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Trump on Russia Sanctions: We ‘Ought to Get on With Our Lives’
The Daily Beast ^ | December 29, 2016 | Reuters

Posted on 12/29/2016 4:58:42 AM PST by Trump20162020

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed talk of sanctioning Russia for interfering in the presidential election, offering what sounded more like a post-breakup pep talk than anything else. “I think we ought to get on with our lives,” he told reporters outside his Mar-A-Lago estate. As for the conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia almost certainly hacked into political organizations, Trump offered only vague remarks about the “age of computer.” “I think the computers have complicated lives very greatly. The whole age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly what’s going on,” he said. “We have speed, we have a lot of other things, but I’m not sure we have the kind of security that we need,” he said. Trump’s comments came a day before U.S. authorities were due to announce what action they will take against Russia over Moscow’s election meddling. Democratic and Republican lawmakers have united to urge authorities to impose sanctions on Moscow over the scandal, though Trump continues to maintain that there’s no proof of Russia’s involvement.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Russia
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; fakenews; liarmedia; moronmedia; russia; sanctions; trump
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To: MNJohnnie

I said the same thing, but not as eloquently, on another thread. It is the peak of insanity to impose sanctions on a semi hostile foreign nation based on a lie told by a party of insane people in order to maintain one of their cherished myths that props up their egos. Just crazy.


21 posted on 12/29/2016 6:53:16 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Freedom Trumps Fascism)
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To: jimjohn

Interesting scenario, but Hillary Clinton will never go to trial for any of these crimes.


22 posted on 12/29/2016 7:08:26 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: Boomer One

The problem wasn’t computer security.

Podesta fell prey to a phishing website and gave his password to the so-called hackers. He foolishly kept all of his other social media passwords on his gmail account as well.

Google allows a user to require 2-factor authentication for logging into gmail.

This wasn’t used, and the Clinton server was also not secure. Clinton, Podesta, et al showed themselves to be noobs, not a sophisticated elite.


23 posted on 12/29/2016 7:09:50 AM PST by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

>>If these two words were applied to everything in life, OJ would be serving his 21st year in prison for murder.

And if he weren’t in prison now for armed robbery and kidnapping, he would still be looking for the killer.


24 posted on 12/29/2016 7:12:53 AM PST by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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To: Neoliberalnot

You should need a fingerprint or eyeball biometric before you can use these super fast computers.


25 posted on 12/29/2016 7:20:41 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: MNJohnnie

I think Trump should have hit this issue head-on by saying “Whomever hacked the DNC and Podesta and released this information did us all a favor and deserves our thanks. Because it exposed corruption in our political process! The DNC conspiring to deny Bernie the nomination. He got cheated! The media conspiring with Hillary by giving her debate questions in advance. Cheating! And other tidbits like the Clintons taking cash from donors for charitable causes and spending it on Chelsea’s wedding! $4 million that could’ve gone to saving kids in Africa or whatever silly claims they making, and instead it went to a wedding for a millionaire! Thank you, Russians, thank you, 400 pound dude in the basement, whomever! Corruption needs a light shone in it, and that’s what happened here!”


26 posted on 12/29/2016 7:36:26 AM PST by 2big2fail
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To: MNJohnnie

And even if it were true, no one seems to be questioning the authenticity of the leaked emails. So if the Russians did it (highly questionable), what they did was tell the truth about the Dems! Which of course the Dems cannot stand.


27 posted on 12/29/2016 7:40:51 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Vaduz

Sadly, so do many Republican lawmakers because they are useful idiots unfortunately. Hardly a backbone among them.


28 posted on 12/29/2016 8:22:36 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: smalltownslick

The keyword is absolutely the “almost” qualifier, as it implies: we think very strongly, but we might be wrong. In other words, there is no proof that conclusively confirms that the Russians hacked the election. So if you are predisposed to want to believe something then you usually are almost certain that your conclusion is a correct one, however, you want to still allow wiggle room if proof surfaces to prove otherwise.


29 posted on 12/29/2016 8:33:51 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: MNJohnnie
There must be some really ‘bad’ stuff found on Weiner’s laptop... Supposedly, Congress now has those 30 some thousand ‘bleached’ emails from Hillry. Who knows if the Russians tapped into Hillry’s bathroom server.. What ‘we the people’ know is that an insider leaked Podesta’s email. We have yet to see the really ‘good’ stuff.

There is a thread I just read that claims ol bjClinton and Hillry are in secret negotiations for a ‘pardon’... “Crooked Clintons” will be their historical legacy. Nixon is smiling.

30 posted on 12/29/2016 8:42:32 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: Robert DeLong
Sadly, so do many Republican lawmakers

No just two. There is just the narcissistic old blow hard named John McCain and his boy Lindsey Graham.

31 posted on 12/29/2016 8:47:58 AM PST by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Just mythoughts

I have to wonder if there is evidence that is going to show up of just how deep the collusion was between Clinton-MCCain-Graham in toppling Libya and running weapons to ISIS in Syria.

I suspect all this bombast about Russia is just an attempt to muddy the waters about just how corrupt and incompetent the O regime, and it dingleberrys McCain-Graham where in this whole mess.


32 posted on 12/29/2016 8:52:13 AM PST by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Trump20162020

the conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia almost certainly hacked into political organizations
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Typical example of the senseless statements routinely issued by politically corrupted agencies and by the Ministry of Propaganda. “almost certainly” is accurately translated “even though we have no evidence, we have to advance the Obama narrative and accuse Russia of this hack job.”


33 posted on 12/29/2016 8:56:54 AM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (God, Guns, and Trump will save the USA)
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To: MNJohnnie

No, it’s more than just those two. There are others, trust me.


34 posted on 12/29/2016 9:11:16 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Trump20162020

Hillary lost for a thousand reasons...

Republicans have won over a thousand offices country wide in the last eight years... was that the Russians too? LOL - not a chance. Democrats are losing because their ‘party of liars’ started lying to each other... they started living in unicorn land - where nothing is real.


35 posted on 12/29/2016 9:17:27 AM PST by GOPJ (Anyone remember New York Times CRYBULLIES calling for 'moderation' when Obama was elected '08?)
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To: MNJohnnie
I have to wonder if there is evidence that is going to show up of just how deep the collusion was between Clinton-MCCain-Graham in toppling Libya and running weapons to ISIS in Syria. I suspect all this bombast about Russia is just an attempt to muddy the waters about just how corrupt and incompetent the O regime, and it dingleberrys McCain-Graham where in this whole mess.

Old lord McCain was on Hannity sometime back, bragging about meeting and communicating with ISIL (ISIS)... I agree 100% the liberal RINOs are muddying the waters... away from themselves. I do not believe their call to arms against Russia has one thing to do with the 2016 presidential election. But, hey, they have a ready made 'scapegoat' with the inside leaking of Podesta's emails. This is more of Hillry's witches brew she spewed against Trump during the election, without one shred of evidence. Until Weiner let his weiner get the better of him they would have pulled off this 'blame' Russia BS... However, we now know that the 30 + thousand of Hillry's bleached emails are now in the hands of Congress...

My guess is lord McCain and Lacy Graham have been advised of the contents of Hillry's bleached emails... The way lord McCain and Lacy Graham are squealing, seems personal.

36 posted on 12/29/2016 9:25:27 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Let’s hope the swamp gets drained it’s over due.


37 posted on 12/29/2016 11:23:56 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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