So can you please update the Great Citibank Heist article. Exactly how did this happen? And are we now entering the world of The Handmaid's Tale, where women/minorities/anyone who isn't a white male billionaire will wake up to learn -- without notice -- that their assets/bank accounts are no longer their own because the Gov't dictated that to be?
Per the BBC Lavrov says no seat at the table for Ukraine and European troops enforcing any peace agreement unacceptable. And Russia does not say no NATO for Ukraine, it was Trump who said that.
Mump and Putin can make their agreement with Bonesaw in Riyadh. Then there will be a second negotiation, with Mump/Putin on one side of the table and the EU and Ukraine on the other side.
Weekend Fox talk show host has a message for Europe, Ukraine, and NATO.
The message is the same: you’re on your own. We won’t stay in NATO, we are abandoning Ukraine to the Russian invaders, and Europe can help Ukraine if it likes, but we have allied ourselves tw/ war criminal and dictator Putin.
So, Europe, NATO and Ukraine: stop listening to the Trump admin. Trump will not send you any aid, so what is the point of letting him in on any negotiations? Freeze him out. The sooner the better. Tell him to take his pro-Putin propaganda and shove it. Speak only w serious, adult countries like those in NATO. Do not let Trump in on any negotiations. He’s too busy anyway, cancelling funds for cancer research and firing thousands illegally, w/o cause.
Sitting in the middle of Europe, I am freaking out. I expected it, but had held out some hope since Kellogg was named special envoy, and he seemed to have Putin's number. It appears he has already been sidelined, since Trump has not even named him as part of his negotiation team. If you want to get a sense of how much everyone here is feeling at the moment, listen to yesterday's podcast on Ukraine from the UK's Telegraph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGXBBqpHM18&list=PLJnf_DDTfIVCYlsANGtNkzMeM9Fdmqzxr
Musk’s son was the only honest person to speak at the press conference. Trump is the mark of a better con artist…Trump doesn’t want to govern… he is addicted to attention by any means he cant get enough of it. He is a paper tiger that growls but slinks away when you growl back at him. Unfortunately we live in a time where cowardice prevails to a point that Republican senate and house vote for incompetence, stupidity and corrupt people they know will destroy this country but put their job over the people they swore to serve. What is an oath when you have no will to abide by it? An empty vessel…so few people in government will do what they know is right…
Trump will soon have on display a new red hat to griff from. The hat will state the letters WITFM and IAAM….What’s in it for me and Its All About me…screw the rest of you !
Elon Musk Is the president of the United States. This must be said LOUDLY for those in denial. Yesterdays meeting with the 3 toddlers was calculated and intended to show who is boss and in control. He is allowed to do what he wants and run the show. What does Elon have on Tronald Dump? That he bought access...I think that's obvious.
I think that some extracts from Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms Speech" of January 6, 1941 are immediately pertinent to the position in which the Trump Administration is, I believe intentionally, placing our country, so without any superfluous commentary, I'll quote them here:
"Every realist knows that the democratic way of life is at this moment being directly assailed in every part of the world--assailed either by arms, or by secret spreading of poisonous propaganda by those who seek to destroy unity and promote discord in nations that are still at peace."
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"Armed defense of democratic existence is now being gallantly waged in four continents. If that defense fails, all the population and all the resources of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia will be dominated by the conquerors. Let us remember that the total of those populations and their resources in those four continents greatly exceeds the sum total of the population and the resources of the whole of the Western Hemisphere-many times over.
In times like these it is immature--and incidentally, untrue--for anybody to brag that an unprepared America, single-handed, and with one hand tied behind its back, can hold off the whole world.
No realistic American can expect from a dictator's peace international generosity, or return of true independence, or world disarmament, or freedom of expression, or freedom of religion -or even good business.
Such a peace would bring no security for us or for our neighbors. 'Those, who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.'"
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"We must always be wary of those who with sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal preach the "ism" of appeasement.
We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests."
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"The first phase of the invasion of this Hemisphere would not be the landing of regular troops. The necessary strategic points would be occupied by secret agents and their dupes- and great numbers of them are already here, and in Latin America.
As long as the aggressor nations maintain the offensive, they-not we--will choose the time and the place and the method of their attack.
That is why the future of all the American Republics is today in serious danger."
I don’t know what the fuss is about payments being recaptured. The Expedited Funds Availability Act (1990?) sets the terms for which funds are truly yours if they are deposited in your account. Wire transfers are same day and irrevocable; banks charge more for them. ACH transfers are same day but they are revocable for 3 business days - which is presumably what happened here. Checks (which almost no one uses these days) have different levels of “fund availability” for the person who deposits one in their account - it’s like $100 is immediately available and then the bank has discretion to make the rest of the funds available over the next 5 to 10 days depending on $ amount of the check. However, checks can be called back for up to 60 days by law if the check owner discovers fraudulent use of the checks. These rules account for why you may see a difference in your “account balance” and your “available funds” when you check your bank account online.
Treason is not too strong a word for what we are witnessing. Thanks to the sacrifice of Ukrainian lives and treasure, the West has Putin on the mat. Instead of the West putting one colossal global bad actor behind us, we are seeing the birth of another, more powerful and insidious one. Sadly, it is us. If we ever rid ourselves of the mass indifference that created Trump, we’ll be singing “Over There” on the troopships once again.
So can you please update the Great Citibank Heist article. Exactly how did this happen? And are we now entering the world of The Handmaid's Tale, where women/minorities/anyone who isn't a white male billionaire will wake up to learn -- without notice -- that their assets/bank accounts are no longer their own because the Gov't dictated that to be?
