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Idiocracy

CarltonTheBear said:
Speaking of pardoning people though...

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1002177521599860736

D?Souza is a right-wing whack who pleaded guilty to violating federal campaign finance laws.
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Everything is unfair unless I say it isn't.
 
Daniel Dale deserves a long, long, long vacation when after 2020 (hopefully):

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1003841212821000192
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1003970454141460480
 
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164

The president's unofficial 'filing system' involves tearing up documents into pieces, even when they're supposed to be preserved.
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Uhhh
 
I feel like we are witnessing the end of days. Society had a good run I guess. I?m glad I was able to live long enough to see a few more star wars movies I suppose.
 
In defence of Canada:

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More like the"G6+1":

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It appears that the United States, on the contrary, (to the Trump administration's propaganda war of tariffs & words against Canada), does not appear to sport a trade deficit.

There is no U.S. trade deficit with Canada, and especially if you count services,? Gary Hufbauer, a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said in an interview with POLITICO on Sunday. ?This is a very selective reading of statistics.?

?One result of this blowup that Trump has dug in for is that there is going to be a lot of sympathy in the U.S. Congress and among the American people for Canada,? Hufbauer said.
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Read all about it here.:  (The real reason why Trump and his administration unleashed their reign of barbed tirades aimed at our Prime Minister & our allies at the G7 Summit at La Malbaie, QC.  Hint: to emphasize Trump's toughness before his meeting with Kim Jong-Un in Singapore, phrasing it mildly):

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trade-trump-trudeau-special-place-hell-635162
 
Trade deficits are not bad things. It's simple economics. I have a "trade deficit" with my grocery store. Whether or not the US has one with us is irrelevant.
 
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1007376361101582336

Meanwhile:
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1007607479348363265

Should I
a) laugh
b) cry
c) ?\_(ツ)_/?
 
herman said:
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The difference (re: Clinton) being the content of classified information in those emails and to whom it was shared with.  By classified, there are several subcategories -- "classified", "confidential", "secret", "top secret" -- if revealed even in cryptic conversation via email that may do "harm to the security of the United States".

Comey, according to his book, found discrepancies in the investigation of the Clinton emails, at which time he grappled with whether she had indeed breached security and/or the severity of her actions, and how far in determining in what way this whole scenario could be applied to her having overstepped boundaries, either by default (not of her knowledge) or by design (knowingly and carelessly).

Many in Washington have their own personal domain accounts which in and of itself is not surprising, Comey included.  He mentions this in his book as well.
It's doubtful he revealed the depths of the business of the day.  Heck, he couldn't even engage in conversation to his wife on the details of his work.
 
So you're saying private emails are par for the course throughout Washington and didn't warrant the level of scrutiny and vitriol that was levelled against Clinton in the name of 'balanced' reporting.
 
herman said:
So you're saying private emails are par for the course throughout Washington and didn't warrant the level of scrutiny and vitriol that was levelled against Clinton in the name of 'balanced' reporting.
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They all warranted the level of scrutiny.  Comey wasn't even sure about commencing this investigation in the first place.  He admitted that the whole thing got out of hand even before they were even halfway through, courtesy of the Republicans 'broadcasting' it as if it was a fait accompli for Clinton.

Comey knew that this investigation regarding the Clinton emails was going to be his "downfall" and the subsequent ruination of the FBI's reputation, especially considering who Clinron's opponent was and who won the ensuing presidential election.

Compared to the Clinton situation, (in which he found few discrepancies and for which he stated that it didn't warrant a prison term or anything of that ilk), the Trump/Russia investigation presented much more incriminating evidence of all that had/has been associated with election tampering/Trump collusion/etc.

Comey stops short of admitting his regrets over much ado about really nothing in terms of security breaching concerning the Clinton emails.  Too bad it didn't translate that way before the Republicans had a chance to scream and shout about and of it, creating a maelstrom of confusion & suspicion of Comey's and the FBI's handling of the situation and their reputation being questioned thereafter.

He, by the way, mentions that as per personal domain accounts go, as an example former Secretary of State Colin Powell had one and he never discussed sensitive high-level information through email protocol.  Government servers are secure and it's up to the individual on how they utilize and use their personal accounts, with whom they conversate with, and what is discussed.  Strict guidelines are there to be followed but sometimes there may be a fine line with what constitutes an overstep of protocol.
 
These poor kids in cages is an absolute atrocity. An ugly history is being written. Racism is being allowed to creep back into acceptance. This has to be considered to far?
 
cabber24 said:
These poor kids in cages is an absolute atrocity. An ugly history is being written. Racism is being allowed to creep back into acceptance. This has to be considered to far?
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I have no words.  Sorry.
 
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/1009220051172495361

Would that I could call down fire, I have a list.
 
Don't think he even knows what "duty-free" means, calls Canadian shoppers "smugglers"...oh, lordy!

Trump unleashed a fresh attack, accusing Canadians of sneaking their American shopping back home ? all because of what he calls "massive" tariffs on American goods.

Speaking to a gathering of small business owners in Washington, Trump again blasted the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying the U.S. can no longer afford to be the "stupid country."

Canada imposes such onerous tariffs on U.S. products ? shoes, for instance ? that people are forced to "scuff 'em up" in order to "smuggle" them home, the president said, seemingly confusing tariffs with duties.


https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/commons-speaker-says-no-tory-152430800.html

 
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