Thread for obviously newsworthy stuff

[Kidlicious]

Factually true news. Both the Kremlin and the White House doctored their transcripts to edit put the part where Putin said he did support Trump and wanted him to win. Which shows real time collusion right there.

Some kind of error. Get it?

[Dinner]

Fake news. Let me guess, Maddow.

Factually true news. Both the Kremlin and the White House doctored their transcripts to edit put the part where Putin said he did support Trump and wanted him to win. Which shows real time collusion right there.

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Some other experts in the article have said the cyber war may constitute as such.

"may" but there is no actual state of war. Trust me, I'd love to be scream Treason. But I refuse to act like a typical republican and just make stuff up.

[Giancarlo]

Yes, they can. Also the "save the oceans from plastic waste" argument is monumentally stupid. Not because throwing plastic in the oceans is good, it is not, but because it has been illegal in the US since the 1970's. Of all the plastic in the world's oceabs the US cobtributes about 0.5% (mostly people throwing trash on the ground and then it gets washed into stormdrains) while Asia (especially China) makes up about 80% with Africa and Latin America making up most of the rest of the balance.

If you really want to decrease plastic waste in oceans then you need to convince those places to actually build modern sanitation systems. Banning straws is just a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction and won't result in any meabingful change. It is a completely useless feel good measure for drooling imbeciles and nothing more. Kind of like banning free grocery bags.

Decreasing plastic usage is what you should be thinking about. You do realize the production of plastic is heavy polluting and involves petroleum? Banning or reducing plastic usage in developed countries is a good step.

Also I need to see evidence for your percentages.

[Giancarlo]

Hmm from the article you posted.



I don't think John Brennan's tweet counts as proof.

Some other experts in the article have said the cyber war may constitute as such.

[Uncle Sparky]

The US is at war with NK. Did Trump have secret talks with their leader, or military leaders?

[Kidlicious]

You also didn't write anything to the "Ministry of Truth's" (formerly called White House) doctoring of the Helsinki press conference videos and transcripts

Fake news. Let me guess, Maddow.

[Kidlicious]

Anti-border protesters in Portland have constructed a wall around their illegal camp in the hope of keeping police from arresting them.

[Proteus_MST]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44964020

Pity, I was so close to travel to Japan in order to learn Ninjutsu from Soke Masaaki Hatsumi and then work as assassin for the Iga-Clan

[Dinner]

Can't straws just be recycled or something?

Yes, they can. Also the "save the oceans from plastic waste" argument is monumentally stupid. Not because throwing plastic in the oceans is good, it is not, but because it has been illegal in the US since the 1970's. Of all the plastic in the world's oceabs the US cobtributes about 0.5% (mostly people throwing trash on the ground and then it gets washed into stormdrains) while Asia (especially China) makes up about 80% with Africa and Latin America making up most of the rest of the balance.

If you really want to decrease plastic waste in oceans then you need to convince those places to actually build modern sanitation systems. Banning straws is just a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction and won't result in any meabingful change. It is a completely useless feel good measure for drooling imbeciles and nothing more. Kind of like banning free grocery bags.

[Broken_Erika]

A Japanese city has been forced to clarify it is not in fact recruiting ninjas, following reports that it was facing a shortage of skilled assassins.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44964020

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Hmm from the article you posted.

"No matter how repugnant one might consider the president’s statements in Helsinki, they do not meet the constitutional definition of 'treason,' which is very narrow and addresses providing aid to an 'enemy,'" Garber told Newsweek. "Russia is not technically an enemy because we are not at war with it. These matters are far too important to allow partisan aims to diminish serious constitutional analysis."

I don't think John Brennan's tweet counts as proof.

[Broken_Erika]

Can't straws just be recycled or something?

[Giancarlo]

Some say otherwise.

https://www.newsweek.com/did-trump-c...rs-say-1027643

Treason, however, doesn't carry the sentence some may think. Five years in prison.

Money laundering and financial crimes carry far heavier sentences.

[Proteus_MST]

As much as I'd enjoy for Trump to be charged with treason, this just makes him a common criminal.

And technically, since we're not actually at war with Russia, it isn't conspiring with an enemy.

But it doesn't make it any less douchy.

Politifact says the same
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...putin-meeting/

Trumps behavior in Helsinki may be called treasonous, but he didn't commit the criminal act of "treason", as the USA aren't in a formal state of war with russia