Maple Leaf Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 The judge who Trump appointed to the bench is playing the game that Trump wants her to play. She is dragging out the so-called documents case to Trump's advantage. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/politics/legal-fights-judge-trump-documents-trial/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 8 hours ago, Maple Leaf said: The judge who Trump appointed to the bench is playing the game that Trump wants her to play. She is dragging out the so-called documents case to Trump's advantage. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/politics/legal-fights-judge-trump-documents-trial/index.html I've been following the recent submissions in the case. It's looking increasingly likely that Special Counsel Jack Smith wants to take her decisions/indecision to the appellate court. If he is successful, then it will be the 3rd time in relation to this case and Cannon will be thrown off the case. Two of her law clerks resigned a couple of weeks ago, although the reason for their departure wasn't disclosed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of The Cat Cafe Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 9 hours ago, Footballfirst said: I've been following the recent submissions in the case. It's looking increasingly likely that Special Counsel Jack Smith wants to take her decisions/indecision to the appellate court. If he is successful, then it will be the 3rd time in relation to this case and Cannon will be thrown off the case. Two of her law clerks resigned a couple of weeks ago, although the reason for their departure wasn't disclosed. Smith is arguing that the judge is instructing both sides to compile jury instructions that simply do not apply to the case. (And would taint the jury pool since there is no jury yet.) I think Smith wants Cannon fired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Glenn Kirschner saying he thinks her latest antics are "more than enough" to have her removed. It's been obvious from the beginning that this woman is so bias in favour of Trump who is so obviously guilty that she doesn't even care it's obvious she is being inappropriately bias. In her latest ruling she's reserving a right to give an instruction to the jury that has no grounding in law, she's inventing it. if she delivered this instruction to a jury they would almost certainly have to find him not guilty. And i'm guessing Smith will most definitely think she would do it, wrecking his case, because once the jury is 'seated' he has no further avenue of appeal, she could tell them anything she wanted. Every step of the way this woman has done nothing but try to hinder this trial, I bet it would already be in court if a real judge had been handling it. She doesn't seem to care her bias is blatantly obvious, I can only guess she's hoping Trump wins an election and she can bask in the glory of MAGA superstardom. Maybe even become a Trump appointee to government office. BREAKING: Trump judge wages war on Jack Smith with STUNNING response The Legal Breakdown episode 245: @GlennKirschner2 discusses Judge Cannon's shocking response to Jack Smith in Trump's Florida case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Will Truth Social face the same fate as Trump's casinos? CNN's Brianna Keilar breaks down the parallels between the financial struggles former President Donald Trump faced with his casino empire and his present day troubles with Truth Social. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK2020 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 On 04/04/2024 at 10:51, Jim_Duncan said: In a country that votes on everything from dog catchers to which octogenarian gets a big house in Washington for four years, you’d have thunk SCJs would be democratically chosen, rather than simply appointed. A Cant complain though, one of my distant relatives was appointed to the Supreme Court last century. ...and they're still getting wheeled into court every day to pass judgement this century? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 There were over 300,000 new jobs created in the US last month, continuing the incredible job creation trend under the Biden administration. It's over 15 million now, I think. But that's the economy, and in the 'Alice-in-Wonderland' politics of the US today, nobody seems to care about the economy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Last week I described Trump's new stock venture as "all smoke and mirrors". That's becoming apparent. Last week the stock listed as high as $79. Today it listed at $41. The Company has been described as a scam. Who'da thunk that?? It's probably less of a scam than the Trump Bible. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/business/trump-media-stock-sinks-post-merger-low/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 19 minutes ago, Maple Leaf said: Last week I described Trump's new stock venture as "all smoke and mirrors". That's becoming apparent. Last week the stock listed as high as $79. Today it listed at $41. The Company has been described as a scam. Who'da thunk that?? It's probably less of a scam than the Trump Bible. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/business/trump-media-stock-sinks-post-merger-low/index.html Somebody described it as a pump and dump scam. Looks like the pump part of the scam is falling apart before it can be dumped. Loses over $1 million per week, income about 80K a week. It's entirely dependent on ads and who is going to advertise on it? You're not going to see coke or BMW or something in there associating themselves with Trump are you? What they got, the pillow guy? They don't post usage numbers which is something all others in this industry do. They post detailed monthly usage stats like how many regularly login monthly and how many are new monthly. Is it growing? They post that because for the likes of Twitter before Musk put a number of spokes in their wheel this is the info advertisers want, and twitter probably had billions of visits per month. Who would seriously want to throw major money at a venture that has an estimated 5 million regular users a month, Taylor Swift alone far less Twitter or Facebook etc. dwarfs that, and what chance has something which delivers nothing anything else doesn't already have except Trump have of growing any more? This if worth anything might be a few million, not billions. In my financially uneducated opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Trump SNAPS, goes OFF THE RAILS in unhinged speech about judge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 2 hours ago, Maple Leaf said: Last week I described Trump's new stock venture as "all smoke and mirrors". That's becoming apparent. Last week the stock listed as high as $79. Today it listed at $41. The Company has been described as a scam. Who'da thunk that?? It's probably less of a scam than the Trump Bible. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/business/trump-media-stock-sinks-post-merger-low/index.html I read an article yesterday that the stock is being heavily shorted in expectation the the share price will collapse. However there isn't a large number of shares available, making it expensive for dealers to "borrow" the shares, thus limiting the profit available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Not sure if I'm reading this right ..... but is the appalling gang violence in Haiti (basically a civil war of criminality) becoming a factor in the U.S. presidential election ? Namely, that old chestnut of "illegal immigration" - in this case, thousands of Haitians fleeing from it and seeking safety in the U.S. Is it as simple as the Republicans taking a hardline stance of wanting to deport them, while the Democrats are taking a humanitarian stance ? "Stop the Boats" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 4 hours ago, Footballfirst said: I read an article yesterday that the stock is being heavily shorted in expectation the the share price will collapse. However there isn't a large number of shares available, making it expensive for dealers to "borrow" the shares, thus limiting the profit available. I'm an investor I'm not a gambler. Nevertheless, I seriously thought about taking a short position on that stock (DJT on the NYSE) because I felt it was a slam dunk. But my gambling aversion to going short on a stock stopped me. Oh well. I could have made a VERY nice profit within the 5-day settlement period, meaning I wouldn't have had to lay out a cent. Hindsight, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ulysses Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 57 minutes ago, Maple Leaf said: And gazpacho. Don't forget the gazpacho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 hour ago, Maple Leaf said: On her bad week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranston Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 5 hours ago, Maple Leaf said: So, she wants Russia to occupy Ukraine, Israel to be bombed and raped, Homosexuals to be thrown off high places by Muslims? The West to surrender, Europe to be in civil war? WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB52 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 15 minutes ago, Cranston said: So, she wants Russia to occupy Ukraine, Israel to be bombed and raped, Homosexuals to be thrown off high places by Muslims? The West to surrender, Europe to be in civil war? WTF WTF is exactly what I thought when I saw your post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 16 minutes ago, Cranston said: So, she wants Russia to occupy Ukraine, Israel to be bombed and raped, Homosexuals to be thrown off high places by Muslims? The West to surrender, Europe to be in civil war? WTF There's something wrong with her head. In addition to which, she is not very bright. And God isn't sending eclipses. It's one eclipse on Monday, and scientists can predict all eclipses centuries in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranston Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Just now, Maple Leaf said: There's something wrong with her head. In addition to which, she is not very bright. And God isn't sending eclipses. It's one eclipse on Monday, and scientists can predict all eclipses centuries in advance. 👍 Completely agree with you. Far too many of these self indulgent clueless morons. Most of them are on strong wacky backy or other mind bending drugs. Crazy Maybe? Definitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Lynam Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) 5 hours ago, Maple Leaf said: Yes repent and vote in a rapist as President. I always hope a person like her is just at the grift but i think she's a lunatic. Her turnaround from anti-Semitic jewish space laser stuff to then backing Israel was quite impressive to watch. Edited April 6 by Des Lynam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) Just reflecting on it, and reading some of Biden's history with regard to Israel (Menachem Begin was more moderate than Biden in 1982), who he has amazingly allowed full scope to murder Palestinians, I'm okay with Trump beating him. Edited April 6 by Mikey1874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 4 hours ago, Maple Leaf said: There's something wrong with her head. In addition to which, she is not very bright. And God isn't sending eclipses. It's one eclipse on Monday, and scientists can predict all eclipses centuries in advance. Ah, but if He can send one ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 I don't suppose it surprises anybody to learn there's something questionable about Trumps $175 million bond. This company putting up the bond aren't even in that kind of business, and it seems the guy who heads it is at least ethically questionable. Or as Trump would call him a good guy, a friend of ours. There are doubts this company even has the cash to cover the bond, it might still come to seizure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 14 hours ago, Mikey1874 said: Just reflecting on it, and reading some of Biden's history with regard to Israel (Menachem Begin was more moderate than Biden