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Reporter who initially started story about Girl having her dreadlocks cut...

... promoted the family's haircare products in the months before.

NuttBoxer says

OccasionalCortex says

No. That's not 'being fair'. That's left wing BS deflection. Typical.

Except that I think you're all fucked. But be honest, show me how Trump has been any different than Obama, fundamentally different. Defense spending? Troops in Middle East? Accountability for evil banks? Illegals?

He is ORANGE!!!

SunnyvaleCA says

I nominate her for this month's Jussie Award !

Smollett claims everything he claimed is true, and that everything he claimed happened, happened. That guy just doesn't give a shit about the credibility of actual victims of crimes.

NuttBoxer says

But be honest, show me how Trump has been any different than Obama, fundamentally different.

He's not started a new war. By this time into the Bush Jr. and Obama administrations, both had. Bush you of course know about Afghanistan and Iraq, and with Obama it was Libya.

All those wars, including Afghanistan, were begun by complete lies. Trump hasn't done that, despite the 3 false flags blamed on Iran, those being the silly limpet mine BS (that was done twice), and the supposed bombing of a oil refinery in Saudi Arabia. We're also not at war with Venezuela, or North Korea. Think the same would be true if we had the Butcher of Libya as president? She voted for Bush's, illegal, Iraq War by the way...

That alone makes Trump the best president we've had in at least 16 years. Perhaps 28. Imagine that, he actually does appear to be the peace president.

Also, he's done a heck of a job exposing corruption. The Department of Justice is corrupt, the intelligence agencies are corrupt, the leadership of both parties are entirely corrupt (although the Republican party is improving quite a bit, what with John McCain dead - good riddance), and the corporate media is corrupt. Think that would have happened with Clinton? Certainly you must be able to see it now. You should have been able to see it with the "Office of Special Plans" that lied us into the Iraq War, but it's far far worse. The entire government is entirely corrupt, and it's there for you to finally see.

I don't think Trump is perfect, far from it, but when the last two presidents were Obama and Bush Jr., he sure seems like he is in comparison. That's how absolutely awful the last two presidents were.

Now if we start a war with Iran, I throw up my hands, but if he doesn't, I have to ask, what are your principles? My main principle is not murdering people to steal their shit which is what the last two presidents did, full time. Our last two presidents were the type of people we executed after WWII, and justifiably. Goons run our government, and it's now easy to see that, simply because an outsider is president. If you want to have any hope of fixing a problem, first you have to know the problem exists, can you see it exists now?

Well if you can see it, and I suspect you can, that's because of who we have as president. This truly makes him fundamentally different. For 2 1/2 years corporate media was talking about Russian Collusion, can you recognize what propaganda you have as "news" now? Do you see how corrupt it is, now? He exposed the corruption so that everybody can see. That's a tremendous accomplishment.

Tim Aurora says

The opposition can be discredited as deep state, corrupt media or even evil

All of the above.

There is a war going on behind the scenes. History will tell the truth if the good guys win. Otherwise the truth will be erased and Trump will be written down as the tyrant who unsuccessfully tried to stop the socialist paradise.

Onvacation says

Trump will be written down as the tyrant who unsuccessfully tried to stop the socialist paradise.

And those who disagree will no longer be allowed to exhale co2.

Not sure anyone is saying stop the ability to impeach? Go ahead with it and see if this round of shit thrown at the wall sticks. It won't. I don't like Trump, but there's yet to be any evidence he's done anything wrong. Lot's of my cousins brothers uncles girlfriend type accusations.

Democrats are sooooooooooooooo focused on Trump. Focus on your own god damn party and get a candidate that can even remotely compete. It's actually not that hard. Democrats have failed miserably and I'm not sure why anyone with a brain would donate one penny to them. It's a joke at this point and they're being played by an NYC real estate developer. Jesus, just typing it is hilarious.

Without impeachment, the legislative branch has no control over a rogue president. That's true.

But what is also true is that without a high bar to successful impeachment and removal, the president becomes a mere figurehead and we effectively become a parliamentary system such as in Great Britain.

