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| 02-19-20 09:52am - 1768 days | #6 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
Can we get Amanda back? Or some other useful feminine staff member? We need to build up the female staff, to make the site more welcoming. And possibly more efficiently run. There are times the site seems deserted.  | |
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| 02-19-20 09:46am - 1768 days | #111 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
Could be true. But a small indication of why a site is not listed at PU/TBP could be a helpful indicator of whether a site is worth a join. If a site's business practices are suspect. If the site does not want to do business with PU. Any information about the site could be useful, more than "site not found", which begs the questions: why isn't the site found? Another reason why the site might not be found is because it's gone out of business, which happens, even to good sites, if they lack customers or have other problems. | |
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| 02-19-20 05:38am - 1769 days | #109 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
zemani.com Used to be listed at PU. I did a review years ago, thought it was a very nice site. Mainly glamour photos. But some videos, as well. As a side note: if you remove a site listing, the PU and TBP sites used to have a notice that "We no longer do business with this site." But it seems that recently, you have deleted those warnings for at least some sites. The warning or comment (however you want to describe it) at least gave an indication there might be a problem with the site. Which was better than "0 sites found for xxxxxxx". | |
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| 02-18-20 06:27pm - 1769 days | #5 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
A man should pay his own way. And not depend on the government for handouts. Self respect. And the Republican Way of Life. God save Republic. Cut the cord now!!! | |
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| 02-18-20 04:27pm - 1769 days | #4 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
Glad to hear she is over her sickness and is now on vacation in India. And that she will be working on getting a higher degree. Best wishes, to a friendly face. (Even though she never succeeded in posting her avatar at the PU site.)  | |
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| 02-18-20 10:12am - 1769 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
Entertainment Wendy Williams slammed for mocking Amie Harwick's death with 'Price Is Right' joke Taryn Ryder ,Yahoo Celebrity•February 18, 2020 Wendy Williams faces backlash for joking about Dr. Amie Harwick's death. Wendy Williams is under fire for insensitive comments she made about the death of Dr. Amie Harwick. Harwick, a well-known family and sex therapist once engaged to Drew Carey, was killed on Saturday at her home in the Hollywood Hills. Harwick's ex-boyfriend was arrested for murder. The Wendy Williams Show host appeared to make light of the tragedy on Monday. "Drew Carey's ex-fiancée was tragically murdered over the weekend," Williams said on her show. "Look, look it was like 3 o'clock on Saturday morning or something. Uh, huh, and there was screaming in the neighborhood in L.A." "Once the cops got there she was down there dead, on the ground," Williams continued, rather casually, as the audience gasped. "Yep. Was pushed off of a third-floor balcony. I'll give you a little backstory. She was killed. Not by Drew." Williams lightheartedly added, "Come on down!" — the classic phrase from The Price Is Right— as she looked up and down as if she was watching someone fall. (Carey has hosted The Price Is Right since 2007.) The audience groaned and then was quiet. Social media isn't laughing, either. | |
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| 02-18-20 09:58am - 1769 days | #8 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
It's normal for a business to try to squeeze extra profits from customers. Even multi-billion dollar companies can do it. I signed up with AT&T a few years ago for internet service. The salesclerk told me the $99 installation fee would be waived. That was verbal. I didn't get it in writing. Later I was charged $99 for the internet installation fee. I called customer service, explained the fee was supposed to be waived, and the customer rep said she would handle it. I never got a refund on the $99 charge. I later went into an ATT store, and the sales clerk I spoke to told me the original sales clerk had made a mistake: I was not entitled to have the $99 fee waived. I told him that the original sales clerk told me the waiver for the $99 fee was supposed to be written down in the contract that I signed on joining. (I was never given a copy of the contract, it was done electronically.) He went into the office, came back, and told me they don't keep those contracts after a few months. So I called ATT customer support, explained the problem again. Finally, they gave me a $25 credit on the $99 charge. (I originally asked for a paper copy of the contract when I joined, and the original clerk/salesperson told me they don't give out paper copies.) So: verbal words are not legal. You need a paper contract to enforce what the salesperson tells you. And they can tell you anything, and the next salesperson can tell you the first salesperson made a mistake. | |
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| 02-18-20 07:58am - 1769 days | #183 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
yujin, Also, I sent a couple of private emails to Freddie. I sent one on Feb 13. I sent a different one on Feb 14. Both emails were returned with a failure to deliver message. The address I used: freddie@thebestporn.com That is the address for Freddie posted at the PU site on a thread, to communicate with her, since the hot link for a private email for Freddie does not work: that hot link opens a page that says: This User is Invalid. You've reached a user that is invalid or no longer exists. If this resulted from a live link, please report this to us (with details). ---------- That notice has been current for several months. So it's not a new notice that says Freddie is missing in action. Except Freddie seems to be missing in action. Is she OK? Will she be returning to the PU site sometime? Enquiring minds want to know: What is happening with Freddie? You don't need to give out personal details. But if she is still sick, it would be nice to know. If she was fired, it would be nice to know. And is there a personal email address for Freddie, that works? Assuming she is still working at the PU site. And even if she isn't working at the PU site any longer, it might be nice to send her a message that we enjoyed her company and wish her well. LKLK | |
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| 02-18-20 07:35am - 1769 days | #182 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
yujin, Freedie has exchanged Amazon gift cards a few times, when they were mismatched to the country of receipt. So if Freddie is around, she should be able to handle the problem easily. Side note: is Freddie doing OK? Can we expect her back soon? Hoping all is well with her. Would appreciate an update on what is happening with her. If she is well, if she will return to the PU site, or otherwise. | |
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| 02-18-20 12:06am - 1770 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
Variety.com Film Reviews February 17, 2020 10:45PM PT ‘The Cost of Silence’: Film Review Mark Manning’s eye-opening depiction of the aftermath of 2010’s BP oil spill reveals a frightening case of an ongoing public health crisis. By Tomris Laffly The Cost of Silence Director: Mark Manning With: Kindra Arnesen, Riki Ott. Running time: 104 MIN. Official Site: https://www.costofsilencefilm.com/ A decade has passed since 2010’s Deepwater Horizon tragedy, history’s most catastrophic oil drilling accident that occurred when a BP-operated pipe exploded, leaking millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. There was no successful intervention for months, and time hasn’t healed all wounds. On the contrary, it opened new, irreversible ones as evidenced in Mike Manning’s revealing, thoroughly-researched and enraging documentary “The Cost of Silence.” With his film — a bit unfocused but effective in its message — Manning builds a far-reaching case for why this particular disaster still needs to be on one’s political and environmental radar, especially with the 2020 presidential election. An experienced oilfield diver of two decades and the fearless truth-telling filmmaker of “The Road to Fallujah,” Manning had apparently been filming the footage featured in his film in secret over more than nine years. Through it, he slowly exposes a deeply rooted cover-up story, the aftermath of which is now a damning, widespread public health crisis affecting millions of people along the American Gulf Coast, whose collective well-being continues to be surrendered for corporate financial gain. It’s an unbearably inhumane scheme that has to do with not only the oil leak, but also the clean-up procedures that followed, with toxic, chemical-filled dispersants sprayed over the ocean by airplanes. On the surface, those dispersants — loaded with something called Corexit — served to swiftly address the issue by breaking the oil up. But in reality, the oil wasn’t disappearing. Instead, with Corexit as a facilitator, it was being sent down to the depths of the water as tiny drops, making it an out-of-sight/out-of-mind problem to keep the beaches operational and to prop up the tourism on which the susceptible area relies. What’s worse, the dispersants were also speeding up the ways in which the oil was being disseminated into the human body, while also amplifying the substance’s toxicity to wildlife. (One scientist suggests that the dispersants made the oil approximately 52 times more poisonous to the underwater ecology.) Manning gathers insights and sound-bites from experts and civilians so wide-ranging that it’s tough to fault the director for the film’s somewhat undisciplined construct, which at times begs for a more centered and leanly focused story. Still — especially given that “The Cost of Silence” is the first exposé of its kind on the topic of the BP oil spill — Manning deserves credit for managing to assemble a complex mosaic of the ecosystem surrounding the crisis, involving both the perpetrators of the calamity and the maliciously neglected public that has been suffering the consequences of their actions. It’s the stuff of horror movies: case after infuriating case that would keep the likes of Erin Brockovich up at night. Think discharges from ears and noses, grotesque skin inflammations, abnormal bodily growths and rapidly climbing cancer rates among kids and adults alike, and you’ll be in the ballpark of the nightmare Manning witnesses up and down the coast. He centers these fearsome conditions in one native commercial fisher in Louisiana, Kindra Arnesen, who defines herself as a concerned parent first and foremost and not an activist. On the experts side, Manning privileges Dr. Riki Ott, a marine toxicologist and a former fisher-ma’am in Alaska who comes armed with experience on the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, having thoroughly researched and written about its public and environmental impact. He also features anonymous sources who fearfully conceal their identities and those fighting the good fight on behalf of the public. These prove especially valuable in the absence of talking heads from BP, who declined to be interviewed for the film but allegedly kept civilians and medical professionals in check for years through intimidation. It would be easy to put the blame on the previous administration, considering one of the segments of “The Cost of Silence” that depicts then-president Barack Obama, just months after the spill, ensuring the press and the public of the safety of beaches like the mayor in “Jaws.” But the solution-minded Manning has much bigger fish to fry, with Trump up for reelection, after announcing the world’s largest and most controversial offshore drilling expansion plan back in 2018. “The Cost of Silence” gives you urgent reasons to turn up at the ballot box with your rage and opposition. | |
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| 02-17-20 11:41pm - 1770 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
People call out Ted Cruz for hypocritical tweet about mandatory vasectomies HuffPost US Elyse Wanshel Feb 17th 2020 4:28PM Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), an anti-abortion advocate, sent a tweet over the weekend that slammed legislation introduced in Alabama that would make vasectomies mandatory for men over age 50. “Yikes,” Cruz wrote Sunday on Twitter in response to the Democratic-sponsored bill. “A government big enough to give you everything is big enough to take everything...literally!” State Rep. Rolanda Hollis’ bill, HB 238 would require a man to have a “vasectomy within one month of his 50th birthday or the birth of his third biological child, whichever comes first.” The Birmingham lawmaker told AL.com last week that the legislation is a response to last year’s Alabama abortion ban that makes abortion illegal in almost all cases, including in instances of rape or incest. The abortion ban was signed into law in May, but hasn’t taken effect because of legal challenges. Naturally, Cruz’s tweet quickly received a deluge of responses from people who couldn’t help but point out that his criticism was not only hypocritical, but proved Hollis’ point in offering the measure. “Under existing law, there are no restrictions on the reproductive rights of men,” Hollis’ bill says in its synopsis. If it becomes law, a man must pay for the procedure “at his own expense.” Hollis told AL.com she meant the legislation “to neutralize the abortion ban bill.” “It always takes two to tango,” she said. “We can’t put all the responsibility on women. Men need to be responsible also.” Hollis’ bill currently has the placeholder name of “A Bill To Be Entitled.” Maybe this instead? “A Bill For The Entitled.” Just sayin’ … This article originally appeared on HuffPost. Note: It's true the Alabama bill would require all men to get vasectomies after their 50th birthday or the birth of their third child. However, the bill was intended as a form of protest over attempts to enact new abortion restrictions in Alabama and was not intended to be passed as written. Edited on Feb 17, 2020, 11:48pm | |
