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Completely agree. Trump's unpredictability may be the answer needed for Un's unpredictability. China's national airline, Air China, has canceled some flights to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, due to poor demand but it has not suspended all flights there, it said on Friday, denying a report by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. CCTV had reported that all flights run by the airline between the two cities were to be suspended indefinitely. "Air China did not stop operation of the Beijing to Pyongyang route, but temporarily canceled some flights based on the situation of ticket sales," said a person in Air China's communications team. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-china-airline-idUSKBN17G11O?il=0

Because they didn't want to blow $7m on a publicity stunt? Apparently 36 IS fighters were killed. Not sure this was a good return on investment. On previous day it seems we killed 18 friendlies in an air attack on Tabqah I read elsewhere that there were about 800 IS fighters in the area. 36 Ain't bad and certainly those buried below ground can't be counted. I'm surprised by the publicity this has generated. The biggest conventional bomb ever deployed by the US was 43,000 lbs from a B-36. In WW-2 Britain used 12,000 lb bombs regularly to attack German battleships and sub pens. In Vietnam tear-gas powder was used for denying the enemy the use of tunnels. Once spread into the tunnel any movement by a person would stir it up. Plus regular CS tear gas which was pumped into tunnels. I'll give President Trump credit for giving the military the freedom of action vr. micromanagement from the Pentagon, Washington, etc. by politician lawyers. Each MOAB costs around $16 million, according to military information website Deagel. With 20 made so far, the site says the U.S. military has spent some $314 million on the production of the explosive. http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/13/what-we-know-about-the-mother-all-bombs-that-was-dropped-on-afghanistan.html

If children need protection from sexual exploitation and mistreatment. Catholic priests should be examined first. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sex_abuse_cases_by_country#United_States Archdiocese of Anchorage See also: Sexual abuse scandal in the Society of Jesus In 2007, the Society of Jesus made a $50 million payout to over 100 Inuit who alleged that they had been sexually abused. The settlement did not require them to admit molesting Inuit children, but accusations involved 13 or 14 priests who allegedly molested these children for 30 years.[73] In 2008, the Diocese of Fairbanks, a co-defendant in the case, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, claiming inability to pay the 140 plaintiffs filing claims against the diocese for alleged sexual abuse by priests or church workers during this period.[74][75][76] Archdiocese of Boston Main article: Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Boston Allegations of sexual misconduct by priests of the Archdiocese of Boston, and following revelations of a cover-up by the Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, became known in 2004, causing Roman Catholics in other dioceses of the United States to investigate similar situations. Cardinal Law's actions prompted public scrutiny of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the steps taken in response to past and current allegations of sexual misconduct by priests. The events in the Archdiocese of Boston became a national scandal. Archdiocese of Chicago Main article: Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Chicago Daniel McCormack, a self-confessed sexually abusive priest was sentenced to five years in prison for abusing five boys (8–12 years) in 2001.[77] Diocese of Crookston Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul was charged with molesting two teenage girls at a Catholic church in Greenbush, Minnesota, a small rural town near the Canada–United States border. The abuse occurred in 2004, and charges were filed in 2006 and amended in 2007.[78] Without facing legal punishment, Jevapaul returned to his home diocese in Ootacamund, India, where today he works in the church’s diocesan office. A Roseau County, Minnesota attorney is seeking to extradite the priest from India in a criminal case involving one of the girls.