nigel99 528 #101 June 14, 2020 No wonder America has a police problem! In what civilised country do the police need $454 Million dollars worth of military equipment that includes bayonets and grenade launchers? Admittedly for both those examples the numbers have decreased, although Obama had banned their sale to the police, but Trump reauthorised in 2017 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/06/12/surplus-military-gear-keeps-flowing-after-trump-reversed-policy/5340013002/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,149 #102 June 14, 2020 1 hour ago, nigel99 said: No wonder America has a police problem! In what civilised country do the police need $454 Million dollars worth of military equipment that includes bayonets and grenade launchers? Admittedly for both those examples the numbers have decreased, although Obama had banned their sale to the police, but Trump reauthorised in 2017 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/06/12/surplus-military-gear-keeps-flowing-after-trump-reversed-policy/5340013002/ Evidently AC-130's are next on the block. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 528 #103 June 15, 2020 (edited) “GENEVA (Reuters) - The top U.N. human rights body agreed on Monday to hold an urgent debate on allegations of “systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests” in the United States and elsewhere on Wednesday. The U.N. Human Rights Council’s decision followed a request last week by Burkina Faso on behalf of African countries in response to the killing of George Floyd, an African American, on May 25 under the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer. His death has ignited protests across the nation and worldwide.” Reuter’s Up next, Zimbabwe and Iraq send inspectors to ensure that the USA has free and fair elections... Edited June 15, 2020 by nigel99 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,149 #104 June 20, 2020 Barr is up to his old tricks again as a yes man for trump. He ordered the firing of US attorney in Manhattan, Geoffrey Berman. But Berman refused to go. He is investigating trumps closest lieutenants and foot soldiers. He's on the team that put Cohen behind bars and is now onto Giuliani. This conduct ranks as five out of five bananas for corruption. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #105 June 20, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Phil1111 said: Barr is up to his old tricks again as a yes man for trump. He ordered the firing of US attorney in Manhattan, Geoffrey Berman. But Berman refused to go. He is investigating trumps closest lieutenants and foot soldiers. He's on the team that put Cohen behind bars and is now onto Giuliani. This conduct ranks as five out of five bananas for corruption. This one is really strange (in addition to being a poster child for Trump's corruption). Apparently, Barr can't fire him. He was appointed as 'acting' by Sessions. That was done because the Ds in the Senate vowed to block his nomination, because he was a true Trumpette in a place where Trump had a LOT of ongoing investigations. And Barr didn't officially 'fire' him. Barr said he was going to resign ('step down' was the term in the press release). As noted above, Berman said "Nuh Uhhhh". There's a whole lot more to this. Heather Cox Richardson did a pretty good job of explaining it (the post from June 19th for those reading it in the future):https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/ Edited June 20, 2020 by wolfriverjoe 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #106 June 20, 2020 30 minutes ago, wolfriverjoe said: This one is really strange (in addition to being a poster child for Trump's corruption. Apparently, Barr can't fire him. He was appointed as 'acting' by Sessions. That was done because the Ds in the Senate vowed to block his nomination, because he was a true Trumpette in a place where Trump had a LOT of ongoing investigations. And Barr didn't officially 'fire' him. Barr said he was going to resign ('step down' was the term in the press release). As noted above, Berman said "Nuh Uhhhh". There's a whole lot more to this. Heather Cox Richardson did a pretty good job of explaining it (the post from June 19th for those reading it in the future):https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/ BWAHAHAHAHA!!! That was a good read. I'm going to start following her on FB. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #107 June 20, 2020 Her posts run a bit long, but are well worth the read. I think it was Normiss who first exposed me to her. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #108 June 20, 2020 Graham signals he won't take up U.S. attorney pick without Schumer, Gillibrand signoff https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/503711-graham-signals-he-wont-take-up-us-attorney-pick-without-schumer-gillibrand Is Lindsey starting to morph into a vertebrate??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,149 #109 June 20, 2020 17 minutes ago, ryoder said: Graham signals he won't take up U.S. attorney pick without Schumer, Gillibrand signoff https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/503711-graham-signals-he-wont-take-up-us-attorney-pick-without-schumer-gillibrand Is Lindsey starting to morph into a vertebrate??? No, when a ship is on fire the rats start sniffing around "Is that smoke...is that smoke?" Graham is sniffing around to ascertain if there is smoke and which way the wind is blowing. He didn't have a backbone when he was part of the Three Amigos and doesn't now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,149 #110 June 20, 2020 5 hours ago, wolfriverjoe said: This one is really strange (in addition to being a poster child for Trump's corruption).Apparently, Barr can't fire him. He was appointed as 'acting' by Sessions. That was done because the Ds in the Senate vowed to block his nomination, because he was a true Trumpette in a place where Trump had a LOT of ongoing investigations. And Barr didn't officially 'fire' him. Barr said he was going to resign ('step down' was the term in the press release). As noted