It doesn't fucking matter who it belonged to before. The fact remains that it was Ukranian territory when Russia came in and took it during the Russia-led Ukranian civil war.
There was talk of gathering social media usernames(no passwords) for visitors from visa-waiving programs or those using marriage visas during the last few months of Obama's term. At the time it was implemented it was only optional, and that people weren't being denied entry if they declined to share said information. It still wasn't okay, but it wasn't mandatory.
Russia (USSR) was the first to launch an earth-orbiting satellite
Who gives a shit? The US was the first to successfully launch a Mars-orbiting satellite, a Mercury-Orbiting Satellite, Jupiter.. Ceres.. Saturn..
Sure, Russians got a head start on space exploration back in the 1950's, but the US has surpassed the Russians in space exploration and technology to the present day, and has more satellites, probes, and rovers exploring space and other planets than the Russians do.
You realize a few years ago Russia was our friends again right? Do you know remember how Obama lectured and mocked Romney in 2012 debate saying the 1980's called, they want their foreign policy back over a comment he had made saying Russia was a threat?
Yeah, until Russia invaded Ukraine 3 years ago, annexed Crimea, and shot down a civilian airplane. Do you remember that?
Are you fucking retarded? This wasn't FBI satellite technology; This was Boeing/Government satellite technology. Maybe if you learned to read you wouldn't sound like a complete fuckwit.
I'm surprised there aren't more comments in here about that line. Who the fuck thinks 200MB is a lot in the age of smartphones and tablets? I can burn that in a few hours of youtube videos.
I never said anything about Trump, but since you brought him up.
I'll add that I meant this in the context of his 100 days of failure. I only mentioned him in how Republican Congressmen don't particularly care for him aside from him having an R next to his name, but they dislike Dems more.
Phlease, there is nothing to "investigate" there. I'm yet to hear even a coherent accusation — much less any evidence, however circumstantial or otherwise unreliable.
He-he... Much comfort that is — from the loving care of MPs to the gentle mercies of civilian wardens.
A good majority of the detainees were released and their charges were acquitted in their respective countries after they were re-located.
More importantly, perhaps, Obama also changed the entire doctrine from capturing suspected terrorists to outright killing them [theguardian.com]. That's actually bona-fide evil, but with media airbrushing it, he was given a pass
Did I ever say that this was acceptable? No. I was talking about him clearing out Guantanamo. Let's stay on topic here, buddy.
even the unwarranted killing of Osama bin Laden was celebrated with only a few people asking [creators.com], why he was ordered killed, not captured [theatlantic.com].
Osama Bin Laden declared war on the US. He was wanted dead or alive. There was no requirement to bring him in alive.
Two years... Two years was not enough for him to disperse a few hundred prisoners... Trump's been in office for less than 100 days and you are already trumpeting his "failures"
There were over 200 prisoners at Gitmo when Obama became President. That was cut in half by 2012, from there, the release of prisoners slowed down due to restrictions placed by the republican-led congress in budget bills. Now there's about 60 left with about 20 eligible for being released.
I never said anything about Trump, but since you brought him up. He has fully supported the idea of keeping Gitmo running, and encouraging torture and illegal interrogation methods on those detained at Gitmo. He also talked up placing even MORE people in Gitmo. So there's that.
Trump made so many grandiose promises while on the campaign trail(e.g. Eliminating/replacing Obamacare, defeating ISIS, term limits, lobbying ban, label China as currency manipulator, remove federal funding from 'Sanctuary Cities', travel bans, tax relief legislation, etc.), spouting off all of the things he was going to do in the first 100 days of his presidency. He has nobody to blame but himself for others pointing out his failures.
Which, even if they did, would only be a case of chickens coming home to roost. The United States has overthrown dozens of democracies since WWII and interferes with other countries elections (Ukraine, Venezuela for a mere two examples) constantly.
Oh I agree completely. We have been fucking around with other countries' elections for decades. It really is karma coming to bite the CIA and the US Gov't in the ass.
To a Supermax in Illinois, where they would still have no right to an attorney or trial. Seriously, this Obamabot talking point was debunked 18 ways till Sunday waaaay back in 2009. The problem with Gitmo was not that it was in Cuba, the problem with Gitmo is that it was an unconstitutional suspension of basic civil rights. One that Obama wanted to move, not end.
Moving them to Thomson was supposed to at least clear out Gitmo for it's full shutdown. Dealing with their legal status was likely going to be played out after the move. In 2011, Obama started military trials for the remaining detainees in Guantanamo, but wanted to have them face trial in the States instead with military trials or civilian trials, but Republicans blocked him every time on this through budget bills.
Unfortunately, now that Trump's in charge, he's come out saying that he wants to keep Gitmo open to send the "Bad Dudes" from ISIS there. He's fully condoned outright torture of Gitmo prisoners, too.
