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Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#176901: Mar 4th 2017 at 10:49:38 AM

[up][up]That assertion is even dumber than the asides, which is what I limited my initial response to.

Someone, at some level, put a lot of thought into this network of companies.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Jetyl The Dev Cat from my apartment Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
The Dev Cat
#176902: Mar 4th 2017 at 11:04:23 AM

so I've been gone for like, 4 days. whats happened since then?

I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#176903: Mar 4th 2017 at 11:04:44 AM

Trump saying that Arnold was fired because of low ratings is incredibly ironic considering how his daughter's brand is no longer being sold by some distributors because of the lack of demand.

[up]96 hours passed in Africa.

edited 4th Mar '17 11:05:27 AM by AngelusNox

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DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#176904: Mar 4th 2017 at 11:08:25 AM

[up][up] Jeff Sessions' was discovered to have visited a Russian Ambassador during Trump's campaign, and forgot to mention it when he testified to the Senate for his AG job. Due to this, Sessions' recused himself from the Trump-Russian Investigation. Then it was discovered that he used campaign finances to meet the Russian Ambassador even though he said he was only meeting the RA for Senatorial reasons. So now, Trump is having a twitter-tantrum, trying to paint others as Russian Assets and yelling that Obama wire-tapped him and is making him look bad.

Also, Paul Ryan lost (maybe temporarily, I don't know if they found it yet) his Health Care bill that him and other Republicans were keeping in secret from Democrats (and other Republicans).

edited 4th Mar '17 11:08:47 AM by DingoWalley1

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#176905: Mar 4th 2017 at 11:15:50 AM

[up] Sessions didn't just forget to mention his contact with the Russian Ambassador, he flat out said he hadn't met anyone from Russia. I think the only thing keeping him from perjury charges was something about how the relevant question and answer were worded.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#176906: Mar 4th 2017 at 11:19:55 AM

[up] You're right. My bad.

Trump starting to waiver on forging ties with Russia. Wonder if a tape involving Trump and urine will be 'leaked by the Obama administration' in the near future?

CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#176907: Mar 4th 2017 at 11:20:36 AM

@Mad Skillz, the ambassador thing is being discussed on the General Russia Thread .

Republicans valued "open and fair" national elections slightly more than Democrats, 92 to 90 percent, respectively.
That's peculiar...
Although for the free press question, I bet the results skewed differently under President Obama. The pollsters should probably consider rewording that question.

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Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#176908: Mar 4th 2017 at 11:20:56 AM

It's not even that he "forgot" to mention it. He denied it even without it having actually been brought up in the questioning. The question was about how he would handle the investigation.

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#176909: Mar 4th 2017 at 11:25:57 AM

[up][up]Likely a recent reaction to 'fair' elections where 63 million people voted for the orange stain running an openly fascist platform.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#176910: Mar 4th 2017 at 11:53:32 AM

That assertion is even dumber than the asides, which is what I limited my initial response to.

I'm not sure how? Are you saying that the Steele dossier is not credible?

I mean Trump is a known idiot and the Steele dossier says he made a money deal with Russians to drop the sanctions in return for shares in an oil company and money.

I believe it even detailed that the Russians were surprised they didn't have to use any blackmail to get him to do what they want. He was willing. So this all adds up.

Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#176911: Mar 4th 2017 at 12:00:38 PM

[up]At which point does the graphic I linked to suggest that I doubt the veracity of at least part of the Steele dossier? It's one charting a maze of Bayrock owned companies laundering Russian money, for crying out loud.

What I was disputing was that Trump genuinely believed nobody would look.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#176912: Mar 4th 2017 at 12:02:44 PM

Not just "an" oil company. Lukoil is one of the largest oil companies in the world.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#176913: Mar 4th 2017 at 1:19:50 PM

The NYT is running a story about how US cyber-espionage efforts may have been responsible for a number of North Korean missile test failures.

