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The FSB will monitor the situation with beatings, tear gas, false charges of corruption, etc. If any candidate looks to be a challenger in any real sense. i.e. if they expose Putin's corruption in a factual way. Or if they expose any of his inner circle for corruption. They will be eliminated. Thats why trump admires President Putin so much. Putin is a GREAT campaign organizer.President Putin also knows how to handle journalists that criticize him. trump and FOX News, think about it. ‘Nobody defends us’: Russian journalists respond to knife attack "Russian journalists have said an increasingly polarised and violent political climate in the country may have encouraged a knife attack in which a well-known radio host was stabbed in the neck. Tatyana Felgenhauer, deputy editor of the Ekho Moskvy radio station, was attacked on Monday lunchtime by a man who broke into the station’s studios in a central Moscow tower block. The intruder sprayed pepper in the face of a ground-floor security guard, before vaulting the barrier and taking the lift up to the Ekho Moskvy studio on the 14th floor. Alexei Venediktov, the station’s editor-in-chief, said in an interview on Monday evening that doctors had operated on Felgenhauer for more than an hour. She will be in an induced coma overnight, but doctors say there is no immediate threat to her life." A Russian journalists’ union was sharply critical of the television report. “We think that these programmes stoke hatred towards our colleagues and could have provoked an unstable person into attacking Tanya,” a statement from the Union of Journalists and Media Workers said. Yulia Latynina, a journalist who hosted a weekly show on Ekho Moskvy, fled Russia this year after an attempted arson attack on her car. Last year an assailant tipped a canister of faeces over her in central Moscow. Yevgenia Albats, a magazine editor who also has a long-running show on Ekho, said she was surprised there had not been similar attacks before. “The amount of aggression directed towards liberal journalists in this country from state media and elsewhere is overwhelming and non-stop,” she said. “Nobody is going to defend us; we’re the enemies of everyone.” https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/oct/23/russian-radio-journalist-tatyana-felgenhauer-stabbed-in-neck-at-her-moscow-office

The Biggest Loser in the Alabama Election No matter the outcome of today’s special election in Alabama for a coveted US Senate seat, there is already one loser: Christian faith. When it comes to either matters of life and death or personal commitments of the human heart, no one will believe a word we say, perhaps for a generation. Christianity’s integrity is severely tarnished. The race between Republican candidate Roy Moore and Democratic candidate Doug Jones has only put an exclamation point on a problem that has been festering for a year and a half—ever since a core of strident conservative Christians began to cheer for Donald Trump without qualification and a chorus of other believers decried that support as immoral. The Christian leaders who have excused, ignored, or justified his unscrupulous behavior and his indecent rhetoric have only given credence to their critics who accuse them of hypocrisy. Meanwhile the easy willingness of moderate and progressive Christians to cast aspersions on their conservative brothers and sisters has made many wonder about our claim that Jesus Christ can bring diverse people together as no other can... Resisting the Temptations of Political Life What events of the last year and a half have shown once again is that when Christians immerse themselves in politics as Christians, for what they determine are Christian causes, touting their version of biblical morality in the public square—they will sooner or later (and often sooner) begin to compromise the very principles they champion and do so to such a degree that it blemishes the very faith they are most anxious to promote. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2017/december-web-only/roy-moore-doug-jones-alabama-editorial.html Has Support for Moore Stained Evangelicals? Some Are Worried The bloc that has marched under the banner of the “Moral Majority” and “values voters” has now been tagged as the most reliable base of support for both Mr. Moore and President Trump, two politicians who are known for fanning racial and religious prejudices and who stand accused of sexual harassment by numerous women — accusations that each man denies. White evangelicals across the country delivered 81 percent of their votes to Mr. Trump last year, according to exit poll data, and backed Mr. Moore in Alabama by the same proportion on Tuesday... That notion is bewildering to evangelical leaders who see Mr. Trump as their champion. They say that Mr. Trump has given them more access than any president in recent memory, and has done more to advance their agenda, by appointing judges who are likely to rule against abortion and gay rights; by channeling government funds to private religious schools; by recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and by calling for the elimination of the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits churches and charitable groups from endorsing political candidates. “I believe that God answered our prayers in a way we didn’t expect, for a person we didn’t even necessarily like,” said Stephen E. Strang, author of “God and Donald Trump” and founder of Charisma Media, a Christian publishing house... “It’s counterproductive to identify as evangelical,” he said. “What’s happened with evangelicalism is, it has become so conflated with Republican politics, that you can’t tell where Christianity ends and partisanship begins.”.. “We’ve let evil overtake the entire reputation of Evangelicalism,” one prominent evangelical author, Beth Moore, wrote on Twitter the day before the election. “The lust for power is nauseating. Racism, appalling. The arrogance, terrifying. The misogyny so far from Christlikeness, it can’t be Christianity.”... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/us/alabama-evangelical-christians-moore.html?hpw&rref=us&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

