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You have no idea what's going on. MANAFORT WAS REPRESENTING PRO RUSSIAN EFFORTS WITHIN UKRAINE. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/24/mueller-investigation-manafort-accused-of-secretly-funding-pro-russia-group The continuing investigation is whether or not these contacts and groups had continued as a coordinated effort on behalf of the Trump campaign and whether there was a known or unknown connection to the Russian government aka "collusion". This is literally what the collusion accusation is about. To lay it out again, Manafort has been found guilty of acting as a foreign agent on behalf of Russian interests in Ukraine and related financial wrongdoings. He is under further investigation for Russian collusion in the US election pending the results of Mueller's investigation.

Could you clarify the point you're trying to make?

Correct. I've made searches for very basic things that I used to find easily, namely a writeup about wind limits that I used to quote to people that I'm now unable to find.

While I don't agree with many aspects of the electoral college as far as numerical representation goes I also don't think it's in the interests of the nation to have our path dominated by the interests of the more highly populated coastal states.

Ah yes.

I'm of the opinion that taking a picture with someone doesn't signify knowledge of their illegal activities. That said, if Trump knew he could go get a rub and tug he probably went and got a rub and tug.

In lieu of a response from Billy Vance etc these killings are brought up purely as a counterpoint to the fact that the victims were Muslims in an episode of global far right extremism. Furthermore, back in May Trump had a press conference with the Nigerian President that only stood to flame misconceptions about the conflict being along religiously partisan lines. “We’ve had very serious problems with Christians who have been murdered, killed in Nigeria. We’re going to be working on that problem… because we can’t allow that to happen.” He then took no actual action in the case. So with that complete set of information, Billy Vance, who are you disappointed at for having done nothing in the effort to stop the slaughters across Africa?

This has become the "what-about" within the conservative news cycle concerning this attack. Billy, are you saying that no action should be taken in New Zealand either because the targets were Muslims or that there is terrorism elsewhere? Edit, if these victims were not important to you and Fox News before then why are they now?

We have the same mindset, think "Fortress Britannia" just before WWII as far as the "sun has never sets" concept. That fortress was every so slowly whittled away and WWI was a knife to the gut. What's going on right now with the "America First" drive is that we're walking away from UN and NATO allies and overall lessening our economic and military involvement in worldwide national interests. At the onset of WWII the US was a sleeping bear, as the Japanese put it but without strong economic and diplomatic relationships around the world we could very much lose our grip to the interests of China, Japan and their hegemony of developing trade partners.

Citizens United, it's as simple as that. The government must represent the long term interest of people first and corporations second. Disallowing corporations to be involved in campaign finance does not mean that their interests are not being met, they ARE because of the primary representation of citizens and the financial interests of those citizens. Right now legislators cannot afford to pay attention to anyone but high dollar donors because campaign finance dollars have gone through the roof. Take that money away and that special interest is diminished.

Don't lie, Billy's Sick and Twisted FB Edition got you booted.

As I understand it that witness tampering has to do with his personal finances and lobbying efforts for Russian interests in Ukraine but not for the Trump campaign. I'd like to say I could more surgically separate the ideas but understand there's the aspect that what's good for Trump is good for Russia and vice versa.

The US is resting on its laurels as a post WWII superpower under the presumption that we will always be technologically and economically superior and if we aren't then somehow we will win a war to regain that position even though we went into it both technologically and economically inferior.

That's still a half-yes. It wasn't a collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government which is the suspicion that launched the investigation. Either side of the argument could call that moving the goal posts. In my eye the most solid collusion was the Trump Tower Meeting, all parties went into that knowing (and have admitted) that it was for the purposes of getting dirt on Hillary and at the behest of the Russian government.

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You should at least look up the first person on the list if you're trying to present it as proof. JWB was a member of the "Know Nothing" party. Next, just a brief thought, if current Republicans are so anti-slavery and pro Union then why don't they start erecting statues for those who fought against slavery instead of commemorating those who attempted to uphold it? Continuing: Charles J. Guiteu was a supporter of the Republican Party John Hinckley Jr, no political records available James Hubert, no political records available Patrick Sherrill, no political records available James Pough, no political records available George Hennard, no political records available James Daniel Simpson (And all other Texas shootings), no political records available Larry Ashbrook, no political records available but he was affiliated with the KKK Robert Pickett, no political records available Douglas Williams, no political records available, he is reported to have said he is was going to "kill me a bunch of niggers" Hui Cho, was not a legal resident/citizen of the US and his rants were about rich brats and random garbage Jared Lee Loughner, registered as an Independent James Holmes, no political records available Andrew Engeldinger, no political records available Adam Lanza, no political records available, family described him as politically conservative Aaron Alexis, Navy shipyard, no political records available but he was described to be more liberal before low frequency radio waves told him to go on a mass shooting

I think this point right here sums up accurately the ridiculousness leading up to the news making moments of this interation:

I wouldn't be surprised if we see a full redistribution of plant life around the world. The Appalachian Mountains used to harbor foliage that was more like those seen in tropical area so that may return. One aspect is that we'll end up with plantlife and insect life that has developed over millions of years and will be at odds with each other. The result will definitely be die-offs and mono-culture as various regions collapse and redevelop.

There are better examples on your behalf, like the kids at the Lincoln Memorial when everyone lost their shit. That particular claim is being used as the reasoning for building the border wall when we know very well that there's only a small fraction happening at the non-wall locations. It's a valid statement that "the left" uses these incidents to exemplify the current trend back towards institutional racism and blames Trump for them. It doesn't help the conversation to make everything about "because Trump".

Makes you wonder how ass-raped Trump would have been had he actually attempted to make money from a hotel in Russia using Russian labor, Russian materials and with Russian oversight. The Presidency saved his business.

Oh, they'll just dig up some single line of the Page testimony to claim Obama did something and claim that a new report (that will go unreferenced) exonerates Trump and implicates Clinton.

Bill Clinton was and is a philandering immoral piece of shit which is why I voted against him each time. While getting a BJ in the oval office was a consensual act it was still in violation of his marital vows and you can't ignore the fact that ML was an impressionable youth at the time. What you're talking about with Harris was TWO decades ago between consensual adults with Brown estranged and separated from his wife by 14 years at that point while was Harris not in a relationship. I know you want to throw it at her that this means she somehow fucked her way to where she is but if that's the case then Willie Brown has the most influential penis in the world. So again, you refer to her as a whore, ( ...sorry, homewrecker) but don't think anything of Trump's PROVEN philandering (Not "if it did happen") and many counts of sexual assaults, some of which are recorded in courtroom documents and settled financially.

Glad you brought that up. If that's your issue then how do you feel about Trump's infidelity?

A leading gay black actor found in an apparent racially motivated attempt at lynching is quite relevant to the national pulse. This would still be newsworthy if it were a white actor, straight actor, it would be newsworthy if it were David Duke. In the case of Jacob Wohl's accusations what was more relevant is how obviously phony and contrived it was from the get go. The only newsworthy aspect of it was the question whether he was really going to try to validate such an easily disprovable accusation against one of the highest positioned lawyers in the country. I've asked this before but why is it that the spectrum of right leaning to far right Republicans are so defensive about this situation? The national reaction is exactly what should've happened both for the initial reported attack and for the fallout over him faking it.