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  • utopian0

    Trump's outlook going from bad to worse

    http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/30/po…

    Wake up white sheople!

    • nah keep em going!moldero
    • I hope they write him a letter or somethingIanbolton
    • What? I'm going to be on CNN? Better bust out my nice shorts.BonSeff
    • lol bonfadein11
    • Totally digging the Ozzy impersonator in the middle there.face_melter
    • ^ lol at these commentsRamanisky2
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  • Ramanisky22

  • Gardener1

    • fakechukkaphob
    • not fake, I was therefadein11
    • The black guy fucked him off to be fair, if it's real.set
    • I was there - the black guy said hi to Trump, and the the fat orange cunt blanked him. really I was there.fadein11
    • fake newschukkaphob
  • set-6

    The Establishment is setting up Donald Trump.

    "The mainstream media hates him. Hollywood hates him. The “Intellectual Yet Idiot” academia class hates him.

    Most critically, the CIA hates him. So does the rest of the Deep State, or the permanently entrenched “national security” bureaucracy. They did everything possible to stop Trump from taking office. None of it worked.

    I think the CIA hates Trump for a very simple reason: he’s threatening to take away their livelihood.

    Trump wants to make nice with Putin and the Russians. But countering the so-called “Russian threat” is how many thousands of Deep State bureaucrats make a living.

    These people feed off the trough of the $1 trillion-plus military/security budget. Playing nice with the Russians would kill their jobs—and end their way of life.

    Trump has said:
    We will pursue a new foreign policy that finally learns from the mistakes of the past. We will stop looking to topple regimes and overthrow governments.

    Toppling regimes is the CIA’s bread and butter. No wonder they hate him.

    Of course, the feeling is mutual. Trump has used plenty of sharp words to describe the “intelligence community.” He’s reportedly aiming to fundamentally restructure the CIA.

    John F. Kennedy’s Battle with the CIA

    Donald Trump is the first president since John F. Kennedy to openly take on the CIA.

    After being suckered into the Bay of Pigs disaster in Cuba, JFK said he wanted "to splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds."

    Kennedy fired CIA Director Allen Dulles. But that was about as far as he got.

    JFK, of course, failed to break the Deep State’s grasp on power. In an ironic twist, Allen Dulles would later be appointed to the Warren Commission to investigate Kennedy’s assassination.

    The CIA is the undisputed all-time world champion of orchestrating coups. And right now, Trump is squarely on its radar...

    How the Deep State Will Take Down Trump

    The way I see it, the Deep State has three main cards to play against Trump. If one doesn’t work, they’ll move on to the next one.
    The Delegitimization Card
    The Herbert Hoover Card
    The John F. Kennedy Card
    The Delegitimization Card

    There’s a joke that goes something like this...
    Question: Why can there be no “color revolution” in the US?

    Answer: Because there are no US embassies in the US.

    To get the joke you have to understand the role the US played—through CIA officers based out of US embassies—in orchestrating various color-coded revolutions, really coups d’état, over the past 17 years:

    The Bulldozer Revolution in Serbia (2000)
    The Rose Revolution in Georgia (2003)
    The Orange and Euromaidan Revolutions in Ukraine (2004 and 2014)
    The Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan (2005)
    The Cedar Revolution in Lebanon (2005)
    The Jeans Revolution in Belarus (2006)
    The Saffron Revolution in Myanmar (2007)
    The Green Revolution in Iran (2009)... though that one didn't work.
    The Grape Revolution in Moldova (2009)
    The Colorful Revolution in Macedonia (2016)

    All of these AstroTurf revolutions have one thing in common. In each case, George Soros’ NGOs helped delegitimize the targeted government.

    Of course, there were valid grievances against these governments. But the US Deep State manipulated these situations to advance its geopolitical agenda.

    Here’s how it worked: Soros’ NGOs would help fund and organize “professional protestors.” Then they’d use color-specific branding to help rally others to their cause.

    Soros has turned colored revolutions into a science. The pattern is predictable.

    Now it’s playing out in the US.

    It smells to me like the CIA and George Soros’ NGOs are trying to start a “color revolution” in the US, just like they’ve done in numerous foreign countries.

    The US color revolution already has a color. It’s purple, the mix of red and blue (i.e., red and blue states).
    Hillary Clinton has developed a recent fondness for purple. She’s worn purple in almost every public appearance since the election.

    Hillary Clinton’s concession speech. Notice her purple blouse and Bill’s purple tie. There’s also a flood of social media postings about the color purple. So the branding is already done. And, of course, the professional protestors financed and organized by George Soros are already there.

    Again, there are valid complaints against Trump. But the Usual Suspects are using their usual tricks to remove a government they don’t like. It just happens that, this time, the target government is in Washington, D.C., instead of Eastern Europe or the Middle East.

    I don’t think the Deep State can get rid of Trump with the Delegitimization Card alone. So they will have to escalate to the next option.

    The Herbert Hoover Card

    When people think of President Hoover, they mostly think of the Great Depression.

