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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Duidelijk.quote:Op zondag 19 augustus 2018 21:52 schreef Ulx het volgende:
https://www.axios.com/201(...)90-45d1e9d1ceca.html
Ze waren vandaag nog in het nieuws hoor
Vanuit mijn stoel volg ik de info en links in het topic en cnn.
Sommigen van jullie zitten dichter op ( betrouwbare) nieuwsbronnen.
Tot nu toe miste ik berichtgeving over de millenials en voter registratie.
Ik zou eerlijk gezegd bijzonder verbaasd zijn als de jeugd wederom lethargisch op hun luie reet zou zitten na alles wat er gebeurd is....quote:Op zondag 19 augustus 2018 22:02 schreef AnneX het volgende:
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Duidelijk.
Vanuit mijn stoel volg ik de info en links in het topic en cnn.
Sommigen van jullie zitten dichter op ( betrouwbare) nieuwsbronnen.
Tot nu toe miste ik berichtgeving over de millenials en voter registratie.
Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam
There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
Ze zijn behoorlijk verdeeld. Aan de linker kant is een behoorlijk conflict tussen de progressieve vleugel en de liberale vleugel van de Democratische partij en ook de green party wint terrein. De strijd tussen Hillary en Sanders is doorgesijpeld naar de rest van de partij. Er zijn ook veel nieuwe Republikeinse jongeren bewegingen. Daarnaast is er nog een behoorlijke drempel tussen online comments plaatsen en naar de stembus gaan.quote:Op zondag 19 augustus 2018 22:04 schreef Barbusse het volgende:
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Ik zou eerlijk gezegd bijzonder verbaasd zijn als de jeugd wederom lethargisch op hun luie reet zou zitten na alles wat er gebeurd is....
Mwoah, die walk-outs uit scholen en universiteiten en protestmarsen de afgelopen periode geeft wel aan dat ze bewust zijn van de noodzaak om hun stem te laten horen. Welke kant de schaal uitvalt is iets anders. Ik heb geen idee, heb geen specifiek op de jeugd gerichte polls gezien.quote:
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Ze zijn behoorlijk verdeeld. Aan de linker kant is een behoorlijk conflict tussen de progressieve vleugel en de liberale vleugel van de Democratische partij en ook de green party wint terrein. De strijd tussen Hillary en Sanders is doorgesijpeld naar de rest van de partij. Er zijn ook veel nieuwe Republikeinse jongeren bewegingen. Daarnaast is er nog een behoorlijke drempel tussen online comments plaatsen en naar de stembus gaan.
Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam
There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
Dat de green party flink zou groeien of er een enorme interne strijd in de partij gaande is, is ook meer wensdenken dan realiteit van onze huisfantast.quote:
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Mwoah, die walk-outs uit scholen en universiteiten en protestmarsen de afgelopen periode geeft wel aan dat ze bewust zijn van de noodzaak om hun stem te laten horen. Welke kant de schaal uitvalt is iets anders. Ik heb geen idee, heb geen specifiek op de jeugd gerichte polls gezien.
Volkorenbrood: "Geen quotes meer in jullie sigs gaarne."
Dat is wel degelijk zo als je naar de uitslagen kijkt van de primaries tot dusver. Het veld is meer verdeeld dan voorheen. Dat gezegd hebbende. Aan het einde van de rit is er per partij altijd een kandidaat, maar zoals we met Sanders hebben gezien is er een behoorlijke groep die alleen op de progressive (of justice democrat) stemt en niet op de liberale partijkandidaat.quote:
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Dat de green party flink zou groeien of er een enorme interne strijd in de partij gaande is, is ook meer wensdenken dan realiteit van onze huisfantast.
Oh ja? Kom eens met cijfers.quote:
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Dat is wel degelijk zo als je naar de uitslagen kijkt van de primaries tot dusver. Het veld is meer verdeeld dan voorheen. Dat gezegd hebbende. Aan het einde van de rit is er per partij altijd een kandidaat, maar zoals we met Sanders hebben gezien is er een behoorlijke groep die alleen op de progressive (of justice democrat) stemt en niet op de liberale partijkandidaat.