You check to make sure that the checks from the lobbyists have cleared your accounts. You double check to make sure office staff has the talking points straight to lie about the facts. Beyond that, the approval ratings don't take into account the majority of people, That haven't fully considered the personal implications of whats to come.

Most people won't be bothered to read that story. But it accurately represents the issues that agriculture faces when abuse takes place arising from consolidation. In addition it provides a good example as to why regulations came into existence in the first place. Typically they are designed to protect something. More actions in the courts are likely as "deregulation" moves forward. Its amusing to hear the ignorant wail and moan about the burden of US regulations. They need to see whats involved in doing business in the EU. They would find out what regulation and rules are all about.

Kentucky lawmaker found dead after sexual assault allegations http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/us/kentucky-state-lawmaker-death/index.html

I'm a little confused by the question but Al Jazeera does offer an opinion from the area. IMO they don't represent a Muslim view as much as a Arab view from a anti Saudi, US and Israeli view. For which the Saudi's are trying to muscle them into silence. They have never tackled the hypocrisy of Islamic silence of the Rohingya Muslims persecution. Abuses by other Islamic leaders. They almost never comment on Pakistani politics. Its as if they recognize their target market is anti-US and anti Israel viewers.

'Bannon reloads for war on McConnell' https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/under-fire-after-moore-loss-bannon-reloads-war-mcconnell-n829341 Gonna take a lot of popcorn. Jerry Baumchen Bannon versus McConnell; Which side do I cheer for? They are both crafty, smart and backed by armies of supporters. McConnell however has the backing of the party which Bannon will never crack. Never. Don't forget it was Mcconnell that led the republican opposition and frustration on the Obama agenda. That he directed the opposition like a conductor in a orchestra. Thats not to say that this current tax bill should and will not cost him and the republicans. There is a fifth column that currently supports trump and his agenda. Americans who have stock, 401K portfolios and who view the current euphoria in the equity markets. As a signal of trump's leadership. A signal from God? trump and his gang of misfits, crooks and enablers Have taken over the party. But when the markets go south the fifth column will rise. Then strike his gang like the Romans at Masada. As a warning against extremism and the refusal to compromise. The loss in Alabama has been heard by Republican Rep. Pete King. Who has unleashed a personal attack on the previously untouchable Bannon. Although he dresses like a drunken bum off the streets. His ideas are not American. King's attack shows the underlying license to republicans. With the Alabama loss. Take back the party. Take back the agenda. Before its too late.

I for one believe that Ron contributes to the dialog here. While trump still maintains 38%,..er..36%,..um well, 32% support. Ron is the only consistent supporter willing to voice dissent with the majority of posters here. With all except one! brenthutch used to post here but I think the relentless missteps and indefensible positions of trump. Caused him to give up in frustration. He still posts elsewhere but dosn't contribute here anymore. Ron makes the mistake of mixing religious views in his defense of trump. Which is completely legitimate of course. The GOP, trump and the religious right wrap themselves in the cloaks of Christ. All the while sustaining UN-Christian attributes. Certainly trump and the republicans do the right thing from time to time. I tried to get a thread going to such effect. trump's wins so to speak. But in the face of dialog where the republican base answers every question with either spin, obfuscation or outright lies. Its difficult to concede anything to the trump-satan-Putin equation. It would help if some republican supporters could argue the merit of trickle down tax stimulus, trump's fake success. Surely there are bystanders around here??? I know that compassionate conservatives are a substantial part of the republican vote. Yet here......silence.

