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^This. Big time. trump to release opioid epidemic plan on Monday that includes death penalty http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/379049-trump-to-release-plan-addressing-opioid-epidemic-on-monday "A recent phone conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and controversial Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been leaked and published by the Intercept. Of particular note is that Trump effusively praised Duterte for his prosecution of the Philippines' drug war, which has killed thousands and seen the alleged use of extrajudicial death squads. ... "I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem," Trump told Duterte. "Many countries have the problem, we have a problem, but what a great job you are doing and I just wanted to call and tell you that." https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-05-24/donald-trump-praised-rodrigo-dutertes-drug-efforts-told-him-about-nuclear-subs-transcript-reveals Extrajudicial killings by state paid actors and the death penalty. Is there any reason why evangelicals don't worship and love trump?

I just had this thought: What if Melania has already retained a divorce lawyer, and they are just waiting for the Stormy story to play out, so they have more ammunition for the divorce? An intelligent guess would be an amendment to the prenup. A trump president provision so to speak. ....mmmm.... Melina hereby agrees to preclude any divorce or separation provisions, actions. For cause, breach of prenup, or not, in exchange for $$xxxx. For the complete term of any trump presidency. After all trump is signing on to the $130k payment and he has some smart lawyers. Clearly trump enterprises, Jared Kushner, trump's sons and daughter. Have much to profit by for each and every day in power.

In most cases both parties to a prenup of any sophistication would have separate council. Infidelity provisions standard.

It is stunning that a live round would ever be chambered in a class on gun safety. Inert plastic rounds are used and available for such instruction. Third grader shoots cops gun at school: http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/news/2018/02/06/minnesota-3rd-grader-fires-officer-s-holstered-gun-at-school.aspx

jakee posted about phone calls in the UK blaming the nerve attack on anti-Putin provocateurs. More than ever BS detectors, an inquiring and inquisitive mind, is necessary. Wait for Putin, Breitbart, Rushmc, et al, will be blaming Soros, the Jews, Pelosi, etc. for the nerve gas attack. All to discredit Putin and his cronies, Alisher Usmanov ,Roman Abramovich, Arkady Rotenberg, Oleg Deripaska, Donald trump, etc.

"Trump's level of popularity or lack thereof also suggests Republicans are on their way to losing the House. Depending on the poll or average you examine, Trump's approval rating is within a few points of 40%. The latest Gallup poll for example has him at just a 39% approval rating. That's below where President Barack Obama's approval rating was heading into the 2010 and 2014 midterms. I collected data on each president's approval rating at this point before each midterm election in Gallup surveys since 1946. Trump's 39% approval rating at this point projects that the Republicans will lose the House popular vote by 10 points. (There's a fairly wide margin of error in this estimate given that we are still have a lot time before the midterm.) If the 10-point estimate is right on, Republicans will probably have a net loss of between 30 and 40 seats. That is far more than the net 23 seats they need to lose (if Lamb wins) for them to lose the House. " https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/politics/pennsylvania-special-election-not-isolated/index.html Just in time for a little Muellerburger report.

Fixed it for you. Furthermore, where are the UK allies.Where are its friends. Now is the time to find out. Putin meanwhile refers to a nuclear threat. Don't threaten a NUCLEAR power' Putin https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/russia-refuses-to-respond-to-theresa-mays-ultimatum-over-sergei-skripal-poisoning-as-donald-trump-a3789176.html

It has only been 2.5 months. I think it will take a bit longer to see the actual total effect. Don't you? Never debate economics with Rushmc, its a money loosing proposition. Its also based upon "subjective feelings". Real economics in contrast is fact based. New Treasury Department numbers show that the US government racked up a $215 billion deficit in February -- the largest monthly deficit in six years. It was also $23 billion higher than the deficit for the same month last year. Last month, the federal government spent roughly $371 billion, up $7 billion from February 2017. Tax receipts, meanwhile, fell to $156 billion from $172 billion a year earlier. http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/12/news/economy/budget-deficit/index.html U.S. February budget report shows first sign of wider deficits to come “Between last [month’s] budget deal and December’s tax bill, the country is on a borrowing spree that will lead to the return of trillion-dollar deficits by next year and $2 trillion within a decade or so. We’ve taken fiscal recklessness to a new level and it’s time we begin our recovery,” Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-february-budget-report-shows-first-signs-of-wider-deficits-to-come-2018-03-12

