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1 hour ago, Becker said:
She is no doubt vastly more qualified and suitable than IMPOTUS and she would be even if she were dead.
Republican John Ashcroft famously lost a Senate election (in Missouri, 2000) to Mel Carnahan, who had died more than a month before the election. Unable to win an election against a dead man, Ashcroft nevertheless was selected by Bush II to serve as US attorney general.
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11 minutes ago, alex8912 said:
For sure the oldest. She’s out purchasing 80 B day candles for her two cakes to hold in March. Hope she makes it!
I'm sure she'll make it! And while she's elderly, she is still in her seventies (if barely) while there are plenty of geriatrics in Congress of both parties well into their eighties ...
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1 hour ago, Kelsall said:
Ha! Pelosi has learned her lesson from the fiasco of last year. Could it be she is falling into line after the "impeachment" debacle?
Only time will tell.
Being contrite and inviting President and Commander-in-chief Donald J. Trump to give his State of the Union speech is a good sign.
Looking forward to the President's speech!
Not to be contrary, but you may be misconstruing Pelosi’s intentions and her “contrition.” She is, after all, the smartest person in the room.
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13 hours ago, sirineou said:
During armed conflict atrocities inevitably occur.nothing in the Greek side could even begin to approach what the turks have done in the area . Greeks are accused of having executer 13 people here and 10 people there, There is no equivalent to the hundreds of thousands the turks have killed.
trying to liberate the area from the invaders,and prevent genocide and ongoing Ethnic cleansing?
Those who were there for the past 300 years can stay those who were brought in by the turkish army to increase the numbers a bolster the claim must go. Half the turkish population of Northern Cyprus , Yes half"
was brought in after the invasion. what do you think their purpose there is? do you think they are there because turkey run out of space for them? How would you feel if the Russians came into Estonia and started importing Russians to displace you? And if the turks delay for a couple of generations as they seem to do , does that represent a defacto replacement? because where will they go now?
If Cyprus wants to reunite with Greece does it have the right to do so? or will it have to bow down to American, British and turkish geopolitical interests.
By the way as an Estonian you would understand that history is not measured in decades and a hundred years .This isn't over , not by a long shot.
And a Turk would have a different narrative, or at least a different slant. You say that the Turks who were relocated to northern Cyprus since 1974 “must go”; you say that “this isn’t over, not by a long shot.” And how would you have this “going” accomplished -- a shooting war? Who will fight it? How many people will die? How many villages burned to the ground, how many women raped? Your anger at all things Turkey is loud and clear; where does it all stop?
My point is as earlier -- suspended conflicts, if an equilibrium is established, are usually best left as they are. Perhaps at some later time, when regional leadership changes and attitudes evolve, a longer-term solution may present itself. Meantime, a Turkish Cypriot identity may continue to develop and even flourish. And as long as Greek Cypriots are able to continue pursuing their lives in peace, what’s wrong with that? People and places are in constant evolution; nothing ever stays the same. Königsberg and Breslau were centers of German culture for centuries; now these cities no longer exist as such.
I try to see things from the perspective of the powerless, who are also those who suffer the most during conflicts. I’m sure that most Turks in Cyprus (civilian Turks anyway) have no time to indulge in geopolitical tribalism, as they have to provide for their families first and foremost. Most Russians in northeastern Estonia are factory workers; they are too busy feeding their families to think much about what “country” they’re living in. I try to see them as individual human beings rather than, collectively, as some kind of enemy tribe.
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1 hour ago, WalkingOrders said:
I recommend that you read the FBI IG dated 12092019. There you will find the truth about this subject. The story is not true. It can be found online here. Link opens as PDF direct for United States Department of Justice website: https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf
Sorry man, I'm not going to read the report. My post was pure sarcasm; I could care less about the golden shower story. But I did deploy Trump's tactic of telling a bald lie, saying that "people are talking about it!," and watching the lie get shared a billion times in social media, where his fans lap it up.
