dagblog - Comments for "German court finds Syrian ex-colonel guilty of crimes against humanity"

My Avenatti is a bit tongue

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 23:04:00 +0000

My Avenatti is a bit tongue in cheek, but there's still some self-reflection in Cohen that's missing - and his interaction with Avenatti is oddly tone-deaf - Cohen bullied the shit out of Stormy and dozens of others, while enabling Trump's criminal BS over and over.. He's certainly much lower scum than Avenatti, over decades, come-to-Jesus moment or not. He didn't go to jail for that part - but it's as bad as his taxi scams and what-not. Avenatti rescued Stormy's chances of any public revival, including after the authorities set her up in Cleveland. She seems greedy, lucky and totally self-absorbed, which is par for whatever her profession is exactly. But she must have been a royal pain to work with through a PR/court cycle. Maybe Avenatti got greedy, but you can at least see some good value in what he was doing, for her at least - his wheelchair client also seems confused, not to preclude wither messing up facts and/or being taken advantage of But Cohen was just a conman-cum-Godfather's consigliare. Certainly shouldn't be throwing stones at his former adversaries - lucky he spent so little time in jail, considering whatever cooperation he did AFAIK didnt yield any convictions - even CFO Weismann(?) is still free. The Enquirer guy (David...?)

well as long as we are

artappraiser — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 22:35:49 +0000

In reply to Avenatti found guilty. But I

well as long as we are sharing gut reactions: I trust Cohen as totally totally reformed and very sorry for what he did and seeing the enormity of it, and doing his best to make retribution. I never trusted Avenatti at all- he was always first and foremost into gaining power for basically narcissist goals; as for his interest in Trump, it was more like: takes one to know one. All very Shakespearean, both of them.

Avenatti found guilty. But I

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 22:05:00 +0000

In reply to German court finds Syrian ex-colonel guilty of crimes against humanity

Avenatti found guilty. But I still like him & think he did us all a service, don't trust Stormy, think Cohen's an only slightly reformed asshole, Mike's a greedy amoral behemoth, and Trump's a total dick. Like the holdout juror, that's my gut reaction.

I’m not an Avenatti fan, but that does not sound good coming from you, buddy.
— FlowerGirl (@Gerda9708) February 4, 2022

next up: Germany tries Syrian

artappraiser — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:45:20 +0000

In reply to German court finds Syrian ex-colonel guilty of crimes against humanity

next up: Germany tries Syrian doctor for torture

Syrian doctor Alaa M. is standing trial in Frankfurt, accused of having been part of the Syrian torture system.

@ DW.com, Jan. 19

A Syrian doctor accused of crimes against humanity went on trial on Wednesday at the Frankfurt Higher Regional court.

Alaa M. stands accused of gruesome crimes: Of dousing the genitals of teenagers with alcohol and setting them on fire, of kicking prisoners' broken arms and legs, of administering those who protest against mistreatment with injections. These are only three examples from a long list of atrocities drawn up by the attorney general in Frankfurt.

Alaa M. is alleged to have committed his acts of torture in a prison of the military intelligence service as well as in military prisons in Homs and Damascus. In 2015, Alaa M. came to Germany to work as a doctor. The 38-year-old practiced in several hospitals — until he was arrested in June 2020.

The trial comes on the heels of a landmark decision: Last week, a German court found a Syrian former army colonel guilty of crimes against humanity, handing him a life sentence [....]