Comments on: On the fine art of describing something before it occurs

By: Sonny Wayz

Sonny Wayz — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 16:28:05 +0000

ISTR one of the ‘intellectual’ NY mags publishing an article about the Republican convention nominating GWB for his second term.

The date the magazine had to go to print was *before* the convention.

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 13:35:30 +0000

“…who…and why now?…”

Well, yes. Who is trying their very best to discredit whom?….

This seems like pure “echo chamber” material, given greater credence—perhaps—coming from the mouths of “sirs”? So is it a last ditch, last gasp, effort BY the “Deep State” on BOTH sides of the Atlantic to stem the tide? Or/And(?) is it an effort by pro-Trump forces to undermine the Deep State? Is the leak somehow related to Brexit? (In any event, Britain is, ironically—or perhaps more accurately, unfortunately—in a relatively weak position, at the moment, when it comes to the question of “coherence”.)

(To be sure, one must pay attention to the chronological aspect of the leaks at play here.)

Or perhaps it is purely a personal matter? Does someone have it in for the ambassador? (Is there a Clinton Foundation connection, perhaps echoing the “curious” case of Alexander Downer—another “Sir”?) It need not be mentioned that the shenanigans of Christopher Steele (not a “Sir”) also come to mind….

As for “Great Britain”, one may well ask (as one could ask of the US), “Which Great Britain?”…
…Seeing that just several days ago, the Royal Navy seized an Iranian tanker, preventing it from reaching it purported destination, Syria—this while, according to Sir Kim, Trump’s current policy vis a vis Iran is “incoherent”. (But one might also ask, might such seeming “incoherence” be advantageous?…Since, no doubt, Obama’s policy vis a vis Iran was for all intents and purposes most definitely “coherent”.).

All of the above?
Some of the above?
None of the above?
More than the above?
Much, much more than the above?

By: sdferr

sdferr — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 11:49:36 +0000

Sir Kim, Barry, taken at the apparent face value of his leaked (candid?) remarks — who is leaking them, I wonder, and why now? — is the sort of chap who might induce one to muse further whether the vaunted “special relationship” between the UK and US remains true to claim, or has, on the contrary, run off the road into a morass (a swamp, possibly even) fraught with all manner of danger to both parties.

Perhaps it’s time for us too trusting peons to reassess what the grandees are selling and to regard Great Britain with a sterner eye. These jokers may not be our friends at all, so far are they from being “special” friends. And if, for some temporary or practical purpose the former pretence remains, we may let it suffice us to know it for a sham.

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 08:41:52 +0000

Another “fine artist”?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7220335/Britains-man-says-Trump-inept-Cables-ambassador-say-dysfunctional.html

By: Snow on Pine

Snow on Pine — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 18:29:58 +0000

Sarah Rolph–The MSM has rather neatly sorted itself out, hasn’t it?

Trump is a Rorschach card, and when they look at it, they all see exactly the same thing.

By: Sarah Rolph

Sarah Rolph — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 16:22:57 +0000

We turned on CNN that afternoon to learn about the California earthquake, and I was surprised at how much worse CNN is than it was the last time I watched it, maybe a year ago. The talking heads were dripping with disdain about the upcoming event. The essence of the report what the Democrat candidates were saying, they had a clip of Warren calling it a campaign event (“he’s giving tickets to his donors!”), a clip of Mayor Pete who frowned on it for reasons I don’t remember, and I think there was a third Dem as well. As if those are the only people whose views on this matter!

I was shocked to learn that most of the networks didn’t even cover it. It seems that the polarization is worsening even more quickly than I realized.

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 15:26:34 +0000

They aren’t reporters, they are journalists. They don’t report what happened, they make up stuff. They don’t let the facts get in the way of a good narrative.

By: LYNN HARGROVE

LYNN HARGROVE — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 22:46:41 +0000

Too bad the 2018 parade for the end of WW 1 was nixed. It would have been great way to celebrate, but of course it was panned by the idjts.

By: liz

liz — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 21:29:09 +0000

I watched the speech and got shivers with the fly-overs – it was great! During the 100th year celebration of Oklahoma statehood, the stealth bomber flew over the parade course and that was amazing.

I live just north of OKC, west of I35, so I look at the flight path of Tinker Air Force base. I’m used to the noise of the AWACS, but generally go out the front door to see what else is flying by. Please note that I am not running out the door to check – you can hear the planes coming and going. The planes are not always flying into Tinker, but with several training bases in OK, the pilots do fly up to central OK for touch and go landings at Tinker as well as Will Rogers Airport. Once the new KC- 46 refueling tanker gets delivered, the base is in KS, training will be in OK and the maintenance will be done at Tinker. So, I’ll be seeing those someday.

Airshows with military planes are always well attended since it is always amazing.

By: Amadeus 48

Amadeus 48 — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 20:59:47 +0000

The WaPoop comments section is unfiltered, uninformed gibberish from dolts who put on black masks and cold-clock their critics at every opportunity.

Sad.

God bless America.