[79] The Archbishop of Madras, India (Madras is now called "Chennai") has asked Jeyapaul to return to the US to face the charges.[80] Jevapaul has said that he will not fight extradition if the US seeks it.[81] Diocese of Davenport Main article: Sexual abuse scandal in Davenport diocese On 10 October 2006, the Diocese of Davenport filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.[82] Archdiocese of Denver In July 2008 the Archdiocese of Denver paid a settlement of $5.5 million to 18 claims of alleged sexual abuse perpetrated by two clerics between the years of 1954 and 1981.[83] Archdiocese of Dubuque Main article: Sexual abuse scandal in Dubuque archdiocese In 2006 the Archdiocese settled a number of claims of sexual abuse, and the Archbishop offered a personal apology.[84] Diocese of Fall River Main article: Sexual abuse scandal in Fall River diocese Father James Porter was a Roman Catholic priest who was convicted of molesting 28 children;[85] He admitted sexually abusing at least 100 of both sexes over a period of 30 years, starting in the 1960s.[86] Bishop Sean O'Malley settled 101 abuse claims and initiated a zero-tolerance policy against sexual abuse. He also instituted one of the first comprehensive sexual abuse policies in the Roman Catholic Church.[87] Diocese of Honolulu Main article: Sexual abuse scandal in Honolulu diocese Reverend Joseph Bukoski, III, SS.CC., Honolulu, Hawaii, a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary was canonically removed in 2003 as the pastor of Maria Lanakila Catholic Church in Lahaina by Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo for allegations relating to sexual improprieties some 30 years earlier. Fr. Bukoski issued a written public apology to his victim on 12 November 2005. Reverend Mr. James "Ron" Gonsalves, Wailuku, Hawaii, Gonsalves the administrator of Saint Ann Roman Catholic Church in Waihee, Maui, pleaded guilty on 17 May 2006 to several counts of sexual assault on a 12-year-old male. Bishop Clarence Richard Silva has permanently withdrawn his faculties and has initiated laicization proceedings against Deacon Gonsalves with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Archdiocese of Los Angeles Main article: Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles The Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to pay out 60 million dollars to settle 45 lawsuits it still faces over 450 other pending cases. According to the Associated Press, 22 priests were involved in the settlement with cases going back as far as the 1930s.[88] 20 million dollars of this was paid by the insurers of the archdiocese. The main administrative office of the archdiocese is due to be sold to cover the cost of these and future lawsuits. The archdiocese will settle about 500 cases for about $600 million.[89] Diocese of Memphis The Diocese of Memphis reached a $2 million settlement with a man who was abused as a boy by Father Juan Carlos Duran, a priest with a history of sexual misconduct with juveniles in St. Louis, Panama, and Bolivia.[90] Archdiocese of Miami Main article: Sexual abuse scandal in Miami archdiocese Since 1966, the Archdiocese of Miami Insurance Programs have paid $26.1 million in settlement, legal, and counseling costs associated with sexual misconduct allegations made by minors involving priests, laity and religious brothers and sisters.[91] Eddie Lee Long (May 12, 1953 – January 15, 2017) was an American pastor who served as the senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a megachurch in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, from 1987 until his death in 2017. When Long started as pastor for New Birth Church, there were 300 church members, which grew to 25,000.[3] During this time, Long was a subject of a Senate investigation, concerning whether he personally profited from his church's tax-exempt status, which eventually ended without a finding of wrongdoing. Also, civil lawsuits were filed against him alleging sexual abuse of multiple underage male members of his parish. Long denied wrongdoing through his attorneys and privately settled the lawsuits out of court for undisclosed amounts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Long Eddie Long's jet of choice for child molestation? The Gulfstream II About 1/2. Odd how the Alt-right, trump and the Christian fundamentalists seem to have missed this.

