North Korea and US politics

[lockinlove]

I haven't told him yet, no

He's gonna know for sure now, thanks Lock

I think you are safe, I dont think he reads these threads anymore. And I wont tell on you just try not to let it spill out on the forum for all to see

 

[Steviedoo]

A day without Trump going on a twitter rant about something would be like a day going without food. Wont happen


Time to go watch Gina Haspel in front of senate. Democrats crying about lack of females and then Trump tries to hire the first female (mind you not because of gender but credentials) in the history of the CIA as director and democrats cry even harder because she is "too tough"

I know right.
The dems should really get their act together.
Their wave is gonna turn into a splash.

 

[lockinlove]

I know right.
The dems should really get their act together.
Their wave is gonna turn into a splash.

If republicans and democrats worked for what the people wanted instead of pride and spite of each other, that country would be unstoppable. But they all stop themselves.

Nancy pelosi needs to retire for the sake of the country. Even the mainstream media has been going after her. She is 77 and its time for her to give it up because she is not thinking clearly. Nothing like calling tax cuts unpatriotic ..wtf

 

[Harry_BKK]

Also. Since I figured most of what you post is made up. From the reports I have read this morning. It states that these names were brought up by the treasurey mid January 2018. Which is just over 3 and a half months. Not 6 like you claim.

"Many of the Russian oligarchs and politicians and affiliated businesses had already been identified by the treasury and state department as potential targets on a list that was compiled and published in January."

Also, from what I have read all these names remained confidential. Can you provide some info stating that they had 6 months prior knowledge?

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Congress made their decision in October/November 2017. Mr. T delayed the implementation until April 2018. That is about 6 months.

Hahaha, you fell for the WH list from January 2018. Pretty much everyone reported that it was a simple Google list with Russian oligarchs / known people. I remember how commentators were laughing in the new shows as it was certainly not some list that the treasury identified.

 

[Harry_BKK]

Always an excuse for everything. And I mean everything. These are their assets that could have been moved. One losing 2.25 billion.

They lose 2.25 Billion in paper money, not cash since they never paid much for the companies to start with. Plus the shares are on the way up, restoring the losses.

The oligarchs won't blink with an eye even if they have to leave the company or sell their stock. It is the cash that would hurt them but they had plenty of time to relocate / secure that.

 

[Harry_BKK]

Irans government response in parliament was to light a paper US flag on fire and chant death to america.

This was the first time observers stated it has ever been done inside of parliament.

Give them more time, its only been 40 years! Leave poor Iran alone they are such nice people!!

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Yet again misleading statements.

All those in the picture have been identified has part of the hardliners. You could compare them to White Supremacists, Nazis etc. in other countries. Does anyone think that the groups in the US or Germany or Poland or the UK represent the entire country?

Mr. T's decision to leave the deal will certainly empower them again as they were adamant during the negotiations that the US cannot be trusted, which turned out to be true. And that when the moderates were getting slowly the upper hand in the last years. It will be very tough now to silence the hardliners again.

But go on, spew your hate of Iran because the US is the "innocent lamb".

 

[Harry_BKK]

But but but a few of you are preaching what the USA did does nothing but harm the NK deal.


This is what you consider a threat?

Since im very trumpesque Im deciding on a nice nickname for you. hatin harry or hyperbole harry. Not sure yet

The director of the German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce in Germany and others interpreted it as a threat!

“I’m sure that our foreign ministry will indicate to the ambassador that it’s not his role to give direction or utter threats to German companies,” said Michael Tockuss, chairman of the German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce.

Since you have no clue about the traditional trade relations between Germany and Iran it is better you shut up and clue up first before making stupid statements.

 

[Harry_BKK]

If republicans and democrats worked for what the people wanted instead of pride and spite of each other, that country would be unstoppable. But they all stop themselves.

Nancy pelosi needs to retire for the sake of the country. Even the mainstream media has been going after her. She is 77 and its time for her to give it up because she is not thinking clearly. Nothing like calling tax cuts unpatriotic ..wtf

By your logic, some 2 dozen members of congress and the senate would need to resign because they are 76 and older. Do you know what you are talking about?