It's incredible how childish our congressmen are allowed to act. I'm glad to hear that there has been a rise in town halls where constituents are calling out their representatives for their unacceptable behavior. Unfortunately, the representatives evade the town halls and cower in fear of the retribution they deserve.
About half of Congressional Republicans hate him with passion — and would rather collude with the opposition than with him.
If this were the case the House Intelligence Committee Republicans wouldn't be dragging their feet on the Russia investigation.
They may not like Trump, but they hate the Democrats more, and if they were to start working with Democrats, they'd upset a good number of their voting base.
After Obama's failing to close Guantanamo for eight years (two of them with that deck really stacked in his favor)
He actually WAS working on closing it down, by transferring detainees out of Guantanamo. He was making pretty good progress until Republicans took over congress under his watch. The Republican congress refused to produce a bill for Obama to sign that didn't restrict funds being used to continue the shut-down of Guantanamo. He had vetoed a number of bills that included language that restricted his ability to close Guantanamo, but they continued to push it on nearly every spending bill that came his way. He either had to sign the bills reluctantly, or go without funding for our military or our government in general.
Continuous behaviors of ineptitude in the highest office of this land. With precedents like this being put in place, all of our future POTUS' don't even need to worry about lifting a finger in Washington.. You can just work on your golf game for four years on the taxpayer dime.
I think what you're really expressing is that someone's experience doesn't comport with your concept of reality, so you reject their experience and conclude they must be delusional.
It's just coincidence when someone smokes/eats weed they suddenly behave completely differently than they always have and jump out a window or shoot themselves
I believe you're talking about PCP. That's what PCP does.
On a sidenote: I've smoked since I was a teenager and have had edibles numerous times and not once have I ever considered jumping out a window, shooting myself, or driving like an idiot. All it makes me want to do is listen to music, eat some food and watch TV.
I sincerely apologize if this doesn't fit your perpetual ignorance of the true effects of marijuana.
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It doesn't fucking matter who it belonged to before. The fact remains that it was Ukranian territory when Russia came in and took it during the Russia-led Ukranian civil war.
There was talk of gathering social media usernames(no passwords) for visitors from visa-waiving programs or those using marriage visas during the last few months of Obama's term. At the time it was implemented it was only optional, and that people weren't being denied entry if they declined to share said information. It still wasn't okay, but it wasn't mandatory.
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/new...
Russia (USSR) was the first to launch an earth-orbiting satellite
Who gives a shit? The US was the first to successfully launch a Mars-orbiting satellite, a Mercury-Orbiting Satellite, Jupiter.. Ceres.. Saturn..
Sure, Russians got a head start on space exploration back in the 1950's, but the US has surpassed the Russians in space exploration and technology to the present day, and has more satellites, probes, and rovers exploring space and other planets than the Russians do.
You realize a few years ago Russia was our friends again right? Do you know remember how Obama lectured and mocked Romney in 2012 debate saying the 1980's called, they want their foreign policy back over a comment he had made saying Russia was a threat?
Yeah, until Russia invaded Ukraine 3 years ago, annexed Crimea, and shot down a civilian airplane. Do you remember that?
Is this the best you paid russian goons can come up with?
Are you fucking retarded? This wasn't FBI satellite technology; This was Boeing/Government satellite technology. Maybe if you learned to read you wouldn't sound like a complete fuckwit.
I'm surprised there aren't more comments in here about that line. Who the fuck thinks 200MB is a lot in the age of smartphones and tablets? I can burn that in a few hours of youtube videos.
Does he disturb your precious universe with a harsh dose of reality that much?
The stuff that the Thought Leaders tell us to.
Considering the number of Emmy's they just won, along with a bunch other awards, it doesn't appear like his show is going anywhere anytime soon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
You're just butthurt that John Oliver is damn good at shedding light on serious and sometimes controversial topics.
I guess... just doesn't make any sense to me, I suppose, considering coke is a type of soda.
The Ocean is one giant toilet for fish. Think on that.
Is Mt. Dew now Coke? Coke doesn't make sense when referring to Soda/pop as a general term.
I never said anything about Trump, but since you brought him up.
I'll add that I meant this in the context of his 100 days of failure. I only mentioned him in how Republican Congressmen don't particularly care for him aside from him having an R next to his name, but they dislike Dems more.
Phlease, there is nothing to "investigate" there. I'm yet to hear even a coherent accusation — much less any evidence, however circumstantial or otherwise unreliable.
http://www.politico.com/magazi...
He-he... Much comfort that is — from the loving care of MPs to the gentle mercies of civilian wardens.
A good majority of the detainees were released and their charges were acquitted in their respective countries after they were re-located.
