February Current Events: a momentary lapse of treason

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bloops: Dec 31, 2010; Thanks Ape Pussy!

Get the gently caress out lol

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:13

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Crakkerjakk: Mar 14, 2016

Casimir Radon posted:

And was purged of anyone who wasn't a fanatic long ago.

I mean aside from this as near as I can tell this is somewhat similar (though not identical) situation to Egypt where the military is deeply involved in a bunch of (what remains of) the economy, and while Chavez was definitely El jefe, Maduro is much more sharing power with various high level military figures and that is who actually holds the reins of the current government.

Like a lot of things, it's partly ideology but also partly who has power, and right now the military is in the driver's seat (or at least sharing it).

Even if the US wasn't openly salivating over Venezuela's oil, spearheading all this with the guy who did a bunch of war crimes in SA back in the day, and the opposition was pure as the driven snow, I see no actual path from "the current government is supported by a pretty powerful military who have an interest in keeping the current government going" to "and now this opposition guy is in charge!"

Add in all the lovely stuff the US is currently doing and the best we can do is pretty clearly to leave Venezuela the gently caress alone.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:17

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

It was at some shady 60 dollar handjob parlor as well.

Trashy as gently caress.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:18

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

How the gently caress is 2019 still 2019ing

I didn't have this in the pool

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:19

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

not caring here posted:

It was at some shady 60 dollar handjob parlor as well.

Trashy as gently caress.

That salary cap is a real ball buster!

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:19

Syrian Lannister: Aug 25, 2007; Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.; Sugartime Jones

In good news, NY State is ready to charge Manafort if he gets pardoned

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-22/new-york-is-said-to-prep-manafort-charges-if-trump-pardons-him?srnd=premium

quote:

New York state prosecutors have put together a criminal case against Paul Manafort that they could file quickly if the former chairman of Donald Trump�s 2016 campaign receives a presidential pardon.

New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is ready to file an array of tax and other charges against Manafort, according to two people familiar with the matter, something seen as an insurance policy should the president exercise his power to free the former aide. Skirting laws that protect defendants from being charged twice for the same offense has been one of Vance�s challenges.

Manafort was convicted of eight felonies, pleaded guilty to two more and is scheduled to be sentenced next month for those federal crimes. Prosecutors working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller have recommended as long as 24 years, a virtual life sentence, for the 69-year-old political consultant.

The president, who has bemoaned Manafort�s treatment at the hands of Mueller, said in November that he has not ruled out a pardon. He has frequently talked of his broad pardon power, possibly extending even to himself, and acted to liberate two political allies previously.

A spokesman for Vance�s office declined to comment, as did Jason Maloni, a spokesman for Manafort. The White House didn�t respond to a request to comment.

Prosecutors in Vance�s office began investigating Manafort in 2017, months before Mueller charged him with conspiracy, failure to file reports of foreign bank accounts and failure to register as an agent of a foreign country, activities stemming from his earlier work for Ukraine. Mueller�s team followed up with more charges of bank fraud, filing false tax returns and failure to file reports of foreign bank accounts in early 2018.

From November 2017: Manafort Bankers, Associates Summoned to Talk to Manhattan D.A.
House Judiciary Committee Hearing With FBI Director James Comey And Apple Inc.

At the state level, Vance is preparing an array of criminal charges. While their full extent isn�t clear, they would include evasion of New York taxes and violations of state laws requiring companies to keep accurate books and records, according to one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the investigation is confidential.

Much of the evidence against Manafort has emerged through Mueller�s prosecutions. But Vance�s office can�t cut and paste Mueller�s charges into a state indictment. It must avoid New York�s double jeopardy law, which provides protections for defendants even stronger than those guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution�s Fifth Amendment.

Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman anticipated this concern last year when he urged Albany lawmakers to tweak the state�s robust double jeopardy protections to allow local prosecutors to charge individuals convicted of federal crimes but pardoned by the president. The state legislature didn�t follow through on his request.

