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General discussion / Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
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Armagh / Re: Club Hurling in Armagh
« on: August 09, 2022, 11:13:32 PM »
Bump
Just looking at the Armagh GAA website to catch up on the club championship. I see at U15 there's a "North Armagh Hurling Club" that played against Keady in the U15 hurling league. Is this an amalgamated Lurgan/Portadown team for U15? Are they really that short of numbers at that age? I've seen Sean Treacy's stuff on FB recently and they seem to be in good shape at underage.
Just looking at the Armagh GAA website to catch up on the club championship. I see at U15 there's a "North Armagh Hurling Club" that played against Keady in the U15 hurling league. Is this an amalgamated Lurgan/Portadown team for U15? Are they really that short of numbers at that age? I've seen Sean Treacy's stuff on FB recently and they seem to be in good shape at underage.
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General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
« on: August 09, 2022, 11:00:16 PM »
Seems like it was 15 boxes of presidential materials stolen by Trump from the White House, including classified documents that could put national security at risk. The National Archives have been requesting the missing docs for months. This makes Watergate look like nothing.
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General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
« on: August 09, 2022, 08:56:47 PM »
Looks like the charges could be for mishandling documents. He took classified docs out of the White House and stashed them at Mar a Lago. They reckon he tore documents up regularly that should have been kept. If he's found guilty it could be enough to stop him from running for office again. I see Pence is getting with the "leave poor Donald alone" and "I'm going to investigate the DoJ" bandwagon. Hedging his bets for a 2024 presidential run?
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General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
« on: August 09, 2022, 08:51:59 PM »
But wait! There's more!
Judge rules Giuliani must testify Aug. 17 in Georgia probe
A Georgia judge ruled Tuesday that Rudy Giuliani must testify in person on Aug. 17 to the Atlanta special grand jury investigating potential interference in the 2020 election by Donald Trump and his allies.
Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said the date “gives (Giuliani) a week and a day to sort out whether he would travel by private coach or bus or whatever it would be.”
The decision comes after Giuliani’s lawyers filed an emergency motion delaying his testimony for health concerns, saying that he is unable to travel to Atlanta. The lawyers argued, as they had in court filings, that Giuliani cannot travel by plane because of a recent heart operation, instead contending that he should delay testimony or appear virtually.
McBurney said that he “doesn’t want to jeopardize (Giuliani’s) recovery” but noted that ground travel, such as by bus or train, did not appear to contradict the former Trump lawyer’s health needs as outlined by doctors advising the court.
Lawyers for the Fulton County district attorney’s office argued that Giuliani, 78, had traveled to New Hampshire after his heart procedure without issue and also said they had obtained evidence that Giuliani had purchased plane tickets in cash to Switzerland and Italy, claims Giuliani’s team disputed on Tuesday.
“It’s like driving to New Hampshire three times, so just do it in three legs,” McBurney said of driving from New York to Atlanta. “I’m confident we could figure out a way for the breakdown that will get him to Atlanta that’s not an airplane.”
The special grand jury investigation has met pushback from former president Donald Trump’s inner circle as prosecutors have worked to obtain testimony from those most directly connected with the former president’s efforts to undermine Georgia’s elections, underscoring the extent to which the criminal probe has expanded over the summer.
Judge rules Giuliani must testify Aug. 17 in Georgia probe
A Georgia judge ruled Tuesday that Rudy Giuliani must testify in person on Aug. 17 to the Atlanta special grand jury investigating potential interference in the 2020 election by Donald Trump and his allies.
Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said the date “gives (Giuliani) a week and a day to sort out whether he would travel by private coach or bus or whatever it would be.”
The decision comes after Giuliani’s lawyers filed an emergency motion delaying his testimony for health concerns, saying that he is unable to travel to Atlanta. The lawyers argued, as they had in court filings, that Giuliani cannot travel by plane because of a recent heart operation, instead contending that he should delay testimony or appear virtually.
McBurney said that he “doesn’t want to jeopardize (Giuliani’s) recovery” but noted that ground travel, such as by bus or train, did not appear to contradict the former Trump lawyer’s health needs as outlined by doctors advising the court.
Lawyers for the Fulton County district attorney’s office argued that Giuliani, 78, had traveled to New Hampshire after his heart procedure without issue and also said they had obtained evidence that Giuliani had purchased plane tickets in cash to Switzerland and Italy, claims Giuliani’s team disputed on Tuesday.