Funny, you cry wolf that the democrats are opposing / roasting Gina Haspel for blatantly disregarding and breaking the Geneva Convention, you of course think they are against females in the administration, yet you call for the resignation of a long-standing female member of congress.

Having your cake and eating it, eh?

 

[paul7388]

Sorry to interrupt your guys cute 3 way massage session but this should surprise no one with Trumps america first policy and new tough stance reputation.

Really . Whatever not even worth a decent reply. Leave you to worship Trump since you are obviously totally besotted with.

 

[lockinlove]

Congress made their decision in October/November 2017. Mr. T delayed the implementation until April 2018. That is about 6 months.

Hahaha, you fell for the WH list from January 2018. Pretty much everyone reported that it was a simple Google list with Russian oligarchs / known people. I remember how commentators were laughing in the new shows as it was certainly not some list that the treasury identified.

So again, no facts? No proof these names were made public? Anything at all except for the usual I said so stuff? Will you ever provide some facts when asked? Just once?

 

[lockinlove]

They lose 2.25 Billion in paper money, not cash since they never paid much for the companies to start with. Plus the shares are on the way up, restoring the losses.

The oligarchs won't blink with an eye even if they have to leave the company or sell their stock. It is the cash that would hurt them but they had plenty of time to relocate / secure that.

These are called assets. You claimed there werent touched. Once again, back pedaling. Shocking.

 

[Harry_BKK]

These are called assets. You claimed there werent touched. Once again, back pedaling. Shocking.

I said cash assets. Learn to read!

There is a clear distinction between the two.

Shocking is that you still don't bother to read properly.

 

[lockinlove]

Yet again misleading statements.

All those in the picture have been identified has part of the hardliners. You could compare them to White Supremacists, Nazis etc. in other countries. Does anyone think that the groups in the US or Germany or Poland or the UK represent the entire country?

Mr. T's decision to leave the deal will certainly empower them again as they were adamant during the negotiations that the US cannot be trusted, which turned out to be true. And that when the moderates were getting slowly the upper hand in the last years. It will be very tough now to silence the hardliners again.

But go on, spew your hate of Iran because the US is the "innocent lamb".

More excuses. That was inside parliament. Now hardliners arent part of the government? Have you ever read anything on the middle east at all?

Oh comparing them to Nazis. I didnt know that government around the world allowed nazis into their government or into parliament. Many of them are Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

 

[lockinlove]

The director of the German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce in Germany and others interpreted it as a threat!

“I’m sure that our foreign ministry will indicate to the ambassador that it’s not his role to give direction or utter threats to German companies,” said Michael Tockuss, chairman of the German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce.

Since you have no clue about the traditional trade relations between Germany and Iran it is better you shut up and clue up first before making stupid statements.

Have you ever asked yourself why you can find a tweet by some american politician that tweeted at Trump but you conveniently cant find Iran threats which are 100 times worse? Have you considered yourself an Iranian apologist? Maybe at the very least, you should.

 

[lockinlove]

Really . Whatever not even worth a decent reply. Leave you to worship Trump since you are obviously totally besotted with.

Great argument. Its usually an argument made by people who dont have one. Oh you are a Trump lover!!!

 

[lockinlove]

I said cash assets. Learn to read!

There is a clear distinction between the two.

Shocking is that you still don't bother to read properly.

Keep back pedaling. Its getting worse and worse for you isnt it? You should pay attention to what you post, did you know people can go back pages to find your comments?

Giving someone 6 months before issuing sanctions is like not being sanctioned at all since this kind of people have a plethora of options to secure their assets.

 

[paul7388]

Great argument. Its usually an argument made by people who dont have one. Oh you are a Trump lover!!!

Sorry it was not an argument.

After your childish remark it was merely stating fact. I could find plenty of arguments but unlike yourself i have better things to do than spend 24/7 on here worshiping trump.

So i will let you get on with what you do most.

Have a lovely day

 

[Harry_BKK]

So again, no facts? No proof these names were made public? Anything at all except for the usual I said so stuff? Will you ever provide some facts when asked? Just once?

Geez, do you need everything served on a golden platter?

I made though a small mistake, it wasn't only Google where the list was coming from but also from Forbes.