It's a stretch to say that he implied sexual favors. This argument dilutes the real issues people have against him, it's unsubstantiated. Here's the tweet: "Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office “begging” for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them), is now in the ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED!" Just because it's Trump doesn't mean he means sex. That's just providing ammo for Trump supporters to say that everyone cries "wolf" in regards to Trump. I think you're wrong there. trump has a history of using innuendo in all sorts of settings going back 30 years. He is a master of it. Trump bashes Gillibrand using a favored weapon: Innuendo as insult Trump’s statement Tuesday — calling New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a “flunky” who “would do anything for” campaign contributions — fits a pattern. It is part of a long line of statements he’s made about women that seem to suggest something offensive, while leaving enough ambiguity for a defensive response. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, defended the president's comment on Tuesday, saying “only if your mind is in the gutter would you have read it that way.”... The president's use of innuendo as a weapon is not necessarily limited to women. A recent ceremony meant to honor Najavo codebreakers who served in World War II was situated in front of a portrait of President Andrew Jackson, famous for his harsh treatment of the country's Native Americans. Gyasi Ross, a Native American writer, told The Washington Post that Trump's background as a reality television showman had convinced him the slight was intentional. Of course, it was impossible to prove." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/12/12/trump-bashes-gillibrand-using-a-favored-weapon-innuendo-as-insult/?utm_term=.2848a99a868f Commentary: Trump, like McCarthy, is master of conspiracy and innuendo http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-mccarthy-grossman-20160621-story.html Which goes further into trumps messaging and thinking: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-success/201111/can-you-be-damned-strong-praise-understanding-innuendo How Donald Trump mastered the art of political innuendo and rumor-mongering Washington Post ^ | June 14, 2016 | Chris Cillizza Posted on 6/14/2016, 10:19:33 AM by RoosterRedux Jenna Johnson, who covers Donald Trump's presidential campaign for The Post, wrote a very important piece Monday that details how the presumptive Republican nominee moves rumor and innuendo into the public consciousness without ever having to directly answer for it. Trump's strategy comes down to three simple words: "People are saying." As in: "There are a lot of people that think maybe he doesn’t want to get it. A lot of people think maybe he doesn’t want to know about it. I happen to think that he just doesn’t know what he’s doing, but there are many people that think maybe he doesn’t want to get it." That was Trump on President Obama Monday, responding to the president's unwillingness to say that the United States is at war with radical Islam in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shootings. Trump isn't saying that Obama is purposely misunderstanding the threat posed by people like the shooter in Orlando over the weekend. He's saying that "people" are saying it. As Johnson notes: Trump frequently couches his most controversial comments this way, which allows him to share a controversial idea, piece of tabloid gossip or conspiracy theory without technically embracing it. If the comment turns out to be popular, Trump will often drop the distancing qualifier — “people think” or “some say.” If the opposite happens, Trump can claim that he never said the thing he is accused of saying, equating it to retweeting someone else’s thoughts on Twitter.

American Black voters have notoriously poor turnout rates. Charles Barkley got it right when he said that Blacks felt they were taken advantage of. They voted for Obama but got nothing out of it. I'm not saying that I agree with that. Its a whole other discussion. White evangelical Christians hold substantial power in US politics because they VOTE, they are very, very active in primaries. Like the NRA they know how to work the system. Blacks don't. So democrats need to appeal to disenfranchised white swing voters. Those who voted for trump. It can't be forgotten that the presidency is only 1/3 of the equation. Democrats don't control any branch for several reasons. Thats also not to say that there are not Individual Blacks that don't work the system. I mean the political system to control political nominees and parties.

Satan and Soros conspiring against God, White Christians and the USA! Soon to be talking points alongside "The Fix is in with the FBI and Mueller against Trump, freedom and GOD!" on the desks at FOX news.

My comment was mostly directed at the video and especially Moore's campaign manager. Who believed a oath of office could only be sworn on the bible. Compromise is the key in the equation. In addition, I have always believed that term limits are important. Because any political party is corrupted by time in office.

Be it Moore or trump. Its still, after all this time, stunning, that they surround themselves with such stupid, bigoted people.

