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4 hours ago, B-Man said:
NONE DARE CALL IT A HOAX:
Jussie Smollett Hires Michael Cohen’s Lawyer after ‘Persons of Interest’ Released.
this story is sad and pathetic, and seemed ready to unravel from basically when it started. HOWEVER:
the delicious irony of Jussie Smollz acknowledging Michael Freaking Cohn with a sheepish "Hey girl heeeyyyeee!" as they pass in the hallway of their shared attorneys office is awesome.
what a world.
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2 hours ago, Bob in Mich said:
Trump is hurting this country. His lying and ignorance of the issues, which so many have overlooked or claimed is harmless, is costing us and will soon be costing us all even more. If a wall fixed all the problems as he claims, everyone would be for it but nearly everyone knows that it won't really do what he claims. Humans are amazingly ingenious and will just attack the next weakest point. Certainly any major drug dealer or any terrorist with a brain will not be stopped. Halting demand from the US, just like with the drug problem, would be far more effective in deterring illegal immigration.
Got any other uses for $ billions? Supporters often imply that this is not a great deal of money and we should basically humor him. If we do that, then what is the next national emergency he concocts and from where does he re-appropriate that money? Soon we will be hearing how we can't afford Social Security but we can afford foolish spending to humor the fool, right?
The only thing that can stop him are his supporters, unfortunately, and they are in so deep they no longer seem to be able to tell right from wrong.
Good Lord Bob, this reads like a script from Jussie Smolltte's One Man play.
Toughen up, tuck your ***** back in and bide your time while your fave prez is not in office. Many Trump supporters did just that during the 8 long years of socialist stupidity and many folks of all stripes rode the wave during the Bush years before.
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McCabe was an entrenched komrad who would have thrived in East Germany or any other totalitarian regime. He reminds me of that nazi in "Inglorious Basterds", the one who gets the swastika carved into his forehead at the end. That's not to say he was a brutal and ruthless in dispatching enemies (perceived or otherwise) as that character was, but in idealogical terms he's the same type of guy.
He thrives on power, he will say or do anything necessary to advance his cause, so much so that while sent packing after being exposed as a liar and traitor, he simply changes the narrative. He is, in short, a virus.
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1 minute ago, Nanker said:
Can’t wait to hear D’Blowhard, Accidentally Ocassional Cortex, and Infanticide Andy reveal their big plans to pump that $3 Billion back into Queens. I wonder how they’re going to invest their new found prosperity now that Amazon isn’t going to steal it from them.
As Barrack used to say "Nah ho-ho-hold on just a second...".
The path is now clear. AOC is onto something. If I were Cuomo, I'd be inviting every large tech company in the world to set up shop in the city, have AOC do her AOC and have the company decide to move on. You're not going to score the $3b everytime, but if you could average a bill each time a company changed its plans after a while you have like $5b in found money for NYS.
Put another way...sometimes pulling out is a good thing.
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8 minutes ago, Foxx said:
the problem is they will just claim national security and we will never see anything. there is a conflict interest. now if you were to tell me that the testimony would be vetted by a council outside of the government, i would tend to agree.
i am hoping that this whole movement that is beginning won't stop short of the curly hairs. we need to cut it all down to size and eliminate what is wrong and rebuild it with an eye towards fair justice.
Trump could be the wild card you're looking for. Personally I think the tentacles of corruption cross party lines and there is plenty of skulduggery to go around.
I don't see it playing out as you have laid out on your wish list, but maybe a few of the big players will get kicked in the nuts along the way. What's truly tragic is they all have so friggin much blood on their hands, and sell out your family, mine and everyone elses...liberals, conservatives, centrists and independents. It means nothing to them.
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7 minutes ago, Foxx said:
well, i haven't been around as long as most of you and i really like to try and give people the benefit of the doubt. with that said, he proved beyond any shadow of a doubt today that he is just here to troll and is not really interested in having a genuine conversation.
due to life circumstances, i know what it is like to be judged unfairly so i bend over backwards to extend the opportunity to prove initial impressions wrong. i won't ignore him as i don't like to reside in an echo chamber but as for interacting with him, it will next to nonexistent, if ever.
thanks for the words of experience.