Volkorenbrood: "Geen quotes meer in jullie sigs gaarne."
Hier heb je drie mooie artikelen die er op in gaan:quote:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/29/us/politics/house-democrats-leadership-fight.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/broken-two-democrats-divided-after-rep-crowley-s-defeat-n887061
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/sanders-wing-party-terrifies-moderate-dems-here-s-how-they-n893381
TLDR; de grassroots willen progressieve kandidaten, zoals Ocasio Cortez, maar de liberale vleugel van de partij staat daar niet achter. Aangezien ze bang zijn dat de 'te linkse' kandidaten de moderates en independents weg jagen.
Overigens speelt er zoiets ook bij de GOP hoor. Daar heb je veel pro-Trump kandidaten die zittende politici uitdagen.
Grootste misser van de verkiezingen van 2016 vind ik nog altijd dat Clinton niet voor Sanders koos als haar VP. Een Clinton/Sanders ticket had de partij mogelijk weer bij elkaar gebracht. Daarnaast had Clinton echt drie keer niks aan Tim Kaine.
Coal jobs have dropped in Eastern Kentucky. Income has followed, new report shows
quote:Personal income has gone down in several Eastern Kentucky counties where coal employment has been decimated in recent years, according to a report from the Appalachian Regional Commission.
In Harlan County, for instance, per capita market income fell from $13,053 in 2015 to $12,579 in 2016, while in Perry County it dropped from $19,726 in 2015 to $19,043 in 2016, the most recent year covered in the ARC’s calculations.
Pike, Knott, Bell, Breathitt, Leslie, Letcher and Johnson also were among the Eastern Kentucky coal counties that saw a drop in per capita market income.
The declines were a factor in income in Appalachian Kentucky losing ground in comparison to the U.S. level.
Per capita market income in Appalachian Kentucky equaled 48.3 percent of the national level in 2015, but that fell to 46.8 in 2016, according to the ARC report.
Nationally, the income figure went up in 2016 to $40,679, but in Kentucky’s Appalachian counties, it edged down from $19,204 in 2015 to $19,022 in 2016.
That was the lowest level of any area in Appalachia, which the federal government defines as covering all of West Virginia, about half of Kentucky and parts of 11 other states.
Per capita market income is a measure of an area’s total personal income not counting transfer payments such as public assistance, according to the ARC report.
Coal jobs in Eastern Kentucky have plummeted from 14,619 in 2011 to 3,909 in the second quarter of this year, according to the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet.
Studies have cited competition from cheap natural gas for electricity generation as the biggest factor in coal’s decline, though other factors have played a role, including efforts to beef up environmental rules in the Obama administration and the rise of renewable energy such as wind power.
There has been no significant increase in coal jobs in Kentucky under President Donald Trump.SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
Trump Lawyers’ Sudden Realization: They Don’t Know What Don McGahn Told Mueller’s Team
quote:President Trump’s lawyers do not know just how much the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, told the special counsel’s investigators during months of interviews, a lapse that has contributed to a growing recognition that an early strategy of full cooperation with the inquiry was a potentially damaging mistake.
The president’s lawyers said on Sunday that they were confident that Mr. McGahn had said nothing injurious to the president during the 30 hours of interviews. But Mr. McGahn’s lawyer has offered only a limited accounting of what Mr. McGahn told the investigators, according to two people close to the president.
That has prompted concern among Mr. Trump’s advisers that Mr. McGahn’s statements could help serve as a key component for a damning report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, which the Justice Department could send to Congress, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
Mr. Trump’s lawyers realized on Saturday that they had not been provided a full accounting after The New York Times published an article describing Mr. McGahn’s extensive cooperation with Mr. Mueller’s office. After Mr. McGahn was initially interviewed by the special counsel’s office in November, Mr. Trump’s lawyers never asked for a complete description of what Mr. McGahn had said, according to a person close to the president.
