What's in the news?

[Anteros]

Trump just announced he will not repeal Obamacare: http://usuncut.com/politics/trump-obamacare-repeal/

Neo-Nazi website posts list of liberals for readers to bully into suicide: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/neo-nazi-site-posts-list-liberals-bully-suicide-article-1.2869826

Anti-Trump protester shot during demonstration in Portland, OR: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/anti-trump-protester-shot-during-demonstration-in-portland-or/

Ohio school suspends teens for calling out classmate’s racist comments — and lets the racist walk: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/ohio-school-suspends-teens-for-calling-out-classmates-racist-comments-and-lets-the-racist-walk/

Anti-Trump Protest Happening Now in LA Stretches for Miles: http://usuncut.com/news/anti-trump-protest-happening-now-la-stretches-miles/

Wild Buffalo Rounded Up and Kept Without Food or Water to Protect Dakota Access Pipeline Construction Site: http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/wild-buffalo-rounded-up-food-or-water-to-protect-dakota-access-pipeline/

[Ironwolf85]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLG9g7BcjKs

this makes a lot of sense

[Beguile's Mistress]

I wonder if he wet his pants doing that.  He makes some sense and would probably make more if he lost the temper tantrum.  Though, he is the perfect example of what he is ranting against.

[Missy]

Emotions underlie a persons values, or rather what they regard as important. Anger is a reactive emotion to perception. In this case it seems he believes no one will listen to him so he feels he needs to be forceful to get his point across. I don't know the guy, but judging by this I would say he has his heart in the right place. It's also clear that this was a performance and he is a good actor, from his perspective this was probably a very calculated move.

[Beguile's Mistress]

Emotions are almost always a reaction to a stimulus.  I'm not sure what he would be feeling, though some of it is probably anger, betrayal and/or disappointment.

[Missy]

Which are all valid and reasonable emotions given the circumstances, I might also add possibly fear or hopelessness to that list.

The fact still remains though that this was obviously a heavily choreographed performance, none of that camera movement was the least bit random. It's hard to say conclusively without having a baseline norm of his to compare it to since I'm unfamiliar with him. It's completely possible he felt no one would listen to a gentler approach and felt what was necessary is a wake up call.

Given where we're going then he may actually be right.

[gaggedLouise]

A massive earthquake, estimated at Richter 7.4, has hit New Zeland, about 55 miles from the city of Christchurch. This is the fifth major quake to have struck the region and the town since only 2010. Back in 2011, two powerful quakes destroyed parts of the city centre and broke down the tower of the cathedral. The new quake is even more powerful than either of those and it was a shallow one, which is going to increase the effect on the ground (also, it happened at midnight). 

New Zealand is on the other side of the globe, but one of the best friends of my mum spent much of her early life in the area and studied at the university of Christchurch. She regularly visits her friends and her sister there, and some years back my mother accompanied her on a trip to NZ lasting a couple of weeks, so it's not a completely foreign town to me either. Hoping that this new shock does not cause even more serious destruction.

[Anteros]

Concrete Truck Driver Drives into a Crowd of Water Protectors & Fires Seven Shots into Air: http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/nodapl-concrete-truck-driver-drives-crowd-water-protectors-fires-seven-shots-air/

[Lustful Bride]

I hate when people go into those insane rage filled rants. I want to listen to calm, intellectual explanaitons.

Leave those screaming rants for Nostalgia Critic wannabees


IN other news, New Zealand is hit by Tsunamis and Earthquakes.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tsunami-hits-new-zealand-after-series-of-strong-quakes/ar-AAkem1I?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

I wonder if the tsunamis might have been caused by the Quakes that hit Japan a while back.

[Lustful Bride]

Fighting between IS forces and the Iraqis has degraded into House by House and Street by Street.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/msn/iraq-has-never-seen-this-kind-of-fighting-in-its-battles-with-isis/ar-AAkc1LB?ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

IS is also using the fleeing civilian refugees as a way to fall back and dig in to another defensible position.

[DominantPoet]

McDonald's ordered to pay 27 million in a death in one of their parking lots - http://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2014/07/30/mcdonalds-ordered-to-pay-27-million-to-family-of-flower-mound-teen-friend-following-beating-and-fatal-car-wreck

Americal Airlines sued by veteran after they went about as dumb as you can go - http://www.dallasnews.com/business/american-airlines/2016/10/30/veteran-sues-american-airlines-refusing-service-dog-making-spectacle-dfw-airport

Chili's Manager accuses Veteran of lying, takes back what remained of his meal, Chili's doing next to nothing about it so far - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chilis-apologizes-veterans-day_us_58297fe7e4b0c4b63b0d47d1

[Orval Wintermute]

I know the two earthquakes in New Zealand have been horrible but there is also something surreal about the three unharmed cows http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37972022

[Beguile's Mistress]

When is Trump going to speak out about ending things like this?   http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/11/klan_will_hold_trumps_promises.html

[TheGlyphstone]

Technically? Last night on 60 Minutes.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-donald-trump-family-melania-ivanka-lesley-stahl/

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/trump-addresses-reports-of-violence-stop-it - direct link to the video segment

Nor he said had he heard about reports of racial slurs and personal threats against African Americans, Latinos and gays by some of his supporters.