USA Today hits Trump for Gillibrand tweet: He has shown 'he is not fit for office' The USA Today editorial board slammed President Trump for his Tuesday tweet attacking Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), saying it shows Trump “is not fit for office.” “With his latest tweet, clearly implying that a United States senator would trade sexual favors for campaign cash, President Trump has shown he is not fit for office,” the editorial board wrote. “Rock bottom is no impediment for a president who can always find room for a new low.”... The USA Today editorial board blasted Trump for the tweet, saying he “pours the gasoline of sexist language and lights the match gleefully know how it will burst into flame in a country reeling from the #MeToo movement.” “A president who would all but call Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library or to shine the shoes of George W. Bush,” the editorial board wrote. The USA Today editorial also labeled Trump as “uniquely awful.” “His sickening behavior is corrosive to the enterprise of a shared governance based on common values and the consent of the governed,” the editorial board said. http://thehill.com/homenews/media/364596-usa-today-hits-trump-for-gillibrand-tweet-he-has-shown-he-is-not-fit-for

Although I read the main headlines of Al Jazeera once a week. Just to get a feel for the "Arab Street" so to speak. Its notoriously anti Israel, anti US and anti west. The reporters tend to take small stories and S t r e t c h the facts. "But China itself is under threat. The US "pivot to Asia", announced under former US President Barack Obama, encompasses the biggest military buildup since the Second World War. "American bases form a giant noose encircling China with missiles, bombers, warships - all the way from Australia through the Pacific to Asia and beyond," Pilger says. " Is nothing but BS. More apt on this topic is: China today unveiled a powerful island-building machine to help reclaim more land in the disputed South China Sea. The enormous ship, called Tiankun, can dredge 6,000 cubic meters (211,000 cubic feet) of mud every hour - roughly the size of 2.5 Olympic Swimming Pools. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5047041/Beijing-s-giant-island-building-machine-South-China-Sea.html#ixzz5136qhopG The Spratly Islands are around 500 miles from the coast of China, and Fiery Cross Reef about 740 miles from mainland China. It is approximately 170 miles off the coast of Vietnam. Why did China build these islands and how did they manage to make land out of sea? The environmental impact of dredging activity is huge—a tribunal at the Hague, by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, slammed China in July 2016 for causing what it described as “ irreparable harm to the marine environment.” The tribunal also criticized China for destroying coral reefs, which it had a duty to protect—international law says that anyone building an island must undertake a thorough environmental assessment beforehand. The Hague also rejected China’s historic claims to the South China Sea, which Beijing had described as being part of “historic fishing territory.” The tribunal said that the Spratly Islands were not legally islands, but rather rocks, over which no country had jurisdiction. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5047041/Beijing-s-giant-island-building-machine-South-China-Sea.html#ixzz5136qhopG

The Foundation for Moral Law is a socially conservative, Christian right legal advocacy group[5][6] based in Montgomery, Alabama.[7] The Foundation was established in 2003[4] by Republican politician Roy Moore, ... in 2005, The Foundation accepted a $1,000 contribution from a neo-Nazi organization founded by Willis Carto, a prominent Holocaust denier. The donation attracted attention during Moore's 2017 campaign for a Senate seat.[12][13][14] Moore publicly said that he did not draw a "regular salary" from the organization. In October 2017, however, The Washington Post reported that Moore had arranged an annual salary of $180,000 for himself from the foundation.[15] From 2007 to 2012, he collected more than $1 million, a number that far surpasses what the nonprofit declared in its public tax filings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_for_Moral_Law From 2005 through 2013, the Moore family drew $1,030,875 from The Foundation for Moral Law. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/sep/05/senate-leadership-fund/did-roy-moore-take-1-million-charity-he-ran/

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/12/11/16737742/roy-moore-alabama-psychology-voters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_urvjCXg6c Or recruiting for Alabama GOP senator. https://www.usnews.com/opinion/news/cartoons/cartoons/2017-12-10/daily-cartoons?int=opinion-rec&slide=10

