Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[hack]

Military parade. Jesus Christ. Masha Gessen may be right in the end.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Steve Wynn stepping down as CEO of his casino empire

Up till now the RNC has refused to return any money he donated on the premise that he hasn't confessed to anything

[Kapture1]

They should do what the DNC did with Weinstein's money and give it to political groups.

[The Oracle]

Why dont you bring Gonz down with you ?

Persona non grata

[CGVT]

Military parade. Jesus Christ. Masha Gessen may be right in the end.

I think the best we can hope for with this jackass is that he gets the trains to run on time...

[Dr. Strangelove]

4 special elections tonight in the Missouri House of Representatives. All the districts were won by Trump with enormous margins (like 30-40 points).

At least one, District 97, was just won by a Democrat. Another, District 144, is extremely close with the Dem holding a tiny lead. Trump won that district by 47 points. The Republican margin in the other two seats fell

In the PA-18 Republicans have outspent the Dems 17-to-1 and are still nervous.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gop-allied-groups-heavily-outspend-democrats-in-special-pennsylvania-election/2018/02/05/4ed46e94-0a8b-11e8-8890-372e2047c935_story.html?utm_term=.fb1f3f1d0e70

Hard to know what to read into this stuff. Are Dems just a lot more motivated to vote in special and off-year elections right now?

[Kapture1]

Carter Page was the FBI mole, a plant in order to get a Title I FISA warrant and the authority to spy on the campaign, including retroactive meta data, emails and text messages. Gowdy read over the FISA applications and all 4, the initial and renewals, all lead with the dossier and nowhere was there a mention of political ties, according to him.

Then you have Carter Page, walking around a free man today. Not suspected of a crime, not accused of a crime, no alledged criminal wrongdoing, after a Title I FISA warrant that are granted on those with credible evidence of engaging in treasonous government espionage or fucking terrorism. It's because Page was working for the FBI, and the survielence wasn't for him, it was for the organization he was affiliated with, the Trump campaign.

[Da Geezer]

Jeff: Do you not even understand the irony of these sentences?

Well, I try to read journalists with a wide range of political views. You should try it. Some of my best friends read NRO.

I see you left out the first of the two sentences: "I am not a Prog......."

Must be because you know it is untrue.

[Kapture1]

I wonder how many other suspected foreign spys under Title I FISA survielence for a year have no travel restrictions whatsoever.

[WingsFan]

Persona non grata

lmao

[drok]

drok I was just up last week in Toronto and Ottawa on a work trip, and it seems Cdns are remarkably united on Trudeau. Do you know anyone still swooning? I don't think I do. He's a lightweight, I agree. Which is what most of us thought of him before Mulcair's campaign turtled, IIRC. It's easy and costs very little to right historical wrongs done to marginalized groups, and it plays to his strengths. It is much harder to address the serious economic problems, which Canada has to a lesser extent than the US, but still has. That said, IMO credit where it's due for his leadership on the pipelines. We need to get those pipelines built and find more markets for our petroleum, as unpleasant as that may be. That's an unpopular message that he delivers when needed and consistently, IMO.

I think if you don't pay much attention, it's easy for many Canadians still to "feel" like he's doing a good job. The foreign media accolades have been persistent and outside acceptence has always played a role in the Canadian psyche. And I don't think you can underestimate the "anyone but Harper" sentiment that Trudeau picked up on and rode to such a sizeable win. The people who voted that way are still scared to revert back to a PC party that many still feel like is run by Harper descendants. And Mulcair never really felt like a viable option from the NDP. Realistically, the NDP rarely feels like a viable alternative for Canadians and I have my doubts that Canadians are ready for Jagmeet Singh, sadly mostly due to his turban, regardless of how charismatic and handsome he is. So Canadians are likely to stick with safe Trudeau, who's foreign reputation is likely better than his domestic.

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[drok]

I think if you don't pay much attention, it's easy for many Canadians still to "feel" like he's doing a good job. The foreign media accolades have been persistent and outside acceptence has always played a role in the Canadian psyche. And I don't think you can underestimate the "anyone but Harper" sentiment that Trudeau picked up on and rode to such a sizeable win. The people who voted that way are still scared to revert back to a PC party that many still feel like is run by Harper descendants. And Mulcair never really felt like a viable option from the NDP. Realistically, the NDP rarely feels like a viable alternative for Canadians and I have my doubts that Canadians are ready for Jagmeet Singh, sadly mostly due to his turban, regardless of how charismatic and handsome he is. So Canadians are likely to stick with safe Trudeau, who's foreign reputation is likely better than his domestic.

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And to be fair, from what I understand, Singh won the NDP leadership for charisma rather than policy. It's not so much bad policy but rather lack of track record.

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[Kapture1]

Page wrote to Strzok on Sept. 2, 2016 about preparing talking points for then FBI Director James Comey because, "potus wants to know everything we're doing."

Most scandalous scandal free presidency ever

[Kapture1]

On Election Day 2016, Page wrote, "OMG THIS IS F***ING TERRIFYING." Strzok replied, "Omg, I am so depressed."
Later that month, on November 13, 2016 Page wrote, "I bought all the president's men. Figure I need to brush up on watergate."**
The next day, Nov. 14, 2016, Page wrote, “God, being here makes me angry. Lots of high fallutin’ national security talk. Meanwhile we have OUR task ahead of us.”

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And to be fair, from what I understand, Singh won the NDP leadership for charisma rather than policy. It's not so much bad policy but rather lack of track record.

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I wanted to hear more talk about Chrystia Freeland. She might be The One. I hope she isn't judged solely on the NAFTA outcome.