it really gets tiresome arguing with people here who continue to insist the Trump campaign Russia investigation was a "hoax." It was not, and it never was, and the Mueller report made that clear.
Response: Mueller spent almost 200 pages describing “numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump Campaign.” He found that “a Russian entity carried out a social media campaign that favored presidential candidate Donald J. Trump and disparaged presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.” He also found that “a Russian intelligence service conducted computer-intrusion operations” against the Clinton campaign and then released stolen documents.
While Mueller was unable to establish a conspiracy between members of the Trump campaign and the Russians involved in this activity, he made it clear that “[a] statement that the investigation did not establish particular facts does not mean there was no evidence of those facts.” In fact, Mueller also wrote that the “investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the Campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts.”
and another:
Myth: The investigation began with the Steele dossier.
Response: According the Mueller report, the investigation began in July 2016 after Wikileaks had released materials stolen from the computers of the Democratic National Committee. The FBI received information from a foreign government that Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos had told one of its representatives that “the Trump Campaign had received indications from the Russian government that it could assist the Campaign through the anonymous release of information damaging to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.” Mueller’s report states, “That information prompted the FBI on July 31, 2016, to open an investigation into whether individuals associated with the Trump Campaign were coordinating with the Russian government in its interference activities.” Mueller makes no statement to indicate that the investigation was predicated on the Steele dossier, a series of reports that were compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, who was hired by a research company that was working for a law firm paid first by a conservative website and later by the Clinton campaign.
I guess some people think by sheer repetition the myths will become true. Or maybe they are just trying to wear out anyone who will try to argue with them.
Today, hot and sunny with thunderstorms this afternoon
Air Quality Alert for excessive ozone today, sensitive individuals should take precautions
Temps in the low 90⁰s. Thunderstorms possible after 2pm and likely from 5 - 8. Slight chance that a storm might be severe, with heavy rain and wind. Clearing after 8pm
Weekend will be clear dry and warm with Temps in the 80⁰s
By the middle of next week we could be looking at the first heatwave of the season, with Temps in the 90⁰s likely every day from Tuesday through Saturday
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...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an
Air Quality Action Day for the following counties:
Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, and Union,
from 11 AM to 11 PM EDT Friday.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone within the
region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards.
For additional information, please visit the New Jersey Department
The NWS has issued a Heat Advisory starting Tuesday for our area. Excessive heat should continue through at least Friday.
Today, warm, clear, and dry with a high in the upper 80s.
Tuesday through Friday, a building upper ridge will drive daytime temperatures into the low to mid 90⁰s each day. A southern wind will bring some humidity, and take the heat index ("feels like temperature") to the mid to upper 90⁰s. The same southern breeze will keep the nighttime lows in the upper 60⁰s or 70⁰s here in MAPSO.
Warm weather could continue through the weekend and into next week, although a cold front might bring some relief over the weekend (along with showers).
A heat wave is defined as heat index temperatures over 95⁰ for three or more days (this definition is location specific a heat wave in Texas is hotter than one in Maine. The use of the heat index takes humidity into account).
I expect that, in New Jersey, will will come close or break some June heat records this week. Please be mindful of the heat. Stay cool. Stay in the shade, and indoors during the midday heat. Check on the elderly and disabled, check on your neighbors. Drink plenty of fluids.
Because of the sea breeze, temperatures will be hotter in MAPSO than in the city, and likely hotter here than at the airport. Most apps report the airport temperature, so if your local thermometer says 97⁰ and the app says 92⁰, believe your thermometer not the app.
As for me, I am definitely voting against Trump (as opposed to for Biden). Biden's actions have killed thousands of innocent Palestinian civilians. I could never think of him as anything but the lesser of two very evil Evils. His murderous policy is a stain that will never be erased.
So you're saying that without America's support, Netanyahu wouldn't have killed all of those Palestinians?
ridiculous. and so wrong.
don't get me wrong - I think our attitude towards Bibi should be far harsher. But to blame Biden for something he has zero control over is just dumb.
