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Its looking to be litigated because Stormy now realized that book and movie rights could be worth some real cash. Her lawyer is likely on contingency. He knows that this is a game to play. IMO Stormy and his lawyer are trying to shake trump down for more cash. The story below illustrates how shakedowns operate. In trump's case a reverse shakedown. "If you've been to California, you've almost certainly seen the Proposition 65 warning. The signs ominously warn, "This area contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm," and they can be found just about everywhere, including airports and Disneyland. According to Bloomberg, "the Council for Education and Research on Toxics needed only to allege that coffee contains trace amounts of one of almost 1,000 Proposition 65 chemicals to pursue its lawsuit." Then, as is so often the case, unscrupulous lawyers use well-intentioned but overly broad laws to shake down innocent companies. Last year alone, Wall Street Journal reports that $25.6 million in cash and prizes were handed out in 681 settlements. Lawyers took home 75% of it. 7-Eleven has already surrendered and forked over $900,000. Starbucks has placed Proposition 65 signs in its store, but they might be required to place the warning directly on cups. If they don't comply, "[f]ines can run up to $2,500 for each cup sold without a proper warning," says Bloomberg." https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/01/29/california-coffee-causes-cancer-and-lawyers-collect-fee-12494

I also thought that would invalidate the contract. However there is a clip on CNN in which Mouth of Sauron II (Trump's former divorce attorney) explains that it doesn't matter, when Stormy Daniels took the $130,000 she accepted the contract as is. Apparently there is a large amount of case law that says you can't have it both ways, taking the money and claiming the contract isn't valid. Only thing I know for sure is the lawyers will make a ton of money off this, and if the objective was to sweep Mango Mussolini's indiscretions under the carpet they have failed spectacularly. I doubt it will make the slightest difference to his "true believers", but at least I have hope that Cohen will be convicted of a felony (illegal campaign donation) and lose his licence to use the law to beat up on non-rich people. Don I watched the same interview. BUT normally a contract is between two, or more parties. Each party is usually identified by name, address and contact numbers. Such that each party to a contract is easily identified. Acceptance of consideration is one argument to fulfillment of a contract. Concealing the identity of contracting parties is a factor to deny that one even exists. In addition the courts won't enforce either unlawful contracts, or ones specifically crafted to violate the law.

Yes, it's left of right-wing extremists. That doesn't make it liberal, any more than being less biased than Brietbart makes FoxNews liberal. Currently about 25% of Americans would ban all guns. Republicans control all branches of government. With those concepts in mind why don't you suggest actual policy rather than Rushmc type responses?

No, it actually isn't. You failed to include the most obvious and necessary step, i.e., reinstating the AWB, and you proposed arming teachers. You're still well right of center. I disagree. Most of those proposals would never fly with hard core NRA loving gun owners. NEVER. Rural America is a long way from accepting anything close to that. I think of farmers and ranchers who teach their kids to hunt and shoot. New gun manufactures would have a Sh**fit.

That could be true. Its certainly part of salesmanship. But for the political leader of any country there is a simpler more direct standard at play. No leader of any other country is going to be shoved around by the USA bully. Just look at Mexico, the meeting this month was cancelled. Enrique Peña Nieto had a "tense" call and the second planned meeting was turfed in less than a year. The Mexican president wouldn't even meet with trump if the wall was up for discussion. Cohen, the Koch editorial, the US FED, all state tariffs are bad.

Ah come-on if you pardon the pun. Even evangelicals are secretly cheering him on. He's doing stuff they only dream about when doing Evangelical business. Away from their wives, watching the pay channels at Motel 6.

Or stealing from a more senior lawyer. That would be a new one. When lawyers can steal from clients with impunity why steal from another lawyer? Likely they would just laugh it off. When there are so many clients to steal from why get sidetracked with distraction? When layers get caught stealing from clients, trust accounts, etc. It typically gets sent off to Law Society disciplinary committees. So a half dozen lawyers sit around a table drinking expensive whiskies all at the expense of sheepish lawyer who was caught. Elaborate stories are concocted, marital problems, gambling addiction, alcoholism,etc. The lawyer is punished by having to repay the stolen funds!! Then he has to repay the law society's disciplinary commentates investigation expenses, i.e. liquor bills. Obviously rehab is needed so the victim, er lawyer gets a 10-20 day suspension of practice. Which coincides with rehab in the Cayman islands. Which coincidentally allows him to check his offshore bank accounts and offshore corporations. When the rehabilitated and now tanned lawyer returns to "practice". The senior partner gives him a bootleg copy of the latest billing software for tracking billable hours. One that automatically adds .25 of an hour, to every hour billed for coffee, bathroom breaks. One that adds .25 of an hour of billable time for each photocopy made. For travel expenses! Now if its a black man, a native Indian,etc. Its off to prison for them. The prosecutors office obviously can't be bothered tying up valuable court time with prosecuting lawyers when 10 grams of weed needs punishment.

