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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#265151: Dec 27th 2018 at 9:38:57 PM

... In a Memorandum filed by one of the Russian Company indicted by the Mueller investigation flat out asks "Could the manner in which [Mueller] collected a nude selfie really threaten the national security of the United States?"...

... Considering we also got information recently that proves Michael Cohen was in Prague in 2016 (something that was in the Dossier that helped start the investigation), could this be evidence of the Golden Shower Tapes existence?

[up] Well, everything else in the dossier has proven to be spot on.....

Edited by megaeliz on Dec 27th 2018 at 12:42:18 PM

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#265153: Dec 27th 2018 at 10:58:20 PM

Yeah, I also didn't need that image to pop back into my head.

Disgusted, but not surprised
TechPriest90 Servant of the Omnissiah from Collegia Titanica, Mars, Sol System Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Servant of the Omnissiah
#265154: Dec 27th 2018 at 11:52:17 PM

I'm far more interested in what Cohen could have discussed with those Russians in Prague. Especially that bit about Russian operatives being eager to meet him and passing notifications along when he came to Prague.

The more I hear, the more it's looking like Trump not only colluded, but actively worked for the Russians in undermining American democracy.

I hope it isn't true. Because that's going to cause the mother of all geopolitical problems.

I hold the secrets of the machine.
Ingonyama Since: Jan, 2001
#265155: Dec 28th 2018 at 4:48:09 AM

According to the Steele dossier, Cohen's meeting was about helping cover up the Russian hackers' tracks so that what they did couldn't be connected to the Trump campaign. (Cash payments of some sort were said to be involved, I believe.) If so, that obviously failed, between the dossier itself and everything Mueller knows and is still discovering. Sucks to be Team Drumpf!

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#265156: Dec 28th 2018 at 5:47:51 AM

Trump's back to ranting over NAFTA and threatening to close the Southern border.

Also claims a new Caravan is forming in Honduras.

Edited by 3of4 on Dec 28th 2018 at 2:51:12 PM

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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#265157: Dec 28th 2018 at 6:55:44 AM

That's right, hype the caravan again. Because it worked SO well for you the first time.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#265158: Dec 28th 2018 at 6:57:16 AM

Not sure if this was already brought up but:

CNN's Don Lemon airs 2013 clip of Trump saying Obama should be 'fired' over shutdown

CNN host Don Lemon on Thursday shared a 2013 video of President Trump saying then-President Obama should be fired over a government shutdown.

"If you say, 'Who gets fired?' it always has to be the top," Trump said on Fox News in 2013.

"The problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. The president is the leader, he has to get everyone in a room and lead," Trump added at the time.

Following the clip, Lemon, a frequent critic of the president, said that the comments were "priceless."

“Donald Trump suggesting that President Barack Obama should have been fired for a government shutdown. Priceless,” Lemon said.

Disgusted, but not surprised
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#265159: Dec 28th 2018 at 7:45:56 AM

That wasn't brought up, probably because it's not like hypocrisy isn't common in the Trumpverse.

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#265160: Dec 28th 2018 at 7:50:18 AM

More proof a Trump quote exists criticising Obama for something he's doing.

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#265161: Dec 28th 2018 at 8:41:53 AM

That doesn't surprise me in the slightest, after all there is an entire subreddit for old Trump tweets that apply to himself.

Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Dec 28th 2018 at 11:42:11 AM

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#265162: Dec 28th 2018 at 8:44:41 AM

I lost a word in the above post: "always". There's always a Trump quote.

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#265163: Dec 28th 2018 at 8:48:08 AM

When reading your post I automatically substituted in the word 'always' without breaking stride, so I didn't even realize it was missing.

Weird.

Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Dec 28th 2018 at 11:48:44 AM

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#265164: Dec 28th 2018 at 8:52:47 AM

You know, this is a nitpick, but it kind of bothers me that article refers to Japanese-Americans being "wrongfully" imprisoned.

It's insulating the government from their fuckup. They weren't wrongfully imprisoned in the sense that "oops, got the wrong guy!" They imprisoned exactly who they wanted. It's outrageous that it happened, but the government didn't accidentally do it. It wasn't a rogue operation. The executive order went through the proper channels.