Sometimes Foxxy ya gotta sweep the leg.
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2 hours ago, Crayola64 said:
Isnt this amount only a fraction of what he demanded for a wall? How is this a win.
was there anything that could’ve happened where the people that always support trump would say he lost? And vice versa
when you side with someone every single time, you gotta wonder how much thought you are putting into it. Not necessarily you, but a lot of the “trump won” crowd.
I've learned not to view these types of issues based only on "this moment in time!". Over the past couple years people have crowed about how THIS time, they. got.him! only to have the current president continue to plow ahead. See for instance, today.
The deal is what it is, and the parts on the board are constantly moving. He has set himself up to be the savior of the resistance if he follows through, uses the military ame other options at his disposal to continue to construct the barriers.
In the interim, the dems cracked and if one chooses to look at that as a victory, it can be seen that way. However, virtually every high profile dem has been all over the page on supporting, not supporting, moral, immoral depending on who they were speaking to, whether running for office or sitting in opposition to the current president, and that makes them look weak politically and on the issue of border security. Snapshots of Master Beto at the border barricaded behind a 10 foot high chain link fence for protection only add to the challenges the dems face as the move farther to the left.
Put another way, you're not going to find consensus between the extremes, but there are an awful lot of folks in the middle who recognize the security/economic challenges of just letting $#@@ go on the way the dems want it to be. Those are the difference makers who might not want to speak publically and be bullied by crazies for suggesting security at the border needs to be overhauled, but would apply some common sense to the problem of hundreds of thousands of people showing up for benefits that their tax dollars pay for.
In other words....developing....
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14 minutes ago, Foxx said:
when they call for ***** like this to be sealed, we should demand that it be released, in full, no redactions.
https://twitter.com/annvandersteel/status/1095654637133275138
While I'm all for truth and justice, with fish this big it's fair to at least allow the allegations to be vetted privately before names are released. I don't doubt it happened on these and other high profile issues (abortion, immigration etc), but the potential for innocent people to be thrown under the bus is pretty high.
And I find rfk jr to be a major d•••, but wouldn't it be awesome ams ironic to see djt de-classify intel that supported his theory that the govt was behind the assassination?
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42 minutes ago, grinreaper said:
Ponder something fellas. If there was no direct evidence would the use of the word "direct" imply that there was indirect evidence? Why not just say there was no evidence?
I pay attention to the words used to describe the news of the day. I always find it interesting how a story can be sold with soft edges. The Michigan congresswoman, Omar, "Apologizes for controversial tweets after backlash from Dem leaders" according to NBC. Note no reference to the anti-semetic nature, and from the headline apparently only the dems were upset. Newsweek was less kind, with a headline that read she was "Slammed for a 'stunningly Anti-Semetic Tweet".
One is "controversial" perhaps something about Courtney Cox being better on Friends than Jennifer Anniston, while the other is pretty clear on the issue.
The business of news, what is released and how is manipulative, misleading and intentional. It's up to the individual to figure out what they believe.
For what it's worth, I googled "Trump" and the headlines/crawls/videos are a tasty alphabet soup of such colorful words/phrases as "SLAMS", "ATTACKED", "STARTLING", "BIG LIES", "PRESIDENT BLASTS..." .
Duck duck go, on the other hand has an ad for polling data, a link to the DJT Official Site, "TRUMP:SECOND SHUTDOWN UNLIKELY", "RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS ON BORDER...", links to the Trump real estate page, his Twitter feed, wiki etc. There is one video link to "TRUMP SLAMS BETO RALLY..." though oddly when I put in Beto no reference to him SLAMMING Trump.
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3 hours ago, 4merper4mer said:
LOL. It wasn't Sessions and it not going to be Barr. Not happening. Too big to fail.
