetings in person before. 

https://x.com/visionergeo/status/1978557344326775180

 

Edited October 16, 2025 by urbanoid

[Stuart Galbraith]

14 minutes ago, urbanoid said:

Or maybe he knew that all along (or at least suspected), but he had to make an attempt or imitation thereof, because for internal political reasons he owed that to his base. Now he can say that he tried, 'but since Putin refuses to be reasonable what else can you do'. I think it's a nice touch that he even put Vance, earlier used to convey skepticism about Ukraine (and European NATO in general), out there to say things along these lines. Same for Hegseth, another of this type, who even refused to attend Ramstein meetings in person before. 

https://x.com/visionergeo/status/1978557344326775180

 

 

 

This, im happy to concede is genius on all levels. I dont suppose Trump thought it up, but at least he can recognise its a damn good idea. And again, its more than Biden did,

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/10/14/broken_windows_at_the_pentagon_1140813.html
 

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In the same vein, Hegseth denounced the erosion of standards and distraction from warfighting caused by DEI directives and unnecessary training. Having already eliminated the former at the very beginning of his term, Hegseth order the reduction of mandatory training from twenty-seven to sixteen courses and rescinded 350 hours of online modules required for promotion.

In its place, the secretary promised the "ruthless, dispassionate and common sense application" of the newly mandated fitness and grooming standards.

In particular, Hegseth elaborated on his two criteria for reinstituting past standards -- the E-6 and 1990 tests.

Under the former, if a proposed change enables E-6s (or O-3s) "to get back to basics", then the change is justified.

Under the latter, if a standard was in existence in 1990 and was modified for reasons other than changes to the battlefield, then the original is reinstated.

 

For Signal MOSes, the Army took away a lot of promotion points opportunities. Which led to many E-4s and E-5s heading to the exits, which left S-6 shops understaffed and overworked, which led to more E-4s and E-5s heading to the exits, lather rinse repeat. One of my students was an E-4 25N running a battalion S-6 shop by himself. Needless to say, he dropped his papers and was executing his exit plan when he came to class. 

I haven't heard about any bloodletting/headrolling in HRC, but it badly needs to be done. 

[Ivanhoe]

Bolton;

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/10/16/john-bolton-indicted-n4944944
 

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John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser-turned-adversary, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland, according to two sources.

Bolton, who has been under investigation for alleged unlawful handling of classified information, becomes the third high-profile Trump political enemy to be indicted in less than a month.

He allegedly shared highly classified information with his wife and daughter over email, sources told CNN.

Sources previously told CNN that part of the Justice Department’s investigation centers around notes he was making to himself in an AOL email account — at times writing summaries of his activities like diary entries — when he was working for Trump.

 

Yee Haw!

[DKTanker]

1 hour ago, Ivanhoe said:

Bolton;

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/10/16/john-bolton-indicted-n4944944
 

Yee Haw!

18 counts.