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I haven’t seen this video either or even heard of Nick Shirley but I’d bet my house on it being a load of old rubbish.

Potentially, from what i gather he just wanders around to a few businesses, knocks on doors and asks about childcare for his 'son' in which he is told to go away over and over.

Appsrently he was with a guy whos been reporting fraud for years, and has all government and business details with him.

I dont know if its any good, the fact i havnt bother watching it yet says a decent amount, Nick Shirley is one of those youtube journalists like Andi Ngo, speaks like a centrist while absolutely putting himself in scenarios to mock leftys and have them be violent toward him, its essentially the protest porn genre at this point, a bit like when leftys would go to MAGA protests and rallies, instigate something then record themselves as the victim, hes that type of guy.

My point was more the reaction hes caused, a government now stopping childcare funding to a state while they investigate, and a national scandal because a kid literally knocked on some doors and asked about their business lol

Im not sure if it highlights the reach of social media these days, or the void of journalism that main stream has given up on taken by online activist types. It does remind me a bit of the one and only legend Tommy Robinson.
 
Obligatory DH laughing emoji because he has no idea at all what happened during the Smith investigation...

"Im still a bit confused by the entire debacle, but there is one thing i know for sure, is that any person claiming to know for sure what happened is not worth listening to, on either side of the isle."
 
Potentially, from what i gather he just wanders around to a few businesses, knocks on doors and asks about childcare for his 'son' in which he is told to go away over and over.

Appsrently he was with a guy whos been reporting fraud for years, and has all government and business details with him.

I dont know if its any good, the fact i havnt bother watching it yet says a decent amount, Nick Shirley is one of those youtube journalists like Andi Ngo, speaks like a centrist while absolutely putting himself in scenarios to mock leftys and have them be violent toward him, its essentially the protest porn genre at this point, a bit like when leftys would go to MAGA protests and rallies, instigate something then record themselves as the victim, hes that type of guy.

My point was more the reaction hes caused, a government now stopping childcare funding to a state while they investigate, and a national scandal because a kid literally knocked on some doors and asked about their business lol

Im not sure if it highlights the reach of social media these days, or the void of journalism that main stream has given up on taken by online activist types. It does remind me a bit of the one and only legend Tommy Robinson.

Just to add, the response has been hilarious, and exactly what you would expect from a large organised fraud gang lol.

The 'owner' of one of the centres gave anninterview outside thw centre saying that Shirley came outside of operating hours and they run outside of working hours only, the same day Minnesotas child comissioner made the claim the same place closed its doors a week ago, and 2 days later theres a big photo op of the centre being in use by parents coming in and out with their children, during the middle of the day, to a place that 'closed down' a week ago, who only operate after business hours hahahahah

Who knows whats going on, but the more i read and see the dodgier it gets, even now 1 of the centres that have already beenninvestigated and had 4 people charged in 2018 for this exacr thing is apparently still open lol. The video footage from that imvestigation is hilarious, parents turn up, take theirnkids inside, or sometimes even not bothering, receiving their brown envelope of cash and everyone leaving lol.

2025 somali childcare statewide scam indid not see coming, whats 2026, Taylor Swift caught lapdancing Baron Trump? Zelensky and Melania caught in a hallway kissing?

Who tf knows whats going to happen, the US is like a soap opera at this point!
 
"Im still a bit confused by the entire debacle, but there is one thing i know for sure, is that any person claiming to know for sure what happened is not worth listening to, on either side of the isle."
Clearly you're unaware of the fact the investigation was wrapping up close to the election is because:
1) Garland dragged his heels starting it.
2) Cannon repeatedly slow walked the whole thing using outright false rulings to obstruct it, the earliest of which were overturned with her getting a slap on the wrist. Had she not done that, the thing would have been concluded long before the election.

But clearly expecting you to research stuff rather than just parroting Trumps talking points it's too much to ask **** for brains.

