The Russians are coming.

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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby Steve James on Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:43 am

3 out of 4 Republicans believe that the FBI is targeting the pres


They'll say that whether they believe it or not. However, they're defending themselves because they won't admit the hypocrisy of saying they support "law enforcement." Maybe the FBI is targeting the president, but not because he's president. They, as did he, had to swear (to them preferably on a Bible) to uphold the Constitution of the United States. That document represents "the People", not the party in power or the president. In fact, the entire system of checks and balances were created to prevent any segment of government from abusing its power.

All that good stuff has been thrown out by the people who demand that people stand for the national anthem. Meanwhile, today, if someone doesn't stand and applaud when the president speaks/smiles, he or she's called a traitor --even if she's a vet who's legs were blown off in Iraq.

The thing about the investigation is that, by focusing on defending Trump, nobody's saying that the real goal is to find out how much the Russians tried to influence the Trump campaign or the Clinton campaign or the election in general. Suppose you were accused of conspiring with someone to commit a crime that had been committed. Guilty or innocent, you'd say you didn't do it. But, if innocent, you would want the guilty party to caught.

And, the f-ing most interesting thing about the Russia (not Trump) investigation is that Trump is the first president to invite the heads of Russian intelligence agencies to the White House. Anyhow, ok, no need to hate Russia. But, um, what exactly is in this for the U.S.? I am jaded enough to think that the delay is just to get connections cleaned up so that profits can be secured. Otoh, it's more likely just political payback. A heartfelt thank you.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russ ... SKBN1FJ2PF
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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby Steve James on Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:46 pm

Yeah, Wolf Blitzer just took the words out of my mouth. If an adversary government wanted to screw up another country's political, judicial, and intelligence agencies --forget about moral fabric-- how would you know that you were successful? Would the retirings, firings, and recusals of the major officials in those areas be satisfactory evidence? Wouldn't it even be better if the other country's leaders dismissed the attempts or deliberately obstruct investigation?

Yep. I'd say выигрыш!
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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby Azer on Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:23 pm

Funny shit on this thread, I guess that's what happens when you let the patients run the nut house, your bed fellows started showing their true colours too..

http://m.jpost.com/Israel-News/Benjamin ... ory-540024

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-isra ... SKBN1FH0S3

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... t-comments
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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby grzegorz on Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:49 pm

Ruski please...
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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby Michael on Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:41 pm

An excerpt from an interview on podcast where one of the members of Pussy Riot talks about Putin's role in American politics.

Pussy Riot Founder Says American Liberals Scapegoat Putin To Distract From Democrats' Problems

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/pussy-riot-founder-says-american-liberals-scapegoat-putin-distract-democrats
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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby Michael on Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:54 pm

Putin re-elected. #RussianCollusionisREAL
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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby Michael on Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:41 pm

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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby wiesiek on Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:29 am

-argh- sanctions = srankcjon, :-\

only way
to deal with Putin`s Russia - add poison ,/secret MI5/CIA/ solution to the lunch someone on Kremlin 1st.!
Later discussion with him may be more constructive.
sad,
but this is the only way.
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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby grzegorz on Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:39 am

The Latest: Czechs, Swedes, Slovaks reject nerve agent claim

https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-russi ... 02912.html
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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby grzegorz on Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:37 pm

Michael wrote:Putin re-elected. #RussianCollusionisREAL


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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby Steve James on Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:14 pm

grzegorz wrote:
The Latest: Czechs, Swedes, Slovaks reject nerve agent claim

https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-russi ... 02912.html


:) Of course the Swedes did it, but those damn Slovaks are really sneaky.
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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby grzegorz on Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:53 pm

The Sneaky Slovaks, the Crooked Czechs and the war mongering Swedes with their Ikea furniture always threatening their neighbors.

Yeah, I am a believer. -joint-
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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby wiesiek on Wed Mar 21, 2018 12:52 am

don`t forget Poles,
we are the only nation counted with triumph parade on what is now called Red Square,
kinda pain in the historical ass of the Empire... :D
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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby grzegorz on Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:38 am

To say the least...

Disappeared until WWI, was the start of WWII (in Europe) and the center of the dispute that became cold war and the beginning of the end of communism in Europe.
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Re: The Russians are coming.

Postby grzegorz on Sun Mar 25, 2018 3:31 pm

"Putin got 76% of the vote and 24% of Russians have gone missing. - Bill Maher
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