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Posts Made By: James Lacey

November 14, 2024 07:01 PM Forum: Politics

Arabs want to collect

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Richard Davis



You don't have a point other than to further the lies of the anti-semitic leftist Scumbags who put forth their hatred of Israel on a minute by minute basis.

Go pick up a book and quit asserting your Bullshit that the State of Israel is occupying anyone's country or region.

It is arguably an occupation by any definition, and many people agree with that characterization. It does not follow that I'm an anti-Semite just because I used one time a phrase you take issue with. It's a term commonly used to describe the regions in question, even by our State Department. Now piss off and quit nit-picking and looking for something to attack that is of no relevance. Try cleaning up your biases and prejudices before you worry about mine so much with no evidence.

November 14, 2024 07:09 PM Forum: Politics

Matt Gaetz As AG?!

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Opposition is always welcome, but the Weaponization of the most powerful part of gov't is as dangerous as anything can evolve into and it always does with the left.

That is precisely why the power hungry, totalitarian left has engaged in their lawfare against Donald Trump and his associates, because that is how the totalitarian leftists whom you support wholeheartedly win, when they do. They see that they can be successful in their intimidation tactics, which are disgusting and disgraceful, and those radical leftist Democrats like you will support them and cheer them on. 

The totalitarian leftists whom you support engage in intimidation and threats of imprisonment, in order to achieve their goals, and it happens in most 3rd world nations around the globe.

When the DOJ under Biden engaged in their strongarm and intimidation tactics towards those around Trump, threatening them with imprisonment, and then acting on that intimidation, as they put in Prison Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro, and others, or attempting to bankrupt them, as they did in a few instances, like General Michael Flynn, they proved their methods which were in one's face, stark and direct, and those supporters of their totalitarianism like yourself, loved it.  smile

This is all just another bullshit excuse for Trump and his lackeys and enablers. There was no weaponization of lawfare. Instead, they were committing crimes. How about this? Stop committing crimes if you don't want the legal system coming after you. Simple. However, I predict Trump's administration will spend an enormous amount of time and money fending off litigation and doing their best to stay out of courtrooms. The clown show he's appointing will step into it simply due to their incompetence. He's planning on appointing loyalist who are utterly unqualified for their positions. We can hope that some of the career employees in the departments can help them learn on the job and maybe keep them from screwing up too badly. However, the Secretary of Defense is not what I would call a learn-it-on-the-job position. If Trump gets what he wants, it will be 4 years of chaos, confusion, and hopefully inaction.

November 14, 2024 09:50 PM Forum: Politics

Matt Gaetz As AG?!

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi James:

I'd say it is not that simple.  The NY prosecution which earned Trump the title of "convicted felon" was a politically motivated farce.  Factually, Trump paid hush money to a porn star and he or his people booked it as "legal fees."  This might be a misdemeanor, but they bumped it up to a felony because of a poorly defined and unproven secondary crime.  One of the possible secondary crimes was election fraud.

For starters, it is inconceivable to me that the jury was instructed to consider three possible secondary crimes without requiring any finding meeting a burden of proof that any of the secondary crimes actually occurred.  I'd bet big money that this verdict is overturned for lack of criminal due process, unless the NY court and prosecutor drop the case to save face.  

Also, Hillary Clinton paid for a bogus opposition research document (The Steele Dossier) through her lawyers.  They booked the payment as "legal fees" to hide the sourcing of the dossier from the public.  I have cites from congressional investigations proving this activity in an older post, if necessary.   It is not illegal to pay for oppo research, and it is not illegal to pay hush money (or as Rich would say, to enter into a non-disclosure agreement).  The crime is apparently putting the payment on the books as "legal fees."  The analogy to Clinton's payment is seamless.  The secondary crime could be election fraud in either case (hiding material information from the public during an election).  If I recall correctly, Clinton was fined by the federal election comission when her payment was discovered.  Trump was not.    I think even listing the election fraud as a secondary crime in the Trump case is bogus too, but apparently the NY Court found it persuasive.

Did NY prosecute Clinton?  Hell no.  The NY case against Trump is bogus and weaponized lawfare of the worst sort.  Half the population calls Trump a "convicted felon" because of this travesty, and I can appreciate why he is angry about that.

