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John Kelly and the Language of the Military Coup [Barf Alert]
New Yorker ^ | 10.20.17 | Masha Green

Posted on 10/20/2017 2:30:37 PM PDT by ItsOnlyDaryl

Consider this nightmare scenario: a military coup. You don’t have to strain your imagination—all you have to do is watch Thursday’s White House press briefing, in which the chief of staff, John Kelly, defended President Trump’s phone call to a military widow, Myeshia Johnson. The press briefing could serve as a preview of what a military coup in this country would look like, for it was in the logic of such a coup that Kelly advanced his four arguments.

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To: higgmeister

“Born in Moscow”

Yes, she was - but she isn’t Russian in ethnicity. She’s from an Ashkenazi Jewish family. The name alone tells you that, but there’s info online which relates that as well.


21 posted on 10/20/2017 2:53:25 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: ItsOnlyDaryl

The left is absolutely 100% nuts!


22 posted on 10/20/2017 2:54:47 PM PDT by TruthWillWin (The problem wiath socialists is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: higgmeister
Talk about asexual. It's hard to tell.
23 posted on 10/20/2017 2:55:51 PM PDT by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
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To: bigbob

She’s NOT a cowboy! She’s a cartoon character!!!!

REALLY!


24 posted on 10/20/2017 3:04:42 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: higgmeister

Does it now what gender it is?

Can it reproduce, or must it seduce and recruit?

(What would Darwin do?)


25 posted on 10/20/2017 3:15:32 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: ItsOnlyDaryl
I think Masha's on to something.I was on the Upper West Side of Manhattan yesterday and saw several dozen Humvees approaching from the Bronx.
26 posted on 10/20/2017 3:23:52 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: higgmeister

I’m sure I don’t want to know if that’s a dude or a chick.

I think it is a reason for all those newfangled pronouns.


27 posted on 10/20/2017 3:27:22 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (The "God Gene" is evolution's way of saying "Chaos Sucks!")
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To: ItsOnlyDaryl
Consider this nightmare scenario: a military coup

Want to consider something really scary? Consider Mrs. Bill Clinton as president and making 3-4 Supreme Court appointments.

28 posted on 10/20/2017 5:54:34 PM PDT by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: higgmeister

WHAT is that?


29 posted on 10/20/2017 5:55:05 PM PDT by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Can it reproduce, or must it seduce and recruit?

With David Crosby's help, I would say marginally possible.

30 posted on 10/20/2017 6:37:51 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: McCarthysGhost

The Congress is irredeemable. The bureaucracy is mostly unreformable and IS the government. COnstitutional means are no longer even possible. Public Education in the 65 years has produced a population unable largely to reason politically.


31 posted on 10/20/2017 6:45:11 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: blueunicorn6

Is it a woman?


32 posted on 10/20/2017 6:45:51 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: arthurus

Masha is a Russian diminutive for Maria.


33 posted on 10/20/2017 6:58:48 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

With a face like Mario.


34 posted on 10/20/2017 7:01:54 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: arthurus

If you want to check go on and do it and you’ll be a braver man than I Gunga Din.


35 posted on 10/20/2017 7:06:15 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: arthurus

There will be one winner in the battle for our nation. I don’t see the progressive left going along with our side peacefully. We are barely able to govern after winning the last election as it is. We are projecting weakness to our enemies who are challenging us left and right. I think we will ultimately have to use force to restore America.


36 posted on 10/20/2017 7:10:14 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: McCarthysGhost

I was hoping but not expecting Trump to be a Pinochet. I think he could do it if it is in him. He seems more a stickler for the letter of the Law and the Constitution. In the 90s that would have pulled us out of the hole. Now not. The left is arming, ineffectively so far but there are supplies and suppliers that will provide arms and ammo at the appropriate time. The left has never worried about high casualties among its troops. The survivors will gain experience and skill.


37 posted on 10/20/2017 7:15:38 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: arthurus
Her New Yorker bio does not contain a single personal pronoun. It just repeats her last name as necessary.
38 posted on 10/20/2017 7:15:40 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: arthurus
Her New Yorker bio does not contain a single personal pronoun. It just repeats her last name as necessary.
39 posted on 10/20/2017 7:15:41 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: blueunicorn6

It looks like an aging Pajama Boy as a transsexual.


40 posted on 10/20/2017 7:16:42 PM PDT by arthurus
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