02-23-2018, 01:49 PM | #8801 |
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U.S. imposes more North Korea sanctions; targets ships, firms
Whenever I read something like I think, "Is there really anything more left to sanction?"
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02-23-2018, 02:13 PM | #8802 | |
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It is somewhat amusing how Mueller, a lifelong Republican, is all of a sudden supposed to be some partisan Democrat just trying to get back at Trump.
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02-23-2018, 02:17 PM | #8803 |
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02-23-2018, 02:47 PM | #8804 |
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Possibly an entry for the Mt. Rushmore of stupid.
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02-23-2018, 03:25 PM | #8805 |
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And if you look at the date of the false statement from the charging information, paragraph 39 (February 1), it's the same day Gates' lawyers bailed from the case for reasons they would only explain in a sealed filing with the court.
Lawyers for Rick Gates withdraw from Russia case - POLITICO https://assets.documentcloud.org/doc...nformation.pdf Last edited by molson : 02-23-2018 at 03:28 PM. |
02-24-2018, 07:20 AM | #8806 | |
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I don't really believe it but when I read this my initial thought was "typical liberal, west coast, wine sipping, nosy neighbor, better than thou southerners elitist".
And no, the story isn't because of the "all things political" climate, its your ignorance, just admit it gracefully and fade away. https://www.si.com/olympics/2018/02/...-was-norwegian Quote:
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02-24-2018, 10:39 AM | #8807 |
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I agree with you. Made me think of this Chuck D tweet from yesterday with a highlighted passage that Carl Sagan wrote predicting the future in 1995.
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02-24-2018, 10:58 AM | #8808 | |
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I'm in Texas and this is an interesting year for us. There are some services that are saying that Texas is "gray" and that the Republicans no longer have the advantage that they once had. Supposedly, in one poll, Texas is 56% in support of some form of immigration reform that includes a DACA like path for naturalization. Not really surprising considering the ever-growing Mexican-American population in the state. I'm not sure I believe it yet. Texas has been a very red state and the Democrats haven't exactly been spending a ton of money on some of the races (governor and Lt governor). Big one to watch is whether Beto O'Rourke can unseat Ted Cruz in the Senate. Beto's been raising a ton of money and Ted seems to be getting a bit nervous. |
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02-24-2018, 02:54 PM | #8809 | |
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The Cruz race is interesting. A republican incumbent should wipe the floor with a Democrat in this race, but Cruz isn't terribly popular and held just an 8 point lead in polls a month ago. Since then O'Rourke has pulled in more money despite refusing donations from PACs and has closed the overall money gap substantially. Cruz is likely wins, but it's probably going to be somewhat close and he does need republicans to show up to the polls. |
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02-24-2018, 07:45 PM | #8810 |
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The Democratic memo has been released:
Democratic memo: Read the response to the Nunes memo - CNNPolitics
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god damn this guy. It is so wholly inappropriate for the president of the US to be saying shit like this, it's unreal. Fuck this guy. Quote:
We literally have an entire thread dealing with this issue.
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02-24-2018, 11:41 PM | #8812 | |
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Other thing to remember too, at least if you're a Democrat, is that a Texas/Mississippi (hell, Southern) Democrat isn't going to resemble a California Democrat as much as you might want. It's still an advantage if he wins, because if you flip the Senate you get control of committees and judicial confirmations and shit, but you probably ALSO ought to prepare yourself for a Democrat who votes with Republicans more than you might want, because dude is still gonna wanna get re-elected. |
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02-25-2018, 07:08 AM | #8813 | |
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Don't know how to read this. Xi went to college here and he doesn't seem to be antagonistic towards the US, so do think he is as good as any.
Best case scenario is he really does want to let China's version of capitalism continue, cut down on corruption, and (unfortunately for us) dominate SE Asia, and knows he needs more than 10 years. Worse case is he's going to turn out to be another Putin where everything benefits him and his stooges. Probably in-between. FWIW - I don't believe US/Western democracy and capitalism is necessarily the answer for non-western countries. https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/25/asia/...ntl/index.html Quote:
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02-25-2018, 08:56 AM | #8814 | |
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Wonder what took so long.