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| 02-17-20 06:31am - 1770 days | #108 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
LustWeek.com A fairly new site. High quality content from the same people at Ultra Films and Wow sites. The same lovely models. Any updates on whether/when it will be listed? | |
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| 02-17-20 06:28am - 1770 days | #107 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
domingoview.com Until recently, The Best Porn had this notice: We have reserved our right not to do business with this company at this time. Therefore we are no longer linking or reviewing its web-sites, including this one. We have left this page up for users who still wish to post their own reviews or comments. Sincerely, TBP & PU Staff Edited on Jan 21, 2020, 12:16pm --------------- But they've since deleted it, and now if you search for domingoview at TBP or PU, it returns: "No Sites Match This Criteria". So the PU staff would have to make an effort to decide on whether to list the site or not. Depending on staff policy, whatever. | |
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| 02-16-20 12:20pm - 1771 days | #180 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
I checked with Amazon.ca. I found I can send you an Amazon.ca gift card. However, I don't know the value of your gift card. In US dollars, it's $50. But what is the amount in Canadian dollars? To transfer the value: -you can email me the claim code for the US gift card, using the PU internal email system. That should be safe. I can then send you a Canadian Amazon gift card. But I need to know what the amount is. I checked on the internet, and $50 US is about $61 Canadian. Is that the amount I should send you? I also need to check with the credit card company I select, to see if there are any fees for buying an Amazon CA gift card. Amazon does not charge any fees, but the credit card company might. I believe PayPal would also charge fees, in addition to the fees of the credit card, so I wouldn't use PayPal to fund the purchase. But the simplest way would be if the PU staff woke up, and started reading the messages posted here. And sent you the CA gift card directly.    | |
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| 02-15-20 08:56am - 1772 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
With a special appearance from Willie Nelson. Is this an example of old-young porn? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPtfsk4E...yYoLjho&index=25 | |
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| 02-14-20 09:54pm - 1773 days | #4 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
If any Amazon gift cards are going to be handed out for the Feb 4 lost raffle, which seems doubtful, the gift cards should be awarded to: exotics4me, Alybator, and UMBA8. LKLK won a gift card in the Feb 11 raffle, which, in theory, would make him ineligible retroactively for the Feb 4 raffle So the drawing would have 3 entrants: exotics4me Alybator UMBA8. But that is an issue that the PU staff would have to decide. Whether to have a drawing for the Feb 4 lost raffle, or not. | |
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| 02-14-20 05:58am - 1774 days | #2 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
My guess is that the PU staff is either still snowed in or sick. Or both. It would be really nice if the PU staff dropped by more often to answer questions.  | |
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| 02-12-20 06:12am - 1775 days | #1548 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
Real fake news: President Trump appoints Putin as head of his US campaign. Says that Putin is America's friend, that Putin is a force in American politics, and Trump and Putin will coordinate their campaign to re-elect Trump as President of the US. And if the snivelling, scumbag Democrats are unhappy, they can move to Canada or Mexico. Also, Putin has signed a contract with Trump, allowing Trump sanctuary in Russia, if Trump loses any criminal trials, putting Trump out of the reach of the US judicial system. This is a backup plan, since Trump has won over the impeachment process. But individual states can still pursue Trump for criminal acivity. Putin has also promised Trump that Putin will consider putting Trump's older sons at the head of newly formed army commands, in recognition of their extensive hunting experience. ---------- ---------- Russia will try to meddle in 2020 U.S. election, intel report says NBC News Courtney Kube Feb 12th 2020 8:21AM WASHINGTON — Russia interfered in Western elections in 2019 and is likely to do so again in 2020, according to the latest annual threat assessment by the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service. NBC News obtained an exclusive preview of the annual report from the Baltic nation's intelligence agency, which warns that Russia will continue to pursue cyber operations that threaten other nations. "Russia's cyber operations have been successful and, to date, have not been sanctioned enough by the West to force Russia to abandon them," the report says. Russia will try to interfere in the U.S. presidential election in November and in parliamentary elections in the nation of Georgia in October, it warns, saying, "The main goal is to ensure a more beneficial election result for Russia by favoring Russian-friendly candidates or those who have the most divisive influence in the West." Another motivation, according to the report, is to show that Western nations cannot hold fair elections, thereby making questionable elections in Russia seem less significant. The report also warns that Russia continues to strengthen its military posture against Europe and NATO. According to the report, in 2019, Russia established three army commands, five new division headquarters and 15 new mechanized regiments in the Russian Western Military District, which borders five NATO nations, as well as Finland and Ukraine. Russia has slowly built up its military power against Europe for the past decade. Russia's influence in the Middle East has been growing since it became involved in the war in Syria in 2015, but the report finds that Russia's influence in the region "has essentially reached a ceiling" unless it invests significantly more military or economic resources. That is "unlikely in the short term," the report says. | |
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| 02-11-20 04:43pm - 1776 days | #178 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
@ yujin PornUsers Staff Thanks for the raffle win today. Freddie is still apparently under the weather. And maybe snowed in as well. I have a favor to ask. Can half of my winning ticket be sent to Freddie, as a Get-well gift? She probably needs cheering up. And she could use a gift card from Amazon Canada to make a small purchase of essentials in this time of need. And send the other half to me, as an Amazon US gift card. This is still the time of Christmas spirit. I figure she needs cheering up, and this should help. Regards, LKLK | |
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| 02-11-20 10:16am - 1776 days | #3 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
I changed my name to LKLK because the site was not allowing me to log in under the name of lk2fireone. Not sure what the problem was. Whether it was my laptop or the site software. But when I applied for the new name, I explained the reason for the change, and it was approved. So I haven't disappeared. Am still submitting reviews, comments, replies, etc. My health isn't great, but unless something happens, I figure I'll still be around for years more. But thanks for thinking of me, rearadmiral. | |
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| 02-08-20 03:23pm - 1779 days | #5 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
My favorite Burt Lancaster\Kirk Douglas movie is Gunfight at the OK Corral. It's also my favorite western. There were plenty of other westerns and non-westerns these stars were in that are also very good to great. | |
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| 02-06-20 03:14pm - 1781 days | #4 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
Anyone from PU staff willing to step in and explain why reviews haven't been approved? Also, would like an update on what is happening with our missing Freddie. Hoping all is well with her, but an update on her would be appreciated. Just want to be kept in the loop. | |
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| 02-06-20 02:24pm - 1781 days | #1547 | |
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LKLK (0)
Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
President Trump reveals the real news: Our nation is filled with crooked cops. You can't trust the men in blue. They are out to fuck you over. Grab your trusty .357 Magnum Force revolver and start the revolution: Give me freedom or give me death. Your soul will rise to heaven in this fight to save American democracy. I fail to understand why Trump, as Bonespur Commander in Chief, does not call out the Armed Forces to round up all these corrupt traitors and have them executed under martial law: America must be kept free, white and clean of the scum-sucking Democrats who infest our nation. Trump also bemoans the fact that time and energy have been wasted during this power struggle. "Our land could have been made great again. Think of the America filled with shining Trump hotels and golf courses scattered throughout the land. We could have had hotels where you could stay for years, if only our tax-payer dollars had been spent building a glorious infrastructure of hotel-golf courses within our borders. Making America great for now and into the future...." ------- ------- Trump lashes out in post-impeachment address Yahoo News Alexander Nazaryan Feb 6th 2020 2:18PM WASHINGTON — Shunning contrition or reflection, eager to settle scores, President Trump spoke from the White House about the previous day’s Senate vote, which saw him acquitted on two articles of impeachment. "It was all bullshit,” Trump said of Democratic efforts to remove him from office, which culminated in impeachment but began more or less at the moment he entered the Oval Office. “This should never, ever happen to another president,” he said, though some have predicted the very opposite, with impeachment potentially becoming a norm of presidential politics. Speaking to a packed audience of White House staffers and congressional supporters, Trump lashed out at the “evil” and “corrupt” inquiry, which he said was led by “crooked cops.” “We went through hell,” he said. “Unfairly.” As he has from the start of the impeachment inquiry, Trump maintained that his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky was “perfect” and, in his view, preposterously insufficient grounds for impeachment. “A very good phone call,” Trump said in his Thursday remarks. “I know bad phone calls." The somewhat rambling address—which included an extended allusion to former New York Yankees second baseman Bobby Richardson—saw Trump congratulate the “warriors” who fought on his behalf. Foremost among them was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who presided over the Senate trial that concluded yesterday. Trump continued by also praising other senators and representatives in attendance, from Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who is one of the chamber’s most senior members, to Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, who was only sworn in last month. Dogged supporters in the House came in for praise as well, especially since the Republican conference in that chamber has some avid pro-Trump members. “He's the most legitimate human being,” the president said of Rep. Devin Nunes of California, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee. “He is obviously very proud of his body,” the president said of Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, another close supporter of the president, famous for never wearing a suit jacket unless absolutely required to do so. "Honestly, I think you're better looking now,” the president said of House minority whip Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., an apparent reference to the weight Scalise lost after surviving a 2017 shooting. In addition, he predicted that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Ca., would soon become Speaker of the House, surmising that in November, the Democrats would lose their majority in that chamber, having squandered their political capital—in the president’s view—on impeachment. He also criticized a wide array of political enemies, from lead impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff (“a vicious, horrible person”) to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., a frequent critic of the president. He called former FBI director James Comey, whom he fired early in 2017, a “sleazebag” and reprised a conspiracy theory regarding Hillary Clinton’s emails from her time as Secretary of State. “They’re vicious as hell,” he said of his political opponents, “and they’ll probably come back for more,” he mused, a reference to ongoing Democratic investigations of the Trump administration. “They wanna destroy our country,” he later said of Democratic leaders. Neither the tone nor the contents of the address was exactly a surprise. Shortly after the Senate voted to acquit him, Trump branded the verdict “our Country’s VICTORY” in a tweet that called the impeachment inquiry a “Hoax,” a