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Monday, November 21. 2016

Trump goes to Youtube to talk directly to you

He knows the MSM wants to leave him bloodied or dead before he begins. Right or wrong, the man has balls. Today's release:



Posted by The News Junkie at 19:36 | Comments (43) | Trackbacks (0)

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Excellent start. Three cheers.

He also needs to to issue a statement disavowing the Paris Climate Agreement and stating that Obama's signature on that was without legal or constitutional authority, and therefore unlawful and fraudulent.

The next problem is what do we do about Kerry and Obama's illegal Iran agreement? He needs to void that also and reimpose sanctions. The problem is Obama unlawfully turned billions of dollars over to the Iranians, literally in the middle of the night.
#1 Jim on 2016-11-21 22:06 (Reply)
Clap clap clap clap

What's not to like?
#2 Phil G on 2016-11-21 22:23 (Reply)
Good on him for bypassing the MSM. How long until YouTube bans him?
#3 talnik on 2016-11-21 22:31 (Reply)
They will claim it is "fake news."
#3.1 Jim on 2016-11-21 22:37 (Reply)
Well, color me agog. Steel????? If he can pull that off, he will recreate the economic rationale for the Great Lakes Basin.
#3.2 Exasperated on 2016-11-22 06:13 (Reply)
This is an oops, posted in the wrong location.
#3.2.1 Exasperated on 2016-11-22 06:15 (Reply)
I think there are ways around YouTube, if necessary.
#3.3 Exasperated on 2016-11-22 06:17 (Reply)
It's good to see Trump getting down to business. However he still has to be confirmed as the next President by the Electoral College Electors, on December 19.

A petition on change.org is asking the Electoral College Electors to break faith with the voters, and elect Hillary Clinton instead of Donald Trump on December 19. The petition currently has more than 4 million signatures.

If you are concerned about that, you can sign an opposing petition, that asks the Electors to keep faith with the voters:

https://www.change.org/p/electoral-college-electors-electoral-college-keep-faith-with-the-voters-on-december-19?recruiter=21275813&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLinke
#4 Chris Austin (Link) on 2016-11-21 22:39 (Reply)
Chris Austin: A petition on change.org is asking the Electoral College Electors to break faith with the voters, and elect Hillary Clinton instead of Donald Trump on December 19. The petition currently has more than 4 million signatures.

It would be broken faith. There's virtually no chance of Trump not winning in the Electoral College.
#4.1 Zachriel on 2016-11-22 09:30 (Reply)
I am a Social Justice Warrior and I am afread.
#5 I am not a snow flake! on 2016-11-21 22:40 (Reply)
We will find out if any of these ideas will get through congress.
If they do could be a new day in America.
If not, how bad WILL it get before we crash into the wall of stupid.
#6 Heltau on 2016-11-22 01:07 (Reply)
"We will find out if any of these ideas will get through congress."

Hmm...

If Trump's initiatives do begin to get results and are popularly viewed as positive measures, would you want to be the senator or representative who is seen to be obstructing them?

Interesting times ahead!
#6.1 Still Not Zachriel on 2016-11-22 07:55 (Reply)
Now we'll see some proper action.

- Frank Herbert
#7 theo on 2016-11-22 02:05 (Reply)
Reposting:
Well, color me agog. Steel????? If he can pull that off, he will recreate the economic rationale for the Great Lakes Basin.
At first I thought what, why steel? Then the dime dropped and I realized that Trump has to be alert to the state of the structural steel market.
For anyone with an interest, Clayton Christiansen(sic) has done an in depth post mortem of the integrated steel mill, in the US. He describes how the fat dumb and happy industry gave up more yardage to foreign competitors, decade after decade, until only specialty mills were left standing. There are a couple of good videos on line. The story of Ken Iverson of Nucor is also a good read.
#8 Exasperated on 2016-11-22 08:14 (Reply)
Iverson was a master in the days when it took more than determination to conquer the odds against one. We need to control and keep our critical industries on site, within our sovereign, should havoc break loose.

Trump understand this.
#8.1 jma on 2016-11-22 10:31 (Reply)
The News Junkie: Right or wrong, the man has balls.

While there's certainly nothing wrong with communicating through a YouTube video, it hardly shows courage. A press conference would require at least some modicum of nerve.
#9 Zachriel on 2016-11-22 09:29 (Reply)
Zacks

How long did Hill without giving a press conference? Two, three years?

I've never seen anyone get inside a dead horse to get beaten the way you do.
#9.1 Will Bithers on 2016-11-22 09:43 (Reply)
Will Bithers: How long did Hill without giving a press conference?

