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Saturday September 28, 19
06:52 AM
And everything your "whistleblower" gave you is second/third hand.
So, there ya go.. We can all go home now... Tune in the BBC and watch Brexit. Something noticeable will happen in a month.
The economy? Will probably get through Christmas alright.
Impeachment... Cui bono? Up to 1.4 mil for Facebook. And the campaign claims they gathered 8.5 mil in 24 hours. There will be an additional 10 mil spent across all media by the RNC and his campaign.
*sigh* I need a way to cash in on this.
Edit: Fixed the header to accommodate those who wish to believe I was unaware.
Just *confirmed* from the front page that there are no tapes
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Everything bows to success, even grammar.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 28 2019, @11:13AM (25 children)
Do you read slowly, or not so often, or did it take a while to believe them there was no recording. Not having a go here just curious why you took so long to realise.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday September 28 2019, @01:41PM (23 children)
Fusta is our resident edgelord whose entire political worldview can be summed up as "both parties are exactly identical, no differences at all, and I'm superior to all of you for thinking this." Unthinking, knee-jerk cynicism is apparently cool in his book. Leaves more CPU cycles free for thinking of ways to make fun of the rest of us I suppose? Smug takes a lot of processor time...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 28 2019, @02:35PM (21 children)
As we watch the Dems put on the same butthurt show as the Reps did when Clinton was president, we can see that there is indeed not much difference.
In fact, the colors currently associated in media with the parties were the exact opposite in 1992, and pretty much no one noticed the change.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 28 2019, @03:29PM (20 children)
So can we just take a moment to compare the accusations of bad behavior? Lying about getting a blow job (when sex scandals actually meant anything) vs. multiple treasonous crimes.
The whataboutism has never been so funny as with Trump. Lipstick on a pig.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 28 2019, @03:32PM (3 children)
Please, name those multiple treasonous crimes. And, be specific. We're hunting wabbits here, so be wery, wery specific.
Hail to the Nibbler in Chief.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 28 2019, @07:56PM (2 children)
It is not my fault you Republicans are so morally bankrupt that you believe a con-man when he says it can't be a crime because he wouldn't be dumb enough to do it so publicly.
Ah well, can't help the brainwashed. No I won't bother getting into all of his crimes because you already know what they are and simply believe the idiot when he says "witch hunt!"
I'll just enjoy watching the GOP destroy itself on a pyre of hypocrisy. Well deserved after all the shit Obama and Hillary got, who Runaway the village dunce says are guilty of every accusation possible while the media is just "unfair" to Trump.
You're a pathetic person Runaway.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 28 2019, @08:12PM (1 child)
So much to unpack here ...
"... not my fault ..."
Nobody's accusing you of anything except playing fast-and-loose with the truth in a hypocritical sort of way.
"... you Republicans ..."
Assuming that your counterparts are republicans (I certainly am not), you're painting them with a broad brush, ignoring many republicans who are firmly anti-Trump and have been before his election. Your phrasing doesn't match the facts on the ground.
"... are so morally bankrupt..."
Oh, so this is about morals. Well, if it were about morals then all the reflections on the morals of other politicians suddenly become, instead of whataboutism, relevant reflections. After all, if moral bankruptcy is a problem, surely it's a problem everywhere, right?
Right?
"... you believe a con-man when he says it can't be a crime because he wouldn't be dumb enough to do it so publicly."
You're presuming that the person in question is a con-man. Inasmuch as this can be differentiated from any politican in existence, it would rest upon a substantiated accusation. So far, despite the most febrile efforts of his dedicated opponents, we have no accusation that has been made to stick. Or are we supposed to take other politicians' word for it, but not his? I smell a double standard. Oh, but that's whataboutism, right?
"Ah well, can't help the brainwashed."
Thou hast said it, Caiaphas.
"No I won't bother getting into all of his crimes because you already know what they are and simply believe the idiot when he says "witch hunt!""
So you won't even bother with the burden of proof, but everybody's supposed to take your word for it. Right. In unrelated news, just take my word for it about this lovely bridge that I have for sale ...
"I'll just enjoy watching the GOP destroy itself on a pyre of hypocrisy."
It's not hypocrisy! You're just engaging in whatabo... uh, I forgot. That only works when it's someone to the left of Nancy Pelosi trying to hide their hypocrisy, right?
