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U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Acting Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) released the fifth and final volume of the Committee’s bipartisan Russia investigation titled, “Volume 5: Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities,” which examines Russia’s attempts to gain influence in the American political system during the 2016 elections.
The Committee’s investigation totaled more than three years of investigative activity, more than 200 witness interviews, and more than a million pages of reviewed documents. All five volumes total more than 1300 pages.
Senate Intel Releases Volume 5 of Bipartisan Russia Report
Bipartisan Senate Report Shows How Trump Colluded With Russia in 2016
Senate report establishes collusion between Trump and Russia
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Now KEN and BARBIE are PERMANENTLY ADDICTED to MIND-ALTERING DRUGS ...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @05:35PM (18 children)
DNC had Seth Rich killed, who leaked the emails to wikileaks along with his brother to stop Clinton from stealing the nomination from Sanders.
Then they named a bike rack after him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Y6moufbww [youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M3Z4eE6cJA [youtube.com]
Stop running cover for the Bushes and Clintons and the rest of the corrupt crew who have been screwing over the US and rest of the world for decades.
(Score: 5, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 19 2020, @05:45PM (12 children)
Jerome Corsi, InfoWars Retract and Apologize for Spreading Seth Rich DNC Murder Conspiracy Theory [thedailybeast.com]
Appeals Court Reinstates Libel Lawsuit Against Fox News Over Seth Rich Story [npr.org]
(Score: 5, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 19 2020, @05:47PM (2 children)
Fox News Retracts Article on Seth Rich Murder Investigation [thedailybeast.com]
(Score: -1, Troll) by fustakrakich on Wednesday August 19 2020, @08:59PM (1 child)
Regardless of the murder case, it is far more likely and plausible that Rich leaked the emails, not Russia.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @04:22PM
Troll!
Woo hoo! Democrats gone wild! They must really want to keep that little tidbit under wraps! That's how important Russiagate is to them.
Democrats are so weird. It's like they want to lose. The reason why is obvious, but, you know what they say about de Nile...
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @05:54PM (8 children)
Good thing I don't listen to infowars or fox news! Did you see me link to those as sources?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @09:51PM (7 children)
Your "source" was Malia Zimmerman, well known RWNJ operative. Now go soak yer haid!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @09:51PM (6 children)
My source is Julian Assange.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday August 19 2020, @10:06PM
To a democrat, even worse!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @07:11AM (4 children)
Via Malia Zimmerman, who is a whore to both the old and new Rights, and whom you should never trust, she makes shit up. Got her banned from an actual Newspaper in Hawaii, and even from Fox News, after this Seth Rich fiasco. Do your research, you Right-wing_Nut-job looser with less than average intelligence.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @08:06AM (3 children)
So you think Assange is a liar then?
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday August 20 2020, @04:03PM (2 children)
Maybe, maybe not.
You are definitely a liar though for trying to attribute quotes from a partisan hack to someone more legitimate sounding.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @06:10PM (1 child)
The second link is assange saying the exact same thing... Not sure what the mental blockage is.
Seth Rich was murdered by the DNC for leaking their emails, then the DNC made up the fake russia collusion story after getting trolled by russion disinfo like a bunch of morons.
(Score: 0, Redundant) by fustakrakich on Thursday August 20 2020, @06:30PM
Can't say about the murder, that one is up in the air, no use dwelling on it, but the email thing is surely true. However, nobody is going to believe it until you make a 3000 page report with a fancy government logo on it, and pictures, with circles and paragraphs on the back of each one, and then hope the judge isn't blind.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @05:45PM (3 children)
Also ignore FBI employees trying to frame the Trump campaign. What we expect from the Democrime Party [twitter.com]
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:37PM (2 children)
Yep, its so obvious the government is out of control. So far only Clinesmith went down and that looks like itll be a slap on the wrist. Everyone who doesn't care about this is basically asking for fascism.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @02:43AM (1 child)
Ah yes, a guy writes "not a source" on an email and that is your smoking gun of fascism but definitely not the violation of constitutional rights via teargas and police brutality ordered by Trump.
