What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[jimmy olsen]

Trump's nepotism is illegal!

Who could have known!? 
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/03/justice-department-legal-memos-presidents-appoint-relatives-243395

[Admiral Yi]

How do you get "Trump's nepotism is illegal" from that article?

[jimmy olsen]

How do you get "Trump's nepotism is illegal" from that article?

Justice Department lawyers concluded for decades that such appointments of family members were illegal under an anti-nepotism law passed in 1967.

[CountDeMoney]

That just means they "had concluded for decades" it was illegal, not that it actually was illegal, Timmay.  Fuck.

[dps]

How do you get "Trump's nepotism is illegal" from that article?

Justice Department lawyers concluded for decades that such appointments of family members were illegal under an anti-nepotism law passed in 1967.

And if you've read the rest of the article, you've have seen that a career DOJ official concluded that the 1967 law had been overridden by a 1978 law and that Trump's appointments were legal.

[viper37]

Which legitimately raises the question why the US didn't

To make America great again?

[The Minsky Moment]

Strongly deploring
the fact that the use of the death penalty leads to violations of the
human rights of the persons facing the death penalty and of other affected persons

This one is kind of ridiculous for any state that has the death penalty to agree with.

It's a recital not an operative clause.  When you consider the way the DP is applied worldwide, it is hard to contest that there are widespread violations of human rights that occur.

Somehow I am skeptical that particular recital was the reason for the no vote.  I'm reasonably confident the language would have been tweaked if that would have sufficed to get the US to sign.

[Admiral Yi]

Somehow I am skeptical that particular recital was the reason for the no vote.  I'm reasonably confident the language would have been tweaked if that would have sufficed to get the US to sign.

I think the link said the US voted in favor of the Russian amendment that removed that clause but the majority voted against it.

[The Brain]

The 20 million to the perverted arts probably sank it.

[derspiess]

If the death penalty is legal in parts of the US, the best move is to vote against the resolution.  Or at least not vote for it-- even the Obama Administration abstained when vote(s) came up during that timeframe.  To vote to condemn a punishment that is allowed in most states and for federal crimes is completely nonsensical.

If there were a separate resolution condemning the disproportionate use of the death penalty against LGBT groups then we absolutely should have voted yes.

[The Brain]

If you actually do want to send a message you can just parking lot Saudi Arabia.

[The Minsky Moment]

Somehow I am skeptical that particular recital was the reason for the no vote.  I'm reasonably confident the language would have been tweaked if that would have sufficed to get the US to sign.

I think the link said the US voted in favor of the Russian amendment that removed that clause but the majority voted against it.

Ah - I stand corrected then.  Still don't know why they didn't try to amend by adding the word "sometimes" or even "often"

[Eddie Teach]

If you actually do want to send a message you can just parking lot Saudi Arabia.

Is that message "Fuck Islam"?

[viper37]

Rien ne va plus, les jeux sont fait!
Tillerson's fury at Trump required intervention from Pence

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on the verge of resigning this past summer amid mounting policy disputes and clashes with the White House, according to multiple senior administration officials who were aware of the situation at the time.

[The Minsky Moment]

From the CdM "we're all going to die" file

Trump rattled his national security advisers by suggesting he might fire the top U.S. commander of the war and comparing the decision-making process on troop levels to the renovation of a high-end New York restaurant, according to participants in the meeting.