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SSOK
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You guys weren't around when Slick Willie got impeached? |
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rednekk98
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And Moon Jae-In won in South Korea and the North apparently decided another nuclear test was a bad move and just tested a mid-range missile without overshooting Japan, attacked the ocean, then chilled out. The North is pretty predictable with a lot of loud noises and fireworks every spring, right around when we do Foal Eagle with the ROK. They also love to test new presidents of both the US and ROK and love to do it big for anniversaries in multiples of 5's and 10's. This was bound to get weird this time. It gives us a chance to check out whatever new hardware they come up with. It's as predictable as the tides, this was kind of a super-tide.
Either way the South Koreans managed to make democracy shine. They had a weirdo throwback to the glory days president who was corrupt, but not even in the typical way they're used to, it was just illogical and dumb this time, and after focusing a bunch of effort on things that seemed intrusive, occasionally offensive and usually toothless. The mini-skirt ban in early 2013 immediately comes to mind, coming into office with help from social-media astro-turfing bots on Kakao Talk that were run by the national intelligence agency didn't help at all. She completely blew the response to a tragic, criminal, and preventable at multiple levels accident, resulting in the deaths of hundreds children, more than a few of whom I had in a few classes. I'm pretty happy with the results of this election, the ROK has its share of problems and has been content to kick the can down the road on the hard stuff and settle for superficial fixes and distractions while the chaebols and politicians screw them, while blowing smoke to obscure their inaction so long as they're making out ok. I'm glad Ban Ki Moon stayed out of it and avoided getting raked through the coals. His career can end with a decent capstone. As for the Comey firing and recent hearings, I recently had a good conversation with the son of an attorney who defended John Mitchell on the Watergate thing and he found a lot of these recent actions to be absolutely asinine. Comey was in a bad position and didn't handle it well, but to not know how to even basically CYA when dismissing him is embarrassing. It's not even good for Trump, the true believes dislike the acting director over his wife's political donors and activities, and the POTUS would look horrible if fired him too. Oh, and the FBI raided a Republican consulting firm in Maryland, McCabe went to Congress with a solid security detail in an emergency meeting, Rosenstein backed away from his writings being used to justify the firing, and the Russians apparently think this whole thing is hilarious. Even asking Russian nationals I know who are fairly political, they basically remember Yeltsin the incompetent drunk, laugh, and tell us it will be fine and that we deserve this. I'm not exactly sold on the collusion idea, but the Russians almost certainly and predictably tried to throw a wrench in the works, are probably trying to play up their involvement or successes. Someone asked me who I thought was winning in the Yates testimony, my honest answer was "Russia". Yates was impressive and sounded like she was seriously trying to be competent instead of the nonstop disingenuous spin I'm becoming too used to. She pretty much stuffed Ted Cruz in a locker and farted into the vents. I'm not sure how we're going to get through the crumbling of civic values we're experiencing, we're not adapting to information saturation well. I'm getting as sick of it as fidget spinners.
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Eville
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I'm not getting my hopes up. That would require the majority of congress to admit that they were either willfully complacent with this administration's shenanigans or completely ignorant to the point of incompetence. I don't see either happening.
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__sneaky__
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impulse418
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I'm pretty excited that I'll possibly see an impeachment in my lifetime.
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Benjichang
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Yeah, things have definitely been escalating the last two days.
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__sneaky__
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It just gets worse every day. What a dumpster fire this entire administration is.
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Hades
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FBI Director Comey was fired today.
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There is a pretty substantial 'rumor' of a potential military 'coup' in North Korea, the leadership is getting pretty tired of this young nut job and would like to keep being in power and or alive, they know dispite the propaganda they are a memory if he goes stupid and throws a nuke.....He fires 1 and gets 30plus in return....where is the advantage to that idiocy. And their propaganda is just that as the North Korean military is a show pony more than a true fighting force. Mig 21's and other obsolete equipment against, yea that will work out well for NK.
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__sneaky__
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I watched the whole thing. Franken was a beast, Cruz was a tool, and this gave me a good laugh:
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Benjichang
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Anyone catch that Yates hearing? Nice to see Cruz get his ass handed to him.
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tallen702
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I think everyone is just tired of the DPRK's crap right now. The inability to control Kim makes China look weak, something they definitely don't want right now. I'd not be surprised to see the Chinese attempt a coup or even an annexation if something doesn't happen soon. As for finding Korean food, move over near me. http://www.honeypigbbq.com/ https://bonchon.com/ https://www.mandudc.com/ http://www.buldc.com/ Just a small sampling of what's available.... |
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rednekk98
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Edited by rednekk98 - 17 April 2017 at 9:46pm |
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StormyKnight
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tallen702
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Screw Lotte. They changed their format near where I work, so now I have to drive an extra 10 minutes to H-Mart. It's now a completely Latin super market. You can't even buy frikken gochujiang or kimchi there anymore. They didnt' even announce the change-over. It was Korea-ville one evening and the next morning it was Goya and that godawful Salvadoran polka music. I never felt so sorry for a bunch of old people in my entire life. Nothing but Korean grandmothers walking around with worried looks on their faces since they couldn't find anything that they were used to buying. As for the rest of your post. I think it's more a show of force on our side, especially with the recent upheaval in the ROK's government. There's a good chance we've already got our dirty little fingers in the DPRK's dirty little pie anyway as it's possible we were responsible for their failed missile launch the other day |
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rednekk98
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tallen702
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You don't live within 30 miles of the DMZ so not sure what your issue is. China looks like they're starting to yank on the choke-chain around Lil' Kim's neck. They just turned away a couple million tons of cheap coal the other week and sent the ships packing back to the DPRK. Wouldn't be surprised to see the PLA doubling up patrols along the Yalu either. |
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impulse418
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To be fair, the dems whined about Bush taking vacations at his ranch. And invading Iraq. Or the housing bubble which was created under Greenspan and Clinton.
And lets not forget Obama sent nearly 100 cruise missiles into Libya, helping to destabilize and creating a power vacuum like in Iraq. But yeah, keep voting R or D, because it totally makes a difference. |
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Eville
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It's the conservative flow chart: 1. Did Obama do it? If not, he should have. If so, he should not have. Did Trump do it? If not, it should not have been done. If so, best decision ever. Look at Syria. For years the right has been saying don't get involved, don't attack them, etc. Now that Trump is doing it, they're all for it. For years the right has been complaining about Obama taking vacations and playing golf. Now that trump is doing it, not a peep.
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__sneaky__
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Please explain how any of that is Obama's fault? To Tallen, you make a good point. This isn't exactly a big change regarding our involvement in the region, I suppose it just strikes me as a particularly troubling sign of things to come as far as Trump's "foreign policy" is concerned. Edited by __sneaky__ - 14 April 2017 at 9:59am |
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