[snakeoil]

https://www.businessinsider.com/intelli ... oto-2019-8

President Donald Trump's decision to tweet out a photo of an Iranian launch pad that he got from a classified intelligence briefing this week has astonished national-security and intelligence veterans.
One analyst said the photo was likely taken by a classified US spy satellite. The US rarely disseminates such imagery, and Trump's move to release the photo presents a goldmine for foreign intelligence services, who can use it to make inferences about the US's aerial surveillance capabilities.
Trump may have blown "the cover on a multi-decade, multi-president campaign to disrupt Iranian missile and nuclear development with minimal loss of life," wrote Alex Stamos, the Director of the Stanford Internet Observatory and adjunct professor at the Center for International Security and Cooperation.
Robert Deitz, a former top lawyer at the CIA and the National Security Agency, agreed Trump made a "serious mistake" and told Insider "the Russians and the Chinese will be very happy to study this."

https://markets.businessinsider.com/new ... 1028488313

Trump's trade war has now raged on for over a year, and although talks are set to resume, the American economy has been suffering.
GDP growth in the second quarter of 2019 came in lower than expected on Wednesday and America's trade deficit widened — both signs of the drag the trade war is having.
Now key sectors are fighting back, including farming, manufacturing, and retail, saying that the trade war is damaging their businesses, costing jobs and hurting their wallets.

Atlantic: Mattis found Trump to be of ‘limited cognitive ability, dubious behavior’

Atlantic: Mattis found Trump to be of ‘limited cognitive ability, dubious behavior’

Trump 'not worried' about lack of permanent Fema head amid hurricane season – as it happened

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/ ... emorations

uropean leaders, including Germany’s Angela Merkel, will mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the second world war in Warsaw on Sunday. But Donald Trump – who cancelled on his Polish hosts at the last-minute last week, citing concerns over a hurricane barrelling towards Florida – was due to spend the day at his golf club in Virginia.

The conflict began in the early hours of 1 September 1939, when a Nazi battleship attacked a garrison of Polish soldiers at Westerplatte. Poland’s government had moved this year’s commemorations from Westerplatte, near the Baltic port city of Gdańsk, to Warsaw, in anticipation of a visit from the US president, who was to give the keynote speech. But Trump cancelled, citing Hurricane Dorian , and sent vice-president Mike Pence in his stead.

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2019/0 ... 2/?oref=d-
river

The president wants to spend billions of taxpayer dollars for a project that he acknowledges is largely symbolic—even if it breaks the law.

Disagreements about what the law really means are unavoidable. Congress passes laws, government agencies interpret them, advocates dispute those interpretations, and then the courts step in to resolve the arguments.

But that’s not what’s happening with President Donald Trump’s latest push for his border wall. The Washington Post reports that Trump is frantically urging aides to get construction on his border wall under way, overriding their objections that this might require breaking environmental laws, violating contracting rules, or improperly claiming private land. Why? Not because he believes his wall is necessary for national security. Not because he believes he is right about the law and his aides’ concerns are misplaced. He doesn’t even believe the wall will actually solve an immigration crisis. Trump is urging action on the wall because he believes it is necessary for him to win reelection.

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2019/0 ... ef=d-river

At the G7 meeting, leaders seemed to have given up on an agreement with him on trade, climate, and even whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is friend or foe.

The most striking photograph to emerge from the G7 summit meeting in Biarritz, France, is one of an empty chair.

It’s the seat that President Donald Trump was supposed to occupy during a meeting today where world leaders talked about climate trends that could render parts of the planet uninhabitable if left unchecked.

https://www.dcreport.org/2019/08/29/tru ... s-to-love/

The poorly educated are about to learn just how little Donald Trump loves them. His gratuitous trade mayhem is damaging the global economy.

That means workers in jobs requiring no more than a high school diploma may soon get let go from jobs moving goods. Longshoremen, railroad workers, teamsters, the lumpers who load trailers, warehouse workers and retail clerks are all at risk of being forced into unemployment.

