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So I've started a blog about my writing. Check it out at: http://fourth-planet-problem.blogspot.com/ And my first book is on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077W322FX |
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Trump has just admitted that "being nice" to him" is a requirement for keeping one's security clearance. It could not get any clearer that he is threatening those who dare speak out against him. Nah, that's not stifling free speech. He's big on the Second Amendment. Not so much on the First.
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Trump tweets
"Bill DeBlasio, the high taxing Mayor of NYC, just stole my campaign slogan: PROMISES MADE PROMISES KEPT! That’s not at all nice. No imagination! @foxandfriends" |
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Again, offered without comment.
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Cohen reaches plea deal in tax fraud case!!
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/402...fraud-case-abc I await the Dolts response. |
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Also the double standards are astonishing, removing environmental regulations (so companies can make more profit) therefore harming critters is good unless the company is a windmill company then the effect on critters is of the utmost importance. It almost seems that it isn't the bird deaths that are important.
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A little news about Kavanaugh (Trump's supreme court nominee).
Republican senator Collins (who claims to be pro-choice/pro-women, and who could in theory be the vote that blocks the appointment) had a meeting with Kavanaugh where he claimed Roe v. Wade was "settled law". So, what this means is that (in theory) Collins is a bit more likely to vote to confirm (since she can point to the claim of "settled law".) Of course, in practice, abortion laws are still under attack. Even if Kavanaugh won't vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, he could very well vote in favor of other abortion restrictions (perhaps allowing states to impose waiting times, or limits on the number of abortion clinics) without overturning abortion rights completely. https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/polit...law/index.html |
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Tammy Duckworth tore into Collins on this. Collins claimed the same thing with Gorsuch, who wrote a book on precedent. And then in one of the first things he did on the SC, he voted to overturn a 100 year old precedent.
These "office assurances" are worth the paper their written on. |
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Quite possible.
But I've always wondered how it was supposed to work. Even if he were opposed to any sort of investigation, etc. against the president, Kavanaugh would be only one vote on the supreme court. So, you'd have to get 4 other supreme court justices to agree with him on any case involving the president. Now, granted, we can assume that at least some judges would similarly want to give the president a free pass (I think we can assume Gorsuch has no moral principles and would side with Trump), but there is no guarantee that at least one or 2 of the normally conservative-leaning judges will vote against Trump. |
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I agree that Kavanaugh's being on the court would not guarantee it, but it certainly would indicate to Trump that he'd have at least one arguing that case to the others. As you say, Gorsuch would likely side with Trump and I suspect it would not be that hard to get the other conservative judges to agree. I think we'd see a split on the usual lines. What the SC needed was another moderate to balance the court, not another liberal or conservative.
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There is a distinct lack of dead birds around our local wind farm.
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it's a conspiracy
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OECD healthcare spending Expenditure on healthcare http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/health-data.htm link is 2015 data (2013 Data below): UK 8.5% of GDP of which 83.3% is public expenditure - 7.1% of GDP is public spending US 16.4% of GDP of which 48.2% is public expenditure - 7.9% of GDP is public spending |
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The swamp Trump brought with him is being drained - Cohen pleads guilty to bank fraud.
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SO Cohen is going Joe Valachi on Trump....this is going to be fun.
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I love it. Trump brings a bunch of cronies to the white house who's only qualifications are personal loyalty and they even fail on that regard. Trump truly is stupid Nixon.
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I am getting images of that final shot of a rat running across the screen in "The Departed"....
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May not be as much fun as we would have hoped...
From: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/polit...lks/index.html As part of the plea deal under discussion earlier Tuesday, Cohen was not expected to cooperate with the government, one source told CNN. So, we'll have to wait and see whether Cohen has actually flipped on Trump, or whether the plea deal was just a way to prevent the case going to trial (where there are no guarantees of success by either side.) |
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The caveat on the Trump presidency is now cemented in history. He's president but could only achieve it through unlawful means.
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From NowThisPolitics:
Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen says he broke campaign finance laws ‘at the direction of’ Donald Trump, implicating the sitting U.S. president in a felony. |
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Manafort guilty on 8 of the charges.
Not a good day for the White House. I can hear it now "If you cooperate with the Mueller investigation, Mr Manafort, it will be taken into consideration in your sentencing." |
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Can't wait for the Twitter meltdown.
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if those reports are true, deal or no deal Cohen is ratting on Donnie.
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I can't wait for the FOX spin on this.
I doubt this is the last crime Trump will be implicated in by the time Mueller is through. No wonder Trump's been working overtime trying to discredit it. He knew what was coming. And what is yet to come, most likely. |
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