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gut
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Jun 26, 2017 4:03pm
I don't think it was a decision, just that they lifted the injunction pending a full hearing in several months when they are back in session.QuakerOats;1860320 wrote:By the way .....that was a 9-0 decision by the SUPREME COURT
It's interesting that the injunctions were basically struck down as illegal. That's probably a good thing, but let's not forget that the courts are the last line of defense against authoritarian rule.
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QuakerOats
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Jun 26, 2017 4:21pm
2nd amendment
fish82
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Jun 27, 2017 8:15am
Regardless what happens this fall, it was nice to see SCOTUS smack down the dumb overreach of the lower courts.gut;1860325 wrote:I don't think it was a decision, just that they lifted the injunction pending a full hearing in several months when they are back in session.
It's interesting that the injunctions were basically struck down as illegal. That's probably a good thing, but let's not forget that the courts are the last line of defense against authoritarian rule.
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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
Jun 27, 2017 11:04am
http://circa.com/politics/accountability/did-the-fbi-retaliate-against-michael-flynn-by-launching-russia-probe
just one more reason to drain the swamp ...
just one more reason to drain the swamp ...
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QuakerOats
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Jun 27, 2017 11:12am
Mountain Valley Pipeline gets environmental approval The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued the final environmental impact statement for the $3.5 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline, concluding that the project would have limited adverse impacts on the environment. The pipeline would move natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale fields to US markets.
The Associated Press (6/23)
Thank you
The Associated Press (6/23)
Thank you
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QuakerOats
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Jun 28, 2017 11:33am
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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
Jun 28, 2017 2:39pm
The Trump administration says it will choose between four and eight firms to construct a border wall prototype later this summer....
salto
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Jun 28, 2017 6:16pm
QuakerOats;1860424 wrote:Mountain Valley Pipeline gets environmental approval concluding that the project would have limited adverse impacts on the environment.
Until it leaks.
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QuakerOats
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Jun 29, 2017 9:16am
salto;1860664 wrote:Until it leaks.
Yeah .... this is all new to us:
Dr Winston O'Boogie
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Jun 29, 2017 9:42am
I read yesterday how Time magazine is asking Mr. Fake News to take down the fake Time covers (featuring himself of course) he has hanging in his resorts. Not the sort of "memento" type fun covers. No these are actually produced and dated to look like official covers. The problem is that they never existed. FAKE NEWS.
Reminded me of the birther narrative he was instrumental in pushing. A liar calling others liars, poetic.
Reminded me of the birther narrative he was instrumental in pushing. A liar calling others liars, poetic.
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QuakerOats
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Jun 29, 2017 11:20am
Maybe he should take them down, as soon as obama releases his college transcripts.
Dr Winston O'Boogie
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Jun 29, 2017 12:29pm
He can staple his transcripts to Trump's tax returns.QuakerOats;1860745 wrote:Maybe he should take them down, as soon as obama releases his college transcripts.
O-Trap
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Jun 29, 2017 12:49pm
There is a difference between not submitting something for public consumption to which the public does not necessarily have a right (college transcripts, income tax statements, etc.) and putting something out there for public consumption that is overtly deceptive.QuakerOats;1860745 wrote:Maybe he should take them down, as soon as obama releases his college transcripts.
Those magazine covers are fakes that had been displayed as genuine. Let's not pretend that's not disingenuous.
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gut
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Jun 29, 2017 1:01pm
This is pretty mind-blowing to me. Not that much about Trump can surprise anyone at this point, but the narcissism required in this case is simply off the charts.O-Trap;1860758 wrote: Those magazine covers are fakes that had been displayed as genuine. Let's not pretend that's not disingenuous.
Time could probably really set Trump off if it put an unflattering photo of him on their next cover.
Spock
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Jun 29, 2017 1:09pm
So every kid in the country that gets there sports pictures done and gets the sport illustrated cover or the MLB baseball card pic......they are narcissist?O-Trap;1860758 wrote:There is a difference between not submitting something for public consumption to which the public does not necessarily have a right (college transcripts, income tax statements, etc.) and putting something out there for public consumption that is overtly deceptive.