Mr. McGahn’s lawyer, William A. Burck, gave the president’s lawyers a short overview of the interview but few details, and he did not inform them of what Mr. McGahn said in subsequent interactions with the investigators, according to a person close to Mr. Trump. Mr. McGahn and Mr. Burck feared that Mr. Trump was setting up Mr. McGahn to take the blame for any possible wrongdoing, so they embraced the opening to cooperate fully with Mr. Mueller in an effort to demonstrate that Mr. McGahn had done nothing wrong.SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.Last fall, Mr. McGahn believed that he was being set up to be blamed for any wrongdoing by the president in part because of an article published in The Times in September, which described a conversation that a reporter had overheard between Mr. Dowd and Mr. Cobb.twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 19-08-2018 om 13:15:12 ....and have demanded transparency so that this Rigged and Disgusting Witch Hunt can come to a close. So many lives have been ruined over nothing - McCarthyism at its WORST! Yet Mueller & his gang of Dems refuse to look at the real crimes on the other side - Media is even worse! reageer retweet
In the conversation — which occurred over lunch at a table on the sidewalk outside the Washington steakhouse B.L.T. — Mr. Cobb discussed the White House’s production of documents to Mr. Mueller’s office. Mr. Cobb talked about how Mr. McGahn was opposed to cooperation and had documents locked in his safe.
After the account of the lunch conversation was published, Mr. McGahn became convinced that Mr. Cobb believed that he was hiding documents. Concerned that he would be blamed, he decided to try to demonstrate to Mr. Mueller that he and other White House lawyers had done nothing wrong.
As Mr. Trump’s lawyers have shifted to a more antagonistic approach toward Mr. Mueller, it has seemed increasingly unlikely that Mr. Trump will sit for a voluntary interview. On “Meet the Press,” Mr. Giuliani repeated his fear of a “perjury trap.”
“It’s somebody’s version of the truth, not the truth,” Mr. Giuliani said of any statements by the president in such an interview.
“Truth is truth,” the show’s host, Chuck Todd, answered.
“No, it isn’t truth,” Mr. Giuliani replied. “Truth isn’t truth.”
....and have demanded transparency so that this Rigged and Disgusting Witch Hunt can come to a close. So many lives have been ruined over nothing - McCarthyism at its WORST! Yet Mueller & his gang of Dems refuse to look at the real crimes on the other side - Media is even worse!
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
Dean heeft het er maar druk mee 
Michael Cohen's attorney says he's talking to lawyer who brought down Nixon
Michael Cohen's attorney says he's talking to lawyer who brought down Nixon
quote:Lanny Davis, an attorney for former longtime Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, said he has been reaching out regularly over the past few months to John Dean, the former White House counsel who helped bring down the presidency of Richard Nixon.
Cohen has sent signals that he might cooperate in the investigations surrounding his former boss. The fact that his lawyer is talking frequently to Dean — who was name-checked by Trump on Sunday in the context of recent reports that White House counsel Don McGahn is cooperating with investigators — adds new hints that Cohen could be open to being a potential witness in any case against Trump.
“I reached out to my old friend John Dean because of what he went through with Watergate, and I saw some parallels to what Michael Cohen is experiencing. I wanted to gain from John’s wisdom,” Davis told POLITICO.
“I certainly don’t want to raise expectations that Mr. Cohen has anything like the level of deep involvement and detailed knowledge that John Dean had in the Nixon White House as a witness to Nixon’s crimes, but I did see some similarities and wanted to learn from what John went through.”
Cohen, like Dean in the Nixon era, is wrapped up in a criminal investigation that has a parallel congressional probe, and he has been attacked by the president and by lawyers working for the president, including Rudy Giuliani, who said he has no credibility.
Davis, known as a media-friendly lawyer, said he first became friends with Dean when they appeared together on MSNBC in the late 1990s to comment on President Bill Clinton’s impeachment proceedings.
