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coldjoint
 
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Sat 1 Dec, 2018 01:37 pm
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Another Hoax: Racist Notes Found at Drake University Were Written by the ‘Victim’

Not enough racism? Let's make some up. This is higher education? If you cannot see the harm the hate filled Left is doing you are lying to yourself.
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KIWA Radio News reports:

Drake University Racist Note “Victim” Admits Writing Note Herself

Des Moines Police say one of the alleged victims of a racist note found at Drake University actually wrote it herself.

Two female Drake University students reported on November 15th that they had received harassing, racist notes that were slid under their dorm room door. The same students reported receiving a third note of similar nature on November 28th.

Des Moines Police say detectives and Drake University officials have determined that the third note was written by one of the alleged victims — an 18 year old female Drake University student. The student has admitted to being responsible for this note.

Universities now teach a progressive mantra that uses deceit, accusations, and if there is no crime it allows you to lie and create one. Most Americans see the individual and respect that individual. The Left does no such thing.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/12/another-hoax-racist-notes-found-at-drake-university-were-written-by-the-victim/
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coldjoint
 
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Sat 1 Dec, 2018 02:04 pm
@coldjoint,
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What are your values and how is Trump destroying them? Please name just one.

Anyone going to tell me what the values are the Left holds so dear?
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coldjoint
 
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Sat 1 Dec, 2018 02:17 pm
https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2018/11/CNN-glasses.png?resize=600%2C507&ssl=1
Aint it the truth.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/12/the-week-in-pictures-waiting-game-edition.php
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neptuneblue
 
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Sat 1 Dec, 2018 06:14 pm
G-20 Nations Agree On Trade, Migration; Trump Lone Holdout On Climate Change
Leaders of 19 countries agreed to support the Paris accord on fighting climate change with the U.S. the lone holdout.

Angela Charlton, Luis Andres Henao and Peter Orsi
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Leaders of the Group of 20 agreed Saturday to fix the world trading system after difficult, all-night talks in the Argentine capital, but only 19 of them agreed to support the Paris accord on fighting climate change with the United States the lone holdout.

The official summit statement acknowledges flaws in global commerce and calls for reforming the World Trade Organization. It doesn’t mention the word “protectionism,” however, after negotiators said that had met resistance from the United States.

Applause broke out in the summit hall as the leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, signed off on a final statement at the end of a two-day summit.

The non-binding agreement was reached after talks by diplomats stretched overnight and into daylight on Saturday, amid deep divisions between member nations. European Union officials said the United States was the main holdout on nearly every issue. Trump has criticized the WTO and taken aggressive trade policies targeting China and the EU.

But China also pushed back in talks on steel, South Africa objected to language on trade, Australia didn’t want the statement to be too soft on migration and Turkey worried it would push too far on climate change, according to the officials.

A senior White House official said the joint statement meets many U.S. objectives and stressed that it includes language about WTO reform. The official also noted other elements such as language on workforce development and women’s economic development and a commitment by China to doing infrastructure financing on “transparent terms.”

According to the official, the language on climate was necessary for Washington to sign on, and Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Russia had appeared sympathetic to the U.S. position but ultimately stayed with the other countries.

With trade tensions between the U.S and China dominating the summit, the Europeans sought to play mediator. They also scaled back their expectations, cutting out mention of rising protectionism — mainly aimed at Trump.

The final language of the statement says, regarding climate, that 19 nations that are signatories to the Paris accord reiterate their commitment to it while the U.S. reiterates its decision to withdraw. It also notes a recent U.N. report that warned damage from global warming will be much worse than previously feared, and expresses support for an upcoming U.N. climate meeting in Poland meant to nail down how countries will meet promises made in the Paris accord.

On global commerce, the statement says the 20 countries support multilateral trade but acknowledge that the current system doesn’t work and needs fixing, via “the necessary reform of the WTO to improve its functioning.”

On migration, European officials said the U.S. negotiator said too much talk about it would have been a “deal-breaker” for Trump. So they came up with “minimalist” language that acknowledges growing migrant flows and the importance of shared efforts to support refugees and solve the problems that drive them to flee.

The statement also shows a commitment to a “rules-based international order,” despite Trump’s rejection of many of those rules.

“There were moments when we thought all was lost,” one European official said, “moments when we spent two hours on one sentence.”

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door negotiations.

Thomas Bernes of the Canada-based Centre for International Governance Innovation, who has held leading roles with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Canadian government, said the G-20 had “veered all over the road” at the summit and failed to truly fix trade. The U.S. was out of step on migration and climate change and blocked meaningful agreement on those issues, he added.

“Instead, leaders buried their differences in obscure language and dropped language to fight protectionism, which had been included in every G-20 communique since the leaders’ first summit,” he said. “This is clearly a retrograde step forced by United States intransigence.”

“The question is whether we are burying the G-20 in the process,” Bernes added. “Certainly this is a big hit to the credibility of the G-20 to provide resolute leadership in addressing global problems.”