above, Berman said "Nuh Uhhhh". There's a whole lot more to this. Heather Cox Richardson did a pretty good job of explaining it (the post from June 19th for those reading it in the future):https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/ Well its gone full banana. "Attorney William P. Barr said on Saturday that President Trump had fired the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, who has investigated the president’s closest associates, deepening a crisis over the independence of law enforcement and the president’s purge of officials he views as disloyal. Mr. Trump removed the prosecutor, Geoffrey S. Berman, United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, after he had refused to step down on Friday night. The president’s announcement capped an extraordinary clash over an office that has been at the forefront of corruption inquiries into Mr. Trump’s inner circle." Evidently trump is now trying to clone a couple hundred more Barr's so he can appoint them in all the important prosecutor offices. Where the trump family capos are under investigation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,063 #111 June 20, 2020 Regardless of any legal arguments about who may or may not fire a court-appointed US Attorney, this is just another example** of the level of corruption in the Trump administration. ** Other recent examples include the firing of IG's in a number of federal departments. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,149 #112 June 20, 2020 21 minutes ago, kallend said: Regardless of any legal arguments about who may or may not fire a court-appointed US Attorney, this is just another example** of the level of corruption in the Trump administration. ** Other recent examples include the firing of IG's in a number of federal departments. Barr makes Jeff Sessions look like cub scout. Berman needs to go to the judge that hired him and submit a motion to dismiss trump's termination of employment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 816 #113 June 20, 2020 Criminal obstruction of justice by the Impeached POTUS and the US Attorney General. How much farther can America sink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feuergnom 29 #114 June 29, 2020 On 6/21/2020 at 12:31 AM, normiss said: Criminal obstruction of justice by the Impeached POTUS and the US Attorney General. How much farther can America sink? If t gets Re-elected this will be just the tip of the iceberg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreece 190 #115 June 29, 2020 On 6/20/2020 at 10:58 AM, wolfriverjoe said: I think it was Normiss who first exposed me to her. Kinky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,149 #116 July 11, 2020 Roger Stone & Trump's Banana Republic 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,149 #117 July 12, 2020 On 6/20/2020 at 4:31 PM, normiss said: Criminal obstruction of justice by the Impeached POTUS and the US Attorney General. How much farther can America sink? Well you're a sailor. How deep is the Mariana trench? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feuergnom 29 #118 July 12, 2020 13 hours ago, Phil1111 said: Roger Stone & Trump's Banana Republic ...and I'll show you how deep the rabbithole goes... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,063 #119 July 16, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2020/07/16/daily-202-michael-cohen-asked-to-sign-stay-out-of-jail-agreement-that-may-violate-his-first-amendment-rights-lawyers-say/5f0f9869602ff1080719cda0/?utm_campaign=wp_the_daily_202&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_daily202 Michael Cohen asked to sign stay-out-of-jail agreement that may violate his First Amendment rights, lawyers say Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #120 July 16, 2020 Trump posing with an array of Goya products on the Resolute desk today seems a pretty obvious breach of ethics rules, but if not, at the VERY least demeans the position of the President. Got a brand? Get official US sponsorship and support by saying something nice about the president! Zero respect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 221 #121 July 16, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, yoink said: Trump posing with an array of Goya products on the Resolute desk today seems a pretty obvious breach of ethics rules, but if not, at the VERY least demeans the position of the President. Got a brand? Get official US sponsorship and support by saying something nice about the president! Zero respect. That's what you get from the cancel culture. <Shrug> I'm just wondering why they keep doing this - Didn't they learn from their Chick-Fil-A experience? Edited July 16, 2020 by turtlespeed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #122 July 16, 2020 I’m not going to read Turtle’s reply, but I’m certain it’s a reply that only someone who is completely centrist and not at all biased could write. How is it Pelosi’s fault this time? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreece 190 #123 July 16, 2020 44 minutes ago, yoink said: I’m not going to read Turtle’s reply, but I’m certain it’s a reply that only someone who is completely centrist and not at all biased could write. How is it Pelosi’s fault this time? He was talking about the cancel culture. Here's another excellent article (as usual) from The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/07/cancel-culture-and-problem-woke-capitalism/614086/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowlerk 2,217 #124 July 16, 2020 55 minutes ago, Coreece said: He was talking about the cancel culture. Some people have begun calling it cancel culture, as a way of belittling it. I have a different name for it, I call it accountability. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreece 190 #125 July 16, 2020 40 minutes ago, gowlerk said: Some people have begun calling it cancel culture, as a way of belittling it. I have a different name for it, I call it accountability. I think The Atlantic article does a decent job separating the good and the bad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
