Monthly Archives: May 2017

Counter-Drizzle on the Hypothesis of the End of the American World-Historical Era (OAG #12c)

The counterargument vs Panic of the Fall of the US Order can still be made either independently or, perhaps more difficult, complementarily.

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German Trust in America – the Trend (#OAG 12b)

US as Trustworthy Partner

There has been some attempted pushback – including in the comments here – on the notion that Donald Trump has uniquely damaged German-American relations, particularly in relation to the views of the German public – for example: Merkel chose a

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Robert D Kaplan: Trump’s Budget Is American Caesarism – Foreign Policy

The rise of the military, if coupled with the undermining of civilian aspects of national power, demonstrates a spiritual exhaustion and a descent into Caesarism. Named after Julius Caesar — who replaced the Roman Republic with a dictatorship — Caesarism

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The Economist: How to understand Angela Merkel’s comments about America and Britain 

Foreigners often get Mrs Merkel all wrong. She is not the queen of Europe, nor has she any desire to be it. She is a domestic leader and politician whose mounting international stature is always a function of her ability

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Tweet-Drizzle on Merkel on New World Disorder (OAG #12)

If the generation since the fall of the USSR has been a tale of the unfitness of the USA for leadership, then Trump is pure continuity.

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One Giant Leap for Ordinary Gentlepersonkind (Commenter Ignore Button Use Case)

“The reality is, on any public forum there is going to be a peanut gallery, and I’ve never seen a moderation policy that can quite eliminate them, but not eliminate interesting people who I want to hear from. So, culled lists, either individually (as here) or collectively (as was needed in a larger space such as Twitter), are a fine thing. They make a forum far more pleasant to use.”

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Theodicy of Trump – a Tweet-Drizzle (OAG #11)

…the one thing Trump & his voters had right was the political class – as continually re-confirmed in their pusillanimous responses to him.

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Kaila Hale-Stern: How to Read Director Comey’s Goodbye Letter – The Mary Sue

My hope is that you will continue to live our values and the mission of protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution. DONNIE TRUMPO HAS INVOKED A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS AND HE’S WIPING HIS ASS WITH OUR MOST SACRED DOCUMENT THIS

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Jennifer Rubin: Pro-Trump Republicans will get nothing, not even retention of a House majority – The Washington Post

Quinnipiac finds: “By a 54 – 38 percent margin, American voters want the Democratic Party to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives. This is the widest margin ever measured for this question in a Quinnipiac University poll, exceeding

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Kate Brannen: The Knives Are Out for Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster – Just Security

Inside the White House, opponents of Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, President Donald Trump’s second national security adviser, want him out. This week, they’ve made their campaign against him public, leaking to reporters details about the rocky relationship he has with

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