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I didn't say I agreed or disagreed, I simply posted a news article quoting his change in ideals... I'm sorry if this guy says anything at any moment just to appease... He is becoming more like a politician everyday... And today, it is reported his is signing an executive order to control businesses. I don't know about you, but I don't need the government telling me how to run my business or what I can do or not do in my home. I thought you were a conservative. Today's executive order is anything but conservative, it is more like communism... Maybe he has been talking to Putin. B/A

It's great, really very, very great! B/A

Yup no longer obsolete... As The Donald would tweet. Donald Trump changes NATO position: 'It's no longer obsolete' By Lauren Carroll on Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 at 5:41 p.m. President Donald Trump was critical of the NATO alliance on the campaign trail, but in his first meeting with NATO's secretary-general, however, Trump reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to NATO. (Yahoo) President Donald Trump seems to have warmed up to NATO, declaring publicly that he no longer thinks the U.S.-European alliance is "obsolete." During the 2016 election, Trump criticized NATO because, he said, member countries aren’t contributing their fair share to the alliance financially, and the organization isn’t designed to fight terrorism. His comments precipitated some concern among the United States’ allies. But months later, during an April 12, 2017, press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Trump affirmed the United States’ commitment to the alliance and praised its seven-decade history. He said NATO is now doing more to fight terrorism, and as a result he no longer thinks the organization is obsolete. "The secretary general and I had a productive conversation about what more NATO can do in the fight against terrorism," Trump said. "I complained about that a long time ago, and they made a change. Now they do fight terrorism. I said it was obsolete. It’s no longer obsolete." That’s a big departure from comments he made on ABC in March 2016: "I think NATO's obsolete. NATO was done at a time you had the Soviet Union, which was obviously larger, much larger than Russia is today. I'm not saying Russia's not a threat. But we have other threats. We have the threat of terrorism and NATO doesn’t discuss terrorism, NATO's not meant for terrorism." However, the premise leading to Trump’s change of heart — the idea that he prompted NATO to start fighting terrorism — is false. He’s talking about the fact that in 2016 NATO created an assistant secretary general for intelligence and security to head a newly established Joint Intelligence and Security Division. Experts said the change was not especially significant, and Trump wasn’t the catalyst. The development had been in the works for years. "It is comical to suggest NATO would change its counterterrorism policy in response to anything Donald Trump has said about it over the course of his campaign," said Matthew Fay, a defense policy analyst with the Niskanen Center, in a prior PolitiFact interview. Further, Trump’s comment gives the incorrect impression that NATO wasn’t responsive to terrorism until the new division was created. In reality, NATO has been actively dealing with terrorism since the 1980s. And since 9/11, it has played a significant role in the War on Terror, including deploying troops in Afghanistan for more than a decade. We should note, though, that experts also told us that NATO’s structure and role has made it an imperfect vehicle for counterterrorism because of problems with coordinating among the member countries. Even before the election was over, Trump hinted that he thinks NATO is making itself more relevant in the fight against terrorism. But at the April press conference he made his change in opinion clear, saying, "I said it was obsolete. It's no longer obsolete." It’s up to voters to decide how they feel about Trump’s reversal on NATO. We rate the change of position a Full Flop. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/apr/12/donald-trump/donald-trump-nato-i-said-it-was-obsolete-its-no-lo/ B/A

As Gomer Pyle would say.... Well Golly! B/A

Donald Trump Jr. wore a ‘very fake news’ shirt and the internet lost it By Emily Saul The internet is mocking Donald Trump Jr., who posted a photo of himself Saturday “modeling” a garish green shirt emblazoned with “Very Fake News.” Though targeting the mainstream media on Twitter is typically in his father’s wheelhouse, President Trump’s eldest child tweeted, “I’m going to have to buy 5-10,000 of these to pass around to our buddies in the #MSM. In the meantime I’ll model it for them. #yourewelcome.” Unsurprisingly, Twitter users took advantage of the snap and Photoshop to create a new line of poolside wear for the 39-year-old businessman. “Donnie Jr. announces plans to buy 5000 – 10,000 Buddies,” wrote user Jason Baum, along with an image of the father of five sporting a top that reads, “If my dad wasn’t rich I’d be screwed.” Another edit shows the shirt, now starring a shirtless Vladimir Putin with angel wings, adorned with the word “besties.” Having money doesn't mean you can buy class... JMHO B/A