Like, I know that an investigation eventually came out to say "hey... maybe there wasn't a need to do this" and the official stance is that it was a mistake, but it just sort of feels like it's distancing how deliberately terrible the decision was.

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#265165: Dec 28th 2018 at 8:56:45 AM

Wrongfully is meant to imply “doing this was wrong and morally reprehensible;” not wrongfully as “oops we goofed, didn’t mean to do that.”

But I see your point.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#265166: Dec 28th 2018 at 9:13:35 AM

"Wrongfully" usually means "in a manner that is morally wrong".

Leviticus 19:34
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#265167: Dec 28th 2018 at 9:19:39 AM

To me, "accidentally" would be the word that would mean what you're implying, the "oops, we got the wrong guy!" scenario. As already mentioned, there was nothing "accidental" about it.

Edited by speedyboris on Dec 28th 2018 at 11:20:07 AM

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#265168: Dec 28th 2018 at 9:32:50 AM

Something interesting I heard on the radio today that I thought I would share.

Angelina Jolie doesn't dismiss the idea of running for President

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has hinted that she is considering a move into politics in the future.

In an interview on the BBC's Today programme, she said she would have dismissed this 20 years ago but would now go where she was needed.

Jolie, who is a special envoy to the UN Refugee Agency, was the guest editor of the Today programme on Friday.

She is an active campaigner on a range of issues, including refugees, sexual violence and conservation.

In a wide-ranging interview with presenter Justin Webb, she discussed US politics, social media, sexual violence and the global refugee crisis.

When asked whether she would consider getting involved in politics, she said: "If you asked me 20 years ago, I would've laughed... I always say I'll go where I'm needed, I don't know if I'm fit for politics… but then I've also joked that I don't know if I have a skeleton left in my closet".

"I'm also able to work with governments and I'm also able to work with militaries, and so I sit in a very interesting place of being able to get a lot done."

She added that "for now", she would stay quiet.

When Webb suggested that meant she could be on the list of 30 to 40 Democrats running for the party's presidential nomination, she did not say no, replying "thank you".

Jolie is one of a range of guest editors, including David Dimbleby and Martha Lane Fox, who are taking charge of the programme between 22 December to 1 January.

She also discussed the difficulties of monitoring her children's social media activities, highlighting that like "most parents", she cannot control everything they are exposed to.

"There are certain realities to teenagers and also our generation doesn't understand half of what they are doing with their tech so they can get around us pretty easy", she said.

She added that none of her children have asked to join Facebook, and she herself is not a member.

"We're the last family that hasn't gone on Facebook!" she said.

Jolie is also working with the BBC on a new weekly children's news programme, Our World, which will be piloted in the new year.

She will serve as executive producer on the show, aimed at seven to 12-year-olds, which hopes to engage children with international news, focusing on subjects like tech, the environment and social media.

"As a mother, I'm so happy I will be able to sit and watch with my children and know they're getting a real international sense of the world," she said.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#265169: Dec 28th 2018 at 9:36:42 AM

I mean, she's slightly better than your average celebrity canditate. But the Democrats have at least a dozen better options.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#265170: Dec 28th 2018 at 9:37:17 AM

[up][up]... I’m just gonna completely ignore that cause it’s so dumb there shouldn’t have been an article in the first place. Ditto for articles on the Rock and a presidential run.

Edited by wisewillow on Dec 28th 2018 at 12:37:27 PM

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#265171: Dec 28th 2018 at 9:37:50 AM

[up]Seconded.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#265172: Dec 28th 2018 at 10:45:55 AM

Cohen is still denying he's ever been to Prague. So either he's lying or the information is false.

Assuming he's lying, didn't Mueller's team already say they had evidence Cohen really had taken the trip? Is he lying to Mueller still or is Mueller just letting this one slide for now?

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#265173: Dec 28th 2018 at 10:46:23 AM

Why do we encourage this.

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#265174: Dec 28th 2018 at 10:49:11 AM

The suggestion the trump admistration has for furloughed Federal employees?

trade painting or carpentry work in exchange for partial rent payments.

Edited by megaeliz on Dec 28th 2018 at 1:50:01 PM

speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#265175: Dec 28th 2018 at 10:52:42 AM

[up] As someone mentioned at another site, what are you supposed to do if you have a mortgage? Call up the mortgage company and ask to do odd jobs?


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