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monitoring Trump and relevant contemporary events

 
 
izzythepush
 
  2  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 07:27 am
@farmerman,
It's clear how Trump likes his eggs, all over his face.
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blatham
 
  3  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 07:31 am
Quote:
‘Go back to your own country’: Sikh man shot in his driveway in suspected hate crime
WP
Well heck. Another danged coincidence.
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blatham
 
  3  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 08:08 am
Apparently, Trump believes that Obama sneaked into Mar a Lago and put cellophane on all the toilets.
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blatham
 
  3  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 08:13 am
I'm just about to climb back into bed now. I love my bed. It's big and warm and so comfortable and the sheets are delicious and it is attractive in appearance. But still, when I lay myself naked down on this bed, I realize it doesn't deserve me.
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ossobucotemp
 
  3  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 08:46 am
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/05/trump-company-and-scottish-planners-clash-over-environment

Ugg! Please be steadfast, Scotland planners, and refuse to let this happen...

izzythepush
 
  5  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 09:02 am
@ossobucotemp,
Don't worry about that. Holyrood came under intense criticism for dealing with Trump in the first place. He's almost universally hated over here, there's absolutely no political gain in acquiescing to Trump, and he's already lost one case in the Supreme Court.


Quote:
Alex Salmond has described Donald Trump, the US presidential candidate, as a "three times loser" after the Supreme Court rejected his latest legal challenge to an offshore wind farm project close to one of his two Scottish golf resorts.

Mr Trump twice lost legal bids north of the border to halt the proposed 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre and has now had the case dismissed by the UK's highest court.

The property tycoon has repeatedly claimed that the project will spoil the views from his highly-acclaimed Trump International Golf Links course north of Aberdeen.

He has been at war with the Scottish Government over the issue since ministers approved proposals for the scheme off the Aberdeenshire coast in 2013.

A panel of justices has now ruled against Mr Trump in a ruling published on Wednesday and unanimously dismissed the appeal.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/windpower/12053028/Donald-Trump-loses-wind-farm-battle-at-Supreme-Court.html

This is what happened last time he came to Scotland.

ossobucotemp
 
  3  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 09:21 am
@izzythepush,
Hah! and so I'll remain hopeful.
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revelette1
 
  3  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 09:32 am
Quote:
WASHINGTON — Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio flew down to Florida with President Donald Trump one day before the president claimed in a series of tweets Saturday that former President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones at Trump Tower prior to the election.

Rubio told host Chuck Todd on Sunday's "Meet The Press" that he has "no insight" into what the president was referring to or what his motivation was for sending the tweets.

A senior U.S. official told NBC News that he and others do not know what the president was referring to when he alleged that Obama ordered a wiretap of communications at Trump Tower.

"Suffice it to say I don't have any basis, I've never heard that allegation made before by anybody," Rubio said. "I've never seen anything about that anywhere before. But again, the president put that out there, and now the White House will have to answer as to exactly what he was referring to."

Rubio, a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence, also maintained that he's confident in the committee's ability to conduct a fair inquiry into

Russia's activities to influence the last election and that a special prosecutor isn't yet necessary.

"Not now," Rubio said. "I certainly don't think we are at this point at this moment."

The senator added that he "would be the first person to tell you" and not sign his name if he did not have strong faith in the committee's report.

"No one is there looking for a political angle," he said, declaring that members understand that "the credibility of the committee is on the line."

Responding to a question about whether President Trump's use of the word "witch hunt" to describe questions about his administration's links to Russia is fair, Rubio told Chuck Todd that the president has every right to defend himself.

"He obviously feels very strongly," Rubio said. "He has been accused of things that he hasn't done."



NBC NEWS

First off, I want to know what kind of reports? Reports from an intelligence agency or a news story?

Second, If Rubio and congress are not through with the investigation into Russian interference, how do they know what Trump has or hasn't done? Who is accusing Trump of anything?

Third, why isn't the WH responding to questions? Is congress supposed to conduct investigations based on nothing but accusations from Trump on tweets? I think Trump once again went on a rampage and left the white house in a bind and they are trying to bury the ridiculous accusation.
cicerone imposter
 
  2  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 10:45 am
@revelette1,
This issue is not going to disappear any time soon. Interference in our democracy is an important issue that needs to be investigated until we are assured that outside influence does not impact our elections.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/feb/22/all-possible-ties-between-trump-and-russia/
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thack45
 
  4  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 10:54 am
@revelette1,
Quote:
Third, why isn't the WH responding to questions? Is congress supposed to conduct investigations based on nothing but accusations from Trump on tweets?

...
cnn wrote:
"President Donald J. Trump is requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016."