Unlike Trump, Clinton traveled with the press, often answering their questions. However, she didn't give a formal press conference for a period of about nine months. A poor political calculation, at best.

Will Bithers: I've never seen anyone get inside a dead horse to get beaten the way you do.

That wasn't the question raised, of course, but whether putting out a YouTube meant Trump was courageous.
#9.1.1 Zachriel on 2016-11-22 09:49 (Reply)
No. Youtube is not ballsy. Pushing back on the MSM is ballsy.
#9.1.1.1 Bird Dog on 2016-11-22 09:53 (Reply)
Truthy.

the beest went almost four years between pressers.

So why come here daily to get bitchslapped daily? Its clear to everyone you don't read your own sources, and don't understand the ones someone reads to you, and are consistently wrong when called out on specific legal issues that aren't covered by whereever you get your talking points from, and its a stone cold fact you have never once directly responded to any challenge.

don't take this as personal criticism, which I never engage in, but I'm sensing some masochistic personality traits in you.
#9.1.1.2 Will Bithers on 2016-11-22 10:03 (Reply)
Will Bithers: the beest went almost four years between pressers.

That is incorrect. Clinton held a formal news conference on December 5, 2015, then again on September 8, 2016. She traveled with the press, and held informal press gatherings in the interim.
#9.1.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2016-11-22 10:19 (Reply)
Truthy.

Your sources are partisan and corrupt.
#9.1.1.2.1.1 Will Bithers on 2016-11-22 10:22 (Reply)
Will Bithers: Your sources are partisan and corrupt.

Handwaving is not an argument. Here's a contemporaneous account:

QUOTE:
"I don't see any conflict at all between going after the terrorists with everything we have got... and doing more on gun safety measures," Clinton said in response to a CNN question during a press conference at the end of a swing through Iowa.
#9.1.1.2.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2016-11-22 10:34 (Reply)
Truthy.

If you'd only conduct yourself honorably in this place, you wouldn't get your ass handed to you hourly.

Please provide accurate citations to legitimate news sources. That's not much to ask, is it?
#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1 Will Bithers on 2016-11-22 10:42 (Reply)
Will Bithers: Please provide accurate citations to legitimate news sources.

We provided a contemporaneous citation, as well as numerous other secondary sources. That is called "evidence", which generally makes for a better argument than saying "Is not!" over and over again.
#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2016-11-22 15:55 (Reply)
no, you not done anything of the sort. that's why your credibility and reputation for honest discourse here is in the shitter.

address others politely, cite sources and act like an adult and you won't be treated like a dog.
#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 Will Bithers on 2016-11-22 16:38 (Reply)
Will Bithers: cite sources

We provided a contemporaneous citation, as well as numerous other secondary sources. Instead of waving your hands, you might start by supporting your claim that Hillary hadn't had a press conference in "almost four years".
#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2016-11-22 18:08 (Reply)
it was almost five years, now that I've checked my sources.

You need a lesson in research.
#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Will Bithers on 2016-11-22 22:33 (Reply)
Will Bithers: it was almost five years, now that I've checked my sources.

Great! Then you won't mind providing those sources. Meanwhile, why are virtually all other sources reporting that Clinton held a press conference in December 2015 in Iowa?
#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2016-11-23 09:27 (Reply)
I respectfully disagree about the press conference. As the public increasingly regards the MSM as untrustworthy, its relevance diminishes. Few people want to watch a press conference where the questioners are only interested in asking "gotcha" questions and are not looking for any insight.
The MSM is old news (pardon the pun). Suggesting a press conference would require at least some modicum of nerve is like saying Trump would be more of a man if he showed up to the inaugural in a horse and carriage.
#9.2 Talnik on 2016-11-22 10:05 (Reply)
Talnik: I respectfully disagree about the press conference. As the public increasingly regards the MSM as untrustworthy, its relevance diminishes.

The problem is that if no one can ask pointed questions, what's left is one-sided propaganda.

Talnik: Suggesting a press conference would require at least some modicum of nerve is like saying Trump would be more of a man if he showed up to the inaugural in a horse and carriage.