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1 hour ago, WalkingOrders said:
[...] a story about the President paying prostitutes to urinate for him on a bed previously used by the former President and First lady. This bothers me greatly.
Funny that you should mention this -- because of all the corruption Trump has been involved in throughout his pathetic life and into his presidency, this is the one thing that really doesn’t bother me in the least. Not saying that he did it, but, you know, the story’s out there, isn’t it. I mean, we all have little fetishes, and I’m not saying that getting peed on is one of mine, but I wouldn’t blame a chap for it. As long as the sex workers are not underage, and no one gets hurt or is forced to do something she doesn’t want to do, and as long as they are adequately compensated for their services and the facilities are properly cleaned up for the next guests, what’s the harm in it? Again, not saying that Trump did this, but a lot of people are talking that he did, and I don’t blame him a bit if it’s true.
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6 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:I don't think anybody even has any idea why he is being impeached?
I do! He seriously compromised national security for personal political gain. Amazing what you can learn by reading the news.
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23 hours ago, sirineou said:
I really don't need a lesson in Greek history being the son of Greek political refugees to the US during the abdication of King Constantine in 1967 and the military junta.
Cyprus has being Greek for Thousands of years. the culture was Greek, the language was Greek the history was Greek, the people living there are genetically Greek. No historical revisionism will ever change that.
The turks captured Cyprus in 1571 and occupied Cyprus antil 1914 when it was annexed by the British and occupied until 1955 when EOKA and George Grivas tried to reunify Cyprus with Greece, but was not allowed by the British and Americans, a little less than 20 years later the Greek military junta that resulted to my Family having to flee to the US tried also tried to Unify Cyprus with Greece.
Turkey invaded the northern part of part Cyprus under the pretext of protecting the Turkish minority that had being there only a few hundred years and existed in the most part in harmony with the Greek majority. But that happened after Macarios courted the Russians for support , something the Americans would not allow. When Turkey invaded Cyprus the American 6th fleet prevented the Greek navy from assisting.
THERE WERE NO GREEK ATROCITIES , only turkish. There were no genocides commited by the Greeks, only the turks, The greeks belong there, the turks do not.
THERE IS NO EQUIVALENCY BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.
With all due respect, I would suggest that close personal involvement in a conflict may unduly influence opinion toward one side or the other. And your shouting indicates that you indeed take this quite personally. I take that you weren’t actually in Cyprus in 1963. I wasn’t either, but from what I read from what I believe are objective sources, during the “Bloody Christmas” events of that year, for instance, there were atrocities on both sides. Earlier and elsewhere, even if the Turks burned down Smyrna and massacred that city’s Greek and Armenian population in 1922, what were Greek armies doing driving deep into Anatolia two years earlier? And so on.
You write that the Turks “don’t belong” on Cyprus. What do you mean by that, and where would you have them go? They’ve been there for 450 years and have no other home. Your statement has ramifications that go well beyond the scope of this topic.
I’m an Estonian; in 1945, Russian speakers made up less than 10 percent of Estonia’s population, and now, just seventy years later, they’re 25 percent, as a result of state-controlled population transfers during the Soviet period. Believe me, it’s hard for me to reconcile their presence there, and when I travel to northeastern Estonia and hear Russian spoken all around, I sometimes have to close my eyes and count to ten. But the truth is: except for the very elderly, those Russians were born there, in Estonia, and they have nowhere else to go. That is their home.
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2 hours ago, Baerboxer said:
One of the reasons for that peace is the presence of British Military Forces.
Quite a few years ago, some young friends, male and female, from Scotland holidayed there. While out exploring they wandered either near to or crossed from the Greek to the Turkish part. They were challenged by several somewhat aggressive and rude Turkish soldiers. Thankfully a party of British soldiers appeared, also Scottish. They more or less told the Turks to <deleted> off which they quickly did. My friends said whilst it seemed a good 'travelers'tale" at the time they were scared stiff until the Scottish soldiers turned up.
