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World News / Re: Netanyahu says Israel 'will stand alone' if necessary after Biden threatens to withhold weapons
« Last post by libertybele on Today at 09:10:24 pm »
"Israel will stand alone if necessary"; IIRC that is a statement that he used years ago when addressing the Senate.

 The Bible tells us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Pray that they arrive at some kind of peace. Please pray that this horrific terrorism stops and that they’re able to get their hostages back. Also pray that God places His hand of protection on the nation of Israel during this unprecedented war.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
'May they prosper who love you.
Peace Be within your walls and
security within your towers'.

Psalm 122:6-7
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Music Threads / Re: TIE each subsequent SONG together by whatever means you deem relevant, Title/Artist/Theme
« Last post by berdie on Today at 09:02:40 pm »

https://youtu.be/ZKXuf2DvG4s
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Elections 2024 / Trump asks Big Oil for $1B in campaign cash
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 09:00:33 pm »
 Trump asks Big Oil for $1B in campaign cash
by Rachel Frazin and Brett Samuels - 05/09/24 4:00 PM ET

Former President Trump asked oil industry executives for $1 billion in campaign cash, according to someone with knowledge of the meeting.

Trump met with oil executives at Mar-A-Lago last month. His request for $1 billion for his campaign was previously reported by The Washington Post and The New York Times.

The Post reported that Trump said the donations would be a “deal” for oil executives because of the tax cuts and relaxed regulations he would implement, but the person who spoke with The Hill said the discussion was not framed as any sort of quid pro quo.

A second source, who was not in attendance but spoke to people who were, also confirmed Trump made the ask for donations. The source said Trump had previously chided oil executives about not opening up their pocketbooks enough for his campaign.

Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt did not confirm or deny that Trump had requested $1 billion when asked.

“Joe Biden is controlled by environmental extremists who are trying to implement the most radical energy agenda in history and force Americans to purchase electric vehicles they can’t afford,” Leavitt said in a written statement.

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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4654557-trump-big-oil-1b-campaign-cash-request/
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Editorial/Opinion/Blogs / Re: Did Federal Agencies Plant Classified Docs To Frame Trump? Joy Pullmann
« Last post by Maj. Bill Martin on Today at 08:56:22 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on Today at 06:38:22 pm
I don't think they had to... Any large movement of documents is going to be full of SNAFU. Whole boxes tossed around for moving... In the natural order of things, misfiled and misplaced documents happen all the time.

All they needed was a reason to go looking.

I do want to say that I've been involved in document productions where that didn't happen - where it was done correctly.   But I've also seen ones that have screw ups at some level.   The mistakes are usually found pretty quickly and corrected where possible, but it literally takes less than 30 seconds to pull a document from a box, not mark from where it was taken, and then be unsure of exactly where it should go.

That being said, a case of this importance should have had senior lawyers present and watching the whole thing constantly.
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World News / Netanyahu says Israel 'will stand alone' if necessary after Biden threatens to withhold weapons
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 08:50:47 pm »
Netanyahu says Israel 'will stand alone' if necessary after Biden threatens to withhold weapons
Biden says US won't supply Israel with weapons to invade Hamas stronghold in Rafah
By Stephen Sorace Fox News
Published May 9, 2024 2:36pm EDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video message on Thursday vowing that Israel "will stand alone" to defeat Hamas, if necessary, after President Biden threatened to withhold weapon shipments to the Jewish State should Netanyahu proceed with an invasion of Rafah.

Netanyahu echoed the 1948 Israeli war of independence in his remarks, saying that despite a weapons embargo on Israel, Israelis had fought and defeated the Arab nations who attacked the nascent Jewish state, thanks to their bravery and unity.

"Today, we are much stronger," the prime minister said. "We are determined, and we are united in order to defeat our enemies and those who want to destroy us."

"If we need to stand alone, we will stand alone," Netanyahu continued.

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https://www.foxnews.com/world/netanyahu-says-israel-stand-alone-necessary-biden-threatens-withhold-weapons
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Elections 2024 / Re: Barron Trump Chosen to Be Florida Delegate at Republican National Convention
« Last post by Maj. Bill Martin on Today at 08:50:10 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on Today at 05:13:57 pm
???? There is little doubt that the Trump family sticks together.  Quite frankly in this day and age with all the whackadoos out there it is good to see a family tied together; there is obvious love instead of rivalry between them, devotion to their family and father and in the case of Eric and Don Jr., I see loyalty to country as well. I find it refreshing.

What has Barron done to earn the responsibility that comes with being a delegate, including  the selection of the VP?

I don't have anything against the kid, but he only just graduated high school.
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 08:47:34 pm »
a minute ago
Prosecutors defend spanking question: 'Establish credibility'

Manhattan prosecutor Joshua Steinglass said that prosecutors had to ask porn star Stormy Daniels about spanking Donald Trump because it helped "establish credibility."

