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Misty » 15 Feb 2018 10:08 pm » wrote:With blind, deaf and wheelchair bound people protesting loudly from the gallery, the House of Representatives today passed a stand alone bill that would gut the Americans With Disabilities Act, because I guess there is a huge demand in this country to make the lives of these people even more difficult than they already are.

At least ten of the disabled protesters were arrested.

The House on Thursday passed legislation that would create additional requirements for filing lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).


The legislation, which passed 225-192 largely along party lines, would prevent people from filing lawsuits alleging violations of the ADA unless business owners are given written notice and fail to offer a written response describing improvements or to make substantial progress in removing the barrier by the end of a six-month period.

The measure would also require the Justice Department to establish a program for educating governments and property owners on how to enhance accommodations for people with disabilities.

Proponents of the bill, titled the ADA Education and Reform Act, said the changes would protect businesses from frivolous lawsuits and give them a chance to address any lack of access for people with disabilities.


“This bill makes businesses comply. Puts them on notice. If they don’t comply within the time period, then file the lawsuit. Go after them. But businesses should be able to have the notice of what the problem is so that they can fix it, which is the goal of the ADA,” said Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), the author of the legislation.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/h ... lities-act

Misty » 15 Feb 2018 8:00 pm » wrote:More from the house of scandal.

EPA Head Says He Needs to Fly First Class Because People Are Mean to Him in Coach

People were harassing him on his flights? LOL
I would bet good money that the majority of people in this country have no idea who Scott Pruitt is or what he looks like.

Obama-Era EPA Official Confirms Security Reason For Pruitt’s First-Class Travel
CHRIS WHITE
An Obama-era career EPA official confirmed Thursday that Scott Pruitt needed a waiver for first-class travel after passengers consistently confronted the agency chief over his climate policies.


“He was approached in the airport numerous times, to the point of profanities being yelled at him and so forth,” Henry Barnet, director of the agency’s Office of Criminal Enforcement, told Politico. Pruitt’s use of expensive business flights for international flights have created media speculation.


“The team leader felt that he was being placed in a situation where he was unsafe on the flight,” said Barnet, a longtime law enforcement official who joined the EPA during former President Barack Obama’s first term. He recounted one incident last year in Atlanta, when a passenger approached Pruitt and screamed: “‘Scott Pruitt, you’re f—ing up the environment.”


His remarks come nearly a week after The Washington Post and CBS News tag-teamed on reports detailing how Pruitt racked up nearly $90,000 in flight expenses.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/16/obama ... tt-travel/

Misty » 08 Feb 2018 1:40 pm » wrote:The Dems did not work with the Russians.
They hired Fusion GPS, who in turn hired Russia expert Christopher Steele a trusted former MI 6 agent.

Bruce Ohr Could Face Jail Time For Failing To Disclose Connection To Fusion GPS
NICK GIVAS
The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Editor-in-Chief Chris Bedford thinks Department of Justice official Bruce Ohr could face jail time for failing to disclose his connection to Fusion GPS and the Trump dossier.

Fusion GPS was hired by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to compile opposition research against President Donald Trump, which Ohr then brought to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Ohr failed to mention his wife was being paid to help compile the research, which the FBI used to obtain a wiretap warrant against a Trump adviser. Ohr also did not seek a conflict of interest waiver or inform his superiors at The DOJ.

“Every single bit of this onion we’ve peeled has looked worse and worse. And the people who are involved are trying to hide it,” Bedford said Friday on Fox Business. “Simpson, the founder of GPS, originally said in August 2017 he had no contact with anyone at the DOJ. It turned out that wasn’t true. He had contact with Bruce Ohr.”

“Turns out that he employed Bruce’s wife, Nellie. Turns out he was paying her. And if you look at the records which we pulled for 2014, 2015 and 2016, all of which should have listed this, it’s not in there,” Bedford continued. “There’s no inclusion of Fusion GPS paying a salary which is, by every lawyer we’ve spoken to, would have been required.”

Bedford said he believes Ohr could face criminal charges and prison time of anywhere between one to five years, for failing to disclose his conflict of interest.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/16/bruce ... jail-time/

Misty » 08 Feb 2018 1:11 pm » wrote:**** Russians are all over the place.
Everyone in the campaign was meeting with Russians and lying about it.
Russians attended the inauguration.
45 sneaks them into the WH, jokes about firing Comey and gives them classified intel.
CIA Director flies three Russian spy chiefs into the U.S. and meets with them in secret, including one who is under sanction and needed special permission to enter the country.
3 times as many Russians as usual attended the prayer breakfast today.

They're the ones with Russia fever.

Robert Mueller indicts 13 Russian nationals for meddling in 2016 election
by Kelly Cohen

The Russians also communicated with “unwitting” people tied to the Trump campaign and others to “coordinate” political activities....

“The defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general,” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said during a press briefing at the Department of Justice Friday afternoon.

Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller in May 2017, oversee’s his investigation.

“The Americans did not know they were communicating with the Russians,” Rosenstein said. “People are not always who they appear to be.”

But Rosenstein emphasized that “there’s no allegation in the indictment on any effect on the election.”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rober ... le/2649310

Beyond the 13 people indicted, Mueller announced the Feb. 2 guilty plea of a California man for identity theft, Richard Pinedo, who is cooperating with prosecutors.

The indictment of Russian individuals and companies also suggests a broader conspiracy than Mueller charged, saying grand jurors heard about others involved in the scheme.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... g-election

crimsongulf » 16 Feb 2018 1:19 pm » wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz6VqfdhwNU

Misty » 16 Feb 2018 1:14 pm » wrote:Who is this guy, and what is this about?
Can't find much on him yet.

Robert Mueller indicts 13 Russian nationals for meddling in 2016 election
by Kelly Cohen
The Russians also communicated with “unwitting” people tied to the Trump campaign and others to “coordinate” political activities....
“The defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general,” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said during a press briefing at the Department of Justice Friday afternoon.
Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller in May 2017, oversee’s his investigation.
“The Americans did not know they were communicating with the Russians,” Rosenstein said. “People are not always who they appear to be.”
But Rosenstein emphasized that “there’s no allegation in the indictment on any effect on the election.”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rober ... le/2649310

Misty » 16 Feb 2018 1:35 pm » wrote:
I don't think that's the same guy.
He did sign his name as Ricky, but it's Pinedo with an O, not Pineda with an A.

Did you get my private message about that fishing gadget?

Misty » 16 Feb 2018 5:59 pm » wrote:From the Mueller indictment

Trump has made Rosenstein an even bigger whipping boy than Mueller in some ways, and has openly threatened to discharge him.

Friday's indictments should blunt if not silence those discreditable attacks.

But immediately and predictably, the president found a way to deflect the charges.

"Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014," he tweeted, "long before I announced that I would run for President.
The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong — no collusion!"

Now he admits there was in fact an anti-U.S. campaign?

That's progress, of a sort. The other comments are bogus.

Mueller and the intelligence establishment have never said, because they could not possibly know, whether Russian interference swung the election.

In fact, given the closeness of the election and the apparent targeting by Russians of the most closely fought districts, whether "the results of the election were impacted" is a historic imponderable that political scientists and bar-goers will debate without resolution for years.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la ... story.html

Misty » 16 Feb 2018 7:19 pm » wrote:

Trump has made Rosenstein an even bigger whipping boy than Mueller in some ways, and has openly threatened to discharge him.

Friday's indictments should blunt if not silence those discreditable attacks.

But immediately and predictably, the president found a way to deflect the charges.

"Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014," he tweeted, "long before I announced that I would run for President.
The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong — no collusion!"

Now he admits there was in fact an anti-U.S. campaign?

That's progress, of a sort. The other comments are bogus.

Mueller and the intelligence establishment have never said, because they could not possibly know, whether Russian interference swung the election.

In fact, given the closeness of the election and the apparent targeting by Russians of the most closely fought districts, whether "the results of the election were impacted" is a historic imponderable that political scientists and bar-goers will debate without resolution for years.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la ... story.html

Misty » 16 Feb 2018 7:46 pm » wrote:I wonder if he means false allegations like, "Obama had his wires tapped."

He was right, Dim.

If you didn't have your eyes closed, you'd know that.

He's concerned about protecting the principles of our institutions now?
Like the FBI, and the DOJ?

Misty » 16 Feb 2018 7:46 pm » wrote:From the statement put out by the WH today in regards to Mueller indicting 13 Russians for meddling in our election.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Friday that Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and intent to get involved in this year's midterm elections “has been clear to everyone" except President Trump.

“It is the American people who should be deciding the political future of our country, not Mr. Putin and the Russian oligarchs,” Sanders said in a statement.

“It is absolutely imperative that the Mueller investigation be allowed to go forward without obstruction from the Trump administration or Congress,” he continued.

Sanders's statement comes on the heels of special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment Friday of 13 Russian nationals and three Russian groups for allegedly interfering in the 2016 election.

The charges allege that Sanders was one of the candidates that Russians sought to support during the campaign.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3742 ... cept-trump

Ricky Tavy » 17 Feb 2018 12:50 am » wrote:

Misty » 17 Feb 2018 12:29 am » wrote:

You left out "terrified that Misty will mock me as a sissy on this forum."

Yeah, Deplorables fear and hate me, as they should, but nothing scars these sexual cripples like your feminine disdain. A herd noted for its homo-erotic imagery is most threatened by the way an actual female looks down on them, sees them as she would a cockroach. It is revealing that that Deplorables are more concerned with proving to other Deplorables how butch they are than they are concerned with what a woman might think of them. To be fair, they have a better chance of engaging in sex with a Deplorable male, or even a cockroach, than they do with a real-life female.