What do you call a person who does all of those things? The Atlantic wrote a story just for you! Trump’s Disillusioned Supporters The president’s military action in Syria is a bitter disappointment for some of his biggest fans. At the end of the story trump's biggest fan is asked for comment Asked for comment for this piece, Coulter declined in an email. “I’m too depressed,” she said. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/04/trumps-disillusioned-supporters/522336/ Ahhhh! the pretty racist little bigot is depressed. I almost feel bad for taking pleasure in her plight.. But NOT

After Campaign Exit, Manafort Borrowed From Businesses With Trump Ties By MIKE McINTIREAPRIL 12, 2017 NY Times Aug. 19 was an eventful day for Paul Manafort. That morning, he stepped down from guiding Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign, after a brief tenure during which Mr. Trump won the Republican nomination, Democrats’ emails were hacked and the campaign’s contacts with Russia came under scrutiny. Dogged by revelations about past financial dealings in Ukraine, Mr. Manafort retreated from public view. But behind the scenes, he was busy with other matters. Papers were recorded that same day creating a shell company controlled by Mr. Manafort that soon received $13 million in loans from two businesses with ties to Mr. Trump, including one that partners with a Ukrainian-born billionaire and another led by a Trump economic adviser. They were among $20 million in loans secured by properties belonging to Mr. Manafort and his wife. The purpose of the loans is unstated in public records, although at least some of them appear to be part of an effort by Mr. Manafort to stave off a personal financial crisis stemming from failed investments with his son-in-law. The transactions raise a number of questions, including whether Mr. Manafort’s decision to turn to Trump-connected lenders was related to his role in the campaign, where he had agreed to serve for free. They also shine a light on the rich real estate portfolio that Mr. Manafort acquired during and after the years he worked in Ukraine. Mr. Manafort, often using shell companies, invested millions of dollars in various properties, including apartments and condos in New York, homes in Florida and Virginia and luxury houses in Los Angeles. Mr. Manafort’s ties to Ukraine and Russia have come under scrutiny as federal officials investigate Russian meddling in the American presidential election. Investigators are known to have examined aspects of his finances, including bank accounts he had in the secretive tax haven of Cyprus; there is no indication his recent loans are part of the inquiry. The source of the money for the real estate purchases is not clear, and Mr. Manafort never filed lobbying registrations for his work in Ukraine that would have disclosed his compensation. Such registrations are necessary for activities that involve influencing policy and public opinion in the United States, and some of Mr. Manafort’s Ukraine work appeared to fall into that category. Anti-corruption officials in Ukraine say $12.7 million in “off the books” cash payments were earmarked for him in a handwritten ledger kept by the political party of the deposed strongman Viktor F. Yanukovych. Last month, a Ukrainian lawmaker released documents that appeared to corroborate one of the ledger entries, and on Wednesday The Associated Press reported confirmation of another payment. The two payments in 2007 and 2009, totaling $1.2 million, were routed through shell companies in Belize to a bank account in Virginia belonging to Mr. Manafort’s consulting firm. Mr. Manafort has previously claimed the ledger is a fake. On Wednesday, he issued a statement that did not dispute the ledger entries, but suggested that any payments he received were legal because they were not made in cash. “Mr. Manafort has always denied that he ever received any cash payments for his work and has consistently maintained that he received all of his payments, for services rendered, through wire transfers conducted through the international banking system,” the statement said. Separately on Wednesday, a spokesman for Mr. Manafort said he had “received formal guidance recently from the authorities” on the need to register, retroactively, for lobbying work in Ukraine, and was “taking appropriate steps in response.” Mr. Manafort was advised last week that he should file the belated registration within 30 days to come into compliance with the law, according to a person with direct knowledge of conversations between Mr. Manafort’s lawyers and the Justice Department. One of Mr. Manafort’s recent loans, previously unreported, was for $3.5 million in September from the private lending unit of Spruce Capital, a small New York investment firm that has a Ukrainian connection through the billionaire Alexander Rovt. An American citizen who made his fortune in the privatization of the fertilizer industry in post-Soviet Ukraine and has long done business in that part of the world, Mr. Rovt is a financial backer of Spruce, whose co-founder Joshua Crane has been a developer of Trump hotel projects. Mr. Crane did not respond to requests for comment. Mr. Rovt, who donated $10,000 to Mr. Trump’s campaign on Election Day — the campaign refunded most of it because it was over the legal maximum of $2,700 — said he had never met Mr. Manafort and was not involved in the loan to him. “I did not recommend him or put the parties together,” Mr. Rovt said in an email provided by his lawyer. Mr. Manafort declined to answer specific questions about any of his loans, other than to say that they “are personal and all reflect arm’s-length transactions at or above market rates.” He derided the interest that his finances had generated in the news media and among do-it-yourself researchers, some of whom have even set up a website that dissects his loans. “There is nothing out of the ordinary about them,” Mr. Manafort said, “and I am confident anyone who isn’t afflicted with scandal fever will come to the same conclusion.” A Trail of Scandal Scandal has trailed Mr. Manafort since his earliest work as an international lobbyist and consultant in the 1980s, when he testified before Congress about influence peddling to win federal housing contracts and was linked to $10 million in cash that a confidant of the Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos claimed was delivered to Mr. Manafort in a suitcase. In the 1990s, Mr. Manafort’s work for clients such as the Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was cited in a human rights watchdog report, “The Torturers’ Lobby,” which examined Washington consultants who catered to brutal regimes. Mr. Manafort went to work for Mr. Yanukovych and his Russian-backed Party of Regions in the mid-2000s, and during that time also entered into business deals with two oligarchs, Oleg