Rather than getting Dean’s legal advice for Cohen, Davis said he has been asking about Dean’s experiences during Watergate to refresh his own memory of the investigation.
Dean confirmed his frequent recent discussions with Davis and told POLITICO that another “person I’d really like to talk to is Guy Petrillo,” Cohen’s criminal defense lawyer.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
https://www.nytimes.com/2(...)ns-donald-trump.html
quote:Federal authorities investigating whether President Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen, committed bank and tax fraud have zeroed in on well over $20 million in loans obtained by taxi businesses that he and his family own, according to people familiar with the matter.
Investigators are also examining whether Mr. Cohen violated campaign finance or other laws by helping to arrange financial deals to secure the silence of women who said they had affairs with Mr. Trump. The inquiry has entered the final stage and prosecutors are considering filing charges by the end of August, two of the people said.
Any criminal charges against Mr. Cohen would deal a significant blow to the president. Mr. Cohen, 52, worked for the president’s company, the Trump Organization, for more than a decade. He was one of Mr. Trump’s most loyal and visible aides and called himself the president’s personal lawyer after Mr. Trump took office.
The bank loans under scrutiny, the total of which has not been previously reported, came from two financial institutions in the New York region that have catered to the taxi industry, Sterling National Bank and the Melrose Credit Union, according to business records and people with knowledge of the matter, including a banker who reviewed the transactions.
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Lekker zuipen, lekker dansen en daarna lekker neuken.
Draadje:
twitter:benwikler twitterde op zaterdag 18-08-2018 om 02:32:28 At first, when Kavanagh was nominated, top GOP senators said that “it just seems to be common sense” that all his White House papers should be released. Then, on July 24, they met with Trump’s counsel. Turned on a dime. Now, releasing the papers would be “a bridge too far.” 1/ reageer retweet
At first, when Kavanagh was nominated, top GOP senators said that “it just seems to be common sense” that all his White House papers should be released. Then, on July 24, they met with Trump’s counsel. Turned on a dime. Now, releasing the papers would be “a bridge too far.” 1/
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
twitter:kylegriffin1 twitterde op maandag 20-08-2018 om 01:55:09 Rand Paul was spotted boarding Air Force One this afternoon. Rand Paul said late this week that he wanted to talk to Trump about lifting sanctions on Russian political leaders. He also was the first to suggest revoking John Brennan's security clearance. https://t.co/S3UmzRlxe9 reageer retweet
Rand Paul was spotted boarding Air Force One this afternoon. Rand Paul said late this week that he wanted to talk to Trump about lifting sanctions on Russian political leaders. He also was the first to suggest revoking John Brennan's security clearance.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
Rand Paul heeft ook uitverkoop gehouden. Wat een rat is dat.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Cohen 20 miljoen aan belastingfraude? Nee, toch! Zometeen krijgen we nog het idee dat er een heel moeras rondom Trump ligt.
Trump tweette een tijdje geleden ook al over die taxi business. Maar voor de rest zal Trump er volledig buiten staan. Trump zegt dat zelf ook, en waarom zou hij liegen?
Trump tweette een tijdje geleden ook al over die taxi business. Maar voor de rest zal Trump er volledig buiten staan. Trump zegt dat zelf ook, en waarom zou hij liegen?
Géén kloon van tvlxd!
Als de waarheid geen waarheid is, is een leugen ook geen leugen. Dus zelfs al zou Trump liegen kan dat ook de waarheid zijn.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Het za me niet verbazen als hij gechanteerd wordt.quote:
Rand Paul heeft ook uitverkoop gehouden. Wat een rat is dat.
Begin deze maand was hij in Moskou en sindsdien rijdt hij vooraan in de MAGA trein.
Mjah als je voornaam Rand is, dan zul je misschien ook geen moeite hebben een klootzak te zijn zolang het eindresultaat maar minder belasting is.
SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.They told me all of my cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potential.
Hersenen beschadigd door die klap van zijn buurman?quote:
Rand Paul heeft ook uitverkoop gehouden. Wat een rat is dat.
