President Donald Trump's Final Days...

[Lord_Reed]

Originally Posted by HansReinhardt

This time, no one can blame the press but rather democracy itself as all of this was set off by Common Cause formed by a fellow Rep.

Since the events surrounding Clifford and The Donald hit the agencies today again, I am very pleased to annouce that Stephanie "Stormy" Clifford actually has confirmed that she signed a NDA with soon-to-be POTUS' personal lawyer Michael Cohen just before election day rewarding her the ridiculous amount of USD 130.000,-. And, not be be outdone, we notice SC's laywer Keith Davidson's efforts to deny the NDA thing are finally folding, as Gina Rodrigez, manager of SC, is lavishing the public (read: is blabbing around) with her analysis about the NDA in question, which was signed eleven years after the events of that 2006 charity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, NV, where "Stormy" was "promoting" a film of hers in a "gift room". "I was like, yeah, of course", Clifford adds when asked about the details of how the two got together, not omitting that she signed a DVD of hers (this might become a huge seller one day, if it was only known which one) after having been asked by him to do so. Now, as Cohen breached the NDA, Clifford no longer feels legally bound to it.

No need to play coy anymore and the public is happily lavishing her with attention now, which she and The Donald are here for in the first place (you thought it was about sex or politics, didn't you?).

Hillarious fact: Cohen used alternative facts when he said he paid Clifford himself, because the money Clifford received was paid for by a company especially set up for this transaction in the tax paradise Delaware, which essentially makes one of Cohen's earlier statements at least partly right: the taxpayer is defintely not involved in anything. All we know is that Trumps campaign likely did not violate campaign finance laws. This part of the plan worked, although it included the disclosure of the non-disclosure agreement, or, in other words, in a classic Catch 22.

Now Ms. Clifford is yet to reveal when the wiener was sunk, or if it was sunk at all or engaged in another way.
Always remember, pornstars are craving attention exponentially, especially aging ones. This part of the plan did not work.

Discussing with someone and he says why didn't Stormy get a million bucks if she had anything on Trump. You have to be a special brand of stupid to pay someone $130,000 then execute an NDA - a legal document, for a "nothing burger".

[Devius]

Thirteen Russians have been charged with interfering in the US 2016 election, in a major development in the FBI investigation.

Three of those named have been accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five have been accused of aggravated identity theft.

The announcement was made by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating alleged Russian meddling.

Three Russian companies are also named in the indictment.

The indictment says some of the defendants used computer systems in the US to hide the Russian origin of their activities.

"Defendants, posing as US persons and creating false US personas, operated social media pages and groups designed to attract US audiences," it reads.

"Defendants and their co-conspirators also created and controlled numerous Twitter accounts designed to appear as if US persons or groups controlled them."

It says those involved systematically measured how well their internet posts were doing and adjusted their strategies to maximise effectiveness.

Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43092085

[seany65]

But the Yanks don't mind George Soros buggering about in so many countries, using his billions to destabilise them and interfere in their elections and referenda...

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by seany65

But the Yanks don't mind George Soros buggering about in so many countries, using his billions to destabilise them and interfere in their elections and referenda...

I stand to be corrected of course; but from memory George Soros has been pretty open about his political contributions and lobbying activities. He doesn't conceal his activities as the Russians are allegedly doing. Even the Koch brothers and the NRA have been more open and straightforward in their activites than Russia and her secret agencies. But before making this into an issue and a grievance, US politicians should be quite certain that the CIA has not been doing this exact self-same shit in Russia; I just bet they have.

[Jenny48549]

Originally Posted by scoundrel

....... But before making this into an issue and a grievance, US politicians should be quite certain that the CIA has not been doing this exact self-same shit in Russia; I just bet they have.

They don't have to.... Putin rigs his own elections so why bother.

[Arturo2nd]

We invented computer technology. Silicon Valley and MIT are based here. So why is it that we are getting hacked and our cyber security is deficient? Our cellphone technology, speed, and infrastructure lags. Our healthcare system is the world's most expensive, but far from the world's best in terms of keeping us healthy. We have corporations making enormous profits in all these sectors.

Most Americans probably believe we are the best in the world in all the areas above. I think we are getting screwed.

Now we have installed a man in the White House who is willfully ignorant about the culture and history of other nations and has a 16th century economic outlook. God we are stupid and deserve to get our butts kicked by the Chinese and Russians.

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by Jenny48549

They don't have to.... Putin rigs his own elections so why bother.

I wonder if Mr Putin even needs to rig an election. God forgive me, but if I lived in Russia and given what a flaky place it was after the fall of Communism, I suspect I would vote for Mr Putin of my own free will. In what is basically a safari park for organised crime, you probably need a gangster in charge to keep the other gangsters under control.

I remember one story of a town devastated by a natural disaster in Siberia where Putin just happened to pass through a year later and heard from local people that no re-building had taken place at all over a year later and there were still thousands homeless. Putin explained that he had personally allocated the funds over a year ago when the disaster had just happened. He then summoned the mayor and the local council and told them he was installing cameras all over the city and every day he would check on his laptop, and every day he wanted to see new construction and progress because he had already paid for this and he didn't allocate money just so local politicians could divert it to their own ends. A year later, everyone had been re-housed and the mayor and local council had managed to avoid experiencing bad luck with their health.

Sadly, liberal democracy doesn't work with corrupt and dishonest people. Fear and intimidation work better in that sort of environment, which is why fascism has always had a fatal allure.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. ~ Thomas Jefferson.

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad. ~ Henry Kissinger.

[Jenny48549]

Unfortunately, there are plenty of others who do not agree with Putin and what he does but when they try to run against him, all of a sudden charges of wrongdoing come out of the woodwork.

It that's not "rigging an election" then I don't know what your definition is.

The economy sucks for normal people there, they have no rights to express themselves. If you want to live like that, go ahead but it's not my definition of what a free society is meant to be.

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by Jenny48549

Unfortunately, there are plenty of others who do not agree with Putin and what he does but when they try to run against him, all of a sudden charges of wrongdoing come out of the woodwork.

It that's not "rigging an election" then I don't know what your definition is.

The economy sucks for normal people there, they have no rights to express themselves. If you want to live like that, go ahead but it's not my definition of what a free society is meant to be.

I live in Britain and we have our faults, but there is no stampede of people leaving here to go and live in Mr Putin's Russia.

[Arturo2nd]

Originally Posted by scoundrel

I live in Britain and we have our faults, but there is no stampede of people leaving here to go and live in Mr Putin's Russia.

Nor are there stampedes of Britons seeking to live in New Jersey or Texas.