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CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
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#263501: Dec 4th 2018 at 8:11:42 AM

It used to be worse. When new governments took office on March 4th, that left lame ducks four whole months to enact last minute skulduggery.

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#263502: Dec 4th 2018 at 8:14:15 AM

Update on the Manafort situation:

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors have told defense lawyers in recent weeks that they are “tying up loose ends” in their investigation, providing the clearest clues yet that the long-running probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election may be coming to its climax, potentially in the next few weeks, according to multiple sources close to the matter.

A Flynn sentencing memo is due Tuesday, and memos about Manafort and Cohen are slated for Friday. All three documents are expected to yield significant new details on what cooperation the three of them provided to the Russia investigation.

But Peter Carr, spokesman for the special counsel, confirmed to Yahoo News on Monday that the Manafort memo “will be public,” although he added there could be some portions that are redacted or filed as a sealed addendum. The Manafort memo has been requested by the federal judge in his case so that prosecutors could, for the first time, spell out what matters they believe Manafort has lied to them about.

This will be an interesting week.

Although, I don’t think the entire investigation is wrapping up, as Manifort thread is.

Edited by megaeliz on Dec 4th 2018 at 1:08:54 PM

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#263503: Dec 4th 2018 at 8:17:51 AM

Well, the 20th amendment was written to put a stop to lame duck sessions but a single loophole was left, which was used in 2010 for example.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#263504: Dec 4th 2018 at 10:08:38 AM

In a rather sweet story, George W. Bush’s service dog, Sully, laid next to his casket after he died, and even accompanied him to Washington DC, and has a place of honor at his funeral.

Of course, he got a lot of love afterwards, and was even allowed to sleep on the bed.

here’s Sully’s Instagram account.

I believe they were matched through America’s VetDogs foundation, after he lost his wife, and he seemed to have become part of the family.

He will temporarily be going back to the Vet Dogs headquarters in Smithtown New York, over the holidays, before going to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., to help with other veterans.

Edited by megaeliz on Dec 4th 2018 at 1:24:30 PM

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#263505: Dec 4th 2018 at 10:30:20 AM

The campaign arm of the Republican party was hacked during the 2018 election.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/04/politics/nrcc-hack-midterms/index.html

Can't wait to here how this means the election should be invalidated or something.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#263506: Dec 4th 2018 at 10:39:38 AM

Oh no, they're going to use this as ammo aren't they?

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#263507: Dec 4th 2018 at 10:45:28 AM

Republicans already made the first move by putting two illegitimate justices on the court (more if you count Bush’s first term appointees), they shouldn’t be allowed to make the second and third moves as well.

The court is in a very dangerous place right now, all it would take is a key governor or two to refuse to recognise its legitimacy and chaos would break out.

I still maintain that once control of the Senate and White House rolls back around to us, putting Merrick Garland, specifically on the Supreme Court is the way to go. The fact that the Republicans stole his nomination from him gives us a shield against the inevitable accusations of corruption that would come with court-packing.

The Right will accuse that we're trying to steal the Supreme Court, and we can fire right back that Garland should have already been there in the first place and, if anything, Kavanaugh is the odd man out.

Trying to add any other Justice will leave us with

  • R: They're trying to twist the Supreme Court to suit their party's views over ours!
  • D: Well, yeah. That's exactly what we're doing.

But with Garland, we actually have a leg to stand on.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Dec 4th 2018 at 11:46:48 AM

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#263508: Dec 4th 2018 at 10:56:21 AM

A What the Fuck Just Happened Today preview:

Paul Manafort tried to get Ecuador to hand over Julian Assange in exchange for debt relief from the United States. Manafort originally flew to Ecuador in May 2017 to convince then-incoming President Lenín Moreno to let Manafort broker an energy deal between China and Ecuador. But the talks shifted to Ecuador's desire to rid itself of Assange, who has been staying the Ecuadorean embassy in London since 2012. Manafort suggested that he could negotiate a deal for the handover of Assange, but the deal quickly fell apart once it became clear that Manafort was a major target of Mueller's Russia investigation. There is no evidence that Trump was aware of or involved in Manafort's dealings with Ecuador. (New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/us/politics/manafort-assange-wikileaks-ecuador.html

Whether irony or projection, wasn't this something people expected Clinton to do?

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#263509: Dec 4th 2018 at 11:08:45 AM

Frankly, Assange is such a shit that I'd welcome almost any deal to extradite him.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#263510: Dec 4th 2018 at 11:18:50 AM

Indeed, that fascist enabling, probable rapist needs to face the consequences of at least some of his actions.

