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Is the Russia thing even real?
Thursday, February 16, 2017 6:32 PM
BYTEMITE
Thursday, February 16, 2017 7:02 PM
RIVERLOVE
Thursday, February 16, 2017 7:03 PM
Thursday, February 16, 2017 7:05 PM
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 9:11 PM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Friday, February 17, 2017 12:29 AM
SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: At this point Byte, I'm really just going to sit this one out and see what happens. If you look in other threads here, the regular left seems to be having a big party and celebrating the undeniable impeachment.
Friday, February 17, 2017 10:06 AM
Friday, February 17, 2017 10:39 AM
THGRRI
Friday, February 17, 2017 12:33 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Friday, February 17, 2017 12:35 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: If I had to pick one of your 3 options in your first post, I would probably go with 3. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Friday, February 17, 2017 12:39 PM
Quote:with Russia and Putin it's always good. He says they are the moral equivalent to the United States. When he was confronted with Putin being a murderer, he said we murder to. He pointed to Iraq. I recognize the tone of speak he displays for Russia.
Friday, February 17, 2017 12:45 PM
Quote:I don't think it's useful to imagine the "intelligence community" as an undifferentiated mass. I think the CIA-NSA-StateDepartment form their own nexus, as a group of rogue lawbreakers who do whatever they want, If the CIA doesn't get the money it wants, they fund themselves through illegal activities, and the State Department just goes sucking up to those quasi-government NGOs to do their dirty work for them. and the DIA and FBI form another. I have no idea where the remaining 13 intelligence groups stand.
Friday, February 17, 2017 12:50 PM
Quote:Originally posted by BYTEMITE: I respect that Jack. You and I have had a hard time seeing eye to eye lately, but perhaps some of that has been that you've felt like you had to keep defending yourself from other people. That response indicates to me that you're listening to both sides and you're weighing them carefully.
Saturday, February 18, 2017 5:31 PM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Saturday, February 18, 2017 5:44 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: Russia - AND OTHER UNKNOWN ACTORS - were passively listening in on the DNC. The US has also done similar eavesdropping on other nations. This is SOP, and while despicable, it is in no way unusual or unexpected.
Saturday, February 18, 2017 8:08 PM
Saturday, February 18, 2017 9:42 PM
Saturday, February 18, 2017 11:03 PM
DREAMTROVE
Saturday, February 18, 2017 11:10 PM
Quote:Originally posted by DREAMTROVE: Hacked emails turned out to be leaked by someone at the State Dept offic. HRC fired. He got them off of the server, because Podesta's password was "password"
Saturday, February 18, 2017 11:42 PM
Sunday, February 19, 2017 8:53 AM
Quote:Originally posted by G: He has no grip on reality. He's been living in a golden bird cage for the last 50 years - totally warped.
Sunday, February 19, 2017 8:55 AM
Quote:Originally posted by BYTEMITE: Quote:with Russia and Putin it's always good. He says they are the moral equivalent to the United States. When he was confronted with Putin being a murderer, he said we murder to. He pointed to Iraq. I recognize the tone of speak he displays for Russia. That's actually one of the few times I've heard Trump speak where I didn't roll my eyes out of my head. I think Russia is awful, but when Trump says "we have blood on our hands too," I have to sit back and think "well, for once he's not exactly wrong there." But I will agree that it is super weird and does potentially seem out of character for Trump. He doesn't strike me as someone who puts anyone on an equal level to him, or ever admits to faults. Doing so, to him, I think makes him feel like he's given up ground, or given someone leverage over him.
Sunday, February 19, 2017 9:01 AM
Sunday, February 19, 2017 9:38 AM
Sunday, February 19, 2017 9:43 AM
Sunday, February 19, 2017 10:42 AM
Sunday, February 19, 2017 10:54 AM
Quote:Originally posted by DREAMTROVE: John McCain who stood in front of life sized posters of four Nazi war criminals and gave a nazi salute to a group of nazis in nazi uniforms probably knows a thing or two about starting a dictatorship. Defending democracy? https://politicalvelcraft.org/2014/10/08/obama-mccain-did-this-when-ukraine-president-viktor-yanukovych-said-no-to-the-european-union/
Sunday, February 19, 2017 12:54 PM
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 6:44 PM
JEWELSTAITEFAN
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 6:57 PM
Thursday, February 23, 2017 7:49 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Riverlove: A real Russia thing :
Thursday, February 23, 2017 8:27 PM
Thursday, February 23, 2017 8:45 PM
SOCKPUPPET
Saturday, April 1, 2023 5:49 AM
JAYNEZTOWN
Quote:Originally posted by THGRRI: Swedes baffled by Trump's suggestion of major incident Swedes have been scratching their heads and ridiculing President Donald Trump’s remark that suggested a major incident had happened in Sweden.