Ergogan will never remove the Turkish forces; even if it prevents Turkey's much wanted EU membership.
Thanks for clarifying. The Brits might be there for a while, given all the bad blood between Greeks and Turks. A good friend of mine who’s Turkish even says that all the delicious food that Greeks say is Greek cuisine is actually Turkish cuisine that the Greeks stole. I told her that I could only take her statement with a “large grain of salt.”
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12 hours ago, sirineou said:Best example of why NATO is useless for anything other than providing a unified front against Russia.
During the invasion of a Nato country, by another NATO country the rest of the NATO countries did nothing.
The UN , another useless institution, has being developing formulas and solutions for the last 45 years while Cyprus remains occupied.
Cyprus has being Greek for thousands of years. The turks came there from Central Asia and Western China ,their atrocities of, genocides and extermination (Armenians, Pontic Greeks, Smirna, Curds, and most Christians) would make the Nazis blush.
While I’m making no excuses for the ineffectiveness of NATO or the behavior of the Turkish army, when the Turks invaded in 1974 Cyprus was not a NATO member (and it still isn’t), and thus NATO was under no obligation to defend it. The invasion was in response to a coup by a Greek Cypriot paramilitary group who sought to unite the island with mainland Greece, also under a military dictatorship at the time. A decade earlier, just after Cyprus gained independence from Britain, the Greek Cypriots themselves engaged in a military campaign against the island’s substantial Turkish population, which had been there since the Ottomans took possession of Cyprus in the sixteenth century. The atrocities go both ways. And determining which “ethnic group” can lay claim to the island depends on how many centuries back you want to go.
Thankfully Cyprus has been at peace (for the most part) for decades, and as the article states, one can travel around freely and enjoy the island’s beauty. Sometimes, the best strategy for dealing with suspended conflicts like this one is to just leave them be, for the sake of the ordinary Greek- and Turkish-speaking inhabitants who just want to get on with their lives.
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4 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:
I think you well know that Donald, myself and other rational thinkers are hamstrung and unable to speak freely, and so do our best to abide by political correctness. Suffice to say, if logic and sanity had prevailed, this latest islamic terror event would not have happened. Nor would the Pulse event, nor the Boston bombing. You get the drift.
I think what you’re tiptoeing around here is Trump’s campaign pledge to ban ALL Muslim travel to the United States “until we can figure out what’s going on.” Such a ban may indeed have prevented the Pensacola shooting, but it would no longer have been the United States of America we were protecting. The United States by definition does not allow discrimination or persecution based on religion.
And even such a comprehensive immigration ban would not have prevented the other incidents you mention: the Pulse nightclub shooting was done by a US citizen, Omar Mateen, who was born just outside of New York; and the Boston marathon bombing was done by two brothers, one of whom was a naturalized US citizen. Rigorous police work beforehand may have prevented these incidents, but you seem to imply something more: such as, some Trump advisers early on were throwing around ideas like forcing all Muslims to carry special ID cards. Perhaps “political correctness” prevented them from suggesting further steps, like having Muslims sew badges on their outer garments, and other “solutions.” Again, such a “United States of America” would no longer be a polity worth defending. At least in my thinking.
You’re perfectly able to “speak freely” here; don’t fret about political correctness!
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8 minutes ago, neeray said:
That was not a joke. It was not meant to garner laughter. It was intended to make a point, and it did.
However, the "expert" later apologized for using the son to make her point.
Here's some well-deserved satire on the whole absurd matter:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/05/pamela-karlan-committed-one-unspeakable-crime/
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13 hours ago, fittobethaied said:This is all shear nonsense. The media will do anything to create a story out of thin air so long as it's against President Trump. It's impossible to know what Trudeau was implying when he says "jaws dropped". What the heck does that mean anyway? How does he know the jaw drops were anything related to words coming from President Trump. Maybe somebody had cut a fart and Trump's team was reacting to that. I wouldn't believe a word coming from the mouth of the liberal pansy Trudeau!