Deripaska of Russia and Dmytro Firtash of Ukraine. Both deals, which were ultimately unsuccessful, involved the use of murky offshore companies and were tainted by allegations that cronies of Mr. Yanukovych’s schemed to funnel assets out of Ukraine. The transaction with Mr. Deripaska, a billionaire industrialist close to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, involved the attempted purchase of a Ukrainian cable telecommunications business using $18.9 million that Mr. Deripaska invested in a Cayman Islands partnership managed by Mr. Manafort. The cable business was controlled by offshore shell companies that Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators said were used by Mr. Yanukovych’s inner circle to loot public assets. And last summer, the Ukrainian investigators announced the discovery of the handwritten ledger, said to have been kept in the offices of Mr. Yanukovych’s political party before he was ousted in 2014, which showed the $12.7 million in payments designated for Mr. Manafort. The nature of Mr. Manafort’s work in Ukraine appeared to concern his family, according to text messages belonging to one of his adult daughters, Andrea, which were hacked last year and posted on a website used by Ukrainian hackers. The thousands of messages span from 2012 to 2016 and include references to millions of dollars Mr. Manafort apparently transferred to his two daughters. In one text written in 2015, Ms. Manafort, a lawyer, called her father’s activities in Ukraine “legally questionable,” and in a separate exchange with her sister, Jessica, she worried that cash he gave them was tainted by the violent response to the uprising that ultimately led to the downfall of Mr. Manafort’s client, Mr. Yanukovych. “Don’t fool yourself,” Ms. Manafort wrote. “That money we have is blood money.” In addition to the money he gave his daughters, Mr. Manafort also began acquiring a number of real estate assets during the years he worked in Ukraine, several of them costing millions of dollars and bought with cash. Among them is an apartment in Trump Tower in Manhattan, bought in 2006 for $3.7 million, and a Brooklyn brownstone bought in 2012 for $3 million. Being able to cite his Trump Tower address came in handy when he pitched his services to Mr. Trump’s campaign early in 2016. By then, Mr. Manafort had been out of American politics for many years, but he expressed a desire to get back in the game and offered to work free, suggesting that he did not need the money. Soon, however, he was embarking on a borrowing spree, using his many properties as collateral, including a summer home in the Hamptons valued at more than $11 million. The transactions began with the filing of papers that created the shell company, Summerbreeze L.L.C., on Aug. 19 as Mr. Manafort’s resignation as campaign chairman was being announced. Shortly thereafter, Summerbreeze obtained the $3.5 million loan from the Spruce Capital unit. In November, after Mr. Trump won the presidential election, Summerbreeze received a second loan, for $9.5 million, from Federal Savings Bank of Chicago, which focuses on affordable mortgages for military veterans and is headed by Stephen M. Calk, a senior economic adviser to Mr. Trump at the time. The collateral for the loan included Mr. Manafort’s Hamptons home and other assets. In addition to the loans taken out on the Hamptons house, Mr. Manafort has recently obtained mortgages on another property. Those loans, totaling $6.6 million, were obtained in January on a brownstone in Brooklyn and also came from Federal Savings Bank in Chicago. Soured Investments Mr. Manafort declined to explain the purpose of his loans. But a review of public records suggests at least some of them are connected to efforts to salvage investments he made with Jessica Manafort’s husband, Jeffrey Yohai, whose real estate business filed for bankruptcy in December. Mr. Yohai faces a lawsuit by another co-investor who claims he exploited his connections to Mr. Manafort “to meet numerous public figures and celebrities” and solicit investments from them; Mr. Yohai denies the accusations. In an affidavit filed in the bankruptcy case, Mr. Manafort said he had decided to “assist with additional funding to protect my existing investments,” totaling more than $4 million, in several luxury properties in California owned by limited liability companies controlled by Mr. Yohai. Why Mr. Manafort opted to go to Spruce Capital and the Chicago bank for the loans is unclear. For Federal Savings, Mr. Manafort’s loans amount to about 5.4 percent of the bank’s total assets. Mr. Calk did not respond to messages seeking comment, and a spokeswoman for Federal Savings said it would not discuss its customers’ business. At Spruce Capital, the loan secured by the Hamptons house appeared to be somewhat unusual. Of the 40 transactions listed under “recent activities” on the investment group’s lending unit website, it was the only one outside of New York City and the sole loan involving a single-family house. Mr. Crane, the co-founder of Spruce Capital, had previously been involved in two Trump projects, including a Trump International Hotel & Tower in Waikiki. Mr. Rovt, who has partnered with Mr. Crane’s firm on several major real estate investments in New York and is an investor in its lending business, is active in the Ukrainian-American community. Last year, he took part in a small panel discussion on Ukrainian relations at Manor College in Pennsylvania, where he shared the stage with Andrii V. Artemenko, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament. The New York Times reported in February that Mr. Artemenko worked behind the scenes with Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, and Felix H. Sater, a former business associate of Mr. Trump’s, to relay a proposed Ukrainian-Russian peace plan to the White House. Mr. Rovt, through his lawyer, said that he knew Mr. Artemenko, but that he was “not involved in any peace proposal.” As for his excessive last-minute donation to Mr. Trump in November, it stands out, given that Mr. Rovt had previously donated almost exclusively to Democrats during the election —– including $2,700 to Hillary Clinton in February 2016. Mr. Rovt said the reason was simple: Friends had been encouraging him to support the Trump campaign. “So,” he said, “I finally did.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/us/politics/paul-manafort-donald-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Correct, but we still have the account of the victim's parents and the prosecutor that actually saw the video. Not sure what you mean. "The prosecutor's office said the family of the victim and the victim's attorney approved the the following settlements reached in the three cases presided over by the Hon. Thomas H. Borresen:" from the last link. They all plead guilty so there was no trial per say.