I think this is correct. No way the big players ever get caught up in this, too many entrenched fingers of all stripes stuffing their hands in the til. We never know anything if Trump loses, he was just the right wild card at the right time.
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16 hours ago, row_33 said:
It doesn’t happen.
That's exactly what you would say if you were one of them.
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33 minutes ago, row_33 said:
How is one convicted of a secret non-impeachment crime again the United States, and then get pardoned and nobody knows?
You're badgering the witness!!!
it seems to me we live in a world of uneasy political alliances, where each party allows members of the other party to get away with certain indiscretions that regular folks would not. See Eliot Spitzer, for example. I think the ruling class treats some of these issues under the theory that if one side pushes hard for conviction/jail time, they know it's just a matter of time before the pendulum swings back. Thus, under the theory of mutually assured destruction, things slide. It seems a logical next step to a formalized, keep it quiet for the good of the nation (or whatever) and you do yours, we'll do ours.
as for the secret pardon dealio, who knows? I guess my point was it would not surprise me in the least. Then again maybe I've watched too many Soprano episodes.
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https://www.thenational.ae/uae/harrison-ford-delivers-apocalyptic-climate-change-warning-1.823568
sometimes I hate the news, it reveals things like harry ford yammering on and on about climate change. This jackalope owns multiple airplanes, bragged about flying up the coast to get a cheeseburger, and made his fortune by being really effective at getting people to leave their homes, pollute the planet and gorge themselves fat on fake-buttered popcorn and 1 gallon medium sized sugary soda.
I mean let's put aside the fact that he's flying to Dubai, and encouraging as many like-minded people as possible to drive/fly/boat to Dubai to hear his lecture about how the planet is being smothered by human activity like flying/driving/boating. It's clear from watching the video to all citizens that there is absolutely no way to deliver a message of this magnitude to the masses in ANY way other than to pollute the crap out of the planet by flying to Dubai.
I always enjoyed a good harry ford flick. Mindless fun for a couple hours, take your mind off the problems of the world watching him exercise white privilege as he pillaged the treasures of foreign lands. Now this.
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2 hours ago, row_33 said:
I don’t doubt a lot of strange stuff has gone down in the history of the US.
secret pardons, if required, are better off not being broadcast, and I doubt it happened
Ford’s pardon of Nixon is the most notorious pardon to date, an event not forgotten by anyone alive at the time, right up there with the moon landing for memories.
I would not doubt the likelihood of secret pardons, not in the least. Seems tailor made to suit the psychology of political elites, and would seem to have broad appeal to both major parties.
The interesting question for me would be If a secret pardon existed, would Trump be able and willing to declassify and reveal the details?
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4 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said:
In fairness he may just be angling to be the new Subway pitchman. That Chipolte Chicken sandwich went through the ringer but was stout enough to make it back home unscathed.
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12 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:
I didn't go to Dartmouth like Jake Tapper, but if you leave your dick laying around where people can step on it, that's on you.
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30 minutes ago, GG said:
If we follow this logic, wouldn't Trump have done something damaging by now? After all, it's been more than two years and something surely would have popped up by now.
That's a far longer time than realizing that a hockey coach can hurt a hockey team because he's been exposed.
Of course. We've seen every political trick in the book, and some new & improved versions of old tricks, and increasingly destructive behavior by each party.
But we're to assume these people are all just sitting around scared to death that Trump is pushing a button somewhere, but allowing the situation to simply play out over 2 + years?
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Just now, Foxx said:
he has only lost his cool once and that just happened with Mr. Raskin.
Classic Raskin.
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1 minute ago, Deranged Rhino said:
I haven't watched any of this, but am looking forward to it. Whitaker seems to have the libs in a tizzy, dancing like little gender-neutral sock puppets in a circle.
I love to see someone push back on these absurd political festivals of partisanship. The goal is to appear to follow rules of civility and professionalism while slithering around like snakes trying to jab a knitting needle to the eyeball of the opponent.
To see someone simply say "Sorry chief, go f yourself" is such a welcome change to the same old crap. Its positively Trumpian.
