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    Britney Griner

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted · Edited by Doc

    2 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said:

    Does it matter whether it was solely as a bargaining chip? That's how they used her to extract something they wanted.

     

    Russia could have held her for the entire time of her sentence.  The Biden Admin traded a Russian arms dealer for her because they were pressured into it.  Let's see what they trade for this guy.

    Britney Griner

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

    Well it's not the same as being held by Russia as a bargaining chip, which we all know was the case with Griner even though she did apparently violate Russian law.

    And yes, the State Department is no doubt involved, and they will advocate for the detained American. That's one of the things they do, even for the idiot Americans who get arrested engaging in some high-spirited drunken revelry in someone else's country. Turks and Caicos will want to assert its right to control what comes into their country, but ultimately they have an interest in American tourism and this will likely be resolved quickly. Without the need for a T&C spy to be exchanged for him ...

     

    Which is it?  Did Russia hold her as just a bargaining chip or did she violate their law?  Do you know what kind of sentence the average person gets for bringing drugs into Russia?  It's a lot longer than what Griner served.

     

    As for T&C, I doubt this is their first rodeo with an American who unwittingly broke their law.  So the tourism aspect doesn't factor into it.

    Britney Griner

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    41 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

    Because Turks and Caicos is just like that Arctic Circle prison camp where Navalny died while taking an ill-advised stroll.

     

    You think they're putting prisoners in the tourist section of T&C?  Where they get mai-tais and conch fritters? :rolleyes: 

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    Election Interference | Donald Trump + Stormy Daniels hush money case

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    14 hours ago, ChiGoose said:

    Right. Makes absolutely no sense if there was a widespread conspiracy to get Trump. Just charge him with the crimes documented by Mueller and be done with it. 

    Could have had the guy already into his second year in jail not worrying about any of this today. 

     

    Try "they wouldn't have been able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt." You know, the Hur reason for not charging Biden for his ciminality.  

     

    14 hours ago, daz28 said:

    You're implying that they thought the lawfare plot would hurt him, but it didn't?  It's laughable to believe that after his supporters say Russia, Russia, Russia every third post, that the deep state made a bungle thinking they'd turn on him, but didn't.  🤣

     

    The Dems thought the lawfare plot would hurt him.  It had the opposite effect (not that Biden's terribleness isn't doing the most to help him).  It still doesn't mean it isn't a PITA to have to go to court and pay millions of dollars defending himself.

    Mayor Pete

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    5 hours ago, sherpa said:

    Typical reply motivated by political emotions rather than factual discernment of facts.

     

    I will save everyone the trouble of reading a lengthy post addressing the 737 max issue, which I am extremely familiar with.

    I will simply address the issue claimed above, suggesting that it was a Trump thing.

     

    The 737 max was designed, certified, tested and approved during the Obama Administration.

     

    The FAA Administrator at that time was Michael Huerta, who was appointed and served until a short time into the Trump Administration.

    Training was also approved under the Huerta tenure/Obama Administration.

     

    In other words, anything related to the 737 max was done prior to Trump.

     

    Boeing's issues are theirs and theirs alone.

    Israel and the Slaughter in Gaza

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    7 hours ago, Justice said:

    attaboy! That’s a good doggy. 

    Honestly man you Israel supporters are some of the dumbest MFers to ever walk the face of the earth. How do you function day to day? Do your toilets come with an owners manual? How about your door knobs? I can see why there’s a warning label on plastic bags. 

     

    Sorry but you lost any sympathy with what happened on 10/7.  But I'm sure that what happened that day is all lies and everything I mentioned is as well.

    Covid? 2024

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    11 hours ago, Big Blitz said:

    Yea it’s over.  China won.  We're a satellite state.  
     

    Every institution is compromised and gone.  

     

     

     

    At the very least it was what the Dems did all throughout his Presidency: take the opposite position from him, even if it made them hypocrites (and it usually did).

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    Election Interference | Donald Trump + Stormy Daniels hush money case

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, ChiGoose said:

    He has violated his gag orders so frequently that Judge Merchen could take him into custody today. When defending Trump, his lawyers could not point to any case that supported their theory that he hadn’t violated his gag order. It was that bad. 
     

    Aside from that, the entire second half of the Mueller Report is just documenting Trump crimes. Merrick Garland could have indicted Trump on day one and likely secured a conviction ages ago. 
     

    It’s incredible that people think that there’s a grand conspiracy to prosecute Trump when in reality he has been treated with kids gloves that none of us would ever have benefited from. 

     

    Right.  So instead they dredge up the Stormy Daniels thing from even longer ago...

    Election Interference | Donald Trump + Stormy Daniels hush money case

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    Posted

    47 minutes ago, daz28 said:

    trump tweets 'Americans can see through what these liberals are doing. This is lawfare, and the real election interference!', and MAGA loves it.  10 minutes later, Trump goes on TV, and says "Americans know this is a hoax, and it's making me do great.  Just look at the polls".  Maga Loves it.  Well which is it?  Being logical, if the 'real election interference' is going so well for you, wouldn't you want more?  I'd feel like a sheep if I couldn't spot the contradiction in that.  

     

    Both can be true.  And then there's that little thing of pesky trials and money wasted.

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    Mayor Pete

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    4 hours ago, sherpa said:

    Costs will be adjusted.

    The margins are so low it cannot be another way.

     

    Always the same under this guy.

    Go for the headline that purports to help consumers.

     

    In the meantime, don't fix the FAA which is far more the problem in that industry, and always has been.

     

    Same old s**t, over and over, but with no objective oversite, never gets fixed and those responsible are never accountable.

     

    This.  You'll pay more overall than you'll get back.

    Election Interference | Donald Trump + Stormy Daniels hush money case

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    6 hours ago, All_Pro_Bills said:

    The Clinton campaign did more than violate election law.  They created an entirely false narrative to lie and deceive the American public on an epic and historical scale.

     

    But as for this problem, falsifying business records?  People charged with falsifying business records perform the act of falsifying business records in order to obscure, misrepresent, or hide a previously performed criminal act.  Like embezzlement.  Is anyone suggesting the source of funds Trump used was illegally gained?

     

    Otherwise, the source of funds being legal there was no criminal act leading up to the payment. The payment itself was legal.  Lying and calling it "legal expenses" was a lie but is lying illegal here.  That's the point of contention.  And that point is trivial and not worthy of legal action by the State.  But the State believes its a standalone "crime" and charge to make a legal payment and classify the payment on your internal accounting records as something else.

     

    Entering into a NDA is not a crime.  Neither is making a payment to another party.  Neither is legally transferring monies to your lawyers escrow account.  Neither is the lawyer using the funds to make a payment to another party.

     

    Don't bother.  They care about more about the process than the crime itself.

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