Perhaps surprisingly, one country that was seen as particularly constructive was Russia, the EU officials said. Despite tensions over its military actions on Ukraine and political interference abroad, Russia supports international efforts on trade and climate.

While a statement isn’t legally enforceable, the Europeans see it as proof that the G-20 is still relevant and that multilateralism still works.

“Everyone agrees that the WTO should be reformed,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. “This is an important agreement.”

“We will send a clear signal — in any case, most of us” — for the success of global climate talks starting in Poland on Sunday, Merkel added.

Merkel’s spokesman said that during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, she also voiced concern about rising tensions in the Kerch Strait off Crimea and pushed for “freedom of shipping into the Sea of Azov.”

Last weekend, Russia seized three Ukrainian naval vessels and their crews in an incident escalating a tug-of-war that began in 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and supported separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine.

Germany and France have sought to mediate between Russia and Ukraine, and Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert said she and Putin agreed that the four countries should hold further talks at the “adviser level.”

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping were due to meet later Saturday after the summit’s close. Their countries have been embroiled in an escalating trade war with new U.S. tariffs on China goods set to take effect a month from now.

“The trade war between the United States and China does not favor international commerce. ... A fight between two big players does not benefit,” said Dante Sica, Argentina’s minister of production and labor. “If they are able to begin to agree, it would be a good signal that would reduce the impacts on international commerce.”

In closing remarks, summit host and Argentine President Mauricio Macri said the countries had overcome “a number of challenges.”

“We have agreed on a statement that reflects the necessity of revitalizing trade, of revitalizing the WTO. ... “We ratify the concern of everyone over climate change,” Macri said.

The next G-20 summit is to be held in Osaka, Japan, in June 2019.

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Real Music
 
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Sat 1 Dec, 2018 08:37 pm
Trump’s new NAFTA faces uphill battle in Congress

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump%e2%80%99s-new-nafta-faces-uphill-battle-in-congress/ar-BBQlReW?ocid=UE13DHP
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Real Music
 
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Sat 1 Dec, 2018 08:40 pm
Congress considers measure to postpone shutdown deadline until after Bush memorial services.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/congress-considers-measure-to-postpone-shutdown-deadline-until-after-bush-memorial-services/ar-BBQlTmp?ocid=UE13DHP
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coldjoint
 
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Sat 1 Dec, 2018 09:31 pm
Here is a lady ridiculing a few things. The weapon of radicals, it can be turned around. Keep that in mind. The language is coarse.

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Builder
 
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Sat 1 Dec, 2018 11:04 pm
https://www.thenewscommenter.com/images/uploads/upload154352412466637_thumb.jpg

Interesting meme from the president.

Talk is, he'll be seeing them all at the funeral this week.
roger
 
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Sat 1 Dec, 2018 11:13 pm
@Builder,
Builder wrote:

Talk is, he'll be seeing them all at the funeral this week.


Not if it rains.
Builder
 
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Sat 1 Dec, 2018 11:48 pm
@roger,
Rain, hail, or shine.

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The White House said Saturday President Donald Trump would declare December 5th a national day of mourning for the country's 41st president. "He and the First Lady will attend the funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.," the statement said.
The New York Stock Exchange said it will suspend normal trading on Wednesday. "The exchange will observe a minute of silence to honor President Bush on Monday. As per our tradition, we will close the markets in observation of the Day of Mourning," spokesperson Kristen Kaus said.

The Nasdaq will also close for the day.


source
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oralloy
 
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Sat 1 Dec, 2018 11:54 pm
@snood,
snood wrote:
We all know it’s true that no one else would have been allowed to get away with the kinds of things 45 gets way with routinely. But none of the usual talking heads ever explains WHY THAT IS.
So, I have my own ideas for explanations. What are yours?
For the same reasons that Thomas Jefferson was able to get away with bringing Jeffersonian democracy to the nation, that Andrew Jackson was able to get away with bringing Jacksonian democracy to the nation, and that FDR was able to get away with changing the government to include big social programs.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realigning_election

Trump is the future. People who don't like it are political has-beens, and historians will place them in the same box as people who hated Abraham Lincoln.
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coldjoint
 
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Sun 2 Dec, 2018 12:35 am
@roger,

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Not if it rains.

Keep underestimating Trump, it makes him look good.
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coldjoint
 
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Sun 2 Dec, 2018 12:50 am
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Terror-free Slovakia completely refuses Islam and won’t allow a single mosque

A good way to stay that way. People in western Europe are moving to eastern European countries for safety reasons.
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Slovakia is the last EU Member State without a single mosque, TRT World reports. Previous attempts to build have been halted by politicians.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/11/terror-free-slovakia-completely-refuses-islam-and-wont-allow-a-single-mosque/
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Builder
 
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Sun 2 Dec, 2018 12:53 am
Not sure what's going to happen December fifth, but this does seem odd to me.


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Government to shut down in honor of George HW Bush

Washington, DC (WCMH) - President Trump has issued a proclamation for the closing of executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government on December 5, 2018, in honor of George H.W. Bush.


source
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