Well i was going to comment on the Obama corruption comment. But thought it would be best to start another thread. But since this has been so derailed already. What the hell. Obama corruption examples as "enemy of the state". Please elaborate. As others have suggested his administration was quite clean with regards to scandal. In addition you seem to suggest that " the Mystery of the Shemitah". Would lead to much worse and that trump's very foolish play to his US domestic base.Re the Jerusalem capital move. Would not have consequence. Please provide additional elaboration as to how his threats against Iran and the Shia. In addition to selling out the Palestinians in the Mideast peace process. Is a benefit to peace in the middle east, to Israel and to the US? Or is a war there the objective of US conservative "Christians"? https://www.usnews.com/opinion/news/cartoons/cartoons/2017-12-10/daily-cartoons?int=opinion-rec&slide=2 "Malaysia is ready to send troops to Jerusalem, the defense minister said, calling President Donald Trump's decision to recognize the city as Israel's capital "a slap in the face for the entire Muslim world." "We are ready for any orders from the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces ... should our services be needed," Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said in a speech on Saturday, according to The Malay Mail Online. Muslim-majority Malaysia has long supported Palestinian's quest for statehood." https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/10/trump-israel-capital-malaysian-military-ready-to-support-jerusalem-defense-minister-says.html

Heart-Wrenching Video Shows Starving Polar Bear on Iceless Land https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/12/polar-bear-starving-arctic-sea-ice-melt-climate-change-spd/

Correct. There is no such crime. Getting help from the Russians is also not a crime. Impeachment does not require a crime. Finally, somebody who almost gets it. Just to add on, there is no crime for collusion and no collusion with Trump will be found in my opinion. However, Mueller already knows this. He's not after him for collusion but rather anything he can find that the Dems can claim they need to impeach him for. In the end all they're trying to do is overturn the people's vote because they don't like it. There is a reason why trump changed his mind on Moore. Why he went out campaigning last night for Moore after he said he would not. trump changed his mind after the latest hamburger was served up by Mueller. trump needs every vote in the upcoming impeachment. trump is also trying to keep his kids out of the crowbar hotel.

What crime would that be? https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/reports/2017/12/07/443833/donald-trump-criminal-conspiracy-law/

^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS. I understand the point that jclalor is making. The problem is that in the context of US tribal, take no prisoner politics. Meaning and definition is out the door. Its like the Mueller investigation. Where Fox and friends is trying to discredit him now because the investigation is getting closer and closer to the president. The law frames the legal age of consent in Alabama at 16. Other states use 18 years. Typically courts use some leeway for consenting teenagers. Moore was 34 and a member of the bar. For the rest of my paragraph, argument and conclusion. I refer to the quote above. trump entered his Moore rally last night to the Greenwood tune singing "Proud to Be an American". Which for trump and Moore is as accurate an oxymoron. As defense of Moore's sexual propensities.

Leigh Corfman she met Moore in 1979 when she was just 14 years old. The then-district attorney offered to watch Corfman while her mother attended a custody hearing, she said, and he asked for her phone number when he was alone with her. Corfman said that days later, Moore drove her to his house and kissed her Wendy Miller...met Moore when she was 14 and working at Gadsden Mall Beverly Young Nelson...she had first met Moore at the restaurant she worked at when she was 15. She said he frequently complimented her appearance and signed her yearbook with the note: “To a sweeter, more beautiful girl I could not say Merry Christmas. Love Roy Moore, D.A.” http://time.com/5029172/roy-moore-accusers/ it would be correct to say that the purported 1979 incident involving Corfman is the only thing in the Post story that amounts to a crime—two crimes, in fact, both of which, thanks to Alabama's sex offender rules, would continue to haunt and handicap Moore nearly four decades later if he had been convicted of them. Corfman says Moore drove her to his home, where he took off his clothes except for his underwear, kissed her, removed her pants and shirt, touched her over her bra and panties, and started guiding her hand toward his crotch. She objected and asked him to take her home, which he did. In a written statement quoted by the Post, Moore said "these allegations are completely false." But if they are true, Zeigler says, it would simply mean that "he went a little too far and he stopped." That is not the view taken by Alabama law, which sets the age of consent at 16 and defines Moore's alleged touching of Corfman as sexual abuse in the second degree, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. Furthermore, it is a Class C felony, punishable by one to 10 years in prison, "for any person with lascivious intent to entice, allure, persuade, or invite...any child under 16 years of age to enter any vehicle, room, house, office, or other place for the purpose of proposing to such child the performance of an act of sexual intercourse or an act which constitutes the offense of sodomy or for the purpose of proposing the fondling or feeling of the sexual or genital parts of such child or the breast of such child...or for the purpose of proposing that such child fondle or feel the sexual or genital parts of such person." http://reason.com/blog/2017/11/10/how-going-a-little-too-far-with-a-girl-a

It dosn't, relax. Happy shooting.