Machiavelli's advice for Prince Trump

Niccolo Machiavelli, "Discorsi,  II" 1531:

"It is prudent for a man to abstain from threats or contemptuous expressions, for neither weaken the enemy: Threats make him more cautious, and contemptuous remarks excite his hatred and a desire to avenge himself."

Consider me excited, sir.

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Memo to self: When you take over a federal building, stay inside it. The cops are outside.

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I know that look!

That grimace on D. Trump's face while Silly Sarah babbled on was the exact face my father sported while sitting through the mandatory piano recitals my teacher staged.

I know Pops loved me because he sat through three a year for four years. Oddly, Mother always had an emergency at work.

The Half-Gov's incoherent babble was akin to the tripe vice-principals, coaches and teachers spouted while trying to whip up enthusiasm for, well, everything. Anything.

Does D. Trump know Sarah's a Loser? Electoral College votes: 173 to 365?

Memo to self: Calling the cable TV-Internet failure a moron is an insult to morons everywhere.

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The job for the man

I'm fascinated by Scott Adams' analyses of Donald Trump.

Which led me to a thought:

Who's going to tell Mr. T that, when things go bad, the President cannot declare bankruptcy and walk away?

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Solo, we hardly knew ye

Finally saw "The Force Awakens"... I'm still confused as to why Han's death didn't bring even a tiny tear to my eyes.

(Professor Proton's ghostly attempted suicide by light saber might have ruined it for me.)

The movie's better than I expected.

Carrie, dear, it was worth the pain of shedding all that weight.

Mark, dear, you showed up for work for, what, one day? Great job.

I'm too lazy to look up info on the actor playing Ben. And I'm embarrassed to insist that he isn't as handsome as Leia and Han's kid should be.

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Donald the Nuker

Could aides to Prez Donald Trump use the same tactic that Nixon's aides used for foreign affairs negotiations? The one where they privately said Nixon was so nuts they could not guarantee he wouldn't use nukes on any country that got in his way?

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