The oligarchs certainly jumped into action when Congress signed the "Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act". They knew they were on the Forbes list and probably a target, anyone with a little brain will have started preparations for the sanctions. Then after the list was public, they still had nearly 2 months to get ready for them.

It took Mr. T from October 2017 until end of Jan 2018 to put a list together which was laughed at when it was made public, e.g. for the above reasons. In total 116 political figures and 96 oligarchs were on the list from January 2018. (Forbes lists exactly 96 oligarchs) Here some excerpts:

 

[lockinlove]

Sorry it was not an argument.

After your childish remark it was merely stating fact. I could find plenty of arguments but unlike yourself i have better things to do than spend 24/7 on here worshiping trump.

So i will let you get on with what you do most.

Have a lovely day

Ah. The good ol bait and switch eh? Act high and mighty and then follow it with an insult stating I spend my life worshiping Trump on here 24/7.

You should maybe look into who is making a childish remark.

 

[Harry_BKK]

Keep back pedaling. Its getting worse and worse for you isnt it? You should pay attention to what you post, did you know people can go back pages to find your comments?

Quoting my post #631: The loss is for their shares in the companies, not for their cash assets.

LEARN TO READ!

 

[lockinlove]

Geez, do you need everything served on a golden platter?

I made though a small mistake, it wasn't only Google where the list was coming from but also from Forbes.

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The oligarchs certainly jumped into action when Congress signed the "Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act". They knew they were on the Forbes list and probably a target, anyone with a little brain will have started preparations for the sanctions. Then after the list was public, they still had nearly 2 months to get ready for them.

It took Mr. T from October 2017 until end of Jan 2018 to put a list together which was laughed at when it was made public, e.g. for the above reasons. In total 116 political figures and 96 oligarchs were on the list from January 2018. (Forbes lists exactly 96 oligarchs) Here some excerpts:

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Asking you to back up your claim and provide some facts for once is asking for something to be served on a golden platter? Its actually how you have a debate. I know you arent aware of how to hold one but you are getting there.

 

[lockinlove]

Quoting my post #631: The loss is for their shares in the companies, not for their cash assets.

LEARN TO READ!

Ok so you switched from assets to cash assets after you were provided the link showing you exactly what assets? How fitting.

They are assets. Which you claimed in your innitial post. Dont blame me for your flip flopping.

 

[paul7388]

Ah. The good ol bait and switch eh? Act high and mighty and then follow it with an insult stating I spend my life worshiping Trump on here 24/7.

You should maybe look into who is making a childish remark.

I have never acted high and mighty.

But you really are not worth the time.

You are acting like a schoolgirl with a serious crush on someone.

No matter what anyone says you need to spend your whole time trying to argue with them and trying to jutify your obsession with Trump.

You then keep arguing that people Cherry pick certain bits of information which is exactly what you have done for 30 pages.

But anyway like i said it's your life and if you think Trump isthegreatest person to have ever walked the earth and you cannot go a second without thinking about him then good luck to you.

You are free to do as you wish. Same as me which is why i would not even waste my time . You are wanting people to have a serious debate yet that would be impossible when you are so blinkered it is unreal.

Anyway like i've said to others i try keep out of political debates and i will now.

Have a nice day everyone

 

[lockinlove]

I have never acted high and mighty.

But you really are not worth the time.

You are acting like a schoolgirl with a serious crush on someone.

No matter what anyone says you need to spend your whole time trying to argue with them and trying to jutify your obsession with Trump.

You then keep arguing that people Cherry pick certain bits of information which is exactly what you have done for 30 pages.

But anyway like i said it's your life and if you think Trump isthegreatest person to have ever walked the earth and you cannot go a second without thinking about him then good luck to you.

You are free to do as you wish. Same as me which is why i would not even waste my time . You are wanting people to have a serious debate yet that would be impossible when you are so blinkered it is unreal.

Anyway like i've said to others i try keep out of political debates and i will now.

Have a nice day everyone

Ah now calling me a school girl with a crush on someone but throwing a fit because I said you guys were having a massage fest. And following it with more personal attacks?

And you use the term childish?

Have you ever heard of the term hypocrite?

 

[paul7388]

Ah now calling me a school girl with a crush on someone but throwing a fit because I said you guys were having a massage fest. And following it with more personal attacks?

