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For all the talk of Kremlin puppetry and intelligence operations, the heart of the offenses that Mueller has laid out involves the normal aspects of American politics, particularly the opacity of campaign finance, and the startling sums involved.
The Russian effort echoed themes that were already a factor in the election: the Internet Research Agency allegedly paid someone to dress up as Clinton in a prison uniform; the Trump campaign sold “Clinton for Prison” gear on its Web site, and American PACs have been paying for ads calling her a criminal since Bill Clinton’s Administration. Which way did the influence run?
Trump has not surrounded himself with the best people. The bots are not the only ones who come across as preposterous impostors. How did Manafort manage to pass himself off as the adult in the room in a major party’s Presidential campaign? How did Gates hang on in Trump’s orbit, even after Manafort was pushed out? How was Papadopoulos given a seat at high-level meetings? How was Flynn seen as a prudent adviser on matters of national security? Then, there is Trump himself.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/robert-muellers-distinctly-ameri
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Quote:golly gee whiz. Are those actions as bad as hiring thugs to infiltrate peaceful gatherings and instgate riots, as Hilliary/Obama did? And did not the Russians amplify or aid this discord?
Originally posted by second:
For all the talk of Kremlin puppetry and intelligence operations, the heart of the offenses that Mueller has laid out involves the normal aspects of American politics,
The Russian effort echoed themes that were already a factor in the election: the Internet Research Agency allegedly paid someone to dress up as Clinton in a prison uniform; the Trump campaign sold “Clinton for Prison” gear on its Web site, and American PACs have been paying for ads calling her a criminal since Bill Clinton’s Administration. Which way did the influence run?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/robert-muellers-distinctly-ameri
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Quote:Tell me about that "riot", you lying sack of shit.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
golly gee whiz. Are those actions as bad as hiring thugs to infiltrate peaceful gatherings and instgate riots, as Hilliary/Obama did? And did not the Russians amplify or aid this discord?
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Tell me about that "riot", you lying sack of shit.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
golly gee whiz. Are those actions as bad as hiring thugs to infiltrate peaceful gatherings and instgate riots, as Hilliary/Obama did? And did not the Russians amplify or aid this discord?
lol... It's "riots", plural.
This happened all the time before the election. It's common knowledge.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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I hav herd several politicianz and commentatorz say 'its inexplicable why Trump haznt acted on the Russia sanctionz'.
Its completely explicable: He iz doing the job he wuz hired to do by Putin.
Maybe its a virus going around Washington that flips sum key neuronz connected to vocabulary. That woud explain why 'clear' now meanz 'murky, undefined, obtuse or obscure' to everybody in Trump's orbit and most Republicanz.
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Quote:If it is so common, then show me on the internet. And don't use Alex Jones' www.infowars.com as your source or that ilk. They truly are spinners of tall tales and lying sacks of shit. Moving on to reality:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:Tell me about that "riot", you lying sack of shit.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
golly gee whiz. Are those actions as bad as hiring thugs to infiltrate peaceful gatherings and instgate riots, as Hilliary/Obama did? And did not the Russians amplify or aid this discord?
lol... It's "riots", plural.
This happened all the time before the election. It's common knowledge.
www.axios.com/exclusive-trump-privately-pushing-personal-pilot-to-run-
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Trump has told administration officials and associates that he wants John Dunkin — his longtime personal pilot, who flew him around the country on Trump Force One during the campaign — to helm the Federal Aviation Administration, which has a budget in the billions and which oversees all civil aviation in the United States. Dunkin would have very-hard-to-detect-by-law-enforcement opportunities to enrich himself from kickbacks on contracts, if Dunkin should be that kind of guy.
One industry insider equated this to the Seinfeld episode when Cosmo Kramer used his golf caddy as a jury consultant. A senior administration official told me that comparison is completely unfair.
Of course Trump wants his personal pilot to head the FAA. That’s the Trumpiest thing ever. #MAGA
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Quote:I find that believable, but Republicans won't believe it even if Trump, in a moment of candor, says it is all true. His fans will let Trump and his lawyers take back any admission of guilty. Here's something believable Trump said. I doubt Republicans will believe Trump on this, either:
Originally posted by JO753:
I hav herd several politicianz and commentatorz say 'its inexplicable why Trump haznt acted on the Russia sanctionz'.
Its completely explicable: He iz doing the job he wuz hired to do by Putin.
Maybe its a virus going around Washington that flips sum key neuronz connected to vocabulary. That woud explain why 'clear' now meanz 'murky, undefined, obtuse or obscure' to everybody in Trump's orbit and most Republicanz.
Trump privately talks up executing all big drug dealers.
In Singapore, the death penalty is mandatory for drug trafficking offenses. And President Trump loves it. He’s been telling friends for months that the country’s policy to execute drug traffickers is the reason its drug consumption rates are so low.
"He says that a lot," said a source who's spoken to Trump at length about the subject. "He says, 'When I ask the prime minister of Singapore do they have a drug problem the prime minister replies, 'No. Death penalty'."
He often jokes about killing drug dealers... He’ll say, 'You know the Chinese and Filipinos don’t have a drug problem. They just kill them.' — A senior administration official to Axios
But the president doesn't just joke about it. According to five sources who've spoken with Trump about the subject, he often leaps into a passionate speech about how drug dealers are as bad as serial killers and should all get the death penalty.
