@Drwas:

It is unclear if Trump understands the implications of mentioning the “made-up Russia story” in the same sentence that he discussed his reasons for firing Comey. If Trump were to admit that he fired Comey because he was irked by the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible connections to Russian election interference, he would be admitting to obstruction of justice.

That same charge was what ultimately led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation. Nixon was investigated for obstruction of justice for his hand in covering up the break-in at the Watergate Hotel. With this latest gaffe, the parallels between the two presidents have become more glaring.

First, if what has been "reported" by such venerable news organizations as the WaPo or NYT can be relied upon, the investigation was begun because of an unreliable dossier that was prepared for opposition research. No intelligence agency ANYWHERE has found it credible, so IF as has been reported and that is true, Trump is correct in being "irked" and questioning the already questionable judgment of Comey. Plus, the firing of Comey doesn't impede or obstruct the investigation, as was testified under oath by Acting FBI Director (and Democrat) McCabe. Also, Grassley AND FEINSTEIN that Comey did inform them that the President is NOT under investigation. So, as was laid out by Rosenstein, there was just cause to fire Comey, and even if he was investigating Trump, Trump could still fire him for his mishandling and job performance elsewhere. Otherwise, every FBI agent would undertake investigations of every president the moment the election is over for job security. That is a ridiculous notion!

Second, as has been pointed out by many legal experts, firing an FBI Director is COMPLETELY different from firing the AG, the Dep. AG and a Special Prosecutor. Any attempts to link them are not born by reason or logic.

Trump is trying as best he can to keep radical Muslims out of the country.  Muslim law dictates that homosexuals should be put to death.  In 17 Muslim countries in the world, homosexuals are put to death, and in many other Muslim countries they are beaten and tortured and imprisoned.

And yet.. the libtards do everything possible to open the borders to these intolerant, homophobic, monsters.

We're talking about scumbag repigliKKKlans here!

@Drwas:

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe for the second time has directly contradicted White House claims. Late Thursday morning Director McCabe exposed as false a key White House claim for firing Director Jim Comey, telling Senators during an Intelligence Committee hearing Comey had "broad support within the FBI, and still does."

Wow.. what a surprise.. temporary acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe is sticking up for fired Director Jim Comey.  I wonder why?
Could it be because of this?
Andrew McCabe was appointed to the deputy director position in January 2016 by Comey, according to a FBI press release.
“Andy’s 19 years of experience, combined with his vision, judgment, and ability to communicate make him a perfect fit for this job,” Comey said in a statement at the time.

Guess what.. Trump didn't have to fire McCabe, because once there is a new FBI director, the new FBI director will appoint a new deputy.. so Andrew McCabe should start making out his resume now.

@magentas:

First of all, YOU are a SJW.
Here you are, constantly doing battle based on your political beliefs.
That makes you a SJW.

That's not the defining characteristic of a SJW.  Go look up the definition.

If you wonder why 70% of Americans don't trust the MSM/ legacy news organizations you need to look no further than that headline!

From the Fairmont Sentinel:
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Police in West Virginia’s Capitol arrested a journalist who they said was trying “aggressively” to get past Secret Service agents and yelling questions at U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price during his visit to the state.

It happened as Price and senior White House aide Kellyanne Conway visited the state Capitol in Charleston on Tuesday to learn about efforts to fight opioid addiction in a state that has the nation’s highest overdose death rate.

Capitol police said in a criminal complaint that Daniel Ralph Heyman, 54, “was aggressively breaching the secret service agents to the point where the agents were forced to remove him a couple of times from the area” in a Capitol hallway. It also says he was “causing a disturbance by yelling questions at Ms. Conway and Secretary Price.”

http://www.fairmontsentinel.com/news/national-news-apwire/2017/05/11/police-arrested-reporter/

To the victors goes the spoils. Sharing an opinion about Davis's treasonous behavior has nothing to do with the treasonous acts of Ben Franklin, Washington, Thomas Jefferson, etc.,  against the King. It's well known if the American revolution had failed all the above mentioned gentlemen would have been hung for treason.

@Frederick:

@Drwas:

The CEO of Australian airline Qantas says he’ll continue to publicly support same-sex marriage after he was attacked with a pie over the issue. “My opinion on this has not changed,” Alan Joyce said in a statement Wednesday. “We’ll continue to speak about important social issues including indigenous reconciliation, gender diversity and marriage equality, because it’s the right thing to do.”

