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... what if Erdowan knew of the unsecured 7/26 Sondland/Trump cell phone call...
....and used that info to "persuade" Trump to give up the Kurds?
Just one example of what could have happened.
Hold on. Something doesn't add up.
Apparently, Sondland neglected to mention his follow-up call with Trump, the one overheard by Taylor's aid, to the House.
This suggests that phone calls with Trump are so easily made as to be forgettable.
Trump claims to barely know Sondland.
How is it that someone who is barely known by the President can so easily have non-memorable calls with him?
Someone is lying.
Those Ukrainians who died while aid was withheld
Dems, want to use an R tactic? Find the families of those Ukrainians who died in battle against Russians while US aid was being withheld.
Talk to them about the loved one they lost.
Don't sermonize me about how we are better than that.
That is brass tacks. Show the HUMAN cost juxtaposed with Trump's personal political agenda.
Just do it.
So when Sondland told Taylor that he erred when saying no quid pro quo
viz-a-vis a meeting (in exchange for a public declaration by Zelenskyy), what he was actually saying was the qPq was for the meeting (with Trump) AND the security money!
So many quids and quos to keep track of.
Quids from Trump:
--a perfect phone call with Zelenskyy
--a meeting with Zelenskyy
--the nearly $400 million security aid
Quos from Zelensky:
--a committment from Zelenskyy to "investigate" (see next item)
--a letter (public pronouncement) describing Ukraine's intent to investigate:
----Burisma (code for Hunter Biden, proxy for Joe)
----Ukraine role in 2016 US election (code for letting Russia/Putin off the hook; casting doubt on the "Russher Hoax"; casting (more) doubt on Mueller Report; bringing DNC/servers into the mix, muddying the waters)
I have no doubt there was another Quo expected from Zelenskyy, albeit an unspoken one: to deliver substantive (pro-Trump) results from the investigation(s), whether or not fact-based.
New Trump slogan: MIGA (Make ISIS Great Again)
Imagine being an ISIS fighter, sitting in prison. You know it's over. Your cause is defeated. It will take a generation, if ever, to regain the momentum you had before the Kurds shut you down. There's no hope, and your best outcome is to remain in captivity for the rest of your life.
Then suddenly, without any warning whatsoever, you are liberated and see your enemies, the Kurds, on the run! And the US has cowardly retreated! How can you explain this, what are you thinking?
Naturally, you praise "God", and conclude that this *proves* that your cause is right and has divine protection! How could you not?
So, do you timidly slink away back to wherever you're from, thankful that you narrowly escaped with your life? Or are you emboldened beyond your wildest imaginings?
ISIS will return with a massive vengeance, immeasurably reinvigorated, thanks to Trump.
He is doped up
I'd say drunk, if he drinks.
But definitely under the influence of something, besides his own stupidity.
I hope he's circling the drain.
Trump is like that serial killer who wants to be caught
because he knows he is a monster, but he cannot stop himself. He is doing *everything* possible to get caught before he can do more damage, but everyone around him refuses to see the situation clearly for what it is.
He has no option but to keep escalating.
Those who can and should be stopping him will realize way too late the role they played in this tragedy. They think they are *protecting* him (whatever that means) but in truth, he is begging them to turn him in.
I hope they suffer mightily for the rest of their days in that knowledge.
ETA: Excerpt from letter a serial killer (BTK) wrote
"I write this letter to you for the sake of the tax payer as well as your time...(snip)
"I'm sorry this happen to society. They are the ones who suffer the most. It hard to control myself. You probably call me 'psychotic with sexual perversion hang-up.' When this monster enter my brain I will never know. But, it here to stay. How does one cure himself? If you ask for help, that you have killed four people they will laugh or hit the panic button and call the cops.
"I can't stop it so the monster goes on, and hurt me as well as society. Society can be thankful that there are ways for people like me to relieve myself at time by day dreams of some victims being torture and being mine. It a big compicated game my friend of the monster play putting victims number down, follow them, checking up on them waiting in the dark, waiting, waiting... the pressure is great and sometimes he run the game to his liking. Maybe you can stop him. I can't. He has aready chosen his next victim or victims. I don't who they are yet. The next day after I read the paper, I will know, but it to late. Good luck hunting.
"YOURS, TRULY GUILTILY"
PG&E shut-off: Your food is spoiled, business shut down--can you file a claim with the utility?
Surprise! No.
Have fun if you are poor and lose your fridge's contents
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-shutoff-Your-food-is-spoiled-business-shut-14502325.php
Its been three days, your power is still out due to dangerous fire weather and youre forced to dump your spoiled spaghetti and meatball leftovers and the rest of your perishables. Your neighbors restaurant has been closed and hes lost $3,000 in business.
Can either of you get reimbursed?
The answer is no. Pacific Gas & Electric has many variables that factor into when it issues a Public Safety Power Shutoff. Its a nuanced decision. But what is black and white is the utilitys policy not to reimburse customers for losses during an outage.
We do not reimburse customers for losses, as power will be shut off for safety when gusty winds and dry conditions, combined with a heightened fire risk, threaten a portion of the electric system, said spokeswoman Mayra Tostado.
About the planned power outage in California, happening now
Aside from the fire risk issues, I am having trouble understanding how a widely-notified massive power outage affecting hundreds of thousands of people, for at least 24-hours... How does this not result in a massive crime spree??
I have to imagine this is every criminal's dream, knowing in advance exactly which cities will be without power for possibly days?
I just don't get it
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Link for those who don't know
https://abc7news.com/weather/live-186000-without-power-in-north-bay-as-pg-e-begins-outages/5604876/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/09/california-begins-cutting-power-thousands-prevent-wildfire-outbreak/
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