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  1. On 12/5/2017 at 6:40 AM, FreddieRoyle said:

     My sympathy for native American Indians has vanished after the Pocahontas saga, I mean fair enough if these guys are living in wagwams and hunting buffalo with spears and communicating with smoke signals well yes such a treasure would be worth preserving 100%, but as we see the modern "Native Indians" are looking like regular Joes, have no valid link to their former spiritual past, often living in multimillion dollar mansions and living modern lives - so need to special status or tax breaks or any other special benefits. Use it or lose it - as they say.

    Disgusting post. You've got no idea regarding native American Indians. Definitely something that would come from an uninformed Trump supporter.

     

    And yes, I'm native American Indian.

     

    Horrible post.

  2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/28/democrats-think-donald-trump-just-violated-the-logan-act-what-is-that/?utm_term=.341122aef1d3

    That sure sounds like it's possible Flynn or other Trump officials was trying to meddle in foreign affairs before he was a representative for the government, said Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas. It's possible the special counsel could whack Flynn or other campaign officials with this charge to get them to cooperate in the investigation.

  3. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/michael-flynn-logan-act/index.html

    Flynn's contact with the Russian ambassador "seems to violate what the Logan Act intended to prevent," Zeldin said. He added that even though the Logan Act hasn't been used successfully "it doesn't mean that Mueller wouldn't consider using it to pressure defendants."


    The Logan Act, which was passed in 1799, forbids private citizens "without authority of the United States" from negotiating with foreign governments with an "intent to influence" measures or conduct of that government regarding any "disputes or controversies."

  4. 3 hours ago, boomerangutang said:

    Americans spend too much, period.  It's a nanny state on steroids.

     

     

    It will be a good shutdown, when there's no money to pay for WH staff (or pay for electricity or water), and Trump has to make a fire of twigs on the WH lawn to roast acorns - in order to get breakfast.

     

     

    Perhaps. But the US seems to have done quite well over the years. Hard to argue with success. And no worse a nanny state than most other western nations.

  5. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/us/russia-mcfarland-flynn-trump-emails.html

    While Mr. Trump has disparaged as a Democratic “hoax” any claims that he or his aides had unusual interactions with Russian officials, the records suggest that the Trump transition team was intensely focused on improving relations with Moscow and was willing to intervene to pursue that goal despite a request from the Obama administration that it not sow confusion about official American policy before Mr. Trump took office.

  6. 29 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

     

    It is certainly possible he may have unrecorded loans or been vastly overpaid in asset sales. Those are so rare something dodgy going on would be the natural assumption. The Special Prosecutor's mandate seems to be shifting a bit though. If he doesn't come up with something substantial from this line of inquiry he's going to get accused of being on a fishing expedition, and not without some justification.

    Muller and his team are the best of the best. They'll come up with a lot. And already have. Love how he's taken down a few lobbyists already. Scum.

  7. 2 minutes ago, FreddieRoyle said:

    Yes I agree with you in theory BUT how do you propose to eliminate all doping from sport? It is like the war on drugs, you just can't win. By legalizing all sport doping you do create a level playing field. That is my point. Of course IF you could 100% stop all doping in sport then that would be better, but I suggest that is impossible. It's not as if we didn't try but let's get real and level the playing field. 

    Olympic officials are doing an ok job. It's not easy. But much better than letting athletes ruin their lives by taking drugs. Impossible to allow that.

     

    Let them do the best job they can. Which they are.

  8. 5 minutes ago, FreddieRoyle said:

    It has long been my opinion that in sport, doping is fine. All can do whatever they want to enhance their performance. As we can see, the vast majority of sportsmen(if not all) use performance enhancing drugs and take crazy measures to pass dope tests. It is a farce. Look at Mr Clean in cycling Lance Armstrong - but he wasn't clean was he? In bodybuilding Mr Clean was Arnie - also a steroid freak. Let them do whatever they want and it creates a level playing field. Beta blockers for dartsmen, snooker players and shooters etc is fine, just as steroids for track and field is all part of a normal training program. Honestly if someone competed fairly they would be left at the starting post.

    That's a horrible thing to say. If they competed fairly, you'd have a fair race! All based on training and personal skills. Not drugs that harm your body.

  9. 11 minutes ago, ezzra said:

    Good or bad move, time will tell, but something has to be done to shake

    off this stalemate, Mexican standoff situation that has dogged a many

    world leaders and several past US presidents, maybe now both parties

    will get off their collective assess and face the new situation....

    Has bigger things to deal with. Can't believe his supporters even care about this.

     

    Perhaps he's just doing it to take attention off his investigations?

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