Some hunters have whats called trophy rooms. Basically a man cave where all of the mounted trophy's are displayed. About 25 years ago I was in the house of a dentist who had a trophy room. In it was a full size mount of a grizzly bear he had shot. It was about 4' tall. A cub. Absolutely disgraceful. Disgraceful that his guide had allowed him to shoot it. Disgraceful that he had shot it. That a taxidermist had mounted it. That he displayed it.

In the debate on gun control the point is being missed that some gun owners love guns. Ron AFAIK has a concealed carry permit. So he has gone through life without any serious,or any brushes with the law. By the sounds of it he practices with guns. Gun owners like him will not be persuaded by argument relating to his lack of need. A guns danger to others. In addition magazine size restrictions have little sway. The School Shooting Solutions thread is a good start. But the NRA needs to be sat down with. When democrats hold a majority. Then tough deals reached. Many gun owners say that they won't register guns because criminals will still have access to them. The gun regulations and restrictions issue is complex. Furthermore using prisons to solve this issue is short sighted. Marginalized gunmen with grievances need to be identified. But not all will be.

I especially like the bit about Cohen facing disbarment if he claims Trump didn't know about the contract In order to be disbarred a lawyer must be witnessed of child molestation, homicide and treason all on the same occasion.

The Trump administration has quietly decided once again to allow Americans to import the body parts of African elephants shot for sport.... despite presidential tweets decrying the practice as a "horror show."... Trump's two adult sons are trophy hunters. A photo of Donald Trump Jr. holding a knife and the bloody severed tail of an elephant he reportedly killed in Zimbabwe in 2011 has sparked outrage among animal rights activists.... Zinke is also an avid hunter who after arriving at Interior last year ordered the arcade game "Big Buck Hunter Pro" to be installed in the employee cafeteria at the agency's Washington headquarters, a move he said would promote wildlife and habitat conservation. In June, the department removed longstanding protections for grizzly bears near Yellowstone National Park, a step to potentially allow them to be hunted. The Fish and Wildlife Service also quietly began issuing permits in October allowing African lions killed in Zimbabwe and Zambia to be imported.... The world's largest land mammal, the African elephant has been classified as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act since 1979.... demand for elephant ivory has led to devastating losses from illegal poaching as the natural habitat available for the animals to roam has also dwindled by more than half. As a result, the number of African elephants has shrunk from about 5 million a century ago to about 400,000 remaining. And that number continues to decline each year. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/07/trump-administration-once-again-lifts-ban-on-importing-elephant-trophies.html Picture(attachment) of Donald Trump Jr. Holding a trophy souvenir of his hunt.

Problems 1. Privacy and limits to the disclosures of personal, medical, educational records to anyone. 2. Money. The senate and the president have agreed there is a national opioid crisis. Yet not budgeted a cent. They have both stated that guns are not the problem. Neither has stated that school shootings is a problem. 3. Removing weapons from a home, from anyone who has not committed a crime. Flies in the face of the second amendment. In addition the actions of a child or relative could certainly not inhibit a constitutional right of a separate party. Parent or otherwise. Otherwise IMO everything else is on point as stated in OP.

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Sometimes I think people should pass a test before they can reproduce. BINGO, unfortunately thats a non starter. A major advantage of a higher age restriction of gun purchases. Is more time to identify dangerous propensities, ideologies of prospective purchasers.

As usual some of the sources of information you frequent change the facts to support a position. These are the FACTS "During his Feb. 22 class, students said, Locke was discussing the debate over teachers carrying guns in schools and two students said he wrote “I have the gun on a board. ” Still, one student became visibly upset by that morning’s class and Locke was called to principal Dennis Perry’s office later that day, where he said his bag was searched. He was placed on administrative leave and ordered to undergo a physical and psychiatric evaluation. http://www.philly.com/philly/education/cherry-hill-east-teacher-timothy-locke-school-shooting-comments-suspension-student-connection-20180303.html So neither he nor his lawyer deny that during the course of a debate in class on arming teachers he wrote that statement on the blackboard. That he is armed.