term he had previously used to describe special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into electoral interference. Wednesday also saw White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham release a statement that called the impeachment inquiry “yet another witch-hunt that deprived the President of his due process rights and was based on a series of lies.” Grisham’s statement also wondered whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Schiff would pay a price for attempting to remove from office. “Will there be no retribution?” she wrote. So far, the White House response has been marked by its combative tone, a departure from the last time a president avoided removal from office via impeachment. In 1999, a just-acquitted Bill Clinton used a White House address to apologize for the actions and statements that led to his impeachment. Richard Nixon took three years to apologize for Watergate, which led him to step down from the presidency in 1974. “Yep, I let the American people down, and have to carry that burden with me for the rest of my life.,” he told the British journalist David Frost in 1977. Trump’s response thus far has been closest to that of Andrew Johnson, who was impeached in 1868 and, like both Trump and Clinton, survived the effort. “I have nothing to regret,” Johnson said as he left office in 1869. For the most part, Trump has reserved his ire since Wednesday’s acquittal for Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the sole Republican to vote in favor of conviction. In doing so, he became the only senator in American history to vote in favor of convicting a president from his own party in an impeachment trial. By joining Democrats, he kept Trump from claiming that impeachment was a fully partisan affair. That has plainly been irritating Trump, who called Romney a “failed presidential candidate” during Thursday’s remarks from the White House, in reference to the senator’s unsuccessful 2012 White House bid. He added that Romney “can’t stand the fact he ran one of the worst races in presidential history.” Trump had been significantly less tempered in the preceding hours. On Wednesday evening, he shared a video on Twitter that branded Romney a turncoat, while also reminding of Romney’s loss to President Obama nearly eight years ago. “Had failed presidential candidate @MittRomney devoted the same energy and anger to defeating a faltering Barack Obama as he sanctimoniously does to me, he could have won the election,” he said in a subsequent message. Speaking on Thursday morning ahead of his White House address at the National Prayer Breakfast, Trump continued his attacks on the Utah senator, though without naming him. “I don’t like people who use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong,” Trump said. The reference was to Romney’s Mormon faith, which Romney had referenced in remarks on the Senate floor ahead of his historic vote. “As a senator-juror, I swore an oath before God to exercise impartial justice,” Romney said in those widely-watched remarks. “I am profoundly religious. My faith is at the heart of who I am. I take an oath before God as enormously consequential.” The notion of a former Republican candidate for president becoming a Democratic hero was, indeed, a surprising development. Speaking at her weekly press conference on Wednesday morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised a man with whom he has almost nothing in common politically or culturally. “God bless him for his courage,” Pelosi said of Romney. She branded Trump’s attacks on the lone Republican dissenter as “without class.” Virtually nothing that Trump said on Thursday suggested that a reconciliation with the party that impeached him was in the works, though the president did briefly muse about what the two political parties could accomplish if partisan fight could have been put aside. He listed infrastructure and prescription drug pricing as potential areas of cooperation while lamenting the three contentious years that have been squandered. “Think,” he said, “what we could’ve done.” _____ | |
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| 02-06-20 07:11am - 1781 days | #1546 | |
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LKLK (0)
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Real news: President Trump reveals that Romney is a Democrat secret asset. Asks his Chief of Staff to summon the secret service to eliminate this threat to Trump's power: This is a day in infamy, Trump tweets. My dear friend, Mitt, has decided to vote to convict me for abuse of power. Everyone knows that my phone call was perfectly legal, where I asked the Ukraine government to investigate Joe Biden, a scum-sucking Democrat who wants to run against me in the next presidential election. All's fair in love and war, and I can abuse not only the nation, but also myself, if Melania gives me the cold shoulder at night. Trump uber alles. Hitler, Putin, and little rocket-man Kim Jong-un are my heroes: they became dictators, even though they were all shorter than I am. There is a conference among Trump's top advisors, debating whether Romney should be taken off Trump's Christmas card list. ---------- ---------- Trump ripped into Romney as a 'Democrat secret asset' after he voted to convict him for abuse of power in the impeachment trial Business Insider John Haltiwanger Feb 6th 2020 5:45AM President Donald Trump posted a video attacking Sen. Mitt Romney after his decision to vote in favor of convicting Trump for abuse of power on Wednesday. Romney was the only GOP senator to go against Trump. He was the 2012 Republican nominee for president who has been critical of Trump on some occasions. A video posted by Trump included footage of Romney praising Trump, and failing to win the 2012 election himself. "Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that I can imagine," Romney said. President Donald Trump posted a video attacking Republican Sen. Mitt Romney after his stunning vote to convict the president for abuse of power in his Senate impeachment trial on Wednesday. Romney was the only Republican to vote in favor of convicting Trump for abuse of power, though he joined the rest of the GOP in voting to acquit Trump for obstruction of Congress. The Utah Republican was the first senator in US history to support convicting a president from his own party. The video shows a brief history of Trump and Romney. It is a spliced-together collection of news clips, which at one point described Romney as "a Democrat secret asset." It juxtaposes footage of Romney publicly praising Trump shortly after the 2016 election with narration describing how Romney later turned on the president. It also includes news footage of Romney failing to beat Barack Obama to the presidency in 2012, followed by footage of Trump beating Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016, a moment Trump has returned to often in his social media output. Romney in an impassioned speech on the Senate floor before the vote said that he was compelled to vote for his conviction despite agreeing with many of his actions as president. Romney said he could not ignore the oath of impartiality he took at the start of the trial. He said his faith compelled him to make an extraordinary break with his own party. Romney condemned Trump for his effort to urge Ukraine into launching investigations into political rivals, including former Vice President Joe Biden, who is a leading contender for the 2020 Democratic nomination. "Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that I can imagine," Romney said. Romney was promptly praised by Democrats while facing swift criticism from fellow Republicans after announcing his decision. "I sat silently across the chamber, listening to my friend give one of the most important speeches I have ever had the good fortune to hear in person," Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut tweeted. "At a time when many wonder what honor is left in public life, there stands Mitt Romney." Comparatively, Ronna McDaniel, the chair of the Republican National Committee and Romney's niece, in a statement said: "This is not the first time I've disagreed with Mitt, and I imagine it will not be the last. The bottom line is President Trump did nothing wrong, and the Republican Party is more united than ever behind him." Meanwhile, Donald Trump Jr., the president's son, called for Romney to be "expelled" from the Republican party. Tweet Embed: //twitter.com/mims/statuses/1225140190920019968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Mitt Romney is forever bitter that he will never be POTUS. He was too weak to beat the Democrats then so he's joining them now. He's now officially a member of the resistance & should be expelled from the @GOP. The House passed two articles of impeachment against Trump on December 18, 2019, one for abuse of power over his dealings of Ukraine, and a second for obstruction of Congress over the president's efforts to stonewall the impeachment inquiry. Trump froze almost $400 million in crucial military aid to Ukraine, which is at war with pro-Russian separatists, as he sought to pressure Kiev into helping him dig up dirt on his political opponents. Democrats essentially accused Trump of blackmailing Ukraine with congressionally-approved security assistance, and using it to solicit foreign election interference. The impeachment proceedings spiraled out of a whistleblower complaint centered around a July 25 phone call in which Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, as well as a debunked conspiracy theory linked to the 2016 election. The president wanted Zelensky to announce investigations into the Bidens in relation to Hunter's work for Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas company, despite no evidence of wrongdoing or illegal activity on the part of the former vice president or his son with regard to Ukraine. Documents and witness testimony gathered in the impeachment inquiry revealed a broad effort to pressure Ukraine that was engineered by Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and went well beyond the July 25 phone call. Meanwhile, Trump has maintained he did nothing wrong and has continued to call his July 25 conversation with Zelensky a "perfect" call. | |
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I'm still here, exotics4me and marcdc1 and others are still submitting reviews and comments and what-have-you. I'm guessing our dearest Freddie is under the weather, which is why the raffle report has been delayed. Wishing her a speedy recovery. Or maybe she's been snowed in: Canada can be a cold place to live. She's welcome to visit Los Angeles. The temperature is supposed to hit 74 degrees tomorrow with sunny skies. But maybe she likes the snow. Different strokes for different folks. | |
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| 02-05-20 06:40pm - 1782 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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HuffPost US Entertainment Feb 5th 2020 6:37PM Legendary actor Kirk Douglas died on Wednesday at the age of 103. His family confirmed his death with People. “It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103,” his son, Michael Douglas, said in a statement. “To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to.” Over his six-decade career, Douglas starred in multiple classic films, including “Spartacus,” “Paths of Glory” and “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” The dynamic actor with the dimpled chin appeared in more than 80 movies, racking up three Academy Award nominations and one honorary Oscar. He said it was the birth of his first son, actor-producer Michael Douglas, in 1944 that sent him to Hollywood. “I never wanted to be a movie actor,” Kirk Douglas told Esquire in 2001. “I started out on the stage. The first time I was invited out here, I turned it down. Then Michael was born and I needed money, so I came. Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free.” Douglas was a tough guy both on and off the screen. In his defining role, he played the title character Spartacus, an enslaved gladiator-turned-doomed rebel leader, in the 1960 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. “Spartacus” received four Academy Awards and six nominations. As executive producer of the film, Douglas hired the screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, then on Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s infamous “Hollywood blacklist.” The public crediting of Trumbo for his script is considered a key moment in the ending of the blacklist, and in later years, Douglas would repeatedly speak about the “guts” it took to hire him. (Like many stories out of Hollywood, the truth of the matter is a bit more complicated, and Trumbo’s family has long claimed that Douglas’ version exaggerated his own role.) In real life, the actor proved to be just as defiant in the face of age and infirmity. He suffered a heart attack in 1986 and had a pacemaker for the rest of his life. In 1991, he was in a helicopter that crashed into a plane above a Ventura County, California, airport. Two people died in the crash and Douglas’ injuries, including a compressed spine, left him three inches shorter. A near-fatal stroke in 1996 caused severe speech impairment; with therapy, however, he regained the ability to speak. At the age of 88, Douglas had a double knee replacement. A few years later, he broke his foot. But at age 94, he walked onstage at the 2011 Academy Awards and charmed the audience while presenting the award for Best Supporting Actress. At the age of 101, he appeared at the 2018 Golden Globes ceremony with his son Michael’s wife, the actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. Born on Dec. 9, 1916, in Amsterdam, New York, he was named Issur Danielovitch, but went by the shorter Izzy Demsky throughout childhood. The only son of Jewish immigrants from Belarus, he grew up poor ― The Ragman’s Son, as he titled the first of his memoirs. His family spoke Yiddish. In his later decades, he