Rats Fleeing the Sinking Ship

[jaF0]

the parade of departing leaders from the informal panel seems closely linked to how the president responded to events that led to the death of a counter-protester that opposed the white supremacists.

Among those who've left are the chief executives for Merck, Under Armour and Intel and the president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing.

Alliance president Scott Paul, in a tweet, said simply, "I'm resigning from the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative because it's the right thing for me to do." Within minutes of the tweet on Tuesday, calls to Paul's phone were being sent to voicemail.

Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon joined the chorus, saying in a note Monday to employees, "(We) too felt that he missed a critical opportunity to help bring our country together by unequivocally rejecting the appalling actions of white supremacists."

http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2017/P...-Virginia/id-e19b443d6b7446079e079fd36806b04b

 

[Bryan-4-Fun]

I hate to sound cynical, but, IMHO, the only reason these rats are scurrying down the hawser line (I'm ex-Navy!) is because they now view POTUS as a lost cause! Any further association with him may result in lost sales and that means less money for them! Trump is truly a sinking ship and, like a LOT of US Subs in WW-II, he's going to be sunk by his own 'circle-running' torpedo - probably one he launches from the USS Twitter! But I digress!

 

[sr71plt]

I hate to sound cynical, but, IMHO, the only reason these rats are scurrying down the hawser line (I'm ex-Navy!) is because they now view POTUS as a lost cause!

Well, yes, which is a good clue to White House staff to be doing the same and a cabinet secretary or twelve. This is not going to be a winning resume entry for future employment.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

Head of AFL-CIO also resigned from T-rump Council

 

[jaF0]

Members of ... rump's Strategic and Policy Forum have agreed to disband the group, sources told CNBC, as corporate backlash mounts against the president.

The business advisory council made up of top business leaders is separate from ...rump's manufacturing council, which several business leaders left this week.

The business backlash to ...rump follows his tepid response to violence at a white nationalist rally over the weekend,

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/16/a-second-trump-advisory-council-is-disbanding.html

 

[sr71plt]

With the military's stance on Nazis, it's definitely time for both McMasters and Kelly to give him the finger and resign--for their own good.

And anyone in the White House who sticks around now is branded as a Nazi too.

Vice News on HBO released a chilling video yesterday of a reporter going along with a Neo-Nazi at the Charlottesville riot on Saturday, which included some footage of a Neo-Nazi being glad Trump was with them--although not wholly with them since he gave his daughter to a Jew. That certainly was a classy observation from someone Trump and his people are in bed with.

https://news.vice.com/story/vice-news-tonight-full-episode-charlottesville-race-and-terror

 

[jaF0]

https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Trump-rally-030516-800x430.jpg

Has there ever been any doubt?

 

[jaF0]

http://http://static.conservativetribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/trumpforceone.jpg

 

[just Fran]

I hate to sound cynical, but, IMHO, the only reason these rats are scurrying down the hawser line (I'm ex-Navy!) is because they now view POTUS as a lost cause! Any further association with him may result in lost sales and that means less money for them! Trump is truly a sinking ship and, like a LOT of US Subs in WW-II, he's going to be sunk by his own 'circle-running' torpedo - probably one he launches from the USS Twitter! But I digress!

your from Arizona - hope you support McCain the only one who has some Guts to speak up !

 

[sr71plt]

OK, I have a quandary. A year and a half ago, in a moment of curiosity, I went to Trump's winery (which I believe he spoke of yesterday) near Charlottesville and bought a bottle of his (really developed by Patricia Kluge, not Trump) Sauvignon Blanc at an ambitious price of $28/bottle (while declining the offer to buy one of his MAGA baseball caps at $25). I originally was going to drink it the night of his election loss, but obviously didn't get a chance then. So, what do I do with it? Pour it down the drain? (In which case what did the drain ever do to deserve this?) Save it to drink to mark his impeachment or removal? (I really doubt the Republicans have the balls or decency to see to that.) Just leave it to go to vinegar with any attention in my wine refrigerator? Take it to the next time his Neo-Nazis descend on Charlottesville and clunk some Nazi lunkhead with it?