The founding fathers debated the two positions above and decided that in order to give the 3 branches of government "equal but separate" status, the legislative branch would be required to meet a high bar to remove a sitting president from office.

WookieMan says

Focus on your own god damn party and get a candidate that can even remotely compete.

This is exactly why they lost in 2016 too. Rather then focus on issues they focused on "ORANGE MAN BAD!!!" (just like now). And then they lost.

The problem is, democrats have painted themselves into a corner. Because Hillary was a stooge with no actual positions of her own other then wanting to be president because it was her turn; the only way she could win was by painting Trump an evil racist. Because Trump's strongest issues were trade and immigration, his positions on those issues were inherently evil. Now no democrats can support anything close to these positions and you get stupid stuff like:

- "No human is illegal, no matter how many gang tattoos" open borders policy,
- Tarriffs are bad, we love it when China screws us!
- We need more H1Bs to do the jobs Zuckerberg can't offshore

These are all chamber of commerce, bread and butter, evil republican positions even 4 years ago! And now the Democrats embrace them!

So then you have 2 options to win:
1. Admit Trump isn't racist, support some of his positions that make sense, and pick some new positions like healthcare, free college, or ubi to differentiate yourself and win a general election.
2. Try to do a better smear campaign then Hillary and peel / suppress enough votes to win.

They can't do 1 because the democrat based is so worked up with "ORANGE MAN BAD!!" rage that they'd never win a primary.

2 isn't going to work either. What Trump voter after hearing all the smears in the 2016 campaign and still voting for Trump is going to change their mind after enjoying 4 years of a great economy over a phone call to the Ukraine?

The definition of insanity is to do the same thing twice and expect different results.

I know you don't care because ORANGE MAN BAD, but aren't you just a little curious what that gas company was buying with all that money they paid Biden's son? I'd sure like to know...

truthhurts says

These are all chamber of commerce, bread and butter, evil republican positions even 4 years ago! And now the Democrats embrace them!

While I take no issue with the rest of your comment, this was all that needed to be said. The good 'ole boy/girl club got broken up. They don't have a fucking clue what to do. They will literally do a 180 on an issue just because.

I dislike a lot of people to be honest. But I'll never toss aside my own personal morals (I'm not religious) to make another man/woman happy. Politics is a plague.

So, why all the cries about "rising gun violence" and demands for stricter gun control? The violence is falling, hence the libby fucks should LEAVE THE FUCKING GUNS THE FUCK ALONE!!!

APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says

If he wants to drive around cities with M134 and machine gun Girl Scout Troops and steal their cookies and eat their corpses, we are all obligated to pay for the bullets.

Now we know what it will take for AF to support our president.

Perhaps the Dems should have been happy with Trump being President and shut the fuck up three years ago.

truthhurts says

I know you don't care because ORANGE MAN BAD, but aren't you just a little curious what that gas company was buying with all that money they paid Biden's son? I'd sure like to know...

What disappoints me is that people are so goddamned stupid.

When George W. Bush was busy lying the nation into a war over a non existent weapons of mass destruction program, I though the Republicans were a bunch of dirtbag scumbags, especially when it became blatantly obvious that he lied. But the Democrats are just as much a group of scumbags.

Just accept it, people who align themselves with a political party are stupid, morally bankrupt, and more or less assholes.

Exactly what government are you suggesting is a Democracy? Hope not the USA or any of the states, they are all Constitutional Republics!

Tim Aurora says

What, no comments on something positive we have achieved over the years

Nice. Part of the reason probably is that population ages, and there are less males in the most violent age group (late teens to twenties). And, while this might be unpopular on Patnet, there are rather convincing studies linking decrease in violent crime to access to abortions.

No Democracies about them. The unfortunate assholes who have been elected to be the people’s voice in the matter have all but forgot that fact though.

OccasionalCortex says

"So how does merely impeaching a president prevent him/her/pronoun-whatever-the-fuck from 'running beserk and becoming a dictator'?"

I think Tim was using the colloquial meaning of impeach (i.e.: the whole nine yards including removal by vote of the senate). He really shouldn't when writing, though, as it leads to all sorts of confusion.

