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Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #150 –
Quote from: OakdaleFTL on
Keep dreaming, Sang! :) (link to story…)
you know that link doesn't help, right? So WTF are Trump advisors doing talking to cyber-criminals? You gotta admit this looks really bad? Did the evidents leading to Nixon's resignation move this quickly?
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #151 –
Quote from: midnight raccoon on
You gotta admit this looks really bad?
Yes, it does: Die-hard Dems grasping at any straw…
A "deep cover" Twitter exchange! OMG! :) (How long will it be before they revert to Project Majestic type remote viewing and mind reading? :) But, of course, when there's no evidence…some think the "seriousness of the charge" is what necessitates an investigation! —Myself, I doubt the seriousness of such shoddy reasoning, if it can be called that… I'm sticking with my description: wishful thinking.)
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Did the evidents leading to Nixon's resignation move this quickly?
What -pray tell!- is the underlying crime? :)
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Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #152 –
You understand it isn't even just Dems, right? If you really don't know the underlaying crime, you don't what happened. Has it ever been legal to hack State Dept emails?  Hacking the DNC is the modern version of breaking into the DNC HQ in a certain Washington DC hotel... Then there's the issue of Sessions perjury in his confirmation hearings. Perjury itself is a crime. But if he's innocent, why lie? Now Stone had been talking to Guccifer 2.0, WTF for?  But I also read that many who went down for Watergate did so because  their coverups were worse than their original crimes. The Trump people keep lying about who they met and talked to. You know, the same behavior that ultimately brought down Nixon.














 
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #153 –
Quote from: midnight raccoon on
If you really don't know the underlaying crime, you don't what happened.
It's true: I don't really know what happened — but I have my suspicions! :) (You have your "hopes and dreams".)
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Has it ever been legal to hack State Dept emails?
What State Dept emails were hacked?
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Hacking the DNC is the modern version of breaking into the DNC HQ in a certain Washington DC hotel...
But whistle-blowing is protected behavior… What evidence (you know, not hearsay) has surfaced, after many months of "investigation" by the FBI? Nada.
The Gucifer 2.0 is an interesting story, for conspiracy theorists. But it's disputed. Where's the evidence?
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Then there's the issue of Sessions perjury in his confirmation hearings
I've heard Sen. Franken's question and Sen. Sessions' answer more times than I wanted to… Perjury? :) (Can we charge Franken with buffoonery? Nah. He's not really a senator; he just plays one on TV…)
Wait! Hold the presses! Sen. Sessions and the Russian ambassador to the U.S. may have exchanged Christmas cards! (Ask RJ to substantiate the Vatican's nefarious influence!)
Which reminds me, shouldn't Sen. McCain, who reportedly flew to GB to obtain the "dossier" on Trump's supposed vulnerabilities to Russian blackmail -from an agent of a foreign power, BTW; a former MI (is it 5 or 6?) employee who now specializes in "opposition research" upon which he was working for the Democrats, and "reluctantly" gave it to FBI Director Comey — shouldn't he be charged with treason? Or "whistle-blowing"? Or sour grapes? :)
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But I also read that many who went down for Watergate did so because  their coverups were worse than their original crimes.
No, Sang. As usual, you miss the point: The media made this an important story.
It wasn't. The regular police should have handled the break-in; and the FBI should have handled the "bugging"…
The Nixon-led administration had already committed egregious abuses of power, for which impeachment was an appropriate remedy.
(Look at who resigned from the cabinet, and -importantly- why! Nixon tried to use every arm of the federal government for his own political advantage.)

What you really mean is still the same old story: You can't believe and won't accept that Donald Trump won the election…
Your hopes and dreams are what drive your analysis. But you're a lotus eater, in this regard: You can't stop taking the drug.
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Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #154 –
if you say so. But these aides and former aides of Trump have a lot of explaining to do. You really don't see a problem with Stone being caught messaging the DNC hacker? What if the RNC got hacked? Do you even comprehend that these hacks were criminal acts? Oh yeah, the Watergate burglaries would have illegal regardless of what Nixon did before. (see breaki g and entering are illegal.... ) The main thing you don't understand is this isn't even a partisan issue. There are plenty of. Republicans calling for an investigation.
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

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Reply #155 –
Quote from: OakdaleFTL on
What you really mean is still the same old story: You can't believe and won't accept that Donald Trump won the election…

Nixon also won the election. But Trump wins over Nixon in ridiculousness, so Trump wins in more ways. You can keep trying to be more ridiculous than Trump, but he is really in a league of his own.