If you actually care, go and spend some time reading up what Cannon did in the 2 cases Smith had in front of her and how about whilst at it you read up what her reasoning was for dismissing it, then come back here and try to dribble away the bullshit that Smith strategically timed it to coincide with the election and not that it got there because of Trump and Cannon obstructing and delaying for as long as possible. I followed this stuff live from day 1, you clearly didn't given how clueless you are about why it was still ongoing during the election.

I mean FFS the woman is so incompetent she gave the jury instructions which included no option for "not guilty" in the jury verdict, ie they could only find the defendant guilty, not that you knew that either...
 
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Clearly you're unaware of the fact the investigation was wrapping up close to the election is because:
1) Garland dragged his heels starting it.
2) Cannon repeatedly slow walked the whole thing using outright false rulings to obstruct it, the earliest of which were overturned with her getting a slap on the wrist. Had she not done that, the thing would have been concluded long before the election.

But clearly expecting you to research stuff rather than just parroting Trumps talking points it's too much to ask **** for brains.

If you actually care, go and spend some time reading up what Cannon did in the 2 cases Smith had in front of her and how about whilst at it you read up what her reasoning was for dismissing it, then come back here and try to dribble away the bullshit that Smith strategically timed it to coincide with the election and not that it got there because of Trump and Cannon obstructing and delaying for as long as possible. I followed this stuff live from day 1, you clearly didn't given how clueless you are about why it was still ongoing during the election.

I mean FFS the woman is so incompetent she gave the jury instructions which included no option for "not guilty" in the jury verdict, ie they could only find the defendant guilty, not that you knew that either...

Im not going to remind you that insults are the last refuge of the intellectually weak...

Be careful, your sounding more and more like a conspiracy nut, seeing shadows puppeteering every action to save Trump at every turn lol
 
Wonder what the MAGA cope will be for regime change in Venezuela. They probably shouldn't be surprised Trump wants his last term to be movie stuff not boring as **** tackling the cost of living stuff.
 
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Im not going to remind you that insults are the last refuge of the intellectually weak...

Be careful, your sounding more and more like a conspiracy nut, seeing shadows puppeteering every action to save Trump at every turn lol
And you couldn't answer any of the questions given to you. You really have no clue what cannon did do you?

Nothing shady about the puppeteers, they openly published it in project 2025. You know, that document you dismissed as nothing but which has already had significant parts enacted.

You're a bad faith liar and insults and perfectly valid when you prove time and time again that's what you are. A pathetic troll. Seriously, go away and read what cannon did before you come back here with your usual drivel. If your next comment doesn't show you've actually read what cannon did then you prove me right about you once again.
 
Wonder what the MAGA cope will be for regime change in Venezuela. They probably shouldn't be surprised Trump wants his last term to be movie stuff not boring as **** tackling the cost of living stuff.
"Trump ended wars rather than starting then" is the line they've loved repeating, yet he's already launched strikes on Iran and Venezuela whilst threatening Nigeria and implying military action against ******* Denmark. All in 1 year.
 
"Trump ended wars rather than starting then" is the line they've loved repeating, yet he's already launched strikes on Iran and Venezuela whilst threatening Nigeria and implying military action against ******* Denmark. All in 1 year.
"Venezuela action will improve illegal drugs for good real Americans and no I'm not happy it'll help black people too but you can't have everything"
 
And you couldn't answer any of the questions given to you. You really have no clue what cannon did do you?

Nothing shady about the puppeteers, they openly published it in project 2025. You know, that document you dismissed as nothing but which has already had significant parts enacted.

You're a bad faith liar and insults and perfectly valid when you prove time and time again that's what you are. A pathetic troll. Seriously, go away and read what cannon did before you come back here with your usual drivel. If your next comment doesn't show you've actually read what cannon did then you prove me right about you once again.

Mate i genuinely feel for you, to be this angry and vile to a stranger on the internet for stating a critical view against the former special counsel of the DOJ, of a country thousands of miles away...

We get it, Smith is perfect, Cannon was the real problem, the shadowy cabal ensured Trump didnt get criminalised for the very unique crime that no other politician or president had comitted, to you she:

Delayed proceedings over and over, trying to help Trump push it back beyond the election.