Apparently the two never even met. Putin and Page likely never met either. Clearly that means that Page could never be an agent for Russia. He may or may not that goes the same from general Flynn. They are both out and have no demonstrable influence on policy. Why continue with your hair on fire. Three of his former staff have turned out to be Russian or Ukrainian foreign agents. Your reaction to this is: move along, nothing to see here. I have a hard time thinking this is all just coincidence. Specially since he didn't fire some of these guys until after it became public knowledge and not when he was told. I am beginning to think that all the sabre rattling over N. Korea. Is nothing but an attempt to change the subject from a trump point of view on all the investigations.

Here is a longer and more detailed account of the sexual assault. trump and Idaho. “If You Want to Live Here, You Need to Live by the Rules Here” Last month, rumors began to ricochet around the city of Twin Falls, Idaho, that three Syrian refugees had raped a 5-year-old girl. Some in town said that the attackers, all juveniles themselves, held the girl at knifepoint. It was said that they urinated on her naked body and that one of the boys’ fathers high-fived his son when he learned what he had done.... Soon the story of the alleged rape spread beyond Twin Falls. One resident provided an anonymous report to a right-wing website called BehindMyBack.org. The anti-Muslim blog Creeping Sharia picked up the report, and by June 20, it had migrated to Infowars.com, a conspiracy site favored by Donald Trump. The Drudge Report trumpeted the Infowars story with the headline “Syrian Refugees Rape Little Girl at Knifepoint in Idaho.” The story circulating online was wrong in all its particulars. On June 20, Twin Falls county prosecutor Grant Loebs told the local newspaper, “There were no Syrians involved, there was no knife involved, there was no gang rape.” He blamed anti-refugee groups for circulating misinformation. “There is a small group of people in Twin Falls County whose life goal is to eliminate refugees, and thus far they have not been constrained by the truth,” Loebs said. Yet as wild as the rumors were, they’d grown from a kernel of truth. There had been an incident involving three boys, ages 7, 10, and 14, and a mentally disabled 5-year-old girl; Loebs described it to me as a “very serious felony.” On June 2, an 89-year-old neighbor discovered the children in the laundry room at the Fawnbrook Apartments, a low-income housing complex. The youngest boy is from Iraq while the older ones, brothers, are from an Eritrean family that passed through Sudanese refugee camps. (Most news reports have identified the older boys as Sudanese.) Only the youngest boy, Loebs said, is alleged to have touched the girl, though investigators suspect the 10-year-old might have as well; the elder boys reportedly made a video. Because everyone involved in the case is a minor, the records were sealed. Nevertheless, on the evening of June 20, Twin Falls Police Chief Craig Kingsbury appeared at the weekly City Council meeting to update the anxious public as best he could. He announced that police had arrested the two older boys the previous Friday and that they were being held in juvenile detention. (Loebs later told me that the 7-year-old was also charged with a felony but wasn’t taken into custody because of his age.) Kingsbury laid out how the investigation had been conducted, elaborating the police department’s procedures for questioning children in sexual abuse cases and explaining why it took weeks to charge the boys.... Julie Ruf, head of the local chapter of ACT for America—the country’s largest grassroots anti-Muslim organization—took the microphone during the part of the City Council meeting set aside for public comment. “... speaker after speaker stood up to denounce Islam and warn that terror had come to Twin Falls. A white-haired woman named Vicky Davis said, “The nation of Islam has declared global jihad on us. And Obama, this administration, is bringing them in as fast as he possibly can. And why do you think he’s doing that? Do you think it’s out of the goodness of his heart? It isn’t! There is a war on the American people! And you people are allowing the importation of these people, these people who have declared war on us.” http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/07/sexual_assault_case_involving_refugees_in_idaho_in_the_age_of_donald_trump.html Twin Falls Police Chief Craig Kingsbury has said that all three boys had been in the United States for less than two years at the time of the assault, but he wasn't certain of their refugee status. The prosecutor's office said the family of the victim and the victim's attorney approved the the following settlements reached in the three cases presided over by the Hon. Thomas H. Borresen: - One defendant pleaded guilty to felony sexual exploitation of a child and misdemeanor battery. - The second defendant pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting felony lewd conduct and aiding and abetting misdemeanor battery. - The third boy pleaded guilty to accessory to the commission of a felony. Twin Falls authorities last summer said other misinformation that circulated on social media and online included that the boys gang-raped the girl, that they were armed with a knife, or that a parent of one of the children "high-fived" or congratulated them on the sexual assault. Because the boys are juveniles, specific details about the case are sealed. Sentencing dispositions will be held later, the prosecutor's office said. http://www.ktvb.com/news/crime/boys-plead-guilty-in-assault-of-girl-at-twin-falls-apartments/428601503

18 days to go to 100. You should change the title to read how many broken promises. 1. Lock her up. 2. NATO obsolete a. Must pay up 2% arrears 3. Build wall, Mexico pay for it. 4. Ban Muslims 5. No foreign interventions. Now Syria regime change 6. Drain swamp, now filling a bigger swamp 7. Repeal & replace Obama care 8. Said White House would be an efficient business machine. Didn't say efficient for the trump family. 9. Said he'd release tax returns, nope 10. He said he’d divest himself from his financial empire, to avoid any conflicts of interest. 11. Said he would surround himself with the smartest and brightest Russian minds. Some had to quit when they failed to register as foreign agents. 12. He said he’d faithfully execute the law. The EO law 13 Called Obama “the vacationer-in-chief” Didn't say he wanted to replace Tiger Woods on the circuit. 14. He called CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times “fake news” Then used his own news sources to falsely accuse Obama and Rice of crimes that his own party determined to be lies. We should be able to come up with one a day, need 67 more.