Y'all are soooo fucking dumb.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @08:08AM
You dont even know what fascism is despite having the entire internet at your fingertips.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @08:42AM
Trump couldn't strangle him with his tiny hands so he had to shoot him.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by DannyB on Wednesday August 19 2020, @05:53PM (96 children)
I remember someone saying Trump could shoot someone on fifth avenue and not lose a single voter. Oh, yeah, Trump said that. Proudly!
It was true then. It is true now. There will be no consequences.
Republicans have already said they see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil.
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
Isaiah 5:20: Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
This is why I expect Trump to win and surprise everyone.
If you eat an entire cake without cutting it, you technically only had one piece.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @05:57PM (16 children)
Yep, republicans and democrats keep voting for the party no matter what they do.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Soviet_Union_legislative_election [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 3, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:23PM (15 children)
Thanks fusty. If both parties are the exact same why did Russia choose to help only one of them?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:34PM
Because there are two trumps. And one wears a red tie like Putin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xykvrGpCW6E [youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk7FDwqvMRw [youtube.com]
(Score: 2, Interesting) by fustakrakich on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:51PM (13 children)
HA! Wasn't me. And DannyB is right. He won't lose votes for this. And the democrats sit on their thumbs... Very discouraging, you know
Yeah, yeah, and the senate remains on vacation too, and you can blame it on your republicans so you can feel better, so what? Where's the push?
The weak 10 point spread is a great big giant whoosh. You still make excuses, with statistics!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @04:48PM (12 children)
Sitting on their thumbs? You do realize that tonight(!) they will be picking their nominee for President in the general election, right?
Just out of curiosity, what do you think the Democrats should be doing right now? What do you think they legally can do right now? Also, what about the Republicans? Shouldn't they be doing something as well? I am genuinely curious to know.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by fustakrakich on Thursday August 20 2020, @05:08PM (11 children)
Yeah? So? big deal! What effort does that take?? They can do that with a fax. Is ceremony that big of a deal to you?
Republcans won't listen. I'm hoping the democrats are better than that, but that sure isn't panning out, so, like, whatever. Democrats have the power to enforce their subpoenas and stop the destruction of the post office and social security. And they sure have the power to make some real noise about it. But they are all obsessed with their Russiagate bullshit, which only drives more voters away.
And be careful with that "what about" stuff. You always complain when it's used against you, doesn't help the cause one bit.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @11:26PM (10 children)
Perhaps it has escaped your notice but this convention is where the DNC formally put forward their nominee for the Democratic candidate that will appear on the ballot in the general election in November. Elections are how we lawfully change our government in this country, Vlad. Some might even call that a big deal.
So you don't like pageantry and ceremony? Fair enough. Or maybe you don't much like seeing your hero in the White House getting a thorough shellacking all week on primetime TV? Yes, I know you will deny this but you really aren't fooling anyone anymore.
Despite your earnest attempts to misdirect, the House has called the Post Master General in for a hearing on Monday. The Senate is holding a hearing on Friday (tomorrow). I would say that is making some noise.
The latest on "Russiagate" came out of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which has a Republican majority. But I'm sure you already knew that.
Always complain? Used against...me? From your vantage point, I'm just another AC. Just who do you think I am? Whatever it is, you are almost certainly wrong. And exactly what do you think my "cause" is? The only "cause" I have is to get the current swamp creature out of the White House and his insane clown posse as far from the levers of federal power as possible. I don't give a shit if it's Democrats or Libertarians or Greens that take over just so long as this corrupt dumpster fire of an administration comes to an end.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by fustakrakich on Thursday August 20 2020, @11:51PM (3 children)
Well, God save the Queen!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @12:32AM (2 children)
What the hell does this have to do with...anything??? Perhaps you would care to explain yourself?
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday August 21 2020, @12:40AM (1 child)
No, not really
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @01:00AM
Yeah, I kind of thought you had nothing.
