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Kudlow and Mnuchin are just applying liptstick on a pig.  Trump just kicked the can down the road.  Bottom line is China will still be demanding transfer of technology and stealing IP from American companies.  They have no interest in agriculture, oil production or low-level manufacturing so will gladly keep buying those from the US.  Ultimately, they want to corner the market in high-tech manufacturing, like airplanes and robotics.  Trump is being played once again, a total embarrassment to the Wharton School of Business.

 

 So, it's taken two years of this witch hunt to catch a lawyer for lying and other sundry offenses. No mention of Russian collusion, absolutely no evidence that collusion between Trump and Russian players caused Hillary to lose her election. This is insane. Time to get straight-jackets on Mueller and all his team(and Strzok and Page and Comey and that woman beating lawyer that was always on CNN) and cart them all of to Guantanamo. This whole "show me the man and I'll find you a crime" farce is an unprecedented assault on democracy and needs to end now.

 

 Once again, credit to Trump for maintaining his dignity amidst this prolonged personal attack on him. 

Trump's Moscow Tower deal was blocked by Obama's sanctions against the Russian bank that was financing the development.  Manafort was brought into the campaign to change the GOP platform to lift those sanctions and enlst Russian aid in Trump's election.  Trump publicly encouraged Putin to hack the DNC to uncover Clinton foundation emails.  Stone worked with Corsi to manage Assange's release of the emails to tilt the election (no proof of efficacy is required)  The "full and complete" sentence will be doled out to Manafort, Stone and Trump who will be found guilty of conspiracy to commit election fraud and violate the Federal election campaign laws.

6 hours ago, Boon Mee said:

Since when is it a crime for a private citizen to engage in business before taking office. 

This latest Mueller Witch Hunt smacks of OTT desperation. 

No one said doing business during an election is a crime.  However, several have lied under oath trying to protect Trump and one has to wonder why.  Could it be like Flynn and KT McFarland who lied about discussions of lifting Obama's election interference sanctions against Russia which blocked the Moscow tower development?  Or, could it be trying to cover up the "gift" to Putin of a penthouse in Trump Tower should the deal go through?  Or, was it like Stone, Papadopolous and Corsi who lied about coordinating WikiLeaks release of Podesta's hacked emails?  Flynn gets sentenced on Tuesday, and that will reveal much about the quid pro quo for lifing sanctions.  Mueller holds all the cards and he is systematically squeezing all the rats.  Stone and Don Jr. are next up to the plate.

1 hour ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Sad to see the tension finally showing between Trump and Putin at the G20 summit. This witch-hunt has dragged on for so long now it has invariably caused friction between the two leaders through attrition even though no evidence whatsoever has been shown that proves Russian collusion cost Hillary her election. I am aware of more collusion between Clinton and Hungarian interests to attempt to swing elections, although that doesn't seem to get the attention it deserves. Also collusion with news networks to get the final debate questions before the debate. Cheating AND collusion in other words.

 If the left get their way we could very well end up in a world war. Time to grow up and stop this farcical witch hunt. Russia did not cost Hillary her election. She did it herself.

If what Buzzfeed reported is true, that Trump offered a $50 million penthouse in Trump Tower to grease the Moscow Trump Tower deal, it is game over.  Trump will go to prison under the FCPA.   

A pardon for being a mole after he began cooperating with Mueller's team.  Stone, Corsi and Manafort are relying upon pardons to get them out of Trump's mess, although Trump claims he hardly knew them.  The obstruction case is now solid.

So many dangerous pedestrian conditions on the sidewalks in Thailand.  Here's a fire plug in the middle of a very busy sidewalk, across the street from Terminal 21 and near the train stations on Sukhumvit.  I have personally witnessed several people run into the fire plug and seriously injure their knee, where an ambulance was needed to take them to the hospital.  All because the Thai highways division can't be arsed to move the plug onto the Westin's property (who benefits from the fire suppression equipment) or next to the electric boxes where they wouldn't be in the trafficked area of the sidewalk.

2 hours ago, Boon Mee said:

Of course Trump had no prior knowledge of trap the Democrats were setting for him. Don Jr. almost fell for it though. 

LOL, Mueller already has the phone records of Jr calling daddy before and during the meeting.  Trump was just one floor down in Trump Tower during the meeting, so strutting out his drunk and senile mouthpiece to deny his knowledge just puts him in greater jeopardy because his credibility has been stretched so thin by his lies.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Trump also tweeted on Saturday that migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border would stay in Mexico until their asylum claims were individually approved in U.S. courts, but Mexico's incoming government denied any deal had been struck.

Trump is spouting off more total nonsense and lies.

1.  Mexico's incoming Secretary of the Interior says there is no such deal.

2.  You can't claim asylum unless you are on American soil.  Asylum laws can't be changed by executive order.  It requires an act of Congress.  Congress is out of session until the next year, when the Dems will control the House.

3.  You can claim asylum from a safe nation other than America, but Canada is the only country with that designation.  Mexico can't carry the designation, because it is not safe, by its own proclamation.

I've been a legal resident for 12 years with non-B visas.  I don' feel safer and receive no benefits from random shake-downs of foreigners.  It's just another way for RTP to grow its beer and gik funds.

So, instead of demanding that the contractor take proper action to improve safety, the Phuket residents demand that the work be completed quicker, probably increasing the dangerous conditions of the roadway.

You make 1 lane safe for travel, use flagmen to regulate one-way traffic, while resurfacing the other lane.  Once the other lane is resurfaced and safe, you close the other lane for resurfacing.  It's not hard and done all over the world.