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Post by auldhippy on May 27, 2017 15:56:17 GMT
Clarity's concerns are being addressed , Kushner is now a person of interest.
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Post by clarity on May 27, 2017 19:44:22 GMT
Yay. I'm no longer a lone voice crying in the wilderness.
'The main takeaway from the Kushner news is similar to the takeaway from Trump and Flynn’s handling of the Russia probes. In each case, we have a series of actions by people who seem to be concealing specific contacts with Russians connected to the Kremlin’s intelligence services and then acting to thwart an investigation. Flynn lied about his contacts with Kislyak. Trump tried to kill the F.B.I. investigation of Flynn and eventually fired his F.B.I. director. Kushner hid his contacts with Russian officials and then pressed his father-in-law to sack Comey, who was looking into the matter. “Anytime someone on the Trump campaign conceals or misleads about a contact they had with Russia at the time of Russia’s interference campaign, that’s a big red flag,” Eric Swalwell, the Democratic congressman, who is a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said.'
From The New Yorker.
Sorry can't post a link as I'm only allowed a certain number of articles a month. If you're interested check it out yourself.
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Post by clarity on May 27, 2017 19:57:43 GMT
I see Trump is crowing about the money rolling in for NATO.
What an ignorant moron he is. The idiot thinks that the money will roll in to the US so they can fund their own military. There are other ways for countries to fulfill their military operations. He's just playing to his voters here who are just as stupid as him and believe all that money will go into a big pot so that the US can grab some of it.
Trump’s claim that our allies are “underpaying” or owe NATO money has been repeatedly debunked. NATO is not some big pool of money into which countries pay dues. Rather, member states agree to fund their own militaries by 2 percent of their GDP by 2024. Trump is right that only five members of NATO currently do this, but there is nearly a decade left for the other states to comply.
Regardless of whether this target is met, NATO requires that if one member state is attacked and Article V is invoked, all NATO states jump to that nation’s defense. Incidentally, the only time this has ever happened was when America was attacked on 9/11. So, NATO has in fact benefitted America more than any other country. (This is a comment from a website discussion on NATO)
Canada is throwing money at our coast guards and other military security forces as part of its NATO commitment. Also into peace keeping forces. We've still got 7 years to reach that 2% anyway.
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Post by voice on May 30, 2017 15:31:11 GMT
wow the winning streak continues, the man brought in to shake up communications less than 3 months ago has gone and another round of communication shake up starts, and Spicer could also be facing the boot. What a Micky Mouse operation. www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40090865 |
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Post by voice on May 30, 2017 20:08:34 GMT
and as ever its not really the crime that does you in, its more often the cover up. President Donald Trump's lawyer has received requests for information from two congressional panels investigating alleged Russian political meddling. Michael Cohen confirmed to US media that he had been asked to "provide information and testimony" about any contacts he had with the Kremlin. Mr Cohen said he turned down the request because it was "overly broad" and "not capable of being answered". Last week Mr Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner was named in the Russia probe. Mr Cohen is the latest Trump associate to rebuff the House and Senate investigations into the matter. www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40098658hard to drain the swamp if you spend all your time filling it fuller than it ever was. |
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Post by auldhippy on May 30, 2017 21:08:38 GMT
I see Trump is crowing about the money rolling in for NATO. What an ignorant moron he is. The idiot thinks that the money will roll in to the US so they can fund their own military. There are other ways for countries to fulfill their military operations. He's just playing to his voters here who are just as stupid as him and believe all that money will go into a big pot so that the US can grab some of it. Trump’s claim that our allies are “underpaying” or owe NATO money has been repeatedly debunked. NATO is not some big pool of money into which countries pay dues. Rather, member states agree to fund their own militaries by 2 percent of their GDP by 2024. Trump is right that only five members of NATO currently do this, but there is nearly a decade left for the other states to comply. Regardless of whether this target is met, NATO requires that if one member state is attacked and Article V is invoked, all NATO states jump to that nation’s defense. Incidentally, the only time this has ever happened was when America was attacked on 9/11. So, NATO has in fact benefitted America more than any other country. (This is a comment from a website discussion on NATO) Canada is throwing money at our coast guards and other military security forces as part of its NATO commitment. Also into peace keeping forces. We've still got 7 years to reach that 2% anyway. Chapter V was invoked on the 12th Sept 2001 for the very first time. NATO has fulfilled its obligations in blood & treasure in the 15 year unresolved conflict in Afghanistan. |
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Post by clarity on May 30, 2017 22:59:40 GMT
Excellent point AH. A heck of a lot of Canadians lost their lives in Afghanistan. Not to mention equipment etc.