I wonder about the timing of the article but it was published with the cooperation of intelligence people and the cat is apparently out of the bag in that NK likely knows we're doing it but not necessarily how.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#176914: Mar 4th 2017 at 2:59:23 PM

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/04/jeff-sessions-legal-past-democrats-trump-administration

If there's any accuracy to this article, Jeff Sessions has been abusing his power since the mid-80's, and not just in the "too racist to be a judge" way. The article claims Sessions used his position as an attorney general in Alabama to aid Republicans in risky election fights by indicting potential Democrat opponents

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#176915: Mar 4th 2017 at 3:21:38 PM

I guess now we know why the current GOP approved him, they wanted him to do that shit at national level.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#176916: Mar 4th 2017 at 3:30:25 PM

Can you guys cut it out with the 'Pollution song', thing? It was funny roughly once.

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#176917: Mar 4th 2017 at 4:29:09 PM

March 4 Trump protests small (1000 or less) through out most of America, especially compared to the Woman's March Protests back in late January. Some Protesters in DC are reported to have had the Russian Flags with "Trump" written in Gold on them. The largest Protest I can find is from Florida, numbering about 2000 people.

edited 4th Mar '17 4:32:22 PM by DingoWalley1

carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#176918: Mar 4th 2017 at 4:30:46 PM

I'm seeing a lot of social media chatter about a HR 610 going forward to make deep cuts into public education .

The Bill; repeals 1965 education act and sets framework for voucher program.

Also repeals the No Hungry Kids Act because cartoon villains are too subtle.

Quoting Asheville Citizen-Times

On Jan. 23, H.R.610 was filed in the House of Representatives. This bill would repeal the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. This legislation was reauthorized in 2015 as the Every Student Succeeds Act. Some items included are:

Title I, for schools with high populations of low-income students

Some protections for handicapped students

Money for school libraries and textbooks

Education for refugee children

Research and teacher training

Funding so low-income students can have fees for Advanced Placement tests paid for

Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex: think women’s athletic programs.

It also repeals nutrition rules that increased the availability of fruits, vegetables and whole grains in school lunches.

It would establish an education voucher program with block grants to states. Money would be available to have children attend private schools or home school. There is no mention of oversight or meeting educational standards. Vouchers do not serve children in rural areas well nor do they benefit low-income children, because the voucher seldom pays the entire amount. Transportation is usually not provided. It will benefit upper middle class and wealthy families.

edited 4th Mar '17 4:31:07 PM by carbon-mantis

CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#176919: Mar 4th 2017 at 4:48:03 PM

Perchance, does the bill come into effect in 2019 or 2021?

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#176920: Mar 4th 2017 at 4:53:25 PM

[up][up][up] Curious, it's the anti-Trump protesters who have the Russian Trump flags?

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#176921: Mar 4th 2017 at 4:58:36 PM

[up] No, March 4 Trump are Pro-Trump protests and rallies across the USA. Those people would be Pro-Trump people actively waving Russian Flags with Trumps name on them, unless they were Anti-Trump people that infiltrated the Trump Rally and did that to make Trump's protesters look bad/stupid.

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#176922: Mar 4th 2017 at 5:05:25 PM

An El Paso, Texas city councilmember is pushing a proposal to prevent anyone working on Trump's border wall from doing business with the city.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#176923: Mar 4th 2017 at 5:54:49 PM

[up] Nice as that sounds, it can't reasonably be expected to pass I think.

[up][up] Ah, okay. I wasn't quite clear. I could see anti-Trump protesters using the Russian Trump flags as a sort of ironic statement.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#176924: Mar 4th 2017 at 6:10:56 PM

I think that some subversive people are handing out those Russian Trump flags to the pro-Trump protestors.

Do not obey in advance.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#176925: Mar 4th 2017 at 6:14:21 PM

[up] It happened once, for sure. But I was under the impression they knew about it now, unless they dimissed it as "fake news", in which case HA.


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