mikebike

I really don't care about the reasons, he made a mistake and corrected.
 
I get the feeling that some here are so blinded by their hatred they simply can't acknowledge this.  On the other hand, some are so blinded they don't see any mistakes at all.

On 2017-07-27 at 4:16 PM, Naam said:

please tell us the result of these "heavy" sanctions 

One glaring result was the cancellation of the trillion dollar Exxon Mobile/Russia deal. Possibly the impetus for the Russia actions in 2016. And funny isn't it that Rex T is now Secretary of State... hmmmm.

On 2017-07-17 at 5:41 AM, cornishcarlos said:

Don't go to Khanom.... I have a plot there and it sucks !!

Well it will do if more people move there :)

It's a great spot... Some nice restaurants, a few bars and quiet beach. You can still get most things in the town and Surat is just an hour drive, same to NST... 

Agreed. DO NOT go to Khanom. (We like it just the way it is... LOL!!!).

On 2017-06-18 at 8:40 AM, Nickymaster said:

You see the whole boring track from your seat. So? I watched the Wsbk race from behind my tv and it was... boring. Thais are obsessed with straight line speed. And speed in general. Hence the many straights. Location, facilities and track or all not worthy of having a Motogp race imo.

Hermann Tilke is Thai?

 
Sadly I did watch it, and that video is a disgrace isn't it? Imagine if a republican came forward calling for blood in the streets. Liberals minds would explode. I didn't claim Schumer or Pelosi made any statements, other than their standard hate and vitriol we hear every time they open their mouths. The nation is still trying to take in why a deranged liberal tried to assassinate republican congressman yesterday to focus on much else at this point.  Michelle Obama told us that when they go low, we go high.....I guess she is a liar.

So if I keep telling you the moon is not made of cheese and then fire you because  you just won't believe it. Obstruction ?
 

20 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

How can he prove a negative when so many are running around saying because they said he did it, it must be true?

You mean like OJ's lawyers did?

18 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Problem for the anti Trump cabal is that after all this time

Nixon investigation = 2yrs

Bill Clinton investigation = 4yrs

Benghazi investigation = 4yrs

Email server investigation = 3yrs

Please explain why you think 4 weeks qualifies as "after all this time".

20 minutes ago, funandsuninbangkok said:

Trump is correct. How can there be obstruction if there is not underlying case?

Stop and think for a moment. Obstruction of justice... obstruction of an investigation... An investigation does not have a predetermined outcome. Whatever the outcome of an investigation you certainly can obstruct it. The two things are mutually exclusive.

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Appears he was a racist, aligned with white supremacy, and is very unapologetic about not liking black folks.

He is also a Bernie supporter, and volunteered to support him. I guess that makes him a Democrat.

I think you'll find you are conflating two different subjects. 55J was referring to Dylann Roof.

7 minutes ago, 55Jay said:

I am opposed to the level of rancor and discord on display which, sad to say, eventually, and inevitably, will lead to events like this.   I also put the blame for this new "low bar" in American politics at the feet of both Candidate and President Trump. 

 

And to HRC, if anything, I would expect her to take sensible leadership role and not engage in hysterics; and I think she could have a calming effect, if she's so inclined.   End of the day, Trump can be taken down (if he doesn't do it to himself first) without the ever-escalating drama.  You can chew somebody out and fire them without ever raising your voice. 

Thanks for the reasoned response. I certainly agree with your last line. But I have a bit of trouble with, "I also put the blame for this new "low bar" in American politics at the feet of both Candidate and President Trump." Not that either are without blame, far from it, but I see the timeline of this "low bar" going back further. I see the start of it at the beginning of 44's term and the birtherism movement, progressing to the ACA debate and repeated futile attempts to scuttle it, and then blossoming in the resolute obstructionism of the GOP, fertilize this with Benghazi, email server, and theft of SCOTUS nomination... add in the bizarre GOP and DNC nomination races and finally the presidential race itself and the "low bar" is set in place.