I don't know if there is more, and more effective, pressure Biden could apply. Maybe there is, and if so then he should definitely be applying it. But if I understand you correctly, you seem to be arguing for a complete break. That wouldn't actually stop the war. It wouldn't help Palestinian civilians. It would endanger Israelis (and likely Jewish people worldwide). That seems a high price to pay for the moral victory of being able to say the U.S. was disassociated from what's happening in Gaza -- such a high price it seems it might be a net moral defeat instead.
I'm so glad that you are putting forth reasonable arguments. I gave up in previous threads and found it difficult to keep my emotions in check, which is one of the reasons I moved over to this thread not expecting the topic to reappear.
Thank you, but overall I just find the whole situation very depressing and tragic.
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Wednesday Weekend Weather
June 12th, 2024
Another nice weekend on the way
Today and tomorrow, clear and warm
Friday, hot with thunderstorms possible to likely in the afternoon and evening. Friday poses our first real chance of a severe thunderstorm, too.
Saturday and Sunday look positively delightful, warm but not hot, dry, with a gentle breeze.
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It is hard to imagine, but there actually is a small possibility that the new Super, after being given a chance, may actually do a decent job.
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it really gets tiresome arguing with people here who continue to insist the Trump campaign Russia investigation was a "hoax." It was not, and it never was, and the Mueller report made that clear.
These 11 Mueller Report Myths Just Won’t Die. Here’s Why They’re Wrong
Here's one example:
and another:
I guess some people think by sheer repetition the myths will become true. Or maybe they are just trying to wear out anyone who will try to argue with them.
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Friday June 14th
Happy Flag Day
Today, hot and sunny with thunderstorms this afternoon
Air Quality Alert for excessive ozone today, sensitive individuals should take precautions
Temps in the low 90⁰s. Thunderstorms possible after 2pm and likely from 5 - 8. Slight chance that a storm might be severe, with heavy rain and wind. Clearing after 8pm
Weekend will be clear dry and warm with Temps in the 80⁰s
By the middle of next week we could be looking at the first heatwave of the season, with Temps in the 90⁰s likely every day from Tuesday through Saturday
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an
Air Quality Action Day for the following counties:
Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, and Union,
from 11 AM to 11 PM EDT Friday.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone within the
region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards.
For additional information, please visit the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection Web site at http://www.njaqinow.net
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I wasn’t laughing. There’s nothing funny about an advocate of preventive war’s efforts to incite alarm.
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June 17th, 2024
Heat Wave
The NWS has issued a Heat Advisory starting Tuesday for our area. Excessive heat should continue through at least Friday.
Today, warm, clear, and dry with a high in the upper 80s.
Tuesday through Friday, a building upper ridge will drive daytime temperatures into the low to mid 90⁰s each day. A southern wind will bring some humidity, and take the heat index ("feels like temperature") to the mid to upper 90⁰s. The same southern breeze will keep the nighttime lows in the upper 60⁰s or 70⁰s here in MAPSO.
Warm weather could continue through the weekend and into next week, although a cold front might bring some relief over the weekend (along with showers).
A heat wave is defined as heat index temperatures over 95⁰ for three or more days (this definition is location specific a heat wave in Texas is hotter than one in Maine. The use of the heat index takes humidity into account).
I expect that, in New Jersey, will will come close or break some June heat records this week. Please be mindful of the heat. Stay cool. Stay in the shade, and indoors during the midday heat. Check on the elderly and disabled, check on your neighbors. Drink plenty of fluids.
Because of the sea breeze, temperatures will be hotter in MAPSO than in the city, and likely hotter here than at the airport. Most apps report the airport temperature, so if your local thermometer says 97⁰ and the app says 92⁰, believe your thermometer not the app.
drummerboy
So you're saying that without America's support, Netanyahu wouldn't have killed all of those Palestinians?
ridiculous. and so wrong.
don't get me wrong - I think our attitude towards Bibi should be far harsher. But to blame Biden for something he has zero control over is just dumb.
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One can only deal with a tsunami of bullsh!t one item at a a time, but do you have a clue as to how dishonest that statement is?
Like 2 LikesThe only thing that's diabolical is the the right's unjust frontal assault on Fauci. Despicable.
PVW
Thank you, but overall I just find the whole situation very depressing and tragic.
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