You know what, I think it's well understood that if you're a double agent against Russia you can assume that someday you'll be walking down the street and feel a slight prick somewhere on your body. They're like the evil counterparts of the jewish forces that hunted down Nazis after the war and even some terrorist attacks. It should not be forgotten that President Putin has a well established history of poisoning UK citizens. Ukrainian politicians, etc. "Alexander Litvinenko was a former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and KGB, who fled from court prosecution in Russia and received political asylum in the United Kingdom. On 1 November 2006, Litvinenko suddenly fell ill and was hospitalized. He died three weeks later, becoming the first confirmed victim of lethal polonium-210-induced acute radiation syndrome.[1] Litvinenko's allegations about the misdeeds of the FSB and his public deathbed accusations that Russian president Vladimir Putin was behind his unusual malady resulted in worldwide media coverage.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko Now that you mention Jews. There is one thing that separates Putin from the average stupid politician. Putin understands the American people. Putin: Maybe Jews or minorities behind US election interference https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/politics/putin-comment-jews-russian-minorities/index.html Clearly Jews including George Soros could have been behind election meddling. The republican house should investigate it. Calling Fox news.

^^^^^ This is why Nancy Pelosi and democrats are not making headway against the trump base...er.. as much as they should be. Instead of trump bashing let trump dig his own grave. He's doing a great job. Democrats need to step up the national job training agenda. Formulate and idealize a national agenda to train and mobilize American workers to upscale jobs. Higher paying jobs. Export jobs in new economies and industries. Such that the marginalized US worker sees new export trading opportunities as the answer. Rather than tariffs and walls. To steal what used to be the republican ideologies.

"Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday slammed Russia over an alleged nerve agent attack in Britain — going further than the White House in directly calling out the Kremlin as “an irresponsible force of instability in the world.” https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/12/tillerson-russia-nerve-gas-attack-457845 "The United States launched a military strike Thursday on a Syrian government airbase in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians earlier in the week.... Trump said during short remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago, where he ordered the strike just hours earlier. "It is in this vital national security of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons." https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/06/politics/donald-trump-syria-military/index.html I have yet to hear a statement directly from trumps normally big mouth. Assad uses banned weapons to cross a "red line". Sixty tomahawks are sent his way. A NATO ally is attacked...crickets from republicans and trump. Oh and for Tillerson's aforementioned statement, he gets fired.

In the highly unlikely event that I ever feel the need of a firearm for home defense, it will be a 12 gauge shotgun. Couldn't agree more. You don't have to aim particularly accurately, there's less chance of ammunition overpenetrating and, in the case of a pump action, just the sound of racking the slide attracts people's undivided attention. Everyone is forgetting the real reason to use a shotgun for home defense. It precludes surgeons success in sewing up the chest cavity. I precludes the intruder testifying that he had surrendered, was merely asking for directions, etc. when he was shot.

Here, here, just for you Kevin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwfuUyTMpVY I recognize that the consequences of Mr. trump seizing guns, then going to court would upset his supporters. That it appears as if Mueller is now into the Erik Prince, Seychelles meeting. As such his report will likely coincide with midterms. That with this weeks new Florida laws, new midterm democrat representatives overseeing a Mueller report. This year may see the end of trump. But I digress. Gun owners should be able to control their emotions, be stable and slow to anger. Thats why concealed carry and road rage is a dangerous combination. I appreciate your illustrative example as to why unlimited second amendment rights can be dangerous. ....so....are...we still friends!!!

SAD, you profess an opinion about a firearm you own. But as usual, you're wrong. The weight of bullet you use has nothing to do with the chambering or its SAAMI dimensions. Please admit your age to these discussions so amendments can be made to exclude yourself. Together with other AR-15 owners who obviously know nothing about their weapons.

