US Politics

While I echo your sentiment that the US political system can in no way be described as representative of american society, Doug Jones has a good record as a US and district attorney.

But yes, its not the best result.

But the best available at the time, which is a start.

Also, regarding Trumps visit in February, I am aware that if a police officer tells you to move you have to do it (but slowly etc) would a critical mass style ride to obstruct trump be an option?

Edit: I am pretty certain that would end up with trump goons running over cyclists then citing possible threat we posed to security so its probably the worst idea ever.

Mass kneeling?

My man!

Interesting to look at how the DOW has performed this year, taking into consideration the loss of value to the USD.

From what I just read, the biggest gains in recent months coincide with Mueller indictment announcements.

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This is one of the vehicles that travels in the Presidential convoy at all times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqDelOuvJaA

'We only need to get lucky once - you need to be lucky every time'

Er.. what's the story? The FXCM $ index is just a currency speculator's guide. The US stock market indicies have shown steady growth of 15-20% since Trump's election.

The story is the same as it is in the UK since Brexit. The FTSE has surged due to a devaluation of the pound and some braver international investors seeking to benefit from the relative value for money that it offers. The big question is, what happens if/when the real uncertainty kicks in.

Total ISIS ripoff, no?

Miniguns are cool...

lol

Well, duuuuuh, sheeeeet. I diiiiid thaaaaaat. Three times.

You can almost hear the brain cells bumping into each other before grinding to a halt.

The fact that he's been voted into any form of office is everything that's wrong with America.

That blank, silent stare is wonderful... Reminds me of the Tony Abbott interview, he went on to become Prime Minister of Australia...

https://youtu.be/9wT9XS_TvzQ

Another bit of silence

https://twitter.com/imraansiddiqi/status/940739780186275840

And some more entertainment

(Might actually be photoshopped)

trumps taken it quite well
he hasn't gone on some loon filled twitter rant .... yet

He's probably relieved not to have to deal with yet more fall-out.

Apart from the embarrassment of having backed a loser, it is so much easier for Trump to rail against Jones the Democrat than to have to support the alleged paedophile Moore.

Also, Trump probably welcomes the reduction of Bannon's influence. He backed a different candidate initially and was then probably persuaded by Bannon to back Moore (which, once he was the candidate, he couldn't really not do, although silence would have served him better). Remember that people like Trump constantly play off those under them against each other so none get too powerful.

So some person named Omarosa got fired from the white house today. I've never heard of her before, but apparently she's famous stateside. I found this article about her quite funny:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/no-one-knows-what-omarosa-is-doing-in-the-white-houseeven-omarosa

Sycophant much?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8OVmhpjPKI

Good review of the recriminations of the US alt media following Moore's drubbing https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/13/dismay-excuses-backstabbing-conservative-media-on-roy-moores-loss

persuaded by Bannon

Possible but I doubt it. Trump had to back Moore but didn't back him in the 1st round, didn't make cash available for Moore's campaign (Doug Jones had x2.5 the money) which suggests it was reluctant and Moore was a wildcard. But Bannon isn't liked by ... anyone as far as I can tell. I think Bannon came out in support of Moore in a desperate bid for a return to relevance/influence. Happily, that didn't work out :-)

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