Zijn pa is trouwens redelijk frequent te zien op RT. Dus hij is wel(-l)connected met het Kremlin.
How do we turn this world-class fuck-up into a world-class learning experience?
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Mjah als je voornaam Rand is, dan zul je misschien ook geen moeite hebben een klootzak te zijn zolang het eindresultaat maar minder belasting is.@speknekSPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.
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@speknekOh klinkt goed! Misschien kijken of ik begin 2019 er dus ook naartoe kan.SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.They told me all of my cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potential.
Briljant. Misschien in reprise?quote:
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Oh klinkt goed! Misschien kijken of ik begin 2019 er dus ook naartoe kan.
Yeah https://tga.nl/voorstellingen/the-fountainhead/speellijst
Dat opheffen van die Magnitskye act is echt top prio voor die Russen. Zodra dat is gebeurd gaan de floodgates of hell open. Ik denk dat een hoop GOPers en superPACs ineens aardig rijk worden via schimmige dealtjes.quote:
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Het za me niet verbazen als hij gechanteerd wordt.
Begin deze maand was hij in Moskou en sindsdien rijdt hij vooraan in de MAGA trein.
beter een knipoog dan een blauw oog
Zou een NDA de reden zijn dat de WH-medewerkers allemaal liegen tegen de pers?
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Racist weggemoffeld. Only the best! 
Trump speechwriter fired amid scrutiny of appearance with white nationalists
Trump speechwriter fired amid scrutiny of appearance with white nationalists
quote:A White House speechwriter for President Trump was terminated last week after revelations that he had spoken at a conference attended by well-known white nationalists, according to three people familiar with the decision who were not authorized to speak publicly.
Darren Beattie, who was a visiting instructor at Duke University before he joined the White House speechwriting team, was fired Friday after a media inquiry about his appearance at the 2016 H.L. Mencken Club conference, where Beattie spoke on a panel alongside Peter Brimelow.
Brimelow, founder of the anti-immigrant website Vdare.com, is a “white nationalist” and “regularly publishes works by white supremacists, anti-Semites, and others on the radical right,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an advocacy group that tracks extremists.
Earlier this year, Brimelow described himself as a believer in “racial nationalism” who sees the future of the United States “precipitating out on racial lines.”SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 20-08-2018 om 16:13:19 I hope John Brennan, the worst CIA Director in our country’s history, brings a lawsuit. It will then be very easy to get all of his records, texts, emails and documents to show not only the poor job he did, but how he was involved with the Mueller Rigged Witch Hunt. He won’t sue! reageer retweet
Pentagon, State alumni join Brennan clearance outcrytwitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 20-08-2018 om 16:23:57 Everybody wants to keep their Security Clearance, it's worth great prestige and big dollars, even board seats, and that is why certain people are coming forward to protect Brennan. It certainly isn't because of the good job he did! He is a political "hack." reageer retweet
With a third star-studded letter, more than 175 additional alumni of top national security jobs are joining the bipartisan outcry against President Trump's stripping of former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance.
quote:Who's in ... An organizer tells me: "This third statement includes career officials -- from Nick Rasmussen, former Director of NCTC, to Bill Burns, former Deputy Secretary of State, to Doug Wise, former Deputy Director of DIA, to political folks from both sides of the aisle -- including Tony Lake, former National Security Advisor and Sean O'Keefe, former Secretary of the Navy and NASA Administrator as well as more than 10 former U.S. Ambassadors and more than 20 former U.S. Attorneys."
Michael Morell -- former CIA acting director, and host of the CBS News "Intelligence Matters" podcast -- tells me Trump's approach has backfired:
- "People are essentially saying to the president: 'We will not be intimidated by you. For those of us who have been speaking up, we will continue to. And if we haven't been, we're going to start speaking up.'"
- "This is a great example of democracy -- exactly what all these folks who signed the letters spent their lives defending."
Read the full letter.
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“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
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