Loved him as Capt of a starship and Dr X.

A lot of hard core Ted shaming, eh?

He is the number one reason I believe the well-intentioned mantra “Once a Marine, always a Marine” needs an out clause.

Fair points. The bulk of the “left” in the US is still pretty hard right on the global scale. Obama was more like Reagan than Roosevelt. On the other hand, Trump is more like Hitler (yeah, went there…) than Roosevelt.

I give less than even odds the Union Balkanizes w/i 5 ys.

Hard days comin’.

Perhaps. On the other hand, I learned early in my Marine Corps career to respect the office even if the person holding it doesn’t rate it.

Meeting with POTUS is one thing. Meeting with Trump os another. Despite them being the same person right now.

I’m ok giving the Mayor Elect room to maneuver.

Fascists, totalitarians, and tyrants seem quite fond of him, but that is of course a distinction without a difference.

Indeed it does seem much of the hatred of Stalin is grounded in an admittedly strong emotional response to the data, by which I mean the fact of his responsibility for millions of deaths by starvation, purges, and mass executions. That is powerful propaganda. :)

Setting aside that the statements in the video were verifiably accurate, what authority would the military have to investigate this matter?

His ignorance and that of those he panders to is… profound.

The irony of saying every order given within the illegally renamed “Dept of War” is lawful is delicious.

Well, we wouldn’t want our hate symbols to be too divisive now, would we?

*headeskheadeskheadesk*

(Mine, not yours. Or maybe also yours, but of your own volition.)

Sounds like a bad plan. Of course, he ain’t what one would call a “planner,” so there’s that.

Proper edit. Well done.

“Gangsters of Capitalism” by Jonathan M. Katz gives that coup plot a good treatment.

You get me.

I aim to misbehave…