Cooked Crack

Selling a building for 5x what you paid to mystery buyers for straight cash seems legit. Nothing suspicious about that.

8 minutes ago, twa said:

 

Congress asked the same question...maybe answers will be forthcoming.

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the FBI dropped him once the source was exposed...why?

Steele was in hiding after it went public. There was no way he was going to be able to continue his work. I'd imagine his sources would somehow find themselves being thrown of balconies. Can't imagine the FBI wanted to be caught up in the political storm that would have followed.

3 minutes ago, twa said:

Who paid would interest you if the situation reversed and is relevant  as evidenced by the repeated false assertion the GOP paid for Steele's work.

If content of the document was being verified I'd be more interested in that. That's just me though.

30 minutes ago, twa said:

 

Steele's work was not contracted until after the 'surrogate' dropped Fusion. 

 

I'm sure details don't matter

The FBI was interested in paying Steele too it seems. If your angle is the dossier was only for politics why did the Feds think paying this guy was a good idea?

26 minutes ago, Momma There Goes That Man said:

 

How is it only 75% paid off? It’s $10 a month. One movie should pay itself off right? 

 

Mine csme yesterday. Apparently they had a massive backlog and literally ran out of card stock to make the cards so they recently got a huge ass shipment and sent them all. 

 

I might be going to the movies 4x a week now. I might as well just become a damn movie critic and get paid for it lol

Caught a matinee. I was going to go 3x this week but will only be able to do 2x. So far I'm only 2 movies in. Gonna probably just reserve it for my off days. I'll probably start walking out of movies now knowing I don't have to stay cause I dropped 10 dollars on it.

29 minutes ago, twa said:

 

then why didn't they disclose the payments?

 

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/25/fec-complaint-accuses-clinton-dnc-violations/

 

I'd like to know how many campaigns designate opposition research as legal services. The article just mentions a watchdog filing a complaint about that action. The FEC has not ruled on it. Again, this news is still hard to care about. If the Dems weren't funding the research after Republicans, who could it be?

Still too high.

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/922970987116756993

Trump told me the Post is fake news. Obviously can't buy this story.

I'm having trouble figuring what's new in this story. Is it the Clinton campaign part? I thought that was already known. Republicans paid first then Dems for the general.

Look for Trump to take credit for that. I wonder what type of nutjob is going to come out of that primary

On 8/28/2017 at 3:24 PM, Cooked Crack said:

Anyone here get MoviePass? I don't really watch movies in the theaters but the deal sounded too good. You pay 10 bucks a month and you get to see 1 movie a day at participating locations. It seems like they give you a debit card you use at movie theaters to pay for tickets. It would def pay for itself with one viewing.

This thing is the truth. Took me forever to get a card but works as advertised. Gonna try to catch a movie on all the days I'm off. It's already at 75% of paying itself off. It seems you can use it at almost any theater too.

 In case you were still not sure if this guy is a scumbag.

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Last January, six months after Fox News ousted its chairman amid a sexual harassment scandal, the network’s top-rated host at the time, Bill O’Reilly, struck a $32 million agreement with a longtime network analyst to settle new sexual harassment allegations, according to two people briefed on the matter — an extraordinarily large amount for such cases.

 

Although the deal has not been previously made public, the network’s parent company, 21st Century Fox, acknowledges that it was aware of the woman’s complaints about Mr. O’Reilly. They included allegations of repeated harassment, a nonconsensual sexual relationship and the sending of gay pornography and other sexually explicit material to her, according to the people briefed on the matter.

 

It was at least the sixth agreement — and by far the largest — made by either Mr. O’Reilly or the company to settle harassment allegations against him. Despite that record, 21st Century Fox began contract negotiations with Mr. O’Reilly, and in February granted him a four-year extension that paid $25 million a year.

13 minutes ago, nonniey said:

And Churchill had a heart attack. I said examples of highly effective leaders I know many on the left like to throw that out there but weak sauce as he was in fact highly effective.

A heart attack isn't the same as loss of mental function. You can still be effective by your definition if you have good people around you. I don't think advanced age is a deal breaker but a competency test should be needed when you start getting up there.

8 minutes ago, nonniey said:

I don't know about that - Two examples of highly effective leaders over 65 -  Churchill and Reagan were older than 65 when they assumed the top office for their respective countries. 

The guy who might have had Alzheimer's while in office?

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The 79-year-old Cochran appeared frail and at times disoriented during a brief hallway interview on Wednesday. He was unable to answer whether he would remain chairman of the Appropriations Committee, and at one point, needed a staffer to remind him where the Senate chamber is located.

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Cochran had to be guided around a security checkpoint inside the Capitol by staffers. He began to walk into a first-floor room — the Senate chamber is on the second floor — and was retrieved by an aide. He was then taken up to the Senate.

1 hour ago, Riggo-toni said:

Did they subject her to the anal probe?

I don't think that would play to the Republican base. Getting probed in the devil's hole is a guaranteed way to lose. There's candidates out here campaigning against sodomy. 

4 minutes ago, TryTheBeal! said:

It'll be nice to see the real MVP back in action tonight.

Who you referring to? Harden, Steph, or KD?

She needs to get ICE on the phone. Definitely sounds like criminal alien activity.

Brutus committed suicide after his armies were defeated by Caesar's people. Bannon should have taken a look at Wikipedia like I just did.

Not those subsides. These are payments to insurance companies. These don't go towards premiums. Well timed by the President. People will be receiving the news from their insurance company just in time for midterm elections.

FBI: Man left jar filled with explosive chemicals, nails at North Carolina airport

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RALEIGH, N.C. -- A man planted a Mason jar filled with explosive chemicals and nails at a western North Carolina airport last week and vowed to "fight a war on U.S. soil," according to court documents released Tuesday.

 

The criminal complaint written by an FBI agent said investigators found the improvised explosive device Friday morning at the Asheville airport near a terminal entrance. Asheville police bomb technicians then rendered it safe.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-man-left-jar-filled-with-explosive-chemicals-nails-at-north-carolina-airport/

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Former Alabama judge Roy Moore, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, once said publicly that he did not take a “regular salary” from the small charity he founded to promote Christian values because he did not want to be a financial burden.

 

But privately, Moore had arranged to receive a salary of $180,000 a year for part-time work at the Foundation for Moral Law, internal charity documents show. He collected more than $1 million as president from 2007 to 2012, compensation that far surpassed what the group disclosed in its public tax filings most of those years.

Open bigotry and shady financial dealings with charity? How did Trump not endorse this guy!?

2 hours ago, Dan T. said:

twa, whoever wrote the title of that Youtube video needs to look up the word  "conclusive.:

That would be the same perso who brought us these gems.

4 minutes ago, BenningRoadSkin said:

I really think THAT was the talk on right wing media the last 48 hours. "The Democrats really look bad now," etc. Its insane.

Must be. I was reading that the Times was going to publish this like 2 weeks back. My mind never went to wondering what politicians he donated to. Like if he gave money to veterans groups would we think those organizations are tainted? Unless there is some quid pro quo, I'm not interested in this angle.

1 hour ago, USS Redskins said:

its political because he gave millions to POLITICIANS who kept their mouths shut and their wallets open. 

 

I don't care who he gave money to. If you tell me Jerry Sandusky was a big Republican donor, I wouldn't go out and start saying Rick Santorum is a child molester enabler. I'd be focus on the actual issue on hand. Heck, I'm sure Sandusky went to church and gave them money as well. It's not where my mind goes cause I'm not looking to score political points.