More importantly, perhaps, Obama also changed the entire doctrine from capturing suspected terrorists to outright killing them [theguardian.com]. That's actually bona-fide evil, but with media airbrushing it, he was given a pass
Did I ever say that this was acceptable? No. I was talking about him clearing out Guantanamo. Let's stay on topic here, buddy.
even the unwarranted killing of Osama bin Laden was celebrated with only a few people asking [creators.com], why he was ordered killed, not captured [theatlantic.com].
Osama Bin Laden declared war on the US. He was wanted dead or alive. There was no requirement to bring him in alive.
Two years... Two years was not enough for him to disperse a few hundred prisoners... Trump's been in office for less than 100 days and you are already trumpeting his "failures"
There were over 200 prisoners at Gitmo when Obama became President. That was cut in half by 2012, from there, the release of prisoners slowed down due to restrictions placed by the republican-led congress in budget bills. Now there's about 60 left with about 20 eligible for being released.
I never said anything about Trump, but since you brought him up. He has fully supported the idea of keeping Gitmo running, and encouraging torture and illegal interrogation methods on those detained at Gitmo. He also talked up placing even MORE people in Gitmo. So there's that.
Trump made so many grandiose promises while on the campaign trail(e.g. Eliminating/replacing Obamacare, defeating ISIS, term limits, lobbying ban, label China as currency manipulator, remove federal funding from 'Sanctuary Cities', travel bans, tax relief legislation, etc.), spouting off all of the things he was going to do in the first 100 days of his presidency. He has nobody to blame but himself for others pointing out his failures.
Well a fucking miracle is going to need to happen because his 100-day approval rating is one of the worst any president has had in modern times.
Indubitably.
Which, even if they did, would only be a case of chickens coming home to roost. The United States has overthrown dozens of democracies since WWII and interferes with other countries elections (Ukraine, Venezuela for a mere two examples) constantly.
Oh I agree completely. We have been fucking around with other countries' elections for decades. It really is karma coming to bite the CIA and the US Gov't in the ass.
To a Supermax in Illinois, where they would still have no right to an attorney or trial. Seriously, this Obamabot talking point was debunked 18 ways till Sunday waaaay back in 2009. The problem with Gitmo was not that it was in Cuba, the problem with Gitmo is that it was an unconstitutional suspension of basic civil rights. One that Obama wanted to move, not end.
Moving them to Thomson was supposed to at least clear out Gitmo for it's full shutdown. Dealing with their legal status was likely going to be played out after the move. In 2011, Obama started military trials for the remaining detainees in Guantanamo, but wanted to have them face trial in the States instead with military trials or civilian trials, but Republicans blocked him every time on this through budget bills.
Unfortunately, now that Trump's in charge, he's come out saying that he wants to keep Gitmo open to send the "Bad Dudes" from ISIS there. He's fully condoned outright torture of Gitmo prisoners, too.
I figured they would rather have Pence. At least with him you have a more stable lunatic than with Trump.
It's incredible how childish our congressmen are allowed to act. I'm glad to hear that there has been a rise in town halls where constituents are calling out their representatives for their unacceptable behavior. Unfortunately, the representatives evade the town halls and cower in fear of the retribution they deserve.
About half of Congressional Republicans hate him with passion — and would rather collude with the opposition than with him.
If this were the case the House Intelligence Committee Republicans wouldn't be dragging their feet on the Russia investigation.
They may not like Trump, but they hate the Democrats more, and if they were to start working with Democrats, they'd upset a good number of their voting base.
After Obama's failing to close Guantanamo for eight years (two of them with that deck really stacked in his favor)
He actually WAS working on closing it down, by transferring detainees out of Guantanamo. He was making pretty good progress until Republicans took over congress under his watch. The Republican congress refused to produce a bill for Obama to sign that didn't restrict funds being used to continue the shut-down of Guantanamo. He had vetoed a number of bills that included language that restricted his ability to close Guantanamo, but they continued to push it on nearly every spending bill that came his way. He either had to sign the bills reluctantly, or go without funding for our military or our government in general.
Nobody on his staff realized just how complicated "The Cyber" really was, I suppose.
Continuous behaviors of ineptitude in the highest office of this land. With precedents like this being put in place, all of our future POTUS' don't even need to worry about lifting a finger in Washington.. You can just work on your golf game for four years on the taxpayer dime.
I think what you're really expressing is that someone's experience doesn't comport with your concept of reality, so you reject their experience and conclude they must be delusional.
That's a Bingo!
It's just coincidence when someone smokes/eats weed they suddenly behave completely differently than they always have and jump out a window or shoot themselves
I believe you're talking about PCP. That's what PCP does.
On a sidenote:
I've smoked since I was a teenager and have had edibles numerous times and not once have I ever considered jumping out a window, shooting myself, or driving like an idiot. All it makes me want to do is listen to music, eat some food and watch TV.
I sincerely apologize if this doesn't fit your perpetual ignorance of the true effects of marijuana.