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Old 06-06-2018, 09:57 AM
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D day and it's relavance today.
Opinion: What D-Day means in the age of Trump

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/05/opini...ion/index.html
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Old 06-06-2018, 10:28 AM
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Excepting our generation and history buffs it doesn't mean much if anything at all. I've got a dollar off my next rental at Movie Trading Company. On the way home from lunch I'll drop by and see if they have a copy of The Longest Day.
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Old 06-07-2018, 12:14 AM
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Old 06-07-2018, 01:04 AM
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Trump turns FEMA hurricane preparedness meeting into a self love session. We are so screwed.

"The meeting was supposed to be about hurricane preparedness, as disaster officials gathered at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters days after the start of the 2018 season.
But President Trump had a lot else on his mind, turning the closed-door discussion into soliloquies on his prowess in negotiating airplane deals, his popularity, the effectiveness of his political endorsements, the Republican Party’s fortunes, the vagaries of Defense Department purchasing guidelines, his dislike of magnetized launch equipment on aircraft carriers, his unending love of coal and his breezy optimism about his planned Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
“It’s an interesting journey. It’s called the land of the unknown — who knows? We’ll maybe make a deal. Maybe not. As I say to everybody, are you going to make a deal?” Trump said, according to audio of the FEMA meeting obtained by The Washington Post. “Maybe and maybe not. Who knows?”
The president’s 40-minute briefing session behind closed-doors came after he spoke to cameras for about 15 minutes. He briefly referred to Puerto Rico — where authorities now say thousands died as a result of last year’s hurricane. The Trump administration was roundly criticized for its performance, and hundreds of thousands in the U.S. territory remain without electricity." WP

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Old 06-07-2018, 07:30 AM
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Washington (CNN) - State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert on Tuesday cited the D-Day invasion during an answer about the current state of US-German relations.

"We have a very strong relationship with the government of Germany," Nauert said. "Looking back in the history books, today is the 71st anniversary of the speech that announced the Marshall Plan. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the D-Day invasion. We obviously have a very long history with the government of Germany, and we have a strong relationship with the government of Germany."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/05/polit...ael/index.html

WTF??? D-Day illustrates the strength of our relationship with Germany??? Go figure.
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Old 06-07-2018, 08:05 AM
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Kicking their ass wasn't a demonstration of strength?
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Old 06-07-2018, 09:21 AM
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Kicking their ass isn't a demonstration of strength?
It's definitely not a demonstration of the strength of our relationship. Are you really that obtuse?
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Old 06-07-2018, 09:31 AM
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Pretty sure it was sarcasm.
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Old 06-07-2018, 09:34 AM
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Pretty sure it was sarcasm.
I thought Whell's obtuseness may have rubbed off on him.
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Old 06-07-2018, 09:42 AM
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Pretty sure it was sarcasm.
He once claimed to be the funniest guy I never met. I think not.
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