    Throughout the 1920s, the Federal Reserve’s easy money policies helped create an enormous stock market bubble.

    In August 1929, the Fed raised interest rates and effectively ended the easy credit. Only a few months later, the bubble burst on Black Tuesday, in October 1929—barely seven months after Hoover took office. The Dow lost over 12% that day.

    It was the most devastating stock market crash in the US up to that point. It also signaled the beginning of the Great Depression.

    This happened on Hoover’s watch. And because of that, people pinned the blame squarely on him, regardless of where the fault lied.

    Hoover inherited a stock market bubble near its peak—fueled by the Fed’s easy money policies.

    I think Trump has, too. And he knows it. In recent months he’s called the stock market a “big, fat, ugly bubble.”

    There’s an excellent chance this bubble will burst on Trump’s watch. And Democrats will pin the blame on him, just as they did with Hoover.

    If that doesn’t work, the Deep State still has one card left.

    The John F. Kennedy Card

    Chuck Schumer, a powerful Democratic senator and quintessential Deep State swamp creature, recently discussed the war between Trump and the intelligence community on TV.

    Schumer said, “Let me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you.”

    It doesn’t take much imagination to understand what he’s alluding to.

    Of course, the Deep State could try to assassinate Trump. It’s obvious the possibility has crossed his mind. He’s taken the unusual step of supplementing his Secret Service protection with loyal private security.

    There are only three possible outcomes to the Deep State’s war on Trump...
    Trump will defeat the Deep State.
    The Deep State will co-opt Trump.
    The Deep State will overthrow Trump.
    As things stand, I think it’s unlikely Trump will defeat the Deep State. It’s been entrenched for decades. And it’s far more powerful than the president.

    It’s also unlikely the Deep State will co-opt Trump. It’s just not in his personality to submit and roll over. He didn’t overcome all the odds to become president just to be another empty suit.

    The Deep State will play the Herbert Hoover Card next. But if that doesn’t work—or if the Deep State starts to get antsy—they’ll move forward to overthrow him by any means possible.

    The Deep State is planning moves during Trump’s first 100 days in office that could change everything in sudden and unexpected ways. "

    - http://www.zerohedge.com/news/20…

    • So credible until the mention of the Clinton's clothing lol. But yes v.good. Framing him as some kind of hero/victim is always risky as he is clearly no thatfadein11
    • This kind of reads like Alan Moore's 'Brought to Light' comic from the late 80's
      https://archive.org/…
      Bluejam
    • but yes of course he's ruffling feathers which may drive him to an early grave. We will see. His performance so far has been shambolic so I struggle to make thefadein11
    • leap that he is a good intentioned president being 'stitched up'. JFK comparisons are pretty ridiculous (despite all his issues). But interesting regardless.fadein11
    • what drivelkona
    • If these deep state people are so powerful then why did they let Trump become president in the first place? It doesn't really make sense.yuekit
    • Sometimes things are what they are - the dems fucked up and a numpty is presdient and there really isn't a grand narrative behind it allfadein11
    • no one is going to read this. just sayin.CygnusZero4
    • I read it but lost interest at the Clintons wearing purple - ludicrous.fadein11
    • cheesy pizzafadein11
    • makes perfect sense if your interest in Russia extends as far as using them as a pretext for the rest of your narrative.Fax_Benson
    • there's probably a lot of truth in there. There's also a whole other side to the story that is conveniently overlooked.Fax_Benson
    • join the dots that I've carefully chosen and arrangedFax_Benson
    • People love the idea of an underdog (even if a billionaire), he's gonna change things, he's looking out for us, he's one of us (even if a billionaire), he saysfadein11
    • it like it is (badly). We want the golden age back (did it exist), we hate the people you tell us to hate, we are NEVER the problem - it's those who are notfadein11
    • like us (whatever that is). My God - Brexit and Trump are the same example of brainwashed sheep gambling on nonsense.fadein11
    • Takeaway, Trump wants to make friends with Russia, yet denies all accusations of it, and we're supposed to think this is good despite intel saying it's not.monospaced
    • Because CIA wants to topple regimes, and that's something Trump wants to stop? Why can't Trump articulate a single point of this, even in a tweet?monospaced
    • He's not clever enough to topple anything. He's actually borderline stupid and that isn't an opinion, the evidence is everywhere. I look forward tofadein11
    • reading his ghost written memoirs in 10 years time.fadein11
    • Sometimes things are just the way the area and because clothing MUST be ridiculous, I'll just rubbish it off and move on. Makes perfect sense.set
    • That whole concept of finding one small thing that you can't understand so then can't accept to help yourself rubbish off the whole thing. Worrying times yoset
    • Brexit and Trump are the most shining examples of people wanting to take the power back for themselves, even they don't work out. Good signs.set
    • indeed but taking power back by being led by fake mirages of something good - it's the same shit in a different pantomime costume. Farage had a beef - hefadein11
    • doesn't give a flying fuck about you or I. sociopaths entering avoid ready to be filled. This aint no revolution, the idiots are winning. And the brightestfadein11
    • stars will be pushed to one side. It's the rise of fascism plain and simple and however the bad the system is broken it bothers me that a v.bright person likefadein11
    • yourself happily defends the pantomime like any shit show is better than what was there before.fadein11
    • 2 things, "The CIA is the undisputed all-time world champion of orchestrating coups. " and "Stock market has become a bubble" are %100 true.Beeswax
    • the only people who claim the stock market is a "bubble" are people who don't know anything about it ;)monospaced
    • oh he's different, that's okay, he's different, he's another loon but different, that's okay, he's different.fadein11
    • cool story bro!dorf
  • dbloc2

