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Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Jaybird180 on June 27, 2016, 07:31:05 AM

Title: John Ashe, ex-U.N. leader indicted last year, dies
Post by: Jaybird180 on June 27, 2016, 07:31:05 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/22/us/united-nations-john-ashe-dies-while-awaiting-bribery-trial/index.html
Quote
John Ashe, the former president of the United Nations General Assembly in 2013 and 2014, died Wednesday while awaiting trial in a bribery scandal, police said.

My questions about this are:

Title: Re: John Ashe, ex-U.N. leader indicted last year, dies
Post by: Little Joe on June 27, 2016, 07:38:39 AM
Quote from: Jaybird180 on June 27, 2016, 07:31:05 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/22/us/united-nations-john-ashe-dies-while-awaiting-bribery-trial/index.html
My questions about this are:
  • Why does he get a full year to prepare for trial?
  • Who was he going to reveal?
  • Does anyone buy the story about a barbell falling on his neck? (the article above says heart attack then alludes to a crushed larynx)
My guess is that the bribes were paid to Hillary Clinton, possibly indirectly through a couple of Chinese businessman and through her foundation.  His death sounds like something that might happen to an enemy of, or a witness against Clinton.
Title: Re: John Ashe, ex-U.N. leader indicted last year, dies
Post by: Steingar on June 27, 2016, 08:58:52 AM
You can die if a bar falls on your neck, which is what WILL happen if you fatigue or slip.  That's why smart guys don't lift without a spotter.
Title: Re: John Ashe, ex-U.N. leader indicted last year, dies
Post by: Little Joe on June 27, 2016, 09:00:56 AM
Quote from: Steingar on June 27, 2016, 08:58:52 AM
You can die if a bar falls on your neck, which is what WILL happen if you fatigue or slip.  That's why smart guys don't lift without a spotter.
My understanding is that this was a smart guy.  So the explanation doesn't pass the smell test.
Title: Re: John Ashe, ex-U.N. leader indicted last year, dies
Post by: JeffDG on June 27, 2016, 09:17:18 AM
Quote from: Little Joe on June 27, 2016, 09:00:56 AM
My understanding is that this was a smart guy.  So the explanation doesn't pass the smell test.
Plenty of good pilots auger in too.  Is it your contention that the lizard people are responsible for all of those too?
Title: Re: John Ashe, ex-U.N. leader indicted last year, dies
Post by: Little Joe on June 27, 2016, 10:01:42 AM
Quote from: JeffDG on June 27, 2016, 09:17:18 AM
Plenty of good pilots auger in too.  Is it your contention that the lizard people are responsible for all of those too?
No, not all of them. Just the ones that had potential evidence against a Clinton.
Title: Re: John Ashe, ex-U.N. leader indicted last year, dies
Post by: You Only Live Twice on June 27, 2016, 07:51:55 PM
Quote from: Little Joe on June 27, 2016, 09:00:56 AM
My understanding is that this was a smart guy.  So the explanation doesn't pass the smell test.

Smart people do dumb things all the time. How many 20,000 hr pilots have bought the farm by being complacent?
Title: Re: John Ashe, ex-U.N. leader indicted last year, dies
Post by: You Only Live Twice on June 27, 2016, 07:52:35 PM
Quote from: Little Joe on June 27, 2016, 10:01:42 AM
No, not all of them. Just the ones that had potential evidence against a Clinton.

Well played!
Title: Re: John Ashe, ex-U.N. leader indicted last year, dies
Post by: You Only Live Twice on June 27, 2016, 07:56:12 PM
Not to go off on a tangent, but who was the only person to die in a 2014 crash of a Caravan in Hawaii?