The justice system is just revenge by other means. What was done to Flynn was inexcusable, and he has every right to fight back if he feels aggrieved. Also, Sidney Powell, his lawyer, should get a Presidential Medal of Freedom - what a woman that is, truly teaches you the meaning of not taking no f...
Jump to postGood thing he is not being charged with treason, then, he is being charged with one count of lying to the FBI. Oh, i see you don't know what a plea deal is. To quote the judge "arguably you sold your country out". He could not be charged with treason only because of the circumstances, the...
Jump to postGood thing he is not being charged with treason, then, he is being charged with one count of lying to the FBI. And the only witnesses to that are dirty FBI agents whose testimony on the stand would collapse like a castle of cards (if they decided not to just plead the 5th, that is). But if you feel ...
Jump to postLast time that judge saw an abuse of power like this (something that, frankly, paled in comparison to this) he ended up nominating a special prosecutor to investigate the prosecutors. Dirty prosecutors ended up committing suicide instead of facing the music. I wouldn't keep my hopes up.
Jump to postHe can still be charged with those. A Dem win in November and he will be in prison by 2022. So, what you are saying is "lock him up"? yeah, like you do with criminals that are proven guilty. best regards Thomas Well, unfortunately for you, unless Biden's very own brand of bravado and stup...
Jump to postThat's the other thing - if you are so convinced Michael Flynn is this great criminal mastermind, you would not have spent over a year and millions of dollars trying to enforce a guilty plea with a sentencing recommendation of NO JAIlL TIME, you would have been glad that he had withdrawn his guilty ...
Jump to postI am not a fan of this administration but it became obvious the past couple of weeks that Flynn was setup by the FBI. . how exactly did they make him not disclose his lobbing activity for Turkey? Basically Flynn pled guilty to a 'process' crime, basically lying under oath, not of a direct criminal ...
Jump to postBasically Flynn pled guilty to a 'process' crime, basically lying under oath, not of a direct criminal act. Process crimes are often used where evidence is not enough to get a suspect of a crime of more substantial crimes. It has been long believed Flynn pled guilty to protect his son from prosecut...
Jump to postI’ll take “Real patriots don’t sell nuclear tech to Saudi 9/11 miscreants” for $500, Alex. Wait, now it's Saudi Arabia, not Turkey? HuffPost sure gets those talking points around fast. It’s both in Flynn’s case. No idea what you’re on about - WSJ first reported the Saudi links in 2017. I’ll take yo...
Jump to postNearly all large institutions have institutional problems with believing their own BS and protecting their own. Does the FBI’s conduct absolve Flynn from selling out his country and lobbying for Turkey without proper registry as a foreign agent...then *accepting* a job like WH NSA? No way. If lobby...
Jump to postI think the most amazing thing in the middle of this whole thing is that the FBI's shenanigans came crashing down on them because of the meticulous written records they kept of their crimes. Seriously, who keeps 3-year old handwritten notes from a brainstorming session on how to railroad someone? No...
Jump to postBut seriously. in your calls for retribution, it is apparent you are not calling for justice or equality. You are calling for revenge where there is none. Flynn is being let off to fulfill Barr's agenda to forgive Trump for asking for Russia to interfere in American Elections. The justice system is...
Jump to postAn excellent and fair-minded take on what’s really going on here: The immediate predicate of the government’s move to dismiss the charges today was the release in April of FBI notes about its interviews with Flynn. Among the notes, an unidentified FBI employee wrote, “What is our goal? Truth/admiss...
Jump to postOne of the most shocking cases of abuse of power in U.S. judicial system has finally come to a conclusion (although hopefully things are only getting started...). After a steady drip-drip-drip of documentation showing FBI and DOJ malfeasance, culminating with a bombshell trove of documents last wee...
Jump to postAtty. Van Grack, one of Mueller’s men, has filed for his withdrawal from the case. State’s witness, perhaps? Plea deal? No, they will do that when they strongly object to the actions being taken. The same thing happened when DOJ leadership reduced the sentencing recommendation in the Roger Stone ca...
Jump to postOne of the most shocking cases of abuse of power in U.S. judicial system has finally come to a conclusion (although hopefully things are only getting started...). After a steady drip-drip-drip of documentation showing FBI and DOJ malfeasance, culminating with a bombshell trove of documents last week...