Reconsidered arguments already rejected.

Dismissed the case unfairly.

And you would be absolutely right in your fury, you know if you ignore all the complexities of the case, and had the type of hubris of Cenk Ugyer, screaming that Smiths appointment was very legal, didnt breach constitutional boundaries by bringing indictments without AG approval, he wasnt trying to work from an accelerated timeline to affect the election etc...

I think probably Smith shot himself in the foot, maybe it was inexperience and niaivity of what he was up against, he should have aligned more with the AG, and not stepped out ofbhis bounds, his nsuperseding indictment added too much complexity to an already complex case, he made himself an adversary of the court and constitution by trying to accelerate the timeline to affect the election, he bombarded the court with petty evidence, easily contestable like tweets, not understanding the appointments clause, or dismissing it, and finally, not reading the room.

Hur was in a similar position, strategically stronger, but probably evidencially weaker, and read the room far better, understanding that bringing an indictment in Deleware, would absolutely lead to a favourable judge and public sentiment making it hard to get anything other than long winded wind down.

Your stance is extreme to radical, Cannon leant Trumps direction in some areas, Smiths direction in others, but ultimately Trump was never going to get prosecuted certainly not in the classified documents case, imagine the ramifications, dozens if not more indictments filed instantly against former presidents, top officials etc

Unless you disagree with my criticism of Smith?
 

Of course we start 2026 with Maduro in US custody lol

Does this mean we are pro Maduro on this thread now? Hahahah
 
Mate i genuinely feel for you, to be this angry and vile to a stranger on the internet for stating a critical view against the former special counsel of the DOJ, of a country thousands of miles away...

We get it, Smith is perfect, Cannon was the real problem, the shadowy cabal ensured Trump didnt get criminalised for the very unique crime that no other politician or president had comitted, to you she:

Delayed proceedings over and over, trying to help Trump push it back beyond the election.

Reconsidered arguments already rejected.

Dismissed the case unfairly.

And you would be absolutely right in your fury, you know if you ignore all the complexities of the case, and had the type of hubris of Cenk Ugyer, screaming that Smiths appointment was very legal, didnt breach constitutional boundaries by bringing indictments without AG approval, he wasnt trying to work from an accelerated timeline to affect the election etc...

I think probably Smith shot himself in the foot, maybe it was inexperience and niaivity of what he was up against, he should have aligned more with the AG, and not stepped out ofbhis bounds, his nsuperseding indictment added too much complexity to an already complex case, he made himself an adversary of the court and constitution by trying to accelerate the timeline to affect the election, he bombarded the court with petty evidence, easily contestable like tweets, not understanding the appointments clause, or dismissing it, and finally, not reading the room.

Hur was in a similar position, strategically stronger, but probably evidencially weaker, and read the room far better, understanding that bringing an indictment in Deleware, would absolutely lead to a favourable judge and public sentiment making it hard to get anything other than long winded wind down.

Your stance is extreme to radical, Cannon leant Trumps direction in some areas, Smiths direction in others, but ultimately Trump was never going to get prosecuted certainly not in the classified documents case, imagine the ramifications, dozens if not more indictments filed instantly against former presidents, top officials etc

Unless you disagree with my criticism of Smith?
And there we have it, you again lie through your teeth and don't answer the question. You ignore that canon was reprimanded by a higher court for legal malpractice. You also ignore that canon shut down the investigation by claiming special protectors were not constitutional. You bring up the appointments clause but clearly don't understand what it was about as that was where she claimed special prosecutors were not constitutional.

Who do you think brought the case successfully against Nixon? A special protector. That prosecutor was appointed in may 1973, Nixon resigned in August 1974 because back then Republicans didn't tolerate obstruction of the investigation. Just over a year. Smith was appointed in November 2022 but it was still ongoing in 2024, although with indictments achieved. That is slower than Watergate. He also had to refile the case as the supreme court decided a president is immune from prosecution for even criminal acts.

You also claim Smith complicated the case and then in the next breath claim he tried doing it too quickly. With actually simplified the prosecution, not accelerated it.

