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H.A. Goodman - FBI SHADOW GOVERNMENT BLAMED FOR CLINTON LOSING: Podesta Blames Clinton's Loss on Deep State
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Actually I think the judge made a very good point. The reason why the death penalty, if it exists at all, should be administered in the most humane way possible is not that murderers deserve a good end but that society deserves a clear conscience. After the Nuremberg trials, a professional English hangman was sent for, so that the convicted war criminals could be hanged in the English way (which breaks a man's neck causing instantaneous death). They certainly didn't deserve such mercy. If they had got their deserts, they would have been hanged the same way they had hanged others, in nooses of piano wire that slowly strangled them while at the same time sawing off their heads. But the allies wanted to show the German people how civilised people handle this kind of problem.
The current problems with administering the death penalty in America are due to chemical companies refusing to sell to the states the chemicals which were formerly used for executions. So they are using improvised mixtures which often produce horrendously slow and agonising results. The judge is quite right when she says that this is more than society can or should tolerate. If you're going to have a death penalty at all, some more merciful and civilised way has to be found. |
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The only relation to $$$ what I was saying had to it was, not having the "travel ban" on country's that Trump has done business in before. I'm NOT talking about how jealous people are of his $$$. Personally I would MUCH rather be happy, than have all the $$$ in the world! ;) As for the court, WHY and HOW would they make a judgement that is not lawful? And more to the point HOW would they get away with it?? There is a reason why Trump did NOT challenge (like he said he would) the court's ruling, regarding his "travel ban". Why? Because he KNEW that he would LOSE! Let's look at something called reality, your president (Trump) says that the mainstream media, the courts, at least some of the people in Hollywood are ALL against him and/or trying to bring down his administration. I'm sorry Sundial, but if I'm reasonable for what I DO and SAY well guess what? SO is Trump, full stop, period! If you would like to believe different, I'm not losing any sleep over it! ;) BTW. Here's a link for ya to read; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality Welcome to the real world! :) |
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In the end, though, the President must rule by persuasion. He knows he is surrounded by swamp-rats who hate his guts – and, who fear him. He will advance another version of his travel ban, and I think that he is relatively unlikely to respond to the Supreme Court as Andrew Jackson once famously did. (Thus giving us the Trail of Tears.) This man is surrounded by enemies, but he has very strong support of the people of the country and he is keeping those fires alive. I think he's an idiot, but he's there anyway. |
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As far as the presidential orders (or executive orders) are concerned, nobody is disputing that he has the right to make them. It's how far you can go with them that is the issue. To say something like "This man is surrounded by enemies" smacks of desperation to me personally, sorry. And saying "but he has very strong support of the people of the country and he is keeping those fires alive" well, you obversely don't watch a lot of news or "fake news" (as you would probably call it). So if you click the links below (just 2 of many out there), you will see a lot of "fake people" saying things like "NOT my president!", a lot of support, really? Does NOT sound like it to me mate, sorry! http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/20/us...-day-protests/ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN15Z206 |
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I think that it is very fair to say that Trump is walking through a hornet's nest as he seeks to "drain the swamp," and I think that he is fully aware of it. He did not pick an easy job. It is, for him, in fact a very dangerous one. He is a brave man. I wish him the best of success and of health ... even if they decide to throw him out of office, I want him to walk out ... and I have great respect for the Secret Service. As for "not my President," etc., it's actually pretty easy to get a group of people together and to point a television camera at them. Especially if you want to ram-home the point to the public that "we really should get rid of this change-maker and ... just ... go ... back ... to ... the ... way ... things ... used ought ... to ... be ..." But, there are hundreds of millions of people who don't rally and protest. These are the main-body of the ocean. The protesters are the surface waves. (And, good grief, how long has it been since we have by-gawd had protests in America?!) Woo hoo! The people have woken up! "Town Hall meetings" by Representatives all over the country are contentious! Woo hoo!! (It's about time!) :D Donald Trump campaigned on promising to be a change-maker ... and there is a vast apparatchik in place right now that does not want to be challenged, let alone changed. :eek: I don't agree with him – didn't vote for him – never would have. And yet, I am obliged to respect him. He is trying in his own way to do what (probably) no President before him has ever attempted. If he manages to survive the experience without being thrown out or ... or ... no: "live long and prosper" ... then, he will go down in history as having been transformational. The Office of the President, and our public regard for it, will never again be the same. |
