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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Just watching Carl Bernstein in an interview about „Anonymous Sources“

    He says, that almost all of their 200 Watergate Stories have been based on „Anonymous Sources“ and they are the only way to get to the bottom of what is really going on in the White House.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    The elements of the demonstrators in Portland and other cities who are burning, looting and being voilent are behaving very stupidly as well as comminting crimes. To use a KGB expression - they are "usefull idiots" because only the Republicans and Trump can benefit from this behavior. How can anybody be this short-sighted?
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    Just watching Carl Bernstein in an interview about „Anonymous Sources“

    He says, that almost all of their 200 Watergate Stories have been based on „Anonymous Sources“ and they are the only way to get to the bottom of what is really going on in the White House.

    Exactly, my friend!
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,239MI6 Agent
    I don't know. It sounds like the kind of story that would be made up to discredit Trump on the basis that it sounds like something he would say. Of course, if he can then prove he didn't say it, bingo! All such allegations will then be discredited before they start so it may even be a set-up.

    Trump is not dissimilar to Putin's Russia in that he don't much care if you know he's lying and you know he knows, it's a sort of wearying tactic. As politicians are meant to lie, it can be v draining I imagine so with Trump there's none of that, he sort of skims the surface of stuff.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I admit I must be pretty naive, I had always thought Journalist might start with an
    Anonymous Source but would need some Evidence to back up that story. :# still
    I'm sure this is going to be a very "Dirty tricks" Election in America and am certain
    there'll be a few Anonymous Source stories about the Dems...... so let the fun start
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    My friends, I haven’t been in the forum for a while and I hate to come back on such a contentious note, but I feel a need to chime in here. Donald Trump is a lying, bigoted, ignorant egomaniac. He lies constantly without remorse, endangers lives, brags about himself ceaselessly, engages in juvenile name-calling and generally acts like a boorish, bloviating doofus. I was born and raised in New York City and I was there in the seventies, where his reputation as a racist and con man was pretty well-known. My family and I lived in low-income public housing, and we were just the kind of family the Trumps fought to keep out of their properties. The same kind of people Trump is using now to try to frighten suburbanites into believing they are about to be invaded by marauding hordes unless he is re-elected. Maybe none of this matters if you agree with Trump’s “policies”, such as they are. But make no mistake, Donald Trump is a wretched human being and, in my opinion, the worst president in U.S. history. (Stepping off of soapbox now).
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,239MI6 Agent
    That is a brilliant post, Blackleiter. -{

    The only tragedy being that of course one can't imagine Joe Biden saying anything with that kind of articulacy or passion or even getting past a sentence without his eyes becoming a bit distant and awkward like old Q reading off his cue cards in Brosnan days. :#
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter for Potus! {[] {[]

    Good to see you back and setting some things straight! {[]
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    With this new sense of bonhomie on the thread,
    here's a political joke Ronald Regan ...... telling a
    joke about the Democrats ;)
    https://youtu.be/PUu2HKZGxJ4

    and a 3 legged chicken
    https://youtu.be/i3kpYiWdVWY
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    That is a brilliant post, Blackleiter. -{

    The only tragedy being that of course one can't imagine Joe Biden saying anything with that kind of articulacy or passion or even getting past a sentence without his eyes becoming a bit distant and awkward like old Q reading off his cue cards in Brosnan days. :#

    :)) Thanks for the kind words Nap. Maybe I can volunteer to be a Biden speechwriter!
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    Blackleiter for Potus! {[] {[]

    Good to see you back and setting some things straight! {[]

    Thanks my friend! -{
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Thank you, my brother from New York {[]
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    https://youtu.be/AljrFHhSF28
    Obama and McCain Trade Jokes at Charity Dinner

    Can't wait to see the Trump v Biden dinner :D
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    ...>> I know helicopters very well << 8-)
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Admiral ( President ) Benson All Scenes from Hot Shots 1 and 2
    https://youtu.be/6cDohyRbzeo

    He doesn't seem so silly now :D
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The first gaffe was silly, as we all know from an anonymous source his Dad
    is from Scotland ;)

    Glenfiddich-Presents-Dressed-To-Kilt-Fashion-Show.jpg
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    It'especially funny because Donald Trump started his political career with the "Obama wasn't born in the US" conspiracy threory. :))
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Sky News: Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.
    https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-12067203
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    And by a Norwegian parlamentarian, no less :))
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I secretly thought it might have been
    You, your Liberal left wing disguise
    Slipping. :D
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    I secretly thought it might have been
    You, your Liberal left wing disguise
    Slipping. :D

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/04/atmospheric-co2-levels-rise-sharply-despite-covid-19-lockdowns


    Atmospheric CO2 levels rise sharply despite Covid-19 lockdowns.

    Either we have no effect or...
    .... it's too late to do anything
    About it ? ;)
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    https://news.sky.com/story/shetland-islands-vote-to-explore-independence-from-scotland-12068826
    Shetland Islands vote to explore independence from Scotland !!!

    How can Nicola deny them, as it's what she wants :))
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    I don't see how the Shetlands can finance independence if they don't get control of some of the North Sea oil fields. They would also have to cooperate with larger nations on many fields and in some fields like the military they would be almost totaly dependent on other counties. Becomeing a Crown Dependency like Jersey with the control of some oil fields seems like the best outcome.
    It will predent the SNP with quite a dilemma, especially because this situation has come about because of the SNP :D
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    https://youtu.be/HiVxk3_r88o

    Tear gas for yellow vest protesters
    In France. I guess Macron is a fascist
    Now. :))
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    Tear gas is not the sort of gas that makes you a fascist :#
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Wow !!! Now that is Dark humour .
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    edited September 2020
    YT link by Russia Today 8-)
    Can‘t get any worse than that!



    if anyone has followed any serious news outlet it should be known that very long time ago, the yellow vest protests have been hijacked by the usual extremist groups ( the vandalizing of national heritage in the Arc de Triomphe comes to mind).

    And I am pretty sure teargas was not used because Macron is a fascist but these „demonstrations“ where violating existing law.
    Pretty sure not even Macron is not in charge for this but the authorities (major) in Paris.
    So the headline „Macron is a fascist because teargas is used against yellowvesters“ could not be any wronger and populist.

    Just for context, France is having record Covid numbers again and everybody is mandated to wear a mask in public in Paris and public gatherings are heavily limited there.
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Understood, the gas makes people
    Wear a mask. ... Sensible policy. ;)
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