would have a second bar mitzvah at age 83 and engage in weekly Torah study. According to the actor, he held more than 40 different jobs over the course of his life. He studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas following his first job in summer stock theater. He joined the U.S. Navy to fight in World War II. Douglas married his first wife, actress Diana Dill, in 1943. They had two sons, Michael and Joel, before they divorced eight years later. In 1954, he married producer Anne Buydens, with whom he had two more sons, Peter and Eric (who died in 2004). His storied film career began in 1946 with a role in “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers.” Lauren Bacall had suggested Douglas, her former acting academy classmate, to producer Hal B. Wallis. Within the next decade, Douglas would earn his three Academy Award nominations ― for Best Actor in “Champion” (1949), “The Bad and the Beautiful” (1952) and “Lust for Life” (1956). He won the Golden Globe for his portrayal of Vincent van Gogh in “Lust for Life.” He also received the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1968 and the honorary Oscar for “50 years as a creative and moral force” in 1996. Douglas starred alongside Burt Lancaster in seven movies, including “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” (1957), “Seven Days in May” (1964) and “Tough Guys” (1987). The two had a complicated friendship. Douglas, who reportedly stood 5 feet, 9 inches tall, wore stacked shoes to boost his height in movies. Lancaster, who was over 6 feet tall, would steal the specialized footwear. They had a love-hate relationship until Lancaster’s death in 1994. In more recent years, Douglas took up blogging, becoming MySpace’s “oldest celebrity blogger.” He had more than 4,000 friends on the social network. In 2012, he began writing for The Huffington Post and continued submitting articles into 2016. Douglas also wrote a dozen books, including the retrospective I Am Spartacus! in 2012. Douglas persevered by carving his own path. Film critic Roger Ebert, who interviewed him in 1969, quoted the actor as saying: I don’t need a critic to tell me I’m an actor. I make my own way. Nobody’s my boss. Nobody’s ever been my boss. Your only security is in your talent. I didn’t get into this business as a pretty boy. I’ve made good pictures, bad pictures. I’ve been a maverick. I’ve never been under contract, except for one year at Warner’s after “Champion” ― l’ve made my own way! Among his many other accolades, the American Film Institute in 1999 named Douglas the 17th greatest American male screen legend. (Lancaster was 19th.) He became a goodwill ambassador for the U.S. State Department in 1963 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981 from President Jimmy Carter. On his 97th birthday, Douglas published a HuffPost article titled “My Birthday Wishes.” An excerpt: So I asked myself, what do I want for my birthday? There’s nothing I need, other than good health for my wife and my family. Suddenly it occurred to me that I knew exactly what I wanted ― a better world for my grandchildren. But have you ever tried to put 97 candles on a cake? You can’t. So I put 10 candles to represent the 10 decades of my life. Here are my birthday wishes: Excuse me ― I have a lot of candles to blow out. | |
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| 02-05-20 06:31pm - 1782 days | #1545 | |
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Real fake news: Mitt Romney announces he will vote to convict President Trump for abuse of power. This is the real test of a loving relationship. Romney loves our country. He loves Trump (they are both Republicans, and Republicans must love each other). But Romney says he must vote to convict President Trump for abuse of power: Romney's love of country is above his love of Trump. ------- ------- Romney, Trump have a long running love-hate relationship Yahoo News David Knowles Feb 5th 2020 5:25PM Sen. Mitt Romney’s dramatic speech on Wednesday announcing he would vote to convict President Trump for abuse of power is the latest salvo in a contentious relationship between the two Republican politicians, and will certainly not be the last. “Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine,” Romney, the junior senator from Utah, said in reference to Trump’s attempts to secure a Ukrainian investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden. Romney’s decision extinguished Trump’s argument that his impeachment for a “perfect call” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was merely a partisan political exercise. But it also followed a years-long pattern of animosity, alternating with awkward episodes of reconciliation, between the two men. “Mitt is tough, he’s sharp, he’s smart,” Trump said of Romney in 2012, when he shook his hand at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Las Vegas, Nev., and endorsed him for president. In response, Romney warmly praised the reality television star and real estate developer as having “an extraordinary ability to understand how the economy works.” “It means a great deal to me to have the endorsement of Mr. Trump,” Romney added. But the day after Romney’s defeat in the general election to President Obama, Trump turned on Romney, saying “he just never connected with people.” Two years later, Trump began what became a mantra of criticizing Romney for that defeat, tweeting, “He had his chance and blew it in the last weeks of the race.” FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 file photo, Donald Trump greets Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, after announcing his endorsement of Romney during a news conference in Las Vegas. Mitt Romney and President Donald Trump exchanged harsh criticisms of one another during the 2016 presidential campaign but also have a history of being willing to sit down with each other when mutually beneficial. Romney's announcement that he's running for the U.S. Senate seat in Utah creates the potential for future battles, or even deal-making. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) When Trump declared himself a candidate for president in 2015, Romney began voicing his disagreement with the billionaire over his criticism of Sen. John McCain’s military service as well as his description of Mexican immigrants as “rapists.” That led trump to fire back on Twitter. Two months later, Romney gave a speech at Georgetown University in which he again blasted Trump and made a prediction shared by numerous other establishment Republicans at the time: “Donald Trump will not be the nominee. Ultimately our nominee will come from the mainstream conservative bracket,” Romney said. In response, Trump tweeted that in losing to Obama, Romney “choked.” As the 2016 campaign progressed, Romney called on Trump to release his tax returns, a request Trump refused and said made Romney “look like a fool.” Romney then had his own Shakespearean retort. As Trump’s march to the Republican nomination progressed, Romney in March attacked Trump as a “con man and a fake” in an impassioned speech at the University of Utah. “Let me put it very plainly,” Romney said, “if we Republicans choose Donald Trump as our nominee, the prospect for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished.” Trump responded that Romney had accepted his endorsement in 2012. Then, a month before the election, the “Access Hollywood” tape surfaced of Trump boasting about sexually assaulting women, provoking outrage from Romney, a devout Mormon. “Hitting on married women? Condoning assault? Such vile degradations demean our wives and daughters and corrupt America's face to the world,” Romney tweeted, a view echoed by many mainstream Republicans. FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2016, file photo, shows President-elect Donald Trump, center, eating dinner with Mitt Romney, right, and Trump Chief of Staff Reince Priebus at Jean-Georges restaurant, in New York. Mitt Romney and President Donald Trump exchanged harsh criticisms of one another during the 2016 presidential campaign but also have a history of being willing to sit down with each other when mutually beneficial. Romney's announcement that he's running for the U.S. Senate seat in Utah creates the potential for future battles, or even deal-making. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) But after Trump’s surprise victory, Romney wished him luck in his new job, tweeting, “Best wishes to our duly elected president.” Trump noted that Romney had also contacted him personally. The president-elect then seemed be considering Romney for one of the most sought-after jobs in his administration, secretary of state. The two men shared a dinner at New York’s Jean-George restaurant at which they reportedly discussed the position. “I had a wonderful evening with President-elect Trump,” Romney said after the meal. “We had another discussion about affairs throughout the world, and these discussions I’ve had with him have been enlightening and interesting and engaging. I’ve enjoyed them very, very much.” Whether Trump ever really seriously appointing Romney is unclear. The post went to former Exxon-Mobile chief executive Rex Tillerson instead. On August 18, 2017, Romney rebuked Trump over the president’s response to the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., that left a counter-protester dead. Trump said there were “very fine people on both sides” of the clash. “Whether he intended to or not, what [Trump] communicated caused racists to rejoice, minorities to weep, and the vast heart of America to mourn,” Romney said in a Facebook post in which he called on the president to apologize. FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney shake hands as Romney leaves the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J. A nationwide survey of midterm voters found that about two-thirds of Mormon voters nationwide favored Republicans in the midterm elections, but approval for President Donald Trump lags behind. And as new U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney prepares to join the new Congress in January, most voters in the predominantly Mormon state of Utah 64 percent would like to see the senator confront the president, AP VoteCast found. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) But six months later, after Romney had announced his bid to run for U.S. Senate in Utah, Trump again endorsed the man he had repeatedly called a “choke-artist.” Romney, Trump said in his endorsement, would make a “great Senator.” In response, Romney seemed, once again, to let bygones be bygones. “Thank you Mr. President for the support,” Romney said. “I hope that over the course of the campaign I also earn the support and endorsement of the people of Utah." Romney won easily, setting the stage for the next reversal in their relationship. He wrote a scathing denunciation of in the form of an op-ed in the Washington Post. Citing Trump’s foreign policy blunders, Romney said “his conduct over the past two years, particularly his actions last month, is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office.” Trump offered a somewhat muted response to the op-ed, telling Romney to “be a team player.” “Would much prefer that Mitt focus on Border Security and so many other things where he can be helpful,” Trump said in a tweet. “I won big, and he didn’t. He should be happy for all Republicans. Be a TEAM player & WIN!” Romney mostly kept his thoughts to himself during the impeachment process, but broke with the president and his party to vote in favor of calling witnesses in the Senate trial, one of only two Republicans to take that position, along with Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. His dramatic announcement that he would vote for one of the two articles of impeachment, while not affecting the outcome of the vote, was certain to enrage Trump, who had boasted of the unanimous Republican support he had enjoyed in the House of Representatives and obviously wanted the same from his party in the Senate. It almost certainly was the last straw in their relationship. At least for now. | |
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| 02-05-20 04:33am - 1783 days | #1544 | |
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Fake news: Donald Trump follows in Christ's footsteps, preaching a message of love and forgiveness. In this time of hope, Trump says we can forgive our enemies their sins, and make us brothers together. And in the words of George Washington, our founding father, President Trump concluded with these famous words: "Give me liberty, or give me death." A reference to the impeachment process, where Trump says it will take Death Himself to pry his .357 Magnum Peacemaker from his hands before he will surrender to the scummy Democrats from Hell. ----- ----- Trump's State of the Union address: the top takeaways Yahoo News Alexander Nazaryan Feb 5th 2020 4:39AM WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, President Trump delivered what could be his last State of the Union address—or merely the last of his first term. That will depend, of course, on whether Trump is reelected in November. Accordingly, Trump used the address to celebrate his record. Republicans were happy to comply, heartily cheering Trump at every turn. Democrats, for the most part sat silently. Here are the key takeaways from Trump’s address. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2020. (Leah Millis/POOL via Reuters) 1. An era of bipartisanship is not in Washington’s future As divided as Washington has been in recent years, it has perhaps never been as divided as it is today. The president has just been impeached, and he is entering a reelection contest that could be the most divisive in American history. Neither side made meaningful efforts at the famed practice of aisle-crossing, which is more frequently invoked than practiced in Washington, at least these days. Political divisions were apparent from the very start. Most of the female Democrats in the House wore all-white outfits that have come to serve as a rebuke of Trump. A few progressives, including Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, did not rise when Trump entered the chamber. A few others, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, stayed away from the speech altogether. As Trump took his place at the podium, he pointedly refused to shake hands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who had just presided over his impeachment in the House. President Donald Trump hands copies of his speech to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/AP) She returned the favor about an hour and a half later. As Trump finished his address, Pelosi tore up a printed version of his speech, providing what is bound to be the night’s most viral moment. She had similarly provided the most viral moment from the previous year’s address with her theatrically condescending clap. As for the speech itself, it was met by a Democratic Party that for the most part sat glumly, only rarely joining the frequent standing ovations by Republicans. The only policy-related line that received truly bipartisan applause was a promise to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure. Trump made similar promises when he first started running for president almost five years ago. But despite a number of Infrastructure Weeks, the nation’s infrastructure remains well short of greatness. 2. America is great again President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) As Democrats were still processing the late returns from the Iowa caucuses, Trump opened the speech with a recitation of his own accomplishments, particularly those related to the economy. “Three years ago,” he began, “we launched the great American comeback.” He continued by saying that “jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is surging, and our country is thriving and highly respected again.” In other words, mission accomplished, according to Trump. His argument has been—and will almost surely continue to be—that it would be folly to place the nation into the hands of Democrats, whom he has depicted as radical leftists. Overall, the speech was celebratory and retrospective: on the economy, national security, immigration and much else. No major new policies were introduced, in seeming recognition that an election year in a divided country was not going to be a time of significant accomplishment. 3. Socialism is not great Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido (C) waves as he is acknowledged by US President Donald Trump during his the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) Among Trump’s guests was Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who a year ago declared himself the true leader of the South American nation, even as Nicolás Maduro, the head of the Socialist Party there, has continued to cling to power in Caracas. Calling attention to Guaidó’s presence was also a way to call attention to the supposed threat from socialists, which has become a rhetorical weapon deployed against opponents like Sen. Bernie Sanders, a leading contender for the Democratic nomination for president and a self-described democratic socialist. “Socialism destroys nations,” Trump said. Later, he returned to the same theme, warning that Democrats were planning “a socialist takeover of our health care system, wiping out the private health insurance plans of 180 million Americans,” in what appeared to be a reference to the Medicare-for-all plan first introduced by Sanders and now endorsed by many other Democrats. “I want you to know,” Trump went on, that “we will never let socialism destroy American health care.” He also combined his critique of progressive health care proposals with his restrictive view of immigration, taking shots at state-level policies and proposals to provide some measure of health care coverage to undocumented immigrants. “If forcing American taxpayers to provide unlimited free health care to illegal aliens sounds fair to you, then stand with the radical left,” he said. That portion of the speech received the strongest negative response from Democrats, including from many who are not supporters of the most left-leaning health care plans. 4. What impeachment? Impeachment was not mentioned in the full text of Trump’s remarks, but the president is known to treat prepared remarks with disdain. Ahead of the address, Republicans were desperately hoping that he would stick to the script this time around, in particular by not mentioning impeachment. If he didn’t talk about it, after all, they might also avoid having to do so on Tuesday night. Trump complied. Impeachment was neither explicitly mentioned nor implicitly referenced. To be sure, there will be plenty of time for that in the days to come, for both the president and his detractors. But in managing to avoid the topic in his State of the Union address, Trump gave himself—and his party—a reprieve from months of grinding debate over Ukraine, obstructing Congress and budgetary holds. 5. The return of Rush Back when the Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in 1994, the conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh was made an honorary member of the incoming GOP conference, a recognition of the growing power of conservative media, In the years since, Limbaugh has continued to be one of the most divisive figures in American media, attacking virtually every concept sacred to the political left, from feminism to climate science. On Tuesday, he sat next to first lady Melania Trump as a guest of the president. The occasion was not an entirely happy one because Limbaugh had only a day before announced that he was battling advanced lung cancer. The revelation apparently prompted the last-minute invitation from Trump. Trump called him “the greatest fighter and winner you will ever meet.” The line was met with a standing ovation from Republicans. Democrats remained seated, with impeachment manager Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Texas covering a yawn. Trump then had the first lady present the ailing radio host with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which she draped over his neck. It was a notable departure from the normal method of awarding the honor, which is normally done in a White House ceremony. The usually gruff Limbaugh was visibly moved. Democrats were not. 6. And now back to your scheduled programming; i.e., impeachment President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington DC, United States on February 04, 2020. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) On Tuesday night, Trump basked in the glow of Republican adulation as he enumerated his own accomplishments. Wednesday, however, will see the Senate vote on the two articles of impeachment that have been exhibited in the chamber by House Democrats. Trump is expected to be acquitted, and he will almost certainly celebrate that acquittal on Twitter and at political rallies. 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| 02-04-20 06:46pm - 1783 days | #1543 | |
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Real + fake news: Trump has a massive problem: 2 freshman congresswomen will skip Donald Trump's State of the Union address. This is giving Trump nightmares. Trump's message is that he is uniting the country, bringing truth and justice to Americans everywhere. But if 2 congresswomen are going to miss his State of the Union address, his address will fail to reach all voters in the United States. This is unfair. Can Trump have these women arrested, and brought in handcuffs and chains to be part of his audience? Enquiring minds want to know: Does Trump have the legal authority to arrest people who do not bow down and show him the respect that he demands? Trump uber alles. Trump, the firstest and bestest President for Life the United States has ever had. Note: once Ivanka is sworn in as President for Life, she will become the bestest President for Life. Although Trump will always remain in our hearts and minds as the guiding father of our country. --------- --------- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley will boycott Trump's 'sham' State of the Union address Business Insider Eliza Relman (feedback@businessinsider.com) Feb 4th 2020 6:57PM Freshman Democratic congresswomen Ayanna Pressley and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez both announced on Tuesday that they won't attend President Donald Trump's Tuesday night State of the Union address. "After much deliberation, I have decided that I will not use my presence at a state ceremony to normalize Trump's lawless conduct & subversion of the Constitution," Ocasio-Cortez of New York tweeted. "None of this is normal, and I will not legitimize it." Ocasio-Cortez called it a "deeply personal decision" that she "did not take lightly" and said she'd answer questions in an Instagram Live session on Tuesday evening. Pressley called Trump's address a "sham" and said she "cannot in good conscience" attend the event. "The State of the Union is hurting because of the occupant of the White House, who consistently demonstrates contempt for the American people, contempt for Congress & contempt for our constitution," Pressley said in a statement. The national address, which will draw one of Trump's largest audiences of the year, comes just a day before the Senate is set to acquit Trump in his impeachment trial. The two progressive lawmakers are one half of the so-called "Squad," which also includes Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, and often stick together on controversial votes and decisions. Tweet Embed: //twitter.com/mims/statuses/1224794340272242689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw After much deliberation, I have decided that I will not use my presence at a state ceremony to normalize Trump's lawless conduct & subversion of the Constitution. None of this is normal, and I will not legitimize it. Consequently, I will not be attending the State of the Union. | |
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| 02-04-20 02:57am - 1784 days | #1542 | |
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Fake news: Republican Senator Murkowski criticizes Trump, House Democrats, and fellow Republicans for shameful behavior. But she will vote to acquit Donald Trump, because she must follow her moral compass. It's wonderful how Republicans can ponder the shameful facts of their fellow men, and then vote to confirm their appointment or deny that there is any reason to believe that a Republican can be held morally accountable. Hail Republicans, the party of hypocrisy and denial and lies. Keeping America great, white, and focused on the great guidelines of greed. -------- -------- Republican U.S. Senator Murkowski spares few in fiery impeachment speech Thomson Reuters By Richard Cowan Feb 3rd 2020 10:30PM WASHINGTON -- Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, an unpredictable moderate in a polarized Washington, on Monday declared she will vote to acquit Donald Trump, but not before leveling an attack against the president and fellow lawmakers of both parties during a partisan impeachment ordeal. "The president's behavior was shameful and wrong. His personal interests do not take precedent over those of this great nation," Murkowski declared in a speech to a near-empty Senate chamber. On Wednesday the Senate is scheduled to wrap up a two-week impeachment trial and vote to either acquit or convict Trump on charges leveled by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives that the Republican president abused his powers and obstructed Congress' investigation of his dealings with Ukraine. It was no surprise that the 62-year-old senator attacked House Democrats, accusing them of a slapdash investigation of Trump's actions toward Ukraine and his alleged withholding of U.S. aid in order to pressure Kiev to investigate one of his political rivals, former Vice President Joe Biden, a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination. But Murkowski, with her fellow senator from Alaska presiding over the chamber after other senators had left for the night, took on not only Trump, but also fellow Republicans, Senate Democrats and the media. Alluding to a "demon" burning its way through Washington during the impeachment process that began late last September, Murkowski blamed "a careless media" that she said "cheerfully tried to put out the fires with gasoline." Long one of the few moderate voices in the Senate, Murkowski shocked the political establishment in 2010 when she became the first senator in more than 50 years to win re-election with a write-in campaign after the Republican Party tried to dump her in favor of a more conservative challenger. In the summer of 2017, Murkowski again was in the spotlight when she and two other moderate Republican senators -- Susan Collins and the late John McCain -- ruined Trump's push for a partial repeal of the "Obamacare" healthcare law. On Monday she said, "I cannot vote to convict" Trump, and indicated a preference for a much softer penalty than the removal from office that Democrats have been clamoring for -- a "censure" by Congress. She went on to list transgressions on both sides of the political divide that she saw unfolding during this impeachment process, only the third in U.S. history: She cited Trump supporters' eagerness to "have just dismissed the case as soon as it reached" the Senate and Trump's detractors' acting as if "the only way the trial could have been considered fair was if it resulted in the president's removal from office." With a broad-brush criticism of both political parties, Murkowski spoke of their "apparent willingness...to destroy not just each other, but all of the institutions of our government. And for what? Because it may help win an election?" Having castigated the House, the Senate, Trump and the media, Murkowski wrapped up her approximately 11-minute diatribe on a note of faint optimism: "It's my hope that we finally found bottom here." (Reporting by Richard Cowan Additional reporting by Susan Cornwell; Editing by Leslie Adler) | |
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| 02-04-20 02:45am - 1784 days | #1541 | |
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Fake news: President Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted Monday evening that the results of the Iowa vote are rigged. If the vote is rigged, President Trump will declare a national emergency, calling out the National Guard and the Armed Forces of the United States, while Trump declares martial law, to keep the law and peace that he stands for. Until the results have been certified by President Trump personally, he will be forced to remain President for Life, until his daughter Ivanka can take over running the office of the President. Hail Trump, the first elected President for Life of the United States. The bestest President for Life of the United States. However, once Ivanka takes over, she will become the next bestest President of the United States. Trump uber alles. ------ ------ Democratic caucus results delayed by mobile app issues The Associated Press ALEXANDRA JAFFE and DAVID PITT Feb 4th 2020 12:20AM DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Problems with a mobile app appeared to force a delay in reporting the results of the Iowa caucuses Monday, as the campaigns, voters and the media pressed party officials for an explanation and got few answers. An Iowa Democratic Party official pointed to “quality control” as the source of the delays — but noted that about a quarter of the state's nearly 1,700 precincts have reported their data already. The party also said the delay was not caused by a “hack or an intrusion.” But other officials blamed technology. Des Moines County Democratic Chair Tom Courtney said he heard that in precincts across his county, including his own, a mobile app created for caucus organizers to report results to the party was "a mess." Precinct leaders were instead calling in their results to the Democratic Party headquarters, and "they weren't answering the phones in Des Moines" because, Courtney speculated, they were mobbed with calls. The apps were barely working, forcing party aides to record results from the precincts via phone and enter them manually into a database, according to a person involved in processing the data who requested anonymity to discuss the party's internal process. The slowdown came as the party attempted to report more data about the caucus than in years past — promising to release both a headcount of each candidates' supporters and the delegate winners from each site. “The integrity of the results is paramount,” Iowa Democratic Party spokeswoman Mandy McClure said in a statement. “We have experienced a delay in the results due to quality checks and the fact that the IDP is reporting out three data sets for the first time. What we know right now is that around 25% of precincts have reported, and early data indicates turnout is on pace for 2016.” The problems were an embarrassment for a state party that has long sought to protect its prized status as the first contest in the primary race. The delay was certain to become fodder for caucus critics who call the process antiquated and exclusionary. President Donald Trump's campaign quickly seized on the issue to sow doubt about the validity of the results. “Quality control = rigged?” Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted Monday evening, adding a emoji with furrowed brows. Linn County Auditor Joel Miller, who ran a precinct in the Cedar Rapids suburb of Robins, said some app users may not have gotten the instructions on how to log into the system. “If people didn’t know where to look for the PIN numbers or the precinct numbers, that could slow them down,” said Miller, who said he had no problem using the system to report his precinct’s figures and it worked fine. Helen Grunewald, a precinct caucus chairwoman in Benton County, said she had been on hold with the party trying to report her results for a significant amount of time. Earlier in the night, however, Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price said while there were some reports from precinct officials that they couldn’t log into the mobile app, a team of trouble-shooters was working to address any technical issues. “We’ve had an app before but we’ve also had a hotline before, and folks have had the option to do that, and so we expect that we’ll be able to report the results in a timely manner this evening,” he said. | |
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| 02-02-20 07:41pm - 1785 days | #2 | |
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From IMDB: TI 7 children: sons, Messiah YaMajesty Harris (b. February 2, 2000) & Domani Uriah Harris (b. March 16, 2001) with 1st ex-girlfriend, LaShon Dixon, daughter, Dehjah Imani Harris (b. June 17, 2001) with 2nd ex-girlfriend, Ranniqua and son, Clifford Joseph "King" Harris III (b. August 25, 2004), daughter, Leyah Amore Harris (b. March 21, 2007 - d. March 21, 2007), son, Major Philant Harris (b. May 16, 200  & daughter, Heiress Diana Harris (b. March 26, 2016) with wife, Tiny Harris.Since he didn't get married until 2010-07-31, some of the children were born out of wedlock. This is disturbing. In today's world, children are born out of wedlock all the time. And it's no big thing. But TI wants his daughters to remain virgins, until he gives them the approval to start fucking. He loves them so much. That's why he wants to know if they are still virgins. And the daughter that he has taken to the doctor to check for her virginity, was born before he married her mother. Is this a case of "Do as I tell you to do, not as I do myself?" | |
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| 02-02-20 07:27pm - 1785 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Fake news: rapper TI says he will submit to gynecological exam to prove that he was still a virgin when he got married. If the gynocologist is unable to issue a certificate of virgin authenticity to TI, then TI has promised that he will submit to public castration, since he can't prove he was a virgin at his marriage. This is a man of God, who stands firm on his beliefs, just like Trump. ----- ----- TI apologizes to daughters 2 months after hymen backlash: 'Please forgive me for any and all imperfections' In The Know Jennifer Kline Jan 29th 2020 3:03PM TI has penned a public mea culpa and declaration of love to his daughters, writing in part, "Please forgive me for any and all imperfections that cause misunderstandings between us." The emotional post comes two months after the rapper received major public backlash for asserting that he accompanies his teenage daughter to the gynecologist to confirm that her hymen is intact. His daughter's subsequent social media activity indicated that she, like much of the public, was upset by her father's behavior. TI didn't specifically allude to the controversy in his post, which he wrote in the aftermath of the horrific helicopter crash that took the lives of three 13-year-old girls, all three of whom were with one or both parents. Nine people died in total. "I just Can't let another second go by without letting you know while we're still here in this life together," he wrote. "You have ALL MY LOVE FOR ALL MY LIFE." "You see Life may throw us curveballs & deal us some pretty bad hands at times," part of the caption reads. "But rest assured, you'll NEVER find yourself in a place too high or low for me to be there to catch you when you fall." TI is a father of seven, his children ranging in age from 3 to 23. He also penned a post to his wife, Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, as well as one to his sons. "I'm so proud of each and every last one of you guys," he wrote to his boys. "You each somehow represent different parts of me that you've made your own ... Regardless of our discrepancies & misunderstandings, trust and believe I'll do any and everything possible to help you perfect your gifts." | |
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| 02-02-20 01:34pm - 1785 days | #1539 | |
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Real news: Now that the presidential campaigns are out, the real truth is being revealed: Trump says that Bloomberg is a little man. Bloomberg needs a box to stand on, when he talks. But Bloomberg's aides say that Trump, our glorious commander in chief, "is a pathological liar who lies about everything: his fake hair, his obesity, and his spray-on tan." Stay tuned to find out the real truth about Trump: (I always wondered about Trump's hair and his tan. And I thought he might be fat. But to hear from an expert, just confirms my beliefs.) ----------- ----------- Bloomberg campaign replies to Trump insults with a few of their own Yahoo News Colin Campbell Feb 2nd 2020 1:55PM President Trump seems to have former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on his mind at the moment. In three tweets early Sunday morning, Trump repeatedly mocked the Democratic presidential candidate’s height. And in a Fox News interview set to be released ahead of the Super Bowl, Trump continued that train of thought. “Uh, very little,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity, an informal adviser of the president, when asked about Bloomberg. “I just think of little. You know, now he wants a box for the debates to stand on. OK, it’s OK. There’s nothing wrong. You can be short.” Bloomberg campaign spokesperson Julie Wood issued a scathing response. "The president is lying," she said in a statement. "He is a pathological liar who lies about everything: his fake hair, his obesity, and his spray-on tan." Bloomberg campaign spokesperson Julie Wood didn't hold back in response to Trump's attack. "The president is lying," she said in a statement. "He is a pathological liar who lies about everything: his fake hair, his obesity, and his spray-on tan." Trump went on to criticize the Democratic National Committee for its new rules for the Feb. 19 primary debate, which will no longer require candidates to meet a donor threshold to participate. Past Democratic debates have required participants to have hundreds of thousands of donors, and some candidates have not made the debate stage as a result. Bloomberg, one of the wealthiest people on the planet, is funding his own late-entry campaign and is not seeking donors. “The other thing that’s very interesting,” Trump told Hannity, “Cory Booker and all these people couldn’t get any of the things that Bloomberg is getting now. I think it’s very unfair for the Democrats. But I would love to run against Bloomberg. I would love it.” Both Trump and Bloomberg are running expensive ads in Sunday’s Super Bowl game between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, and Yahoo Sports reported that former Vice President Joe Biden will do so as well in the Iowa market ahead of Monday’s caucuses. Trump has repeatedly commented on Bloomberg’s ad campaign. “Many of the ads you are watching were paid for by Mini Mike Bloomberg. He is going nowhere, just wasting his money,” he tweeted early Sunday morning. Bloomberg responded later in the day: | |
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| 01-31-20 10:37am - 1787 days | #7 | |
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I don't think this adds much to my opinion: But I happened to be in Los Angeles when they were filming a scene with Brian Dennehy who was making a movie with James Woods. The scene was Dennehy getting into a car. You wouldn't believe how many takes it took. How much time Dennehy spent waiting around for the cameras to roll. This was around 1986, the movie was Best Seller. I wasn't involved in the movie, as an extra. I was just there to pick up someone not related to the movie. But when actors speak about how much fun and enjoyment they have when making a movie, a lot of that is BS (bullshit). That's my opinion, anyway. I know some directors use very few shots, so the experience could be different on different videos and photo sets. But basically porn stars are working a job. For money. So they dress up the experience when promoting it. Just like actors do. Although I'm sure there are times when they make jokes and have fun on a set, but that would be a minor part of the time spent on a set. | |
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| 01-31-20 09:29am - 1787 days | #6 | |
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Just a wild guess on my part, but I think 95%+ of the female performers are putting on an act. Once you see a few behind the scenes videos of how most porn is shot, whether a video or a photo set, you learn that porn is a job for the performers. So how much real sexual pleasure they get during a shoot is questionable. Just my opinion, of course. | |
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| 01-29-20 03:17pm - 1789 days | #1538 | |
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Fake news: Bill Clinton breaks down in tears. Confesses that he should have had Donald Trump as his chief advisor during the impeachment process. Bill says: "If only I would have been smart enough to hire Donald Trump as my chief advisor. I would never have let the scurvy Democrats and even more vile Republicans drag me down into the swamp of Washington's sewer. I would have unleashed the full fury and might of my office, to reveal the treasonous attacks on the office of the president. Alan Dershowitz, Ken Starr, and other traitors would have been charged with high crimes and misdemeanors, and put before a firing squad to clean the swamp of evil in Washington. May God forgive me for letting our nation down, for letting the evil scum attack me without fighting back. Trump would have led the charge against these evil men. Trump is my hero. --------- --------- White House issues formal threat to Bolton to keep him from publishing book HuffPost US Ja'han Jones Jan 29th 2020 2:06PM The White House has issued a formal threat to former national security adviser John Bolton warning him against publishing an upcoming book that alleges Trump abused the power of the presidency, according to a CNN report. The warning ― which CNN says came in the form of a letter ― follows a New York Times report outlining key allegations of Trump’s misconduct believed to have been included in Bolton’s soon-to-be-released book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.” See the letter, via Associated Press reporter Zeke Miller, below: The letter shared by Miller claims the manuscript of Bolton’s book contains “significant amounts of classified information,” including information classified as “top secret.” Trump posted multiple derisive tweets about Bolton on Wednesday morning, criticizing Bolton’s time working for the administration and, without evidence, claiming the former national security adviser’s book is “untrue.” Bolton is widely seen as a possible key witness in Trump’s ongoing impeachment trial, which centers on allegations Trump withheld aid from Ukraine to pressure Ukrainian officials to investigate pro-Russia conspiracy theories and former Vice President Joe Biden, Trump’s political rival. Several White House officials testified that Bolton disagreed with Trump’s conduct at the time and actively worked to stop it. On Jan. 6, Bolton announced he was willing to testify if called during the impeachment trial currently happening in the Senate. Trump and some of his allies in Congress have argued against Bolton’s testimony, but on Monday, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said it seems “increasingly likely” GOP senators will vote to have Bolton testify. “I think it’s important for us to hear from John Bolton,” Romney said. This article originally appeared on HuffPost. | |
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| 01-27-20 04:19pm - 1791 days | #4 | |
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MikeC, thanks for the detailed explanation. I wasn't trying to hurt the PU site, just suggesting a method that might lead to cheaper subs, that would still help PU revenues. But, again, thanks for the response. | |
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| 01-27-20 08:01am - 1791 days | #2 | |
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A plot can give meaning to the sex. Especially if it's well acted. But many porn stars are not noted for their acting ability. And many of the plots are stupid. So what makes a great porn scene? A combination of several factors: An attractive model is nice. A plot that is believable or not cringe-worthy. Hot sex: always a plus. Background music that doesn't get in the way. Nice sets. Excellent camera-work. Excellent technical factors. Good production values. (I'm starting to repeat myself.) But if you search through the many fine porn sites on the internet, you should be able to find a lot of content that is very worthwhile, and appeals to your tastes. | |
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| 01-27-20 07:30am - 1791 days | #1537 | |
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Trump suggests that his critics are enemies who should be bullied, scorned, and lied to. Business as usual, with Trump. The man is a corrupt piece of ca-ca. The president of the US who acts more like a dictator than a man who tries to serve the public. -------- -------- Trump suggests NPR shouldn’t exist after heated Mike Pompeo interview HuffPost US Nina Golgowski Jan 26th 2020 3:57PM President Donald Trump has once again questioned why National Public Radio exists after it reported on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s foul-mouthed interview with one of its reporters who asked him about Ukraine. Trump on Sunday agreed with comments posted on Twitter that labeled the nonprofit media organization a “big-government, Democrat Party propaganda operation” and asked why it receives government funding. “A very good question!” Trump responded. Trump has repeatedly called to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which contributes to funding for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). According to NPR’s website, fees paid by NPR’s member stations make up the largest portion of its revenue. Less than 1% of NPR’s annual operating budget is covered by grants from CPB and federal agencies and departments. AdChoices Trump pushed his latest attack on NPR after reporter Mary Louise Kelly, who co-hosts the news program “All Things Considered,” revealed on Friday that Pompeo yelled at her while using the “F-word and many others” after she questioned him about the war-torn country in an interview that she was asked not to audio-record. “I was taken to the Secretary’s private living room where he was waiting and where he shouted at me for about the same amount of time as the interview itself,” she said. “He was not happy to have been questioned about Ukraine.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly went off on an NPR reporter for asking him questions about Ukraine during an interview. Pompeo has defended his behavior and accused Kelly in a statement of breaking an agreement that his comments to her would be off the record. He also accused her of not being able to find Ukraine on a map when directed. Kelly had previously reported that she correctly identified Ukraine, which is Europe’s second-largest country after Russia, when Pompeo demanded she point it out. Kelly, who has a master’s degree in European studies from Cambridge University, has said that Pompeo never asked for their conversation to be off the record. This article originally appeared on HuffPost. | |
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| 01-27-20 06:54am - 1791 days | #2 | |
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No PU member has any opinion on whether exotics4me deserves a raffle prize for his suggestion on how to get a lower membership price to Adult Time? Come on, guys. Freddie won't charge you for expressing an opinion. I'm sending a private email to Freddie, encouraging her to listen to the silent majority. Which seems to be the bulk of the PU members. | |
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| 01-26-20 11:45am - 1792 days | #1536 | |
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Fake news: Donald Trump is God's emissary on earth. He will bring peace and harmony and good will to men everywhere. But until that happens, beware: watching the impeachment trial can make people upset. A man watching the impeachment trial allegedly grew so upset he choked and punched his girlfriend. However, as with most people in the world, the man himself has a different story: he says he got into an argument with his girlfriend, she turned aggressive, and that's why he pushed her away. Smooth talk for the man. The woman reportedly had red marks on her neck and right cheek. No signs of aggression on the man's body were reported. But the man was arrested and released on $5,000 unsecured bail. So I guess it's a man's world: being released on $5,000 unsecured bail, after allegedly choking and hitting a woman. What is unsecured bail? In an unsecured bail bond the defendant signs a contract and agrees to appear before the court. If s/he fails to do so, s/he promises to pay later the agreed bail bond amount before the court. -------- -------- Man chokes girlfriend after watching Trump impeachment trial makes him 'upset' Gabrielle Sorto, AOL.com Jan 23rd 2020 11:26AM A Pennsylvania man grew so "upset" while watching the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, he allegedly choked and punched his girlfriend when she suggested they watch something else. Lonnie D. Clark, 53, faces charges of strangulation, simple assault and harassment, USA Today reported. Police responded to the Scottish Inn, where Clark lives, Tuesday evening after his girlfriend called 911. The woman reported that Clark had assaulted her, documents obtained by USA Today said. The woman reportedly had red marks on her neck and right cheek. She told police her boyfriend had been drinking and watching the impeachment trial all day and began to get "upset." When the woman told Clark she "would like to watch something else," he began to curse at her and called her "dumb" and "stupid," USA Today reported. She was on Clark's lap when she attempted to calm him down, but he began choking her with both hands to the point that she could barely breathe, documents state. When she broke away and tried to leave, Clark punched her twice and pushed her several times. AdChoices "She advised that she was scared to come back to the room until police arrived," documents said Clark told police the couple had gotten into an argument and it was the woman who turned aggressive, which is why he claims he pushed her away, police said. The 53-year-old man was arraigned on the charges and released on $5,000 unsecured bail. He has a preliminary hearing before scheduled for Feb. 24, according to USA Today. The Senate impeachment trial enters its third day Thursday, which is Democratic managers' second of three days to present their case, CNN reported. | |
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| 01-26-20 09:14am - 1792 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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I don't know if you can join Adult Time for the same low price that exotics4me did, but it's worth trying to find low prices instead of accepting the higher prices that Adult Time can charge. I am copying exotics4me reply to a comment I made about an Adult Time promo price. The hint is worth a first place finish in the next weekly raffle, in my opinion. It's that valuable. Do any PU members agree that such a hint (or whatever you call it) is worth a first place finish in the next raffle? I would be interested, and I assume the PU staff would be interested, in PU members opinion on this matter. ----- ----- Reply of Your Comment from exotics4me: If you Google search, "adult time promo downloads" the second or third result says "includes downloads" and it's $9.95 a month for 1 month. The year subscription is $7.45 a month for downloads and streaming which is around $89. I've tried to duplicate a promo I used back in November but it doesn't work anymore. I was able to get a year with downloads and streaming for $46.50 by joining through an email promo for Bubblegum Dungeon. I would expect them to use similar email promos for returning members in the future that offer the full downloads and streaming packages for very cheap. It seems to be the only real advantage to charging $19.95 for streaming only which is what it comes up as if you just go directly to Adult Time. They're overpricing and removing downloads to entice with email promos. | |
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| 01-26-20 07:33am - 1792 days | #1535 | |
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True facts: Alan Dershowitz is a lawyer. How can you tell when he lies? When his mouth moves. When Bill Clinton was president, Dershowitz argued that there "doesn't have to be a crime" to impeach a president who is "somebody who completely corrupts the office." Now that Trump is president, Dershowitz argues that “criminal-type behavior is required" for impeachment. Also, before Trump became president, Dershowitz called Trump a “destabilizing and unpredictable candidate,” warning that the then-presidential candidate “openly embraces fringe conspiracy theories peddled by extremists.” Now that Trump is president, Dershowitz says his words were just typical campaign rhetoric. Dershowitz says he is defending Trump on “principle.” Dershowitz's principles seem as firm as quicksand. Or maybe loose bowel movements. ----------- ----------- Alan Dershowitz labeled Trump 'destabilizing and unpredictable' in 2016 book NBC News Heidi Przybyla and Peter Alexander and Hallie Jackson Jan 26th 2020 9:43AM WASHINGTON — As part of President Donald Trump's impeachment defense team, Alan Dershowitz is expected to argue on behalf of the president at the Senate trial early next week. But in a 2016 book he authored, the famed defense attorney called Trump a “destabilizing and unpredictable candidate,” warning that the then-presidential candidate “openly embraces fringe conspiracy theories peddled by extremists.” Dershowitz wrote those statements in his book titled “Electile Dysfunction: A Guide for Unaroused Voters.” As part of Trump’s defense team, Dershowitz will outline the “foundations of what it means to rise to the level of what is impeachable and what is not,” Jay Sekulow, one of Trump’s lead impeachment lawyers, said this week on Fox News. In a phone call with NBC about his comments in the 2016 book, Dershowitz clarified his views about the president. “I was campaigning for Hillary Clinton at the time. I hadn’t really ever met President Trump and it was just typical campaign rhetoric," he said. "I would not repeat that characterization today having met him.” The controversial defense attorney has recently come under criticism for advancing a constitutional theory that contradicts the stance he took during the 1999 impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton, an argument that 500 of the nation’s top constitutional scholars dispute. In that instance, Dershowitz said there "doesn't have to be a crime" to impeach a president who is "somebody who completely corrupts the office." Now, he is arguing that “criminal-type behavior is required." In a recent opinion letter to the New York Times, Dershowitz said he is defending Trump on “principle.” “I have stood on principle, representing people with whom I disagree as well those with whom I agree. I have never made a distinction based on partisanship,” wrote Dershowitz. In the Sept. 6, 2016 book, published just before the election, Dershowitz argued that “the American electorate is plagued by a widespread feeling of impotence.” He framed the choice in the 2016 election as between “a destabilizing candidate who shoots from the hip and engages in personal vendettas (Trump) against a force for stability, who carefully measures her words and bases her actions (at least most of the time) on tested policies (Clinton).” AdChoices The longtime Democrat included his views of how Trump had violated the norms of business, political and personal decorum. “It may seem strange that the most successful populist candidate in modern history is a New York City multimillionaire who started his career as a landlord and who made his fortune on upscale real estate; has become famous for firing people; has exploited bankruptcy laws to hurt small-business owners, workers, and other creditors; has insulted large groups of people comprising a majority of voters (women, Latinos, the physically challenged, Muslims); has used vulgar words on TV that offend Christians, parents of young children, and family-oriented people of all backgrounds.” Dershowitz also warned of Trump’s approach to foreign policy: “What is clear is that Trump is prepared to violate existing international and domestic laws, as well as widely accepted principles of human rights, in his effort to stop terrorism.” “Even more disturbingly, Trump has sometimes lurched into the realm of dog-whistle anti-Semitism by half-heartedly courting the support of white-nationalist bigots,” he wrote. The onetime celebrity defense attorney and retired Harvard professor who often appears on cable news is the latest Trump defender to have at one time disparaged the president in harsh terms. Other examples include Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who during the 2016 race called Trump a “jackass” and a “race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot.” | |
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| 01-24-20 01:20pm - 1794 days | #172 | |
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FreddieAdmin, got the gift card today. Browsing Amazon to see what looks good. Thanks for the win. | |
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| 01-24-20 08:13am - 1794 days | #3 | |
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Fake news: Trump has a heart of gold. He admires lovers everywhere. So he is sending his personal attorney (Rudy Giuliani) to help this stranger who was caught kissing a woman who is not his wife at a soccer game. The passion of the game is what made the man lose control. He was not responsible for kissing the woman. Maybe Rudy can use some of the slush fund Trump has built up to pay off the current wife? The reason for Trump's interest: the clip of the man kissing the woman has nearly 27 million views. That's the kind of views that make Trump sit up and take notice. Maybe Trump can post some clips of his (alleged) encounters with Stormy Daniels, to boost his ratings. -------- -------- Man in hot water after being caught kissing at game: 'I hope you never have to be in my position' In The Know Justin Chan Jan 23rd 2020 3:40PM A man who was caught kissing a woman while attending a soccer game in Ecuador is now in hot water, Metro reports. Last Saturday, CBS reporter Roger Gonzalez shared a clip in which the man — identified as Deyvi Andrade — was at a match between Barcelona SC and Delfin. Andrade is seen with his arm around a woman and kissing her before realizing that the moment was caught on a kiss cam. He immediately pulls his arm away from her and stares straight ahead with a grim expression on his face. "When you kiss your side chick and realize your marriage is over cuz you're on camera," Gonzalez jokingly captioned the clip on Twitter. The footage immediately went viral. As of Thursday afternoon, it has received nearly 27 million views and over 342,000 likes. "'Won't get noticed in this crowd!'" one person joked in response. "I saw this live last night," another wrote. "Dude's done and everybody's been roasting him, even the commentators during the game." According to Metro, it turns out that Andrade did, in fact, cheat on his partner. The man reportedly took to Facebook and Instagram to later defend himself. "If it was a woman was in my place what would you do?" he oddly asked in Spanish, according to the publication's translation of the post. "Various videos have been circulating of unfaithful women but they haven’t been made fun of as much as me. I hope you never have to be in my position," he continued. Andrade then went on to tell social media users that he planned to defend his "honor" and "pride as a man until the end." "We all fail and we all repent, thank you to those who have invited me to church and if I go it is so I can heal my family," he posted. "No one is going to be able to damage my image, God is big and strong and these women who are criticizing me, I know too have cheated but they still comment," he added. The Metro notes that Andrade also admitted that the viral footage had, in fact, ruined his relationship. "You’ve already destroyed my relationship, what more do you want?" he asked. "You don’t know the psychological damage you have caused with your hatred directed at me," the man wrote. "Everyone fails and we can forgive from our hearts. God give me strength!" Neither the woman in the footage nor Andrade's ex-partner has been identified. | |
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| 01-24-20 07:43am - 1794 days | #2 | |
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Fake news: Trump orders the pentagon to devise drone attack on Greta Thunberg. Fake news: Greta Thunberg, the teenage climate activist who has been critical of Trump's energy policies, is now a thorn in Trump's side. Trump has enough problems with the impeachment process, which implies he abused his position as president. So Trump has ordered the pentagon (the Department of Defense) to elimate the Greta Thunberg threat. If innocent civilians are also killed, that is the nature of collateral damage. Trump must be obeyed. And feared. Glory be to Trump, the bestest president the US has ever had. And if you're not nice to Trump, be warned: Trump is dangerous to critics. His tweets are like guided missiles. ------- ------- Greta Thunberg brushes off mockery from Steven Mnuchin The Associated Press JAMEY KEATEN and PAN PYLAS Jan 24th 2020 9:51AM DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has brushed off criticism and mockery from the U.S. Treasury chief, saying Friday his comments have “of course no effect” on her and fellow campaigners. The 17-year-old Swedish star's comments marked a final coda to the four-day World Economic Forum summit in Davos, where a major theme was tension between environmental activists who want to protect the Earth and Trump administration officials and business titans who want to exploit its resources for jobs, profits and economic growth. Many of the 3,000-odd business leaders, government officials, U.N. representatives, civil society advocates and other elites on hand have found themselves somewhere along the spectrum between the positions staked out by Trump and Thunberg. She sat in on Trump's speech Tuesday to the forum, but that did little to bridge their ideological differences. On Friday, Thunberg, who has been battling the flu this week, kept her lucidity and apologized for her “low energy” - a term Trump has often used to mock rivals - as she spoke out again in favor of science and facts, and set off on yet another “Fridays for Future” march through snowy Davos streets. At a news conference before the march, she acknowledged young climate activists “are being criticized all the time” in comments like those from U.S. Treasury chief Steven Mnuchin. Mnuchin had a day earlier dismissed Thunberg’s suggestion that governments and companies cut back dramatically on fossil fuels with a condescending barb. “Is she the chief economist? Who is she? I’m confused,” he said. Then, following a brief pause, he said it was ‘‘a joke.” ‘‘After she goes and studies economics in college, she can come back and explain that to us,” he added. Thunberg insisted that her priority was drawing attention and action to concerns about global warming. “We cannot care about those kinds of things,” said the Swede, who was selected as Time’s Person of the Year for 2019. “The situation is not being treated like the crisis it is,” she said alongside fellow activists Vanessa Nakate of Uganda, Loukina Tille of Switzerland, Luisa Neubauer of Germany, and Isabelle Axelsson of Sweden. Thunberg and her climate advocates have also come in for criticism from some longstanding environmental advocates over tactics, if not necessarily their ambitions. Famed primatologist Jane Goodall warned about “gloom and doom” messages that cause some young people to lose hope. “It doesn’t help when young people stand up and point fingers and blame people. That doesn’t work. The only way it works is to tell stories and to get to people’s hearts, and some of these young people I know have such amazing stories, and they really are changing the way people think," Goodall said in an interview Thursday. “But not in an aggressive way.” A press handler for Thunberg said she wasn't available to respond to those comments. Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF, defended Thunberg as the “biggest catalyst for change over the past year. “Fundamentally you need to listen to young people, and that they feel we are stealing their futures and their opportunities,” he said. | |
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| 01-24-20 07:24am - 1794 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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The wife of a US diplomat, who is accused of causing the death of a British teenager while driving on the wrong side of the road, is refusing to allow the woman to be extradited to Britain. Trump stands for the rights of women everywhere. And if she was driving on the wrong side of the road, she was innocent, because in the United States, we drive on the right side of the road, unlike Britain, which drives on the wrong side of the road. So tah-tah to Britain, which is a foreign country. -------- -------- Trump administration accused by the U.K. of a 'denial of justice' after refusing to extradite woman accused of killing a British teenager Business Insider Thomas Colson Jan 24th 2020 6:38AM The US has denied the UK's request for the extradition of the US diplomat's wife who is accused of causing the death of a British teenager near a US military base in England last summer. Harry Dunn was killed after being struck by a car which was allegedly being driven by Anne Sacoolas on the wrong side of the road. The Home Office said: "We are disappointed in this decision, which appears to be a denial of justice. We are urgently considering our options." A spokesman for the Dunn family accused the Trump administration of taking a "wrecking ball" to the alliance between the UK and US. The United States has denied the UK's extradition request for the wife of an American diplomat who was involved in a car crash which killed an English teenager last year, a move the Home Office branded "a denial of justice." Harry Dunn, a 19-year-old, was killed outside a US military base in Northamptonshire, England, in August last year. British prosecutors sought the extradition of Anne Sacoolas, 42, after she was charged with causing his death by dangerous driving in December. Reports have suggested that she was driving on the wrong side of the road when Dunn was struck. But US secretary of state Mike Pompeo confirmed overnight that the request had been denied. The US state department said granting the extradition request "would set an extraordinarily troubling precedent." A long-standing agreement between the UK and US means that Sacoolas, as the wife of an American official stationed at the base, had diplomatic immunity. She returned to the US following the crash and has refused to return to England where she would face criminal charges. The Home Office said: "We are disappointed in this decision, which appears to be a denial of justice. We are urgently considering our options." Washington had been expected to deny the extradition request, but the decision nonetheless risks being politically damaging for Boris Johnson, who is eager to forge a closer relationship with Trump as both administrations enter into negotiations over a post-Brexit trade deal. Radd Seiger, a spokesman for the Dunn family, accused the Trump administration of taking a "wrecking ball" to the alliance between the two countries. "This administration is heaving lawlessly and taking a wrecking ball to one of the greatest alliances in the word. This is a lawless, corrupt administration that appears intent on attacking even its closest international ally." He called for the British government to meet the family and discuss potential next steps but appeared to acknowledge that Trump would not accede to the UK's demands. "This administration will go away, but this extradition request will never go away," he said. In a statement rejecting the UK's extradition request, the US state department said Sacoolas had enjoyed diplomatic immunity during her stay in the UK, meaning she should not face charges. "If the United States were to grant the UK's extradition request, it would render the invocation of diplomatic immunity a practical nullity and would set an extraordinarily troubling precedent," it said. | |
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| 01-24-20 12:48am - 1795 days | #98 | |
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LustWeek.com From the same people at Wow Girls and Wow Porn and Ultra Films. Apparently a new site, so contents are probably small. But the quality should be excellent. The models are probably the same recent models at the sites I mentioned above, so they are young and very attractive. (I tried posted this before, but it seems to have gone to internet heaven (or internet trash). | |
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| 01-23-20 02:19am - 1796 days | #97 | |
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***OFF TOPIC*** Trump is a world-class liar and bully. He loves to denigrate his "allies". He admires world dictators. He'd love to be one himself. But as President of the US, the Constitution stands in his way. He ignores it as much as possible, except when he drapes himself in the US flag and declares his love of America (but not the Constitution). End of rant. | |
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