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As far as the protester's who are against him go, well, protests are taking place in a number of your city's. Not just one or two city's, and/or just a small group of people, that have it in for him. And I do not ever remember the same level of protest against any other US President before. In the UK, there's a partition with over 1 million signatures demanding his state visit be canceled. Not that it's likely to happen, mind you. I do have to agree with you, that as you have said "The Office of the President, and our public regard for it, will never again be the same.", as I think you have hit the nail smack bang on the head there! |
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Everybody's got their own little agenda, their own little fiefdom to protect, their own little pile of money to grow, and ... then ... "here comes this guy." So, you organize protests, and you film them. "Everything's just right, just the way it was, and this guy's the problem." Do one million Britishers actually care if this guy shows up and makes a speech to Parliament? What if he succeeds? :eek: What if Britain pulls out of the EU and needs a trading partner, and meanwhile America has cancelled its "anyone else but our own people, anywhere else but here" policy, goes to the gym and starts putting back on a little muscle? And Britain, a long-time ally of the US, now has its trading partner. What then? People's opinions (and their protests) are extremely fickle. Start giving them their jobs back and putting some money in their pocket so they feel like they're in control of their own destiny (as Britain, for instance, now realizes that it isn't), and suddenly people are talking about "this guy" like he's the best thing to happen to America (and, say, Britain) since the invention of sliced bread. What then? I am "banging on about the Courts" because they, too, have become part of the problem that has never, ever been addressed: Courts that create law, but which are not elected, can never be dismissed, and are thus accountable to no one. It was known to be a problem with the US Constitution even before the ink was dry. However – the President must rule by persuasion. He must be an executive. He must point a clear direction forward and then persuade people who don't want to go that way, to go that way because they want to. :) I find it very interesting to watch "this guy" because we've never had an experienced executive in this Office before. |
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It very much sounds like your a Trump supporter to me. As for the term "Trumper", well your the one who said it, in the first place, so why don't you tell us what that means, hm? Also I said you where (and are) banging on about the Constitution, NOT the courts (but yes you are also banging on about them as well, I'll give you that). I've already stated that I understand why people voted for Trump, whether I once again agree or NOT! And you are absolutely right in thinking that like a LOT of "non-Trumpers" (people who do not support him) out there, I think there are much better people around that could be your President instead. Personally I think you are a little confused, with all respect. ;) But once again I'm not losing any sleep over it, sorry! ;) The only thing I can suggest is this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality Enjoy! ;) |
My feeling is simply that ... "this guy" is the President.
He is unlike any and every other individual who has ever yet held this Office, and this is very specifically what the electorate wanted ... don't ask me why, I don't know ... but it is not what Washington, DC wanted. Washington is accustomed to Presidents who, well, don't do much of anything except sit by and let things go along as they usually do. I think it's rather fun to watch how this guy works and how he forces other people to react to him. The Oval Office door is open, and several of his staff know that they can "pop in at any time," and they call him ... "Donald?!" :eek: The electorate didn't elect a professional politician: they elected a business executive who has made a ton of money in real estate and other ventures. They've never done that before. Ever. |
18F (classified information getting out to the public) GSA's IG Feb 21, 2017
'IT' related Gov't 'mess' (LQsearch showed no mention of 18F, so I'm fyi/fwiw it here)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...hdog-says.html http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016...early-32m.html http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016...le-drives.html For [rabbit_hole] deeper_delving: github.com/18F OR web-search: "18F.gov" linux|microsoft wget github..../orgs/18F/people | grep LQmember? [|grep -v Jee..zz] :D |
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