“It’s like driving to New Hampshire three times, so just do it in three legs,” McBurney said of driving from New York to Atlanta. “I’m confident we could figure out a way for the breakdown that will get him to Atlanta that’s not an airplane.”
The special grand jury investigation has met pushback from former president Donald Trump’s inner circle as prosecutors have worked to obtain testimony from those most directly connected with the former president’s efforts to undermine Georgia’s elections, underscoring the extent to which the criminal probe has expanded over the summer.
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General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
« on: August 09, 2022, 08:49:33 PM »
So much winning.
Quoth the WaPo:
House can view Trump’s tax records, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that House Democrats are entitled to review Donald Trump’s tax returns for 2015 to 2020, rejecting several legal arguments by the former president, who has sought for years to keep his financial records private.
The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was a victory for the House Ways and Means Committee, whose chairman, Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), first requested in 2019 that the Internal Revenue Service turn over copies of Trump’s tax returns to the committee. The Treasury Department initially declined, and the issue has been tied up in litigation ever since.
Trump has a week to appeal the panel’s ruling, including asking the full appellate court to hear the case, before the judgment takes effect. Trump’s attorney Cameron T. Norris, who is handling the appeal, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) applauded the decision, calling it “an important victory for the rule of law.”
“Access to the former president’s tax returns is crucial to upholding the public interest, our national security and our Democracy,” Pelosi said in a statement. “We look forward to the IRS complying with this ruling and delivering the requested documents so that Ways and Means can begin its oversight responsibilities of the mandatory presidential audit program.”
Quoth the WaPo:
House can view Trump’s tax records, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that House Democrats are entitled to review Donald Trump’s tax returns for 2015 to 2020, rejecting several legal arguments by the former president, who has sought for years to keep his financial records private.
The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was a victory for the House Ways and Means Committee, whose chairman, Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), first requested in 2019 that the Internal Revenue Service turn over copies of Trump’s tax returns to the committee. The Treasury Department initially declined, and the issue has been tied up in litigation ever since.
Trump has a week to appeal the panel’s ruling, including asking the full appellate court to hear the case, before the judgment takes effect. Trump’s attorney Cameron T. Norris, who is handling the appeal, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) applauded the decision, calling it “an important victory for the rule of law.”
“Access to the former president’s tax returns is crucial to upholding the public interest, our national security and our Democracy,” Pelosi said in a statement. “We look forward to the IRS complying with this ruling and delivering the requested documents so that Ways and Means can begin its oversight responsibilities of the mandatory presidential audit program.”
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General discussion / Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
« on: August 09, 2022, 08:40:01 PM »Cockteasers.
No, not the nightclub variety - it's a name I give to people that make posts on social media, message boards or forums like this that either only contain a hyperlink to another website, or post the link with added text that gives no context whatsoever as to what the link is about.
Most SM & modern forums will automatically parse links from the likes of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc. so that the relevant post or video will appear within the post, but on forums like this that don't do it, then why should I click on the link in question without telling me what it is about, or leads to?
In a few cases, I'm fairly sure some cocktease links are being posted as part of an agenda to to try and entice visitors to visit a website in question and get them to view various pages/articles for the purpose of pursuing political agendas and/or adding website hits for PR purposes.
It's simple. If you're posting on a website like this one that doesn't parse links to show external posts/tweets/videos etc. then for linking to an article on a news website it's not exactly difficult to at least copy & paste the headline along with the link, would be even better to also add the first couple or so paragraphs as well (not the whole article - copyright and all that). YouTube video? Facebook post? Tweet? Give us an indication as to what it's about. Because if you can't be arsed doing any of that, then not only are you a cocktease, you're a lazy one as well.
Don't be a f**king cocktease.
I'm with you there. Although a lot of news websites these days put a bit of info into the URL for Search Engine Optimization purposes. Youtube links do no such thing though, I wish people would tell me what's behind the link before making me watch a video.
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General discussion / Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
« on: August 09, 2022, 08:37:58 PM »It's the burger meat. Heard it once at the start of the summer, then again this morning. Yanks call it that. Maybe it'll pass.
But I also shudder when I hear:
roasties (It's roasted potatoes)
toasties (It's toasted sandwiches)
chippy/chipper (It's a chip shop)
peno. (It's a penalty ffs)
So it's probably me who has the problem.
That's what they call them in Scotland. I don't mind hearing that at all, Scottish sayings have far more business creeping in to Irish speech than Americanisms.