Not sure I agree with all the listed reasons he should resign but do think he should be held "accountable" for his officers' actions or lack of. Unless something comes up where the LEOs had good reason not to go in and engage (unlikely I think), this incident seems egregious enough where he should resign. https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/25/us/fl...ing/index.html Quote:
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02-25-2018, 09:04 AM | #8815 | |
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In combat a huge proportion of soldiers 'freeze' during fire fights - should their generals also be 'held accountable' because these soldiers are human? ... I fully understand the reluctance of the police involved to enter a building with a pistol when there is someone with an AR-15 in body armor who will attempt to kill them within it. Trained police hit their targets with a whopping 18% of bullets statistically speaking and each miss would potentially kill a bystander which is further potential mental trauma for the officers if they survive the encounter. Yes them entering might have made a difference - that difference might have been them taking down the shooter, but it also might have just been an extra name (theirs) on the body count ... As such I'm personally not going to judge those officers or call them cowards, I have no idea how I'd react in that situation or if I'd charge in head first knowing that my family who rely upon me for support might be left on their own and without a source of income ... or worse that I'd be seriously injured and bankrupted leaving them with a millstone around their necks. Last edited by Marc Vaughan : 02-25-2018 at 09:06 AM. |
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02-25-2018, 09:24 AM | #8816 |
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I guess I understand your POV on the police chief - I can see many use cases where a leader should not be held accountable but there are plenty other use cases where a leader should be.
Don't think I agree with you on the LEO(s). I don't know if I would go to level of calling him a "coward" (still want to see the tape and analysis) but he failed in an important duty at a critical time and so he should go. If it turns out that there were 4 LEOs that failed in their duty, it was very likely due to inadequate screening or training ... in that case, I do think the chief should be accountable. |
02-25-2018, 09:30 AM | #8817 | |
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I'm sure Donald Trump would like to get rid of that term-limit thing here as well. Haven't really been following Xi to know if he's well liked by his people/worldwide. I just think staying in power for long periods of time increases the chances for corruption in a leader and his government to grow, and that's never a good thing.
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02-25-2018, 09:37 AM | #8818 |
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The numbers of under-trained, pressed into critical action, draftees in Vietnam who deserted were staggering. It's a human element, it's part of our human nature. We are far from perfect beings, and no amount of training, intelligence, or action can overcome it sometimes. The vitriol being tossed on the police specifically is numbing.
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02-25-2018, 09:52 AM | #8819 | |
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Sure, I don't disagree. Would you keep those that deserted or remove them? I think the answer is remove them. |
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02-25-2018, 10:02 AM | #8820 | |
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I think you remove them if you can prove that decisions that they made directly lead to the officers actions. You can't fire every boss when underlings make bad decisions. We had banks, committing fraud on a massive level, the kind of operation that had to be known up and down the chain, yet next to nobody was punished, they simply paid a fine and moved on. Here you've got an officer, in a flight of fight moment, and you want to fire his boss? Prove to me that training, attitude, or leadership was the reason that this Deputy didn't go in, and I'll agree with you.
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02-25-2018, 10:15 AM | #8821 |
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There were some posts above about the chief and I kinda address my thoughts on #8823. On #8826 I thought we were talking about the LEO on the ground.
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02-25-2018, 10:46 AM | #8822 | |
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I don't think any police officer signed up to be a cop in order to try and face down someone with military grade equipment and body armor with a pistol single handedly any more than teachers expected to be asked to lay down their lives attempting to shoot it out with people with that sort of weaponry ... Both are caused by the fact that such things are easily acquired within the US currently and I expect a huge exodus from the teaching profession if Trumps plans become law (I've quite a few friends who are teachers and none of them signed up expecting to become the last line of defence for them). |
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02-25-2018, 10:49 AM | #8823 | |
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With the LEO I don't think it would be unfair to reassign him to desk duty - but with your reaction, I think its also worth considering if he followed protocol in the situation or not (I don't know as I'm not in law enforcement) .. if he'd gone inside and shot it out with the shooter and died then other officers would have had no knowledge of the situation and other people could have entered the building surely? ... Incidentally when teachers are armed how are cops going to know which people are teachers and which are shooters when they're all stalking around the buildings scared - I fully expect teachers to end up shooting each other if this comes to fruition (ignoring the fact that Ohio has had several teachers shoot themselves with their weapons already after implementing something along these lines and thats without there being a situation). (I also think that if this sort of shooting becomes common place then you'll find few people want to take that job in future - heck I'd expect the current outcry against this individual is making other officers somewhat nervous that they're expected to simply stride into a situation where the odds are they'll die without a second thought ..) Last edited by Marc Vaughan : 02-25-2018 at 10:58 AM. |
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02-25-2018, 11:03 AM | #8824 |
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My wife is a teacher. Her take is, if trained, she could use a weapon to protect herself and kids as a last resort.
