WSJ: Cohen paid porn star through private LLC created just weeks before election

[ProVobis]

Trump doesn’t need to follow Nixon’s path because he has the House to protect him. Right now Mueller seems to be facing much of the scorn.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Perhaps Trump should have picked his compatriots and advisers better.

I agree. He should never have appointed Jeff Sessions.

 

[Inisfallen]

I agree. He should never have appointed Jeff Sessions.

Or Bannon, or Gorka, or Scaramucci, or Flynn, or Manafort (to his campaign), or. . .

 

[niceatheist]

niceatheist:

Perhaps Trump should have picked his compatriots and advisers better.

I agree. He should never have appointed Jeff Sessions.

Oh do tell, why would Sessions be the first person to come to mind, and not, say, Paul Manafort or Michael Flynn?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Oh do tell, why would Sessions be the first person to come to mind, and not, say, Paul Manafort or Michael Flynn?

Because he lacked courage; a terrible flaw in a lawyer.

 

[F_Marturana]

Or Steve Bannon, or Stephen Miller.

Or the 24 year old kid who is supposed to tackle the opioid epidemic. Or the wedding planner who is now in charge of NY and New Jersey federal housing.

 

[BoomBoomMancini]

This is a fair point, and it’s why I typically don’t have much beef with people who view Trump as a sort of necessary evil. If you think the immaturity and instability are worth the policy wins, that’s a perfectly reasonable position to take,’and one I can at least respect. What I can’t get behind is people who like the policy wins so they feign bewilderment when Trumps toxic personality and middle school behavior come up. It’s either willfully blind or intellectually dishonest.

You can say, “i get that he’s a narcissistic liar with all the social grace of a warthog, but I support him because I’m getting policy I like.” That’s fine, but at least acknowledge the first part of that sentence.

 

[Inisfallen]

Or the wedding planner who is now in charge of NY and New Jersey federal housing.

Not to mention Ben Carson, who sometimes seems to occupy a different reality than the rest of us.

 

[niceatheist]

niceatheist:

Oh do tell, why would Sessions be the first person to come to mind, and not, say, Paul Manafort or Michael Flynn?

Because he lacked courage; a terrible flaw in a lawyer.

Lacked courage to do what exactly?

 

[dvdjs]

Man and wife have plane crash in jungle. Man cannot find wife despite searching and becomes absolutely convinced she died. He remarries ten years later, but wife is actually alive, living with a tribe in the jungle. Objectively, he committed adultery. Subjectively, he didn’t.

Orthodox man, having exhausted all counseling, etc, consents to wife’s filing divorce. In his church, one can remarry after one divorce (actually more than one). So he does remarry after his priest approves it, absolutely convinced he is able to remarry. Objectively, he’s committing adultery. Subjectively, he isn’t.

From the CCC.
1857 For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: “Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent.”

1862 One commits venial sin when, in a less serious matter, he does not observe the standard prescribed by the moral law, or when he disobeys the moral law in a grave matter, but without full knowledge or without complete consent.

In Catholic moral theology the act of adultery is committed and may constitute a venial sin, but the condition for this act to be a mortal sin are not met. I think this is better language than subjective and objective adultery.

 

[JoshuaIsLord]

Goobers can’t discern common sense or straight up facts.
If the term Goobers offends, then my apologies are offered.

 

[Inisfallen]

Goobers can’t discern common sense or straight up facts.

If the term Goobers offends, then my apologies are offered.

I get it. I’ve just heard that term used too often for all religious people. It can backfire, that’s all.

 

[sallybutler]

I am pretty sure that when people use terms like goobers it is meant to be degrading.

 

[MonteRCMS]

Who is Ben Carson?

Ben Carson is a retired pediatric brain surgeon who writes and speaks a great deal. He professes a belief in God.

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religionnews.com

excerpt:

Ben Carson was once best-known as a neurosurgeon with a specialty for separating conjoined baby twins.

Then, he attended a National Prayer Breakfast and blasted President Obama while standing just a few feet away from him.

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www.washingtonexaminer.com

 

[niceatheist]

Who is Ben Carson?

Ben Carson is a retired pediatric brain surgeon who writes and speaks a great deal. He professes a belief in God.

5 faith facts about Ben Carson: Retired neurosurgeon, Seventh-day Adventist

excerpt:

Ben Carson was once best-known as a neurosurgeon with a specialty for separating conjoined baby twins.

Then, he attended a National Prayer Breakfast and blasted President Obama while standing just a few feet away from him.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/b...-doubt-my-ability-to-lead-hud/article/2638557

This appears to be a classic case of a fallacious appeal to authority. One can be an excellent surgeon, and still be an absolutely terrible high level manager. The skill sets are very different.