So, you're saying Trump was lying when he ridiculed Clinton for not having held a news conference? Well, what a shock.
#9.2.1 Zachriel on 2016-11-22 10:23 (Reply)
Zack: No, I'm not saying that, I wrote nothing of the sort; what planet are you on?
#9.2.1.1 talnik on 2016-11-22 10:33 (Reply)
talnik: No, I'm not saying that, I wrote nothing of the sort

1. You say press conferences have diminished relevance.

2. Clinton had a dearth of press conferences during the campaign.

3. Trump ridiculed Clinton for her dearth of press conferences during the campaign.

Let's try to make the logical connection. If Trump is using YouTube because, as you say, press conferences have diminished relevance, then ridiculing Clinton for a dearth of press conferences would be deception.

Trump could be using YouTube to avoid the press. Or it could be part of a larger media strategy. As noted, there's nothing wrong with using YouTube, but it is hardly courageous.

talnik: what planet are you on?

We're Jovial. Not that it matters to the point.
#9.2.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2016-11-22 10:42 (Reply)
I think you're from Uranus.
#9.2.1.1.1.1 Will Bithers on 2016-11-22 10:47 (Reply)
So you are saying chipmunks prefer Malort over quaaludes in Capri? Typical!
#9.2.1.1.1.2 Talnik on 2016-11-22 12:55 (Reply)
Why go before a bunch of lefty political activists with bylines who will distort everything you say to fit their political agenda. See post 11/8 www.cnn.com, www.msnbc.com, www.cbs.com, www.nbc.com, www.bloomberg.com.... (You like citings)
#9.3 BillH on 2016-11-22 10:13 (Reply)
BillH: See post 11/8 www.cnn.com, www.msnbc.com, www.cbs.com, www.nbc.com, www.bloomberg.com.... (You like citings)

Citations should be specific, not waving your hands in the general direction.
#9.3.1 Zachriel on 2016-11-22 10:24 (Reply)
Truthy.

You should try citations yourself.
#9.3.1.1 Will Bithers on 2016-11-22 10:32 (Reply)
I think Trump is going to war with the media. Yesterday he met with the media behind closed doors and eviscerated them

http://nypost.com/2016/11/21/donald-trumps-media-summit-was-a-f-ing-firing-squad/

and hours later the video was posted first on youtube channel Transition 2017, and the news channels were forced to play catch up, they didn't post their interpretation for another two hours.

The media mistakenly believe that they are essential. They seem to be ignorant of the fact that they are a recent phenomena that has only existed for two centuries, beginning with the emergence of a literate populace and cheap paper. The government did not own the radio stations in the '30s, or the TV networks in the '60s so politicians were dependent on the media to get their message out. With the internet and the widespread ownership of smartphones anyone can hear directly from the President Elect anywhere and anytime without any dilution, deletion or interpretation. Notice that many of the news channels cut the video from 2m38 down to as short as 1m19 (USA Live News)

The media are no longer necessary and Trump is about to drive that point home.
#9.4 Al_in_Ottawa on 2016-11-22 10:27 (Reply)
Trump had just told the mainstream media to go screw themselves. Why would he waste oxygen on a press conference with them, when he knows whatever he says is going to be edited and spun by them.

He said more in those blunt two and a half minutes without frills and crap--spoken directly to the American people--than Obama has said in dozens of hours of speeches. He also prevented the mainstream media from editing his remarks down to "Trump is a Nazi." Although I saw they were at it again this morning--but the genius is any Joe can now just go to YouTube and hear what Trump really said.

It's also loads better than the other irritation, which is having all of your positions relayed through an obnoxious professional p.r. spinner known as the presidential press secretary.

I would be happy to go on YouTube and listen to Trump give his 2 minute speeches where he just lays things out, rather than all the nonsense where the mainstream media routinely rearranges everything on the TV media for an "important statement by President Obama," and it just turns out to be the same empty incomprehensible gobbledygook speech he always gives. Of course Americans stopped listening to the foolishness being laid out by the Dear Leader a long time ago.

I don't know if it will ever dawn on people that Obama was "Chance the Gardener," totally incompetent and yet media spins it that he is some genius. The damage he did to our country, the economy, our constitution and laws, and national security in 8 years is truly incalculable. But now we have a real president.
#9.5 Jim on 2016-11-22 14:22 (Reply)
Don't you love a president with no experience in politics.
Fresh ideas, a can-do attitude, and a complete disdain for bureaucrats.
#10 JTW on 2016-11-22 14:16 (Reply)
Trump goes youtube. Woohoo. Thanks Maggie.
#11 Lauara on 2016-11-22 21:13 (Reply)
Why hasn't he been put in for the Nobel Peace Prize yet? Seems a bit unfair that he hasn't been nominated, yet.
#12 Casey Klahn on 2016-11-22 23:57 (Reply)

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