presidential alert...

[mall walker]

fwiw, in iOS anyway,
settings -> notifications -> scroll to the bottom -> emergency alerts

[KQ]

If the Russians find a way to hack into that alert system, it could get interesting.

I was thinking the same thing last night when they announced it on the news. Just another chink in one's armor.

He's not announcing his resignation. He's getting led out in cuffs, skipping bail, and flying to Moscow where he will attack the US and announce conspiracy theories to his followers.

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or the Ecuadorian consulate

[riser4]

didn’t suck hard enough to come

Word.

[SumJongGuy]

Next one will be when full on WWIII kicks off.. Will be the US aligning with Russia, China, North Korea and Isreal to attack our former allies. Russia gets Europe, China and NK get Asia. Israel gets the Mid East and Africa, US gets Canada and South America. Check Mate!

[hutash]

I didn't get one. What does that mean for me?

You are in a special group and will be notified by US mail. Check you mail box next week.

[KQ]

Next one will be when full on WWIII kicks off.. Will be the US aligning with Russia, China, North Korea and Isreal to attack our former allies. Russia gets Europe, China and NK get Asia. Israel gets the Mid East and Africa, US gets Canada and South America. Check Mate!

<roll eyes>

No way anyone is getting out alive in that scenario. You think all those countries you have being taken over will go down willingly?

[hutash]

At least this one worked better then the one in Hawaii.

[SumJongGuy]

<roll eyes>

No way anyone is getting out alive in that scenario. You think all those countries you have being taken over will go down willingly?

Didn't say it would be easy, especially Mid East and Africa. But, it does appear to be a possibility that this kind of new axis of evil is in the works. How else do we explain the new found official executive and legislative branch love of notorious dictators and war crimes alumni?

[Meathelmet]

When the Russians find a way to hack into that alert system, it will get interesting. We will finally learn to say Spasiba properly.

Emphasis added.

[Sirshredalot]

Didn't say it would be easy, especially Mid East and Africa. But, it does appear to be a possibility that this kind of new axis of evil is in the works. How else do we explain the new found official executive and legislative branch love of notorious dictators and war crimes alumni?

Are you looking for a real answer?

A.) Russian intelligence interfered with the election on Trump's behalf because they benefit from a weaker US and Russian leadership benefits from an executive branch unwillingness to enforce sanctions. They also have kompromat, so that's a bonus. They remain an enemy of the country but a great friend to Trump. Because their economy has stagnated under corruption and kleptocracy, they are increasingly irrelevant in world affairs. Undermining functioning economies and political systems is their way of trying to stay in the game despite their economic irrelevance.

B.) The current government in Israel is far right-wing nationalist and shares an ideology with the Breitbart.com crowd in the White House, to whatever extent there is a coherent ideology to share. Their situation is analogous to Poland right now. There is an inherent tension here because other right-wing nationalist governmenta are wildly anti-Semitic. This is probably a backstop keeping them from going Full Hungary, though who knows?

C.) The Chinese aren't fond of us but are delighted by the leadership vacuum in geopolitics created by the incompetence of the White House. Their long-term strategy in dealing with the US is unchanged, though they now have an accelerated time-table w/r/t asserting themselves more in world affairs.

D.) The North Koreans aren't fond of us but were happy to take advantage of Trump's venality for some photo ops and propaganda. Their nuclear program and their long-term strategy in dealing with the US are unchanged.

E.) Trump is fond of kleptocratic dictators temperamentally and that is how he models himself. Kleptocratic dictators, by nature, don't necessarily have shared interests in international affairs. International alliances and stability are good for humanity and for economic growth. If your goal is to loot as much as you can for yourself and hang onto power lest you get imprisoned or shot for treason, those goals aren't really on your radar.

[PNWbrit]

fwiw, in iOS anyway,
settings -> notifications -> scroll to the bottom -> emergency alerts

Don'tr think that you can opt out of the the trump messages like you can amber and silver alerts.

[Meathelmet]

Are you looking for a real answer?

A.) +1

B.) +1/2

C.) +1/3

D.) +1

E.) +1

Pity that SomGung is prolly not looking for real answers, but you did a good job point out the...main points.

Israel has their own game with Saudis & Iran so their game is..as usual..a bit obscure. Not that the last 15 years has not served Israel well. All their previous adversaries are in shambles and none are left to directly confront them. But, Iran <=> Saudi situation is a challenge : Who will blink and go for broke with the Nukes? Iran blinked few years back but what next? Saudis have made their stand clear. If Iran gets nukes so will they. As if.

With China? Hmm. They are already gunning for US guts, they have done that for the last 20+ years.
Spratly Islands are the latest clearest sign. I am not into making bets but in the next 6 months shit is bound to go down there. Just to test.
One collision and one of the Aegis Destroyer is out of the game. Combine that with US internal policies and lack of 'clear and decisive action' for few days...

