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DnD Central / Re: Everything Trump…
Last post by OakdaleFTL -
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Trump's lawyer was in turn compensated from campaign funds
This was neither charged nor litigated... But — that's your style! :)

As for the rest, I don't doubt you have a deficient understanding of the indictment and prosecution of the trial. Indeed, you have no interest in such minutia! Your stance has always been "Orange Man, Bad!". (With the enhancement of "If it's bad for U.S., it's good!".)
Which leads me to this:

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if the political system values integrity and self-preservation. American political system clearly does not
You don't (or didn't?!) recognize the egregious lapses of integrity performed by the Democrats throughout these "Trump prosecution"? Let me quote a Berkeley law professor and former federal prosecutor:
John Yoo states it plainly:
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"Regardless of the trial's outcome, its consequences will have a profound effect on the presidency. The weaker the Trump cases are, the more open the invitation is to future prosecutors of presidents of the opposite party. "After this Trump trial, any city, county, or state prosecutor might be encouraged to prosecute any federal officer for conjured violations of a state's criminal law or other patently partisan reasons."

To remedy "this breach of constitutional norms," Yoo indicated that Republicans' only recourse is to observe the Golden rule: "Do unto others as they have done unto you. In order to prevent the case against Trump from assuming a permanent place in the American political system, Republicans will have to bring charges against Democratic officers, even presidents."

(There's more to the article linked to... Even some that might interest you, ersi. But I know how you feel about reading, so I'll simply leave the option available.)
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DnD Central / Re: Everything Trump…
Last post by ersi -
Trump is now a convicted felon in the Hush Money case.[1] The case was not simply about paying a prostitute to shut up (which is apparently legal), but paying a prostitute to shut up in conspiration with print media to avoid reputational damage to Trump's presidential campaign, while the payment scheme involved Trump's lawyer compensating the prostitute, and Trump's lawyer was in turn compensated from campaign funds referring to legal consultation fees where legal consultation did not happen. Some of that was apparently illegal, altogether 34 counts of indictment. Trump was found guilty on all counts. In legal terms, the former president lost to a prostitute. 

What now? Republicans stand with the convicted felon. Larry Hogan, (R-Maryland) campaigning for U.S. senator, who erred from the party line by calling people to "respect the verdict and the legal process", was instantly ostracised by the Trump camp.

The verdict should have taken Trump off the race. I assumed it would, because I assumed that Republicans would remember that they are the self-described party of law and order. Wrong assumption. Republicans are the party of strict ideological discipline where the ideology is a plain personality cult. In their mind, their front-runner can do no wrong. Court decisions have no effect on this. Such cultists have also infiltrated the judicial system, which has stalled all other legal cases against Trump. According to legal analysts, the Hush Money case was the weakest of Trump's cases, but now it's the only case that has made it to a conviction and Trump was found guilty on all counts. If the analysts are right, then Trump is even guiltier in all those other stronger cases. However, none of it matters to a party where the ideology is a personality cult.

I predicted earlier that Trump would not become the presidential nominee. To be pedantic, the prediction still has a month to go from now. In theory, the Republican party can still redeem itself. But the outlook is very bad. It rather looks like that it was correct of me to recommend the abolishment of the Republican party soon after the second impeachment failed. An insurrectionist party with openly anti-constitutional platform has no place in the politicial system, if the political system values integrity and self-preservation. American political system clearly does not.
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DnD Central / Re: The Awesomesauce of the American 2024 Presidential Elections
Last post by ersi -
I was expecting that you'd mention Biden's attempt to assassinate Trump on the Mar-a-Lago raid. Did you accidentally forget it?

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Inflation, destruction of the auto industry, destruction of the energy sector; DEI in the military, schools and corporations...
Inflation is not what a president does. Inflation is pretty much like weather. The Fed and the Wall Street have the closest effect on it. The president does not. Besides, the inflation has been stabilised in USA. It is worse in the EU where there is no Biden.

Your auto industry started having a crisis as soon as you started importing Japanese cars. The worst times were under W. The city of Detroit went bankrupt in 2013. Since then, things have gotten better for the industry. Perhaps you don't like electric cars? Neither do I, except that I don't like cars overall. By the way, the biggest EV maker in USA is Elon Musk, who is part of the Trump cult. He is not complaining that the auto industry is being destroyed.

Destruction of the energy sector? You have been lied to.

DEI in the military, schools and corporations? If it's so bad, why did not Trump do anything to stop it? Maybe because in truth he really doesn't care to govern, as was demonstrated by his first term. He only likes to revel in attention and power, which he thinks must be absolute when he's the president.

