US election 2020 thread

[planetgeli]

It was the Irps who shot him in the face, wasn't it?

Kind of, not quite. It was OIRA, some of who then became INLA, paramilitary wing of the Irps (IRSP).

Didn't shoot him in the face hard enough, but then they (OIRA) didn't get much right.

 

[MickiQ]

The House of Lords version of 'some of my best friends are...'

Feudalism lives on.

btw the answer to his question is 'she nominates a new one, who is subsequently approved by congress'. Took me about 30 seconds to find that out.

I know the answer to that one from watching Designated Survivor

 

[Orang Utan]

Acording to his Wikipedia...

'Kilclooney had previously been labelled an "old racist dinosaur" by Piers Morgan, for comments he had made in 2017 about cricketer Moeen Ali. Kilclooney had said on Twitter that, "Times have changed! The England team now needs non English people in order to win Test Games".

When it was pointed out that Ali was born in Britain, Kilclooney responded, "Moeen Ali is proud to be British but racially he is not English. There is a difference between being English and being British!!", adding that, "A Chinese born in England is Chinese and not English!"'

Also:
“When challenged, he claimed, "I had never heard of her nor knew her name is Harris. India is quite rightly celebrating that an Indian, who has USA citizenship, has been appointed Vice President elect" further refusing to acknowledge that Harris was born in the USA and drawing criticism for racism.”
Bullshit had he not heard of her or knew her name

 

[Lord Camomile]

"an Indian, who has USA citizenship"

 

[Dogsauce]

Never knew of her, but somehow knew of her heritage. Hmmm...

 

[Supine]

Just wait till he finds out she is also half Jamaican

 

[Flavour]

Coolies, weren't they? How lovely for them

 

[andysays]

BBC reporting that Trump is talking about running again in 2024...

 

[andysays]

...saying this is the clearest sign yet that he recognises he's lost this time

 

[Wilf]

Trump has just sacked the Sec of State for Defence (no link, it was just a breaking news banner thing).

 

[Supine]

Trump has just sacked the Sec of State for Defence (no link, it was just a breaking news banner thing).

Here comes the coup

 

[Calamity1971]

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Tweeted: ...Chris will do a GREAT job! Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service.
The terminator

 

[JTG]

The army are not going to get involved

 

[planetgeli]

He sacked the bloke in charge of the nuclear arms stash the other day didn't he?

 

[killer b]

Here comes the coup

Lol, no. He wishes.

 

[Treacle Toes]

He sacked the bloke in charge of the nuclear arms stash the other day didn't he?

The one who had already drafted his resignation?

 

[maomao]

So could he nuke anywhere he likes or are there safeguards?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Tweeted: ...Chris will do a GREAT job! Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service.
The terminator

A quick google says 'Who?'

He'd been in his previous job since June. Was previously in charge of Special Ops, it appears.

responsible for overseeing the employment of special operations forces in counterterrorism, Military Information Support Operations (MISO), Information Operations, unconventional warfare, irregular warfare, direct action, special reconnaissance, foreign internal defense, counter proliferation, sensitive special operations, and personnel recovery/hostage issues

Christopher C. Miller > U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > Biography

 

[planetgeli]

So could he nuke anywhere he likes or are there safeguards?

Someone on here a few pages back said there are a few layers of military who would tell him to fuck off.

 

[danny la rouge]

“Mark Esper has been terminated”.

Well harsh.

 

[Pickman's model]

So could he nuke anywhere he likes or are there safeguards?

They frown on nuking population centres in the lower 48 but anywhere else is fair game

 

[Raheem]

So could he nuke anywhere he likes or are there safeguards?

No safeguards, apparently, except the willingness of multiple people to disobey. The people responsible for actually launching nuclear missiles are supervised by someone ordered to shoot them if they don't do it, I think.

 

[quiet guy]

 

[JTG]

Sen Susan Collins (R-Maine) congratulates Joe Biden on his victory



Joins Mitt Romney (Utah) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) amongst Republican Senators to have congratulated the President-Elect

 

[frogwoman]

What's the truth behind the claims Romney and Dick Cheney are joining the cabinet? I've seen tweets claiming so, just wondering if you knew anything JTG

 

[bimble]

No safeguards, apparently, except the willingness of multiple people to disobey. The people responsible for actually launching nuclear missiles are supervised by someone ordered to shoot them if they don't do it, I think.

What if they make an entirely unintentional mistake which ends up meaning he gets a burger instead of a bomb. I really don’t think trumps going to nuke anyone. More likely he’s just sacking anybody who says biden’s name to him or talks about the transition,

 

[Raheem]

He'll have refused to do something he shouldn't have been asked to do, but who knows what?

 

[JTG]

Biden 17k up in AZ and...



Which don't sound like they'll be very positive for Trump tbh

 

[Yossarian]

They frown on nuking population centres in the lower 48 but anywhere else is fair game

I hope Trump doesn't draw the wrong conclusion after noticing that FDR had a big spike in popularity after Pearl Harbour was bombed.

 

[killer b]

What's the truth behind the claims Romney and Dick Cheney are joining the cabinet? I've seen tweets claiming so, just wondering if you knew anything JTG

Who have you seen tweeting this?