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"The nail that sticks up gets hammered down" -Japanese saying

Maybe Abe can gift him a ceremonial Tanto, short sword for Seppuku.

"...fatally stabbed a helpless, wounded Islamic State fighter in his custody, and shot two unarmed civilians from a sniper's perch..." This would not qualify as "fighting", but slaughter, sure. Makes sense Trump would pardon as he has no clue as to rules of law or war, other than they are there to be broken. 

He has remarked he might pardon himself. Mr. Law and Order, eh?

Dear all the "leave means leave" friends: you do have a deal, a treaty, the one that ended "the troubles", to have no hard border in Ireland.  Going to leave that as it is? Would be smuggler's paradise possibly. Or cede all of N Ireland to the rest? Or conquer S Ireland?

Not a minor issue, not something to be fixed with WTO rules

And the "mandate" of the vote isn't all that overwhelming. Get 100 folks together and divide 51 -49, mill about and try to guess which is bigger...

I'm not European, no big dog in this fight

"A State Department spokeswoman said it had no higher priority than the welfare and safety of U.S. citizens abroad."

They sure can pile the BS high, can't they?

I recall years ago when GPS was new, the Russians arrested American tourist for using it near one of their "sensitive".... not sure what became of that.

Someone needs to teach copywriter that there is a big difference between "May resigns" & story stating "she will resign".

Similar to "She pays me back" v "She says she will pay me back".

One you can take to the bank.

4 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Remind me never to hire you as a lawyer. (Death is only a penalty in Sec. 794, aiding a foreign government.)

 

18 U.S. Code § 798. Disclosure of classified information

 

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

 

That said, 17 counts means life in prison, given the current administration, and SCOTUS makeup, expect free-speech to take a back seat, and now secret documents will be ruled as being "people".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I should think those wikileaks aided Russia (used to be a foreign government, not so sure now) in creating more chaos than Trump could do on his own, plus other wikileaks released names of secret agents abroad working for US. I imagine some of the more hostile foreign governments did not give hero medals to those who helped USA, but I'm just guessing

Will he release the already known fact that the "Steele dossier" investigation was begun by Trump rival "Lyin'" Ted Cruz?

There is also a 50,000 prize for MS Bikini and Mr Bikini.

Can a person enter both categories and sweep the titles?

Not a case of arrested development there, I reckon.

Like earlier posted, I like a woman in uniform. And then out of uniform

Trusting soul that I'm not.... hospitals could submit bills for farang treatment not paid... but wait... oh, they made it up! "Sorry, farang already go back home. Here is bill." Could hook up with Khao San Road crowd to make vast numbers phony passport ID pages to back up claims.

On the other side, how long might it take for word to go viral on net travel sites? "Don't buy travel insurance when traveling to Thailand. You'll pay 100 baht when you enter, let them use that to pay bill. Stiff them."

1 hour?

Seems to be potential of "bad insurance driving out good". While I understand idea may be good in principle, the devil is in the details

I can understand why she would want to be PM when Trump visits. The contrast between her and Donald: "See, I don't look so awful, do I?"

Inmates running the asylum

Hey lady, it's his movie. Make your own if you think you can do better. Sheesh!

Not as crazy as when that PM was turfed out for having a cooking show on the tube. But close.

Don't have to worry about Maxim's over roasting the coffee. Starbucks has that covered.

Maybe someone can  explain to me why tax is in the same bar as salary and benefits. Seems to my simple mind that tax would be taken from salary and benefits, so bar should be lower, not higher. "Hey honey, they increased my taxes this year, so when you add my salary and benefit, we're raking it in"

I should start a new religion. #1 commandment: "Thou shalt work no more than 4 hours a day but with pay for 8, with weekends off"

Should take off like gang busters. Employers cannot ask what religion, if any, potential employees adhere to... and I can see many converts among those already with jobs.

Now need a catchy name "Church of the half day saints"? ideas?