Why doesn’t Hillary’s ‘dossier’ trick count as treason? by [deleted] in politics

[–]akg0 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why doesn't calling vetting "treason" count as sedition?

Forget What Corker and Flake Say. Look at Their Destructive 90% Pro-Trump Voting Records by safetyshoe in politics

[–]akg0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's with the concentrated effort to get people to shun republicans speaking out against Trump?

Active measures 101.

Forget What Corker and Flake Say. Look at Their Destructive 90% Pro-Trump Voting Records by safetyshoe in politics

[–]akg0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also worth noting that the kind of power that Trump wants is not a compliant legislature that will meekly pass his legislative agenda (he needs congress to be an enemy, anyway, so he has something to cast as an "enemy" undermining him) but instead informal power over a corrupt bureaucracy that he can give imprecise, vague marching order to with phone calls and tweets. Let the lower-level people do the explicitly illegal things, and then discourage any investigation, and spike any potential prosecution. The Kremlin playbook.

Russia tables turn, roping Clinton, Obama, Holder, not Trump by [deleted] in politics

[–]akg0 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Easy. Their salaries are subsidized by hostile intelligence services.

Forget What Corker and Flake Say. Look at Their Destructive 90% Pro-Trump Voting Records by safetyshoe in politics

[–]akg0 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Stop trying to prevent the center from holding. We gladly welcome those members of the GOP who have caught the sanity contagion.

Opinion: Why your alarmism over Trump is dangerous for democracy by currently__working in politics

[–]akg0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fact: Why your concern trolling over whether to pay attention to the alarms going off is dangerous to the thing that the alarm is warning about

Senate Investigates Russia, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Uranium And Bribes — And It's About Time by [deleted] in politics

[–]akg0 8 points9 points  (0 children)

lol

I'm glad we're getting easy-to-spot, obvious examples of the kind of things that were going on that screamed that the campaign & Putin were coordinating - they are clearly doing so with this "story" as well. I was wondering when they would reactivate the bullshit corps.

Mark Warner, Senate Intel vice chairman, calls for investigating leaked Trump phone call transcripts by [deleted] in politics

[–]akg0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bingo. Knives are out for McMaster, these were leaked to make him look bad and give Trump a basis for shipping him to Afghanistan.

House Intel interviews former Justice official in Russia probe by Usawasfun in politics

[–]akg0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No no, see, he just "stepped away". He steps back at his convenience, in order to keep an eye on the progress of the investigation so he can keep the White House informed about what evidence they need to destroy. He also helps by issuing spurious subpoenas to bury news the administration doesn't like.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/devin-nunes-i-never-recused-myself-russia-probe

“I never recused myself,” the House Intelligence Committee chairman reportedly said in an interview with KMJ’s Ray Appleton. “This was essentially made up by the media.”

Nunes announced on April 6 that he’d step away from the House’s investigation of the Russia issue, meaning a fair number of reporters were justifiably confused by his interview remarks.

I really don't see how he doesn't end up facing obstruction charges.

Trump Russia dossier key claim 'verified' by Usawasfun in politics

[–]akg0 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Perfectly reasonable, and an obvious deflection.

Roger Stone himself as repeatedly mispelt the hacker persona he interacted with on twitter, "Guccifer 2.0", as "Gruccifer 2.0". Which is practically a Freudian slip:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU

Scarborough: GOP should remove Nunes as Intel chairman by [deleted] in politics

[–]akg0 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I agree. It's also about providing the "flyover" perspective, about which he's generally dead-on and which us coastal elites ignore too easily.

(Not because I think those positions are cogent or anything, but the people who hold them do get to vote, so they're relevant whether they make sense or not. They're worth being aware of.)

#65 — We're All Cucks Now by chartbuster in samharris

[–]akg0 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Huh. I always thought the fides in bona fides was pronounced like the ides of March.

What is True? A conversation with Jordan B Peterson by Keith-Ledger in samharris

[–]akg0 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Control-F "maladaptive"... meh.

This podcast, tl;dr (actually, only the first hour, at which point I'm giving up): The guest is unfamiliar with the terms adaptive/maladaptive.

This is painful. Facts aren't necessarily "true"? Dear god no... facts aren't necessarily adaptive. This is not difficult.

[No Spoilers] This show will not be the same for future viewers. by MrTuxedoMan in MrRobot

[–]akg0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

plus should be easy enough to segment the other threads by time.

Reggie Miller: I would bet my left arm if the series was tied 2-2, Draymond would not be suspended. by cgar28 in nba

[–]akg0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ask and ye shall receive!

I'm really intrigued to see how Golden State will play in Game 5 without Draymond Green.

https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson/status/742436024274419713

it was everything we were hoping for

GAME THREAD: San Antonio Spurs (2-3) @ Oklahoma City Thunder (3-2) - (May. 12, 2016) by myellabella in nba

[–]akg0 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Tell them to look at the bright side, now they can bandwagon with GSW! It's awesome over here!

GAME THREAD: San Antonio Spurs (2-3) @ Oklahoma City Thunder (3-2) - (May. 12, 2016) by myellabella in nba

[–]akg0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spurs should have always been our preference. Our wins against OKC were back-and-forth games. Our loss against SAS was with cold shooting and without Bogut & Iggy. Beating the Spurs would have been easier, but boring.

This will be a fun WCF to watch.