Donald Trump: I am very surprised to hear that-- I hate to hear that, I mean I hate to hear that--

Lesley Stahl: But you do hear it?

Donald Trump: I don’t hear it—I saw, I saw one or two instances…

Lesley Stahl: On social media?

Donald Trump: But I think it’s a very small amount. Again, I think it’s--

Lesley Stahl: Do you want to say anything to those people?

Donald Trump: I would say don’t do it, that’s terrible, ‘cause I’m gonna bring this country together.

Lesley Stahl: They’re harassing Latinos, Muslims--

Donald Trump: I am so saddened to hear that. And I say, “Stop it.” If it-- if it helps. I will say this, and I will say right to the cameras: Stop it.

Now let's see him double down on it. Do it for real, outside of a publicity interview.

[Oniya]

If I had the equipment (large TV, loudspeaker, and PC-to-TV cable), I would stick that in my window and broadcast it to the whole neighborhood.

On a freaking loop.

Until CBS knocked on my door personally and asked me to stop.

[Anteros]

Stephen Bannon and Reince Priebus to lead Trump's White House: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/13/stephen-bannon-reince-priebus-donald-trump-white-house-staff

[HannibalBarca]

Bannon is a big guy at Breitbart, home of the alt-right.  Trump can pay lip service to bringing people together, but putting a white supremacist in the White House with him is exactly the opposite.

[Sara Nilsson]

Bannon is a big guy at Breitbart, home of the alt-right.  Trump can pay lip service to bringing people together, but putting a white supremacist in the White House with him is exactly the opposite.

David Duke and other racists are already praising it as a big win for them that Bannon has got such a prominent position.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/politics/white-nationalists-on-bannon/index.html

[Ironwolf85]

how much you wanna bet he doesn't realize what an ass Bannon truely is?

Donald seems to be flying by the seat of his pants these days.

[Oniya]

how much you wanna bet he doesn't realize what an ass Bannon truely is?

Donald seems to be flying by the seat of his pants these days.

He's been flying Pants' Ass Airlines for so long, he's got frequent flyer miles.

[gaggedLouise]

 

Technically? Last night on 60 Minutes.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-donald-trump-family-melania-ivanka-lesley-stahl/

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/trump-addresses-reports-of-violence-stop-it - direct link to the video segment


Now let's see him double down on it. Do it for real, outside of a publicity interview.

There's another point in that interview where Trump was commenting on the fight against ISIS, saying "we've got great generals" leading the effort. The interviewer returned, "But you once said you knew more about how to defeat ISIS than our generals?"

Trump: "Well, if you look at their track record, I probably do."

Okay, I realize he is not receiving information directly from the Pentagon so he may not feel up to discussing the war on ISIS and how to win it on primetime tv, but that sounded...either ironic or just feckless.  Are they great generals or are they ineffective? It's really not what one would expect from a president-elect on this topic.

[TheGlyphstone]

They're great. He's greater, I guess.

[Cassandra LeMay]

There's another point in that interview where Trump was commenting on the fight against ISIS, saying "we've got great generals" leading the effort. The interviewer returned, "But you once said you knew more about how to defeat ISIS than our generals?"

Trump: "Well, if you look at their track record, I probably do."

Okay, I realize he is not receiving information directly from the Pentagon so he may not feel up to discussing the war on ISIS and how to win it on primetime tv, but that sounded...either ironic or just feckless.  Are they great generals or are they ineffective? It's really not what one would expect from a president-elect on this topic.

I suspect what he wants to say (assuming he knows what he is saying) is, that the generals are great, but the current government doesn't know what it is doing. The military is good, they just need great political leadership giving them great orders - which Trump claims he can provide.

[Anteros]

U.N. officials denounce ‘inhuman’ treatment of Native American pipeline protesters: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/11/15/u-n-officials-denounce-inhuman-treatment-of-north-dakota-pipeline-protesters/

Right-wing Israeli leaders push forward assertive new legislation to preserve Jewish settlements: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/right-wing-israeli-leaders-push-forward-bold-new-legislation-to-preserve-jewish-settlements/2016/11/14/104def82-aa7a-11e6-8f19-21a1c65d2043_story.html?tid=pm_world_pop

Germany launches raids across 60 cities, bans group on suspicion of Islamic State recruiting: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/germany-launches-raids-across-60-cities-bans-radical-islamist-group/2016/11/15/0353ef76-1649-4216-89c6-ef4a916b922e_story.html?tid=pm_world_pop

[Lustful Bride]

Backdoor program in US phones transmits data to China.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/secret-backdoor-in-some-us-phones-sent-data-to-china-analysts-say/ar-AAkjZTU?ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

Make sure you watch your data footprint. Don't want to get a call form someone blackmailing you based on your data.