Nevertheless, Vance�s office has identified several areas where it believes Manafort can be charged with state offenses without triggering double jeopardy protections.

For example, New York law allows defendants who have already been convicted of evading federal taxes to be charged with the same conduct as it applies to state taxes. As a part-time resident of New York, Manafort has some exposure.

Mueller�s court filings also contain evidence of Manafort�s manipulation of his business records as part of efforts to secure bank loans. While Mueller charged bank fraud based on this conduct, Vance could hit Manafort with state charges of falsifying books and records, according to one of the people.

Manafort�s legal team would almost certainly challenge the state�s efforts, invoking constitutional protections. New York�s double jeopardy provisions have frustrated state authorities in the past, said John Moscow, who prosecuted global bank fraud and money laundering cases under Vance�s predecessor Robert Morgenthau.

�My suggestion is to change the double jeopardy statute in New York to permit prosecutions with this kind of conduct in mind,� said Moscow, who is now at Lewis Baach LLC and isn�t involved in the matter. �As interpreted, the statute is too broad and needs to be rethought.�

If convicted of state crimes, Manafort would face confinement in notoriously tough prisons. L. Dennis Kozlowski, the former Tyco International Ltd. chief executive officer convicted in 2005 of securities fraud, grand larceny and falsifying business records, served part of his 8 1/3-to-25 year sentence at a medium-security prison.

Along with commuting some sentences, Trump has issued seven pardons, several of them to staunch political allies including Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona and conservative commentator Dinesh D�Souza. At times he has seemed to relish his clemency power, musing about a possible pardon for Martha Stewart and commuting the sentence of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.

Matthew Whitaker, who was acting attorney general until last week, told lawmakers on February 8 that he hadn�t had discussions about potential pardons. But asked by U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar, a Texas Democrat, what he knew of any pardon documents that had been prepared, Whitaker responded: �I am aware of documents relating to pardons of individuals, yes.�

Escobar�s time then expired, and no follow-up question was asked.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:20

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

The Twitter sanitizers are working overdrive, but they're too slow :v:

https://twitter.com/JoshSchwerin/status/1098997254189391878?s=19

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:28

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

gently caress da pats

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:30

Syrian Lannister: Aug 25, 2007; Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.; Sugartime Jones

Woof Blitzer posted:

gently caress da pats

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:34

Acebuckeye13: Nov 2, 2010; Ultra Carp

Woof Blitzer posted:

gently caress da pats

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:36

Doc Hawkins: Jun 15, 2010; Dashing? But I'm not even moving!

Woof Blitzer posted:

gently caress da pats

Okay but it'll cost ya

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:36

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

I misinterpreted the rules.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:38

Nostalgia4Infinity: Feb 27, 2007; 10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

holocaust bloopers posted:

This YouTube underground pedophile network is blowing the gently caress up.

I�m sorry what?

E: what the gently caress?

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:42

Slim Pickens: Jan 12, 2007; Grimey Drawer

Doc Hawkins posted:

Okay but it'll cost ya

$5 to look at it, $10 I touch it, $20 you touch it...

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:48

Eej: Jun 17, 2007; HEAVYARMS

https://twitter.com/mcclure111/status/1098996570345766912?s=19

quote:

But because all congressional offices get the same budgets to use for staff pay and other expenses, there is only so much that individual lawmakers can do.

Ocasio-Cortez’s solution requires sacrifices for staffers at the top of the pay scale, potentially opening her to criticism from the right that her office policies, like her political identity as a Democratic socialist, call for a form of class warfare.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 18:53

Riot Carol Danvers: Jul 30, 2004; It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.

No war but class war

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:01

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

god drat gj aoc

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:03

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

congress voting tuesday against the national emergency

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:06

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

congress voting tuesday against the national emergency

Hell yeah

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:08

Nick Soapdish: Apr 27, 2008

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

congress voting tuesday against the national emergency

Can anyone connect with the spirit world to find out if McCain finds it troubling

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:11

Hot Karl Marx: Mar 16, 2009; Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!

not caring here posted:

It was at some shady 60 dollar handjob parlor as well.

