You've Been Trumped!

[filghy2]

Why not - it worked so well with Bush and Iraq

[Stavros]

It may be Jared Kushner rather than Murdoch who is behind it. Not sure his record with 'the Quartet' is worthy of their praise but as Trump doesn't read he won't know what isn't told to him in three letter words.

The Quartet today expressed its deep appreciation to Tony Blair as he plans to step aside as the Quartet’s Representative.
As the Quartet’s envoy on the ground during the last eight years, Mr. Blair demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the cause of Israeli-Palestinian peace and made lasting contributions to the effort to promote economic growth and improve daily life in the West Bank and Gaza.
The Quartet thanks Mr. Blair for his remarkable service and reaffirms its commitment to advancing peace and prosperity for Israelis and Palestinians.
http://www.quartetrep.org/page.php?i...6088302Y5ce66e

[Stavros]

Blair's London office has issued a statement saying that the report in the posts above is not true.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...e-amid-claims/

[Stavros]

If you are headed down Cheapside on the way to the Bank of England, and turn left onto Milk Street you will find cartographic evidence of the links between Donald Trump and the Russians...

[martin48]

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

Winston Churchill

I think you are probably right, Burke is recalled as one of the first 'conservative' 'thinkers' which is why he is used as a source. When students do a course in political theory/philosophy they have a 'canon' to get through, from Plato and Aristotle through Augustine and Aquinas to Machiavelli, Bentham, Mill and Marx, and although Burke was not a philosopher he makes it where other conservatives, like Kant do not as they did not concern themselves with government.

[Stavros]

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Winston Churchill

You can always rely on a pompous braggart like Churchill to grab learning by the throat and drag it down into the sewer where he wallows in his turds convinced the British Empire will last for a thousand years.

[martin48]

Yeap, I can see this in the Oxford Book of Quotations

You can always rely on a pompous braggart like Churchill to grab learning by the throat and drag it down into the sewer where he wallows in his turds convinced the British Empire will last for a thousand years.

[Stavros]

Donald Trump, 7th March 2017
122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield. Just another terrible decision!

Reporter Carol Rosenberg -- who covers Guantanamo Bay for the Miami Herald-
"Wrong POTUS, @realDonaldTrump," Rosenberg wrote. "Your intel agencies report shows Bush released 113 of the 122 re-engagers from Gitmo."
https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...gers/21875207/

Trump did not read the whole of the intel report. One is surprised he read it at all.

[martin48]

Parallel Universes – Image shows re-tweet links to news items in the US during the election. Hilary supporters are blue, Donald’s in red. Blues get their news from Washington Post, etc. Reds from Breitbart, etc. Little crossing over. Research by University of Columbia. There are two societies with little interconnect. Banging on about the obvious failings of Trump and his coterie is not going to be heard by anyone expect by the like-minded.

[Stavros]

Parallel Universes – Image shows re-tweet links to news items in the US during the election. Hilary supporters are blue, Donald’s in red. Blues get their news from Washington Post, etc. Reds from Breitbart, etc. Little crossing over. Research by University of Columbia. There are two societies with little interconnect. Banging on about the obvious failings of Trump and his coterie is not going to be heard by anyone expect by the like-minded.

In which case I will desist, though it is hardly my fault if Trump's supporters are too cowardly to respond in support of their idol.