Oh! Looky here! The magician failed to pull a rabbit out of his hat! Color me not surprised.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday August 21 2020, @12:03AM (5 children)
Whoops! Didn't finish previous post:
Well, you have a weird way of showing it. We're both after the same thing. The tactical choice, as distasteful as it is, is to go with the flow and run with the DNC. It would help if they acted like they want to win convincingly. But let's not fool ourselves, these are people of infinite privilege that do not live in our world. They benefit from the chaos
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @12:54AM (3 children)
First of all, you have no idea who I am. Second, stop trying to pretend that we are somehow allies working in concert with each other. We are not. I have no interest in joining your circle jerk!
OK, I'm going to humor you on this one. What would acting "convincingly" like they want to win look like to you? I want specific action points. Show us that your blather is not completely pointless. I DARE YOU!!!
While I am almost always deeply, deeply skeptical of politicians, one thing I can say with a certain amount of confidence is that both Biden and Harris do not appear to come from backgrounds of "infinite privilege". At least if you can put any trust in their bios. And I have no reason to doubt their bios. (Parenthetically, I will note that Trump actually does come from about as near to a background of "infinite privilege" as one can get.)
How so? Could you explain this?
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday August 21 2020, @01:12AM (2 children)
You're funny! Trump v. Biden!
Fabulous!
90% of them will win reelection no matter what. Those are not bad odds
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @01:21AM (1 child)
Got nothing, huh? Is this the point where I get to claim victory? So, what did I win?
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @01:34AM
A semen surprise
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @04:57AM
That's not anywhere close to what's going on. Nor do you provide any evidence (or even any unsupported claims) as to what the hell you're blathering on about.
You, as usual, are talking out of your ass.
Please, carry on. Having a buffoon like you around is good for a laugh now and again.
Good times!
(Score: 5, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:01PM (58 children)
They're already lying about what's in their own report!
Republican Senators Misrepresent Their Own Russia Report [lawfareblog.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:04PM (42 children)
More FBI members have been indicted than Trump family members
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:07PM (3 children)
The reverse should be true. But no.
If you eat an entire cake without cutting it, you technically only had one piece.
(Score: 4, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:26PM (2 children)
As a result of this Senate collusion report:
Senate committee made criminal referral of Trump Jr., Bannon, Kushner, two others to federal prosecutors [nbcnews.com]
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 19 2020, @09:52PM (1 child)
I hope something comes of that, but I'm not holding my breath.
If you eat an entire cake without cutting it, you technically only had one piece.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday August 19 2020, @10:00PM
In case you didn't notice, that was last year. Don't expect much. It's a Mexican Standoff
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 5, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:11PM (36 children)
Michael Cohen: Trump's personal lawyer, convicted felon.
Paul Manafort: Trump's campaign manager, convicted felon.
Geaorge Papadopolous: Trump's campaign adviser, convicted felon.
Alex Van der Zwann: Manafort associate, convicted felon.
Roger Stone: Trump adviser, convicted felon.
Rick Gates: Manafort's partner, convicted felon.
Michael Flynn: National Security Adviser, convicted felon.
I'm not aware of any FBI member who have been convicted of anything.
(Score: 1, Troll) by shortscreen on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:54PM (35 children)
FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith has agreed to plead guilty over altering documents submitted to the FISA court.
Charges against Michael Flynn were dropped by the DOJ. None of the charges against the people you listed had anything to do with "Russia collusion".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @07:23PM
Face it, America is too dumbed down to continue. Plan for it to get worse instead of better.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday August 19 2020, @11:40PM (33 children)
Does that make it all ok?
Weirdly republicans don't care how badly their own act, even if its the president.
Imagine how republicans would have reacted if Obama employed all of his useless, unemployable family in the White House?
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by khallow on Wednesday August 19 2020, @11:53PM (32 children)
Quite the opposite. It makes it a witch hunt.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @12:04AM (15 children)
Nope, the investigation turned up a hell of a lot, but of course you refuse to read the report. The simple fact is that Trump and his cronies were allowed to stonewall subpoenas and hide evidence.
You should be pissed about that, but being a partisan hack who believes everything Fox tells you we find you repeating their "witch hunt" lies. I don't recall you defending Hillary with such gusto, and her multiple investigations turned up even less. I imagine you will say "but she is the deep state and was able to hide everything!" while Trump and a corrupt DOJ can barely squeak through with enough plausible deniability for the GOP to keep their heads.