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That's awesome after working 8 years and laying out a track record that history will show as one of the top 10 presidents, they deserve a vacation. And who wouldn't want to hang out with Bruce. As for Oprah, well personally I would have skipped that. I'm not a big fan. B/A

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Thank you RV and may you and yours have a safe and happy Easter.... I agree with repealing The Affordable Care Act. But I must add we need to real probably and I'm only guessing dissolve about 90% of federal programs. Including and most importantly reviewing our foreign policy. We need to stop giving away our tax dollars to insurgents, foreign governments, foreign social programs, international relief programs, and many many more ways our tax dollars are wasted. That's just overseas. In our country federal programs need to be shutdown, every business including churches need to pay their fair share of taxes. It may be the desired 15%, but there is no more banking money off-shore. Either you are with us or your are against us. Currently, the actions of the elites and businesses would have been considered treason in the days of my youth. B/A B/A

China, could end this in one day. They are taking advantage of the situation. While we spend time, money and effort on dealing with the in-rational dictator, China spends their money buying up America. Who is fooling who? B/A

I agree, Kim yung Doofus or the Syrian jerk. A couple of well place bullets sounds like a better deal than a 16 million dollar bomb. JMHO B/A

Thanks, but I'll fight my fight in my country, not some ass backwards country where war never ends. We supply these terror groups one year and the next they use our money against us. Ever hear of the Mujahedeen? Heard of the Bin-Ladens? Without us, neither would have a pot to piss in. Do you realize we have been in Afghanistan for 16 years? how's that working out for us, the American taxpayer. I think we all got taken to the bank and then keep getting spanked. If you want to take the fight to them and end all evil, use this link to show you back our world police policies. Again, I'm armed and loaded for when they come down my street. http://www.military.com/join-armed-forces B/A

I bet Scotty drinks bottled water. B/A

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Each unit costs 16 MILLION... That's $444,444.444 per cockroach, just for one bomb. Not counting the 316 MILLION in R & D or everything else involved including training, flying, recon, fuel, etc. Personally, I think my tax dollars could be better well spent. But that's just my opinion. B/A

Excuse me brother can you spare a few million? B/A

Of course that 9.167 MILLION is only the cost of the bomb... That doesn't include all the amenities that go with it. You're talking over 10 MILLION dollars per dead guy... B/A