You're clearly sitting in the wrong seat; Strap in with some kindred spirits: http://www.miamiflightcenter.com/0-1500-hours-airline-pilot-program-99000/

Turns out its quite likely none of this is true. But IT SHOULDN'T MATTER. EVEN IF united are in the right and the Dr is in the wrong - in what world is this the right way to go about getting him off the plane, especially in the world of cameraphones, youtube, and facebook live. Even if he is a convicted felon, his past has no relevance. Zero. The dr had boarded, was seated, had paid for his ticket, and broken no rules or laws. The plane was not actually overbooked - united fucked up with basic logistics. United had not used all the options available to them to find willing volunteers. The "cop" has been suspended because he did not operate appropriately. United have already lost a LOT of money over this. They would have been far better off coughing up slightly more generous compensation. Would have been massively cheaper in the long run. You are flat out wrong here. Enjoy your police state. Here is what the drivers in the front office have to say about it. Knock yourself out. https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/major/101092-united-pax-forcibly-removed-flight.html I can't be bothered to look it up. But a couple years ago a passenger was fined $3,300 by the FAA for hitting on a female passenger. Nothing physical, he just wouldn't give up. He took the case to the court of appeal and was denied. The FA warned him to give up. Moved the female passenger but the passenger persisted. Disobeyed the FA orders to forget his amorous ideas.

OK, but I would give him the same credence as I would a Philip Morris flavor blending botanist. Who published a study that smoking doesn't cause cancer.

Yes that is very, very surprising. Seems as if trump wanted to deliberately stick it to Putin. The benefits, like that of the Baltic states. Flows solely to Montenegro. But it does provide that small country with protection from the sole aggressor state in the area, Russia. It weakens Russian political influence in their "near abroad" and brings Russia arch nemesis NATO closer to its borders. Hardly a Russian friendly move. Not only that but the timing is stupid. That is not how you deal with Putin if you are serious about Syria. Like trump could not wait a week. Russia is paranoid about NATO because Russia is really the founding adversary for the organization. Montenegro is a pipsqueak country but the treat that Russia perceives is the stationing of NATO troops in the border countries. Tillerson better put on the charm if he asks Russia for something.

I'll look at this one later but now your source is a West Virginia mining engineer from his 2006 website? Hmmmm...... "Monte Hieb is the author of several popular web pages skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming, serving as a evangelist for the viewpoint (he does not state his qualification in climatology or a related science). He is an employee at the West Virginia Office of Miner’s Health, Safety, and Training." West Virginia mining engineer he's a freaking coal miner!

AFAIK all the smaller airlines do that. Just as almost all airlines accommodate deadheading crew members from other companies. While taxiing out for takeoff, the Boeing 727 suddenly came to a stop. With the aircraft still on the taxiway, the flight attendant in the back began to lower the aft stairway. Behind the plane, a van with flashing lights came to a screeching halt and out jumped three deadheading pilots. They grabbed their bags and ran to the plane. As they ran up the stairs, the pilot in front continued running up the aisle shouting, “I can’t believe the stewardess got the plane this far. I didn’t know she even knew how to start the engines!” For a number of passengers it took quite some time before they realized they had been had by these jokers, you couldn’t believe the startled looks on their faces!

Yes that is very, very surprising. Seems as if trump wanted to deliberately stick it to Putin. The benefits, like that of the Baltic states. Flows solely to Montenegro. But it does provide that small country with protection from the sole aggressor state in the area, Russia.

Pfff, not like he said it during Passover or anything.... Wait.. I have to stand up for Sean. I've said it before. How in the hell do you go out every day to try to lie for trump. 60-70% of what trump says is a lie. Those journalists know their business. Assad does have concentration camps so to say. "Here’s how one former detainee described the terrifying beatings that those about to be hanged are made to endure: “We would hear a huge sound. From 10pm until 12, or from 11pm until 1am, we would hear screaming and yelling come from below us … This is a very important point. If you keep silent, you will get less beating at Saydnaya. But these people were screaming like they had lost their minds … It wasn’t a normal sound – it was not ordinary. It sounded like they were skinning them alive.” As for the hangings themselves, witnesses have described how they are carried out in the basement of a place called the White Building. After hours of beatings, groups of up to 50 blindfolded men at a time are taken to the execution site by white delivery trucks (called “meat fridges” by other prisoners) and made to stand on a metre-high platform. Here a noose is placed over their heads and they’re bundled to their deaths. Not all the hangings result in quick deaths. Some of the lighter men are still alive several minutes into the hangings, and two prison officials have the job of pulling on the bodies of those still alive to break their necks. One former detainee, Hamid (not his real name), told me how he could hear the sounds of the hangings as he and other prisoners slept on the floor of the rooms above: “There was a sound of something being pulled out – like a piece of wood, I’m not sure – and then you would hear the sound of them being strangled " https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/07/saydnaya-prison-assad-slaugterhouse-amnesty-report-torture-mass-hangings Assad, yeah he is the puppet leader of Putin's client state.