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 3:28 PM
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 9:29 AM
THG
Quote:Originally posted by BYTEMITE: Thursday, February 16, 2017 6:32 PM BYTEMITE Okay. I took a leave of absence from the board for a while after I got into it a bit with Sig I think a month or so back. Sorry Sig. Haha, I know you all probably didn't even notice because it's not like I'm here that much anyway - I just nowadays feel like getting into heated yelling matches on the internet isn't good either for my political interests/activism or my chill. Anyway, although there's still back and forth I notice, I feel like things have sort of calmed down around here a bit (Though maybe I'm wrong), or at least enough that I can ask this question and get some perspectives from both sides of this aisle. Being that I am still a bit of a conspiracy theorist, and I was reading articles that started my mind spinning, I felt like I needed to ask this question. Forgive what are probably logical and illogical leaps around here, I'm factoring in hunches, impressions, and opinions that I feel are pertinent. I'm going to lay out what I see as the details here for and against. Before I started thinking about this I thought the Russia Trump thing was real, I am not so sure now. Pro-It's-Real: I don't really like Trump or a whole lot of his policies (Goddammit the hell is up with that Muslim Ban, do not agree). I think he's a childish, shallow, materialistic, megalomaniacal narcissist who swept into power on the wave of a personality cult that he created and on the fears of the same people who feel like they have to go to a used car salesman because they still need a car and couldn't afford any other options. I don't trust him at all. I feel that he could be hiding or conducting criminal activity in his business dealings, and also don't really like his attitude towards women (which could itself be a source of blackmail material). Con-It's-Not-Real: I like the CIA and other intelligence agencies even less. Their bloody history with manipulation, blackmail, and human experimentation speaks for itself. I despise how much power they've gained since 9-11. You want a bunch of nationalists and sketchy operatives "building a better world", they're right there. I mean, pretty sure the CIA probably loves the damn Muslim ban and all the nay-saying is just lip-service. It's a recruiting tool for terrorism, gives them a job to do and a nice feeling of superiority. Pro: For all Trump's talk about the Muslim ban, he's also turning around saying that he's going to decrease the funding and staff for the intelligence community - maybe Trump isn't very committed to keeping foreign threats out after all? Specifically Trump has talked about purging the ranks of the intelligence community and removing people who have ties to the investigation of the Trump Russia connection. I'm all for reducing the size of the spook squad, but that seems a bit suspiciously targeted and political. Con: But the intelligence community is inherently untrustworthy. They hold back information all the time to make it seem like something is there when it isn't. I considered briefly maybe they wanted in on a piece of the "blackmail Trump" pie, but if they were blackmailing him Trump couldn't make threats to shrink them like he is. Ultimately we have little information besides that the intelligence agencies think that this Russia connection is "credible" and 24-7 news coverage that says even less. Which in of itself raises questions. So I see about four possible explanations here. 1) It's real, Trump has been blackmailed or is colluding with foreign powers for profits, investigators are keeping a tight lid on it to gather more information. 2) It's real, Trump is trying to take out whistleblowers and is in CYA mode, but the intelligence community is continuing to try to use the leverage of what they know against Trump. Trump is bluffing that he will take them down first because he can't risk whatever it is being known. 3) It might be sorta real but the importance of it all is greatly exaggerated. It doesn't really matter what it is or it may even be moot. Trump mostly just doesn't like attacks on his reputation or character and doesn't know how to let little things go. Other people are using this against him. 4) It's not real. The intelligence community hates Russia as it is, and although Russia is a sucky place, the intelligence community loves pretending the cold war is still going on. Because Trump has become a liability to them and isn't bowing and scraping and writing them blank checks, they are cutting him loose and attacking him to try to discredit him and to try to control him and the public perception with something that doesn't even exist. So yeah, there's my rambling summary of my thoughts on this whole thing. I am probably not going to respond much or argue I just want to see what you guys think.
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