Jump to postScientists at Oxford Univ. who are researching a coronavirus vaccine have claimed that this is a possibility. A stark deviation from the "12-18 months" timeline. UK government has stated that there are no guarantees, though. Some links provided below: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52329...
Jump to postScientists at Oxford Univ. who are researching a coronavirus vaccine have claimed that this is a possibility. A stark deviation from the "12-18 months" timeline. UK government has stated that there are no guarantees, though. Some links provided below: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52329...
Jump to postYes, I forgot, Moscow Ritz, fabulous bar with equally fabulous prices. I think drinks and snacks before dinner for 8 or 9 totaled $750-ish US. Breakfast bar was $60. Damn, almost $100 a person for pre-dinner... That better have included some caviar and blinis, plus a Cossack opening a champagne bot...
Jump to postSantiago, Chile and Atlanta. The Santiago one was really nice, great location, clearly the preferred business hotel in the city. Atlanta was OK, was only there for a short while anyway. Did not stay there, but the Ritz Carlton in Moscow has an amazing rooftop bar, with a gorgeous view over Red Squar...
Jump to postCan't find the thread about making "China pay" so this one feels most appropriate, better than the COVID19 one. Funny, was just about to start a thread on that today, but sounds like one already existed once and was sanitized by the powers that be... Since acknowledging reality seems to n...
Jump to postFrom the USPS source you provided: The pre-funding requirement, as it currently stands, contributes significantly to postal losses. Under current law, the Postal Service must follow a mandated pre-funding schedule of $5.5 billion to $5.8 billion per year through 2016. Those payments were catch up p...
Jump to postAre ERISA pensions funded 75 years out for employees? Employees that are not even hired yet like USPS? I get funding for employees already hired. But pre-funding employees who are not even born yet??? That is patently false. They are not required to prefund for employees who aren't on payroll. Plea...
Jump to postNot actually sure, frankly. We haven't been told much about our new arrangements.
Jump to postMy company was supposed to move into the building in November - they started work on our floor earlier in the year, pre-Coronavirus, but not sure where that stands now. Once composites realize they can do a lot of work from home, I wonder if the needs for space will be the same.
Jump to posthttps://defazio.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/defazio-authored-bill-to-help-us-postal-service-maintain-sustainability https://www.nalc.org/news/the-postal-record/2019/may-2019/document/Prefunding.pdf I searched for "prefunding mandate" but the only thing that came up was USPS so I...
Jump to postCan someone confirm my question: Is the USPS the ONLY entity/business required (effectively by law) to fully prefund pensions? Tugg https://defazio.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/defazio-authored-bill-to-help-us-postal-service-maintain-sustainability https://www.nalc.org/news/the-postal-reco...
Jump to postWhy the hell are the states even involved in who a private organization (a political party) chooses to run for office? The government should be spending absolutely zero resources (time, money, people) in running party primaries, from registering people's political party preferences onwards.
Jump to postI am not sure there will be a major shift to rural areas, but similar to the Great Depression I believe there will be some cultural shifts that will impact this generation's approach to real estate: 1) More shift towards suburbs vs city centers. Not because infection rates will be materially differe...
Jump to postA mutual fund is as close to a blind trust as you could possibly get... I might have severely misunderstood this forum. Initially I thought it was mostly composed of people of average intelligence afflicted by a severe case of TDS. The severe financial illiteracy demonstrated here (and other thread...
Jump to postA mutual fund is as close to a blind trust as you could possibly get... I might have severely misunderstood this forum. Initially I thought it was mostly composed of people of average intelligence afflicted by a severe case of TDS. The severe financial illiteracy demonstrated here (and other threads...
Jump to postI mean, how much do you need to fuck up your anti-Trump reporting for even freaking Vox to call you out on your bullshit? If there were awards for piss-poor journalism the New York Times would take it with this one, and I don't care if this is driven by financial illiteracy on the part of the report...
Jump to post[quote="Pyrex]The couple from Arizona did not take the drug, they took fish tank cleaner...[/quote] [quote="N583JB":1raq1ok1]You mean the couple that ingested fish aquarium cleaner because it sounded kinda like a medication? Fish tank cleaner that contained exactly the same ingredien...
