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He was Born in the Wrong Century and wishes he were an 1840s Gold Rush Prospector?
edited 24th Mar '17 3:22:46 PM by sgamer82
Ron Paul buys and sells gold. That's why he loves shilling it so much. Pretty easy to figure out.
As far as impeachment goes, there is no literal criminal act required — the House and Senate can impeach and convict for any reason they want. The Constitution says it is for "high crimes and misdemeanors", but there is no actual legal standard — if the votes pass, the Prez is out, and same with the VP.
That said, the line of succession goes Donald Trump -> Mike Pence -> Paul Ryan. So that's a thing. If 2018 should miraculously see the House flip blue, then it'd be a backdoor way to get a Democratic President in office, but that sort of coup has never been attempted in U.S. history, let alone succeeded. We've never even convicted any President on impeachment charges — the closest we got was Nixon, who resigned before he could have been convicted.
I have no doubts that Trump could be the one, if any, to break the streak, but it would be beyond absurd to expect a double-impeachment unless Pence did something so heinous that it immediately disqualified him from office.
edited 24th Mar '17 3:36:57 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"The President has the explicit Constitutional power to wage war. Civilian deaths happen in wars. It's tragic, yes, but it's in no way a violation of the intent of our system of government. One should call out against callous disregard for civilian life, to be sure, but I have a strange feeling that Obama's civilian casualty record will look ridiculously tiny by the time Trump's done.
edited 24th Mar '17 3:36:23 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
As terrible as it is, it'd set a horrible precedent. You'd cripple the Executive Branches options of dealing with foreign policy especially in war torn areas around the world. No one WANTS civilian casualties, but to prosecute even Trump for them is something that's ridiculous.
Not that any court would be able to handle it anyhow.
It's like those delusional leftists who thought it was possible to charge the Bush administration. Terrible idea in everyday possible.
edited 24th Mar '17 3:53:47 PM by TacticalFox88
New Survey coming this weekend!In theory, international law functions in US courts (or you can skip the middle man and the new president could ship Trump to the Hague—but that's more a revenge fantasy than anything). Basically I agree with what that poster said![]()
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Unless, Trump does something clear and egregious (like ordering hits on the families like in his campaign promises) it could end up hamstringing the more sane executives that follow him.
edited 24th Mar '17 4:00:08 PM by CenturyEye
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 livesRussia's state news service applies for White House pass
Omg, they're not even trying to hide it.
New Survey coming this weekend!Speaking of the war crimes discussion, Michael Flynn and other Trump officials discussed with Turkish officials ways in which they could get around U.S. extradition laws and send Gullen back to Turkey
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The story is from The Wall Street Journal and is derived from James Woolsey, who was a CIA director under Bill Clinton but who endorsed Trump rather than Hillary. Woolsey left the Trump administration in disgust shortly after joining and now we know why.
Saw a video linked of Ryan saying, and I quote "This, to us, is something we're not gonna give up on. Because we're not gonna give up on destroying the healthcare system for the American people."
Then I saw it was four years old. Gonna leave the link here anyway, for s-words and giggles.
edited 24th Mar '17 4:59:53 PM by sgamer82
This whole presidency is both a blessing and a curse for any aspiring fiction writers. On the one hand, it means they can go absolutely bugnuts crazy with writing over-the-top villains and probably not be decried as unrealistic. On the other, they are likely to be accused of ripping off current events too much.
Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.On the Sputnik thing: eeeeeh, I don't think that a press outlet is in itself really incriminating or any kind of indication about anything regarding Trump and Russia. It's kind of like "oh no a foreign press outlet is applying for a pass that's been open to foreign press outlets." Out of all the stuff that's come out, this does not really ring any alarm bells. This is a pretty rote thing to me.

Recent American airstrikes in Iraq may have killed as many as 200 civilians
The reports of a heavy civilian toll from airstrikes in Mosul comes on the back of two recent incidents in Syria, where the coalition is also battling the Islamic State from the air, in which activists and local residents said dozens of civilians had been killed.
Taken together, the surge of reported civilian deaths raised questions about whether once-strict rules of engagement meant to minimize civilian casualties were being relaxed under the Trump administration, which has vowed to fight the Islamic State more aggressively.
American military officials insisted that the rules of engagement had not changed. They acknowledged, however, that American airstrikes in both Syria and Iraq have been heavier in an effort to press the Islamic State on multiple fronts.
Col. Joseph E. Scrocca, a spokesman for the American-led command in Baghdad, said in a statement Friday that “the coalition has opened a formal civilian casualty credibility assessment on this allegation” from Mosul.
“This process takes time, though, especially when the date of the alleged strike is in question,” he said.
Based on reports from the ground, Colonel Scrocca said the coalition was investigating reports of civilian deaths from a strike sometime between March 17 and Thursday.
In recent days the campaign to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, has become more grueling as Iraqi forces have made their way into the older and more densely populated western part of the city.
The civilian toll in Mosul was already widely described as heavy on account of ISIS snipers and bombs, and intensified urban fighting in which artillery has also been used. But there have been numerous reports from witnesses, including rescue workers and residents fleeing the fighting, about bodies being buried under rubble after heavy air bombardment.
Many of the reports centered on a neighborhood called Mosul Jidideh, where residents said airstrikes hit a number of houses in recent days, killing dozens, including many children.
Capt. Ahmed Nuri, a soldier with Iraq’s elite counterterrorism forces, who work closely with the American military and call in airstrikes, said on Thursday that his men, facing heavy sniper fire, helped collect five bodies from the rubble of a destroyed home. He said four of them were brothers — named Ali, Omar, Khalid and Saad — whose bodies were delivered to their grieving mother.
As amusing as the incompetence of Trump & Friends can be, remember that a lot of innocent people are dying because of it.
edited 24th Mar '17 3:19:00 PM by iflewaway
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