Yeah, the part I put in bold shows you really aren't paying attention to the reasons people are opposed to Trump's Wall, which makes the rest of your post seem rather silly. The reasons people are opposed to the wall (which, as someone who follows a shit-ton of news sources from across the political spectrum, has read numerous articles from all of them discussing the actual reason) is because it is damn-near the least cost-effective way to secure a border given the size and terrain it covers. Increased staffing, greater use of drone technologies, cameras, motion sensors, and other tech (which is what the Border Patrol has been asking for and even argued against the effectiveness of a massive wall pre-2016) is how the border needs to be secured, because people trying to get in will just go over/under/through the wall (like they already do where there are current walls). Plus, if all of their budget is spent on building/maintaining a wall, how the hell are they going to pay for all the other things that actually work?
Seriously, everything about your post just screams "I only listen to talking points so this is what I think everyone has been saying the report will show!" and have been caught up by the noise instead of actually listening.
Oh man. I had to dig back through a couple pages because I couldn't believe this was actually an argument.
So, as stated above, you're taking from the FBI's statement the phrase that "we are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case" as a statement that the DOJ did not have the final say, yes?
Then why, in the name of all the Hells there are, does the immediately preceding clause right before the one you quoted say "although the Department of Justice makes final decisions on matters like this"?
That explicitly states, in the FBI's statement, that the DOJ has the final say.
Which Page confirms in her testimony.
Stop ignoring half of what you quote just because that half won't support your bananas conspiracy theory.
I will say, it makes a hilarious new Lorem Ipsum.
Nah.
Lorem Ipsum is formatted like a paragraph which makes it useful for planning layouts for websites and other works that require typography. I use Lorem Ipsum all the time. In fact, in VSCode, you type "lorem" and hit tab, it gives you a paragraph automatically with the Emmet extension.
But anyways song lyrics don't make a good lorem substitute unless what you need is to model how lyrics should look.
Then by all means, use All Star.
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It's really simple, but you're making it seem more complicated because you've created a false dichotomy. It's not a "either this person is lying or that person is lying" because the two statements aren't mutually exclusive. The FBI said they weren't recommending charges, but the ultimate decision to charge lies with the DoJ. The Page statement states that, the DoJ told them they weren't going to charge her so the FBI shouldn't charge her (which, again, the FBI can only recommend charges).
Since you really don't seem to be able to grasp how these two statements don't disqualify the other, I'll try and break it down.
The FBI's recommendations on charges is non-binding, meaning it ultimately doesn't matter what they say either way. If the DoJ told them not to recommend charges but they did, it wouldn't matter, if the DoJ told them to recommend charges and they didn't, it wouldn't matter. Because it really doesn't matter what the FBI says so they can make any recommendation they want, but no one has to follow it.
The official FBI state literally says "we decided to not recommend charges, but ball is in the DoJs court". Even if the DoJ told them not to recommend charges, the FBI has to decide whether to listen to that recommendation because, just like their recommendation is non-binding, the DoJ's recommendations to the FBI are also non-binding. So even if what Page said was 100% factual and exactly what happened, it doesn't disqualify the FBI's statement. Similarly, the FBIs statement doesn't disqualify what Page said, because even if they DoJ said "hey don't recommend charges" and the FBI decides not to, they still opted not to.
That's the whole problem, you've tried to turn it into an either/or situation and think it somehow proves some sort of conspiracy one way or another, when in reality they're two statements that aren't really conflicting (mostly due to the fact that the question Page answered really wasn't clear at all, but a broad question that could be interpreted to maybe indicate something either way).
Welp, 'tis the witching hour.
Official prediction: No collusion.
Hope I'm wrong!
Either he doesn't think he can touch Trump (which he can't without added a Constitutional crisis on top of trying to convict Trump) or built up enough of a case for Congress to impeach (doesn't mean that Congress will do it though will all the Republican shills). Lets be honest, theres tons that Trump could be impeached on already.
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So, what I'm getting from this is you're backtracking a bit.
You said before that trump doesn't make it to the 2020 election. If this report is a non-smoking gun (as in, nothing can be directly connected to Trump) , then how exactly does he get removed before 2020?
Because it's looking like to me your former party is protecting him still.
Scenario
Mueller report has nothing directly implicating Trump
Trump is not removed from office before 2020
He wins re-election by the skin of his teeth
How possible do you think this is?
"Independence forever!" --- President John Adams
"America is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own." --- President John Quincy Adams
"Our Federal Union! It must be preserved!" --- President Andrew Jackson
I think it's the most likely scenario.
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Fine by me, it's time that a new generation recognize the utter majesty of Smash Mouth.
Example:
Fucking magical.Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas?
I need to get myself away from this place
I said yep what a concept I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change
"If you are ever asking yourself 'Is Trump lying or is he stupid?', the answer is most likely C: All of the Above" - Seth Meyers
"If you are ever asking yourself 'Is Trump lying or is he stupid?', the answer is most likely C: All of the Above" - Seth Meyers