caretaker

While the news was full of video of near-riots in major airports, protests outside, pandemonium and conflicting orders, he stated that it was working out very nicely. He might as well ask who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?

BristolUK

Coming so soon after the claims of massive crowds at the inauguration and all the rest of it, it's all a bit Idi Amin.

He thinks he's right and that's all there is to it. One does wonder about his advisors and all the rest of them. That he doesn't appear to know what Merkel had to explain to him either shows his own ignorance, contempt or perhaps the other office holders are deliberately setting him up for a fall.

This amused me this morning. There was an article in the Guardian about the benefits (or otherwise) of taking Melatonin for jet lag. In the blog comments was this gem.

dbd33

Yes, I get the grumpy old man, "youth of today gone to the dogs" theme. I just don't see what the sentence is intended to convey in the context of the post.

Shard

I didn't even get that much.
Agree with TeaandToday5.

dbd33

Ah well, back with Trump. I think he's going to cause yuge problems for the US economy. American firms, especially American computer firms, use lots of foreign workers. If it becomes easier to move the American workers to foreign than the foreign workers to America, that's what will happen. There's also the matter of foreign investment, the US needs money from abroad, an isolationist policy isn't going to help with that. The first post-Trump President is going to inherit a lot of problems.

Oh, and his tax to building the ****ing wall is going to cripple the car industry, that's a classic foot shooting.

BristolUK

I can't believe the size of his signature. But at least it's joined up.

caretaker

This from jihadwatch.org:
The establishment propaganda media is full of handwringing this morning about “Islamophobia” being the cause of the attack. Everyone is ignoring the fact that the CBC reported, that the gunmen were screaming “Allahu akbar.” And now we learn from La Presse that one of the murderers was Moroccan.
A Moroccan “right-wing Islamophobe”? Those are somewhat thin on the ground in Rabat and Casablanca and Fez. It is much more likely that the shooting was, as I said yesterday, Muslims who were firing upon other Muslims whom they deemed heretical: a Sunni-Shia dispute, or adherents of the Islamic State versus opponents of it.


Of course it doesn't make it any less tragic.

Shard

It's the signature of a narcissist, although aesthetically, I think it's quite impressive.

caretaker

Polygraph

Former Lancastrian

Graphology might work better.

Shard

That's the prevailing logic, but we haven't seen the outcome yet. Clearly the 7-country ban was an ill conceived plan probably aimed more at (Trump) publicity than any real reduction in terror threat, but it's temporary, and the visa system is likely to remain. I don't see his isolationism sending US corporations running, because ultimately they rely on US law and remedies to function. However, on the car industry, it does seem that repatriating production to the US can only boost vehicle prices, which can't be good for demand. So yes, probably some foot shooting. Interesting times ahead.

caretaker

You did get it, right? Look at his signature, looks like the polygraph paper when you lie.... I can't be sure with some of you.

Former Lancastrian

True but some of us don't get it in your sense and therefore after the explanation we now get it.
Graphology is the analysis of the physical characteristics and patterns of handwriting purporting to be able to identify the writer, indicating psychological state at the time of writing, or evaluating personality characteristics. It is generally considered a pseudoscience.

Oakvillian

But doesn't his passport still state his place of birth? Isn't the whole thrust of his argument that the CBP officials are so ill-briefed that this alone would give them grounds to detain him until they clarify his situation?

Very far from nonsensical, Farah's point is that this is a half-cocked, pea-brained idea that has been rushed into effect with no planning, no briefings, no preparation, no chance to address the nuances of cases that are less than clearly black-and-white. That is what is complaint is, and I think he is absolutely spot on.

Former Lancastrian

Sort of like the vote on BREXIT then.