It is hard to say whether the GA case is bogus lawfare or a legit prosecution.  The prosecutors in GA messed it up so badly no one can tell.

Did Trump illegally withhold records in violation of the law, resulting in the DOJ asking Jack Smith to prosecute him?  Of course he did.  But so did Biden, Clinton, and apparently Pence.  No prosecutions there.  You can argue, and I appreciate, that Trump's lack of cooperation exacerbated the crime, but he did not destroy evidence like Clinton did.  Here we have at least the appearance of a weaponization of justice.

I was looking forward to hearing the evidence, as it came in at trial, in the J6 case.  Smith again, of course.   Maybe Trump broke the law, maybe he did not, we will never know.  Rod makes a pretty good argument that he did.

I am very comfortable however, saying that 3 outa 4, the NY, GA, and the documents cases were "lawfare" and a unique weaponization of justice.  It is my profound hope that Trump rises above and does not retaliate, but that is, of course, a fool's hope.  The Democrats screwed up immensely when they prosecuted Trump in NY, GA and in the documents case.  Where this ends, I sure do not know.  I know where it started though, and the Ds who cried about the weaponization of justice throughout the campaign were gaslighting and the voters knew it.  J

I'm sorry, Jim. I can't buy the idea that Trump was mistreated. Besides that, during his first term, Trump used executive office power to go after his perceived enemies. The only reason he wasn't more successful was that, in some cases, people on the inside prevented him from acting. In other cases, law enforcement entities found nothing to charge people with.

Trump spoke publicly all the time about wanting to use the IRS, the CIA, the FBI, or the DOJ to investigate darn near everyone.  There have been plenty of first-hand eyewitness accounts regarding how Trump wanted to act on his public statements but was rebuffed by the likes of John Kelly, his former chief of staff, and Donald F. McGahn, his former White House counsel. There are plenty of other well-documented accounts where the law enforcement offices investigated but found nothing to charge, such as in the case of John Kerry speaking with Iranian officials after he left office.

So, I'm sorry, but Trump is no victim. The investigations were legal, and frankly, I don't see the double standard you insist exists.

November 15, 2024 10:44 AM Forum: Politics

Arabs want to collect

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Nah, you're pretty much a Jew hater.  That's quite apparent.  

And in order to occupy a region, one actually needs to have people there occupying it.  

Not to worry though as I've always realized that you understanding a concept as simple as that is asking a heck of lot from you. smile

And you are pretty much an idiot incapable of drawing correct conclusions from all available evidence. And don't forget that you have put all of your biases and prejudices on full display here in this forum for years. We have pages and pages of your homophobia, misogyny, xenophobia, and general bigotry to draw upon. What are you basing your conclusion on? The use of one term that you take issue with and that you have been shown is commonly used in everyday journalism and conversation about the status of the regions in question—Bravo, moron.

November 15, 2024 01:54 PM Forum: Politics

Arabs want to collect

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


You Wrote:

And you are pretty much an idiot incapable of drawing correct conclusions from all available evidence.

No, I'm not an idiot, I'm just basing my statements on the facts that are proven by the question I posed which you were impotent to answer and so you Ignored the question, but then I'm used to your method of ignoring inconvenient questions.  smile

I'll simply say again, Israel isn't an occupier as you falsely claim in all of your anti-semitic Jew hating fashion.

I pointed out previously and I'll point out again, the very word connotes the truth.  If Israel were occupying any region or nation, they would need people there to occupy it.  

Because terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah call Israel an occupier and You parrot those terrorist groups' language and call them that, doesn't make it so.  ermm

You then stated:   

We have pages and pages of your homophobia, misogyny, xenophobia, and general bigotry to draw upon.

Well that's 4 names that you came up with there to call me, however You seem to have forgotten 1 other name that you usually call me, a sociopath, however you did add a name, xenophobe, so congrats on that! 