Have you ever heard of the term hypocrite?

Not entering a debate. But Their was no personal attack on you. Have fun and you can say whatever you like now. Even if i could stop laughing long enough i would not reply again. Plenty others that are humouring you.Bye

 

[pinnit2014]

There was a massage fest and I wasn’t invited?

 

[vorcirion]

Have you ever asked yourself why you can find a tweet by some american politician that tweeted at Trump but you conveniently cant find Iran threats which are 100 times worse? Have you considered yourself an Iranian apologist? Maybe at the very least, you should.

Such nice american people. And that's the guy who Trump hired. Wonder why iranians don't like americans.

 

[BillyGoldblum]

I have never acted high and mighty.

But you really are not worth the time.

You are acting like a schoolgirl with a serious crush on someone.

No matter what anyone says you need to spend your whole time trying to argue with them and trying to jutify your obsession with Trump.

You then keep arguing that people Cherry pick certain bits of information which is exactly what you have done for 30 pages.

But anyway like i said it's your life and if you think Trump isthegreatest person to have ever walked the earth and you cannot go a second without thinking about him then good luck to you.

You are free to do as you wish. Same as me which is why i would not even waste my time . You are wanting people to have a serious debate yet that would be impossible when you are so blinkered it is unreal.

Anyway like i've said to others i try keep out of political debates and i will now.

Have a nice day everyone

I read this thread a few times every single day and I see both sides arguing with each other. I don't see an obsession on one side or the other. In the same sentence you could really say the other side has an obsession with hating Trump. I see 30 pages of good arguing.

I stay out of political threads too. Bad news. I do know a shit tonne of people lurk this thread though. A pile of us joke about it on twitch.

if there are massages going around though.....I would 4 sure like to take part haha

 

[lockinlove]

Geez, do you need everything served on a golden platter?

I made though a small mistake, it wasn't only Google where the list was coming from but also from Forbes.

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The oligarchs certainly jumped into action when Congress signed the "Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act". They knew they were on the Forbes list and probably a target, anyone with a little brain will have started preparations for the sanctions. Then after the list was public, they still had nearly 2 months to get ready for them.

It took Mr. T from October 2017 until end of Jan 2018 to put a list together which was laughed at when it was made public, e.g. for the above reasons. In total 116 political figures and 96 oligarchs were on the list from January 2018. (Forbes lists exactly 96 oligarchs) Here some excerpts:

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So after looking around. What Forbes has posted was not from the treasury list. Actually there were claims made that the treasurey department copied Forbes.

This is a list of all the Russian oligarchs. They were not given notice or publicly named by the government from anything I can see.

Nice twist though. And misleading as usual.

And by the way anyone with a brain would move 16 billion in assets that are movable if they knew it was coming. Do you grasp this?

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[Harry_BKK]

Ok so you switched from assets to cash assets after you were provided the link showing you exactly what assets? How fitting.

They are assets. Which you claimed in your innitial post. Dont blame me for your flip flopping.

Geez, you just want to be right all the time. If not it will mean continuous tantrums.

In my first post I said they have a plethora of options to secure their assets.

Then you post a link showing the loss in the value of their shares

I then answered that the share loss does not matter much to them since most oligarchs acquired the companies after 1989 for a nominal price. Any share prize above a few cents is still a huge profit for them. Plus, I explained that the cash assets are more important for them since that is what would really hurt them.

And for those cash assets Mr. T gave them 6 months time to hide it. Because the text of the law clearly provided sanctions for activities that oligarchs are usually involved in.

Now you are riding on "YOU SAID ASSETS, YOU SAID ASSETS" .. have fun with that.

 

[goatwack]

In times like these I like to resort to a popular tactic that's not failed me yet, namely:

"Hmm, yes, you're so right. Oh I see it in a whole new light. Thankyou for teaching me!"

 

[lockinlove]

Geez, you just want to be right all the time. If not it will mean continuous tantrums.

In my first post I said they have a plethora of options to secure their assets.

Then you post a link showing the loss in the value of their shares

I then answered that the share loss does not matter much to them since most oligarchs acquired the companies after 1989 for a nominal price. Any share prize above a few cents is still a huge profit for them. Plus, I explained that the cash assets are more important for them since that is what would really hurt them.