This is ignoring her earlier actions where she demanded a special council shift through the documents to determine what was and wasn't classified (not needed), accepted Trumps demand that all documents be viewed in a secure facility, but then denying Smith the right to use existing secure facilities. She said it must be in a facility set up by the Trump team but then allowed them to indefinitely postpone setting it up.

Your comment has proven you've taken it from pro trump sources and just copied and pasted with no fundamental understanding of anything behind it once again. You're a ******* liar Harry. You are so transparent. Seriously, I think there's something wrong in your head given you think it's everyone else at fault and not you.


Have a read, it shows clearly that Cannon departed from all legal standards with Smith, and the additional section that Clarence Thomas wrote an opinion on special council to help her, despite that not being the case in front of him, also a massive departure from Supreme Court precedent. But you ignore all that don't you? Just admit it you're a full blown Trumper. Your willingness to ignore everything that's going on proves either that or that you are a pathetic troll. You sad sad individual.

You also don't appear to wonder why cannons only appealable rolling came right before the election when she knew it couldn't be appealed in time and not right at the start. Instead she issued countless paperless orders, again a massive departure from legal standards precisely to avoid giving smooth anything to appeal as a means to have her recused. Oh but can't pay attention to that can we? For someone who seems to care so much about timing, you show a huge disregard for that timing don't you?
 
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And there we have it, you again lie through your teeth and don't answer the question. You ignore that canon was reprimanded by a higher court for legal malpractice. You also ignore that canon shut down the investigation by claiming special protectors were not constitutional. You bring up the appointments clause but clearly don't understand what it was about as that was where she claimed special prosecutors were not constitutional.

Who do you think brought the case successfully against Nixon? A special protector. That prosecutor was appointed in may 1973, Nixon resigned in August 1974 because back then Republicans didn't tolerate obstruction of the investigation. Just over a year. Smith was appointed in November 2022 but it was still ongoing in 2024, although with indictments achieved. That is slower than Watergate. He also had to refile the case as the supreme court decided a president is immune from prosecution for even criminal acts.

You also claim Smith complicated the case and then in the next breath claim he tried doing it too quickly. With actually simplified the prosecution, not accelerated it.

This is ignoring her earlier actions where she demanded a special council shift through the documents to determine what was and wasn't classified (not needed), accepted Trumps demand that all documents be viewed in a secure facility, but then denying Smith the right to use existing secure facilities. She said it must be in a facility set up by the Trump team but then allowed them to indefinitely postpone setting it up.

Your comment has proven you've taken it from pro trump sources and just copied and pasted with no fundamental understanding of anything behind it once again. You're a ******* liar Harry.

Even for you this is unhinged mate!

1. I literally referred to the reason for dismisal (not shut down) ill give you grace for not understanding the argument fully, but this is a fact check UNTRUE!

2. She did not make the claim special prosecutors were unconstitutional at all, she made the claim Dmith specifically was working outside of the usual constitutionally aligned appointments. This is a fact check LIE!

3. Watergate was not on par with Trumps classified documents scandal, strategically or evidenciary. As i said above, Smith made a mistake by overly complicating the case, and shooting himself in the foot, and Nixon was facing impeachment he wasnt indicted in any federal criminal procedures, he was also pardoned lol, which goes to show how every president and politician doesnt want to see precident set. This is fact checked a MANIPULATION of comparison, but ill give you grace for misunderstanding the situation.

4. YES. I absokutely claimed Smith comllicated the case the case while in the process of trying to accelerate the case, i think thats a fair criticism, if you want a quick indictment, superseding evidence constantly is going to contradict your original agenda. Fact check CONFUSED.

