LOOK AT SYRIA!!!! LOOK AT SYRIA!!!!! LOOK AT SYRIA!!!!!

[Scuba]

While TPP slides in the back door. Syria involvement is already doing great harm to our Country and we haven't even gotten past the pre-war hype.

[leftstreet]

1. TPP, NSA spying - poof gone!

Mission Accomplished!

[newfie11]

3. You very well be right nt

[Blue_Tires]

6. well tbf those were gone once Miley started shakin' her ass

[fadedrose]

25. Truly the best solution..

We need more ass-shakin.

This would be the war of the willing....

(mine has too many aches and pains, so I agree to be one of the distracted, which is the ultimate goal anyway)

[jsr]

14. That's the beauty of it

[Harmony Blue]

2. What about the ACA?

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. Sacrificed to the War profiteers along with Social Security Medicare and Medicaid.

Poof!

[el_bryanto]

4. There's probably dozens of threatening acronyms slipping through. nt

[Blue Owl]

5. This week on Security Theater: Yahoo Syria

n/t

[barbtries]

7. i'm sorry

TPP?? just a few of the answers on acronymfinder.com:
* TPP Tabung Pinjaman Pelajaran
* TPP Tai Poutini Polytechnic (New Zealand)
* TPP Tallgrass Prairie Preserve (Oklahoma)
* TPP Tangential Proper Part of (spatial reasoning)
* TPP Tangible Personal Property (taxation)
* TPP Tape Preparation Program
* TPP Tarapoto, Peru - Tarapoto (Airport Code)
* TPP Target Product Profile (US regulatory drug development)
* TPP Tea Party Patriot
* TPP Teach Pendant Program
* TPP Teacher Professional Partnership
* TPP Technical Partner Programme
* TPP Technical Performance Plan
* TPP Technical Project Planning (US Army Corps of Engineers)
* TPP Techno Plastic Products AG (Switzerland)
* TPP Technological Products and Processes
* TPP Technology & Policy Program (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
* TPP Technology and Policy Program (MIT graduate program)
* TPP Technology Program Plan
* TPP Technology Protection Plan
* TPP Telecommunications Program Plan
* TPP Temporary Practice Permit (various locations)
* TPP Tenancy Preservation Program (homelessness prevention)
* TPP Terminal Procedures Publications

[progressoid]

8. Trans-Pacific Partnership

http://www.ustr.gov/tpp

Since 2010, negotiations have been taking place[8] for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposal for a significantly expanded version of TPSEP. The TPP is a proposed free trade agreement under negotiation by (as of August 2013) Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Japan,[9] Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam.[10] South Korea was asked by the US to consider joining the TPP[11] but declined for the time being.[12]

The TPP is ostensibly intended to be a "high-standard" agreement specifically aimed at emerging trade issues in the 21st century.[13] These ongoing negotiations have drawn criticism and protest from the public, advocacy groups, and elected officials, in part due to the secrecy of the negotiations, the expansive scope of the agreement, and a number of controversial clauses in drafts leaked to the public.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Strategic_Economic_Partnership

[barbtries]

19. thanks progressoid

i thought it had to have something to do with free trade but i'm just not as well informed as i used to be.

[Scuba]

12. Sorry, Barb, I shouldn't have assumed. Thanks to progressoid for bailing me out.

[barbtries]

20. thanks Scuba.

i'm losing touch little by little. working a lot, going to school, and wearing out. now there's supposed to be another WAR and i just can't study it no more.

[LanternWaste]

9. It's a tough, old world when we're prevented and denied...

It's a tough, old world when we're prevented and denied from conveniently and simplistically concentrating on merely one issue at a time... which unfortunately may be the standard far too many set for themselves.

[avaistheone1]

10. Has the proposed TPP bill become public at all, maybe even some snippets?

[pa28]

11. Never let a good distraction go to waste.

Obama underscores need to finish Asia-Pacific trade deal this year.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=584244

[Demo_Chris]

13. Note as well that illegal Domestic Spying is off the radar. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. So are high capacity clips.

[jsr]

15. Bonus: Zero publicity on USDA approval of Chinese chicken nuggets

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023595738

[Spitfire of ATJ]

18. Goodbye Blue Sky...

[Egalitarian Thug]

16. We talk endlessly about the do-nothing Congress, and yet lots of stuff gets done

while we're all watching the circus. Pockets are still lined with "campaign contributions". Criminals are still walking free from the fear of any investigation, let alone prosecutions. Bubbles are still being re-inflated with taxpayer money. Contracts are still being rewarded to criminal companies...

Look! Its all shiny...

[grahamhgreen]

22. Good point. May be the whole reason for Syria.

[muriel_volestrangler]

23. Ah yes, 100,000 dead is a distraction from the important stuff

You may think that American military involvement would make things worse, but to say that just thinking about the situation is a Bad Thing shows a screwed-up sense of priority.

[TBF]

24. That is what the richest folks want -

so I definitely agree with your assessment.

Overall in life my philosophy tends to be "open borders for people, closed borders for bananas" - but that only works if everyone is on the same page. If we are going to send even more of the few jobs we have overseas we are in big trouble here.

[fadedrose]

26. With your 65th birthday,

You got wisdom, Skuba.

In 10 more years when you're 75 like me, you'lll be even smarter.