Current Events 3/17: good job cole

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facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Wouldn't be a bad idea to have a jewish girl big tits requirement for some future event, kinda like New Zealand day or the shitpost free-fire zone.

In the meantime: https://twitter.com/DavidChalian/status/838717736863870976

# ? Mar 6, 2017 14:00

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Hannibal Rex: Feb 13, 2010

# ? Mar 6, 2017 14:28

CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

Eh, I've tugged one off to worse.

# ? Mar 6, 2017 15:00

CHICKEN SHOES: Oct 4, 2002; Slippery Tilde

Uhhh

http://fortune.com/2017/03/04/trump-wiretapping-fbi-warrent/

quote:

Donald Trump�s latest series of tweets, which allege the Obama administration �had my �wires tapped� in Trump Tower just before the victory,� have been widely described as baseless. But, while it may not be true that the Obama White House directly orchestrated a plot to monitor the Trump campaign�indeed, Obama has refuted the allegations�Trump�s claims are loosely based on existing evidence that the FBI was doing so as part of an investigation into Trump staffers� alleged ties to Russia.

Interpreting Trump's tweets often involves figuring out what was on conservative media the night or hour before. In this case, several observers have tagged a Thursday night broadcast by conservative talk radio host Mark Levin, or a Friday summary of the broadcast on Brietbart News, as possible sources. (If true, this would represent an expansion of Trump�s usual cable-TV-heavy information diet).

Levin and Breitbart�s thesis is that the Obama administration used �police state� tactics to undermine Trump, a claim rooted, though a little loosely, in existing reporting. The Guardian has reported that the FBI applied for a Foreign Intelligence Service Act (FISA) warrant last summer to monitor members of the Trump campaign, but was denied in its initial attempt. Last November, former British MP and openly anti-Trump journalist Louise Mensch reported that the FBI had succeeded in its second request for a FISA warrant, which was later confirmed by the BBC.
Such a warrant would only have been granted if the FBI�not the Obama administration�was able to convince a judge that the Trump campaign had credible links to a foreign power.

The key distinction is that this was an FBI investigation, not an order from the White House itself. Commenting on this morning�s tweets, an Obama spokesman told the New York Times that �no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice.� FBI Director James Comey downplayed the existence of such an investigation at the time, perhaps explaining Trump's having just learned about the efforts.
The roots of the FISA warrant were themselves odd. According to both Mensch and the BBC, they centered on a server in Trump Tower found last Spring to have been communicating with Russia�s Alfa Bank, itself reportedly with strong ties to Vladimir Putin. The FBI reportedly came to conclude that the communications were likely innocuous.
One thing that is painfully clear in all of this is the widely divergent frames that can be put around a set of events. Where Trump�s critics see a legal investigation into foreign influence, he (and presumably his supporters) see a �McCarthyist� abuse of power of the same criminal stripe as the Watergate break-in.Only one of those interpretations can be right.

Trump self owning himself again with Russian poo poo

# ? Mar 6, 2017 15:09

CHICKEN SHOES: Oct 4, 2002; Slippery Tilde

also, who wants to be that comey is gone by the end of the week?

# ? Mar 6, 2017 15:12

Handsome Ralph: Sep 3, 2004; Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!

Hillary Clintons Thong posted:

also, who wants to be that comey is gone by the end of the week?

Any other pol would be smart enough to not touch Comey but if Trump tries to get him to resign or fall on his sword...Ohhhh boy, that will not go over well for him in the long run.

# ? Mar 6, 2017 15:14

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

Hillary Clintons Thong posted:

also, who wants to be that comey is gone by the end of the week?

It would be a messy, public firing because Comey's built his entire self-image around the idea that he's an incorruptible Elliot Ness-style guardian of the public trust and there's no way that he would quietly resign.

# ? Mar 6, 2017 15:17

CHICKEN SHOES: Oct 4, 2002; Slippery Tilde

Handsome Ralph posted:

Any other pol would be smart enough to not touch Comey but if Trump tries to get him to resign or fall on his sword...Ohhhh boy, that will not go over well for him in the long run.

Hehehe what a time to be alive. I hope the new travel ban drops today.

# ? Mar 6, 2017 15:17

Bernard McFacknutah: Nov 13, 2009

Have you guys thought about just giving Donald J Trump a chance at being president? Maybe things will all work out fine.

# ? Mar 6, 2017 15:21

Time Crisis Actor: Apr 28, 2002; by Hand Knit

Bernard McFacknutah posted:

Have you guys thought about just giving Donald J Trump a chance at being president? Maybe things will all work out fine.

If he does good then we do good! :downs:

# ? Mar 6, 2017 15:29

FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

Hillary Clintons Thong posted:

also, who wants to be that comey is gone by the end of the week?

Would that be enough to kick congress into gear and do something?

Because "Removing people who independently investigate you" is pretty dictator-ish, but what do I know...

# ? Mar 6, 2017 15:34

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

Bernard McFacknutah posted:

Have you guys thought about just giving Donald J Trump a chance at being president? Maybe things will all work out fine.