I'm 100% with you on this. There is so little understanding in the general population as to what mental health is about. For example, how many have heard anyone but politicians talking about solving gun crimes via mental health evaluations? There are schools being built with better entrance and movement control but that doesn't help the other 9 out of 10 and remember that the money needs to come from the locality so any additional work needs to get federal dollars. But not to kick the concept out, remember that the assailant are also students much of the time and know exactly what the school does in a lockdown situation. Right now schools are operating by the big sky concept because there's very little that at school can do if the assailant knows who the security staff is, where they'll be, and where the students will be. These things are over in a 5-10 minutes span and one classroom holds around 25 students. There is no perfect solution. I think you could probably stuff 100 kids into a classroom designed to seat 30. I'm seeing bullet resistant doors for $1500 online. Not sure what else needs to be done for installation or what the costs would be but i'm certain at this point that there needs to be a space where the shooter can't access. Not interested in hearing about how it can't be afforded. It can be part of some federal budget somewhere. What about the time just before class starts, when class lets out, recess, etc.

My response is my opinion based on my experience and pragmatic observations. The main reason, not the only one, that people tend to avoid seeking professional counseling is ego. They refuse to see and/or accept their mental flaws. Those that can afford therapy, note the difference from counseling, tend to seek psychiatric help. Their egos stand a better chance of being reinforced and they are given Rx medication to feel better about themselves and their lives. I have been exposed to two paths of national healthcare. My primary exposure was my field of emplyment and the other the VA system. In my field we operated primarily on two national and state level health care systems. That is, at first clients were provided Medicare because they had Social Security Disability and lastly Medicaid. The latter being federally funded state care. Both systems had only marginal results. With Medicare funding the patient or client was given sixty days treatment per year. Alcoholics and addicts would simply take a break and get cleaned up. Actual mental health patients would seek help generally because they quit taking their Rx meds and started experiencing symptoms again. Once the Medicare treatment ended around 1990, the poor were left with Medicaid. That system is based solely on numbers. That is, what is best for the average number of patients seen and what is the cheapest answer to the symptomatic problem. Both the civilian and the VA systems rely on psychotropic and mood altering medications. The side effects of these drugs are unpleasant and are frequently discontinued. I don't believe Americans are prone to seek volunteer admission to mental health counseling, even it is free. We have a very strong American spirit and pride. I hope I addressed your question. I began writing before church and now expecting company. Let me know if I can do better. Yes, you can do better. The question was: "The question I posed was regarding the UK where they have a national health care system. If a health care professional notices a troubled kid and suggests an appointment with a counselor, and there is no cost to a poor parent, are they likely to take the appointment?" Not adults, not ego's, not a comparison to some flakey, half assed US based system like SSD which is to a for realsie national health care system as a fart is to a turd. I'm limiting it to rifleman's outstanding question. Is there a relationship between national health care and social violence? The reason I am thinking that if money wasn't an issue for a parent, on advice, to seek mental health care for their kid is owing to a question my Dad asked me decades ago. "Boy", he asked. "You know what all old assholes have in common?" "Nope", say's I. Say's he: "They were all young assholes. Keep it in mind." I do not know about the UK. The only thing I believe is that when a child is forced to go to counseling they are more likely than not to be rebellious. Thus they need to be medicated and have their spirit broken. The root of their problem is in their home life. If that cannot be changed then medicate the kid so that he will cope. I worked with adults. Counseling in that area is more successful when the client has to pay for the time. In other words, if you don't invest something, you don't expect much in return. Regarding your asshole comment, that is a personality disorder, an Axis II diagnosis. As such they are not treatable. Individuals have to have a desire and motivation to change their own character flaws. That is where the battle with the ego lies. The old adage, how many counselors does it take to change a light bulb? Only one, but the light bulb has to want to change. Again,: "If a health care professional notices a troubled kid and suggests an appointment with a counselor, and there is no cost to a poor parent, are they likely to take the appointment?" And: "I'm limiting it to rifleman's outstanding question. Is there a relationship between national health care and social violence?" Whatever your belief system requires you to believe there are other factors besides poor parenting that create troubled children. -DNA -Drugs, chemicals prescribed and non-prescribed during pregnancy including alcohol, smoking - Nutrition and environment -social, cultural environment -birth weight

