3217

It’s good to see that the Germans have learned to recognize complete bullshit in a leader. Our turn!

3218

Absolutely true - forgot about those.

3219

Hopefully France gets a turn as well in a couple of weeks.

3220

Well, NDA’s can legally be broken if something illegal was done. You can’t use NDAs to cover up illegal activity.

3221

NDAs plus the threat of Trump’s vast array of attorneys is an intimidating force, illegal or not.

3222

Totally. But I am saying that there are many precedents set in court saying that you are required to break an NDA to report criminal activity. Like, with any contract, anything illegal is not covered by a contract, even if it is written that way.

I think that the tide would need to turn even more against Trump before people start risking dealing with the legal team.

3223

Required? I don’t know about the US, but in the UK, there is no general obligation to report criminal activity, even without an NDA.

3224

Yeah, 80 million lives is a small price to pay for a national conscience. Let’s tee it up!

3225

Well, as always the legalese is weird. You can’t say, “I have an NDA, so I cannot answer your questions about an illegal activity” You could plead the fifth, or other things, but you the NDA can’t be used to protect you from FBI inquiry.

3226

Oh right, that’s a different thing. I thought you were talking about spontaneously going to the authorities when you know of criminal activity by others. That’s only required in specific contexts (eg anti-money laundering)

3227

Well specific industries require you report things but nothing Trump probably own fits that. NDAs aren’t going to save you if you get caught in an illegal firestorm, regardless of industry.

3228

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a final finding that European and Asian producers dumped certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate in the U.S. market, allowing it to impose duties ranging from 3.62 percent to 148 percent.

Among the affected companies are firms in Germany, Austria, Belgium, France and Italy.

Gabriel said the U.S. government seemed prepared to give U.S. firms an “unfair competitive advantage” over European producers even though this violated international trade law.

“We Europeans cannot accept this. The EU must now examine whether it also files a complaint at the WTO. I strongly support this,” Gabriel said. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, is in charge of trade matters in the 28-member bloc.

“The WTO rules are the backbone of the international trade order. To deliberately violate them is a dangerous step,” he said. “It is the first time that the U.S. in such a case resorts to distorting practices that do not comply with the WTO rules.”

3229

Economic protectionism always works.

3230

Maybe Gabriel and Trump can bond over their love of Putin and hypocrisy.

3231

So we are saying that the EU dumped steel in the US, and the EU is saying China dumped steel there?

3232

I was unaware of the EU dumping steel here. I knew about China dumping steel here. We have bid projects that actually required only American steel. There have been concerns about Chinese steel and Chinese firms. A good example is the Oakland Bay bridge rebuild.

3233

The nation needs more dead babies, apparently.

3234

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ice-data-shows-half-of-immigrants-arrested-in-raids-had-traffic-convictions-or-no-record/ar-BBAv5MX

So what I hate most about this piece… Drunk driving is a serious fucking crime. It kills so many people, destroys the lives of the drivers, their families as well as the victims and their families. I hate that WA post went this route. These are often felony charges here.

3235

I’m with you I have no problems deporting folks who came here illegally for drunk driving.

3236

Are DUIs ever felony charges? As far as I’m aware, they are not, ever.

Certainly you may commit some kind of felony WHILE driving intoxicated, but the DUI itself is not a felony, right?