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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 20, 2018 - 05:20am PT
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Catty bitches...gotta love 'em.
Right up there with mud wrestling.
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Dec 20, 2018 - 06:59am PT
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Trilateral commission video hit a nerve?
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Dec 20, 2018 - 04:13pm PT
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Matt is has resigned.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 20, 2018 - 04:51pm PT
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EDIT
I DON'T READ OR LOOK AT ANYTHING THAT, THAT LOWT,EDDYBOI HAS TO ADD. THE DISINGENUOUS CONSERVATIVE is yuCKEy & TREASONOUS (OUR COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACK, THE NRA, took money from our sworn enemy; the russian kleptocracy & then used that money, "laundering it" using it to pay - TO MAKE THE GOP CHUMPS, SO, JUST NO DECLARATION, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE WE ARE AT WAR)
GET IT RIGHT, ITz- P(FEMALE GENITALIA) GRABBER & "THIEF" happily planning to cost the country, shutting down the show.
then, too, he has said
'President for life sounds good"
there that impressive school teacher joking making stupid old school references after throwing away his vote, a very obvious reason
why I live & raise kids on the East coast. You're all to slow to see the coup
the Christmas shut down, the retirement lie, retreat that is sure to equal the defeat of 3 decades of US foreign policy,
Is anyone but put-it-inya winning?
we on the eve of the fall of democracy light up another I'll pour the vodka for ya[]
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 20, 2018 - 05:15pm PT
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/20/politics/donald-trump-james-mattis-out/index.html
Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned Thursday on the heels of President Donald Trump's plans to withdraw troops from Syria, citing irreconcilable policy differences in a move that took Washington by surprise.
"Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position," Mattis wrote in his letter to the President.
Earlier Thursday, a senior administration official told CNN's Jake Tapper that Mattis was "vehemently opposed" to the Syria decision and a possible Afghanistan troop withdrawal.
Indeed, Mattis' resignation letter amounts to a rebuke of several of Trump's foreign policy views, with the outgoing defense secretary touting the importance of US alliances and of being "unambiguous" in approaching adversaries such as Russia and China. It is devoid of any praise for the President.
The resignation emerged at a chaotic moment in Trump's presidency: The US government is teetering on the edge of a government shutdown, the Trump administration is about to face the hot light of Democratic investigations and the President is grappling with the fallout of a series of firings and resignations. Trump, seeking to downplay the news, stepped out in front of Mattis' resignation, spinning it as a retirement.
Mattis did not explicitly cite his opposition to the President's planned withdrawal of US troops from Syria -- which caught US allies off guard -- but the retired four-star general was privately adamant in urging Trump against the pullback.
In his letter, Mattis pointedly stated that the strength of the US depends in part on the strength of its alliances around the globe, many of which have become notably frayed under Trump.
"One core belief I have always held is that our strength as a nation is inextricably linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive system of alliances and partnerships. While the US remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances and showing respect to those allies," he added.
Mattis met with Trump one-on-one in the Oval Office, a senior White House official told CNN's Kaitlan Collins. Mattis told Trump he was going to be leaving and offered his resignation letter.
"They had differences on some issues," the official said.
Trump announced Mattis' departure in a tweet, saying, "General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years."
The President touted the "tremendous progress" that has been made during Mattis' tenure at the helm of the Defense Department and thanked him for his service.
Trump said a successor "will be named shortly."
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Dec 20, 2018 - 05:19pm PT
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(What’s left of) the Republican led House just passed a bill with the $5B that Trump wanted for his wall. This, because the Senate version contained no funding at all, and they know damn well the Dem House won’t fund anything for his wall.
It’s all posturing politics. The House bill won’t make it through Senate, though if it doesn’t, the Trump shutdown will go into place.
Yawn.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 20, 2018 - 05:27pm PT
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There will be a move by Clueless Leader "shortly" to create a new Cabinet post:
Secretary of De Wall.
Not to be confused with the Secretary of Defense,
though it would not surprise me if it confused the clueless piece of orange POTUS-poo.