Not quite sure what you mean by that. Shkreli bought the rights to an AIDS drug, and then jacked up the price to the point many could no longer afford it. Not sure how that constitutes "providing". I'd call it 'price gouging.' You know, like the title of the thread. There is a show on TV now titled "Intervention". It deals with addicts and those family members that to a lessor extent enable the addictions. Essentially a meeting takes place and the entire circle of family and friends. Make the case to the addict that if they don't go to treatment, i.e. cold turkey. They will be cut off permanently. Here is a better grasp as to Mr. Shkreli's enablers. The US healthcare industry. Trademark, Pharma, law and profit. https://hbr.org/2016/07/price-gouging-and-the-dangerous-new-breed-of-pharma-companies According to this Mr. Shkreli is merely part of a growing industry. One created by the poor drafting of law by congress and likely lots of pharma lobbying cash. Is there a difference between the greed of the industry, its lobbyists, political enablers and Mr. Shkreli? His crime wasn't the price gouging. Neither trump nor congress has even looked at these issues. Although trump promised: Trump’s abandoned promise to bring down drug prices, explained https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/30/16896434/trump-drug-prices-year-one

Everything You Know About Martin Shkreli Is Wrong—or Is It? https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/12/martin-shkreli-pharmaceuticals-ceo-interview Named the most hated man in America. But Hollywood made a movie of stock promoters and boiler room operations. Everyone loved it. Isn't it just how free enterprise is supposed to work? Mr.Jerry Falwell, a leading US televangelist opined that AIDS was ‘God’s judgment on promiscuity.’ That "AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals." Now his son: Evangelical Jerry Falwell Jr. defends Trump: Jesus “never told Caesar how to run Rome” https://www.vox.com/2018/1/26/16936010/evangelicals-jerry-falwell-trump-caesar-rome One man provides drugs to better the lives of AIDS patients and make a profit. The other two men, father and son. Invokes the name of GOD and calls the consequences of AIDS, just and fair punishment. By the way. Jerry Falwell used God's name and teachings from the pulpit as aforementioned. To a net worth of ten billion dollars. A bit unfair?

Maybe so. But in this case he used his lawyers to take advance of her basic human greed, not to bully her. She did not have to take his money. And I'm sure she was handsomely rewarded for her original services as well. There is no reason at all to feel sorry for Stormy. Just as there is no reason to feel sorry for Melania. They both knew what they were getting into. That said, I hope they both find a way to screw him over! 100% Oh come on! There is just a dirty, 65 year old(now 70), pussy grabbing man, who likes blonds with big boobs. He had a contract with Melania, another with Stormy. They both got "considerations!!!". Now more porn stars are coming out and they are pissed because they got kissed, chased by trump in his "tighty whities" and never got any contract, any considerations. Imagine trump under oath, Cohen under oath having to swear to the representations he used his own money. The horror of the presiding judge having to keep a straight face. Stormy's lawyer brings in all the other porn stars to testify about what they heard and saw trump do. The knees of the evangelicals will develop calluses from all the praying on the hard oak pews. Praying for trump! Heck the evangelicals knees will begin to look like the knees of the porn stars...er... those are the lines from the movie. Coming soon.

Its looking to be litigated because Stormy now realized that book and movie rights could be worth some real cash. Her lawyer is likely on contingency. He knows that this is a game to play. IMO Stormy and his lawyer are trying to shake trump down for more cash. The story below illustrates how shakedowns operate. In trump's case a reverse shakedown. "If you've been to California, you've almost certainly seen the Proposition 65 warning. The signs ominously warn, "This area contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm," and they can be found just about everywhere, including airports and Disneyland. According to Bloomberg, "the Council for Education and Research on Toxics needed only to allege that coffee contains trace amounts of one of almost 1,000 Proposition 65 chemicals to pursue its lawsuit." Then, as is so often the case, unscrupulous lawyers use well-intentioned but overly broad laws to shake down innocent companies. Last year alone, Wall Street Journal reports that $25.6 million in cash and prizes were handed out in 681 settlements. Lawyers took home 75% of it. 7-Eleven has already surrendered and forked over $900,000. Starbucks has placed Proposition 65 signs in its store, but they might be required to place the warning directly on cups. If they don't comply, "[f]ines can run up to $2,500 for each cup sold without a proper warning," says Bloomberg." https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/01/29/california-coffee-causes-cancer-and-lawyers-collect-fee-12494