Those magazine covers are fakes that had been displayed as genuine. Let's not pretend that's not disingenuous.
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gut
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Jun 29, 2017 1:12pm
Key word being "kid"...and they aren't plastering multiple copies around their hotels, either.Spock;1860765 wrote:So every kid in the country that gets there sports pictures done and gets the sport illustrated cover or the MLB baseball card pic......they are narcissist?
Spock
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Jun 29, 2017 1:18pm
I am starting to think he uses Twitter to do nothing but change the news cycle. Tweet something....get media distracted on news coverage and the proceed in the winning.
Heretic
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Jun 29, 2017 1:24pm
It takes an amazing amount of deluded rationalization to compare a high school kid showing off with a fake card that likely will be stuffed in some box in their closet and forgotten about within a year to a rich, powerful man faking an achievement to prop up his own ego.Spock;1860765 wrote:So every kid in the country that gets there sports pictures done and gets the sport illustrated cover or the MLB baseball card pic......they are narcissist?
O-Trap
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Jun 29, 2017 1:32pm
I almost want to see the level of pettiness that would go back and forth if that were to happen.gut;1860762 wrote:This is pretty mind-blowing to me. Not that much about Trump can surprise anyone at this point, but the narcissism required in this case is simply off the charts.
Time could probably really set Trump off if it put an unflattering photo of him on their next cover.
Are the parents (the ones actually responsible for all that) trying to pass them off as legitimate? If so, then it's indeed disingenuous (I never used the term 'narcissistic' in my post).Spock;1860765 wrote:So every kid in the country that gets there sports pictures done and gets the sport illustrated cover or the MLB baseball card pic......they are narcissist?
If it's not, then that's the difference.
Also, those fake SI covers are never made to look like they could pass as real copies.
The distinction is that these were framed and displayed so as to make them appear credible. That's disingenuous. Were he not trying to do so, he might have had it framed and sitting on a night stand or tossed in an old photo album or in a junk drawer.
Dr Winston O'Boogie
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Jun 29, 2017 1:41pm
His tweet today about the lady from MSNBC is totally inappropriate coming from the President of the United States. It is an embarrassment to our country that someone with this mentality is in the office of Washington and Lincoln.Spock;1860774 wrote:I am starting to think he uses Twitter to do nothing but change the news cycle. Tweet something....get media distracted on news coverage and the proceed in the winning.
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QuakerOats
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Jun 29, 2017 1:58pm
Deplorable
O-Trap
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Jun 29, 2017 2:13pm
It genuinely was the antithesis of everything the GOP expected of its political leaders up to this point. The GOP was the party of respectability, statesmanship, good moral character, and family values.QuakerOats;1860787 wrote:Deplorable
This guy is the anti-Reagan.
Spock
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Jun 29, 2017 2:13pm
Do we know if he was passing them off as real? Did he even know they were in there? If he did, would he even know if they were fake? I might just go with some left wing nutjob just planted them in those places recently then tipped the media to it.O-Trap;1860779 wrote:I almost want to see the level of pettiness that would go back and forth if that were to happen.
Are the parents (the ones actually responsible for all that) trying to pass them off as legitimate? If so, then it's indeed disingenuous (I never used the term 'narcissistic' in my post).
If it's not, then that's the difference.
Also, those fake SI covers are never made to look like they could pass as real copies.
The distinction is that these were framed and displayed so as to make them appear credible. That's disingenuous. Were he not trying to do so, he might have had it framed and sitting on a night stand or tossed in an old photo album or in a junk drawer.
O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Jun 29, 2017 2:16pm
LOLSpock;1860802 wrote:I might just go with some left wing nutjob just planted them in those places recently then tipped the media to it.
Now, if we can be serious for a moment ...
You don't hang (or have someone else hang) a magazine cover of you in a publicly-accessible establishment if it's a personal memento.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Jun 29, 2017 2:17pm
Willful stupidity is a cancer.Spock;1860802 wrote:Do we know if he was passing them off as real? Did he even know they were in there? If he did, would he even know if they were fake? I might just go with some left wing nutjob just planted them in those places recently then tipped the media to it.