However, she concedes the vast majority of teacher would not be able/willing to do this ... just not the profile. My thought are keep the guns away from the teachers. However do consider administrators who are willing/trained/certified to have them as a last resort. |
02-25-2018, 11:30 AM | #8825 | |
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Not looking for a California Democrat, just someone that is competent and not Ted Cruz. Cruz has done nothing for the state and won’t evem take phone calls from his constituents. His whole goal in becoming Senator was to run for President and that goal hasn’t changed. Lot of folks here can’t stand him, Repub or Dem. Trumpers don’t exactly like him because of the presidential race and he really hasn’t done anything to draw him closer to that side as he’s still angling to jump in the presidential race if he sees an opening. Basically, he only has support from corporate interests, because he’s sold his soul to them, and the folks that vote straight Repub. Best thing O’Rourke can do now is position himself as a moderate and the anti-Ted Cruz. |
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02-25-2018, 08:23 PM | #8826 |
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Trump is pushing his personal pilot to take over the FAA.
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02-25-2018, 10:06 PM | #8827 | |
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Why ? Aside from everything else i could say, an administrator won't be nearly as close and would again have to actively decide to charge towards the slaughter rather than instinctively use it in self preservation. (The former being q hundred times more difficult). This isn't a compromise-able situation, civilian professions should not be asked to bear arms. If you (the general you, not you you) feel like that is necessary, something else is horribly wrong. That needs to be fixed, not covered up with a poisoned bandaid just to pretend you did sth to try and keep “both sides“ happy.
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02-25-2018, 10:40 PM | #8828 |
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So, I'm assuming that the push to arm teachers is an implicit acknowledgment of the inherent danger involved with being a teacher and that every teacher in America will immediately receive a 25% bonus of hazard pay, right?
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02-26-2018, 03:41 AM | #8829 | |
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If we're being honest, though, that bolded bit describes a goodly chunk of Texas. |
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02-26-2018, 06:55 AM | #8830 | |
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One of his former pilots works at my company. He was the head pilot until the trump fired him because his #2 pilot offered to do the job for less money. No idea if that's this guy.
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02-26-2018, 06:57 AM | #8831 | |
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That's basically the equivalent of a franchise owner for Mc'D's being qualified to head the FDA.
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02-26-2018, 09:57 AM | #8832 |
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02-26-2018, 11:11 AM | #8834 |
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I'm cautiously optimistic for Beto, but I don't think we have a legit shot at governor. I would love to see that position return to blue, but there are no great candidates running as a Democrat.
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02-26-2018, 12:30 PM | #8835 | |
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02-26-2018, 12:41 PM | #8837 |
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Damn it. mckerney beat me to the punch(line).
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02-26-2018, 01:08 PM | #8838 |
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02-26-2018, 02:53 PM | #8839 |
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02-26-2018, 03:28 PM | #8840 |
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Can someone tell him he's free to start that anytime he chooses?
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02-26-2018, 04:13 PM | #8842 |
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wow the comments on that tweet were pretty brutal Ben (and funny)
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Our governor is real trouble. Getting indicted for a felony is not a good thing.
Impeachment could be on the table. And probably should happen. He was indicted by a grand jury. They usually need a decent amount of evidence to indict.
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02-26-2018, 04:28 PM | #8844 | |
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I was wondering about that. So what is the story? He took a nude photo of her and threatened to release it if she ever told anyone about their affair? Have to believe they have some incriminating text messages. You'd think he'd step down but who knows these days. |
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02-26-2018, 04:57 PM | #8845 | |
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It's my understanding also that he took the photo(s) without her consent. ETA: Does Missouri have any revenge porn laws?
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02-26-2018, 06:57 PM | #8846 |
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This from a guy that ran away from a tied up eagle.
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02-26-2018, 07:05 PM | #8847 |
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He had her tied up and blindfolded (consensual) then took pictured of her. She says he tried to blackmail her. He denies.
The charges stem from making the picture available via a computer. So I imagine he transmitted to someone. Republicans are calling for him to resign. Since he is a repub, I imagine that is the end of his career. he refuses to step down. The process has started. This is their first day back in session and they have a committee to investigate it. That is the first step.
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02-26-2018, 08:31 PM | #8848 |
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Thought you were talking about Trump and the eagle for a moment.
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02-26-2018, 09:31 PM | #8849 |
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Dems introduce bill banning assault weapons | TheHill
So will this bill help or hurt the expected "Blue Wave" in the upcoming election? The last assault weapon ban was often blamed for Republicans taking control of congress in '94. Will this do the same if the Democrats keep pushing it? Or perhaps a greater part of the country is ready for such ban?
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02-26-2018, 09:36 PM | #8850 |
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Well it won't even get a committee hearing before the '18 elections, so I doubt it matters at all.
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