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Um guys I think you'll find that since Trump didn't literally turn into a pumpkin after Sessions testified, the whole venture was a waste and nothing matters.
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How does this not constitute obstruction of justice?
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Jun 14, 2017 03:52
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Aves Maria! posted:Now imagine that number after the ACA is shot dead is gofundme publicly traded
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Jun 14, 2017 03:52
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"All you need to know about the American healthcare system is there's a popular TV series where a man turns to cooking industrial quantities of meth in order to pay his hospital bills." I remember this line in the quote, but can't find it now: "And that premise isn't considered to be far-fetched."
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Jun 14, 2017 03:55
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The Lone Badger posted:Is Mueller retired? It's common to use retired people to head up this kind of investigation, both for the combination of seniority and availability but also because they don't need to worry about how this is going to affect their career. No, he was working for WilmerHale before being appointed, but has resigned. But being a prominent, famous lawyer it doesn't matter if he was officially retired anyway, he could return to work at any time.
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Jun 14, 2017 03:56
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Chilichimp posted:How does this not constitute obstruction of justice? It 100% does. He talked to a lot of people about it, it is not an anonymous leak.
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Jun 14, 2017 03:56
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Hollismason posted:Did that guy Warmbier actually steal a sign or did N Korea just frame him then beat him into a coma. he probably did it, NK is a horrible oppressive state but they have no incentive to randomly attack westerners and kill their naescent tourism industry, one of their most reliable sources of foreign currency
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Jun 14, 2017 03:58
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You dumb mother fuckers, the FIFA RICO investigation is going to end before Mueller. Investigations take time.
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empty whippet box posted:It 100% does. He talked to a lot of people about it, it is not an anonymous leak. gently caress this congress.
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repeating posted:Regardless of how bad of a thing happened with the Comey and Sessions testimony, did you think he was gonna be impeached like today? I'm not expecting Mueller's investigation to lead to any consequences for anyone, but I was hoping we would at least get something to infuriate Trump enough for him to lash out and keep the story going. This whole week has been incredibly tame, and now the story is about to go dark.
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The Lone Badger posted:Is Mueller retired? It's common to use retired people to head up this kind of investigation, both for the combination of seniority and availability but also because they don't need to worry about how this is going to affect their career. He was the head of the FBI from 2001 to 2013 (aka, the guy before Comey) and he's 72. I don't know if he was retired, but I'd say he probably isn't too concerned about his job prospects. Also, I'd say that not even Trump is stupid enough to fire Mueller... but then I remember that he actually is that stupid. He would have to fire his Deputy AG too. At that point, R's would probably have to start advocating impeachment just to save their own asses from association with the idiot. Yureina fucked around with this message at 04:03 on Jun 14, 2017 |
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Jun 14, 2017 03:59
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GreyjoyBastard posted:In a narrow sense, yes, some inherited wealth should be legal. Additionally, one thing I never see mentioned is: progressive taxation of estates should be done based on the size of the bequest, as well as possibly the estate in total. If you're splitting a large estate amongst many heirs, it should be taxed less than an estate of the same size left to a single person.
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Jun 14, 2017 03:59
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TyrantWD posted:I'm not expecting Mueller's investigation to lead to any consequences for anyone, but I was hoping we would at least get something to infuriate Trump enough for him to lash out and keep the story going. This whole week has been incredibly tame, and now the story is about to go dark.
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Jun 14, 2017 04:01
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Tibalt posted:You dumb mother fuckers, the FIFA RICO investigation is going to end before Mueller. Investigations take time. Seriously. This isn't an episode of law and order. Investigations do not work fast at all. Gathering evidence, piecing it all together, and figuring out who did what isn't exactly easy. Then there's the part where you have to go prove that.
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Mustached Demon posted:Seriously. This isn't an episode of law and order. Investigations do not work fast at all. Gathering evidence, piecing it all together, and figuring out who did what isn't exactly easy. Then there's the part where you have to go prove that. Plus if something did happen, it wasn't just one guy involved. It's a giant loving web of people who hosed up and you tend not to want to let traitors weasel out through loopholes.
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Hollismason posted:Did that guy Warmbier actually steal a sign or did N Korea just frame him then beat him into a coma. there's video footage
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awesmoe posted:Maybe use the downtime to reflect whether your demands for constant entertainment could be harmful to the fabric of your society The fabric of our society is irreparably damaged. At the very least we should get a good show in return.
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Jun 14, 2017 04:05
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TyrantWD posted:The fabric of our society is irreparably damaged. At the very least we should get a good show in return. So that's a no on the self-reflection then? Fair enough
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It's not like you've taken Flynn to court yet, isn't he a time bomb?
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Jun 14, 2017 04:06
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poo poo I posted a while back about a 3%er assaulting a public servant serving him with a lawsuit. It happened in like February and the case is still pending. That's just one dude threatening someone. Hoping they stick him with a felony so he loses his gun rights.
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Jun 14, 2017 04:06
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R. Guyovich posted:there's video footage He was supposedly offered like ten grand and a car for it by someone at his church. I personally find that really strange, but whatever. I would love to see an interview with that person on the topic.
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Jun 14, 2017 04:08
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 cult member at airport posted:And this is why I scoff at Bernie supporters who chastise the Dems for not having more open primaries. Open primaries are pure stupidity. The entire point of a primary is that a party is picking who it wants as its nominee in an election. If you want a say in that party's decision then you need to join the party and if you don't like it that's too drat bad.
