Danderman123

13 hours ago, Yagoda said:

I dont think the prosecution has alleged any facts, thats the problem.

Anyone paying attention to the trial understands that your statement isn't true.

Trump arranged to have Cohen paid for "legal services", which was really compensation for the hush money payment.

32 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

There is no obligation nto disprove anyhting. I see you are still babbling on with your cronies. You still cant point to what crime has been comitted, not any facts to support any real or imaginary crimes. Carry on.

 

I bet you think Trump is guilty dont you.

I can point to the charging document that lays out the statutes that Trump has violated.

29 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

If you leave your bubble and read somehting other than the garbage tossed about in your echo chamber, you will see that real legal experts saw quite a show in the interests of justice as Cohen was destroyed on the witness stand

The Defense just mailed it in during their cross examination of Cohen.

30 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

There is no obligation nto disprove anyhting. I see you are still babbling on with your cronies. You still cant point to what crime has been comitted, not any facts to support any real or imaginary crimes. Carry on.

 

I bet you think Trump is guilty dont you.

Let's try this:

The way a trial works is that the prosecution makes a case by presenting witnesses who allege facts.

The Defense attacks those alleged facts via cross examination, their own witnesses, or documents.

The jury evaluates those alleged facts by listening to both sides. If the defense doesn't attack an alleged fact, the jury will default to the allegation being true.

So, the question is whether any of the prosecution's alleged facts have been disproven?

You can respond with the usual mindless drivel, which tells everyone that you don't care about the facts, you are just here to make noise.

7 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

Seems there are actually 4 older Embraer ERJ-135LR aircraft currently flying in Thailand. 2 operated by the Royal Thai Army and 2 operated the Royal Thai Navy.

 

 

Yeah, those aren't real E-jets, no fun to fly in. United still has some for short flights into Mexico.

US military starts delivering aid to Gaza through floating pier

How long before Hamas attacks this floating pier?

6 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

Love how nobody on the left side of the aisle actually wants to talk about the...topic...of the discussion, instead they prefer to obfuscate and repost their talking points ad nauseum.

The topic is the trial.

Here's a spoiler alert for you:

When the prosecution introduces fact via witness testimony, they become the default narrative unless the Defense can refute them. You can assume that the default narrative becomes what the jury will consider next week.

So, what introduced facts have been disproven by the Defense?

4 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Yeah, in the same way that Biden was too old and feeble to be prosecuted for all his stolen classified documents. 

 

"Obama's presidential campaign has been fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for violating federal disclosure laws, Politico reports.

An FEC audit of Obama for America's 2008 records found the committee failed to disclose millions of dollars in contributions and dragged its feet in refunding millions more in excess contributions.

The resulting fine, one of the largest ever handed down by the FEC, is the result of a failure to disclose or improperly disclosing thousands of contributions to Obama for America during the then-senator's 2008 presidential run, documents show."

Biden personally stole classified documents?

Really?

Who do you think you are convincing by making false statements? As you know, when Biden's staff closed his offices, a handful of classified documents were mixed in some boxes. When they were discovered, they were returned immediately.

On the other hand, Trump's fingerprints are on some of the classified documents he stole and tried to hide.

40 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

Was the jury screened for "Trump fans"?  Wow, never heard that. Wonder if they also screened for TDS...

 

What people think of the daily grind of the trial seems coloured by their preconceived political beliefs.  Gotta be honest, I am still struggling to see why this is such a big deal, even if it was technically a breach of the law. But that is for me to fix.

All juries are screened for prejudice, I am not stating that there is a Trump fan on the jury, only that there could be.

I'm not saying the jury system is broken, there are always outliers in any system.

Has the Defense scored any points off Michael Cohen?

2 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

You may be right.  I have a feeling the jurys' eyes were glazed over with all the legal ramblings and theorizing.  The actual hush money payoff was not illegal- it is common. The key is the accounting of the money and who knew/approved.  

