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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Oct 27, 2016 3:29 pm

And let's not mention Trump's charity being closed to donations over serious concerns from the regulator.
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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by Forty Two » Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:08 pm

Tero wrote:If a secretary of state (busy person) decides to see people who do not need to see her for state department purposes, what is to stop her from seeing only people that promote her political causes?
The law, and the ethical rules applicable to government officials in her position.
Tero wrote: She handled all the state department business without fail.
Says you. Others don't agree.
Tero wrote: If there was time for "donors", why not?
Paying for government access is unethical.
Tero wrote: It was not money to her checking account. The foundation passes with flying colors. many are much worse and do get regulated and even fined etc


If the quid is a donation to a charitable entity that you own, in exchange for a quo, it's still illegal.

And, for fuck's sake, if this same behavior was discovered with respect to a politician you didn't like you'd be all over it. The defense of this kind of thing from your side is pathetic. It really is.
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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:55 pm

The 'let's talk about Clinton instead of Trump' aside, to an outsider this shiftiness from Clinton just looks like a politician falling prey to the persuasive power of lobbyists $$$.
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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by Forty Two » Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:10 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:The 'let's talk about Clinton instead of Trump' aside, to an outsider this shiftiness from Clinton just looks like a politician falling prey to the persuasive power of lobbyists $$$.
Isn't that what we wanted to have removed from politics by electing Obama?
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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:41 pm

Perhaps, but a US president is not an absolute monarch. Yet Trump seems just as prone to the lobbyists $$$ when it comes to, say, fossil fuels and climate change denialism or gun control or corporate taxation.
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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by rainbow » Fri Oct 28, 2016 6:30 am

So why is it good that Donald never joined the Navy?

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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by tattuchu » Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:51 pm

People think "queue" is just "q" followed by 4 silent letters.

But those letters are not silent.

They're just waiting their turn.

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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by Tero » Fri Oct 28, 2016 2:02 pm

Sascha Barron Cohen and Trump talk ice cream

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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by cronus » Fri Oct 28, 2016 6:26 pm

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-2 ... ton-emails

Trump Hopes "Justice Will Finally Be Done" As FBI Reopens Probe Into Hillary Clinton Emails



(not looking good right now....maybe pussy riot needs to do another video or try something else?)
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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Oct 28, 2016 6:40 pm

Prediction: FBI will consider the evidence and report that it has no bearing on the conclusions of its previous report.

She might have been foolish to think that owning a domain name keeps your emails private but it's not like she was passing secrets to the Russians. This story is all cock up and no conspiracy.
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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by cronus » Fri Oct 28, 2016 7:04 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:Prediction: FBI will consider the evidence and report that it has no bearing on the conclusions of its previous report.

She might have been foolish to think that owning a domain name keeps your emails private but it's not like she was passing secrets to the Russians. This story is all cock up and no conspiracy.
The FBI know their audience. This is a obvious attempt to swing the unsure gullible average American voter. It isn't for nothing they are called the FBI. They are the smart set in the scheme and always had a bit of the fascist temperament in them. Always wanted to be CIA on the inside. :coffee:
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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by Tero » Fri Oct 28, 2016 8:52 pm

There is no hurry. Take 4 years to read all these new emails. Just incorporate it directly into the Jan 1 impeachment process.

AND, perhaps we should encourage this search
Federal officials have been examining Weiner’s alleged sexually suggestive online messages with a teenage girl. The link to the Weiner probe was first reported by the New York Times.
Teenage girl! Trump is bound to pop up sooner or later if we look into the friends of this teen!

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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by JimC » Sat Oct 29, 2016 3:37 am

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Re: The Donald-thread

Post by laklak » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:01 am

Tero wrote:Lak, I already have 2 passports!

I only have one, damn it all. BUT, Mrs. Lak has two, so the UK is on the menu. Swaziland is no problem, my mum-in-law is a pretty big wheel with lots of connections, and Mrs. Lak is good friends with Inkhosikati LaMbikiza, King Maswati's third wife. Her dad can get us into South Africa. Then there's Costa Rica, Panama, and Nicaragua, we got the money (and the boat) to go there too. I ain't a-skert.
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