"We had to ask her about the spanking to establish credibility," Steinglass said.

Daniels testified that she spanked Trump with a magazine donning his own face in a hotel room in Lake Tahoe before she allegedly spelt with the former president.
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 08:45:07 pm »
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9 minutes ago
Trump lawyers ask for mistrial, claim Stormy Daniels' testimony about spanking ex-prez was irrelevant
By Ben Kochman

Trump attorney Todd Blanche has asked again for a mistrial, claiming that Stormy Daniels' testimony veered into gratuitous detail about her alleged sex romp with the ex-president.

Daniels testified Tuesday that she spanked Trump with a magazine bearing his face on the cover during their tryst inside his Lake Takoe hotel suite.

"It almost defies belief that we are here about a records case, and the government is...asking a series of questions about rolling up a magazine and spanking him," Blanche said.

Judge Merchan did not issue an immediate ruling.

Blanche asked for a mistrial for similar reasons on Tuesday, but was denied, with Merchan saying that issues with Daniels' testimony could be worked out during cross-examination.


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Stormy's testimony about Trump not using a condom 'dog whistle for rape': Blanche
By Kyle Schnitzer

Trump attorney Todd Blanche said that Stormy Daniels' testimony about Donald Trump not using a condom during their alleged sexcapade was "dangerous" evidence" that suggested rape.

“It’s a dog whistle for rape,' Blanche said in the courtroom.

Blanche claims that Trump's team didn't know the extent to what prosecutors were going to ask Daniels, who testified in detail about her alleged affair with Trump at a Lake Tahoe golf course.

"This is not a case about sex," he said.

He also said that the jury is now "hearing about an imbalance of power between a man and a woman."
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Editorial/Opinion/Blogs / Blinken provides case study in how not to do diplomacy By Michael Rubin
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 08:42:24 pm »
Blinken provides case study in how not to do diplomacy
By
Michael Rubin
May 9, 2024 2:24 pm
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After he took office, President Joe Biden declared, “Diplomacy is back.” Top aides Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan repeated the mantra. Their implication? The Trump era’s unilateralism and tweet-from-the-hip chaos were over.

A statesman embracing diplomacy, however, is akin to a surgeon wielding a scalpel: The tool depends upon the skill of its operator. While the Biden administration embraced the traditional trappings of diplomacy, its members approached the strategy with all the skill of a narcoleptic, epileptic monkey high on crack.

Put aside Sullivan’s curtailment of maximum pressure on Iran as its foreign reserves circled the drain, Blinken’s lifting of sanctions on Yemen’s Houthi militia, or the Biden team’s waiver of sanctions on Nord Stream 2 in advance of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. To understand just how weak American diplomacy appears both to adversaries and allies, consider Azerbaijan.

In December 2020, just a month after President Ilham Aliyev completed the first phase of Azerbaijan’s conquest of Nagorno-Karabakh, Andrew Schofer, the lead U.S. diplomat on the crisis, traveled to Yerevan and Baku. Aliyev humiliated Schofer on live television, bragging about how Azerbaijan’s military prowess achieved what American diplomacy did not and then asking, “Why are you here?”

That episode should have colored Blinken’s approach to Azerbaijan when he entered office, but, alas, a willingness to tolerate Aliyev’s disdain for America came to define the Biden era.

The list of humiliation is long. When in June 2023 Azerbaijani snipers fired on a U.S. Agency for International Development project in Yeraskh, killing an Indian worker, Blinken and USAID Administrator Samantha Power went silent.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2998013/blinken-case-study-how-not-to-do-diplomacy/
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Politics/Government / It’s official: GOP speakership depends on Democrats By Byron York
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 08:40:26 pm »
It’s official: GOP speakership depends on Democrats
By
Byron York
May 9, 2024 3:58 pm
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IT’S OFFICIAL: GOP SPEAKERSHIP DEPENDS ON DEMOCRATS. Late Wednesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) surprised her colleagues by going forward with a threat to file a motion to vacate — that is, a measure to remove Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as speaker of the House. Johnson and Greene had negotiated for a couple of days, and it appeared that Greene might hold off, at least for a while. And then, on Wednesday, she pulled the trigger.

Removing Johnson would, of course, set off chaos in the House to rival or perhaps exceed the mess made last October when a few rebellious Republicans successfully plotted to remove then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Back then, there was no Plan B, and there is no Plan B today.

As it turned out, Greene failed, winning only 43 votes to the 359 who voted to keep Johnson in place. The vote was widely interpreted as a smackdown to Greene and her style of politics. That’s one way to look at it. But the more important lesson of the vote was just how much the crippled Republican House majority, a majority crippled by its own divisions, now depends on Democrats to govern the House.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/2998476/its-official-gop-speakership-depends-on-democrats/
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