    • does anyone have sex with these bottom feeders.... willingly?CygnusZero4
    • Their sisters, I suppose.Continuity
    • I love his show on Discovery though - Orange County Choppersfadein11
    • Combined: IQ of 78. 12 teeth. 3 hickeys. $6. 2 Ford Broncos with a 36" lift. 16 confederate flags.kona
    • ... 17 kids, 3 trailers, 189 guns, 97 rifles, 11 shotguns and 1 ground to air rocket launcher, zero educational degrees, 117 warrants for arrest, 9 years in prisomonospaced
    • ... 7200 food rations, 1 inadequate underground bunker, 43 tattoos, 6 tattoo removals, 18 coverups, $0 donated to charity, 10% salary donated to churchmonospaced
    • "FUCK YOUR FEELINGS" lol - no basis for an optimistic future for humanity.fadein11
    • ...one electric shaver minus the power cord and a duck whistle.see_thru
  • CygnusZero41

    Some nice rants on trumps twitter this morning. So much for unity! Hes trying to rip the country, and even the republican party apart.

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  • capn_ron0

    I think this is a good thread for this question. The whole ISP selling our browsing history that is happening. I mean, shit, go ahead and sell my design searches and pinterest pins and pron stuff. I don't have anything to hide, but what can we do as people to either fuck with them on this or just plain go on in the future without them being able to see it? I saw some of the info they are selling is money related etc, like purchases. Anyway, any options to go on into the future as a nobody with the searches and web stuff I do?

    • here's one
      http://www.dailykos.…
      Ramanisky2
    • Pay for a decent VPN - never use a free service. Maybe Tor, at a stretch, it can fuck with speeds and connections though.face_melter
    • fuck! is english my second language? writing as my thoughts think of stuff is not coherent. Thanks face_meltercapn_ron
    • don't worry we all write bad sentences in this thread, even Set.fadein11
    • But HTTPS is actually enough - it already operates with encryption between you and the site you browse. ISP's can only see the domain, not search/content.face_melter
  • kona3

    http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/2…

    The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them

    Look at all that $!

  • Ramanisky25

    This activist is collecting money to buy senators' browsing histories—and everyone is donating

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/20…

  • BonSeff2

    BREAKING: Mike Pence Asks Waiter To Remove Mrs. Butterworth From Table Until Wife Arrives

    http://bit.ly/2nkCRI7

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  • Ramanisky21

    Days before dropping to 35% approval rating:

    Obama: Never
    W Bush: 1,927
    Clinton: Never
    HW Bush: 1,278
    Reagan: Never
    Carter: 840

    Trump: 68

  • allthethings2

    Mike Flynn Offers to Testify in Exchange for Immunity
    Former national security adviser tells FBI, the House and Senate intelligence committees he’s willing to be interviewed in exchange for deal, officials say

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/mik…

    • #Benghazi
      #LockHerUp
      #MAGA
      utopian
    • but dominos online email ordersfadein11
    • seriously?monospaced
    • that's basically saying there's a reason he needs immunity :/monospaced
    • yepfadein11
    • we'll see. too many unverified stories from nameless "officials."IRNlun6
    • Often when someone in his position testifies like this they ask for immunity regardless of guilt but as a safeguard in the midst of a witch hunt... true story.PonyBoy
    • @Pony, there are witches.monospaced
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  • BusterBoy3

    Well, this hasn't aged particularly well hey Flynny!

    • Let's hope Flynn has personal security. Wouldn't want him to 'have an accident' or mystery suicide.BusterBoy
    • damage control for his 2.9m retirement.BonSeff
    • Nah nah nah naah... nah nah nah naah
      Hey hey hey. Lock him up.
      Ramanisky2
    • that's such a danceable tune. "Lock-her-up! Lock-her-up! Lock-her-up!"omg
  • whatthefunk2

    I worked for Jared Kushner. He’s the wrong businessman to reinvent government.

    On my first day of work as the editor in chief of the New York Observer, which had been acquired five years earlier by Jared Kushner, now the son-in-law and senior adviser to President Trump, I inherited an office and a desktop computer, both in fine but used condition. The computer was a recent-model Mac, but when I turned it on, it was inexplicably running Windows. I summoned our beleaguered IT guy to explain, and he informed me that it had belonged to Kushner, who liked the design of Apple products but preferred the Windows OS.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/p…