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Dec 21, 2018 - 12:41am PT
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Forget the Border Wall.
A wall can be overcome by invaders - they simply go over it.
What America needs is a Dymaxion Omni-Dimensional All-Energy Tensegrity Dome that will stop the invaders.
A dome is impervious to vermin.
Here is a first look at the Trump Dome which will be totally impervious to Mexican rapists, so that Melanie will be safe in Trump Tower while hiding from Federal investigators.
A Mexican border wall will not stop the majority of illegal immigrants.
Most of them come from somewhere else.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/asians-now-outpace-mexicans-in-terms-of-undocumented-growth/432603/3
LET ME TELL YOU ONE THING - - - - - CHINA IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE DOME!
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Dec 21, 2018 - 01:50pm PT
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Political no. News? Umm Yahoo thought so. The headline? WTF. God bless the interwebs, ... as if he hasn't already.
rip Eddie
edit: video for those who get tired of all the reading
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 21, 2018 - 03:10pm PT
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He lived the life, didn't he?
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Dec 21, 2018 - 03:14pm PT
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He did have his routine. Caged animals seem to suffer from something like OCD. I need to get away from this keyboard. Oh yeah, and F*#k Trump!
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Dec 21, 2018 - 11:14pm PT
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Trumplestiltskin is now trying to spin his worthless border wall concept into a golden "Steel Slat Barrier". In other words, Trump's promise of a beautiful concrete wall, that Mexico would pay for, is now a rusty picket fence, whose $5 billion cost must be borne by U.S. taxpayers.
In ancient Roman times, this type of fence was known as a Palisade. It was a common border fortification to keep out barbarian rapists who wanted to steal the Romans' agricultural jobs.
Trump has exhumed an ancient and obsolete military technology that is usually only found in historical tourism sites that specialize in recreating 2000-year-old forts.
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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Dec 22, 2018 - 06:43am PT
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Mordorica
America is building Mexico a wall
to keep the deplorables
out of your homes
oh cowards with guns
you think you’ll defend
against Vatos with cocaine
and undocumented babies
the deplorables cry
“orange leader please build us
our precious border wall”
America is paying for Mexico’s wall
it won’t stop at the border though
the east coast the west coast
along Canada too
make plans to travel
because that will stop soon
most Americans aren’t welcome
wherever they go
just ask a few foreigners
perhaps you wouldn’t know
-bushman
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Dec 22, 2018 - 09:40am PT
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It’s beautiful. Just like the Berlin Wall.
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Trump
climber
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Dec 22, 2018 - 11:13am PT
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Interesting historical perspective - thanks Tom!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_barrier
“The construction of border barriers increased in the early 2000s; half of all the border barriers built since World War II ended in 1945 were built after 2000.”
Or as we might be inclined to frame it, oooh look at that pretty wall!
Or ugly, take your pick.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Dec 23, 2018 - 10:36pm PT
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The campaign description says in part: 'It's time we uphold our laws, and get this wall BUILT! It’s up to Americans to help out and pitch in to get this project rolling.'
So lemme get this straight....
A bunch of Trump supporters...who very likely fervently supported his ‘build a wall, make Mexico pay for it’, are now kicking in by the millions to pay for it themselves?
How pathetically stooooopid can some Americans be?
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Dec 23, 2018 - 11:17pm PT
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Melanie flew down to Mar-A-Lago alone on Friday afternoon, and then had to come back immediately, on Saturday, to deal with a presidential crisis.
The FBI arrested an albino orangutan, and the Fake News reported that it was Trump.
Melanie's one-day round-trip-for-one probably cost taxpayers two million bucks. Those Trumps only travel AAA First Class, and they gouge the Secret Service on the Mar-A-Lago hotel room fees (especially during the busy holiday season).
Only the best, for our boys in black.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Dec 24, 2018 - 06:38am PT
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She made the round trip to borrow the white house garden hose and golf balls...
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lostinshanghai
Social climber
someplace
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Dec 24, 2018 - 07:33am PT
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