And for those cash assets Mr. T gave them 6 months time to hide it. Because the text of the law clearly provided sanctions for activities that oligarchs are usually involved in.

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Now you are riding on "YOU SAID ASSETS, YOU SAID ASSETS" .. have fun with that.

What do you want here? You are the one that made the comment they have 6 months to secure their assets so they arent harmed. Shares are assets. They lost 16 billion in their first day. They were harmed.

Its not about wanting to be right or wrong. Dont make false claims if you dont want to be corrected.

 

[lockinlove]

In times like these I like to resort to a popular tactic that's not failed me yet, namely:

"Hmm, yes, you're so right. Oh I see it in a whole new light. Thankyou for teaching me!"

Arguing is what happens I guess when you pretty much quit playing slots

These threads have saved me a lot of money!

So in essence, Trump has saved me a whole pile of money

Thanks Trump!

 

[goatwack]

Arguing is what happens I guess when you pretty much quit playing slots

These threads have saved me a lot of money!

So in essence, Trump has saved me a whole pile of money

Thanks Trump!

Always knew he had his uses

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[lockinlove]

Always knew he had his uses

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Did you post that emote because you know thats the hand gesture Trump always uses

I always knew you were clever but are you this clever or was it just coincidence

I will be back later, Im going for a massage

 

[Harry_BKK]

So after looking around. What Forbes has posted was not from the treasury list. Actually there were claims made that the treasurey department copied Forbes.

This is a list of all the Russian oligarchs. They were not given notice or publicly named by the government from anything I can see.

Nice twist though. And misleading as usual.

And by the way anyone with a brain would move 16 billion in assets that are movable if they knew it was coming. Do you grasp this?

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Of course they were, again --> learn to read. Double checked a few from your link, can't be bothered to do them all. Igor Rotenberg on your list is the son of Arkadiy at no.74.

16 Billion was the loss in share prizes, they have since rebounded with quite a few back to the old value. So hardly a loss. Again, share losses don't bother the oligarchs too much since they got the companies / a share in the companies mostly for pennies after 1989 just because they were in the right positions at the right time. Any share price above a few cents is still a huge profit for them.

I remember from one sale to a company in Yekaterinburg where we received the payment from three different countries, and Russia was not one of them. The owner of that company was a major shareholder of MMK, one of the largest steel producers in Russia. When he would come personally to pick us up at SVX airport he would arrive with three Porsche Panamera, two of them full of armed bodyguards. It scared the shit out of us just seeing all the automatic weapons around him.

Plus, I have personally deposited cash (bribes for Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian and Kazak "business partners") into various locations. Once, I walked with EUR250K through Moscow to meet a courier who would then take care of the cash (that was the bribe for a Belarus official for a EUR5Million project in Bereza, close to the border with Poland).

EDIT: Have to add this. The same official came to the grand opening of the factory and we gave him a short demo on our machinery. They looked disinterested for a few seconds before walking to the next hall were they had just installed Tetrapak lines. The soon the door closed, we heard a huge bang. The rollers on the coater from my company had miraculously disintegrated with thousands of parts flying around like shrapnel. Turned out one of the hydraulic couplings malfunctioned. Luckily, it didn't happen 3 minutes earlier.

Even found an old article about the factory opening. The receiver of the bribe was not the PM, by the way.

These people have such a wide network of associates, lawyers, politicians etc that they can hide or move virtually any sum of money. I employed an Eastern German as agent, who was married to a Russian lady and living in Moscow, to better understand on how to deal with the different companies / millionaire & billionaire owners. They all put massive amounts of cash aside, my bribes were there certainly small fry because they would have often projects going into the 100's of millions and more. Which probably is still just a relatively small part on how they got their wealth but these were moneys that never appeared in any of their company accounts.

And these weren't even people who are on that sanction list. Those on the list are certainly even better at hiding / moving cash around the world.

Caveat: The Russian Viktor Vekselberg who has been brought up in connection with payments to Cohen owned or still owns a big share in the Bank of Cyprus where Wilbur Ross was/is also a major shareholder. So many coincidences in Mr. T's world, just amazing!