"Neither the White House nor the President will comment further until such oversight is conducted,"

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/05/politics/white-house-spicer-congress-2016/index.html?adkey=bn


Well there you have it. Of course, even that's a lie, as it'll be impossible for trumpo not to open that loathsome dumpster hole of his on to twitter about it
cicerone imposter
 
  2  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 11:11 am
@thack45,
More on Trump's wiretap accusation.
https://www.google.com/amp/attn-google-amp.herokuapp.com/stories/15389/what-you-need-know-about-trumps-wiretapping-accusations

We have a looney sitting in the White House. This guy is a psycho; he sees things nobody else sees. What happens when this mentally unstable idiot initiates the nuclear code?

Congress has the responsibility to impeach this mental case. The world will be a much safer place.
georgeob1
 
  -1  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 11:32 am
@glitterbag,
glitterbag wrote:

Really???? Breathtaking level of self serving hypocrisy??? I find your airy dismissal of half the country and our allies as hypocrites or worse to be a serious character flaw. But, perhaps you actually are the smartest guy on campus. I hope that's ample satisfaction for you, because you are not a very enjoyable person to read when all you care to do is carp about how ridiculously stupid all the other members are compared to you.

I find it incredible that you want to believe there is a safe amount of lead that can be tolerated. I'll bet if you thought consuming minute amounts of lead would cause male infertility you would be leading the charge.


Calm yourself. Hypocrisy in various forms is ubiquitous, and most folks aren't even aware of their own contributions. I noted Blatham's obvious hypocrisy and his cynical (and often ill-informed) use of any material he can find to advance his political views here, and his very odd selective use of it in our country, but not his own. I made no mention of the intelligence, or lack of it in any other poster here. Those are entirely your own perceptions, possibly indicating some personal insecurities or something like that.

Most of the lead in our environment comes from its common use prior to 1970 in gasoline, paint, pipe fixtures, batteries, some mining & industrial operations and other like activities. Most of these sources have since been eliminated, though past applications remain in old homes and buildings etc. Today the chief new sources are in the lead acid batteries in nearly every automobile, computers, some decorative metals and some industrial processes. Contamination from buckshot is miniscule compared to these other, largely unregulated, sources, and its uptake pathways in wildernewss areas hardly threatening. Hence the absurdity of the regulation in question.

I made no assertion of any kind about tolerable lead levels, though I do have a fairly good understanding of the problem. Lead blood levels in our population have been declining for over 25 years and the declines continue. The absolutes you appear to be seeking are quite unattainable.

I made no claim or suggestion about my relative smarts : I rarely think about things that way, though clearly you do. I do believe the subjects at hand have important elements that are usually omitted from the highly political context in which they are exploited here by folks, like Blatham, who are far more interested in a political agenda than the topics themselves. Whether you enjoy reading my posts or not is your affair, not mine. I have six children and 18 grandchildren and am content the gene pool is secure.
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Walter Hinteler
 
  3  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 11:34 am
@cicerone imposter,
cicerone imposter wrote:
More on Trump's wiretap accusation.
Trump’s ‘evidence’ for Obama wiretap claims relies on sketchy, anonymously sourced reports
cicerone imposter
 
  2  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 11:42 am
@Walter Hinteler,
Trump doesn't speak from solid evidence which makes him dangerous.
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cicerone imposter
 
  2  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 11:58 am
@izzythepush,
Good to know Trump is hated in the US as well as Scotland. Prevents him from scamming the Scots.
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gungasnake
 
  -3  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 11:59 am
http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=66026
hightor
 
  3  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 12:06 pm
@glitterbag,
Quote:
But when we learn what the consequences are for young babies, wildlife and the environment we really are derelict if we don't correct the problem.


Get the Lead Out

An aside — lead-based paint is still available in some industries, shipbuilding for one. And it is, by far, the best paint I've ever used. So smooth, so brushable, and durable as hell — too bad they couldn't have put some horrible-tasting flavor in it to prevent kids from eating the flakes. Lead compounds have a sweet taste. I remember the pervasive sweet smell of car and bus exhaust when I'd visit NYC in the '50s.
cicerone imposter
 
  2  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 12:11 pm
@hightor,
It seems Trump is going ahead with his development in Scotland.
https://www.google.com/amp/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_587c0c7ee4b09281d0eb84f7/amp. Twisted Evil
This one is humorous.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/world/europe/donald-trump-scotland-wall.amp.html
Sturgis
 
  2  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 12:20 pm
@cicerone imposter,
Quote:
This one is humorous.


Tragic is more like it. Trump has been doing these sorts of things for decades and still, tragically, average Americans voted for him in droves.
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saab
 
  3  
Sun 5 Mar, 2017 12:22 pm
@cicerone imposter,
Are you sure it is humorous?
At least I have seen it before and it was in no way supoosed to be humou, but facts.Wish I remember where I saw it....
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