I do not know if Hunter paid for doing nothing is more existential threat the Orange Man bloviating on Twitter? Or Ms Cankles selling uranium to Russians for generous donations to xer foundation? Or both parties letting banksters run wild?

richwicks says

What disappoints me is that people are so goddamned stupid.

Let me guess.

You believe 9/11 was an inside job - right?

socal2 says

You believe 9/11 was an inside job - right?

And Kennedy was shot from the grassy knoll. And the Vietnamese attacked us in Tonkin Bay. And Iraq had WMD. And 3 skyscrapers collapsed after being hit by two jet planes. And Trump colluded with Putin to DENY Hillary.

Tim Aurora says

his cult can continue to rule America with Electoral College and Senate even while the other party is majority

Uh, yeah, that's why we're not fucked up.

The Dems ONLY have the House, not the Democratically Elected (state-by-state) Senate, nor SCOTUS, nor the Presidency.

The Electoral College is part of the compromise necessary to create the USA and ensure less populous states don't get swamped by more populous states.

If there was no Electoral College, there would be no USA to begin with.

Seems like you're saying that the Dems control of one half of one branch of government, and not the other "two and a half" means they should control everything.

socal2 says

richwicks says

What disappoints me is that people are so goddamned stupid.

Let me guess.

You believe 9/11 was an inside job - right?

I believe the only finite element simulation analysis that is able to duplicate the collapse of WTC7 is near simultaneous failure of all support columns, which is what would be done in a controlled demolition. You know why I think this is true? It's because it is is true:

http://ine.uaf.edu/wtc7

The data for the finite element simulation is being released, so I'll be setting up my own model and run through my own simulations when I get the time to do it. I'm an engineer too although structural and civil isn't my specialty. The simulation released by NIST only showed the first few seconds of the predicted collapse, and is nothing like what was observed, and the collapse of WTC7 was recorded from all 4 angles. You will not be able to get the data on that simulation, not that you have to, it's ridiculous.

If you have an alternative hypothesis that would explain the observed collapse, please feel free to contact Dr. Leroy Hulsey - he was the one the headed up the 4 year research study. Currently, the results are under peer review.

Didn't you realize that the United States government lies? Find that weapons of mass destruction program in Iraq yet? How's this one - stop that "humanitarian crisis that Qaddafi was about to cause" in Libya yet? Libya is in civil war, with operating slavery markets today. It's rather frustrating that the most gullible and easily manipulated of of our society determines what is "correct", and not the most educated and knowledgeable. Conspiracies happen, Operation Ajax and PBSuccess are examples.

However the outlook is improving, the oligarchs have had to move to the "child hero", which is what the fascists of Italy and Germany did, as well as the USSR and China did to persuade people. This is a good sign, not a bad one, that they now have to move to a 16 year old mentally ill kid, who literally believes the world is going to end in a decade, to convince people in our society to cede more power to this obviously corrupt government. Children are used because people are naturally reluctant to criticize a child and children are more likely to relate to a child, it's a well known method of indoctrination.

6rdB says

Tim Aurora says

What, no comments on something positive we have achieved over the years

Nice. Part of the reason probably is that population ages, and there are less males in the most violent age group (late teens to twenties). And, while this might be unpopular on Patnet, there are rather convincing studies linking decrease in violent crime to access to abortions.

Also this:

OccasionalCortex says

richwicks says

OK.... So how is this corruption?

Because Trump did not use an elected office he held to shake those industries down like Biden did for Hunter, that's why.

You confuse 'nepotism' for 'corruption'. Buy a dictionary. Study it.

Nepotism is when you place a person into a subordinate position because they are family.

Corruption is when you use your position illicitly for personal gain. Nepotism can be corruption, and in this case, it obviously is. It's common for public officials to use their family as cutouts for corruption and dupes like you defend it. Don't defend corruption, regardless of what party it comes from. This isn't a fight between democrats and republicans, it's a fight between the public and the mafia that runs the nation.

OccasionalCortex says

NuttBoxer says

Except that I think you're all fucked. But be honest, show me how Trump has been any different than Obama, fundamentally different. Defense spending? Troops in Middle East? Accountability for evil banks? Illegals?

