Random Politics & Religion #32

cj you just invalidated my entire post thank you

North Korea has promised not to use nuclear weapons against South Korea, and the two will hold their first summit meeting in over a decade. North Korea is open to discussing denuclearization with the U.S.. I'm sure we can thank the Olympics for helping to create a dialogue.

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Pick your poison.

Well that settles it then war is over we won!

North Korea has promised not to use nuclear weapons against South Korea, and the two will hold their first summit meeting in over a decade. North Korea is open to discussing denuclearization with the U.S.. I'm sure we can thank the Olympics for helping to create a dialogue.

Wall Street Journal
BBC
NY Times
Fox

Pick your poison.

I said "thank the Olympics for helping." If you believe that means I said the Olympics are the sole cause of any progress that's your prerogative.

If you'd also like to pretend the Olympics (you know, that just took place in South Korea, where they cooperated, coordinated and marched with each other) had nothing to do with leading to a detente and dialogue between the two you're being deliberately obtuse simply because you want to stir the pot and make it about Trump. But even he didn't take credit for this one and said that it may just be false hope



I for one can't wait to go hard in either direction, sounds hot.

President Trump incorrectly described a phone call he had with South Korean President Moon Jae-in as being with someone from North Korea, a National Security Council official said Monday.

While discussing North Korea on Saturday, Trump said "they, by the way, called up a couple of days ago. 'We would like to talk.' And I said, 'So would we, but you have to de-nuke, you have to de-nuke.'" In reality, the call on March 1 was with Moon, the official told South Korea's Yonhap News Agency. "President Trump did not have a call with the North Koreans," the official confirmed. The leaders did talk about North Korea, and Moon told Trump about the envoy he was sending to Pyongyang to meet with Kim Jong Un.

Today he has to tell Conway she’s a naughty girl who didn’t do anything wrong.

(Newser) – A minor controversy is brewing over the presidential seal and an apparent attempt to use it to adorn golf courses owned by President Trump. The problem with that idea? It might be illegal. As ProPublica explains, the Trump Organization recently ordered the manufacture of tee markers emblazoned with the seal for use at Trump golf courses—these would be the markers used to show golfers where to tee off. This became known when a metalworking and sign company known as Eagle Sign and Design posted a since-deleted photo to Facebook of the design destined for "Trump International Golf Course." (There's four such courses, and the caption didn't specify which one.) The order form seen by ProPublica and WNYC identifies the customer as Trump International.

The issue is that the seal cannot be used for commercial purposes. In fact, it's a criminal offense that carries a possible punishment of six months in prison. The “law is an expression of the idea that the government and government authority should not be used for private purpose,” a law professor at Washington University tells ProPublica. It's not clear whether the revelation will put an end to the tee-marker plans. Nobody from the White House, the Trump Organization, or the Justice Department is commenting. The owner of Eagle Sign and Design confirms his company made the design but not his client's identity. "Apparently when you do something that is related to Trump it means you'll get a lot of questions," he tells the Louisville Courier-Journal. "We just did what our customer wanted."

ConArtist'll be gone by end of day, guaranteed.

Ever the optimist.

Delusional press conferences with Trump are always fun. So far he has answered every question with a lie.