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Surprises are for birthdays
Nov. 14th, 2016 01:27 pmI did not watch President-elect Trump's interview with 60 Minutes, instead watching the new movie Arrival. More on the movie anon.
On reading the transcript of Trump's interview, I noted that "deport all 11 million illegals" has morphed to "deport the 2 or 3 million criminals." That number still sounds high, but it's a notable reduction from 11 million. I also note that Clinton is suddenly a "nice person" and staying on one's parents health insurance is okay. In short, on every single one of Trump's policy proposals he's backpedaling! Tell me again why we elected this guy. As one of my former Captains put it, "surprises are for birthdays and it's not mine."
Also, at work today several people wondered why Americans were protesting Trump's election. I remember all the way back to 2008 and the Tea Party's lament about "wanting their country back." I restrained myself from commenting.
In other news, I saw the movie Arrival. It's an intelligent aliens invade movie, with solid characters and actual thought. There's even some science involved! I highly recommend seeing it.
On reading the transcript of Trump's interview, I noted that "deport all 11 million illegals" has morphed to "deport the 2 or 3 million criminals." That number still sounds high, but it's a notable reduction from 11 million. I also note that Clinton is suddenly a "nice person" and staying on one's parents health insurance is okay. In short, on every single one of Trump's policy proposals he's backpedaling! Tell me again why we elected this guy. As one of my former Captains put it, "surprises are for birthdays and it's not mine."
Also, at work today several people wondered why Americans were protesting Trump's election. I remember all the way back to 2008 and the Tea Party's lament about "wanting their country back." I restrained myself from commenting.
In other news, I saw the movie Arrival. It's an intelligent aliens invade movie, with solid characters and actual thought. There's even some science involved! I highly recommend seeing it.
