tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post245900454280529678..comments2024-03-29T04:12:15.091+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which a mortified, chastened pond turns to the bromancer for well bodings this meditative Sunday ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-73972800259827266852017-09-25T16:36:04.568+10:002017-09-25T16:36:04.568+10:00Oh come on JM, of course Trump was elected by an o...Oh come on JM, of course Trump was elected by an overwhelming majority of Americans - he said so, loud and clear and often, so we'd have to believe a President who's going to annihilate North Korea, wouldn't we.<br /><br />As to Roopie, well hasn't your own overwhelmingly elected President warned you about taking in unsuitable immigrants ? Remember the Chinese: "If you save somebody, you are responsible for everything they subsequently do."<br /><br />After all, even your own (though French made) 'Statue of Liberty' says "<i>Give me ... the wretched refuse of your teeming shore</i> ...". And we did, mate, we did indeed give you that. And you are most welcome to him and his breed.<br /><br />GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-89695163857452688812017-09-25T13:47:44.612+10:002017-09-25T13:47:44.612+10:00"the pond has of course been tracking Jimmy K..."the pond has of course been tracking Jimmy Kimmel of late, not that the pond much minds what happens to the American health care system. After all, a vast majority of Americans voted for the Donald, so they deserve all they get ..."<br /> <br />Dear Pond,<br /> So a "vast majority" of Americans put Trump into office? <br />It's true that like German tourists the stupid are everywhere. <br />In spite of them Hillary Clinton garnered more votes than Trump. <br /> Heck I voted for her twice.<br /> Thus the pond is being bloody minded in painting the majority of Americans as Trumpian rubes deserving of poor health care.<br /> ESPECIALLY as in the last 30 years it was the machinations of your home grown boy-o Rupert Murdoch who has almost single handedly corrupted our political culture through his FOX News empire and related newspapers to the point where a creature like Trump could become president.<br />The Forces of Slobdom may have indeed marched into our White House but it's dinki di true blue roots are your lots fault.<br /> Pond, perhaps you could use a short holiday, Hoboken is nice, so why not let your brother Bill - doubtless short for Billabong - pinch hit for you for a week. <br />Maybe then you wouldn't so cavalierly condemn the average Yankee to poor health care.<br /> If I am disappointed in you it's because you normally set the bar so high.<br /> Hang in there Diongenes and keep your lantern shining.<br /> <br /> Jersey Mike<br /> "Klaatu barada nikto"<br />(state motto of New Jersey)<br /><br /> JERSEYM212@AOL.COMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-90584239720126239732017-09-24T13:11:16.973+10:002017-09-24T13:11:16.973+10:00Yep, here we go again, DW: invent the lie, tell th...Yep, here we go again, DW: invent the lie, tell the lie, repeat the lie, repeat ..., repeat ..., repeat ...GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-18264678156674553392017-09-24T12:06:43.855+10:002017-09-24T12:06:43.855+10:00Hi Dorothy,
It's coming up to 40 years since ...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />It's coming up to 40 years since the Iranian hostage crisis left the US with a bloody nose but Sheridan and his Neo-con cronies still retain that Iran and the Shia are the baddies and bizarrely Saudi Arabia and the Sunni are the goodies (let's forget all about 9/11).<br /><br />How else to explain their total antipathy towards the Iran Nuclear Deal. The agreement between Iran and the P5+1 (US, UK, Russia, China, France +Germany) as well as the EU would almost immediately reduce Iran's Uranium stockpile by 98% (to just 300kg).<br /><br />Enrichment would be reduced to just one facility and the total number of centrifuges would be reduced from 20,000 to 5,000 (those left would be the oldest and least efficient centrifuges). Enrichment would be monitored and would not be allowed to exceed 3.67% (way below the 90+% required for a thermonuclear device). <br /><br />The International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA) would be given unfettered access to all Iranian nuclear facilities and any areas of which they may become suspicious.<br /><br />To Sheridan's evident disapproval it is to these tough measures that Iran is 'technically complying'.<br /><br />What does he want? To go back to the previous situation where the Iranians were openly hostile to being inspected by the IAEA and were probably attempting high levels of enrichment in order to build a bomb in order to avoid being another target for US regime change?<br /><br />And what message does that give to North Korea and other countries that are thorns in the United States side? Don't trust the US as they renege on their deals. Brilliant diplomatic strategy.<br /><br />All this opprobrium for a nuclear program in Iran and meanwhile Trump's ex-national security adviser Mike Flynn was flying around the Middle East trying sell Nuclear Power plants to Arab nations.<br /><br />https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/09/mike-flynns-nuclear-side-hustle-gets-even-shadier<br /><br />DiddyWrote <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-89089918277163222192017-09-24T10:22:14.120+10:002017-09-24T10:22:14.120+10:00President Merkin Muffley: "I do not want to g...President Merkin Muffley: "I do not want to go down in history as the greatest mass murderer since Adolf Hitler!"<br />President Donald Trump: "North Korea will be totally destroyed!"<br />North Korea has a population of 25 million.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808416744757194189noreply@blogger.com