I'll say it again, US conservatives have turned into traitors violating just about every single thing the US is supposed to stand for.
(Score: 1, Troll) by khallow on Thursday August 20 2020, @03:54AM (6 children)
Because you read the report, right? Don't spout a bunch of stupid bullshit at me. Tell me where the evidence is.
Which would not be a hell of a lot, for those keeping score.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @05:51PM (5 children)
No I won't do your homework for you. A massive report compiled by a Republican investigstor which specifically says "does not exonerate" was reduced to a blurb of "totally exonerstes" and you don't want to dig deeper because somewhere in that dusty attic your brain knows. Now wr have a new report that dug out somen of the suppressed details, again stamped by Republucans, and you just continue denials.
Azuma is right, you made a conscious choice to believe Trump's bullshit. Oh, one of my favorite lies was from Jr. who said that a suspucioys meeting with high up Russian agents was about adoption and not the election. They spit in your face knowing you'll accept any line of bullshit. Just putting his kids in the WH and having them run his company in a totally-not-blind trust should have been the red flag you needed.
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(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday August 20 2020, @06:23PM (4 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @12:56AM (3 children)
How about doing your own homework? Would that work for you?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday August 21 2020, @02:00AM (2 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @02:15AM (1 child)
Whatever excuses you need to make to continue your fantasy, you can lead a horse to water and all that.....
I did quote and highlight sections of the report back when it came out, but as usual you assholes denied and refused to verify for yourselves. Now you just want to be lazy again and blame others. It is clear that even if provided with citations you would pull the same tactic of denials and fake newwwws deep state heeerrrrpppp derrrppppp.
Truly though, I am really enjoying seeing you assholes turn into pathetic babies who plug their ears and go "nanananananana no collusion no treason." Not a great silver lining, but I'll take what I can get during this shit show.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday August 21 2020, @05:01AM
So you claim. Again, without evidence.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday August 20 2020, @04:10PM (7 children)
They've made their choice and locked it in. Nothing, nothing, can stop what's coming now. "He who is filthy, let him be filthy still" as the book says. When they wake up on fire they'll get it.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday August 20 2020, @06:27PM (6 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @02:37AM (5 children)
So with the key players lying and destroying all evidence there is pretty much no way to prove conclusively that Trump colluded with Russia, but only a moron would think there was any doubt. It is sad that rich people get the proper application of the US justice system, because so many others are convicted on much less evidence.
There is SO MUCH evidence, so obviously you're request for more is just another gambit to say "bbbbut they couldn't PROVE he colluded" as if a criminal hiding his crimes JUST BARELY enough is someone you should support. Gee golly shucks geebus, I wonder why Hillary called you deplorables??? Don't like it? Stop being hypocritical assholes who promote bigotry and hatred, or whatever slice of the shitty GOP pie you happen to represent. For you khallow that means at least the greedy capitalism that promotes money over human lives.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Friday August 21 2020, @03:00AM
"Show me evidence!"
"Wait, no, not that evidence!"
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday August 21 2020, @05:17AM (3 children)
Exactly. I find it remarkable how defective the reasoning is here. Accusations based merely on relationships and assertions from unaccountable sources. If the author of that hit piece tried that in a court of law rather than the sleezy "court of public opinion", they'd be laughed out of court.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @05:04PM (2 children)
No you idiot, they show collusion just fine but can't nail down intent, and Trump ays the bumbling idiot who had NOOOOO idea that his campaign was working with the Russians. Jared's excuse for meeting with Russian officials in Trump tower was "talking about adoption."
You should feel insulted by how lame their lies are. Trump should already be disqualified for publicly rewuestimg Russia hack Hillary and repeating that he would accept foreign help against his political opponents.
Honestly I can't believe we're here arguing this. You're either a Russian agent just trying to muddy the waters so conservatives remain dazed and confused or you're an idiot who refuses to look at the facts for fear your world view crumnle.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday August 21 2020, @10:53PM
Somebody is clinging to conspiracy theories, and it ain't me!