I also thought that would invalidate the contract. However there is a clip on CNN in which Mouth of Sauron II (Trump's former divorce attorney) explains that it doesn't matter, when Stormy Daniels took the $130,000 she accepted the contract as is. Apparently there is a large amount of case law that says you can't have it both ways, taking the money and claiming the contract isn't valid. Only thing I know for sure is the lawyers will make a ton of money off this, and if the objective was to sweep Mango Mussolini's indiscretions under the carpet they have failed spectacularly. I doubt it will make the slightest difference to his "true believers", but at least I have hope that Cohen will be convicted of a felony (illegal campaign donation) and lose his licence to use the law to beat up on non-rich people. Don I watched the same interview. BUT normally a contract is between two, or more parties. Each party is usually identified by name, address and contact numbers. Such that each party to a contract is easily identified. Acceptance of consideration is one argument to fulfillment of a contract. Concealing the identity of contracting parties is a factor to deny that one even exists. In addition the courts won't enforce either unlawful contracts, or ones specifically crafted to violate the law.

Yes, it's left of right-wing extremists. That doesn't make it liberal, any more than being less biased than Brietbart makes FoxNews liberal. Currently about 25% of Americans would ban all guns. Republicans control all branches of government. With those concepts in mind why don't you suggest actual policy rather than Rushmc type responses?

No, it actually isn't. You failed to include the most obvious and necessary step, i.e., reinstating the AWB, and you proposed arming teachers. You're still well right of center. I disagree. Most of those proposals would never fly with hard core NRA loving gun owners. NEVER. Rural America is a long way from accepting anything close to that. I think of farmers and ranchers who teach their kids to hunt and shoot. New gun manufactures would have a Sh**fit.

That could be true. Its certainly part of salesmanship. But for the political leader of any country there is a simpler more direct standard at play. No leader of any other country is going to be shoved around by the USA bully. Just look at Mexico, the meeting this month was cancelled. Enrique Peña Nieto had a "tense" call and the second planned meeting was turfed in less than a year. The Mexican president wouldn't even meet with trump if the wall was up for discussion. Cohen, the Koch editorial, the US FED, all state tariffs are bad.

Ah come-on if you pardon the pun. Even evangelicals are secretly cheering him on. He's doing stuff they only dream about when doing Evangelical business. Away from their wives, watching the pay channels at Motel 6.

Or stealing from a more senior lawyer. That would be a new one. When lawyers can steal from clients with impunity why steal from another lawyer? Likely they would just laugh it off. When there are so many clients to steal from why get sidetracked with distraction? When layers get caught stealing from clients, trust accounts, etc. It typically gets sent off to Law Society disciplinary committees. So a half dozen lawyers sit around a table drinking expensive whiskies all at the expense of sheepish lawyer who was caught. Elaborate stories are concocted, marital problems, gambling addiction, alcoholism,etc. The lawyer is punished by having to repay the stolen funds!! Then he has to repay the law society's disciplinary commentates investigation expenses, i.e. liquor bills. Obviously rehab is needed so the victim, er lawyer gets a 10-20 day suspension of practice. Which coincides with rehab in the Cayman islands. Which coincidentally allows him to check his offshore bank accounts and offshore corporations. When the rehabilitated and now tanned lawyer returns to "practice". The senior partner gives him a bootleg copy of the latest billing software for tracking billable hours. One that automatically adds .25 of an hour, to every hour billed for coffee, bathroom breaks. One that adds .25 of an hour of billable time for each photocopy made. For travel expenses! Now if its a black man, a native Indian,etc. Its off to prison for them. The prosecutors office obviously can't be bothered tying up valuable court time with prosecuting lawyers when 10 grams of weed needs punishment.

Some hunters have whats called trophy rooms. Basically a man cave where all of the mounted trophy's are displayed. About 25 years ago I was in the house of a dentist who had a trophy room. In it was a full size mount of a grizzly bear he had shot. It was about 4' tall. A cub. Absolutely disgraceful. Disgraceful that his guide had allowed him to shoot it. Disgraceful that he had shot it. That a taxidermist had mounted it. That he displayed it.