Cohen looked sketchy as heck, but that is to be expected. He IS sketchy. How much his credibility will matter is up to the jury. I have heard that there are actually 2 lawyers ON the jury, and they might just be violently angry at Cohen taping conversations with his clients.  So yeah, a hung jury is a definite possibility.  

I don't think attorneys on the jury will want a hung jury.

If there is a holdout, it's going to be a Trump fan who lied during the jury selection process.

The jury was reportedly bored during the cross examination of Cohen by the Defense. I am coming around to the idea that the Defense is mailing it in, having already been paid.

Why won't Trump testify to clear his name?

There is also talk of a VP debate.

15 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

 

You crack me up. Sociology major? 

 

"The residential picketing appears to run afoul of a 1950 federal law — Title 18, Section 1507, of the U.S. Code — that makes it illegal to picket or parade outside a jurist's home “with the intent of influencing any judge.” Violations are punishable by a fine and up to a year in prison."

 

Protests at Supreme Court justices’ homes: Ill-conceived? Illegal? - The Free Speech Center (mtsu.edu)

I can't disagree.

Picketing a judge's home is illegal, and violators should be prosecuted.

2 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

That's why Biden wants Trump jailed. 

If you oppose statism, why do you want the State to jail Biden?

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Now that we can't send criminals to Australia for being bad, once Elon has built a rocket that can reach Mars we could send them there on a one way trip

If we included illegal immigrants to the UK it would sure cut down on the number of leaky boats washing up on the shores of Old Blighty.

For a New Zealander, you seem awfully concerned about illegal immigration in other countries.

4 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Exactly. Most patriots wanted Trump to win in 2020 and they wanted Biden prosecuted for corruption. 

 

Self-serving statists love them some Biden. 

It takes a statist to want the government to jail political opponents.

1 hour ago, JimGant said:

Don't forget, money contributed to a conventional IRA prior to 2024 is exempt income for Thai tax purposes. Just because it's tax deferred, thus you pay Uncle Sam taxes on it on year withdrawn -- doesn't change the fact that it was income earned pre 2024. So, if you've stopped contributing to your IRA, all the money you eventually withdraw will be non assessable income, for Thai tax purposes. And even if you have some new post 2023 contributions -- if RD doesn't stipulate LIFO, feel free to declare you IRA withdrawals as first from the oldest contributions.

This is great advice for how to correctly fill out a Thai tax return.

The question is how many foreigners are going to prepare a Thai tax return, and what will happen to those who don't.

I have met only one person who does their taxes here, and that was a hotel manager whose firm did their taxes. The Farangs in the village seem unaware of the new rules, or the old rules, for that matter.

3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Your memory is failing again. 

 

Obama Campaign Fined Big for Hiding Donors, Keeping Illegal Donations. 

From your article:

"In addition to failing to report big donors and excess donations in a timely manner, the Obama campaign incorrectly dated the filings dealing with $85 million in funds, the FEC claims. This error appears to have been primarily the result of one transfer to the campaign committee from the Obama Victory Fund, a fundraising group that includes money raised by the Democratic National Committee that is earmarked for the presidential race."

The staff was overwhelmed and inexperienced.

Do you have any links that show that Obama was personally aware and involved? Like Trump was with the hush money payment and cover-up?

35 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Source? 

You don't care about the source.

Here's a hint: it's all over the news.

1 minute ago, Yellowtail said:

Oh the humanity!

 

but but but Obama Campaign Fined Big for Hiding Donors, Keeping Illegal Donations (usnews.com)

Obama's campaign was too slow to report contributions. As opposed to hiding them.

There was no political benefit to Obama in doing the paperwork slowly, it was just a case of a first time candidate's organization being overwhelmed with donations.

Whereas Trump tried to cover up the Stormy Daniels hush money.

49 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

I would say Walker's cut and paste game is pretty good, other than that...

 

The big puzzle to me is why this is such a big deal in the first place. We are talking about a payment of $130,000. This is miniscule. The Trump campaign raised more than $700 million in 2020. Democrats spent even more.  Total of $14 billion spent in the election cycle. So why is this particular payment so important?

The cover-up.