 

[goatwack]

Did you post that emote because you know thats the hand gesture Trump always uses

I always knew you were clever but are you this clever or was it just coincidence

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I will be back later, Im going for a massage

Of course hehe

I sometimes catch myself using it too

Did someone say massage

 

[pinnit2014]

Of course hehe

I sometimes catch myself using it too

Did someone say massage

Ready in ten tops. Just finishing my turkey dinosaurs and beans.

 

[goatwack]

Ready in ten tops. Just finishing my turkey dinosaurs and beans.

You lot proceed, I'll be in the corner, 'watching'

 

[lockinlove]

Did someone say the word PM

 

[slotplayer]

Did someone say the word PM

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Obama on steroids.

 

[goatwack]

Did someone say the word PM

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The number of women that swoon at this guy. It's unbelievable.

Actually



he is kinda cute

 

[weesie]

By your logic, some 2 dozen members of congress and the senate would need to resign because they are 76 and older. Do you know what you are talking about?

Funny, you cry wolf that the democrats are opposing / roasting Gina Haspel for blatantly disregarding and breaking the Geneva Convention, you of course think they are against females in the administration, yet you call for the resignation of a long-standing female member of congress.

Having your cake and eating it, eh?

I would say it is because Pelosi is totally out of touch with the American people & has failed immensely in doing her job. Basing it on qualifications not gender.

 

[Steviedoo]

AT&T said it paid Cohen’s limited liability company, Essential Consultants LLC, roughly $200,000, but claimed that Cohen did no legal or lobbying work for the telecom firm. The company, which was seeking government approval of a merger with Time Warner Inc., said the

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• Columbus Nova, a New York investment firm with close ties to billionaire Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, paid Cohen’s LLC around $500,000 — which was a “consulting fee” that had nothing to do with Vekselberg,

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told The New York Times.

• Novartis, a pharmaceutical giant, acknowledged paying Essential Consultants LLC $100,000 per month for one year ($1.2 million total) and said that “any agreements with Essential Consultants were entered before our current CEO taking office in February of this year and have expired.” They said the

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• A seven-page document

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, an attorney for Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress, said that Cohen’s company also received money from Korea Aerospace Industries. The company told Bloomberg it paid Cohen one $150,000 payment for advice on what the outlet refers to as

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. A spokesman maintained that their contract with Cohen was legal.

We also know that the special counsel team headed up by Robert Mueller has known about all of this for awhile. Novartis told.

Looks like AT&T made 12 payments of 50,000 each = 600K! Way more than first reported.

Was Trump a champion of internet derugulation?

#draintheswamp

 

[Harry_BKK]

AT&T said it paid Cohen’s limited liability company, Essential Consultants LLC, roughly $200,000, but claimed that Cohen did no legal or lobbying work for the telecom firm. The company, which was seeking government approval of a merger with Time Warner Inc., said the

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• Columbus Nova, a New York investment firm with close ties to billionaire Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, paid Cohen’s LLC around $500,000 — which was a “consulting fee” that had nothing to do with Vekselberg,

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told The New York Times.

• Novartis, a pharmaceutical giant, acknowledged paying Essential Consultants LLC $100,000 per month for one year ($1.2 million total) and said that “any agreements with Essential Consultants were entered before our current CEO taking office in February of this year and have expired.” They said the

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• A seven-page document

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, an attorney for Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress, said that Cohen’s company also received money from Korea Aerospace Industries. The company told Bloomberg it paid Cohen one $150,000 payment for advice on what the outlet refers to as

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. A spokesman maintained that their contract with Cohen was legal.

We also know that the special counsel team headed up by Robert Mueller has known about all of this for awhile. Novartis told.

Looks like AT&T made 12 payments of 50,000 each = 600K! Way more than first reported.

Was Trump a champion of internet derugulation?

#draintheswamp

Well, AT&T would certainly profit "bigly" from removing the "net neutrality", excatly what the FCC decided to do a few months ago!

I put this at the bottom of my last post:

"Caveat: The Russian Viktor Vekselberg who has been brought up in connection with payments to Cohen owned or still owns a big share in the Bank of Cyprus where Wilbur Ross was/is also a major shareholder. So many coincidences in Mr. T's world, just amazing!"