I was thinking of the UK. They've had national health care for long enough that maybe parents are less afraid of asking for help or taking advice from a health professional. "14.7% (over 6.3 million) of adults with a mental illness remain uninsured. Missouri (7.7%), South Carolina (2.7%), and Kansas (2.4%) had the largest increase in Adults with AMI who are Uninsured –three states that have not adopted Medicaid expansion. With a national focus on health care access, the uninsured rate is improving (3% reduction). Unfortunately, having insurance coverage does not mean access needed treatment. 56.5% of adults with mental illness received no past year treatment, and for those seeking treatment, 20.1% continue to report unmet treatment needs. The state prevalence of uninsured adults with mental illness ranges from 3.3% in Massachusetts to 23.8% in South Carolina." http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/issues/mental-health-america-access-care-data "The country is up in arms over how many people will lose healthcare under the Trump administration’s new healthcare plan. On Monday the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published a report estimating that the number of uninsured Americans would increase by an additional 24 million people to total 52 million by 2026. (“In 2026, an estimated 52 million people would be uninsured, compared with 28 million who would lack insurance that year under current law,” the authors of the report write.) By next year at this time they estimate that number to jump by 14 million. This would reverse the current trend in the United States of reducing its number of uninsured inhabitants to the lowest rates in over 50 years. Under the Affordable Care Act (aka the “ACA” or “Obamacare”) the rate of uninsured Americans plunged from 15.7% in 2010 to 8.6% in September of 2016." https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-truth-about-exercise-addiction/201703/how-would-trumpcare-affect-mental-health-care

I agree but for the NRA and the hard core of gun rights supporters. Every single concession will be a hard fought battle. As political battles are apt to be. trump is reported to have met with NRA leadership last night. So his position today will likely be to support gun rights today. Or at least until some other distraction is needed. You could likely have an intelligent conversation with the (R) Brian Mast. He supports a assault weapons ban. But two days ago Florida voted such a ban down. I'm not saying that a comprehensive solution needs a ban. Well thought out proposals need off camera, bi-partisan committee consideration and debate. Because radicals on both sides will stonewall. Both sides will pander.

The total theft of funds involved over $4 billion dollars. So a $75 million dollar fee for a RNC: "Broidy served as a Vice Chairman of the Trump Victory Committee a joint fundraising committee between the Donald Trump campaign and the RNC.[16] In addition, he served as a Vice Chairman of the Presidential Inaugural Committee. On April 3, 2017 Broidy was named a National Deputy Finance Chairmen of the Republican National Committee. “I am delighted to announce the addition of these longtime friends of the Party and supporters of this administration to our Finance leadership team,” said Chairwoman McDaniel".[17] Republican consultant Niger Innis commented on the move by noting that the "selection of Broidy shows that Trump is trying to unify the party by choosing an established Republican leader who is a fantastic fundraiser.”[18]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Broidy "According to a 2009 New York Times article, “Prosecutors said the state invested $250 million in Markstone after Mr. Broidy showered officials with gifts and favors, including trips, payouts to friends and relatives, and a secret investment in an obscure movie called ‘Chooch,’ produced by an official’s brother.” Broidy also paid $380,000 to a state official’s brother and another $90,000 to the girlfriend of another top official in the New York comptroller’s office. In return, Briody’s firm pocketed a cool $18 million in management fees, a sum the company was forced to forfeit after the scandal was exposed."... In 2009, Broidy pleaded guilty to committing a felony https://www.thewrap.com/meet-elliott-broidy-donald-trumps-new-shady-fundraiser/ So he is a convicted felon AND "National Deputy Finance Chairmen of the Republican National Committee."

1/2 true as of two years ago. http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2016/jan/13/dan-patrick/dan-patrick-says-two-mass-shootings-1950-occurred-/ What suggests a lack of caring for Chicago defined events? Why would Chicago specific discussions be more relevant to, or than other geographic areas? What addressing of real problems do you suggest. What part, or tool, of mass shootings and the deaths associated with them. Would replace firearms if they were absent from the equation?

Hope is gone, literally and figuratively Hope is gone because of "white lies". Imagine if it was HRC and she admitted to telling some black lies. Because as all RNC members know black lies matter.