[down]Sweden doesn't have any outstanding charges against him as of now, IIRC.


Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) was convinced by a CIA briefing that Crown Prince bin Salman ordered the Khashiggi killing.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/04/politics/haspel-briefing-khashoggi/index.html

Edited by Rationalinsanity on Dec 4th 2018 at 3:21:06 PM

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#263511: Dec 4th 2018 at 11:20:22 AM

However, I'd extradite him first to Sweden.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#263512: Dec 4th 2018 at 11:33:24 AM

In a rather sweet story, George W. Bush’s service dog, Sully, laid next to his casket after he died, and even accompanied him to Washington DC, and has a place of honor at his funeral.
Unfortunately, some writer at Slate had to be a killjoy and point out that he only had the dog for six months and thus isn't a beloved pet... whatever that means.

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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
#263514: Dec 4th 2018 at 11:45:33 AM

[up][up]That is bullshit.

A Labrador is always a beloved pet, even if you meet it for one day.

[up]Soooo...

This means that, lets say that some pregnant women murdered those legislators, she'd get scot-free?

Edited by AngelusNox on Dec 4th 2018 at 5:47:34 PM

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Disasturbator
#263515: Dec 4th 2018 at 11:49:49 AM

They would charge her and later give her child a criminal record

Edited by Ultimatum on Dec 4th 2018 at 11:49:57 AM

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#263516: Dec 4th 2018 at 11:50:31 AM

@Tobias, remember that Kavanaugh isn’t the one who took the seat that should have gone to Garland, he took Kennedy’s seat, he’s scum, but the illegitimacy about his seat comes down to Trump’s illegitimacy.

Also if we’re only replacing one reactionary justice it shouldn’t be with Garland, Garland was a compromise candidate and we shouldn’t be putting compromise candidates on the Supreme Court.

Now if the votes to impeach Kavanaugh ever appear I’m all for it, but that should be a bonus, not the key strategy for taking back the Supreme Court.

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#263517: Dec 4th 2018 at 11:54:06 AM

Assange was supposed to escape to Russia, not the Ecuadorian embassy. There have, in the past, been motions made to try to get him to Russia, but they've been blocked thus far.

In light of this, I would not trust any extradition arranged by Manafort. It just reeks of, "WHOOPS we accidentally sent him to Moscow, MY BAD YOU GUYS."

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#263518: Dec 4th 2018 at 11:54:42 AM

[up]x4. Especially with Service dogs like Sully.

Since a service dog and their handler have to work together as a team, matching the person with the right dog is incredibly important.

Edited by megaeliz on Dec 4th 2018 at 3:17:24 PM

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#263519: Dec 4th 2018 at 11:56:57 AM

> A Labrador is always a beloved pet, even if you meet it for one day.

They're a friend for life if you have food

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RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#263520: Dec 4th 2018 at 12:26:05 PM

"Only six months"... has this person ever met a dog? Any dog?

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#263521: Dec 4th 2018 at 12:32:04 PM

[up]. She seems like such a pleasant person

Waking up to many beautiful notes from my fans, America's most online dog people.

One thing is for sure, this is a normal amount of emotional investment in the question of whether a single photograph of a dog you've never met depicts the dog in a state of mourning.

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#263522: Dec 4th 2018 at 12:44:15 PM

You know, I really love dogs, but I actually agree with her about all the puff pieces being deeply obnoxious. George HW Bush was a terrible person, and I am sick of all the doting coverage on this poor dog.

Edited by wisewillow on Dec 4th 2018 at 3:46:04 PM

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#263523: Dec 4th 2018 at 12:48:16 PM

I can feel sympathy for the dog. It did nothing wrong. Doesn't mean I think it needs to be a full blown headline.

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#263524: Dec 4th 2018 at 12:48:50 PM

Oh look, another person who doesn't understand how to use twitter. Dear everyone writing super long twitter chains: stop doing it. Write it elsewhere and make it into an image! Or link it! Stop using the super-condensed character limit site for essays!

Anyway, what sort of person he was doesn't have much bearing on one person having a fundamental misunderstanding of how dogs work.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#263525: Dec 4th 2018 at 12:53:36 PM

It’s just a mean-spirited, unnessary, and clickbaity piece, written by someone that has clearly never had any experience with Dogs, much less service Animals, and the she goes on twitter to double down on it. Is this really the hill she wants to die on?

Edited by megaeliz on Dec 4th 2018 at 3:57:04 PM


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