in 1982), who he has amazingly allowed full scope to murder Palestinians, I'm okay with Trump beating him. The Republican Party have long supported Israel and Trump considers Netanyahu as a close friend. I very much doubt if Trump would have taken a hard line against Israel in this war. Here's a brief description of why Republicans in general, but Evangelical Christians in particular, support Israel: But evangelicals’ support isn’t simply driven by a theology that compels them to love the Holy Land, detached from its convulsive domestic and global political implications. For many “Christians Zionists,” and particularly for popular evangelists with significant clout within the Republican Party, their support for Israel is rooted in its role in the supposed end times: Jesus’ return to Earth, a bloody final battle at Armageddon, and Jesus ruling the world from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. In this scenario, war is not something to be avoided, but something inevitable, desired by God, and celebratory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 6 hours ago, JFK-1 said: I don't suppose it surprises anybody to learn there's something questionable about Trumps $175 million bond. This company putting up the bond aren't even in that kind of business, and it seems the guy who heads it is at least ethically questionable. Or as Trump would call him a good guy, a friend of ours. There are doubts this company even has the cash to cover the bond, it might still come to seizure. Is there any chance you could spare us having to watch the video and just post the name of the company and the guy who heads it? No offence, but posts that require us to "watch this video" to tell us what they're saying are no better than clickbait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 As Trump's first criminal trial approaches (due to start next Monday with Jury selection), he seems to be getting more desperate with each day that passes. He was already trying to have the judge thrown off the case (the same request was rejected a few months ago), but his latest attempt at a delay is to ask an appellate court to remove his gag order, have the trial moved from Manhattan and finally he is seeking to sue the judge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watt-Zeefuik Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Trump Social stock down another 10% just this morning already, and still dropping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watt-Zeefuik Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Also to @Ulysses I keep meaning to get back around to replying to your post above, which merits a response, but we've had company staying with us and work is busy as hell. Apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watt-Zeefuik Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 06/04/2024 at 18:31, Mikey1874 said: Just reflecting on it, and reading some of Biden's history with regard to Israel (Menachem Begin was more moderate than Biden in 1982), who he has amazingly allowed full scope to murder Palestinians, I'm okay with Trump beating him. Yes, Biden has been reflexively pro-Zionist for 40 years. But he's also been for a two state solution, some measure of Palestinian autonomy, and has been trying to pressure Netanyahu constantly to be better since Oct 6. The actions of abstaining on an anti-Israel UN Security Council vote and threatening to withhold arms seem like (and probably are) small potatoes, but they're also totally unprecedented in US-Israel relations. Biden is literally going places no President has gone before, despite supporting Israel reflexively himself. Trump, in the meantime, has told Netanyahu to "hurry up with it" (invade Rafah), and has openly allied himself with the most genocidal, far right parts of Netanyahu's government. I don't blame anyone for being very angry at Biden over Gaza. (I voted "no preference" in the primary as a protest vote for that reason.) But Trump would make it far worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ulysses Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 07/04/2024 at 00:42, J.T.F.Robertson said: Ah, but if He can send one ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 52 minutes ago, Ulysses said: Telt yi! First one's the hardest anaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Footballfirst Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1 hour ago, Jim_Duncan said: TBF, that's brilliant. Who says he doesn't have a sense of humour? Trump "mooning" at everyone is the US? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 5 hours ago, Seymour M Hersh said: Amazing, a literal blot on the sun sums up this abhorrent halfwit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 7 hours ago, Footballfirst said: Trump "mooning" at everyone is the US? Well he does have an arse big enough to eclipse the sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Confidence Man with Maggie Haberman // The American Story How does a man like Donald Trump—simultaneously hailed as an all-American hero and condemned as a harbinger of the end of American democracy—become not only a cultural phenomenon, but the president of the United States? Maggie Haberman, the New York Times reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of the 45th president, offers insight into his background, his motivations, and the true nature of his personality, not to mention the means by which he gained a seat in the Oval Office. Maggie Haberman, a senior political correspondent for the New York Times and a political analyst for CNN, is the author of Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 That's another former Trump employee going to jail. I've lost track of them all, but how many is that now, employees or associates? 8? Birds of a feather, etc. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/politics/allen-weisselberg-sentencing/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Another witch convicted and jailed. This witch hunt is finding an awful lot of witches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 6 minutes ago, Cade said: Another witch convicted and jailed. This witch hunt is finding an awful lot of witches. This particular witch, like most of the others, pleaded guilty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watt-Zeefuik Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 The news out of Arizona is huge this week. The state Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law (note that Arizona was not a state until 1912 but inherited its former territory laws) banning abortion in all but the most extreme instances. At the same time, it approved a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. This has Trump running around to say "it should be left up to the states" without saying anything about Arizona. Kari Lake, the GOP nominee for Senate, had previously endorsed the law but is now criticizing the court ruling as out of step with Arizona and is demanding that the Governor (whom she lost the election to while running on restricting abortion) pass a law to fix it. Meanwhile the ballot initiative is likely to be a huge boost to voter turnout in Arizona, likely to the advantage of Democrats. (Many political observers credit a number of gay marriage ballot initiatives with helping GWB narrowly win reelection in 2004.) This is what I mean by abortion being the ultimate wedge issue. Evangelicals continue to support Trump in large part because he got the SCOTUS majority that overturned Roe in the Dobbs decision and opened the floodgates for all of this shit. So during the primary campaign he stood up on stage and bragged about how he accomplished that. But as the shit hits the fan? He's running from it hard, and just said he won't sign a national abortion ban (a pledge as durable as one written on a wet paper napkin, but anyway). Long way to go. But the GOP winning in Arizona just got a whole lot harder for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 After cheering the reversal of Roe/Wade, the GOP is scrambling around trying to pretend to denounce the Arizona ruling as they know it's political poison at this stage. Video footage of so-called "Christian" extremists speaking in tongues on the Arizona senate floor in celebration has brought people up sharply. I think the bams have gotten too brazen, pushed too far and too fast. Enabled and emboldened by the Orange Antichrist, they think they can do anything with zero accountability and that's going to cost them in November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1 hour ago, Cade said: After cheering the reversal of Roe/Wade, the GOP is scrambling around trying to pretend to denounce the Arizona ruling as they know it's political poison at this stage. Video footage of so-called "Christian" extremists speaking in tongues on the Arizona senate floor in celebration has brought people up sharply. I think the bams have gotten too brazen, pushed too far and too fast. Enabled and emboldened by the Orange Antichrist, they think they can do anything with zero accountability and that's going to cost them in November. The massive irony of the extreme Christian right flocking to a man with no Christian values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watt-Zeefuik Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, Tazio said: The massive irony of the extreme Christian right flocking to a man with no Christian values. The line that comes out of the evangelicals is that he's sent by God as an imperfect vessel to accomplish. . . <gestures broadly at the shit> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Biden warns that Iran may be planning attack on Israel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Trump apparently may confound us all by taking the stand at some point during this trial due to begin Monday, he's run out of stalling tactics. His lawyers will be strongly advising him to say absolutely nothing, when you're so obviously guilty there's nothing you can say that will help so just shut up and let us try to spin it. That would apply to anybody but to an idiot like Trump it should apply even more so. Thing is he doesn't know he's an idiot, on the contrary he thinks he's a genius, a very stable genius even, though prone to toddler like outbursts. There are people who now think Trump doesn't have the self control to just sit there and shut up, as the prosecution lay out their indisputable evidence he will want to dispute it with his own fantasy version of reality, 'his side of the story' Like he does at those dumb rallies. The weirdos at those rallies clap and whoop like seals, the jury in this trial will not, they wont be rally like weirdos and neither is the judge, but Trump doesn't get that. Everybody around him will be trying to get him to shut up, I hope they fail. 'No telling how much damage' Trump can do to himself on witness stand NBC News obtained the list of potential witnesses for former President Trump's New York hush money trial. NBC News' Garrett Haake, White House Deputy Chief of Staff under Obama Jim Messina and former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance provide more insight on the people named. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Caine Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 On 11/04/2024 at 01:30, Watt-Zeefuik said: The line that comes out of the evangelicals is that he's sent by God as an imperfect vessel to accomplish. . . <gestures broadly at the shit> Oh dear oh dear. I've always been sceptical about the whole `Antichrist` thing - but so far Trump ticks all the boxes. He's seriously bad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavySlaveJambo Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Dobbs has put Women's lives at Risk. Medical care for missed miscarriage is an abortion, but the baby is already dead and poisoning the mother. Women's lives are at risk over a baby who could not have survived outside the womb. This is heartbreaking. Also I thought I saw somewhere the Court has not accepted the civil trial bond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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