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5 hours ago, Il Mango Dulce said:
GOP nominee Roy Moore runs to Breitbart to try to kill story about him molesting children
GOP nominee Roy Moore runs to Breitbart to try to kill story about him molesting children
By Oliver Willis |NOVEMBER 9, 2017Trying to preempt a bombshell story with accusations of child molestation, Alabama GOP nominee Roy Moore went to Steve Bannon's Breitbart to try to head off the news story.
GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)Roy Moore, the Republican Party’s senate candidate in Alabama, went to Steve Bannon’s Breitbart in an attempt to head off accusations of child molestation that are now surfacing.
Moore has been an icon of the conservative movement for years. He has beat the drum in opposition to marriage equality between consenting adults, claiming it would lead to “multiple marriages” or possibly “marriages between men and their daughters or women and their sons.”
Moore now stands accused of child molestation, and has been caught desperately trying to get his conservative allies to cover up the bombshell news story for him.
An email inquiry from a Washington Post reporter was forwarded to Breitbart, which quickly put together a storydefending Moore. The right-wing propaganda site positioned the serious allegations against Moore as coming after the Post’s editorial board endorsed Doug Jones, the Democratic candidate.
But the effort is likely to backfire, and underlines the seriousness of the claims against Moore.
The Post reports that Leigh Corfman says that when she was 14 years old, Moore, who was 32 at the time, “told her how pretty she was and kissed her.” In another visit with Moore, the paper reports that she says he “took off her shirt and pants and removed his clothes” and “guided her hand to touch him over his underwear.”
Three other women also told the paper that when they were between the ages of 16 and 18, Moore pursued them with sexual intentions. The paper interviewed the women, documenting a pattern of predatory behavior based on their recollections of what Moore did.
The Post reports that all four women were “reluctant to speak publicly but chose to do so after multiple interviews, saying they thought it was important for people to know about their interactions with Moore.”
The Post’s report is based on weeks of investigation and interviews with dozens of people.
The conservative movement has mobilized behind Moore in the contest to take the open Senate seat in Alabama. Bannon pushed in favor of Moore during the primary, while the Trump White House pushed for Luther Strange, who currently holds the seat.
Other influential conservatives, like Sarah Palin and former Trump staffer (and Nazi sympathizer) Sebastian Gorka have also been a part of the Moore push.
Trump lost that battle within the conservative family, and thanks to Moore’s extremist past, opened up a path to victory for the Democrats.
The actions described by the women run in strong contrast to Democrat Jones and his work with children. Jones prosecuted the Klansmen who killed 4 little girls at 16th Street Baptist Church in Alabama. He described his work on that case as “the most important thing I have done.”
Moore denied the allegations, and gave the paper a conspiratorial denial noting, “These allegations are completely false and are a desperate political attack by the National Democrat Party and the Washington Post on this campaign.”
He also echoed Donald Trump, who has similarly been accused of serial sexual assault, characterizing the news story as “fake news.”
Maybe he will take the Trump defense: <sarcasm>These women all let him touch them and kiss them. He was powerful, and women go for powerful men </sarcasm>
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4 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:
If you don't think the USA is better then move back to the UK and don't hate on #MAGA.
One thing does not entail the other. In this country, you can voice dissent as guaranteed by the amendment that comes before the 2nd amendment.
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Just now, cyberfx1024 said:
That's why the murder rate for the USA has been trending downwards for years while gun ownership has been going up.
There are several posts in this thread that disprove your statement.
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39 minutes ago, Sonea said:
One thing I don't get about Australia and the media is the claim Australia hasn't had a mass shooting since Port Arthur. Yet if you look it up, per the current definition they have had three, two of which are fairly recent. In fact it doesn't look like Australia's gun ban actually changed things much. Generally mass shooting were already rare there but they continue to this day.
Also the UK had the Cumbria attack post Dunblane.
Could there be a relationship between less guns = less mass shootings? Just saying...
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24 minutes ago, smilesammich said:
so basically, trump acted like the slimy used car salesman that he is (no offense, nb).
To put it in MDR/MOR parlance: Trump is apologizing for America. LOL.
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16 hours ago, Il Mango Dulce said:Still looking for a response...can the president smooch and grab away?
I think we can safely say that Trump believes he is doing women a favor by sexually assaulting them.
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Nothing says MAGA as the president cowering before the very nation he attacked the most during his campaign. LOL.
Trump, Aiming to Coax Xi Jinping, Bets on Flattery
Mr. Trump’s warm words, on a state visit to China replete with ceremony but short of tangible results, showed a president doubling down on his gamble that by cultivating a personal connection with Mr. Xi, he can push the Chinese leader to take meaningful steps on North Korea and trade.
In public, Mr. Trump projected an air of deference to China that was almost unheard-of for a visiting American president. Far from attacking Mr. Xi on trade, Mr. Trump saluted him for leading a country that he said had left the United States “so far behind.” He said he could not blame the Chinese for taking advantage of weak American trade policy.