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Per the BBC Lavrov says no seat at the table for Ukraine and European troops enforcing any peace agreement unacceptable. And Russia does not say no NATO for Ukraine, it was Trump who said that.
Mump and Putin can make their agreement with Bonesaw in Riyadh. Then there will be a second negotiation, with Mump/Putin on one side of the table and the EU and Ukraine on the other side.
Weekend Fox talk show host has a message for Europe, Ukraine, and NATO.
The message is the same: you’re on your own. We won’t stay in NATO, we are abandoning Ukraine to the Russian invaders, and Europe can help Ukraine if it likes, but we have allied ourselves tw/ war criminal and dictator Putin.
So, Europe, NATO and Ukraine: stop listening to the Trump admin. Trump will not send you any aid, so what is the point of letting him in on any negotiations? Freeze him out. The sooner the better. Tell him to take his pro-Putin propaganda and shove it. Speak only w serious, adult countries like those in NATO. Do not let Trump in on any negotiations. He’s too busy anyway, cancelling funds for cancer research and firing thousands illegally, w/o cause.
It's the "pee tape" extortion racket once again. Vlad is more than wily and continues to play the False Messiah for the patsy he is.
When I went to bed all I could think was "We are now part of Hydra. We are no longer part of the Avengers. We are no longer Captain America ".
Sitting in the middle of Europe, I am freaking out. I expected it, but had held out some hope since Kellogg was named special envoy, and he seemed to have Putin's number. It appears he has already been sidelined, since Trump has not even named him as part of his negotiation team. If you want to get a sense of how much everyone here is feeling at the moment, listen to yesterday's podcast on Ukraine from the UK's Telegraph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGXBBqpHM18&list=PLJnf_DDTfIVCYlsANGtNkzMeM9Fdmqzxr
Musk’s son was the only honest person to speak at the press conference. Trump is the mark of a better con artist…Trump doesn’t want to govern… he is addicted to attention by any means he cant get enough of it. He is a paper tiger that growls but slinks away when you growl back at him. Unfortunately we live in a time where cowardice prevails to a point that Republican senate and house vote for incompetence, stupidity and corrupt people they know will destroy this country but put their job over the people they swore to serve. What is an oath when you have no will to abide by it? An empty vessel…so few people in government will do what they know is right…
Trump will soon have on display a new red hat to griff from. The hat will state the letters WITFM and IAAM….What’s in it for me and Its All About me…screw the rest of you !
Elon Musk Is the president of the United States. This must be said LOUDLY for those in denial. Yesterdays meeting with the 3 toddlers was calculated and intended to show who is boss and in control. He is allowed to do what he wants and run the show. What does Elon have on Tronald Dump? That he bought access...I think that's obvious.
Taking the 80 million is theft, pure and simple.
I have to disagree with Congressman Garcia. Musk actually is the distal orifice of the other excretory tract, not the urinary tract.
I think that some extracts from Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms Speech" of January 6, 1941 are immediately pertinent to the position in which the Trump Administration is, I believe intentionally, placing our country, so without any superfluous commentary, I'll quote them here:
"Every realist knows that the democratic way of life is at this moment being directly assailed in every part of the world--assailed either by arms, or by secret spreading of poisonous propaganda by those who seek to destroy unity and promote discord in nations that are still at peace."
********
"Armed defense of democratic existence is now being gallantly waged in four continents. If that defense fails, all the population and all the resources of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia will be dominated by the conquerors. Let us remember that the total of those populations and their resources in those four continents greatly exceeds the sum total of the population and the resources of the whole of the Western Hemisphere-many times over.
In times like these it is immature--and incidentally, untrue--for anybody to brag that an unprepared America, single-handed, and with one hand tied behind its back, can hold off the whole world.
No realistic American can expect from a dictator's peace international generosity, or return of true independence, or world disarmament, or freedom of expression, or freedom of religion -or even good business.
Such a peace would bring no security for us or for our neighbors. 'Those, who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.'"
********
"We must always be wary of those who with sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal preach the "ism" of appeasement.
We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests."
********
"The first phase of the invasion of this Hemisphere would not be the landing of regular troops. The necessary strategic points would be occupied by secret agents and their dupes- and great numbers of them are already here, and in Latin America.
As long as the aggressor nations maintain the offensive, they-not we--will choose the time and the place and the method of their attack.
That is why the future of all the American Republics is today in serious danger."
As JVL likes to say, "read the whole thing":
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-franklin-roosevelts-annual-message-to-congress
I don’t know what the fuss is about payments being recaptured. The Expedited Funds Availability Act (1990?) sets the terms for which funds are truly yours if they are deposited in your account. Wire transfers are same day and irrevocable; banks charge more for them. ACH transfers are same day but they are revocable for 3 business days - which is presumably what happened here. Checks (which almost no one uses these days) have different levels of “fund availability” for the person who deposits one in their account - it’s like $100 is immediately available and then the bank has discretion to make the rest of the funds available over the next 5 to 10 days depending on $ amount of the check. However, checks can be called back for up to 60 days by law if the check owner discovers fraudulent use of the checks. These rules account for why you may see a difference in your “account balance” and your “available funds” when you check your bank account online.
Liars, cheats, and thieves. Greedy AND stupid.
Just doing their thing. It's all they know. Worthless animals. Vegetables and minerals are far superior to these creatures
Treason is not too strong a word for what we are witnessing. Thanks to the sacrifice of Ukrainian lives and treasure, the West has Putin on the mat. Instead of the West putting one colossal global bad actor behind us, we are seeing the birth of another, more powerful and insidious one. Sadly, it is us. If we ever rid ourselves of the mass indifference that created Trump, we’ll be singing “Over There” on the troopships once again.