Oh c’mon. That scrum of NATO leaders were doing just what it looks it they were doing: ridiculing Trump. Why wouldn’t they? -- He’s such an easy target. Even Boris Johnson, presumed fellow traveler, knows to keep his distance from Trump, given that Trump is reviled by 90 percent of Johnson’s constituents.
The knee-jerk response that “No, they couldn’t have been laughing at our Great President,” is like all those apologists saying that, no, Trump wasn’t actually mimicking a disabled reporter, he was gesticulating normally, given that mimicking a disabled person is beyond the pale even for most Republicans, almost as bad as getting laughed at by the Canadian prime minister. Sure, Trump offers sound advice on forest management; he wins at golf without cheating; he pleases women (“I guarantee you there’s no problem!”); he slays dragons with his bare hands; and other lies. Trump is in constant need of such forced, unearned adulation, and his fan base is more than willing to give it to him.
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1 minute ago, JHolmesJr said:Pleaaaase ell me you have something substantial that will lead to dismissal from office.
Read the Intelligence Committee's report. Or turn on the news. It's plenty substantial. Of course, it may well not lead to dismissal from office.
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1 hour ago, Thaidream said:I would agrre- Trump admitted that he did what the Dems said he did but he believes it was not wrong and most of his supporters also believe it was not wrong.
IMO, it was wrong and an abuse of power but for it to rise to an impeachable offense- there has to be a real consense amongst the American people that he mustbe removed.
There is no such consensus. The Republican Congress is not seeking his Impeachment and there is no way the Senate will convict him.
As much as I dislike Trump and believe he is a horrible President- I want the impeachment investigation to end in a censure only.
Let the 2020 vote move forward . Either the Dems can defeat him or not. IMO, if the impeachment moves forward and Trump is acquitted in the Senate- he will be re-elected.
It is irrelevant what Trump “believes” (ignorance of the law is no excuse). If his supporters also “believe” that his bribing of a foreign leader (for instance) was not wrong, then I can only suggest a stronger emphasis on basic civics and the Constitution in primary education. Whether or not an action is impeachable is not dependent on the “consensus” of the American people; it is firmly based in the Constitution (see above) and in law.
The House Intelligence Committee has made a strong case for impeachment, and it was their constitutional duty to examine just that, given the rather flagrant evidence that kept flying in their face. If Senate Republicans continue with the charade that Trump is innocent of wrongdoing, then they are most definitely NOT following their constitutional duty, and if there were any justice they would be duly voted out of office for dereliction of duty.
Sadly, what you write otherwise may indeed be how things play out, although even if he’s acquitted in the Senate, hopefully he’ll be so tarnished by the process that most voters will turn on him ...
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13 minutes ago, The Theory said:
I don’t care what others (or you) think about me ???? or they believe me or not. That was what it was. One more thing: I liked the graphic post. It says a lot.
Yeah. It says a lot.
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43 minutes ago, Jingthing said:My impression is that it's another symptom of the white supremacist theme of this very dangerous cult of personality movement.
Garrison’s drawings are totally racist; his depictions of blacks and other minorities recall cartoon depictions of Irish people at the turn of the twentieth century, before the Irish became white. Trump of course was flattered by the depictions of himself and invited Garrison to a “Social Media Summit” at the White House earlier this year, but after serious blowback Garrison got disinvited; there was some news coverage of that. The fact that his cartoons appear everywhere, including forums like this one, is, as you mention, symptomatic of the era.
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19 minutes ago, Jingthing said:
45 wasn't buff like that even in his youth. What's with the 45 cult of personality to promote such ridiculous imagery?
Google “Ben Garrison” for lots more of this stuff (the cookie jar cartoon posted earlier) -- Garrison always draws a buffed-up, movie-star Trump, and I guess Trump fans eat it up. I’m sure future historians will look at these cartoons (and lots of other things) in trying to assess the weird cultism of our own time.
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4 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:He has not done anything that would remove him from office...