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Post by Whiterum on May 31, 2017 10:15:29 GMT
Russia invaded Afghanistan back in the 70's to fight against Muslim extremists back then, but because of the cold war between Russia and America,America armed the extremists to help fight against Russia, (proxy war), and now look America who are now fighting the extremists..how ironic.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 12:16:34 GMT
US foreign policy - destabilise everyone.
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Post by auldhippy on May 31, 2017 13:13:56 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on May 31, 2017 13:23:49 GMT
"Securing the Realm?"
"1996?"
Are you sure this isn't a spoof or a game of World of Warcraft?
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Post by auldhippy on May 31, 2017 13:48:41 GMT
Same people who brought us the Iraq war, the exact same people. the highest ranking civilian at the Pentagon & the Chairman of the US Defence Review Board commissioned by the Netanyahu's first government. Cohorts with Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz & Bolton.
It's more "Game of Thrones"
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Post by perrykneeham on May 31, 2017 15:27:48 GMT
But, 1996 though?
Hardly stream of consciousness is it?
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Post by clarity on Jun 1, 2017 13:33:57 GMT
WASHINGTON—Canada is not to blame for its trade surplus with the United States, President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary said Wednesday — sounding distinctly different than Trump himself. Trump has repeatedly lambasted Canada over its trade practices, citing what he claims are “massive” Canadian trade surpluses as evidence that the North American Free Trade Agreement has been broadly unfair to the U.S. And, to the bafflement of observers of all stripes, he said in April that “energy” is one of the areas in which Canada has been “taking advantage” of his country. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross disagrees. In a public appearance in Washington on Wednesday, Ross said the U.S. deficit with Canada is a “blameless deficit” that exists entirely because the U.S. does not produce enough energy to meet consumer demand. “Within deficits, there are two categories ... One is what I would call blameless deficits. For example, we are not self-sufficient in energy. So naturally we are going to have something of a deficit caused by importation of hydrocarbons. And that’s an important consideration. Because relative to Canada, that’s more than our entire deficit — comes from both hydrocarbons and electrical energy that they export to the U.S. I don’t call that blameful exports,” Ross said in an interview at the Bipartisan Policy Center. “What is blameful are things that are subsidized, or not with a level playing field, or come from some other inappropriate source of behaviour, rather than the natural course.” Ross made his remarks as the two countries gear up for the beginning of NAFTA renegotiation talks in August. Canada, for its part, says it does not have a trade surplus with the U.S. at all. Indeed, according to the U.S. government’s own trade website, the U.S. had the surplus last year — $13 billion (U.S.) — when both goods and services are counted. Counting only goods, Canada had a surplus of $12 billion. Economists and many others have derided Trump’s frequent talk about trade deficits with individual countries, which are driven by market forces and not in themselves evidence of an unhealthy relationship. Trump, though, has long been fixated on such deficits, viewing them as evidence that the U.S. is being outfoxed and outnegotiated by other nations. www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/05/31/canada-is-blameless-for-trade-surplus-trump-trade-official-says-contradicting-trump.htmlMore evidence of Trump's total ignorance of how things work. He is totally clueless and out of his depth. |
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Post by Whiterum on Jun 1, 2017 13:50:05 GMT
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Post by auldhippy on Jun 1, 2017 14:33:21 GMT
But, 1996 though? Hardly stream of consciousness is it? Attention span required. |
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Post by Marshall on Jun 1, 2017 22:00:28 GMT
Trump pulled out of the Paris Agreement because (in his own words), "I represent the people of Pittsburgh, not Paris."
Yes, he really is that pig-sh!t stupid.
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Post by Marshall on Jun 1, 2017 22:25:58 GMT
Mayor of Pittsburgh then tweets: "As the Mayor of Pittsburgh, I can assure you that we will follow the guidelines of the Paris Agreement for our people, our economy & future."
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Post by flatandy on Jun 1, 2017 22:47:42 GMT
No matter how hard I try, I still keep overestimating Trump's intelligence.
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Post by flatandy on Jun 1, 2017 22:50:21 GMT
The good news is that 190 odd other countries are still adhering to Paris. And that many states, particularly the ones with money like California and New York, are sticking to Paris. And many cities (like Pittsburgh) are adhering to Paris. And many US based companies are going to ignore this because most of their markets are abroad, and will thus still adhere to cutting carbon emissions.
Basically, it looks like Trump has achieved almost nothing. But what he has achieved is making the rest of the world even less interested in following US leadership, and made them more likely to follow Germany or China.
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