Live Thread: Impeachment Trial Day 11

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Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_
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BREAKING:Schiff just claimed in closing arguments his top investigator Sean Misko [the whistleblower's conduit] "singled out in this chamber" has been forced to suffer "vicious false attacks" & feels his life has been "put at risk." Claims hired only b/c "brilliant" & "patriotic"

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Sarah Hucklebee
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@hucklebee_sarah
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Adam Schiff is asking to convict Donald Trump because of what he MIGHT do in the future.
Gotta love Democrats' Due Process taking place here.

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PBS NewsHour
@NewsHour
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"As I stand here today delivering the House's closing argument, President Trump's constitutional crimes — his crimes against the American people and the nation — remain in progress."

— Rep. Val Demings

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Mark Knoller
@markknoller
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Court of Impeachment taking 30 min lunch break after House Managers presented about an hour of closing arguments. The president's lawyers are up next.

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Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_
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BREAKING:Schiff just claimed in closing arguments his top investigator Sean Misko [the whistleblower's conduit] "singled out in this chamber" has been forced to suffer "vicious false attacks" & feels his life has been "put at risk." Claims hired only b/c "brilliant" & "patriotic"

Treason is brilliant and patriotic?   Say it again Mr. Ron White.

[sneakypete]

And your oath of office be damned!

@Bigun

Just a bunch of meaningless words written by the white debbil to keep minorities riding in the back of the bus.

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CNN Newsroom
@CNNnewsroom
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"In conduct unparalleled in American history... [Trump] ordered every government agency and every official to defy the House's impeachment inquiry... that's what guilty people do." - Impeachment manager @RepValDemings
 during Senate trial closing argument

[aligncare]

LMAO...had to share

A perfect reverse barometer.

[sneakypete]

One of MY favorite moments was when Corey Booker was giving testimony about how LTC Alexander Vitman was a "VN war hero that was awarded the Air Medal for bravery in combat". I personally know SF NCO's that were awarded Air Medals,and they got them because they kept logs of all their air time flying around in VN. When you put in enough hours,regardless of if you are flying into combat or on a R&R flight to Saigon,you get an Air Medal. I probably had enough hours to have gotten one if I had ever bothered to keep a log. Mostly people want them because they might give you an edge over someone who doesn't have one with a promotion board.

To get one for COURAGE (the "v device" attached to the ribbon or medal) you had to have been a pilot,copilot,or crewmember that exhibited courage while under enemy fire. I never personally saw one of those,and I suspect they are VERY rare because why not just give them something like a Bronze Star or Army Commendation Medal with the V-device and be done with it? I am GUESSING the Air Medal with the V-device is VERY rare except for pilots of fighter-bombers.

The FACT is that Vitman did not earn ONE SINGLE valor award during his entire career. He got his Purple Heart while riding as a passenger in a truck convoy and got struck with shrapnel when the truck ran over a mine.

He got his Combat Infantryman's Badge from being a career infantry officer who didn't have one but DID have political connections,and getting the PH due to the roadside bomb wound. He was NOT in combat except for in the most technical sense of the word.

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Joel B. Pollak
@joelpollak
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WH counsel Mark Purpura is summarizing the case on those “undisputed” facts. The details are rather complicated, but he is making an effective case that there are certainly enough exculpatory facts to cause any reasonable Senator to decline to vote for removal.

[Bigun]

One of MY favorite moments was when Corey Booker was giving testimony about how LTC Alexander Vitman was a "VN war hero that was awarded the Air Medal for bravery in combat". I personally know SF NCO's that were awarded Air Medals,and they got them because they kept logs of all their air time flying around in VN. When you put in enough hours,regardless of if you are flying into combat or on a R&R flight to Saigon,you get an Air Medal. I probably had enough hours to have gotten one if I had ever bothered to keep a log. Mostly people want them because they might give you an edge over someone who doesn't have one with a promotion board.

To get one for COURAGE (the "v device" attached to the ribbon or medal) you had to have been a pilot,copilot,or crewmember that exhibited courage while under enemy fire. I never personally saw one of those,and I suspect they are VERY rare because why not just give them something like a Bronze Star or Army Commendation Medal with the V-device and be done with it? I am GUESSING the Air Medal with the V-device is VERY rare except for pilots of fighter-bombers.

The FACT is that Vitman did not earn ONE SINGLE valor award during his entire career. He got his Purple Heart while riding as a passenger in a truck convoy and got struck with shrapnel when the truck ran over a mine.

He got his Combat Infantryman's Badge from being a career infantry officer who didn't have one but DID have political connections,and getting the PH due to the roadside bomb wound. He was NOT in combat except for in the most technical sense of the word.

   

I know damned well I had enough hours to get one and so did every other guy in my AO.  None of us cared about any of that. All WE cared about was doing our damned jobs. Unlike the John F'n Kerrys of the world.

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I know damned well I had enough hours to get one and so did every other guy in my AO.  None of us cared about any of that. All WE cared about was doing our damned jobs. Unlike the John F'n Kerrys of the world.

@Bigun

They really didn't mean much if you had an infantry MOS unless you were going before a promotion board for E-7 or higher rank,or were an officer. Even little doo-dahs like Good Conduct Medals and campaign ribbons helped more if you had some sort of "ground pounder" MOS. Let's face it,for promotions to E-6 or below the promotions were handled by local commanders who knew you personally,and stuff like Air Medals didn't mean diddly-squat to them. If they wanted to give you a Bronze Star or lesser award,they gave it to you. It got "stickier" when you were put in for a Silver Star or higher award because it would be getting looked over by Corps or/and higher commanders,and for all these people knew you could be your CO's nephew. They wanted more that the recommendation of a single proposed award,they wanted to look at your award history. LOTS of people who never heard a single shot fired in combat earned multiple Air Medals from doing stuff like flying mail flights daily. The mail helicopters I saw didn't even have door guns mounted on them,never mind rocket pods on the skids. Hell,they had doors to keep the mail dry when it was raining.