Uummmmm...what alternate reality have you been living in?

You have to be specific if you want to change a person's mind. Here's an example of something that MIGHT be new with Trump and the banking system:

https://www.zerohedge.com/article/rico-suit-filed-against-hsbc-and-jpmorgan-silver-market-manipulation

JP Morgan is up on RICO charges for precious metals manipulation. If it's just another fine and nobody goes to jail, it's more of the same. They've been caught doing very illegal shit for a long time. I'm surprised anybody is stupid enough to do business with them, but JP Morgan is essentially the US government too.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ship-seized-in-1-3-billion-cocaine-bust-is-owned-by-jp-morgan-chase/

Heard about any fallout about that yet? I haven't. I don't think most Americans can accept what is actually going on. I keep telling people to think of the government as a mafia, and then everything they do makes perfect sense because the government isn't like a mafia, it is a mafia.

Tim Aurora says

Trump could not even make it to ticket. In 2016 , he only got elected due to Russia.

www.youtube.com/embed/UXpRswM-tzc

Democrats, stop whining. It's impossible to rig a national election. As Obama said, claiming that is unprecedented. Every Expert agrees.

Tim Aurora says

richwicks says

Obama was a 1st term JUNIOR senator in 2004, and catapulted to the presidency because absolute garbage were running, and he was an unknown, who turned out to be absolute garbage.

Trump could not even make it to ticket. In 2016 , he only got elected due to Russia.

Haha, I wonder if you actually believe this?

If you do, I pity you. The propaganda isn't so sophisticated you should be believing this.

* "It's impossible to Rig a National Election - Trump, Stop Whinging" became "The National Election was rigged with a few thousand dollars from Russia"

* "C'mon Faithless Electors! Betray the State-by-State Majority Vote" evolved into "The Electoral College Sucks, we need Popular Vote!"

NoCoupForYou says

The National Election was rigged with a few thousand dollars from Russia

That's the one that really gets me. People ACTUALLY believe that Russia "hacked" the election for around $100,000. Out of a campaign where Clinton spent 4 billion dollars, and Trump spent 2 billion.

People believe this. There's a point where you just have to conclude people are stupid, insane, or both.

OccasionalCortex says

richwicks says

Nepotism can be corruption

True. But it isn't in this case. Hunter Biden's on the other hand: We have Joe caught on video BRAGGING that is exactly what he did.

I think you misunderstand me, I'm talking about Hunter Biden. That is blatant corruption.

Hypothetically, supposing the president learns that one of the presidential candidate is corrupted and accepting bribes from an other country, what should he do to prosecute the candidate without apparent conflict of interest?

TDS has no cure.

Heraclitusstudent says

Hypothetically, supposing the president learns that one of the presidential candidate is corrupted and accepting bribes from an other country, what should he do to prosecute the candidate without apparent conflict of interest?

Who cares if there's a conflict of interest? Idiots do, and also corrupt politicians.

Tim Aurora says

No, but they are democratically elected house

The Senate is democratically elected also, no? And the President is elected based on state-by-state majority votes, no?

richwicks says

Didn't you realize that the United States government lies?

Yes it lies.

But it is also bumbling and stupid. There is no way in freaking hell they could pull something like that off and not have one single leak in nearly 20 years. Let alone leave behind a trace of reasonable evidence. There would be dozens of various US government departments involved to cover it up. How do you keep them all quiet?

There is more than enough to criticize about US foreign policy and political/corporation corruption right out in the open - I don't see why people have to go full on 9/11 truther and infowars crazy.

Heraclitusstudent says

Hypothetically, supposing the president learns that one of the presidential candidate is corrupted and accepting bribes from an other country, what should he do to prosecute the candidate without apparent conflict of interest?

As long as he does so openly using the Criminal Justice System.

And doesn't use leaked information based on oppo research as an excuse to spy on political opponents using the Patriot Act.

What if the corruption happens in an other country? The FBI should investigate it?
Clearly he shouldn't be personally involved in it. No personal lawyer or other private operation. No personal call to Ukraine's president. This was stupid in the best case.

Just 5 more years of TDS.