I'll remember to look for that soon, when you use your list of pejoratives.  smile   

Lastly You stated:  Bravo, moron

OOPs, I almost forgot.  Is that 5 names you've called me in one posting or 6??   wink

 

Good job moving the goalposts. You didn't just accuse me of using the word occupy incorrectly. You called me a jew hater repeatedly. If you think I'm going to sit back and let you call me an anti-Semite with zero evidence, you are an idiot and a moron. If you want to debate the proper use of the word occupy now, we can do that. But don't act now like you didn't call me an anti-Semite with zero evidence to back it up. And as I said already, we have years and pages and pages of evidence on this forum for your biases and prejudices. There is plenty of evidence to call you out for all of the things that I have. Here's a hint for you, Rich. If you don't want people calling you names, then maybe you should start treating people like you want to be treated. This is a lesson most of us learned in kindergarten, but clearly, something went terribly wrong in your childhood.

November 15, 2024 02:51 PM Forum: Politics

Arabs want to collect

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll


James, he doesn’t want to debate you or anyone about anything. He want to provoke you into attacking him so he can get some perverse sadistic enjoyment out of it. You do not exist to Richard. This is the intellectual equivalent of sexual assault. He’s getting his rocks off at your expense. The more you struggle, the better his climax.

You are 100% correct; I know it intellectually. It's just darn hard to sit back and let Rich attack you so vilely and without basis. The funny thing is, Rich is at the dead center of every nasty exchange on this forum, yet he is utterly unaware of it. For example, when Rod and Jim disagree, there is no name-calling. On the other hand, Rich can't interact with Rod even the tiniest bit without being an asshole. He seems to think that it's okay for him to attack and defame us baselessly because we, in turn, return the favor in our defense, which is, as you pointed out, what he wants.

November 16, 2024 02:30 PM Forum: Politics

Xi Jinping is seeking to capitalise on Donald Trump's threat to isolate the United States from parts of the global community

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

No, it doesn’t. You just have to mention it every time Maurice posts, though. You are a dick.

What's funny is that Rich thinks he's being witty and clever when, in reality, he looks childish. It's that legendary lack of self-awareness in action again. I haven't run into too many people who have Rich's level of self-awareness, but everyone I have was the same in the sense that they thought they were hilarious when, in reality, they were just vulgar or cringy.

November 17, 2024 12:03 PM Forum: Politics

Editor Of Scientific American Resigns...

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

 
Well, when it is being provided by an imbecilic pig like her, why would anyone be interested in her rancid commentary?   

I'm guessing that normally one would have to go to a brothel inhabited by crack addicted prostitutes to find a woman of her high class and character, but apparently Scientific American decided to hire her as the editor instead.

I wonder how many writers she had to blow to get where she was at because I doubt she got there on her scholastic merits or any other abilities.  

Perhaps she entertained the crowd with a Mexican style Donkey show to rise to her level of editor?

Whaddya' think???  smile

And you have the gall to claim you are not misogynistic.

November 17, 2024 12:05 PM Forum: Politics

Fired FEMA Employee Speaks Out On Why It Happened

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/16/politics/video/fema-lawsuit-florida-homes-trump-sign-discrimination-digvid

Basically, according to her, it seems that those backing Trump in more than one state demonstrated hostility towards FEMA crews and therefore the avoidance circumstances followed accordingly...

Don't tell Rich because, according to him, this story was the equivalent of Trump blocking aid to Puerto Rico.

November 25, 2024 10:22 PM Forum: Politics

Trump Beats The Election Subversion/Classified Documents Cases

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

It wasn't thrown out moron hence the statements from Smith. 
Biden never had "tons" of classified documents and neither did Clinton or Pence and they cooperated with investigators instead of lying to them and refusing to cooperate in their return. The scale and intent and equivalence aren't even in the same universe...

The cases by Jack Smith were not "thrown out." But don't expect anyone like Rich ever to admit otherwise. Everything I've read says Smith asked them to be dismissed on long-standing DOJ policy not to prosecute a sitting President. What's happened here is that someone federally indicted got elected President. It has everything to do with procedure and nothing to do with the merit of the cases. It's possible the charges would be reopened in four years, and from what I read, charges against Trump's co-defendants are proceeding in at least the Mar-a-Lago documents case. But, as I said, don't expect Rich or the MAGA cult to see it as anything else other than a total exoneration.