A man rubbed a pie in Joyce’s face at a business event on Tuesday morning just as the CEO began delivering a speech. The assailant, Tony Overheu, has since spoken to Australian media, saying he wanted to make a statement about Joyce’s support for same-sex marriage. “There’s some really crude stuff going on here, and Joyce has been very much leading the issue,” Overheu told 7News.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/10/news/qantas-ceo-same-sex-marriage-pie-attack/

I'm going to respond to this taking the position of a stockholder in Quantas.  I assume that Quantas is a publicly traded company.  What business does the CEO of Quantas have making a speech about same-sex marriage?   Whether the CEO was in favor of same sex marriages or against them is irrelevant.   As the CEO of Quantas.. he needs to refrain from delving into areas which have zero to do with the company he is supposed to be running.

QANTAS was pro gay rights and pro same sex marriage before it was "cool" (best way to put it, I guess) and it is a stance the company has had for many years.

I think, with the fact that he is gay, if he HAD just suddenly decided the company was pro gay then, yes, I would understand your point, but in this case it was pro gay way before he was even part of things.

And to clarify, the company's pro gay stances haven't been deliberate speeches, more things like, company policy, via sponsored events and a few comments here and there on the issues we face, in Australia. He didn't hold a specific meeting to address it to the public or anything.

And to be clear, we have had companies that have never commented, some have been quite adamant they were for it and some against it too. Australians don't like to discuss gay issues, usually.

@Negrescence:

A lot of people here seem to reference raw numbers that Britain loses due to being with the EU but nothing on what they lose by exiting. Britain as it stands now is poised to lose at a minimum 12% of their GDP due to the loss of the banking industry there. 12% from one source alone! They're poised to lose a lot more than that when you add everything up. Financial sectors are grouped by 3 regions. Banks want the most access to Europe and not being a part of the Euro is a no-go. Britain is a service economy. Their service sector makes up 78% of their GDP and their service is to mainly Euro groups. They're losing these accesses and banks would rather watch Britain wither than lose money trying to maintain Britain as the financial capital of Europe when they could easily just move. When was the last time you purchased something that said made in Britain? Their production industry has been phased almost completely out. Economist and investors are worried and casting a dim light on Britain because their is no discernible light at the end of the tunnel.

At the end of the day on Brexit, it's going to be a wash.  The German banking system is what is holding the EU up, and it's in piss poor health.  Germany also runs a trade surplus with Britain.  A hard landing, with the shape their banks are in, while punishing Britain, would be catastrophic for Germany as well.  So, let's be realistic.  London may lose a little bit in banking, but not anywhere near the full 12% number, and rational heads will prevail, or else they will both sink.  At the end of the day, the Germans are going to have the largest say on the terms of the Brexit from the EU side.

Polling is still a respected science- even if it has its failings now and then. It might not have been as accurate for 2016, but it has had more than its share of accurate predictions.
Besides, just because medicine can't cure all illnesses, and people still die at hospitals doesn't mean we just junk the whole system of medical science, right? Nothing is perfect, and what polling does is provide an intelligent estimate of probabilities and trends that are supported by raw data which is still far far better than blind guessing. Which is why your local politicians, including Trump, still sit up and take notice when the numbers are really bad for them.

That makes perfect sense. it also makes sense that the smiling Russian "diplomats" (read: Geppetto & company) pulling Orange Pinocchio's strings would show up the day after to congratulate him on a job well done. No doubt, he was likely told when the meeting was being set up that Comey had to go so that Russia would not be further implicated and he as their cherished figurehead would be removed in addition to more congressional sanctions.

I kind of enjoy pointing out how every one of your comments is garbage.

I must have missed when that happened!  :cheesy2:

Fake news, it's on youtube.

Oh wait, that only applies when conservatives mention youtube.

Maybe you should try watching the clips!

@Drwas:

The only high ground the right have is the mountain off bullshit they produce.

the right wing has been manufacturing a jet-force stream of bullshit since at least the 1960's and it's astonishing that people still sip that poison tbqh.

@Frederick:

@bobberry:

For fuck's sake, wind your fucking neck in. I'm absolutely pissed off with coming on here and hearing cunts like you whinging on about "libtards", "lefties" and "cucks" - do you know what you sound like? Whining little bitches - that's what. A bunch of pathetic red-neck mouth-breathers with nary an IQ point between you. Dumb, simplistic mother (or more likely father) fuckers who really should get out more from behind their keyboards, if they can't tell the difference between a zygote and a full formed human.

It takes a special kind of stupid to pull your shitty, misconstrued, dim-bulb opinion out of your arse and present it as a viable argument that you think people will take seriously.

It's just a fucking pity abortions weren't mandatory round your way.

I'm tired of people who have nothing to contribute to the forum.. coming in here and denigrating myself and others.   And I don't appreciate your suggestion that I should have been aborted.

I agree Fredrick.. but then, you do not seem to.. you are just as denigrating to others, sometimes.. I have seen posts from all sides of politics on here being rude, denigrating (Libtards is something i still do not understand you using) BUT inferring you should have been aborted is not on in my book

ALL Of us need to practice what we preach or just step away.. I did for awhile and it worked, for me anyway.