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I saw that.What glorious night of news watching I have to look forward to.
It's been a great morning. Should be a great evening too.
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It's been a great morning. Should be a great evening too.
At least in retrospect. I've bemoaned lax sexual morals for decades in this country, in this world. It's age-old of course, with men and women both scorning good sexual morals on a regular basis.
I don't see that happening. I applaud all this coming to light. Even a leer or an ogle is not coming from a place of moral purity, even though it is not a crime. I'm not arguing that it should be a crime to leer or to ogle, but it is immoral.
And outrageously so.
To me, these fall somewhere along the rape spectrum.
Of course.
When they don't "let you," which implies consent.
People who believe or who are led to believe that their careers will improve through submitting to pressure, are qualitatively different from people who are applying pressure just because they think they can. These latter are predators.
It's like the boy who cried wolf, I'm so immune to the giddy bloodthirsty Trump haters and the media cult by now it doesn't register. It's fun to watch though.
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Meanwhile, the feckless GOP senate is attempting to ram through a bill they haven't seen.
CNN: Senators are about to vote on a bill they haven't seen
Senate Republicans finally have enough votes to pass their tax plan. However, no one has actually seen the text of the bill. Republicans have been re-negotiating items in the bill, and things have been changing on a minute-by-minute basis.
CNN: Senators are about to vote on a bill they haven't seen
Senate Republicans finally have enough votes to pass their tax plan. However, no one has actually seen the text of the bill. Republicans have been re-negotiating items in the bill, and things have been changing on a minute-by-minute basis.
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This is so bad. We have just gotten list of amendments to be included in bill NOT from our R colleagues, but from lobbyists downtown. None of us have seen this list, but lobbyists have it. Need I say more? Disgusting. And we probably will not even be given time to read them.@clairecmc
But she'll vote for it anyway?
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/federal-prosecutors-explain-what-mike-flynn-plea-deal-means
The explosive news that ousted national security advisor Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials was delivered in a brief, tidy package: a one-and-a-half-page document laying out the single count against him.
Former federal prosecutors told TPM that Special Counsel Robert Mueller made a calculated move to keep Flynn’s charge limited, and that, given what is known about Flynn’s myriad inappropriate foreign dealings, they wouldn’t have done so unless the former intelligence official had divulged some very juicy secrets.
Whoa, be careful out there on that limb. :noid:
Heaven forbid that "The Donald" be held accountable for his words and actions!
In those immortal words of this President's own Secretary of State - the President is a "MORON!"
File this under ongoing ancillary damage.
In a recent Fox interview the following exchange occurred.
FOX NEWS HOST TO @tedcruz: You cool working with alleged child molester Roy Moore if he's elected?
CRUZ: Sure, no problem, that's up to the voters.
FOX NEWS HOST: And what about alleged groper Al Franken?
CRUZ: Now that's a very serious problem. I'm extremely concerned.
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In a recent Fox interview the following exchange occurred.
FOX NEWS HOST TO @tedcruz: You cool working with alleged child molester Roy Moore if he's elected?
CRUZ: Sure, no problem, that's up to the voters.
FOX NEWS HOST: And what about alleged groper Al Franken?
CRUZ: Now that's a very serious problem. I'm extremely concerned.
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Agree - to 'try' to make a point. For me the point is this: We often do better than the people we'd quote or use for caricature AND the message is often lost and we are paled by anything extreme from another, we may post.
I don't know if I complained out loud. I read and generally prayed about things I felt were harmful to our nation. If it unifies us at all, I'm still doing that. I didn't vote for Trump. I did like a few things Obama did. I like a few more of what Trump is doing. Everything? No, I've never had that president, though Reagan was close.
File this under ongoing ancillary damage.
In a recent Fox interview the following exchange occurred.
FOX NEWS HOST TO @tedcruz: You cool working with alleged child molester Roy Moore if he's elected?
CRUZ: Sure, no problem, that's up to the voters.
FOX NEWS HOST: And what about alleged groper Al Franken?
CRUZ: Now that's a very serious problem. I'm extremely concerned.
Well, it is Ted Cruz. And he also grew up in the south. So he may have a different scale of the relative evil of those two things.
Breaking: Trump Arrested and Cuffed In The Lincoln Bedroom - Putin Hiding In Closet
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Pat, you are entirely too much. Sure. Why not? It's probably Obama's fault, too.