Still no tapes, right?
Sure hope they don't fuck up the Bannon and Maxwell cases
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday August 22 2020, @12:43AM
Then you don't have collusion. Intent is the easy part to figure out. If you're not figuring that out, then you're missing a lot more than you think you are.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday August 20 2020, @12:25AM (13 children)
I'm not surprised you think that, but of course it just reinforces my point that republicans just don't care how their own people act.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @12:39AM (1 child)
You red/blue team people are the reason for all thats evil in the world. I am not kidding, none of the psychopaths could stay in power without your help.
Have fun on indefinate rolling lickdown.
(Score: 3, Touché) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday August 20 2020, @01:29AM
I'm looking forward to indefinite rolling lickdown. Sounds like fun baby!
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday August 20 2020, @03:58AM (10 children)
And I'm not surprised that you posted zero content.
I'll never vote for Trump. I'm not Republican. The problem here is that I believe in the rule of law. Come up with evidence of wrongdoing. Then we'll have something to talk about.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday August 20 2020, @08:44PM (9 children)
Michael Cohen: Trump's personal lawyer, convicted felon.
Paul Manafort: Trump's campaign manager, convicted felon.
Geaorge Papadopolous: Trump's campaign adviser, convicted felon.
Alex Van der Zwann: Manafort associate, convicted felon.
Roger Stone: Trump adviser, convicted felon.
Rick Gates: Manafort's partner, convicted felon.
Michael Flynn: National Security Adviser, convicted felon.
The list posted in this very thread. Presumably the prosecutors had evidence of wrongdoing to get convictions. I don't see why I would need to produce more evidence just to try to convince you.
I also like the whole rule of law thing, but the people who work in the Trump White House don't.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday August 20 2020, @10:42PM (8 children)
And not a one of those convictions has anything to do with the Russian conspiracy. One wonders if even half of them would have gotten convicted if it weren't for the FBI's usual entrapment schemes. The Manafort people likely would have (that only accounts for three), but that was a genuine crime with convictions likely before Mueller became involved.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday August 20 2020, @11:39PM (7 children)
Have a wee read of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report. [documentcloud.org]
They don't agree with you, and several of them are republicans.
If you go to page 948, you will find the following:
For someone who claims to not be a republican you seem afully keen on excusing their poor behaviour.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday August 21 2020, @12:21AM (6 children)
Further, you ignored that those allegations are from Senators Heinrich, Feinstein, Wyden, Harris, and Bennet. Why should I treat their allegations with greater weight than the Republicans?
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Friday August 21 2020, @02:09AM (5 children)
The allegations are from the US Intelligence services, not that you care.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday August 21 2020, @02:20AM (3 children)
Who are one of the problem parties here. You wouldn't trust them to recommend an encryption system, you wouldn't trust them when they say they won't do it again, so why are you trusting them when they sabotage a political rival?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Friday August 21 2020, @02:56AM (2 children)
That's a pretty way out theory, even for you.
Its weird how Trump has done nothing wrong, and all the criminal investigations are witch hunts, and yet all these people who he surrounds himself with keep going to jail.
Is that the Deep State that Trump keeps going on about then?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @03:00AM
As we've seen for many years, even since before Trump, Republicans place their world view well above reality. Facts are called fake news, scientists are called money grubbing liars, and anything they can't brush off with bullshit excuses is called partisan Deep State conspiracies.
160k+ dead and they're still not wearing masks. Nothing more to say really, just get out and vote, we need to counteract the attacks on our elections.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday August 21 2020, @05:04AM
Rather it's weird how the usual TLAs engage in their usual tricks, and this time they're taken seriously.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday August 21 2020, @05:07AM
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @07:42AM (1 child)
Truely, you are a fucking idiot, khallow. Repeat your post one hundred times, like your masters told you, so we can spam mod you up your ying-yang so fast that you will not know what happened to your bad faith self. Shill. Collaborator! Ruskie sympathizer.