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The "Migrant Crisis" engineered by the administration...
You mean the migrant crisis engineered by Trump administration? First, he supposedly built a wall against migrants. If not, blame him. If yes, but there is still a real migrant crisis, blame him because his wall does not work.

But in truth there is no real migrant crisis, except for what Trump falsely claims for his campaign purposes. If you believe him, then you are exactly the factless type he targets. He targets the types who have no capacity to look things up. In other words, congrats for having been successfully brainwashed into the personality cult of your party leader.

Will you ever ask yourself why you are consistently wrong about everything? Of course you won't. You don't care about right or wrong. You care about hyperpartisanship for your dictator wannabe.
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DnD Central / Re: The Awesomesauce of the American 2024 Presidential Elections
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Inflation, destruction of the auto industry, destruction of the energy sector; DEI in the military, schools and corporations... The "Migrant Crisis" engineered by the administration...

And, yes, in his first term he's pursued all of that consistently.

His faux folksiness doesn't extend to the old maxim: When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging!
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DnD Central / Re: The Awesomesauce of the American 2024 Presidential Elections
Last post by ersi -
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[Biden's] "team" will, if he wins a second term, do everything possible to destroy America.
Can you lay out the steps how he would proceed to do it? And why only on the second term? Why not now?

I can easily see how Trump would do it. Namely, he would just follow the steps of his first term again, more aggressively. How would Biden do it, please?
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DnD Central / Re: What's Your Favorite U.S. Supreme Court decision?
Last post by OakdaleFTL -
When it comes to US. Supreme Court decisions, the crucial distinction that European posters don't understand is that the court is not a common law court... Which obviates most of the comments.

For those few who don't know the terminology, let me explain in simple terms: SCOTUS does not make law.
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DnD Central / Re: The Awesomesauce of the American 2024 Presidential Elections
Last post by OakdaleFTL -
Nobody thinks Biden does anything... :)

Since you've long maintained your animosity and ill-wishes for the U.S., your support of Biden is quite understandable: His "team" will, if he wins a second term, do everything possible to destroy America.
And you'd applaud their efforts, ersi. Why, I wonder...[1]

Are you also gleeful about the predictable Jew-hatred becoming "popular"? :)
1 You've never explained your reasons...↵
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DnD Central / Re: what's going on in france
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Macron will stop Ukraine war, Gaza war, and Sudan crisis...
Meanwhile he incited an uprising in one of his own colonies.

Quote from: https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-france-new-caledonia-crisis-protest/
The protests were triggered by the French National Assembly’s vote to allow all citizens who have been living in New Caledonia for over 10 years to elect the local legislature. Voting in these elections has until now been reserved for citizens who settled in the archipelago before 1998 — when the French government launched a self-determination process in New Caledonia — or their descendants.

Pro-independence forces argue that broadening the electoral body would further reduce the influence of the indigenous Kanak population, whose share of the population has shrunk since France took control of the territory over 170 years ago. Proponents of the reform see a democratic necessity, underlining that the current rules exclude even certain New Caledonia-born citizens from voting.

The change would require a constitutional amendment, and therefore still needs to be approved by lawmakers from both houses of the French parliament during an ad-hoc session.

The decision to call such a session belongs to one man: Macron.
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DnD Central / Re: What's Your Favorite U.S. Supreme Court decision?
Last post by OakdaleFTL -
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This one, restoring Trump to presidential candidacy in Colorado, may yet take the cake for being the worst SCOTUS decision ever.
By "worst" you -of course- mean contrary to your presumption of guilt of Trump. You have lots of company holding that opinion. (Although not very good company!)

I liked your section:
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Also, SCOTUS deployed some technicalities in taking Trump's absolute immunity argument for consideration in order to delay the documents investigation case. Thus SCOTUS aims to ensure that Trump not only remains on the ballot as an insurrectionist, but also as the thief and distributor of state secrets, an asset of foreign powers.
Specially the "some technicalities".... :) You seem always able to ignore "technicalities" — such as due process, constitutional rights and rules of evidence — for your preferred outcome of trials: You're still a Soviet at heart, ersi!

And like many Europeans you simply wish the U.S. ill: If it's bad for the U.S,, you're for it!

Have you actually followed the case you mention? (Why would you, of course: "The man is guilty! Find the crime..."! Dictat.)
But the U.S. has not been defeated, yet! :)

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BTW: Have you an opinion on the NYC trial? I'll bet you have a lot in common with Cohen... :)