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Yeah, it’s funny, when I first saw the account I thought “that’s funny, but it probably takes a fair amount of skilled VFX work,” and it turns out the guy who runs it is literally the one professional VFX artist I know.

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Uh-oh…

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/politics/russia-dossier-update/

For the first time, US investigators say they have corroborated some of the communications detailed in a 35-page dossier compiled by a former British intelligence agent, multiple current and former US law enforcement and intelligence officials tell CNN. As CNN first reported, then-President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama were briefed on the existence of the dossier prior to Trump’s inauguration.

None of the newly learned information relates to the salacious allegations in the dossier. Rather it relates to conversations between foreign nationals. The dossier details about a dozen conversations between senior Russian officials and other Russian individuals. Sources would not confirm which specific conversations were intercepted or the content of those discussions due to the classified nature of US intelligence collection programs.

But the intercepts do confirm that some of the conversations described in the dossier took place between the same individuals on the same days and from the same locations as detailed in the dossier, according to the officials. CNN has not confirmed whether any content relates to then-candidate Trump.

The corroboration, based on intercepted communications, has given US intelligence and law enforcement “greater confidence” in the credibility of some aspects of the dossier as they continue to actively investigate its contents, these sources say.

Reached for comment this afternoon, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said, “We continue to be disgusted by CNN’s fake news reporting.”

I just love how anything that makes Trump look bad is automatically fake news.

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TV’s Frink said:

I just love how anything that makes Trump look bad is automatically fake news.

Trump unabashedly insults people and calls them names. In the very first republican debate, the first words out of his mouth were that all the politicians were “stupid”. Although maybe he was right – name-calling has proven to be effective.

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Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

TV’s Frink said:

I just love how anything that makes Trump look bad is automatically fake news.

Trump unabashedly insults people and calls them names. In the very first republican debate, the first words out of his mouth were that all the politicians were “stupid”. Although maybe he was right – name-calling has proven to be effective.

It seems effective here too.

Name calling can be a very effective demoralizing tactic. It’s about control. That is why the people who do it, use it, they want the people they are targeting to feel powerless and weak. Doing this embues the name caller with a false bravado. The name caller feels very good about themselves. It makes them feel confident, dominant, and more important. It is a sign of a far deeper issue in most who use it. Name callers usually have a superiority complex.

It is a mask, nothing more.

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Jetrell Fo said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

TV’s Frink said:

I just love how anything that makes Trump look bad is automatically fake news.

Trump unabashedly insults people and calls them names. In the very first republican debate, the first words out of his mouth were that all the politicians were “stupid”. Although maybe he was right – name-calling has proven to be effective.

It seems effective here too.

Of course it’s effective here, and many other places. What is new is that Trump has shown it to be a desirable trait in a presidential candidate. We are about to learn if it is a desirable trait in a sitting president of the U.S. It may be, although I fear it won’t be.

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Jetrell Fo said:

http://joeforamerica.com/2017/02/lady-death-sniper-branded-a-terrorist-after-fightin-jihadis/

Difficult article to read… the author has such enthusiasm but there is lots of missing info. What is her home country? Which “travel ban” is it talking about? Who exactly is calling her a terrorist? Would Trump’s ban allow her into the U.S.?

I believe Denmark is calling her a terrorist and I think she is Danish. She broke a travel ban to enter Syria to fight ISIL as the article states.

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Jetrell Fo said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Jetrell Fo said:

http://joeforamerica.com/2017/02/lady-death-sniper-branded-a-terrorist-after-fightin-jihadis/

Difficult article to read… the author has such enthusiasm but there is lots of missing info. What is her home country? Which “travel ban” is it talking about? Who exactly is calling her a terrorist? Would Trump’s ban allow her into the U.S.?

I believe Denmark is calling her a terrorist and I think she is Danish. She broke a travel ban to enter Syria to fight ISIL as the article states.

A more thorough and less simplistic report of the story:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/joanna-palani-danish-kurdish-woman-ypg-peshmerga-iraq-syria-fighting-isis-faces-jail-passport-police-a7471266.html

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Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Jetrell Fo said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Jetrell Fo said:

http://joeforamerica.com/2017/02/lady-death-sniper-branded-a-terrorist-after-fightin-jihadis/

Difficult article to read… the author has such enthusiasm but there is lots of missing info. What is her home country? Which “travel ban” is it talking about? Who exactly is calling her a terrorist? Would Trump’s ban allow her into the U.S.?

I believe Denmark is calling her a terrorist and I think she is Danish. She broke a travel ban to enter Syria to fight ISIL as the article states.

A more thorough and less simplistic report of the story:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/joanna-palani-danish-kurdish-woman-ypg-peshmerga-iraq-syria-fighting-isis-faces-jail-passport-police-a7471266.html

Wait wait wait…are you saying Joe the Plumber would do anything less than thorough journalistic work?

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-plumber-idUSMTZSAPEC34J3246U

“He’s a winner. He’s made billions. He’s dated beautiful women. His wife is a model. That’s not to sniff at. And a lot of people believe he can bring that kind of success to the White House,” said Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher

Hahahahahaha.

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“Political correctness is a huge issue. People are afraid to speak their minds. They are afraid of being labeled a racist or a homophobe.”

Translation: People are afraid to say racist and homophobic things because they’ll be called racist and homophobes.

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Ha. I don’t think anything will beat the kat one for me, but that’s pretty good.

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^I’d love to see you try your hand at his job and see how much better you would do. Knowing how you are here all I can see you doing is calling everyone “p#$%y grabbers” from behind the podium while wearing a crappy version of that wig in your avatar and tossing out copies of your fan-edits.

LOL

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I’m glad we’re all holding the president to the Frink standard now.

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Jetrell Fo said:

^I’d love to see you try your hand at his job and see how much better you would do. Knowing how you are here all I can see you doing is calling everyone “p#$%y grabbers” from behind the podium while wearing a crappy version of that wig in your avatar and tossing out copies of your fan-edits.

LOL

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silly americans, expecting a top level goverment person to be better than random person on the internet.

LOL

double standards

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JEDIT: sorry if that came off a bit jerkish, i was blowing off some steam, and probably should have held back. but i am a bit sick of being told that one can’t complain about our leaders and their (public) servant.