That's essentially what I was wondering about. It's not like this is the first time this has happened and it's not like there isn't training for this situation. I know my impulse would be to rush in but that's also a good way to catch a bullet having done nothing. "Experts on police response to mass shootings say it may be too early to condemn Broward sheriff’s deputy Scot Peterson for failing to act during the Parkland school massacre. But — from the information available now — it doesn’t look good for him. “In training, we teach officers their first priority when they arrive is to stop the killing,” said J. Pete Blair, a professor of criminal justice and director of the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training [ALERRT] Center at Texas State University in San Marcos. “If there is an active shooter on scene, we train officers to ‘Isolate, distract, or neutralize’ the shooter as soon as possible,” Blair said. Neutralize, in this context, means shoot to kill. “Move to the sound of gunfire quickly and stop it,” is the default response that the training tries to instill in officers." http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-florida-school-shooting-experts-on-scot-peterson-20180223-story.html Everything changed after Columbine. Police tactics changed 180 degrees. If a shooter in a school is involved. Every officer is to go to the sound of gunfire without waiting for anyone including backup. "The Active Shooter/Killer Pledge I have personally decided that the threats faced by my generation of police officers require that I always be armed and personally committed to furiously train to protect those who can’t protect themselves in their moment of desperate need. If I am ever faced with an in-progress active shooter/killer and I can make a difference, I will use my superior attitude, superior training, superior tactics and superior weapon (superior because it is in my trained hands) to become an army of one! Out of my love for humanity I will enter that environment like a hate-seeking missile and use the chaos created by the killer(s) as a distractive device. I will move unheard and unseen by the killer(s) to a position of advantage. Once there – if left with no other options and presented with the opportunity to stop the killing – I will take the shot and make the shot. I am the protector of the flock; the honorable sheepdog. https://www.policeone.com/active-shooter-response/articles/471116006-Will-you-take-the-active-shooter-pledge/

For some reason my browser wouldn't accept your link. But I assume it directs to: In Donald Trump, Evangelicals Have Found Their President I agree that this editorial helps define Ron's view on domestic cultural enemies and his acceptance of trump. In the context of things certainly Jimmy Carter vr Donald trump certainly puts the shift of values for the US Christian right. Into clear focus and that focus is politics over values. Furthermore its a take no prisoners, war, against whats undefined as the left. Mr. Brody is in hostile territory by writing for the NY Times. He uses the subtle examples of how a donation to flood victims. How a statement of love and commonality, combined with a tight hug. Was perceived as a bond of Christian brotherhood by trump and the Christian evangelical leadership. For trump this was an opportunist base of support, base of cheerleaders. In business trump has burnt all of his bridges with other large developers. Other US banks and mainstream lenders. All because his bankruptcies and shady deals left other partners carrying the bag into bankruptcy. While trump wandered off with all of his infamous "management fees" into the sunset. Over the last 20-30 years evangelical Christians and a core of isolationist Judaeo-Christian Americans. Have defined a new cultural war. A war against everything that would place any regulatory burden. Or most important, threaten the concept that Jesus Christ and white Christians. Should always control the US government, control US policy. George Soros, the UN, liberals and "democracy". Is nothing less than an attack on this hierarchy on White Christian supremacy and control of the US state. Thats why they must be first demonized, then attacked and destroyed. trump has bought into his position of leader of the cultural war whole-heartily. How Trump’s Policies Are Fueling the Culture Wars http://time.com/4893080/donald-trump-diversity-culture-wars/ Always the opportunist, trump has recognized this base of support, of votes. He will ride it until its bled white, pardon the pun. Then move on to another ideology of convenience. Because he certainly has no central core of beliefs himself. The recent CPAC is a perfect illustration on how trump, evangelical Christians and the radical right has seized the RNC. The White-Hot Rage at This Year’s CPAC Anger, paranoia, and gun worship dominated the gathering of conservatives near DC. https://www.thenation.com/article/the-white-hot-rage-at-this-years-cpac/

I beg to differ. Perhaps you misspoke. I don't know about the Australian restrictions. But the ones in Canada are far less onerous than the ones listed here in the UK. The UK ones are pretty draconian compared to ours. Any government that tried to impose them here would lose a lot of votes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Canada Quite right. In Canada there are references required for acquisition, safety training required. No inspections of personal storage, AR-15's more or less, permitted. The requirement of medical professionals to be informed and to inform the state. Of possible conditions related to firearm ownership is a BIG one. It would be a very difficult sell in the US. With all sorts of constitutional issues.