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46 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said:
WaPo story...
Va. Gov. Northam reaches out to Lt. Gov. Fairfax and AG Herring, other men at the center of scandal
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Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Thursday that the state’s Democratic congressional delegation, which had called for Northam’s resignation, is withholding judgment on Herring, who is trying firm up support from Virginia’s black leaders.
Kaine said that the delegation remained unified in its demand that Northam resign following his admission that he also wore blackface at a dance competition in 1984, in addition to the racist photo in his medical school yearbook.
“We are likely to come out with a statement soon on the Herring case that, I think, we feel that we are generally in the same position – that he reached out to each of us individually, very apologetic,” Kaine told reporters in the U.S. Capitol after most of the Democratic delegation met in his office. “He is in dialogue with the legislative black caucus and African-American leadership in the state, and they have been impressed with his sincerity while they’ve been very disappointed with what happened.”
Kaine, a former governor, said that the lawmakers felt Herring had been sincere in his apologies in a way that Northam had not, but the attorney general still “needs to answer questions of the press and the public too” to shore up support to continue in office.
But the federal lawmakers could not agree on how to proceed on the allegations of sexual assault against Fairfax.
“Everybody is still grappling with the allegation and trying to – we all believe it should be taken seriously but I don’t think you’ll see us reach a conclusion about that,” Kaine said, adding that the lawmakers would monitor events. “We’re going to watch it over the next couple of days.”
</snip>translation:
burn down the house of Brett Kavanaugh, preferably with him in it;
let's all take a step back and consider the ramifications of believing the accuser of Governor Fairfax.
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6 hours ago, snafu said:
Dude, back off.
It was a glitch in his programming. The technicians are checking it out and running a few diagnostics. Nothing to see here. Move along.
I can live with that. My apologies for noticing the box and thinking outside it.
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Ironic. That baby could be the biological love child of pretty much all those Republicans.
Seriously though, that little chart is pretty degrading in and of itself. All the Republicans are pulled from the Aryan handbook? No Italians, Irish, Polish, dark-haired people? Red heads with freckles? No war veterans, no stories of personal tragedy or triumph...just reduced to yellow-skinned stick figures with pompadour hair styles?
And the Ds, you have all the white Ds representing the same tired look as the Rs, presumably walking in lockstep with them? And since there are different tones on the non-Aryans, are they designed to be accurate representations? Again, no stories to be told here?
Whoever created this is a racist.
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On 2/5/2019 at 10:18 PM, DC Tom said:
Why? I don't know what I don't know. Period. That is the most honest answer you will get from anyone, anywhere, any time.
symbolism? (I got this DR)
Interesting the way you wrote this. At first glance, I read it as if you're making a declaration. That would sound like this:
"I don't know what I don't know period!" (Emphasis added)
But what you wrote could be interpreted as:
"I don't know what I don't know period Period period" or "I don't know what don't know..."
What's your deal here?
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3 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:
The more things change, the more they stay the same....
"Mueller is working to save himself".
Hmmm.
Unbelieveable the issues that are uncovered when the light is shined in the dark corners. This whole FISA process is a very slippery slope and requires honesty and integrity lots of people do not possess. And with the power of the govt, it's a simple jump from not being truthful on the application to squeezing some poor bastard to death until he says whatever you want him to say.
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Trump The Divider
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Posted · Edited by leh-nerd skin-erd
Assuming that WhiteyinPhilly and 34 are sharing their true feelings on all this, they represent the emotionally overwrought segment of the population that's easily manipulated. The recipe is:
1. Someone/some group identifies a boogeyman issue;
2. They sell the issue as such;
3. A whole lot of people gobble up the Intel, disregard the rational notion most of us are taught to "Wait....and see" and follow the base, primal instinct to jump to conclusions and punch someone, anyone that they disagree with;
4. When confronted with the evidence and knowledge that they have been manipulated, they dig their heels in and either move the target or move on.
What they see as their strength of character is really just another form of weakness.
There's that $#!ing smirk again! This kid will never learn.