Trump is fake news and this is a fake thread.

Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #156 –
Trump is the president of the United States. You may not like that; but your "vote" doesn't matter. (Likewise, Putin leads Russia…)
Do you have anything to say about your country? :) Specially from your expertise…
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Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #157 –
My vote doesn't matter and my like doesn't matter either. Which is why I don't do voting and liking.

As usual, you miss the point. Trump is an egomaniacal attention whore. His every tweet is idiotic whining accusation against everybody else for his situation - the situation he got himself into for setting up his candidacy for the post he has no competence for. The fact that the post has been granted to him does not change his ridiculous incompetence.

Yes, you have a self-puffing whino for president. Good for you! You deserve him!

Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #158 –
Ersi, you left out that he's delusional. Thst includes the rest of his adminstration. Trump falsely accuses Obama of wiretapping him, while being unable to provide evidence of any surveillance. Kellyanne Conway makes that micriwave ovens transform into cameras. This is nuts at this point. Oakdale thinks it's about not being able to "accept" the results of the election (whatever that's actually supposed to mean) while ignoring possible criminal activity by Trump's advisors and delusional statements by Trump himself. If Trump does get impeached, it would still be good for Oakdale in that Pence would still be a Republican and at least would be mentally stable. So why does he insist on defending the most the lunatic Trump.
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #160 –
Of course he needs to remind everybody of this repeatedly. The way Trump acts, he can easily be confused for the president of patients in the asylum. He fliptlops so much, it might actually be symptom of dementia instead of lies. It's a little when one's crazy uncle tells elobrate stories from his childhood then tells a story the next day that makes the first story impossible. Or when the crazy uncle demands to be driven to a store, claiming it's his favorite - despite claiming to hate the place the day before. Trump needs to be relegated back to being America"s crazy uncle instead of president.





“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #161 –
Funny how govt was evil for Oakdale. He still inertly says so from time to time. But everything that Trump does is good, nevermind that he is the govt now.

Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #162 –
Bemoaning and discrediting the outré fantasies of disgruntled Democrats is not quite the same as approving everything Trump does…

BTW, ersi, your idea that Trump is now "the government" shows how little you understand our system. Your own apathy and impotence is a good thing!

Too much government is evil; as is too little… :) Of course, not everyone agrees with that sentiment — until they lose an election.

What has Trump done, to deserve the Democrats' (and the plutocrats' of the Baltics :) ) enmity? Someone please name the crime…
If it's merely policy differences, my response is too obvious to repeat. (Although -for some- it still hasn't sunk in.) If it's personal animosity, that's a private matter, best discussed with a psychiatrist (…I'd prefer you patronize a Freudian practitioner: focus on your "potty training".) If it's fear of losing your swamp, good!

The "resistance" is -like ersi- impotent; their apathy will become evident soon, I think.
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Reply #163 –
The Snoop Doggy Dogg, with his backing chorus line of Leftards, seems to have the answer to losing (blowing) the 2016 Election so, so very badly   ....its this:

[VIDEO]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4i3bAtEuJE[/VIDEO]
Specifically, at 3:00


What say you? 


     In times of universal deceit, telling the honest truth is a revolutionary act.

Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #164 –
Quote from: OakdaleFTL on
Bemoaning and discrediting the outré fantasies of disgruntled Democrats is not quite the same as approving everything Trump does?
The way you do it, it is. Your answer to all his flaws is "Hillary lost. Trump won."

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BTW, ersi, your idea that Trump is now "the government" shows how little you understand our system.
It shows how little you understand your system. Actually, it shows that you personally don't even have a system.

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Too much government is evil; as is too little? :)
A little while ago govt was evil for you without any qualifications. Your ideal is anarcho-capitalism, unrestricted tyranny of the corporations. Corporate power good, govt evil.

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The "resistance" is -like ersi- impotent; their apathy will become evident soon, I think.
You can call it "resistance" only if you have no idea what you're talking about. And when you call it "apathy" it only shows you don't hear or see the world around you.

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What has Trump done, to deserve the Democrats' (and the plutocrats' of the Baltics :) ) enmity?
Yup, neither seeing or hearing. And not caring to.

Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #165 –
Quote from: midnight raccoon on
Trump falsely accuses Obama of wiretapping him, while being unable to provide evidence of any surveillance.

