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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
July 7, 2019 at 9:42 pm
Epstein sex trafficked this woman when she was THIRTEEN. Here she talks about Donald Trump
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
July 8, 2019 at 12:40 am
Mr. Trump told New York magazine in 2002 that Mr. Epstein was a “terrific guy” whom he had known for 15 years.
“He’s a lot of fun to be with,” the president said at the time. “It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
In 2005, the parents of a 14-year-old girl told the police in Palm Beach, Fla., that Mr. Epstein had molested their daughter at his home there. Before the police referred the case to the F.B.I. in 2006, they identified three dozen potential victims, who said that Mr. Epstein had paid them, while they were underage, for massages, oral sex and intercourse, according to a police report obtained by The Miami Herald.
The abuse dated back to 2001, according to The Herald. Most of the victims were between 13 and 16. Many came from low-income backgrounds and were told they could earn $200 or $300 for giving Mr. Epstein a massage, the Herald reported.
The new charges involve sex trafficking and were brought by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, with help from the New York Police Department and the F.B.I. Mr. Epstein’s arrest on Saturday was first reported by The Daily Beast.
Mr. Acosta, whom Mr. Trump nominated as labor secretary in 2017, has faced intense scrutiny for his role in Mr. Epstein’s deal to avoid prosecution, which has been widely criticized as shockingly lenient.
A series of investigative stories by The Herald last year revealed that Mr. Acosta was personally involved in the negotiations. He met privately with one of Mr. Epstein’s lawyers, who was also one of Mr. Acosta’s former colleagues.
A lawyer for Mr. Trump has denied that the president and Mr. Epstein had a social relationship, despite Mr. Trump’s comments in 2002 to New York magazine.
One of Mr. Epstein’s accusers, Virginia Giuffre, said in court documents that she was recruited to give Mr. Epstein massages while she was working at Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s Florida resort. Mr. Epstein has been photographed with Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/07/nyreg...trump.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
July 8, 2019 at 8:05 am
Just so everyone knows, George Washington took over the airports.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
July 8, 2019 at 12:23 pm
"High confidence."
-- CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency, on Russian government, at Putin's direction, conducting a sophisticated campaign to influence the 2016 election by damaging Hilton Clinton and undermining the U.S. democratic process, with a clear preference for Donald Trump
"You know who got me elected? I got me elected. Russia didn't help me at all."
-- Trump
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
July 8, 2019 at 1:04 pm
(July 8, 2019 at 12:23 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: "You know who got me elected? I got me elected. Russia didn't help me at all."
-- Trump
Which came right on the heels of:
Quote:Russia, Russia, Russia! That's all you heard at the beginning of this Witch Hunt Hoax...And now Russia has disappeared because I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected. It was a crime that didn't exist."
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
July 9, 2019 at 8:36 am
Trump: "I hate the Iran nuclear deal for...umm...reasons. We're out!"
Iran: "Okay, we're going back to doing what the deal prevented."
Trump: "OUTRAGEOUS! You better not! Or else, we'll, ya know...do stuff. Wait, WAR! That's it!"
The stupid is deep with the GOP.
4 in 10 Americans struggle to pay bills as Trump brags about helping Wall Street
https://shareblue.com/americans-struggle...ll-street/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
July 9, 2019 at 10:33 am
(July 9, 2019 at 8:36 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Trump: "I hate the Iran nuclear deal for...umm...reasons. We're out!"
Iran: "Okay, we're going back to doing what the deal prevented."
Trump: "OUTRAGEOUS! You better not! Or else, we'll, ya know...do stuff. Wait, WAR! That's it!"
The stupid is deep with the GOP.
4 in 10 Americans struggle to pay bills as Trump brags about helping Wall Street
https://shareblue.com/americans-struggle...ll-street/
It's funny that they wanted out of the Iran deal because OMG nukes, then Iran developes past what the deal was supposed to allow, and they're still yelling about Nukes. Guess what? Leaving the deal won't prevent them from getting nukes. Improving the deal, and following what is set would help. Then again, they don't care about nukes. NK has them, and Trump loves Kimmy.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
July 9, 2019 at 2:00 pm
(July 9, 2019 at 10:33 am)Chad32 Wrote: (July 9, 2019 at 8:36 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Trump: "I hate the Iran nuclear deal for...umm...reasons. We're out!"
Iran: "Okay, we're going back to doing what the deal prevented."
Trump: "OUTRAGEOUS! You better not! Or else, we'll, ya know...do stuff. Wait, WAR! That's it!"
The stupid is deep with the GOP.
4 in 10 Americans struggle to pay bills as Trump brags about helping Wall Street
https://shareblue.com/americans-struggle...ll-street/
It's funny that they wanted out of the Iran deal because OMG nukes, then Iran developes past what the deal was supposed to allow, and they're still yelling about Nukes. Guess what? Leaving the deal won't prevent them from getting nukes. Improving the deal, and following what is set would help. Then again, they don't care about nukes. NK has them, and Trump loves Kimmy.
I'm not overly bothered about nuclear weapons in either Iran or North Korea. If the tipping point ever arrives, the problem will be dealt with by Israel and China, respectively.
But I do agree that Trump preferring no deal at all to a so-so deal that could have been improved (and then bitching about the results of his 'no deal' decision) is just more evidence of the monumental ineptitude of this administration.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
July 9, 2019 at 2:38 pm
I'm not worried about some small country bombing us. I don't like the argument that we need to stop Iran from threatening Israel or Saudi Arabia, as if either of those places are worth defending. I haven't heard horrible things about South Korea, though, so as far as I can tell we should be cool with NK. But it should be despite the fact that Kimmy is one of the worst dictators alive. Not because of it.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
July 12, 2019 at 9:46 pm
This one is actually funny
Image if Trump had a talent for something.
Now the serious stuff
Chris Matthews: Trump’s ‘environmental leadership’ is nonsense
"Trump withdrew the US from the Paris agreement. He hid studies showing the dangers of climate change. He pulled back federal regulations on carbon emissions from coal power plants."
https://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/chr...3556677820
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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