BTW,I am not ridiculing those whose duty was pulling "gravy jobs" like flying mail. I once hitchhiked a ride on a mail chopper to visit a friend while on stand-down,and damned if the mail chopper I rode in on get shot down while flying away from the airstrip. I watched it crash and burn.  Those guys were just as dead as any other KIA.

They were also pretty much sitting ducks. I asked around and found out they flew in and out of that camp every day at the same time,with no escort gun ships,and no machine guns or rocket launchers. Other than the pistols carried by the pilot and copilot,they were unarmed and couldn't shoot back even if they had the chance.

Low-hanging fruit ALWAYS gets picked sooner or later. I sincerely hope the officer in charge of their flight schedule got hammered over this.

[Bigun]

@sneakypete

One of my basic training buddies (Terry L. Davis of Granite City Illinois) took the Army up on their offer to send him to OCS and eventually to Ft. Rucker where he became a chopper pilot.  I ran into him a few years later at Ft. Hood Texas. He had been there three months when he was ordered back to RVN.  The unwritten rule back then was that pilots who had completed previous tours flying combat support missions got the first choice of duty in succeeding tours.  Terry was less than three months into his second tour when a SAM got him. He was flying mail and other support missions at the time.

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@sneakypete

One of my basic training buddies (Terry L. Davis of Granite City Illinois) took the Army up on their offer to send him to OCS and eventually to Ft. Rucker where he became a chopper pilot.  I ran into him a few years later at Ft. Hood Texas. He had been there three months when he was ordered back to RVN.  The unwritten rule back then was that pilots who had completed previous tours flying combat support missions got the first choice of duty in succeeding tours.  Terry was less than three months into his second tour when a SAM got him. He was flying mail and other support missions at the time.

@Bigun

Yup! That's why they call it a combat zone. Anything can happen to anyone at any time. Still,any senior officer that schedules unarmed support flights into remote camps on a regular basis on things like mail runs should be court-martialed for dereliction of duty. The smart thing that should have been done was to have the mail slick come in on the tail of the assault helicopters and the Cobras,drop off the mail and any passengers,and then take off from home when the armed choppers are taking off. There were VERY few VC bold enough to sit out in a rice paddy and take a shot at a Cobra flying overhead,and that was a diminishing number every day.

Sending in unarmed flights on a schedule is nothing less than scheduling them to be shot down.

[tarheelboy]

Schiff making up for the time he lost when Nadler dusted him.

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Schiff making up for the time he lost when Nadler dusted him.

@tarheelboy

How many times do we have to hear the same Dims whining about the same things? Have the other Dims been struck speechless? Schiff is up again,and a little bit of him goes a long ways.

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@tarheelboy

How many times do we have to hear the same Dims whining about the same things? Have the other Dims been struck speechless? Schiff is up again,and a little bit of him goes a long ways.

Supposedly,  if you repeat the same lie over and over and over again, you start believing yourself.

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DAYUM! Schiff just said he hopes and prays every day that the Dim Party never elects a President that puts himself ahead of what is best for the country.

That right there is cause to have that MoFo locked away in a padded room.

[DCPatriot]

Rush told his listening audience that he has lung cancer.

 

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DAYUM! Schiff just said he hopes and prays every day that the Dim Party never elects a President that puts himself ahead of what is best for the country.

That right there is cause to have that MoFo locked away in a padded room.

Did Schiff help Obama load that butt load of cash onto the plane destined for Iran?  Just wondering?

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David Jolly
@DavidJollyFL
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Just a brutal takedown of Trump by Adam Schiff.

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Rush told his listening audience that he has lung cancer.

 

@DCPatriot

Generally speaking,that is not the kiss of death it used to be. Especially not for someone his age. The treatments for most forms of cancer today are MUCH advanced over what they used to be,and if they catch it in time,they can usually take care of it. Gone are the days of "hammer them with chemo and radiation until they have nothing left to throw up,and are glowing in the dark as they try to puke. Sometimes the treatment seemed to be more destructive than the disease.

The treatments today are VERY specialized towards the specific form of cancer,how developed it is,and the other physical ailments of the patient.

And since Rush is famous and has cubic money,you can be sure he is going to get the best treatment possible.

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Mr. Jones
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@MrJones_tm
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Schitthead: If Trump isn't removed he "could offer Alaska to the Russians in exchange for support in the next election or decide to move to Mar-a-Lago permanently & leave Jared Kushner to run the country”

😂


Just making up the wildest shit imaginable!

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ABC News Politics
@ABCPolitics
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Rep. Adam Schiff concludes his closing argument: "It may be midnight in Washington—but the sun will rise again. I put my faith in the optimism of the Founders. You should too." https://

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@DCPatriot

Generally speaking,that is not the kiss of death it used to be. Especially not for someone his age. The treatments for most forms of cancer today are MUCH advanced over what they used to be,and if they catch it in time,they can usually take care of it. Gone are the days of "hammer them with chemo and radiation until they have nothing left to throw up,and are glowing in the dark as they try to puke. Sometimes the treatment seemed to be more destructive than the disease.

The treatments today are VERY specialized towards the specific form of cancer,how developed it is,and the other physical ailments of the patient.

And since Rush is famous and has cubic money,you can be sure he is going to get the best treatment possible.

That is true.  Hope he goes to M.D. Anderson in Houston.  That's about as good a chance as he'll get.

I am just afraid when he used the term "advanced" ....   he is describing a carcinoma that has wide-spead mestasticization.