Stanky posted:Br’er Rabbit posted:Stanky posted:Br’er Rabbit posted:direstraits posted:Now, the president of the EU, Donald Tusk, is advocating a separate European army and a budget of only one percent of their GDP. Even, if forces dedicated to NATO are those involved in this force, it will require a separate HQ -- more money diverted from forces for a fancy HQ.
Enough of this foolishness of Trump collusion with Russia. The only evidence was a ridiculous dossier that reads like an Onion article -- a dossier paid for by Hillary.
There may well be a Russian sleeper agent conspiring against the west and NATO, in particular -- an agent raised in east Germany (the DDR). An agent who has let the German defense budget decline to such a degree that soldiers are training with broomsticks, instead of weapons. An agent who has placed Germany's industrial future at the mercy of Putin by giving him control of their energy. An agent who flooded Germany and much of Europe with those from north Africa and the middle east who, now, are increasing those nations' welfare costs and, seriously, increasing the crime rate.
Yes, mutti, I'm referring to you Mutti Merkel.Another Republican repeating a lie. Who initiated the 'dossier' and who paid for it to begin with? A Republican! Stop lying!
- Steele was paid $160,000 to create the Trump dossier for Fusion GPS. The Hillary Clinton presidential campaign and Democratic National Committee financed the work. So the FBI and Justice Department used opposition research from a presidential campaign to launch an investigation into that campaign's political opponent — a likely illegal use of federal government surveillance for political purposes.https://www.investors.com/poli...son-to-spy-on-trump/
Bunny, you should stop lying now!
The 'Washington Free Beacon' initiated the dossier. No matter how much Republicans hate the facts, they're still the facts. Who's lying now?
Fusion GPS and the Washington Free Beacon
http://freebeacon.com/uncatego...hington-free-beacon/
"Since its launch in February of 2012, the Washington Free Beacon has retained third party firms to conduct research on many individuals and institutions of interest to us and our readers. In that capacity, during the 2016 election cycle we retained Fusion GPS to provide research on multiple candidates in the Republican presidential primary, just as we retained other firms to assist in our research into Hillary Clinton. All of the work that Fusion GPS provided to the Free Beacon was based on public sources, and none of the work product that the Free Beacon received appears in the Steele dossier. The Free Beacon had no knowledge of or connection to the Steele dossier, did not pay for the dossier, and never had contact with, knowledge of, or provided payment for any work performed by Christopher Steele. Nor did we have any knowledge of the relationship between Fusion GPS and the Democratic National Committee, Perkins Coie, and the Clinton campaign."
Well widdle lying bunny, the answer to "who's lying now" is pretty obvious. Fusion GPS had more than one customer and just one of those didn't pay for fiction that wound up as a reason for spying on innocent citizens. And I might add that the Steele 'dossier' came after Fusion GPS fulfilled it's contract with the Free Beacon.
Who paid for it?
During the Republican primaries, a research firm called Fusion GPS was hired by The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website, to unearth potentially damaging information about Mr. Trump. The Free Beacon — which was funded by a major donor supporting Mr. Trump’s rival for the party’s nomination, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida — told Fusion GPS to stop doing research on Mr. Trump in May 2016, as Mr. Trump was clinching the Republican nomination.
After Mr. Trump secured the nomination, Fusion GPS was hired on behalf of Mrs. Clinton’s campaign and the D.N.C. by their law firm, Perkins Coie, to compile research about Mr. Trump, his businesses and associates — including possible connections with Russia. It was at that point that Fusion GPS hired Mr. Steele, who has deep sourcing in Russia, to gather information.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/1...-trump-expained.html
Now stop lying!
During the Republican primaries, a research firm called Fusion GPS was hired by The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website, to unearth potentially damaging information about Mr. Trump. The Free Beacon — which was funded by a major donor supporting Mr. Trump’s rival for the party’s nomination, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida — told Fusion GPS to stop doing research on Mr. Trump in May 2016, as Mr. Trump was clinching the Republican nomination.
The above "clip" is from your own post. Lets get this straight. The 'Washington Free Beacon' started digging for information. AFTER Trump clinched the nomination they stopped. The company hired by 'The Washington Free Beacon' then approached the DNC and asked if they wanted the information.
While 'The Washington Free Beacon' can explain any way they wish, they started the ball rolling. The Republican narrative just doesn't bear out the facts. The 'Steele Dossier' was not used to start any investigations.
NOW STOP LYING!