3 minutes ago, 55Jay said:

In other words.... Terrorism. 

Interesting. Would you consider Dylann Roof's attack terrorism?

36 minutes ago, Usernames said:

Just put up one around SF/LA/NYC/BOS/PHIL and a few others and make the fictionalized Escape from New York a reality.  Nobody needs to lay siege to these places. People living in urban environment are already living on the edge. If even the electricity goes out for a few days, they'll be going after each other with baseball bats and broken bottles.

I remember that!! The northeast blackout of 2003. I took out my neighbors on both sides with my bare hands, barricaded the house with sandbags and set up the 50 cal!! See, I can live in a fantasy world too!!

53 minutes ago, jb61 said:

whoops, sorry, forgot to include the link on Sen. Barr's book about Mueller doing the same he is investigating Trump for.

 

http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/10/book-special-counsel-mueller-guilty-of-exactly-what-comey-accused-trump-of-doing/

Was Mueller Barr's boss at the time? Supreme commander by any chance?  See the thang is the boss-subordinate relationship is very important in discerning the difference between a random colleague saying, "don't go hard on these guys", and your boss telling you in a private meeting, which he cleared the room purposely for, that he "hopes" you'll let an investigation go.

Your/their "gotcha" is a red herring.

30 minutes ago, Revolutionary said:

Wow you Trump haters will stop at nothing . I have never seen in America such vitriol from one side because they lost. He will not be impeached. As someone has already said he will be there unless some idiot kills him. He is draining the swamp and the swamp is fighting back . Get used to him go 8 years. The changes are already happening and the old establishment don't like it.

Few if any are spouting vitriol because 45 won. They are spouting vitriol over his actions and policies. Vive la liberté.

Someone missed a headline opportunity...

Just now, Kabula said:

I have never seen a fire spread and affect so many floors in a high rise in all my 30 years investigating and adjusting Insurance Property claims.

 

I suspect Arson; with multiple points of origin, with accelerants and fuel soaked trailers on multiple floors with many windows and doors open.

All I can say is K.I.S.S. Your suspicion would require a number of people and a conspiracy. I suspect the answer is somewhat simpler.

3 minutes ago, stander said:

 Sessions was in a public venue and had no obligation to disclose confidential information.

https://www.justice.gov/olc/opinion/confidentiality-attorney-general’s-communications-counseling-president

Yeah, we got that from the Comey hearing. Hence the closed session afterwards. Why is that news?

1 minute ago, Tilacme said:

You are leaping to baseless conclusions.

I am looking at questions the investigators will ask. IF, and only if, the fire accelerated up the outside of the building there must be a reason. This is not a normal occurrence. Because it was a Borough building does not mean everything is going to be perfect.

2 minutes ago, mesquite said:

Read it again.

Why?

8 minutes ago, Tilacme said:

Pretty sure this building is owned and managed by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea so it will comply with all regulations.

So you have no doubts that the contractor who remediated the building cut no corners, and that if they did the council would have caught them. Very trusting you are.

6 minutes ago, mesquite said:

 

 

Sounds like the same kind of reasoning some bank employees use to justify stealing money from their employer. 

Wow, quick ramp up from etiquette to theft. Are you really gonna imply that an etiquette gaffe is equivalent to a crime?

1 minute ago, ilostmypassword said:

I'm guessing your referring to the Pavlov section of my comments. It's all about conditioned-reflexes as opposed to thinking. Anyone using the higher centers of the brain to respond would immediately spot the faultiness of that statement no matter what political orientation he or she had. 

OK, now I'm with ya!!

3 minutes ago, mesquite said:

Why shouldn't he exercise the same etiquette in Starbucks?

Economies of scale?

4 minutes ago, ilostmypassword said:

Because a majority of the members are conservative republicans.  That should be obvious. Either that or Stander is purposely giving us an educational demonstration of Pavlov's law.

 

 

Not being intentionally obtuse but... say what?