 

[phrodeau]

OK, I have a quandary. A year and a half ago, in a moment of curiosity, I went to Trump's winery (which I believe he spoke of yesterday) near Charlottesville and bought a bottle of his (really developed by Patricia Kluge, not Trump) Sauvignon Blanc at an ambitious price of $28/bottle (while declining the offer to buy one of his MAGA baseball caps at $25). I originally was going to drink it the night of his election loss, but obviously didn't get a chance then. So, what do I do with it? Pour it down the drain? (In which case what did the drain ever do to deserve this?) Save it to drink to mark his impeachment or removal? (I really doubt the Republicans have the balls or decency to see to that.) Just leave it to go to vinegar with any attention in my wine refrigerator? Take it to the next time his Neo-Nazis descend on Charlottesville and clunk some Nazi lunkhead with it?

Will it keep until 1/21/2021?

 

[sr71plt]

Will it keep until 1/21/2021?

It's a white (naturally), so I don't think it will.

 

[jaF0]

Even Blackrock bailed:

http://www.businessinsider.com/larry-fink-blackrock-memo-trumps-council-2017-8

 

[Hypoxia]

Tromp makes it clear that those standing by him and the party he heads will be branded Nazi. Should his cabinet resign, or 25th-remove him? Or will they accept the branding? That's you too, Dr Carson, and Ms Chao (wife of Tromp target Mitch McConnell). Defend Nazi-lovers and you become one.

Hmmm, a question. If most cabinet chief resign, are their top deputies, as temporary department heads, empowered to execute the 25th?

 

[hsnh]

I can't say about internal politics,
but I just read that he's sending thousands of troups to Afghanistan.

Not exactly what he promissed in his pre -election campaign.

 

[phrodeau]

I can't say about internal politics,
but I just read that he's sending thousands of troups to Afghanistan.

Not exactly what he promissed in his pre -election campaign.

Troups? I suppose that's fitting, since it's a theater of war.

 

[hsnh]

Troups? I suppose that's fitting, since it's a theater of war.

I just googled it.
Haha! Good one.

 

[JackLuis]

House Speaker Ryan says US government shutdown unnecessary

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Wednesday that the government shutdown threatened by President Donald Trump is unnecessary and not wanted by lawmakers in Congress.

“I don’t think anyone is interested in having a shutdown. I don’t think it is in our interests to do so,” Ryan told a news conference in Oregon.

Are the Rethuglicans saying to, "Ignore the asshole we inflicted on the American People, he's just a dick!"

 

[phrodeau]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpkXTu-fzWg

Keith Olbermann's list of people distancing from Trump.

 

[Hypoxia]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpkXTu-fzWg

Keith Olbermann's list of people distancing from Trump.

My sister-in-law, a former VERY senior financial executive and current Tromp voter, had to distance herself from him yesterday. She was shoved away from the convention center in Reno where he'd invaded. But she won $8000 at blackjack in a casino across the road. Hey, she could have paid the Secret Service's porta-potty rent.

 

[sr71plt]

Hey, she could have paid the Secret Service's porta-potty rent.

But not for the golf carts at Trump's New Jersey club.

 

[phrodeau]

But not for the golf carts at Trump's New Jersey club.

Hey, maybe you can sell her that bottle of wine for a healthy profit.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

*listens to youtube from GQ*

Then, again, we do not know if those votes were real, or Russian Memorex.

(I had Walkmans, that I broke with regularity. Mix tapes, ruined by public transport. MBTA )

 

[sr71plt]

Hey, maybe you can sell her that bottle of wine for a healthy profit.

So far everyone I've offered to share the bottle with has declined.

 

[JackLuis]

Lawrence O'Donnell scopes out that Ryan is almost ready to declare for 2020 against Trump!

O'Donnell points out that Ryan's actions show that it is not in the interests of the Republican Establishment to sacrifice the work of decades by R's to support a dipshit like Donald. Although he was a bit more polite.