"Well deserved after all the shit Obama and Hillary got, who Runaway the village dunce says are guilty of every accusation possible while the media is just "unfair" to Trump."
Right. It's totally unfair to judge democrats by the same standards that we apply to republicans. Kind of like... dare I say it, political affirmative action? Democrats need the help getting into office because of systemic disadvantages!
... and if you take that seriously, let me return to the topic of this bridge. It's a great bridge. Beautiful.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 28 2019, @08:20PM
blerghy blerghy bloo!
Waaaa they called me names! waaaaaaaa
Cry more man-baby
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday September 28 2019, @05:53PM (14 children)
multiple treasonous crimes.
No evidence required!
Even though Clinton was the first to bring real sleaze to the white house, that impeachment was bullshit too.
These people cannot touch each other. It is a true Mexican standoff.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday September 29 2019, @01:43AM (13 children)
You're telling me Nixon *wasn't* "real sleaze?" The guy who said "When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal" *isn't* "real sleaze?" You have some weird definitions of both morality and legality.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday September 29 2019, @02:05AM (12 children)
No, he and the missus showed style and grace, even when he left, didn't hear anything about him wrecking the place. The Clintons and the Trumps are a matched set, joined at the hips. The trashiest trash. Good to know it's bipartisan, eh? Yeah, they actually make Nixon and Bush look good. Sad what people vote for these days, ain't it?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 29 2019, @02:31AM (3 children)
lolwut
fusta is just pretending at centrism while hiding a fox belieber core.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday September 29 2019, @05:09AM (2 children)
:-) Heh, only you guys can make FOX sound almost credible and tolerable.
I honestly don't know how you can watch any of those so called "news" channels. It's all Morton Downey Junior.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 29 2019, @03:16PM (1 child)
Now you just sound crazy, but that is probably cause I'm not wired into the corporate cable news feed like you. You're a lost sheep hanging out with wolves.
Thoughts and prayers for fusta tonight!
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday September 29 2019, @04:29PM
I'm not wired into the corporate cable news feed like you.
:-) You people are very funny. Have a gold star!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday September 29 2019, @04:19AM (7 children)
You are an historical illiterate. Nixon's corruption, and Ford's subsequent pardon of said corruption, were the death knell of accountability in the executive branch of this government. If there were only one event touching presidential politics I could change, it would be that pardon.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday September 29 2019, @04:40AM (4 children)
All those things were were done quietly and peacefully. No yelling and screaming and childish name calling, well, on the tapes yeah, but never in public in front of the camera.
You just have to recognize that these people are all scum. But some do it better than others. Since there is no substantive difference amongst any of them, it's better to grade them on style. And that is something the American voter has completely given up, just so they can have the last word on Twitter.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday September 29 2019, @06:31AM (3 children)
What the hell is the point of you even posting here? I could replace you with a shell script that just spat out variants on "both parties are exactly the same."
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday September 29 2019, @07:35AM
You are more than welcome to believe and do as you wish.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 29 2019, @03:21PM (1 child)
This is a good example of his shill behavior. Seriously, its all "both sides are equally bad" until something Trump related comes up, then you see his true Republican nature start leaking through.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 29 2019, @04:57PM
You're right!
Orange man bad... Democrats worse!
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 30 2019, @01:29AM (1 child)
I actually thought you knew what you talked about in general until this post. You are so woefully uninformed on Nixon it just makes me sad to think what else you know nothing about.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday September 30 2019, @01:43AM
Watched first hand, lived through his term like it happened yesterday, did you?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 28 2019, @06:39PM
We've had accusations of all sorts of hideous treason.
We've had proof of nothing.
Trump tried a quid-pro-quo on hounding the Bidens!
... uh, no, actually there was none. And in terms of Trump being head of the executive, discussing international cooperation on law enforcement and corruption, he was actually doing his job. As in, what he's supposed to do. According to the constitution.
I don't like the orangeback gorilla, but don't you drooling imbeciles realise that every time you come up with a stream of bullshit like this, and he comes out the other side leaving his attackers with a mouth full of nothing, you strengthen him?
A dozen misses don't make up for one solid hit. Wishing is no substitute for success. Make it happen or go do something else.
(And while we're talking about quid pro quos, Biden is on the record actually pushing through a quid pro quo on getting the ukrainian prosecutor out of office. So, uh, there's that.)