Will these millions of workers grasp that Trump is abusing them to satisfy his whims? Or will they react more like battered spouses who keep returning for more abuse because they cannot see the harsh reality of their situation?

The poorly educated are about to learn just how little Donald Trump loves them. His gratuitous trade mayhem is damaging the global economy.

That means workers in jobs requiring no more than a high school diploma may soon get let go from jobs moving goods. Longshoremen, railroad workers, teamsters, the lumpers who load trailers, warehouse workers and retail clerks are all at risk of being forced into unemployment.

Will these millions of workers grasp that Trump is abusing them to satisfy his whims? Or will they react more like battered spouses who keep returning for more abuse because they cannot see the harsh reality of their situation?

During the 2016 primary races, Trump declared, “I love the poorly educated.” At rally after rally he used the word “love” to sell the idea that he would champion what he later called the “forgotten man.”

[johnforbes]

Snakeoil, would you like to compare your formal education to mine?

Snakeoil, you seem to be repeating the standard Democrat lie that Republican voters are less educated.

Adlai Stevenson flunked out of a good law school (so did Al Gore), but Gerald Ford was declared dumb for graduating from one.

[Clownkicker]

"Snakeoil, would you like to compare your formal education to mine?"-johnfoibles

johnny, why are you bringin up either your or snakeoil's education? He said nothing about it, but you have to make things personal because your poor education doesn't allow you to discuss the issues snakeoil raised in a factual, non-partisan manner.

"Snakeoil, you seem to be repeating the standard Democrat lie that Republican voters are less educated."-johnflubs

johnny, snakeoil didn't say anything about Republican voters being less educated.
He said voters in jobs that require only a high school education. He said nothing about their party affiliation.
You seem to be repeating the Republican assumption that low-education voters all vote Republican.
If not, then your poor education doesn't allow you to discuss the issues snakeoil raised in a factual, non-partisan manner.

"Adlai Stevenson flunked out of a good law school (so did Al Gore), but Gerald Ford was declared dumb for graduating from one."-johnflubs

And once again johnny's only 'contribution' is both boring and irrelevant to the topic at hand.
There were a number of topics raised. johnforbes couldn't contribute to the discussion of any of them, as usual, probably because of his demonstrably poor(i.e. useless) education.

johnny, why not respond to ANY ONE fo the topics raised? Humor us with your brilliant and superior education.

We'll wait...................................probably forever in your case.

[RealJustme]

The poorly educated are about to learn just how little Donald Trump loves them. His gratuitous trade mayhem is damaging the global economy.

That means workers in jobs requiring no more than a high school diploma may soon get let go from jobs moving goods. Longshoremen, railroad workers, teamsters, the lumpers who load trailers, warehouse workers and retail clerks are all at risk of being forced into unemployment.

So snake are you saying college degrees will be required to do those jobs?

[snakeoil]

John and Justme

Funny, a long post and you pick one small part of it to hit.

[snakeoil]

John,

Just a short reply to your reference to my education. I am proud of my education. I have education past my four years of college. If you have ever traveled East of the Mississippi you may have seen the results of my education.

My career field requires constant upgrading. In today's work environment if you aren't willing to constantly upgrade you will fall by the wayside.

[RealJustme]

Snake, so are you blaming Trump for companies updating their operations to make them more efficient? I recently bought a costly piece of equipment that tripled the productivity of four of my employees. My intent is to increase my product line...and be able to market it so I can keep all four of those employees, my profit margin will go WAY UP. If I can market the extra products I'll be able to recoup my expenditure for the new equipment within a few months.

If it ends ups I can't market the additional products, I'll be forced to lay 2 or 3 people off, that reduction in salary and benefits will allow me to recoup my expenditure for the new equipment within a year. Even with the reduction in staff the new equipment will allow me to continue to produce the products I already have a market for.

Either way, my business will be fine but some of my staff may not be. That's way progress is made, under a socialist system I would have to keep my whole staff even if didn't need them...therefore I would have no incentive to make progress with new equipment since it would put my business at risk.

Now Elk you have a basic understanding of how a business operates and can stop blaming Trump for those losing jobs because of automation.