Discussion: New Hints That Mueller's Manafort Probe Is Going Beyond Ukraine Charges

Somebody else obviously is writing her posts. I think a Proof of Life might be more credible if it was written in Slovenian and touched on things that only she would know and her parents, for example, could identify.

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Oh good grief!
And Obama wasn’t born in Hawaii I take it?
At worst she lit out for NYC with Barron. But then he likely is on summer break from school now anyway. I doubt all the conspiracy stuff.

“The fact is that the Russians did hand over material that they believed would hurt HRC. Junior and Manafort didn’t think it would do the job. That tells me they were looking for a specific kind of ‘dirt’. To me that’s damning.”

Yup.
It may suggest that the Russians simply didn’t have the kind of dirt that Jr and Paulie wanted on “crooked Hillary”. I.e. that the right-wing trope, and article of faith among the Republican masses was simply false.

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Without press exposure, there is no attack.

Yep.

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And … ?

So, getting it into the NYT is the point. Trying to avoid doing so would be counterproductive.

Perhaps I misunderstood your comment.

Don’t count on that.

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Mrs darr just opined that Melania has had plastic surgery of some sort … liposuction or some facial type procedure. Mrs darr indicated to me she thought Melania had gain weight since coming to DC and she had to “git’er done” to please himself.

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I’m not counting on it but it’s fun to imagine…

Right… I also think the explanation is fairly mundane, like a marital spat. It’s just that the absurd handling of the matter by the WH leads to such silly speculation.

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That is interesting. Plastic surgery, while non-life-threatening, could keep you out of the picture for a while. Failed plastic surgery could keep you out for months.

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[quote=“eggrollian, post:73, topic:72873, full:true”]
That is interesting. Plastic surgery, while non-life-threatening, could keep you out of the picture for a while. Failed plastic surgery could keep you out for months.
[/quote]I hafta say here that although I sometimes find Mrs darr’s ideas a bit over the top she does have a great track record of being right. And I find her idea of some sort of plastic surgery to be very thought provoking. Melania was in the hospital a week. The kidney procedure she supposedly under went usually results in a one night stay. And she’s been out of view for 21 days so far. That’s a month out of view. So what Mrs darr says makes sense.

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Hence the expression “unicorn thinking” which right now is not helpful.

And that’s why I will always believe that, if a voter is registered, they should be able to present a card that has the voter’s name, address, precinct and date of registration on it.

Those folks could not have been turned away if they had evidence of registration. The system is flawed. Those thousands that were turned away could not legitimately prove their registration because the system doesn’t give them anything to support.

In any case, for me, after today with the multiple pardons and promised pardons, I am becoming more convinced that, regardless of the irrefutable evidence against this administration, 45 has figured out at least one thing he can do as POTUS: he will pardon anyone that comes close to being tried and/or convicted, That stuff cannot be reversed under a future administration, so these guys will all, ultimately, walk to enjoy a free and unfettered life.

This whole thing will probably end up an asterisk in the history of the country.

I believe the investigation must continue, I just don’t see the jail time these assholes deserve.&

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In Cook County we get a registration card. And then we get one each for three more precincts.

When will t issue the pardon?

What we know is that Mueller has a polished team that’s gathering huge amounts of information from many different sources, and that info is well protected. When facts and conclusions are finally revealed, it’s going to be more than any dragged-together defense team can deal with. Their initial reaction is going to be “OH SHIT! GET THE PARDON LETTER READY!”

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Yes, yes, yes and oh yeah. You nailed exactly what we need to keep reminding ourselves.

Especially if your husband is an asshole and has made comments in the past about how another woman’s plastic surgery resulted in her bleeding in front of him at his stupid Florida golf course at Christmas, or whenever it was, a few years ago.

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