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@Grinner reminds me of..

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Due to Trump, Orwell's 1984 is back on the bestseller lists.

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Ex-Mexican president Fox says on CNN Trump reminds him of Hitler talking to Nazi Germany.

America 2017.
 
Divide and conquer. The Fourth Estate has been effectively nullified. If people now question facts then it's too late and I'm not really seeing a way back from all of this.

Americans can now get their news from whichever organisation they feel most tells them the 'truth' that they want to hear.
 
Trump spokesman Sean Spicer added a stunning new detail about the proposed wall project later Thursday, saying that Trump intended to pay for it by imposing a 20-percent tax on all imports from Mexico.
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It was not clear exactly how the Trump administration would impose the new tax on Mexican exports. But Spicer said it would be part of a broader plan to tax imports from countries with which the United States has a trade deficit, like Mexico.

“If you tax that $50 billion at 20 percent of imports – which is by the way a practice that 160 other countries do – right now our country’s policy is to tax exports and let imports flow freely in, which is ridiculous,” Spicer told reporters. “By doing it that we can do $10 billion a year and easily pay for the wall just through that mechanism alone. That’s really going to provide the funding.”
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fecking 'tards... import taxes are and have always been a tax on your own people, not on the exporter.
 
MTF said:
fecking 'tards... import taxes are and have always been a tax on your own people, not on the exporter.
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If they tax the Mexican or anyone else then surely they just do business elsewhere instead of US? I agree, I have had to pay import duty on something I bought from the states. It was a bit of a shock as not expecting to. It was a baseball shirt.
 
DomesticTadpole said:
If they tax the Mexican or anyone else then surely they just do business elsewhere instead of US? I agree, I have had to pay import duty on something I bought from the states. It was a bit of a shock as not expecting to. It was a baseball shirt.
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And in the US I pay 0% import duties on many imported products, while in Brazil I used to pay up to 40% in the other direction. I know very well which country affords me greater wealth (assuming nominally same income), and in a sense respect, as a consumer/taxpayer.
 
The fact Steve Bannon is the most trusted advisor to the President of the United States is horrifying. There was some hardcore conservatives who came out against Bannon when he first joined Trump's campaign.
 
A top Russian cyberintelligence officer been arrested for treason. Must be a coincidence this happens days into the Trump presidency.

A Kaspersky Lab employee also arrested.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/26/russian-cybersecurity-officer-treason-arrest/

A top Russian cyberintelligence officer who US officials say lead last year's election hacking was arrested this week. Sergei Mikhailov, a senior member of the Federal Security Service (FSB), is charged with treason. For now, one Russian newspaper reports indicate that the arrest isn't related to election hacking. According to an article in Kommersant, the arrest stems from Mikhailov's work on criminal hacking investigations. However, Moscow Times reports the senior officer was arrested on suspicion of leaking information to US intelligence officials.
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This is disgusting

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I'd like to think she's really, really just appeasing Trump and his mob ahead of any deal...but I do think there's also a very, very deep social conservatism and authoritarianism that runs deep in May. Her snoopers charter/porn restrictions and sort of religious moral righteousness show that.
 
Cheesy said:
I'd like to think she's really, really just appeasing Trump and his mob ahead of any deal...but I do think there's also a very, very deep social conservatism and authoritarianism that runs deep in May. Her snoopers charter/porn restrictions and sort of religious moral righteousness show that.
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I have to admit I struggle to understand that strain of conservatism at the best of times. But it's really hard to swallow the praise of a greater, stronger America and her appeal to the values of a vicar's daughter as this administration is already suppressing climate science, launching a weekly report of crime by illegal immigrants, building a wall, and a commencing wholly baseless investigation into voter fraud. Odious from May.
 
Cheesy said:
I'd like to think she's really, really just appeasing Trump and his mob ahead of any deal...but I do think there's also a very, very deep social conservatism and authoritarianism that runs deep in May. Her snoopers charter/porn restrictions and sort of religious moral righteousness show that.
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Untied said:
I have to admit I struggle to understand that strain of conservatism at the best of times. But it's really hard to swallow the praise of a greater, stronger America and her appeal to the values of a vicar's daughter as this administration is already suppressing climate science, launching a weekly report of crime by illegal immigrants, building a wall, and a commencing wholly baseless investigation into voter fraud. Odious from May.
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I posted this in the Britexit thread but it's worth posting in here. Somewhat explains May actions


http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/anglosphere-old-dream-brexit-role-in-the-world
 
Unconfirmed at this stage, but reports are that Trump will sign an executive order lifting Russian sanctions :(
 
Crossie said:
@sammsky1
I'm happy to hear NYC is defiant but would also question if that's a city / east coast thing as others have indicated.

Unfortunately I don't find it but a couple months ago in the election thread, somebody had posted a very insightful link to a blog post. The author - a guy from the country who had moved to Chicago IIRC - described the hostility of country people against city people whom they perceive as morally rotten, unfaithful, sinners, sons of the devil and what not - not exactly in these words but you get the idea. If this guy is correct, which the election kinda proved, I assume muslims in smaller cities and villages will have a tough time.
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You're right that NYC is so cosmopolitan it would be impossible to gain traction with Trump messaging.

My main point was the level of unity against him which seems indomitable in NYC. People from all backgrounds including those from old school American backgrounds seem so against him. Case on point I just left the museum of modern art: there is an impromptu speakers corner here with people speaking against him
 
Where does this friendly relationship between Trump and Russia come from? Business interests?
 
Ok someone pull up the predictions list and let's see how far he's gotten. Seems like everything people said he was going to do was spot on... So much for the presidential pivot...
 
Cheesy said:
I'd like to think she's really, really just appeasing Trump and his mob ahead of any deal...but I do think there's also a very, very deep social conservatism and authoritarianism that runs deep in May. Her snoopers charter/porn restrictions and sort of religious moral righteousness show that.
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Don't worry about it, her invisible friend is telling her what to do.
 
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