Judge Napolitano: Obama Wiretapped Trump Without A Warrant
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Former President Obama had the power to order the NSA to wiretap anyone at any time,

Democrat Congressman Admits ‘Obama Wiretapped Everyone, Even Me’

Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Reply #166 –
FISA, created in 1978. So, Nixon had to resign in 1974 only because that thing had not been created yet. Interesting.

This, yet again, means that Trump has no reason to whine:

- There's a statute for unlimited wiretapping, so if it occurred, it was legal.
- In the modern digital world, it's really more like overhearing, not wiretapping.
- Trump is the prez now so he can retaliate in kind.
- There were plenty of reasons to wiretap Trump's circle in the first place, such as his Russian ties and fishy tax and bankruptcy issues.

But Trump whines because he is like that.

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Reply #167 –
Quote from: rjhowie on
Last week on the Net I came across a notice board on a London street outside a pub. The inscription to customers intimated that Americans were welcome if they had an adult with them. kind of sums up the political process. Whether liked or not one side won and the other lost and with all those large numbers voting for that Trump man what does that say?!
It says to me that your lot's pubs will carry on closing at an alarming rate.

I blame Labour and their smoking ban, but also the Tories for upping taxes on various beers.
Granted, 50p beer from Tesco wasn't amazing, but it never ceases to cause amusement over here when I relay stories from my time over there and the amazing prices y'all had on things......now since passed of course, as the Pig Fornicating former PM saw to that, the twat.

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Reply #168 –
I'm chuckling: Sanguinemoon's most oft repeated complaint against the government was that local jurisdictions dictated when and when he couldn't buy beer and booze…
Hence, the whole intellectual support of the so-called libertarian movement: Ya'll just want to do what you want to do. In terms that we no longer use: Hedonism.

Anyone still willing to argue that position?
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Reply #169 –
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A little while ago govt was evil for you without any qualifications
ersi, I can't help how inept your reading of my posts are…
But it's not a lack of understanding of English; you're quite proficient. It's the old Soviet mind-set: You can't leave it behind! :)

Since you've decided to tell others that you are not engaged in your own country's politics, what reason is there for anyone to take your opinions about others seriously?
You're a troll!
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Reply #170 –
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Since you've decided to tell others that you are not engaged in your own country's politics, what reason is there for anyone to take your opinions about others seriously?
I am informed in my non-voting. You vote uninformedly, based on likes or simply to belong. That's the difference.

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You're a troll!
And you're drunk. Start making sense and someone might take you seriously again.

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Reply #171 –
Quote from: ersi on
And you're drunk
Ah! Your go-to (what does RJ call it?) swerve… :)
So: What, in your "serious" analysis, has President Trump done to earn your enmity? Don't be shy! Speak up.
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Reply #172 –
Passing smile at your comments Southern laddie and when it comes to twats your country does well with the numbers in desperation, jails, wars created and the real fun of boasting that it is the greatest place to live! Nice try.  :faint:
"Quit you like men:be strong"

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Reply #173 –
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the real fun of boasting that it is the greatest place to live!
I agree with RJ: Let's shut down immigration! Let these wise and worthy folk go to better places… (Glasgow comes to mind. Howie seems lonely of late… :) ))

The district court of Hawaii determined (by Ouija board, I presume…) that Trump's EO calling into effect a pause in visas and refugee applications -as authorized by the Congress in black-letter law- is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution!
(Something similar happened in another state…) Both judges were Obama appointees. The judge in Hawaii was actually a classmate of Obama's at Harvard… :) (I guess we know why Obama never released his transcripts, eh? I wonder: Was the whole class of such meager mental mettle?)

Surely, everyone here knows that the Establishment Clause has no effect on countries other than the U.S.; that the protections of our constitution apply only to U.S. citizens and legal residents?
Obama appointed at least two judges, one well-known to him, that don't…

But that is precisely what Gorsuch wrote about in his 2005 National Review article: The difference between the U.S. left and right, about "judicial philosophy".
The right sees judging as a dispassionate task.
The left sees it as just another form of politics…

[I've not forgot that I asked you a question, ersi. But there's no hurry…]
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Reply #174 –
I wonder who actually thinks the travel ban from those countries will accomplish anything? All ISIL as to do is send somebody from a different country :p Also note the lack of terrorist attacks from those countries in the US. If any country should be banned, why not Saudi Arabia? Oh, that's right. We need oil from there.
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal