Al Sweigart17h ago
Someone left the comment "They don't know how to do anything if someone isn't actively bribing them and telling them what to do" and I'm going to remember that for the rest of my life.
Show threadDuckbilled Plattypus.16h ago
@AlSweigart They sent JD Vance who practiced law for under two years and never rose to more than associate in civil litigation and has virtually no experience in hard negotiation to "negotiate" with Iran. He has gotten suckered and publicly humiliated by both the Iranians AND Trump (his own side) who have zero respect and total public contempt for him.
A negotiating basic: The other side must believe whatever you utter has the complete 100% support of your side/bosses, if you don't, you are USELESS to them, and an insult, as you have no power to actually deal and are "bargaining in bad faith."
I did this for a career. Vance is a global joke.
Show threadelkaki13h ago

@pattykimura @AlSweigart To play devils advocate (for the sake of it really), I dont think a single negotiator on earth could have gotten anything there when your own president is admitting you are on the ropes and only have 4 weeks, or with representing an admin that changes opinions weekly, or with israel acting up.

I dont think anyone could get anything good with those conditions, a complete clownfiesta (vance is obviously responsible for that).

Show threadDuckbilled Plattypus.

@elkaki @AlSweigart

Lol. If I was given this assignment, I would have negotiated a package deal that included prepayment in a Swiss Bank for all future lost earning, public damage to my credibility, pain & suffering for global humiliation, because I'd never work again... BEFORE I strapped on the bomb vest and detonated my entire professional and political career to become the global historical face of the 21st century's most famous chud, screwed by Iran, Trump, and Bibi.

Looks like University of Miami Law produced a better smarter lawyer than Yale. Lol.

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Show threadOsteopenia Powers ;9h ago
@pattykimura
Vlad, Rupert, Peter, MBS, Elon, we're glad that the morons you picked to destroy our country are so inept, but now that you've driven it into a tree teetering over a fuel depot, would you terribly mind us digging out our triple A card?
@elkaki @AlSweigart