5. The SCIF issue is only a big issue in a conspiracy theory view that everything she did benefited Trump. Yes its rare, but it happens for certain reasons. The fact she cited concerns over Trump rights, and approved a Florida local SCIF is probably not the worst instinct for a judge.
If you hold the view that the special council is over reaching his powers, and a former president is potentially about to be criminalised, leading to unprecidented scrutiny of every politician and former politician who has rver held a clsssified document, its probably fair to say you know what, there are thousands upon thousands of documents, thos is extremely important, Trump is an elderly man, lets just make the secure facility thats totally legal a little more local and allow a robust defence. No?
Cannon os facing allegations of collusion from one side, and potentially election interference from the other, she must be seen to be fair.
The delay if i remember correctly was a few weeks, firstly Trumps entire strategy was to delay, but i dont think 2 weeks was the make or break, and secondly with the logistics of finding, and preparing a proposed site, negotiating with smith, allow the DOJ to do checks etc its not wildly unreasonable. Its a bit like an attacker while winning 1-0 to delay a throw in by 10 seconds.
So on this issue youve been fact checked BIAS.

Edit. She never said that Trump team had to set it up, the sites were proposed by Trumps team and the DOJ cooperated and approved all processes. This is changing your status from BIAS to WILLINGLY BIAS.

6. Ill ignore your pettiness.

To summarise, once again your thought process is a mix of extreme, with a central theme of bending the facts to what you want to see. Flat out lies like Trumps team 'set up' the SCIF, that i 'ignored' Cannons dismisal reasoning, that she made the claim that 'special council are unconstitutional' and you bad faith comparison of Trump and Nixon prove you are in an echo chamber, where content creators take facts, and lean them out of context in the most dishonest way to manipulate and rage bait an audience, just like TYT do.

When countered with thoughtful and careful analysis of the situation you resort to petty insults and anger, yet you honestly have this warped view that you, the agressive misleading insulting one, who only wants to uphold 1 viewpoint, and wants to desperately win a discussion at all costs is the good person.

This is textbook radicalisation, youve been exposed to extreme and manioulative content, you hold a view that is unquestionable, you hold a rage of injustice, youve become isolated from an alternative viewpoint, and sadly i suspect you would endorse, or at least make the argument and refuse to condemn a violent reaction to what you perceive is unacceptable.

Also who reprimanded Cannon, and what sanctions has been imposed on her? I have no idea of this.
 
So much for the Nobel Peace Prize. Can FIFA ask for theirs back?

Honestly, it's disgusting how brazen Trump and America have behaved. Absolutely zero respect for a nation's sovereignty or international law. Imagine the condemnation if Russia or China did the same.
 
"thoughtful and careful analysis" 😂😂

I could go on and debunk your drivel but you are happily defending a criminal and a judge who had repeatedly acted in Trumps interest.

Let's just make it very simple then, 2 questions:

1) Do you think Trump was the prime cause of January 6th? Ie without Trump it wouldn't have happened?

2) Do you think Trump illegally held onto a huge stash of classified documents, lied about it and then intentionally and illegally tried to obstruct their retrieval?
 
So much for the Nobel Peace Prize. Can FIFA ask for theirs back?

Honestly, it's disgusting how brazen Trump and America have behaved. Absolutely zero respect for a nation's sovereignty or international law. Imagine the condemnation if Russia or China did the same.
Fifa aren't exactly big on ethics and anti-corruption me thinks.
 
So much for the Nobel Peace Prize. Can FIFA ask for theirs back?

Honestly, it's disgusting how brazen Trump and America have behaved. Absolutely zero respect for a nation's sovereignty or international law. Imagine the condemnation if Russia or China did the same.
I think anyone alive within the next 5-15 years is going to see China take Taiwan
 
So much for the Nobel Peace Prize. Can FIFA ask for theirs back?

Honestly, it's disgusting how brazen Trump and America have behaved. Absolutely zero respect for a nation's sovereignty or international law. Imagine the condemnation if Russia or China did the same.
It is funny watching right wingers online Scrabble around to try and get their excuses in a line
It's cause of drugs!
No wait it's cause of Russia!
No wait it's cause China!
No wait it's cause democracy!

Genocide in Palestine? We're not the world police!
Venezuela are selling their oil to people other than us? 🚨 NEE NAW NEE NAW 🚨

I think anyone alive within the next 5-15 years is going to see China take Taiwan
And why wouldn't they, now? America has set the precedent
 
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