(Score: 0, Troll) by khallow on Thursday August 20 2020, @12:41PM
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Friday August 21 2020, @02:48PM
There are probably more FBI members than Trump family members.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:11PM (12 children)
Yes. The report says what it says. They see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
There will be no consequences for them lying about their own report. Just as there will be no consequences for Trump. Why should there be? There never have been before. Do you really believe he graduated and yet is unable to read, write or speak in complete sentences? What I recalled earlier about shooting someone on fifth avenue is a statement that would only be made so proudly by someone who has lived a life free of consequences for their evil deeds.
If you eat an entire cake without cutting it, you technically only had one piece.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:13PM (11 children)
The only way for there to be even a slim chance of justice is to vote the lot of them out of office first.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:15PM (10 children)
Biden says he won't stand in the way of a prosecution. [npr.org]
So a Ford-esque pardon seems to, thankfully, be off the table.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:25PM (8 children)
The thought of a Biden President invitiates me.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:29PM (7 children)
Ok, I'll take it.
Vitiate means to reduce the quality of something. So if Biden is improving your quality then good!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @06:39PM (6 children)
I meant becoming like this guy:
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Vitiate [fandom.com]
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 19 2020, @08:06PM (5 children)
So I provide a dictionary definition and you provide some Star Wars Fan Fiction. Sounds about right for a Trump thread!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @08:21PM (1 child)
No one uses dictionaries for like the last 15 years except boomers or worse.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @10:55PM
#okmillennial
Few would bother with a printed dictionary but we have this thing called a search engine.
Anyhoo, the only reference to invitiate is !vitiated and what the hell is vitiation?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @08:24PM (2 children)
If you told my friends to look up a dictionary they would think you are sus, probably a 12 trying to hack into their instagram to take pics of them in the shower
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 20 2020, @04:37AM (1 child)
So, uhhhh, which age group installs cameras in their showers? Hollyweird wants in on that. 'Support your local #showercamtech'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjAQFEiDxPA [youtube.com]
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @08:46AM
The same age group that would post those videos to youtube.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @08:38PM
Don't count on it. Trump pardons Pence on the 18th then resigns. Pence pardons Trump et al on the 19th. Biden becomes 47th on the 20th.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @11:39PM (1 child)
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/202008191080220361-senates-attempts-to-resurrect-russiagate-corpse-futile-nothing-but-political-stunt-observers-say/ [sputniknews.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @05:09AM
Okay...wait...I need to stop laughing before I can respond...
All right.
Sputnik News [wikipedia.org]? You mean the Russians?
Please. Why don't you at least wait for ZeroHedge, RedState or Breitbart to pick it up first?
Then you could at least *pretend* you don't know it's a bunch of Russian propaganda.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @07:04PM (5 children)
You supplied all the facts, now just put them together: the only difference between a Republican and a Democrat is one of them is a hypocrite.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 19 2020, @07:17PM (4 children)
That and the fact that the Russian government colluded with only one of them to defraud an American election...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @08:44PM (3 children)
No no, both sides, one party, any evidence like voting records is just part of the scheme, it is conspiracies all the way down! In fact, I was paid to NOT say this but I'm part of the Illuminati dedicated to bringing light and truth to the world so I actually am saying this as a double agent trying to throw off the Russian triple agents who carry the official strap-on for "POTUS time."
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday August 19 2020, @10:18PM (2 children)
Yes, it's called villain rotation [theintercept.com], been around for a very long time. But it really works best when congress is equally divided. That 50/50 division is very carefully cultivated through your mass media.
But, whatever, play it how you like
Just remember:
Trump v. Biden!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @06:01PM (1 child)
Lol, I love how you keep repeating the obvious corporate takeover of US politics like it is something insightful.
If you want to destabilize the status quo then next time support candidates like Sanders or find your Republican version who is willing to upgrade the US to real democracy.
But noooo, you're a ghoul whose only purpose is to push the "both sides" narrative.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @06:20PM
HA! You're on drugs... Sounds like you work for Trump... What "both sides"?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2020, @08:28PM
He would if he shot one of his supporters.
