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Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#141276: Oct 2nd 2016 at 5:25:12 PM

/nods

So he's trying to be as dramatic about this as possible, is what I'm getting. I certainly don't see any other reason he wouldn't just release it all once.

Like, it's going to be clear where he's going with it as soon as he releases anything, which means they'll still have those five weeks and two debates to damage control it, if that's even needed.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#141277: Oct 2nd 2016 at 5:26:18 PM

[up][up]And would not go unnoticed. He's way too publicly known.

The imaginative writer part of my brain thought of a possible scenario where Russia decided he's outlived his usefulness and stages his death in a way to look bad for the US but I wouldn't go so far as to seriously suggest that's likely.

edited 2nd Oct '16 5:26:40 PM by Elle

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#141278: Oct 2nd 2016 at 5:30:01 PM

@Rational: If the US really wanted to get rid of him, he'd be languishing in a CIA blacksite, bad press be damned. That sort of attention would die down after a while even if they got caught red handed. The real issue is, Assange isn't nearly as important as he'd like to imagine he is. Successfully fucking over Clinton's campaign would put him back on the map though, and I wouldn't put it past the unholy Russo-American partnership to decide he's outlived his usefulness.

edited 2nd Oct '16 5:30:53 PM by CaptainCapsase

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#141279: Oct 2nd 2016 at 5:43:41 PM

The Russo-American partnership is dangling by threads between hacking and Syria. I fear Putin is only going to get bolder unless he gets a response more energetic than diplomatic disapproval. (Last I heard, John Kerry was threatening to stop talking with them if they don't knock it off violating the cease fire over Aleppo.)

edited 2nd Oct '16 5:45:34 PM by Elle

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#141280: Oct 2nd 2016 at 5:46:32 PM

[up] I'm referring to the relationship between the Untied States and Russia under a hypothetical Trump presidency.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#141281: Oct 2nd 2016 at 5:50:53 PM

Ah, I meant "things that could happen between now and the election".

I dunno about Assange but under a Trump-Putin alliance Showden might be getting pretty worried.

TairaMai rollin' on dubs from El Paso Tx Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Mu
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#141282: Oct 2nd 2016 at 5:57:26 PM

Wells Fargo Illegally Repossessed Service Members’ Cars And Now They Have To Pay

They’ll pay a big fine, plus a pile of cash to the service members whose cars were improperly seized.

The reputation of Wells Fargo & Co. took another blow Thursday when it agreed to pay $24.1 million for the improper repossession of cars owned by members of the U.S. military.

The bank agreed to pay $4.1 million to settle a Justice Department investigation into the repossession of 413 cars without the necessary court order from 2008 through the middle of last year in violation of a federal law designed to provide financial protections to active-duty military members. The bank also was fined $20 million by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for violations dating to 2006.

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act requires a court order to repossess a vehicle if the service member took out the loan and made a payment before entering military service.

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#141283: Oct 2nd 2016 at 6:07:29 PM

Assange does seem to have it in personally for Clinton, I wonder if she as Secretary of State when he was important knows things on him and he's lashing out due to fear? I'm sure that the CIA has a file on him, perhaps the women in Sweden aren't the only people he's raped.

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Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#141284: Oct 2nd 2016 at 6:13:14 PM

She would know what Obama already knows. She is noticeably more set in her disapproval of Assange and Snowden (and the role of Wikileaks in the election cycle would compound that) but she's going to have much more difficult things on her plate than worrying about either of them.

edited 2nd Oct '16 6:13:38 PM by Elle

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#141285: Oct 2nd 2016 at 6:43:04 PM

Lebron James just endorsed Hillary.

Welp.

Good luck winning Ohio Trump

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Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#141286: Oct 2nd 2016 at 6:51:12 PM

Celebrity endorsements are not a bad thing but I'm skeptical that an NBA player, high profile as he is (meaning I who don't care about sports have heard of him), it that significant.

edited 2nd Oct '16 6:52:35 PM by Elle

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#141287: Oct 2nd 2016 at 6:55:50 PM

Lebron is literally LITERALLY the economy of Cleaveland. When he left for Miami it took a nosedive and didn't recover until he came back.

He was already influential, but him winning the Championship pretty much was the closest thing to Jesus coming down from the sky and saying "I'm with Her!"

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#141288: Oct 2nd 2016 at 6:56:15 PM

What does Lebron James have to do with Hillary winning Ohio?

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#141289: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:00:10 PM

She's also going to Akron..which Lebrons hometown

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#141290: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:19:41 PM

Color me skeptical that this will actually impact the polls at all.

golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#141291: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:28:42 PM

As someone who is from Ohio (Cleveland, in fact), I can confirm this will make a good difference.

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#141292: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:30:18 PM

Yeah no. These sorts of endorsements really don't matter. Much like big rallies, sometimes the winning candidate has them (Obama), sometimes they don't (Sanders).

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#141293: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:32:04 PM

You're telling someone from Ohio, who knows Ohio better than you, that they're wrong about what people from Ohio will listen to? Really?

golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#141294: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:33:04 PM

As someone who actually has optimism, I'm gonna have to disagree. LeBron James is basically the idol for most of Ohio. He's a symbol of hope.

(it also helps he's great financial help thanks to his brand being so sellable butwhoiskeepingtrackhere)

[up] Thank you.

edited 2nd Oct '16 7:33:51 PM by golgothasArisen

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#141295: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:36:58 PM

Wasn't Ohio a likely Clinton state anyway?

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#141296: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:39:23 PM

@smokeycut: No, I'm saying that any political science professor would laugh at you for suggesting that celebrity endorsements are "huge". Unless that celebrity is also a major politician with very high approval rating.

edited 2nd Oct '16 7:39:59 PM by CaptainCapsase

golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#141297: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:39:53 PM

Yeah, Kasich won Ohio by a huge margin, and Trump might struggle to gain some of those votes. Hillary won over Sanders in many areas, such as Cleveland and Akron (iirc).

Oh, and my source for James's influence is Forbes' most influential athletes list if you're wondering. Not to mention knowing a ton of people from there.

edited 2nd Oct '16 7:40:18 PM by golgothasArisen

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#141298: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:40:08 PM

I thought Ohio was a swing state. I may be confusing it with one or more other Midwest states.

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#141299: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:40:36 PM

@Kostya: Ohio is one of the swing states. If it is likely Clinton, then Trump has already lost.

edited 2nd Oct '16 7:42:29 PM by GameGuruGG

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#141300: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:41:49 PM

[up][up] It is a swing state, and it's currently looking likely that it will go to Trump (54%) in spite of his convention dropoff.

edited 2nd Oct '16 7:42:06 PM by CaptainCapsase


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