Behind closed doors, American officials insisted, Mr. Trump forcefully confronted Mr. Xi about the chronic trade imbalances between the two countries. He also pressed China to take tougher measures toward North Korea, including a suspension of oil shipments.
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5 minutes ago, charmander said:
Switzerland?
The US constitution has no bearing to other countries, but the sea is aflame with so many red herrings, isn't it?
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7 minutes ago, bcking said:
A commonly used group to compare for many things (not just gun homicide rate, but healthcare for example) is the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
While it isn't perfect either, most of the countries are considered "developed", have a higher "quality of life" index etc... You still get 30 something countries to compare us to.
The graph I had posted is using those countries as a comparison. They aren't "hand picked" for gun homicide specifically. They are hand picked to compare us to other countries that are generally wealthier, and have a high human development index (HDI).
The graph you posted compared countries that are at the same socioeconomic level, and it provides an appropriate like-to-like comparison.
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4 minutes ago, IDWAF said:
If you are going to compare the US to other countries vis a vis gun homicides, then you should not discriminate as to which countries. That’s like only comparing the US to Korea and Japan because they all three sell soju and saki.
Why the desire to only include countries who are aligned with the US? Do the lives and practices of the other 3/4 of the world not matter to you? That seems like quite the xenophobic attitude to me. Or is it just because when you hand-pick your countries for comparison, it makes the gun problem in the US look worse, and gives you greater perceived need for more gun control?
Because you have to compare countries with similar characteristics. In the first world no other country gets close to the US when it comes to gun violence numbers.
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1 minute ago, IDWAF said:
I can PM you his address if it makes things easier for you. (Last I heard, the gun was in his vehicle, not the driveway).
Oh, that story about the gun in the driveway, that wasn't the driveway, and then it was something else?
It had a kaleidoscopic quality to it, that story had...
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Just now, Nature Boy Flair said:
So Trump is in to molesting boys now ? SMH
That is what you are implying, apparently.
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13 hours ago, Il Mango Dulce said:
when you see the manipulative, sociopathic Frank Underwood...you have to wonder, how far for material did he have to go?
Maybe he was inspired by Trump?
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41 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:
Several recent posts have been removed because they went past the point of good-natured bickering.
Reminder: If the thread's OP suggests that this thread has run its course or is heading irrevocably in unrelated directions, it can be closed.
You get an A+ for subtlety! Shut her down, I'd say.
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32 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:
The poll doesn't refute that claim though. Roughly as many Trump voters would change their vote as Clinton voters. I don't think it's normal to find just as many people unhappy about winning as they are about losing.
The poll just indicates that less people would consider voting for Trump, which means that he would still not win the popular vote....
The recent elections in VA/NJ and across the country seem to indicate the noisy majority is ready to take America back from the Trump regime.
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21 minutes ago, JimandChristy said:
What does that have to do with gun violence, you seem to like the strawman.
It doesn't have anything to do with gun violence, but it makes for a good hole in the sand in which to bury one's head.
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5 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:
All that gold must have impressed him. He's authoritarian curious. The Chinese aren't supposed to have say on press access, Xi played him well. He's off to meet his puppet master in Vietnam tomorrow. How sweet. A yearly report to Putin.
No wonder he's managed to bankrupt a casino. What a fraud!
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6 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:
By strict, he means there's a law banning magazines that hold more than 15 rounds. From the reaction here, you would have thought they passed a law requiring gun owners to have a testicle removed or something.
Unlikely. It appears that most people who have an unhealthy attachment to their guns lack such appendices. LOL.
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13 minutes ago, Il Mango Dulce said:
Sorry I cannot hear a word you are saying..someone planted the words to " eastbound and down" in my ear on another thread.
LOL.
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6 minutes ago, Il Mango Dulce said:
Academic at heart of Clinton 'dirt' claim vanishes, leaving trail of questions
(CNN)Joseph Mifsud, the academic suspected of being a link between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, was once a regular on the foreign policy circuit, attending conferences the world over.
Now, after being identified as a key figure in the US special counsel investigation into Russian influence over the 2016 US presidential election, Mifsud has gone to ground.Last Thursday he disappeared from the private university in Rome where he teaches. Repeated attempts to reach him since have been unsuccessful, though he appears to have read some messages from CNN.But more details are emerging of the background and contacts of the man who emerged last week as "Foreign Contact 1" in court filings relating to charges brought against former Trump aide George Papadopoulos.In the US affidavit, Papadopoulos claims that Mifsud told him in April 2016 that the Russians had "thousands of emails" relating to Hillary Clinton.By ways of a window, perhaps?
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Just now, Il Mango Dulce said:
dudette, I am more old skool
Ah! I'm salivating!
'Mass shooting' reported at Sutherland Springs church in Texas
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Sadly, I think you do.