Just to add to that:

2014 - Ross buys a major share in the Bank of Cyprus (FYI, for decades Cyprus was one of the main money hiding places for Russian oligarchs) and was named Vice-Chairman. Until shortly before Ross led the takeover of the bank, the biggest shareholder was Dmitry Rybolovlev. This was the guy who in 2008 (at the beginning of the financial crisis!) bought a property in Florida from no other then Mr. T, who bought it for just $41Mio only a few years earlier and sold it for a fantastic price of $95Mio.
- Another major shareholder in the Bank of Cyprus is Viktor Vekselberg, who has also attended in 2015 the famous Russian TV dinnner were Michael Flynn was sitting next to Putin.

This guy pays Cohen half a mil $'s into the account of Essential Consultants LLC (which he used to make hush and other dubious payments, all without any knowledge of virtually his only client, Mr.T ... yeah right ), well they of course say now it has nothing to do with Vekselberg since it was an American company (Columbus Nova) who made the payments. The CEO / director of Columbus Nova is Vekselberg's cousin!! And funny that the main group of Vekselberg is called Renova Group and there are many other companies under his name which all end with ....Nova. He seems to like dramatic crashing stars which then produce a brighter star, called a "nova". According to The Times: "Renova has sizable investments in the U.S. through its subsidiary, the investment management company Columbus Nova. The firm’s operations include tech investments, real estate management (Mr. T or Kushner anyone? ) and merchant banking, according to corporate and web documents."

- On the board of the Bank of Cyprus as Vice Chairman (like Ross) was also Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, a former KGB colleague of Putin, and today on the board of several Russian state companies
- And finally, guess who used the Bank of Cyprus --> Paul Manafort
- Finally, not to forget, it was Ross who helped to bail out Mr. T in the 90's with the Atlantic City casinos, so the two know each other well. Also Ross has a mansion in Florida just a few minutes away from Mr. T's Mar-a-Lago.

As I said, it is totally amazing that these are all miraculous coincidences in Mr. T's world. And the above are on just one item from the looooong list.

 

[Harry_BKK]

I would say it is because Pelosi is totally out of touch with the American people & has failed immensely in doing her job. Basing it on qualifications not gender.

I don't have much insight into Pelosi's achievements / failings in the decades she's been active. Hence, I trust your judgement.

And I fully agree that the selection should be based on qualification.

Do you think Gina Haspel, who in her senior position at the CIA blatantly, knowingly and repeatedly broke the Geneva Convention(s), is qualified or has not failed immensely in doing her job?

Thousands of US soldiers are surely thankful that the Geneva Convention(s) existed when they were prisoners of a foreign adversary, although surely not all as some rogue countries just didn't bother about it. As of today, the US is one of those countries in that list who did not adhere to the convention rules and Gina Haspel supported it.

One thing I know, someone with her record would not even come close to be considered, let alone getting confirmed for such a position in my country, no matter how good her other professional qualifications are.

BTW, Mr. T's words (coming from a draft dodger): "I would bring back waterboarding and I'd bring back a whole lot worse than waterboarding".

 

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Iranian people make #ThankYouTrump trend.

 

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Iranian people make #ThankYouTrump trend.

Is there two April 1 in a calendar year now??

 

[Kelly Jo]

Who watched one of the many live streams of the NK prisoners return?
There were over 3k watching the live stream I tuned into at 2 in the morning.
The numbers were similar in other live streams, as well. Impressive numbers!

The whole thing was ... awesome. If one isn't careful, one might start associating those fuzzy/warm/gooey feels with POTUS! lol!
I dare someone to turn this into a cynical remark. JK. Please don't. I'm sick of the cynical sentimate.

Pompano did a great job, don't you think? I love that he is from Kansas. ))))))))))))))))

Btw... I don't mind you all calling Trump my Champion, etc. Slinging that silliness at Lock like it's something to be ashamed of is weird logic. And by weird logic... I mean liberal logic. lolol.

 

[Kelly Jo]

Is there two April 1 in a calendar year now??

It warrants some looking into, don't you think?
(Not your April 1 question...lol.)

WHY WOULD the Iranian people be grateful to POTUS?