(Score: 0, Troll) by khallow on Thursday August 20 2020, @12:24AM (8 children)
The interpretations cited by DeathMonkey are masterpieces of weaselspeak and deception. Just consider the first paragraph of The Atlantic article:
Notice the last sentence claims that Trump has no grounds for proclaiming vindication even though the author just acknowledged that the basis for such vindication, lack of evidence for illegal coordination with the Kremlin.
Unless, of course Kulimnik wasn't a Russian agent. Little fuckups like that would sink a genuine court case. And consider the use of the phrase "confidential information". The author hasn't a clue what was shared - this is supposition.
Say like Mueller didn't have evidence? It's just a waste of time. The only evidence provided here is that there was opportunity to commit the alleged crime via the alleged channels. You need more than a lack of alibi to show wrong doing.
Now, let's consider the Intelligencer article:
Notice that the author starts with the bogus assertion that meeting with "Russian agents" or speaking sarcastically on TV counts as a crime.
Once again, the "damning evidence" is Manafort meets on numerous occasions with a "Russian intelligence agent" with no mention of the content of those meetings.
"Extensive circumstance evidence" means little here and notice the goalposts shifted from "Russian intelligence agent" to campaign manager for some pro-Russia candidate.
Extensive evidence for lack of proof.
Is it too much to ask for evidence next time?
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday August 20 2020, @12:48AM (5 children)
I'm sorry, I didn't read the report. Are you saying they still haven't provided tapes, pics, and receipts? Oy vey! Here we go again!
I remember somebody saying something about people hitting themselves on the head. Sure looks like a case of that to me
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday August 20 2020, @04:05AM (4 children)
Imagine getting convicted on evidence this shoddy. You knew the deceased? No alibi? Guilty. Set up the firing squad. Not even bothering to show a crime occurred.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday August 20 2020, @04:32AM (3 children)
Really, is this just a repeat of last year's bullshit? Just more emotional diatribe? Is Trump running the democrat campaign?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @07:45AM (2 children)
Fusty and khallow, get a room, and rub all this "alternative facts" stuff up against each other until some thing happens. (not likely to be truth, but if it gets you off, and keeps you off the street; Oh, it doesn't? Never mind.)
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday August 20 2020, @12:43PM
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday August 20 2020, @04:32PM
:-) You must be one of those Stepford democrats, the doppelganger to the Trump people...
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @06:14PM (1 child)
It is interesting how "just a joke bro" has enabked Trump to admit to crimes and Republicans nod their heads. Even when Trump says he is serious the Fox spin machine tells you he was joking.
The criminality is so blatant, and while you accept "Killary" and insist she is Literally Satan and no amount of investigations will convi ce you otherwise you demand a signed confession from Trump or else it is all a witch hunt.
Sure thing pal, aces.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday August 20 2020, @10:50PM
As it should. Maybe a few decades in jail for a joke would curb your bad attitude, citizen?
Then where's the evidence? If it's blatant, then there's evidence, right?
We actually have evidence that Hillary committed several felonies in the use of her private email server (such as not ending use of the server when classified information that Clinton had no authority to declassify was distributed on the server). Sorry, you can't "convince" me when the evidence goes my way.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday August 20 2020, @01:41AM (3 children)
It won't surprise me if he wins again, because he's rigging the election. It will disgust and sicken me, and make me seriously contemplate applying for asylum in Canada as opposed to attempting to get a work permit, but it won't surprise me and I am preparing for it to happen. This is fucking hideous. This is a grand guignol of governmental failure. Anyone cheering this shit on is going to fry.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @02:10AM (1 child)
Canadian politics isn't a shit show at all. [youtube.com] So much for Canada's first black leader. [www.cbc.ca]
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday August 20 2020, @04:08PM
Still better than here, and I have half a chance of settling down in Halifax and going off-grid if it comes to that...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @10:09AM
Cannot. Would violate the plot line. Boss gets to the highest position, says "Your fired!" To a bunch of second or third tier loosers. Final episode, the Boss himself has to be the one who gets fired, with all his former undderlings returning for a cameo apearance, and voting the bastard out. Reality TV is about nothing so much as the fantasy of cosmic justice. Trumpo delenda est.