Jump to postAnd the 30% will still love him. But with even greater intensity. Well, if many of them follow his suggestion and start taking hydroxychloroquine, that 30% may shrink quickly... ;) This drug won't kill you, more than COVID19 would. It would seem you have more to gain from taking the drug than not u...
Jump to postInteresting article. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/04/07/trump-has-small-distant-link-to-sanofi-french-drugmaker-of-hydroxychloroquine/#9ec0e8872603 Trump’s three family trusts have investments in a Dodge & Cox mutual fund, with Sanofi as the largest holding, according to the ...
Jump to post1) As has been said, this is a generic drug 2) Sanofi is one of the largest drug manufacturers in the world, part of many stock indexes and a portfolio company of many, many mutual funds - I would venture a good guess that most U.S. folks on this forum own shares of Sanofi through their 401k and do...
Jump to post1) As has been said, this is a generic drug 2) Sanofi is one of the largest drug manufacturers in the world, part of many stock indexes and a portfolio company of many, many mutual funds - I would venture a good guess that most U.S. folks on this forum own shares of Sanofi through their 401k and don...
Jump to postVenezuelan Navy tries to hijack a cruise ship in the high seas, hilarity ensues. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/americas/venezuela-navy-cruise-liner-incident-intl/index.html If they are going to play games like this maybe time to take out their navy ships! Why bother? They seem to be doing a good j...
Jump to postVenezuelan Navy tries to hijack a cruise ship in the high seas, hilarity ensues.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/americas ... index.html
Doesn't this ruling imply that any increase in economic activity will violate the law? Any new business any new thing or change? In fact wouldn't any birth technically violate the law? It seems ludicrous. Tugg Technically, you would need to submit proof that every activity works towards the goal of...
Jump to postI am a Portuguese person living abroad and to argue that (average) Portuguese people have higher purchasing power than (average) Germans is absolutely laughable, and is probably coming from someone who is completely out of touch with the reality of the average Portuguese household. There is a signi...
Jump to postIt wasn’t the absence of child care that caused the decline in birth rates—it was the increase in economic opportunities for women. French women work more than German women, while making more babies. That is the problem about talking in averages... Are the French women who are working more than the...
Jump to postLast year: GRU-LIS almost 600.000 pessengers - TAP 14 to 18 weekly flights (A339) and Latam 5 to 7 weekly flights (763 and A359). VCP-LIS arround 250.000 passengers - 9 to 14 weekly flights (A332 and A339). GRU+VCP to LIS, more than 800.000 anual passengers. GRU-CDG and MAD, almost 600.000 to 650.0...
Jump to postWhy on Earth would anybody voluntarily enter into a "partnership" with the Portuguese government? Do LH and UA really have that big of a desire to set a pile of money on fire?
Jump to postDemocrats: it is unacceptable for the President to interfere in prosecutions, all prosecutorial decisions should be apolitical. Also Democrats: hey, let's vote for a politician whose explicit campaign promise is to investigate and prosecute anyone who has so much as ever spent a night at a Trump ho...
Jump to postDemocrats: it is unacceptable for the President to interfere in prosecutions, all prosecutorial decisions should be apolitical. Also Democrats: hey, let's vote for a politician whose explicit campaign promise is to investigate and prosecute anyone who has so much as ever spent a night at a Trump hot...
Jump to postSo a guy who has his own private army but wants to prevent people from defending themselves is not a hypocrite? And just how amazing is it that after everything we have been through, after the whole "Trump is a Russian plant" thing that turned out to be nothing but a giant "fuck-you&q...
Jump to postVersailles on the Potomac That is a great description for the current state of DC - an aristocratic class who think they are superior to others and that laws only apply to the little people, so detached from reality they will actually be surprised when the metaphorical guillotines come out for them...
Jump to postWhy not just give them representatives that vote? They were not meant to be a state, but the people there don't have a voice. So how about we just give them voting congressmen. If the GOP (Mitch Moconell said this was the reason he had not considered it) is upset that they won't get any of the cong...
Jump to postTP can't even make Brussels and Munich, two large Star Alliance hubs, work out of Porto? With the massive growth OPO has seen? It's like they don't even try to be competitive in that market... Where are they going to get the slots in LIS from, for the new routes? And what will the frequency of the ...
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