Why bother citing national bodies filled with scientists that review the studies of other scientists. Trying to pick holes in their methods,conclusions and data. Deniers have "whatsfakeit" to quote in reply.

Mr. Dao received repeated instructions to leave the aircraft from the flight crew. Which was not shown on any video. Then he refused instructions to leave from the airport "cops". Again he refused. Lying to a flight crew is different than refusing to obey a lawful trespass order from a flight crew. Multiple requests to leave and multiple orders to leave. Mr. Dao was a convicted drug dealer. With multiple felony convictions for drug dealing, he was charged with 90 counts. Mr. Dao never served a single day in prison. Do you think a black kid convicted of narcotics trafficking would never see a day in prison? What about the black kid selling a couple joints on the street corner? Its been stated again and again that Mr. Dao was "beaten up". NO he was forceably removed from his seat. He struck his mouth on a armrest. Then he was dragged down the isle while he faked unconsciousness. I'll point out that his glasses were still on his face. After he struck his mouth. In fact the temples of his eyeglasses were still on his ears. That defines precisely how hard his mouth hit the armrest. I have been asked to move seats on a couple flights by flight crews. The three other passengers on the flight which did leave the flight went on their way to later flights. Mr. Dao learned several years ago that the laws that apply to others don't apply to him. He has also been the subject of multiple Kentucky Medical Association investigations for misconduct.Seperate convictions from his drug charges. He was refused reinstatement by the Kentucky board on his first reapplication for reinstatement of privileges.They found that he had not rehabilitated himself. Now Mr. Dao in enjoying his opportunity to stick it to United. He released a statement from "hospital" where he stated that "everything " was injured. Really, that sounds like a medical diagnosis from a professional poker player that knows how to play his hand. Play his hand to the limit, because he sees United blink. I'll leave this to the pundits. Who have never arrived at a hotel to find that their confirmed room reservation rented to another party. Never seen a drunk ejected from a restaurant for disturbing every patron there. Hopefully the next B777 that you fly on has 390 Mr. Dao's who think that customer service means coffee before takeoff. Means that ME, I, and the flight ticket that was purchased. Is a prescription to do, say and act anyway I want. Because after all, I'm a valuable customer.

CNN Exclusive: Classified docs contradict Nunes surveillance claims, GOP and Dem sources say Washington (CNN)After a review of the same intelligence reports brought to light by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides have so far found no evidence that Obama administration officials did anything unusual or illegal, multiple sources in both parties tell CNN. Their private assessment contradicts President Donald Trump's allegations that former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice broke the law by requesting the "unmasking" of US individuals' identities. Trump had claimed the matter was a "massive story. http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/11/politics/intelligence-contradicts-nunes-unmasking-claims/ So trump Rice-unmasking accusation a lie. trump Obama-wiretap accusation a lie. trump 100% win, lies across the board. trump to Jared. War perhaps? Korea, Syria, Russia

Trump did drop a dime to Putin on the airstrikes. That must count for something.

I've had concussions before. I don't think that his sex, drug and subsequent conviction has a bearing. I don't think that the rent-a-cop v. real cops has a relevance. The entire affair reminds me of how road rage incidents come about. Two belligerent parties each unwilling to give an inch, Each prepared to escalate an obstinate attitude. Into confrontation. I've personally been at about 1/2 dozen auctions. All US domestic. All resolved for under $500. One where the gate attendant tried to bump me. I was headed for a scuba holiday and would have missed my departure if i was delayed. I gave the Delta employee a song and dance that it was a $20k a week charter with six crew, bla bla bla. and I was in the clear. All lies. Another case I was bumped. Got hotel, arrived about 9 hours later no big deal one way or another. I get it in bashing airlines. They destroyed a kiteboard on one trip, United. One time a bag got almost cut in half on some sort of conveyor belt ins some unknown airport. Never did get a cent over that one. Its traveling. I've also listened to the absolute BS from passengers at the gate. Yelling, screaming, threatening and cussing at the gate crew. No understanding of delays due to connecting flights, weather, or the mechanics of aircraft. Lots of defense of Mr Dao in that he bought a ticket. I've been involved in the purchase of a house where the proceeds of the sale was delayed week after week for six months. $400,000 worth of proceeds. Lots of defense of him for the massive beating that he endured. Sorry don't buy it. Certainly nothing wrong with his 69 year old lungs. With his inclination to take on three younger men in a physical confrontation. In the absence of Mr. Dao's conduct the AC would likely been off the ground in 1/2 hour vr. two hours. What about his inconvenience to the other passengers on that flight. Connecting flights, connecting passengers, etc. There has been several studies done on the social-psychological effects of average group rankings of compassion and outrage. In similar situations where equal and unequal parties conflict with each other. Then one gets injured. Instead of a average rank of cause, effect and injury. Individuals in groups tend to want to show "greater compassion" and "greater outrage". Than the next person. To show they are more compassionate and more outraged than the other person. IMO thats at work here. Mr. Dao was a little mentally unstable before this event. He should have left when trespassed by the flight crew. The pilots and good sense were absent from the United gate crew. Should have upped the money. The pilots should have made the decision as to what action to take when he refused to budge. I get a little more outraged when I hear or see video of a black kid getting roughed up by a cop. Just because he ran when he had a fattie in his pocket on his way to his girlfriends house. Mr. Dao's injuries, if any, certainly brought him together with a lawyer quick enough. Just imagine if airlines sued every passenger that caused flight disruptions. Heart attack diversion, well we need $80K from your insurer. What no insurer? Well that will be a second mortgage on your house. Thank you very much.