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday September 28 2019, @05:46PM
:-) There is no "both parties"
Keep on pretending that what you are doing is working.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday September 28 2019, @06:43PM
No, I mentioned it in several other journals. This is just the first one I made devoted to the subject, along with the discovery motions that will quash the whole shebang. It's the classic Mexican Standoff. Enjoy the show.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 28 2019, @02:55PM
Just before this "whistleblower" concern was filed the requirement to have first hand knowledge of the situation was removed from the form that you would be filled out.
I want to know why shifty adam grift knew about the whistleblower before the complaint was filed.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 28 2019, @03:35PM (2 children)
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Fuck WaPo - Charmin prints better paper.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday September 28 2019, @05:49PM
Yeah, it's Jeff Bezos's Blog and they're full of shit, but you can get in if you turn off javascript.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Arik on Saturday September 28 2019, @07:20PM
Of course I'm sure at some point they'll break that. Probably by firing all their writers and doing nothing but vlogs. But for now they're still sending you the full text of the article and relying on the scripts you shouldn't be bothering to download in the first place to turn your PC against you.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by Arik on Saturday September 28 2019, @07:23PM (3 children)
It'll be leaked at some point, if there's anything in it to hurt Trump. But if it just matches with the transcript, there won't be any motivation to do so.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Saturday September 28 2019, @08:10PM (2 children)
That would mean there's lots of tapes, implicating everybody, which is perfectly plausible, but this is why we have this Mexican Standoff. Without real evidence in the courtroom, we are totally dependent on the credibility of witnesses and their testimony. Call that into question with discovery, and the prosecution will fight like hell, but will rather drop the case entirely than be exposed. Something about protecting sources and methods. You see this in drug and "terrorist" cases when they are suddenly dropped
This is Goodfellas. A system run by wiseguys, and people want to pretend it's something else, like out of 7th grade civics.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Arik on Saturday September 28 2019, @08:37PM (1 child)
Precisely, this happens over and over.
So, what use is all that info if you can't use it in court?
There are plenty of other ways to use it. Blackmail, for one. Insider trading, for another.
The standoff that evolved in D.C is that whoever holds the Executive gets to ignore the law like this pretty freely, but /not when acting against insiders of either party./ Nixon *should* have been impeached for plenty of other things, but what actually caused him to resign? He got caught spying directly on the other letter. That broke the insider consensus, sort of like breaking the blue wall for a cop we might imagine. And that's very similar to what Trump did here, the case can be made, it sounds persuasive enough if you're already in that camp, but in the end it's a bit weak. I can't see the Senate convicting him and unfortunately I *can* see losses for D's all over the country next year as a result.
"This is Goodfellas."
All primate, heck, mammalian politics is fundamentally rooted in the same biological basis. Dogs excrete urine on trees to mark their territory, we excrete ink on paper for the same purpose. Chimps throw feces at each other when they're angry, we throw "smart bombs" and bullets around.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday September 28 2019, @08:57PM
All primate, heck, mammalian politics is fundamentally rooted in the same biological basis. Dogs excrete urine on trees to mark their territory, we excrete ink on paper for the same purpose. Chimps throw feces at each other when they're angry, we throw "smart bombs" and bullets around.
Not even primate, not even animate! It's universal. Everything, people, animals, planets, and galaxies will grow as big as they can to dominate their environment until they either run out of fuel or material to accrete, or explodes. We are so very natural in every way. But we express it through positively dreadful theater. How many visiting aliens do you think could really sit through Hamlet, or Harrisburg, whatever that guy's name was?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 28 2019, @09:30PM (1 child)
Since y'all seem to only listen when an attractive blonde woman here is a cheer.
Give me an E!
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For you morally bankrupt Republicans that seem schizophrenic when it comes to the Constitution -
"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
- Article I, Section 9, Clause 8
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 29 2019, @01:44AM
... which has precisely nothing to do with the head of the executive, who is also the face of foreign policy, talking to a foreign head of government about common interests in law enforcement.
"There's this guy. He's been up to shady shit. He's been up to it for a while. Wouldja look into it on your side? Please? It's been a while, 'mkay?"
Oh, wait, we forgot. It's the orange dumpster fire that did it. Sorry, carry on with your regularly scheduled conniption.
Covfefe.