Trashy as gently caress.

https://twitter.com/DeFede/status/1...ingawful.com%2F

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:12

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

Why was a billionaire getting handjobs at a trashy massage parlor? What the gently caress?

It would almost be better if these guys were actually maliciously intelligent villains instead of dipshit losers.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:12

Reign Of Pain: May 1, 2005; Nap Ghost

Fox just yanked Smollets character out of the last 2 episodes of Empire.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:15

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

North Korean kompromat posing as a massage parlor?

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:16

Riot Carol Danvers: Jul 30, 2004; It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.

CommieGIR posted:

North Korean kompromat posing as a massage parlor?

Article says they busted 25 people and 10 different massage parlors.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:17

Hot Karl Marx: Mar 16, 2009; Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!

Fallom posted:

Why was a billionaire getting handjobs at a trashy massage parlor? What the gently caress?

It would almost be better if these guys were actually maliciously intelligent villains instead of dipshit losers.

I was guessing under age girls but that would probably be more expensive? I'm not super knowledgeable about prostitution even though I work construction lol

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:20

bloops: Dec 31, 2010; Thanks Ape Pussy!

�Hi, Ariana Marie, it�s Bob Kraft. I�ve got 5 grand with your name on it for a tug job.�

How hard is that?

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:21

Reign Of Pain: May 1, 2005; Nap Ghost

holocaust bloopers posted:

�Hi, Ariana Marie, it�s Bob Kraft. I�ve got 5 grand with your name on it for a tug job.�

How hard is that?

He's pretty old so probably not very

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:22

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

Hot Karl Marx posted:

I was guessing under age girls but that would probably be more expensive? I'm not super knowledgeable about prostitution even though I work construction lol

He�s a billionaire. He generates millions a day off idle interest alone.

Edit: oh I see what you�re saying. I guess I, as well, don�t know if $60 is too much or too little for a child prostitute

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:26

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

I think he was trying for anonymity. But personally I would have started up a video studio that focused on old man porno then occasionally hire myself to be an actor and just have the clips trashed.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:26

Riot Carol Danvers: Jul 30, 2004; It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.

LingcodKilla posted:

I think he was trying for anonymity. But personally I would have started up a video studio that focused on old man porno then occasionally hire myself to be an actor and just have the clips trashed.

I mean it would be easier to have an escort delivered to you and have them sign an NDA (lol), considering he had his driver take him there both times.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:29

bloops: Dec 31, 2010; Thanks Ape Pussy!

Imagine how the driver feels knowing his boss is getting wringed out on a crusty table like a wet dish sponge.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:30

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

I feel like billionaire money lets you skip the fuss over an NDA and go straight to rolling your escorts into a mile deep mass grave.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:30

Slim Pickens: Jan 12, 2007; Grimey Drawer

Fallom posted:

I feel like billionaire money lets you skip the fuss over an NDA and go straight to rolling your escorts into a mile deep mass grave.

but then you have hitmen that can sell you out on murder charges, so you gotta get them killed off too, so it gets messy

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:34

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

not caring here posted:

It was at some shady 60 dollar handjob parlor as well.

Trashy as gently caress.

His regular $60 handjob parlor.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:35

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Robots. Robot tuggers and then robot assassins to kill the robot tuggers.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:35

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

LingcodKilla posted:

Robots. Robot tuggers and then robot assassins to kill the robot tuggers.

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:37

Eej: Jun 17, 2007; HEAVYARMS

Sometimes you just want the filth that money can't buy

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:38

Best Friends: Nov 4, 2011

Slim Pickens posted:

but then you have hitmen that can sell you out on murder charges, so you gotta get them killed off too, so it gets messy

This was the real reason JFK sent those guys to the Bay of Pigs

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:38

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bloops: Dec 31, 2010; Thanks Ape Pussy!

Crabs with gentle claws

# ? Feb 22, 2019 19:43

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