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Jun 14, 2017 04:09
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Chilichimp posted:How does this not constitute obstruction of justice? Republican Congress
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TyrantWD posted:I'm not expecting Mueller's investigation to lead to any consequences for anyone, but I was hoping we would at least get something to infuriate Trump enough for him to lash out and keep the story going. This whole week has been incredibly tame, and now the story is about to go dark. It's literally Tuesday.
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Trump really thinks he can just be the Mob Boss of America without the charm or intimidation or smarts. JFC, I still maintain "Eat the rich, jail all Republican politicians" Chilichimp posted:It's literally Tuesday. 
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empty whippet box posted:He was supposedly offered like ten grand and a car for it by someone at his church. I personally find that really strange, but whatever. I would love to see an interview with that person on the topic. right, that was the grounds for espionage. shaky but whatever, he was never going to serve out the full sentence since americans are detained due to a lack of diplomatic channels
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Jun 14, 2017 04:12
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boner confessor posted:he probably did it, NK is a horrible oppressive state but they have no incentive to randomly attack westerners and kill their naescent tourism industry, one of their most reliable sources of foreign currency Almost all of the people arrested and detained by the NKs either illegally crossed the border or proselytizing religion, which is illegal. All of them are Christians. NK isn't exactly friendly to Christians. One dude was arrested for fighting in the Korean War though. Also that guy who wanted to get arrested and told the NK authorities he was an associate of Wikileaks. They didn't believe him.  R. Guyovich posted:there's video footage It's pretty blurry. Dude is basically a silhouette. I agree that he probably did it though, based on: empty whippet box posted:He was supposedly offered like ten grand and a car for it by someone at his church. I personally find that really strange, but whatever. I would love to see an interview with that person on the topic.
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Jun 14, 2017 04:14
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R. Guyovich posted:right, that was the grounds for espionage. If it had propaganda on it they might well have given it to him if he asked politely.
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R. Guyovich posted:there's video footage Isn't that footage a poorly-lit video of the back of some guy who is taking down a poster, which North Korea claims is of the kid
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empty whippet box posted:He was supposedly offered like ten grand and a car for it by someone at his church. I personally find that really strange, but whatever. I would love to see an interview with that person on the topic. Yeah I'm going to go out on a limb and say that didn't happen, the North Korean prosecutors made that up and coerced the kid into confessing. Or they just tortured him until he made something up himself. Like, maybe he took the sign, but the story about the $10k and the car is made up.
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VitalSigns posted:Isn't that footage a poorly-lit video of the back of some guy who is taking down a poster, which North Korea claims is of the kid It's from the side and he looks like a shadow person. Ogmius815 posted:Yeah I'm going to go out on a limb and say that didn't happen, the North Korean prosecutors made that up and coerced the kid into confessing. Or they just tortured him until he made something up himself. Oh, that was entirely from the confession? Did anyone prove it beyond that?
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Ogmius815 posted:Yeah I'm going to go out on a limb and say that didn't happen, the North Korean prosecutors made that up and coerced the kid into confessing. Or they just tortured him until he made something up himself. Long story short if you go to North Korea, you could end up basically dead for taking a poster.
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Lightning Lord posted:It's from the side and he looks like a shadow person. His "trial" lasted less than an hour dude. No one proved anything.
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Evil Fluffy posted:Open primaries are pure stupidity. The entire point of a primary is that a party is picking who it wants as its nominee in an election. If you want a say in that party's decision then you need to join the party and if you don't like it that's too drat bad. Eh. We live in a two party system and people on the left/right vote in democrat/republican primaries. In open primaries, it's better to say the left/right voters pick the candidate they want to represent their end of the spectrum. States that decide by closed caucus can literally suck the poo poo from my rear end in a top hat. Honestly, though, Democrats need to can this loving chatter stat. The Republicans are openly caucusing with white supremacists and they're making no moves to limit access to fringey nutjob candidates. Maybe it'll backfire, but it hasn't yet.
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Dogwood Fleet posted:If it had propaganda on it they might well have given it to him if he asked politely. well it was on the staff-only floor of the hotel tourists are specifically told not to go to, which of course fires up the more intrepid and/or stupid among them to touch the forbidden fruit. people who've gone there without getting caught have noted their disappointment in said shadowy secret place being a regular-rear end floor so if he'd asked respectfully in a spot not warned against visiting, probably
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TyrantWD posted:This Russia stuff has fizzled out as expected. Unless we get a leak of a smoking gun, or Trump fires Mueller, this whole thing has been a wet fart. I'm pretty hard in the "nothing matters until it starts to matter" camp, and even I think this is a touch premature.
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Who would even do that? Is their position in the federal government filled? Look into whether the church person who offered him 10k and a car was real, I mean. empty whippet box fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Jun 14, 2017 |
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Ogmius815 posted:His "trial" lasted less than an hour dude. No one proved anything. I thought it might have been confirmed in reality, but nice to know it was entirely fiction.
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Lightning Lord posted:I thought it might have been confirmed in reality, but nice to know it was entirely fiction. I think the question is whether the us has looked into that story at all. The answer is probably not.
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PT6A posted:Additionally, one thing I never see mentioned is: progressive taxation of estates should be done based on the size of the bequest, as well as possibly the estate in total. If you're splitting a large estate amongst many heirs, it should be taxed less than an estate of the same size left to a single person. Economic gavelkind, I like it
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