Trump tells confidants a softer approach to drug reform — the kind where you show sympathy to the offenders and give them more lenient sentences — will never work. He tells friends and associates the government has got to teach children that they'll die if they take drugs. I look forward to Trump inspired death squads killing children. #MAGA
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In this era of drones and driverless cars, President Trump often sounds and feels like a man from the bygone days of station wagons and smokestacks.
www.axios.com/donald-trump-worldview-past-success-1950s-china-4e778596
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"He feels he’s the personification of the American dream. ... That means building things, going back to the era of his dad. He assumes the rest of the country pines for that. "
— A source close to President Trump
The source added: "He's not necessarily saying we need to go back to the past. He's saying we need ... the principles that made us successful in the past." Yeah, sure thing, buddy. That's what he meant. /sarcasm off
We see it in a "Mad Men" mentality that infuses his rhetoric, policies and personal life.
We see it in his attention to coal over forward-looking international trade.
We see it in testosterone-tinged chest thumping, in person and on Twitter.
We see it in his focus on steel and aluminum, when the next great war may be cyber- and satellite-driven.
We see it in his push for a Pennsylvania Avenue military parade (with "a lot of plane fly-overs"), expected to cost tens of millions of dollars.
We see it in his response to #MeToo.
We heard it in Trump's wistful remarks about Route 66 when speaking last summer in Springfield, Mo., birthplace of the now-outmoded Mother Road: "For many decades, Route 66 captured the American spirit. The communities along this historic route were a vivid symbol of America’s booming industry."
Even his diet and health routine are retro: golfing as exercise (with a cart), and a diet heavy on burgers and thick steaks.
Be smart: Trump's instincts and measures of success look back, while our most fearsome competitor, China, is projecting ahead with an emphasis on artificial intelligence and globalization.
But the nostalgia Trump evokes is a key part of his hold on his electorate — tapping into a lingering fear about a changing America that leaves many in his base feeling like strangers in their own land.
P.S. The White House says President Trump will attend Friday's funeral for the Rev. Billy Graham in Charlotte, N.C. (Graham died at the age of 199 years, give or take a century.)
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Do your own research, Second.
I'm not going to go out of my way to look for things you could easily google yourself just because you're pretending they don't exist.
Here's a hint, the proof is in the DNC emails.
Just because the Russians might have been behind making them public doesn't erase what was in them.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:And the Market continued on Monday, all 3 major indices rising another 1% at opening Bell.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:Plagiarize much?
Originally posted by second:
Speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Friday, President Donald Trump announced a policy idea that at a normal time would have dramatically moved financial markets. But nothing of the sort happened.
He said that unless he can get Mexico and Canada to agree to sweeping changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement that would eliminate the US-Mexico bilateral trade deficit, he “will terminate the deal and we’ll start over again.”
Specific companies that depend on the ability to easily import goods from Mexico to the United States should have seen their share prices plummet while firms that compete with Mexican imports should have seen prices soar. Instead, it was a blah day on financial markets, with the Dow up slightly and no particularly surprising moves from individual companies.
Corporate America just shrugs off his various pronouncements on trade policy. Trump also promised to eliminate the bilateral deficits with China and Vietnam, and nobody in the business world took note.
His rhetoric has nothing to do with the actual conduct of the Trump administration. And Trump’s CPAC speech was filled with such moments — moments that would be blockbuster news from a normal president but that are largely irrelevant given Trump’s marginal role in the Trump administration. He’s a Potemkin president who riles up crowds at rallies but has no real role in governing the country.
“We have ended the war on beautiful, clean coal,” said Trump, “one of our great natural resources.” Coal exports increased, but in fact, US coal consumption dropped in 2017 as natural gas and renewables continue to displace it, and Trump’s own Federal Energy Regulatory Commission appointees killed Trump’s proposed bailout of US coal-burning electric generating plants.
Trump offered a desultory announcement of new sanctions on North Korea:
"I appreciate everything you’ve done. I do want to say, because people have asked, North Korea, we imposed today the heaviest sanctions ever imposed on a country before. And frankly, hopefully something positive can happen. We will see. Hopefully something positive can happen. But that just was announced, and I wanted to let you know. We have imposed the heaviest sanctions ever imposed."
Trump doesn’t even appear to be particularly supportive of the new policy, just saying blandly that “hopefully something positive can happen.” Most strikingly of all, he says that the new policy “was just announced” when he himself just announced it.
I see everything you copied was from a vox.com article posted at 1:10pm on Friday.
Trump's speech at CPAC was reportedly 75 minutes long, don't see when it started.
Stock Market started the day with a half percent gain and mostly stayed there for hours. Then the last 90 minutes of trading all 3 major indices started climbing, each gaining about 3/4 of a percent in 90 minutes. Perhaps the Market will continue this climb on Monday.
This does point out an interesting thing. Does the Market always go up when Trump has a speech? The Market dropped when the Jobs Report showed too many jobs, and then higher interest rates. How to make money from this info?
With Obama it was easy. His speeches about how he explained how he would destroy the economy would drop the Market, at a period it was trying to grow, and did grow when Obama wasn't speaking. So I would sell out of the Market the day before his speech and immediately schedule a buy-in the day after his speech. I recall gaining 12% in a 3-day span, plus many lesser gains of 8%, 6%, 4%, etc.
But making $ off Trump speech schedule could be trickier.
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