Thakkar

56 minutes ago, hugocnx said:

Yes, you pointed out something about the investigation. Trying to divert the meaning of my post Mr. Spin Doctor?

Is that not the topic—the investigation of Trump?

1 hour ago, Thainesss said:

 

You know, when you start spouting off about honest people having genuine concerns about the vote, and equate them to wanting to stop "brown people" from voting and them being "white nationalists", when alot of the people here have "brown" wives, and "brown" children... Its highly insulting, and not even remotely funny or cute. 

Is this your version of “I have black friends?”

13 minutes ago, hugocnx said:

Where was I mentioning Mueller, Comey or Sessions? As republicans I would say they'd try at least to give Potus the benefit of the doubt. But no, people mentioned above have all butter on their heads. I might assume they used at least good butter. 

I don’t know what you’re on about. I was responding to someone who made the baseless claim that “the left” had taken it “too far”

and pointed out that the investigation of Trump and his campaign and Russian election meddling was initiated by a republican, sustained by another and completed by a third. 

1 hour ago, hugocnx said:

I second Thainess. The left is taking it to far. And by 'it' I mean that there seems to be no limit to their actions and they haven't been able to prove anything (yet). Loud mouthing is not only a Potus characteristic.

How is “the Left” taking it (what “it” are you referring to, btw—your explanation does not explain?) “too far?”

It was a Republican FBI Director, Comey, who began the initial investigation, it was a Republican AG (Sessions) who voluntarily recused himself after advice from department lawyers (and, presumably his own personal lawyers), and it was the Trump-appointed Republican Deputy AG that appointed the Special council, who himself *also* happens to be a lifelong Republican. 

Mueller, a Republican (not that it should matter, as he has not spoken publicly and has just allowed his work products to speak for him), in his report says he found insufficient (not zero) evidence of—to use the common term—Collusion, and certainly no evidence to rule it out categorically. He also laid out systematically in his report instances of attempted, though ultimately failed, obstruction actions by Trump and stated that since department policy prohibits him from charging a sitting president, he chose to refrain from expressing a conclusion from the evidence as that breaches basic rules of fairness. (That is, if policy prevents you from charging someone, thus preventing that person from defending themselves in court, it would be unfair to give a conclusion that says “yes, we have enough evidence to charge him”)

He laid out the evidence and left it to Congress to make a judgement on the strength of the evidence. And, even to a layman, the evidence is pretty strong. Certainly strong enough to take to court—something the report alluded to in saying “...while the OLC [Office of Legal Council] opinion concludes that a sitting president may not be prosecuted, it recognizes that a criminal investigation during a president’s term is permissible. The OLC opinion also recognizes that a President does not have immunity after he leaves office.” —an obvious statement that need not have been made, but, tellingly, was made nonetheless.

Any Congress, Republican or Democrat, would be derelict in it’s duty, if, on the evidence of this damning report, they did not conduct followup proceedings as part of their oversight duties.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Trump, speaking from the White House balcony on Monday, returned to favourite topics of his by touting the strong United States economy and saying his administration was rebuilding the military "to a level never seen before."

The balcony speech is the traditional annual WH Easter egg roll launch. In the true spirit of Easter, he used the speech to brag about his “achievements”

As Jesus said upon his resurrection, “if thou has gots it, thou must flaunt it.” 

27 minutes ago, JimmyJ said:

No pointing, no pixillated face, no reenactment - I intend to lodge a formal complaint.

Careful. There’ll be a front page picture of them pointing at you pointing at your complaint letter.

12 hours ago, OneZero said:

"Prawit said police checked security-camera footage and learned Melki’s identity. He was spotted walking on Pattaya II road, apparently looking for new victims, police said."

 

Give it a break.  A team of only one out of uniform officer would not be all that quick or effective in finding him would it.

 

Quite right. Of course.

Seeing as lots of people in Pattaya—especially police offices—look kinda dodgy, it would require lots of officers to rule each other out before honing in on the real suspects.

Hopwell have successfully built major projects in famously corrupt countries like The Philippines, India, and China. Thailand was at a level even Hopwell couldn’t tackle. I remember reading an exasperated Gordon Wu giving an interview on this Thai project more than a decade ago.

13 minutes ago, utalkin2me said:

When exactly was america great anyway?

America stopped being great when they finally failed to find new parts of a pizza to insert cheese into.

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

just read an article how many republicans, who are still in the senate now, voted to impeach Clinton. I wonder if those politicians will look at the same standards with Trump

Nope: