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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1425 on: December 09, 2017, 11:10:33 AM »

And none of it makes any sense when the President's approval ratings have been in the tank since the first week of
his Presidency. Current Gallup Poll;  Approve: 35%  Disapprove: 60%.  And the latest Rasmussen poll has the entire
approval rating of the Republican Party at 29 percent, the lowest ever recorded.

And yet, here we are.

Now the Republican Party is trying to discredit the Mueller investigation and the FBI citing bias, so that any conclusions
revealed from the investigating committee can be dismissed as partisan and no action taken against the clown. And to
divert attention elsewhere, even Lindsay Graham, a Senator who heretofore has often stood up to the insanity his party
is involved in, yesterday tweets out:  "It’s long past time for a Special Counsel to investigate Clinton email scandal, Uranium
One, role of Fusion GPS, and FBI and DOJ bias during 2016 campaign."
  It makes me wonder if he's trying to obfuscate some
kind of personal problems that might lead to some allegations against him.  I heard on the news last night, that the Congressional
resignations this week are the tip of the iceberg and there are at least 40, yes FORTY, Congress people being investigated for sexual
harassment and other similar charges.

Nothing much has changed for those of us wanting some hope that things could get better. I have doubts
that Alabama voters are going to help in that regard.  If the Democrats don't take at least one Congressional
chamber next fall; you know.


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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1426 on: December 09, 2017, 01:54:23 PM »
^^^^^ It's very hard to hope for change when there is no hope in sight. It's as if we are being punished for something that we have no control over. I think that is the hardest thing to accept that this country is out of control and we have no say in it.
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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1427 on: December 12, 2017, 08:14:30 AM »

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1428 on: December 12, 2017, 09:48:45 AM »
The witch hunt continues. ...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-new-yorker-severs-ties-with-star-reporter-ryan-lizza


Ryan Lizza: "...this decision, which was made hastily and without a full investigation of the relevant facts, was a terrible mistake.”

Law firm representing Lizza’s accuser: "Our client reported Mr. Lizza’s actions to ensure that he would be held accountable and in the hope that by coming forward she would help other potential victims.”  The firm noted that the accuser would like their identity to remain confidential.

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1429 on: December 12, 2017, 05:01:28 PM »
if you haven't seen this yet, it's worth watching for 30 seconds, because I can't find the words to describe her words, and how she delivered them.  Several good tweets in the story, too.


'One of our attorneys is a Jew’: Kayla Moore’s proof that Roy Moore is no anti-Semite

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/12/one-of-our-attorneys-is-a-jew-kayla-moore-makes-the-headlines-at-roy-moores-big-rally/?utm_term=.b59d565b7904
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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1430 on: December 12, 2017, 05:03:10 PM »

Ryan Lizza: "...this decision, which was made hastily and without a full investigation of the relevant facts, was a terrible mistake.”

Law firm representing Lizza’s accuser: "Our client reported Mr. Lizza’s actions to ensure that he would be held accountable and in the hope that by coming forward she would help other potential victims.”  The firm noted that the accuser would like their identity to remain confidential.

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Yes, "on the QT and very...HUSH...HUSH..."   

If I were accused of something that wasn't true, I'd out the accuser myself.

Did CNN fire him too?
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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1431 on: December 12, 2017, 08:35:26 PM »
Just read that Jones is projected to win Alabama over Moore with 89% of votes in.
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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1432 on: December 13, 2017, 06:21:18 AM »
I AM SO HAPPY!!!!!!!

Alabama election: Doug Jones scores stunning win, but Moore won't concede

Montgomery, Alabama (CNN)Doug Jones on Tuesday became the first Democrat in a generation to win a Senate seat in Alabama, beating Republican Roy Moore amid a firestorm of allegations that the GOP candidate had sexually abused teens.

Moore, however, refused to concede Tuesday night.

"When the vote is this close ... it's not over," Moore told supporters after Jones declared victory.
The results are nothing short of an embarrassment for President Donald Trump and a disaster for Republicans in Washington as the reliably red state of Alabama elected its first Democratic senator since the early 1990s.

"I think I have been waiting all my life and now I don't know what the hell to say," Jones said Tuesday night.


http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/12/politics/alabama-senate-election-mainbar/index.html
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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1433 on: December 13, 2017, 07:13:13 AM »
Werd ich zum Augenblicke sagen, "Verweile doch! Du bist so schön..."

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1434 on: December 13, 2017, 07:17:55 AM »
Thanks whoever yo may believe in this guy didn't win, congratulations to you all!

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1435 on: December 13, 2017, 11:07:49 AM »
Did CNN fire [Ryan Lizza] too?

He hasn't appeared on CNN since November 22, but I haven't had to research if he's actually been fired.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-new-yorker-severs-ties-with-star-reporter-ryan-lizza

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1436 on: December 13, 2017, 12:37:29 PM »
A small ray of hope has appeared over the skies in Alabama.

May it continue.



Alabama election: Doug Jones scores stunning win, but Moore won't concede


I would have expected nothing Moore.


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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1437 on: December 13, 2017, 01:36:31 PM »
Virginia, Alabama, may it continue.

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1438 on: December 13, 2017, 04:52:18 PM »
I'm not  sure how I feel about the Alabama  election.

Don't get me wrong,  I'm very glad  that Moore didn't win.  I saw an article online showing how close it was, and Trump said something correct.  It came down to the write-in votes.

If  the write in option wasn't there, and those people had voted for Moore, he  would've won.   Someone like him (and for what he is guilty of doing) should've lost by a LARGE margin, not have it so close.

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Re: News and Current Events - 2017
« Reply #1439 on: December 13, 2017, 05:29:50 PM »
True. But we'll take what we can get, for now. Just hope it trends.

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