He has repeatedly compromised US national security for his own personal political gain. If that's not reason to remove him from office, I don't know what is.
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17 hours ago, John1012 said:Is taking a picture with a dead terrorist a war crime? Why is it that out military is persecuted, British paras prosecuted 40+ years after an event, and terrorists get forgiven. These men and women live and fight in extremely hazardous conditions, against a cruel and barbarous enemy (who have NO ROE), who would treat any captured soldiers with extreme cruelty and death, yet they are expected by the pantyhose liberal desk jockeys to act in a courteous and appeasing manner to these evil people. Perhaps Trump want a more aggressive and less forgiving group of military exponents, who are prepared to return the treatment that they expect to receive if they ever fall into the enemies hands. A deterrent. perhaps? Perhaps he is showing respect for the people at the sharp end taking the risks.
The soldier was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder (he took potshots at a schoolgirl). He was reported for these crimes by several members of his SEAL platoon, and was tried in a military court by his peers. I am sure that any of these soldiers would dismiss being labeled “pantyhose liberal desk jockeys” with the derision that such juvenile name-calling deserves.
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56 minutes ago, Boon Mee said:Trump is keeping moral high among the members of the military by not bowing down to the liberal panty waists that want see America crippled.
MAGA
What on earth are you talking about. He’s undermining military discipline and morale by injecting himself into a disciplinary procedure for political purposes. Do you think the thousands of soldiers who serve honorably, and their commanders who are responsible for maintaining discipline, want to see one of their own who commits a war crime get off the hook? How can you think this is somehow good for the military? Yet more utter chaos from the White House ...
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Subhead from the original article, WHAT WILL TRUMP SAY
<sigh> It will be a blessed day, hopefully not much longer now, when I no longer have to give a hoot what Trump says.
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5 hours ago, zydeco said:
Warren is the only candidate who will put billionaires and bankers on notice. The only one worth voting for. No more billionaires. Time for them all to cough up their ill-gotten gains from the fraudulent fixed stock market of the past ten years.
The system has to, somehow, provide incentive to innovate (and take risks), and money seems to be the primary incentive for most humans. But any system that enables such immense disparity of wealth as we have now is obscene and evil at its core. A few hundred million is more than enough for anyone. You’re totally right; Warren is the best person on the stage to effect needed systemic change. Unfortunately, she has her work cut out for her convincing enough Americans of that to vote her into office, although I’m hopeful she can do it.
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2 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:A bunch of triggered neverTrumper civil servants that think they know better than the President up on the stand.
Well that’s certainly rich. The “triggered civil servants,” who have spent their career gaining expertise in Russian and Ukrainian affairs, who speak the languages and know the region’s past and present, indeed know a great deal more than Trump, who knows nothing at all. Literally nothing. Fiona Hill summed it up in three words: Trump’s “domestic political errand” compromised American national security. For this, he will be impeached, and he should be removed from office.
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Netanyahu accuses ICC of anti-Semitism in pursuit of war crimes probe
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It’s awfully hard to trace such lineages definitively, and the mixing of peoples over centuries often leaves no clear lines of ancestry. Some historians argue that Palestinian Arabs are largely the descendants of the Hebrew peasants who occupied the land in biblical times, then converted to Islam during the Arab invasions. Coupled with the theory that Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jews, who make up most of Israel’s population, are descendants of the Khazars, a medieval Turkic people whose leadership adopted Judaism and whose central Asian khanate was ultimately absorbed by the expanding Russian state, and you have the rather delicious if absurd situation that the present conflict is between proto-Turks (present-day Israeli Jews) and ancient Hebrews (present-day Palestinian Arabs). (Unfortunately, the Khazar theory has been thoroughly debunked by genetic research.)
In any event, a modern-day Palestinian Arab identity has clearly developed over the past century that cannot be denied, certainly helped along by the conflict with the Israeli state, and this is simply part of the organic development and transformation of human societies/cultures, that’s happening all over the place, all the time.