MOAB strike: US bombing of IS in Afghanistan 'killed dozens' 35 minutes ago From the section Asia Copy this link http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39598046 A US military strike with a weapon known as the "mother of all bombs", or MOAB, killed 36 Islamic State (IS) group militants and destroyed their base, the Afghan defence ministry says. The most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever used by the US in combat was dropped on IS tunnels in Nangarhar province. No civilians were affected by the explosion, the ministry said. The US military said the bomb was used purely on tactical grounds, "the right weapon against the right target". A statement on the IS-supporting Amaq news agency denied there were any IS casualties in the bomb strike. Chief Executive of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah confirmed that the attack had been carried out in co-ordination with the government and that "great care had been taken to avoid civilian harm". In a press briefing on Friday, Gen John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said: "We have US forces at the site and we see no evidence of civilian casualties nor have there been reports." The Afghan defence ministry said the bomb struck a village area in the Momand valley where IS fighters were using a 300m-long network of caves. It said the 21,600lb (9,800kg) bomb also destroyed a large stash of weapons. Speaking at the White House: "Another successful job, we are very proud of our military" Media captionSpeaking at the White House: "Another successful job, we are very proud of our military" Presidential spokesman Shah Hussain Murtazawi told the BBC that IS commander Siddiq Yar was among those killed. Mr Murtazawi said the IS fighters in the tunnels had "come from Pakistan and were persecuting people in the local area". The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb was dropped by plane in Achin district on Thursday evening local time, the Pentagon said. More than 9m (30 ft) in length, it was first tested in 2003 but had not been deployed in combat before. Image copyright EPA Image caption An Afghan soldier points to the area where the US dropped the bomb Gen Nicholson said it was "the right time to use the GBU-43 tactically". He added: "Let me be clear - we will not relent in our mission to destroy [IS in Afghanistan]... There will be no sanctuary for terrorists in Afghanistan." Achin district governor Ismail Shinwary told the BBC that Afghan special forces, with the help of American air support, had begun anti-IS operations in the area 13 days ago. He said IS targets had been bombed regularly but "last night's bombarding was very powerful... the biggest I have ever seen". Nangarhar Provincial Governor Gulab Mangal said IS fighters had used the complex to "kill people and hold important meetings". Massive blast area - Jonathan Marcus, BBC defence correspondent The clue is in the ungainly name - the MOAB or GBU-43/B massive ordnance air blast is the US military's most destructive conventional (that is non-nuclear) bomb. It is a huge weapon and is GPS-guided. It was dropped from a MC-130 aircraft - the US Special Forces variant of the Hercules transport. The weapon is carried on a special cradle inside the aircraft from which it is extracted by a parachute. Its principal effect is a massive blast over a huge area. It is a larger version of weapons used during the Vietnam War. The Trump administration's policy towards Afghanistan remains under consideration but the use of this weapon sends a powerful signal that IS is top of the administration's target list wherever its offshoots may be found. A member of an anti-IS group in the area who gave his name only as Mohammad told the BBC he was at a checkpoint 1km from the bomb strike. He said: "We were eating dinner when we heard a big explosion, came out of my room and saw a mountain of fire... the area was full of light with the fire of the bomb." He said all civilians had left the area since the start of the anti-IS operation. President Donald Trump called the strike "another successful job". The BBC's Jill McGivering says it remains unclear what President Trump's Afghan strategy will be - he has talked in the past about the need for the US to get out of nation-building and may be keen to extricate himself from this long-running and expensive conflict. But, she says, he has also expressed determination to stop the spread of IS. Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai vehemently condemned the attack, saying on Twitter it was "not the war on terror but the inhuman and most brutal misuse of our country as testing ground for new and dangerous weapons". Syria error IS announced the establishment of its Khorasan branch - an old name for Afghanistan and surrounding areas - in January 2015. It was the first time that IS had officially spread outside the Arab world. It was the first major militant group to directly challenge the Afghan Taliban's dominance over the local insurgency. Image copyright EPA Image caption Afghan forces have been targeting IS in Nangarhar for two weeks However, experts say it has struggled to build a wide political base and the indigenous support it expected. It has steadily lost territory and fighters to US air strikes and an assault by Afghan forces on the ground. Estimates about IS's numerical strength inside Afghanistan vary, ranging from several hundred to a few thousand fighters. US forces say their number has been cut in half since early 2016 due to military operations. The MOAB strike followed last week's death of a US special forces soldier fighting IS in Nangarhar. The news also came hours after the Pentagon admitted an air strike in Syria mistakenly killed 18 rebels. It said a partnered force had mistakenly identified the target location as an IS position, but the strike on 11 April had killed rebels from the Syrian Democratic Forces, which are backed by Washington Sweet it only cost American taxpayers $9,166,666,67.00 to kill each ISIS member. Ironically, there is a 666 in the middle of that number.... Hmmmmm B/A

Nice hole in the ground considering it cost 330 million dollars... Hmmm, and you know those roaches will move right back in... Maybe we could drop food laced with LSD and see how they react.... They'd tripping through the poppies and having a lovefest. B/A

The United States Defense Department likes to show off. After proving it can move with the quick strike capability of a cobra as it did when it launched 59 tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airfield, the Pentagon on Thursday decided to up the ante by showing its muscle. They dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb against ISIS in the Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan. The GBU-43B known as the Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) or the Mother of All Bombs, is a 20,000-pound monster. It took $314 million to develop and has a unit cost of $16 million. I thought we had conservatives running the country. This sure doesn't look fiscally conservative to me. Surely our great deal maker can get a better, greater, sweeter deal on bombs. Maybe he can get one of his manufacturers in China to do it cheaper. B/A

Zombies are already among us... Have you been to any political rally??? B/A

Touche! B/A

Let's hope it's not Cleveland, or Denver, or Springfield, or your neighbors. Being world police is never a good idea. I'm surprised no one has figured that out. It's kinda like the gangs in town or the mob in the city... Let them take each other out. Don't make yourself their common enemy. ISIS and Al-Qaida and other terror groups would kill each other if we didn't give them a common cause. This is basic phycology. Bin Laden said it in an interview once. The reason they hate us is because we put troops in Saudi Arabia in the 70's. That was motivated by pure greed, there were no national security issues. Hell we financed Al-Qaida to get them rolling.... B/A

Come on someone negged that? It's joke! Is everyone that serious these day? I guess you don't want to hear my Kennedy joke! B/A

That's deplorable. There's plenty of real news about political lies, mistruths, administration shake-ups, international blunders, broken campaign promises... The list is endless. Why would they feel like they had to be fictional, when reality is pure gold? B/A