Voila.

That vacuum that china has claimed during the last decade is suddenly theirs and no action apart from tactical nukes would remove them from Sprat/Woody/Fiery Islands.
Not so dissimilar that NATO has been doing in the Baltics?

[evdog]

If the Russians find a way to hack into that alert system, it could get interesting.

TGR should hack the system. "National Emergency: PM Rontele for details"

[PNWbrit]

TGR should hack the system.

"DD phone home"

[Svengali]

[glademaster]

Bill Maher has been saying that for a year or so.

Not surprising. I appreciate his astute pessimism.

[bobz]

Don'tr think that you can opt out of the the trump messages like you can amber and silver alerts.

That's right. I just checked, and I'd had Amber and Emergency alerts turned off (which I did, because twice in about a week I got rather annoying alarms about situations that were occurring about 500 to 1500 miles away; I like weather porn as much as the next guy, but I don't need to be interrupted for it). And I got the Presidential Alert anyway. So, whatever, nothing you can do until Apple/Google allow you to turn this thing off as well.

(On the other hand, if used appropriately, this capability, govt emergency messaging, is probably a good thing, you know, now that the country is way past the point where everybody watches Walter Cronkite in the evening.)

[Bunion 2020]

Didn't get one dammit, and I had a reply already saved, "Dear Cheeto Face, I didn't vote for you and even though you are still my President, go fuck yourself".

So let down..........

[BigDaddy]

Are you looking for a real answer?

A.) Russian intelligence interfered with the election on Trump's behalf because they benefit from a weaker US and Russian leadership benefits from an executive branch unwillingness to enforce sanctions. They also have kompromat, so that's a bonus. They remain an enemy of the country but a great friend to Trump. Because their economy has stagnated under corruption and kleptocracy, they are increasingly irrelevant in world affairs. Undermining functioning economies and political systems is their way of trying to stay in the game despite their economic irrelevance.

B.) The current government in Israel is far right-wing nationalist and shares an ideology with the Breitbart.com crowd in the White House, to whatever extent there is a coherent ideology to share. Their situation is analogous to Poland right now. There is an inherent tension here because other right-wing nationalist governmenta are wildly anti-Semitic. This is probably a backstop keeping them from going Full Hungary, though who knows?

C.) The Chinese aren't fond of us but are delighted by the leadership vacuum in geopolitics created by the incompetence of the White House. Their long-term strategy in dealing with the US is unchanged, though they now have an accelerated time-table w/r/t asserting themselves more in world affairs.

D.) The North Koreans aren't fond of us but were happy to take advantage of Trump's venality for some photo ops and propaganda. Their nuclear program and their long-term strategy in dealing with the US are unchanged.

E.) Trump is fond of kleptocratic dictators temperamentally and that is how he models himself. Kleptocratic dictators, by nature, don't necessarily have shared interests in international affairs. International alliances and stability are good for humanity and for economic growth. If your goal is to loot as much as you can for yourself and hang onto power lest you get imprisoned or shot for treason, those goals aren't really on your radar.

Your time in DC served you well...

[splat]

My neighbor just came home from work and said the DOJ has 55,000 indictments on the Clintons and Pelosi and their whole gang and that the alerts were for when Trump announced this and the shit hit the fan. I said, "Alex Jones?" and dude is like 'It's for real, the guy that told me is really smart." I said, "Well, it's not in any newspaper or on any news channel. How smart is he now? He responds, "What, you trust them?"

WoW.

[Core Shot]

Poly ass dammit

Don’t we have mods to protect my snowflake self from this vitriol on TGR?

[zartagen]

Put me on the didn't get one list. I have also never gotten an amber alert or emergency alert of any kind. Anybody know what's the deal?

[alias_rice]

I had just boarded a plane when every phone went off at once. Just a little disconcerting for a few seconds.

[riser4]

Did anyone out of the country get one? Curious.

[KQ]

My neighbor just came home from work and said the DOJ has 55,000 indictments on the Clintons and Pelosi and their whole gang and that the alerts were for when Trump announced this and the shit hit the fan. I said, "Alex Jones?" and dude is like 'It's for real, the guy that told me is really smart." I said, "Well, it's not in any newspaper or on any news channel. How smart is he now? He responds, "What, you trust them?"

WoW.

That's some crazy shit.

So what exactly is the awful thing that all those people have done? Ripped children from their parents and shipped them across the country? Taken away people's health insurance? Cost American companies and their employees income because of tariffs? Turned away from citizens in crisis from natural disasters? Redraw voting districts and change voting requirements so as to make voting harder for our poorest citizens?