And we always said chippy. I've never lived anywhere where people say chipper.
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General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
« on: August 09, 2022, 08:34:09 PM »
I can't wait to see what they've got on him. It'll be like how they got Al Capone for tax evasion. Any charge will do if you can make it stick.
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General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
« on: August 09, 2022, 07:41:00 PM »Fascinating read, it's a long one - be warned.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/inside-the-war-between-trump-and-his-generalsQuoteThat was never clearer than when Trump told his new chief of staff, John Kelly—like Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general—about his vision for Independence Day. “Look, I don’t want any wounded guys in the parade,” Trump said. “This doesn’t look good for me.” He explained with distaste that at the Bastille Day parade there had been several formations of injured veterans, including wheelchair-bound soldiers who had lost limbs in battle.
Kelly could not believe what he was hearing. “Those are the heroes,” he told Trump. “In our society, there’s only one group of people who are more heroic than they are—and they are buried over in Arlington.” Kelly did not mention that his own son Robert, a lieutenant killed in action in Afghanistan, was among the dead interred there.
“I don’t want them,” Trump repeated. “It doesn’t look good for me.”QuoteIt turned out that the generals had rules, standards, and expertise, not blind loyalty. The President’s loud complaint to John Kelly one day was typical: “You f**king generals, why can’t you be like the German generals?”
“Which generals?” Kelly asked.
“The German generals in World War II,” Trump responded.
“You do know that they tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off?” Kelly said.
But, of course, Trump did not know that. “No, no, no, they were totally loyal to him,” the President replied. In his version of history, the generals of the Third Reich had been completely subservient to Hitler; this was the model he wanted for his military. Kelly told Trump that there were no such American generals, but the President was determined to test the proposition.
Jesus H Christ. The guy couldn't run a candy store and there he was in charge of the country.
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General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
« on: August 09, 2022, 04:24:32 PM »
Jan 6 was a security failure. The cops and national guard will be better prepared if the conservatives try that crap again. I’d love to see them try.
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General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
« on: August 09, 2022, 03:02:10 PM »
Quiet.
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General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
« on: August 09, 2022, 06:46:10 AM »
Quoth Garrett M. Graff on Twitter:
“What’s the difference between this and Watergate?” Donald Trump raged in a statement Monday night after FBI agents.
Well, as a Watergate and FBI historian, four things stand out to me:
The idea the FBI launched a raid on a former president would have been approved and monitored at the highest level of the Justice Department; hard to even imagine how high the bar of probable cause must've been for the Bureau to initiate such a politically sensitive search...
A search warrant means an independent federal judge ALSO signed off on the probable cause and, independently, believes evidence there was likely a crime committed AND that more evidence would be found at Mar-a-Lago. That's huge too.
The fact the search apparently didn't leak until basically when word came from Donald Trump himself shows the FBI and the Justice Department conducted this search by the book and a high degree of integrity. No leaks? Impressive. Surely only a small team knew inside DOJ....
Taken together, this is one of the most significant, sensitive, and politically explosive actions the US Justice Department and FBI has ever taken—one of a tiny handful of times it's ever investigated a president.
Bottom line: The FBI & DOJ must've known they had the goods.
“What’s the difference between this and Watergate?” Donald Trump raged in a statement Monday night after FBI agents.
Well, as a Watergate and FBI historian, four things stand out to me:
The idea the FBI launched a raid on a former president would have been approved and monitored at the highest level of the Justice Department; hard to even imagine how high the bar of probable cause must've been for the Bureau to initiate such a politically sensitive search...
A search warrant means an independent federal judge ALSO signed off on the probable cause and, independently, believes evidence there was likely a crime committed AND that more evidence would be found at Mar-a-Lago. That's huge too.
The fact the search apparently didn't leak until basically when word came from Donald Trump himself shows the FBI and the Justice Department conducted this search by the book and a high degree of integrity. No leaks? Impressive. Surely only a small team knew inside DOJ....
Taken together, this is one of the most significant, sensitive, and politically explosive actions the US Justice Department and FBI has ever taken—one of a tiny handful of times it's ever investigated a president.
Bottom line: The FBI & DOJ must've known they had the goods.
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General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
« on: August 09, 2022, 05:24:56 AM »
This Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) could mean $305 billion in deficit reductions through 2031. Of course if some Rethuglican nutjob gets back into the White House then you can kiss that goodbye. Could be interesting to see Fox News spinning this. They reverted to deficit hawks the day Biden was sworn in.