Evidently he was not injured enough such that he missed any opportunity to retain council. "Also Tuesday, attorneys for Dao issued a statement on behalf of the doctor and his family. "The family of Dr. Dao wants the world to know that they are very appreciative of the outpouring of prayers, concern and support they have received. Currently, they are focused only on Dr. Dao's medical care and treatment," said Chicago attorney Stephen Golan of Golan Christie Taglia, adding that Dao's family has asked for privacy. Dao, who is being treated for his injuries at a Chicago hospital, is also represented by Chicago aviation attorney Thomas Demetrio of Corboy & Demetrio. Videos of the incident went viral on social media and prompted Munoz to apologize for having to "re-accommodate" customers after a two-hour delay. The confrontation happened on a United Express flight operated by Republic Airways." http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/11/united-ceo-munoz-apologizes-in-response-to-dragged-passenger.html As to the matter of if Mr Dao was injured or not. He returned to the cabin again after he was dragged from the aircraft. At 1:29 he states twice "Have to go home". Then he was removed from the cabin a second time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEw-GjTriIo Mr. Dao went from yelling, screaming and physically fighting with the three rent-a-cops. To complete unconsciousness as he was dragged down the isle. To re-entering the cabin after he was ejected with the reborn desire to "go home". Perhaps Mr. Dao's council should view that little section before they file a action in the courts. Be it macadamia nuts, Mr. Dao, or any number of other similar situations. Self interest seems to be the driving force in society today. Its me, its now. Fu#k everyone else. 1200 people a day get bumped in the US. Then Mr. Dao. bought a ticket. Yeah, United and their gate agents have some explaining to do as well.

I expected Spicer to be gone 6 weeks ago. Maybe no one else will accept the job? There isn't enough money in the Trump Dynasty to do that job but I would guess Steven Miller, aka Goebells. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgypWo0DCps trump in his wisdom has already planned for Spicers replacement. Why do you think he amended his EO to allow another nation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfAeMtcURg0

The United Airlines passenger who was hauled off an overbooked plane is a poker-playing doctor from Kentucky with a sordid past. Dr. David Dao, 69, who was captured in a now-viral video being forcibly dragged off the Louisville-bound flight at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on Sunday, was working as a doctor specializing in pulmonary disease in Elizabethtown when he was convicted of trading prescription drugs for sexual favors. According to documents filed with the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, Dao was arrested in 2003 on the drug-related offenses following an undercover investigation. The board’s probe into the criminal charges found that Dao became sexually interested in a male patient, Brian Case, whom he gave a physical examination to, including a genital examination, and whom he eventually made his office manager. Case quit that job due to “inappropriate” remarks made by Dao, who then pursued him and arranged to give him prescription drugs in exchange for sexual acts, according to the documents, filed last year. In 2004, Dao was convicted on a slew of felony counts of obtaining drugs by fraud or deceit and was later placed on five years of supervised probation, the newspaper reported.... Dao went to medical school in Vietnam in the 1970s before moving to the US, according to the Courier-Journal. Dao, who previously worked at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown and once owned a medical practice, is a grandfather and father of five, the Daily Mail reported. His wife, Teresa, who trained at Ho Chi Minh University in Saigon, is a pediatrician in Elizabethtown, according to the Daily Mail. Four of their five children are doctors. Dao’s player profile on the World Series of Poker website lists his total earnings as $234,664 since he joined the poker circuit in 2006. http://nypost.com/2017/04/11/doctor-dragged-off-flight-convicted-of-trading-drugs-for-sex/