That's fine Pat. The tides don't rise and fall on your comfort. But you might want to go back and review some of the early predictions made by some of those supposedly bloodthirsty Trump-haters.
The truth is, we're all caught in a tragedy. No one loves to see a corrupt administration. The difference is only who figured it out when. Many of us figured out what Trump is last year, and having accepted that, all signs that it may end sooner than planned or better than first feared are exciting.
"Trump is Cracking Up" -- New York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/opinion/trump-is-cracking-up.html
I can empathize with all of you and I don't blame you for latching onto this charade. You deserve something to feel excited about, I feel gluttonous for enjoying Trump's Presidency so much. It will only be that much harder on you when the "investigation" concludes with Trump intact. We all know the corrupt administration was Obama and Clinton, that's a given.
"We're all caught in a tragedy?" What's the "tragedy"? The tides don't rise and fall on my comfort? What a stunner.
So far there's still NADA on collusion or corruption from Trump or his administration. So have a blast while it lasts, rex.
On Friday morning, Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. while serving as President Trump’s national security adviser. Making a false statement to a federal official is a felony offense, but nowhere near as bad as what the special counsel, Robert Mueller, could likely have charged Mr. Flynn with, including charges for possible violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (similar to those brought against the former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates) or those stemming from a possible attempt to kidnap a Turkish cleric in Pennsylvania. By pleading guilty and agreeing to cooperate with Mr. Mueller, Mr. Flynn also appears to have averted prosecution of his son, who was reportedly implicated in some of the misconduct.
Prosecutors generally offer favorable plea bargains like this one only when the cooperating defendant can provide evidence that incriminates someone “up the ladder” — someone more senior than the defendant himself. In our experience, that is particularly true when the prosecutor is deciding not to pursue other, readily provable charges, like those that seem to exist here.
Lest there be any doubt about what is happening, the statement of the offense filed along with Mr. Flynn’s plea shows that he is prepared to testify that the communications that he lied about, concerning conversations with the Russian ambassador in December 2016, were discussed with multiple members of the transition team — including one “senior official” and one “very senior member.” It is not yet clear who those individuals are, but transition officials and members included Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. as well as Vice President Mike Pence, Representative Devin Nunes of California; the former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
It is probably Mr. Kushner who is in greatest jeopardy now. Bloomberg has reported that he is the very senior transition member who directed Mr. Flynn to reach out to Russia. Mr. Kushner has already been questioned by the special counsel and by Congress. If he was one of those officials Mr. Flynn spoke to and he was not honest about it when questioned, he could face similar false statement charges.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/...lick&contentCollection=Opinion&pgtype=article
Prosecutors generally offer favorable plea bargains like this one only when the cooperating defendant can provide evidence that incriminates someone “up the ladder” — someone more senior than the defendant himself. In our experience, that is particularly true when the prosecutor is deciding not to pursue other, readily provable charges, like those that seem to exist here.
Lest there be any doubt about what is happening, the statement of the offense filed along with Mr. Flynn’s plea shows that he is prepared to testify that the communications that he lied about, concerning conversations with the Russian ambassador in December 2016, were discussed with multiple members of the transition team — including one “senior official” and one “very senior member.” It is not yet clear who those individuals are, but transition officials and members included Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. as well as Vice President Mike Pence, Representative Devin Nunes of California; the former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
It is probably Mr. Kushner who is in greatest jeopardy now. Bloomberg has reported that he is the very senior transition member who directed Mr. Flynn to reach out to Russia. Mr. Kushner has already been questioned by the special counsel and by Congress. If he was one of those officials Mr. Flynn spoke to and he was not honest about it when questioned, he could face similar false statement charges.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/...lick&contentCollection=Opinion&pgtype=article
Flynn guilty plea brings Mueller investigation directly into the White House
Speaking of "Rex," rumor has it that Rex Tillerson may be on his way out even as The Atlantic refers to him as "The Worst Secretary of State in Living Memory".
I don't think "Directly into the White House" mean Trump's administration. Look up who is included in the Cabinet.
As for old slow poke Rex, I don't think Trump is happy with his performance, who cares?
You forgot this part 'Breaking: Trump Arrested and Cuffed In The Lincoln Bedroom - Putin Hiding In Closet with his shirt off sitting on a bear'
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