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Blue Idaho

(5,049 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 11:20 AM Jan 2017

Today Show, Rancid Penis, and Passports

On the Today Show Rancid vehemently denied a meeting between a Trump stooge and a Russian operatives in Prague. His defense revolves around the fact that Michael Cohen's passport shows no stamp for "Prague."

One problem - Prague is in the European Union and passports are no longer stamped when crossing borders inside the EU. There is certainly no stamp for visiting Prague.

I think that rat bastard has some s'plainin to do...

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madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
1. I went to countries in Europe, not in the EU, that also didn't bother stamping.
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 11:22 AM
Jan 2017

Passport stamps no longer prove anything.

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)
3. 22 EU member states
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 11:29 AM
Jan 2017

as well as 4 non-EU member states are part of the Schengen Agreement and allow free movement without having to go through border control:


- Austria
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland (not a European Union Member State)
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein (not a European Union Member State)
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway (not a European Union Member State)
- Poland
- Portugal
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland (not a European Union Member State)

mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)
2. Republicans are so f'in stupid and of course anyone who has ever been in the EU knows this.
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 11:27 AM
Jan 2017

Only about 46% of Americans hold passports. But take a look at the distribution of them




http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/02/17/how-many-americans-have-a-passport-2/



So, all the dummies who voted for Trump will buy the BS that because there's no stamp for Prague, Michael Cohen must never have been there.

I have to laugh, too, because I was in Prague in November 2013 and we never had to show passports because we entered the Czech Republic from Austria.

Do you suppose I might have been in Europe while Trump was having his little pee party in Moscow?!?

rickford66

(5,524 posts)
5. I've had three passports over the years
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 11:47 AM
Jan 2017

and there's hardly any stamps in them. That's the old movie stuff.

dembotoz

(16,807 posts)
6. my mom worked for the international division of a big industrial products company
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 12:12 PM
Jan 2017

did business in both arab and Israel

common accepted practice was for all executives who traveled there to have at least 2 passports.

one with Israel stamps, the other with arab country stamps

standard procedure.....

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