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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#188001: May 10th 2017 at 6:11:46 AM

[up]Not to mention all the bipartisan, cross-governmental red flags, lights and sirens that go off when the White House sacks somebody to prevent an investigation relating to the White House. tongue

Whodathunk it? <_<

On the plus-side, I'm looking forward to Comey trying to chase after Yates' gold place position in the Slap Republican Senators Down Several Pegs event. Don't think he's got the advanced unruffled technique to do that, but he could surprise me: it's a real pity it's going to be closed-session.

edited 10th May '17 6:25:29 AM by Euodiachloris

Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#188002: May 10th 2017 at 6:17:18 AM

So, I'm wondering, who could be Julian's Good Counterpart, Anonymous (ish)?

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
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
#188003: May 10th 2017 at 6:20:06 AM

[up]Definitely not Anonymous, since they barely do anything beyond DDoS these days.

I'd go with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, who broke the Panama Papers without doxing anyone in the process.

edited 10th May '17 6:21:57 AM by Krieger22

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#188004: May 10th 2017 at 6:26:46 AM

[up]Yeah. That's where bigger-than-Watergate should go. :/

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#188005: May 10th 2017 at 6:30:45 AM

I was thinking more they people who denounced Comey are the ones also decrying his firing

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#188006: May 10th 2017 at 6:34:18 AM

[up][up][up] I recall that Wikileaks threw a hissy fit over the Panama Papers leak because they drew attention to a connection to Putin.

Disgusted, but not surprised
NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#188007: May 10th 2017 at 6:38:09 AM

I was thinking more they people who denounced Comey are the ones also decrying his firing
I know, I'm pointing out that it's not hypocritical when the base complaint is the same: the FBI being used as a tool to provide political leverage.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#188008: May 10th 2017 at 6:43:43 AM

The firing of Comey seems like yet another reflexive action by Trump, without any forethought or consideration for appearance or consequences. Yes, Comey has demonstrated that he's more a political hack than a law enforcement officer in recent years, but it's also true that Trump is firing a person who is in charge of an investigation against him, which is a blatant conflict of interest.

Nutshell: Comey may need to go, but the way in which it was done looks shady as hell.

Edited to add: And now Trump can appoint someone who is hilariously partisan to the position of FBI Director, instead of Comey who was at least pretending to be sort of neutral.

edited 10th May '17 6:58:39 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#188009: May 10th 2017 at 6:54:56 AM

True. I may be just hypersensitive to seemingly partisan back and forth. I think it comes from my general belief that politics boils down to "I'm right and anyone who disagrees is automatically wrong and an Enemy of the State".

IMBoring Since: Nov, 2010
#188010: May 10th 2017 at 7:09:07 AM

Six months and not ONE piece of actual evidence of Russia "hacking" the election. Because it didn't happen. Julian Assange didn't get info from the Russians, a DNC employee named Seth Rich leaked the emails. Russia hoax is a cover-up.

Clapper said there was no evidence of collusion with Russia. And Comey himself exonerated Trump three times.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#188011: May 10th 2017 at 7:10:37 AM

[up]Serious statement? Can't quite tell

If serious and accurate, then Trump is even more of an ingrate

edited 10th May '17 7:12:56 AM by sgamer82

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#188012: May 10th 2017 at 7:14:36 AM

Honestly, the fact that Trump is clearly trying to bury it (however ineptly) indicates that, at the very least, Trump thinks that there's something of value to that. Otherwise, he'd just sue.

And we do know for sure that Trump has been heavily influenced by people we know Russia has dirt on and stuff like that.

edited 10th May '17 7:15:41 AM by Zendervai

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#188013: May 10th 2017 at 7:16:04 AM

[up][up][up]Living up to your name?

Because those talking points and misinformation sure was boring and nothing Fox News haven't spewed already

edited 10th May '17 7:16:24 AM by NoName999

Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#188014: May 10th 2017 at 7:27:49 AM

[up][up][up][up] Giving up already in knowing that the Americans weren't actually stupid enough and tried to vote for Hillary only for the Russians to get involved?

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#188015: May 10th 2017 at 7:35:42 AM
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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#188016: May 10th 2017 at 7:37:37 AM

[up] "At least he's not as bad as Hitler."....really? Fucking really GOP?

<slams head against a very dented wall>

edited 10th May '17 7:40:14 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#188017: May 10th 2017 at 7:41:24 AM

Further on the subject of things I wasn't sure about taking seriously, a person in another board I follow posted this initially without any more context than the following two quotations

White House press secretary Sean Spicer wrapped up his brief interview with Fox Business from the White House grounds late Tuesday night and then disappeared into the shadows, huddling with his staff behind a tall hedge. To get back to his office, Spicer would have to pass a swarm of reporters wanting to know why President Trump suddenly decided to fire the FBI director.

After Spicer spent several minutes hidden in the bushes behind these sets, Janet Montesi, an executive assistant in the press office, emerged and told reporters that Spicer would answer some questions, as long as he was not filmed doing so. Spicer then emerged.

“Just turn the lights off. Turn the lights off,” he ordered. “We'll take care of this. ... Can you just turn that light off?”

Spicer got his wish and was soon standing in near darkness between two tall hedges, with more than a dozen reporters closely gathered around him. For 10 minutes, he responded to a flurry of questions, vacillating between light-hearted asides and clear frustration with getting the same questions over and over again.

Does this sound like something out of the Onion? Would you be surprised to hear it's Washington Post?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/10/as-trump-fired-comey-his-staff-scrambled-to-explain-why/?utm_term=.19e1344a3f10

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#188018: May 10th 2017 at 7:48:19 AM

"At least he's not as bad as Hitler". Saying that implies that Trump's basically "Hitler-lite".

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#188019: May 10th 2017 at 7:49:22 AM
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"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#188020: May 10th 2017 at 7:52:50 AM

You know that feeling when you realize the designated driver has had several Cuba Libres and Long Islands when you're already on the highway? That's what I'm feeling right now about the US government.

edited 10th May '17 7:53:11 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#188021: May 10th 2017 at 7:54:09 AM

[up][up]Yeeup. Hideously corrupt and incompetent. It'd be funny if it didn't make you feel so nauseous.tongue

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#188022: May 10th 2017 at 7:55:24 AM

[up][up][up]I pity Spicer, he look like punch clock villian at best and having to answer to Trump....Yeah.

Also what zephyr said " it's a statement of nation character, that places the acquisition of material wealth over helping one's fellow man, will inevitably lead to a corrosive, anti-intellectual, and corrupt culture"

Yeah, something I noticed about US is the idea of screwing with other people is a best a side efect to the idea of Being Richter, but I think this would be best in US culture thread

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#188023: May 10th 2017 at 8:24:37 AM

I know people who say that Spicer was picked to distract from the problems of the government, but he sucks so much at his job that he actively draws attention to the problems. And it's not like his bizarre quirks (like the fact that he constantly eats gum and has a weird feud with Dippin' Dots) weren't present already. It really makes you wonder how Spicer hasn't accidentally killed himself by now.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#188024: May 10th 2017 at 8:27:19 AM

I bet Spicer cries himself to sleep every night gorging himself on Dippin' Dots.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#188025: May 10th 2017 at 8:30:24 AM

I bet Spicer cries himself to sleep every night gorging himself on Dippin' Dots.
That mental image please me greatly.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang

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