Being president is like playing peewee baseball. It's not about how well you do, it's about how hard you try.

# ? Mar 6, 2017 15:53

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

EU deciding that since England is jumping ship and Trump is unreliable they might have to start spending some defensebucks.

E.U. Moves to Create Military Training Headquarters

# ? Mar 6, 2017 16:13

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Donnie won't be happy about this one: https://twitter.com/jmartNYT/status/838757093012303872

# ? Mar 6, 2017 16:16

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Bernard McFacknutah posted:

Have you guys thought about just giving Donald J Trump a chance at being president? Maybe things will all work out fine.

Based off the ongoing experience with his presidency.....

....no.

# ? Mar 6, 2017 16:21

AreWeDrunkYet: Jul 8, 2006

Bernard McFacknutah posted:

Have you guys thought about just giving Donald J Trump a chance at being president? Maybe things will all work out fine.

This position is too important for on the job training! Oh wait, it's not 2009 any more? Never mind, surely Trump will figure things out as he goes.

# ? Mar 6, 2017 16:26

Missionary Positron: Jul 6, 2004; And now for something completely different

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/838770207892127744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Ahahahah :suicide:

# ? Mar 6, 2017 16:29

not caring here: Feb 22, 2012; blazemastah 2 dry 4 u

If I was CIA or whatever I'd be making a list of other suspicious people to look into in regards to trump and he'd be close to the top of the list.

# ? Mar 6, 2017 16:32

Bored As Fuck: Jan 1, 2006; Be prepared; Fun Shoe

FBI Director Comey asked Justice officials to refute Trump’s unproven wiretapping claim

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...m=.c87577f6648f

Lmfao

# ? Mar 6, 2017 16:43

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Missionary Positron posted:

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/838770207892127744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Ahahahah

What a fuckboi

# ? Mar 6, 2017 16:59

A Handed Missus: Aug 6, 2012

hey I remember this guy

https://twitter.com/Ahmadinejad1956/status/838366851537244165

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:02

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Shot: https://twitter.com/ReutersWorld/status/838778990894723072

Chaser: https://twitter.com/dfriedman33/status/838781104102465537

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:03

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Has Trump denounced the latest missile test from the DPRK yet? Even a statement like "KJU bad, me good" would be better than nothing

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:05

Godholio: Aug 28, 2002; Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Trump's red line in the water.

Pesticide20 posted:

Has Trump denounced the latest missile test from the DPRK yet? Even a statement like "KJU bad, me good" would be better than nothing

Oh, that was fake news, don't worry.

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:05

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Twitter just answered my question, too

https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/838782872496414721

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:07

Missionary Positron: Jul 6, 2004; And now for something completely different

Pesticide20 posted:

Has Trump denounced the latest missile test from the DPRK yet? Even a statement like "KJU bad, me good" would be better than nothing

Come on, give him a break. Dude just had a really rough round of golfing during the weekend

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:10

Bernard McFacknutah: Nov 13, 2009

So how can he get away with this if he already lost his last legal challenge?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39183153

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:12

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Bernard McFacknutah posted:

So how can he get away with this if he already lost his last legal challenge?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39183153

Change some of the wording, slap a new number on it and it's good to go!

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:16

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Wow 10 days, now here come all the bad guys, I thought you loved America Donnie

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:19

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

That EO has now been signed but we have NO idea what it actually says or if it really has been signed.

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/838784959464804352

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:21

US Berder Patrol: Jul 11, 2006; oorah

saudi arabia or no balls donnie

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:22

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

I'm guessing it's the original countries sans Iraq?

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:25

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

shyduck posted:

I'm guessing it's the original countries sans Iraq?

Maybe they dropped two and added Malaysia

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:27

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
(and can't post for 4 years!)

shyduck posted:

I'm guessing it's the original countries sans Iraq?

Correct.

The six nations are Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/us/politics/travel-ban-muslim-trump.html

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:31

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Holy poo poo I just want to punch Sessions in the face for this bullshit he's spouting

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:45

Third World Reagan: May 19, 2008; Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.

who knows more about french politics and talk me down

i know we had this in a previous thread

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:47

FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

Third World Reggin posted:

who knows more about french politics and talk me down

i know we had this in a previous thread

This graph is saying Le Pen won't win.

France has a two round system. They have the election; if a candidate gets a majority they're president; if they don't - and they usually don't because they have more than two parties - there's a second round between the candidates who go the highest returns in the first round.

So everybody who didn't vote for Le Pen in the first round is expected to rally behind the other guy in the second.

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:51

Third World Reagan: May 19, 2008; Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.

Yah on the second round Le Pen won't win from every poll I look at. But on the other hand we just had the trumpening.

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:53

FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

The two round system is designed to avoid a Trumpening by asking an entire country "ARE YOU SURE?"

God help us all.

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:54

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Burt Sexual: Jan 26, 2006; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Switchblade Switcharoo

FrozenVent posted:

The two round system is designed to avoid a Trumpening by asking an entire country "ARE YOU SURE?"

God help us all.

That's really smart of the frenchies

# ? Mar 6, 2017 17:55

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