1. Kim will flatter him.
2. Kim will impress him with his palaces and his military parades.
3. Kim will tell him what a historical achievement this diplomatic contact is. And Trump is the one who did it!
4. Kim will agree to take first steps that might eventually lead to
denuclearization in the far, far future. In exchange for aid right now.
5. Kim will again tell him what a big win this meeting is.
6. Trump will leave and tout this as a victory.
7. Kim will do as little as possible to fulfill his side of any agreement and wait for Trump to leave office.
8. Once Trump is out of office, Kim sends North Korea back into isolation.
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Showing posts with label Common Sense. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Common Sense. Show all posts
Friday, March 9, 2018
Saturday, February 24, 2018
All the brands that have cut ties with the NRA following gun-control activists' boycotts
By Kate Taylor and Leanna Garfield
Gun-control activists are organizing boycotts of companies with ties to the National Rifle Association — and they're already producing results.
People on social media are calling for boycotts of companies that offer or have offered special deals to NRA members who, as part of their membership, receive discounts on things like car rentals and prescription drugs.
While companies such as FedEx and Hertz still offer such discounts, other companies have cut ties.
Here are all the brands that have cut ties with the gun-rights group after the recent boycotts as well as past efforts by gun-control activists.
- Gun-control activists are organizing boycotts and calling for companies to cut ties with the National Rifle Association.
- The NRA has partnerships with companies that offer members special deals, such as discounts on car rentals or hotel bookings.
- The car-rental giant Enterprise and the First National Bank of Omaha are among the companies that have cut since ties with the NRA.
Gun-control activists are organizing boycotts of companies with ties to the National Rifle Association — and they're already producing results.
People on social media are calling for boycotts of companies that offer or have offered special deals to NRA members who, as part of their membership, receive discounts on things like car rentals and prescription drugs.
While companies such as FedEx and Hertz still offer such discounts, other companies have cut ties.
Here are all the brands that have cut ties with the gun-rights group after the recent boycotts as well as past efforts by gun-control activists.
Delta Airlines
On Saturday, the airline tweeted that it is
"reaching out to the NRA to let them know we will be ending their
contract for discounted rates through our group travel program. We will
be requesting that the NRA remove our information from their website."
United Airlines
The airline announced on Saturday that it is cutting ties to the NRA.
"United is notifying the NRA that we will no longer offer a discounted rate to their annual meeting and we are asking that the NRA remove our information from their website," the company tweeted.
"United is notifying the NRA that we will no longer offer a discounted rate to their annual meeting and we are asking that the NRA remove our information from their website," the company tweeted.
Hertz
On Friday, Hertz tweeted, "We have notified the NRA that we are ending the NRA's rental car discount program with Hertz."
Allied Van Lines
In a statement to Business Insider, an Allied
representative said the moving company is discontinuing its discount
program with the NRA immediately. "We have asked them to remove our
listing from their benefits site," the representative said.
MetLife
MetLife told Business Insider on Friday that it would
discontinue its NRA discounts program. "We value all our customers but
have decided to end our discount program with the NRA," a representative
said in an emailed statement.
SimpliSafe
On Friday, the home-security company SimpliSafe told
Business Insider that it would withdraw from the NRA discount program.
"We have discontinued our existing relationship with the NRA,"
SimpliSafe CEO Chad Laurans said in a statement.
First National Bank of Omaha
On Thursday, the bank said it would not renew a
contract with the NRA that allowed members to receive an NRA-branded
Visa card. "Customer feedback has caused us to review our relationship
with the NRA," the bank said on Twitter in response to a call for a boycott. Previously, First National Bank offered members of the gun-rights organization an NRA Visa card, which offered a $40 cash-back bonus.
Paramount Rx
On Friday night, Paramount Rx released the following
statement to BI: "The prescription discount program that is made
available to NRA members is offered through a third-party vendor. We are
working with that vendor to discontinue the program and remove the
offering."
Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Alamo Rent a Car, and National Car Rental
The car-rental giant Enterprise Holdings announced on Thursday that it would end its NRA discount program, effective March 26.
The three car-rental brands that Enterprise operates — Enterprise
Rent-A-Car, Alamo Rent a Car, and National Car Rental — will stop
offering discounts to NRA members.
A representative did not respond to Business Insider's follow-up questions about why Enterprise was ending the program, though the company has been flooded with boycott threats on social media. Avis Budget Group and Hertz, two rivals of Enterprise, still offered NRA discounts as of Friday morning.
A representative did not respond to Business Insider's follow-up questions about why Enterprise was ending the program, though the company has been flooded with boycott threats on social media. Avis Budget Group and Hertz, two rivals of Enterprise, still offered NRA discounts as of Friday morning.
Symantec
The cybersecurity company announced on social media Friday that it had "stopped its discount program with the National Rifle Association."
Best Western
Best Western has been targeted by boycott efforts because it has offered discounts to NRA members as recently as 2016. In response, the hotel chain has tweeted dozens of times that it "does not have an affiliation with and is not a corporate partner of the National Rifle Association."
"Best Western ended any association with the NRA in 2014," a representative said in a statement to Business Insider.
Best Western has been targeted in past NRA boycott efforts.
In 2012, after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the activist group Avaaz organized a boycott of Best Western and Wyndham Hotel Group, calling for them to cut ties with the NRA. At the time, both hotel chains were listed on the gun-rights group's website as "friends of the NRA" and offered members discounts at hotels.
"Best Western ended any association with the NRA in 2014," a representative said in a statement to Business Insider.
Best Western has been targeted in past NRA boycott efforts.
In 2012, after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the activist group Avaaz organized a boycott of Best Western and Wyndham Hotel Group, calling for them to cut ties with the NRA. At the time, both hotel chains were listed on the gun-rights group's website as "friends of the NRA" and offered members discounts at hotels.
Wyndham Hotel Group
While Wyndham Hotel Group previously offered a 10% discount to NRA members, the hotel chain cut ties with the organization
late last year. In response to boycott threats this week, the Twitter
accounts for Wyndham and its rewards program tweeted dozens of times
that the hotel chain was "no longer affiliated with the NRA."
Republic Bank
"The NRA Prepaid Card program was previously under
review. Upon conclusion of this review, we decided to discontinue the
offering," a representative said in a statement.
Avis and Budget
A representative for Avis and Budget told Business
Insider that the brands would stop the NRA rewards program, effective
March 26, 2018.
Corporations start dropping support for the NRA and you too can do your part to help: Tell Amazon, Roku, Apple, and Google to dump the NRA TV channel
Corporations start dropping support for the NRA and you too can do your part to help: Tell Amazon, Roku, Apple, and Google to dump the NRA TV channel
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Several Eagles will skip Donald Trump White House visit after winning Super Bowl
MINNEAPOLIS -- Several Eagles players plan on skipping the traditional White House celebration after winning Super Bowl LII over the New England Patriots on Sunday night.
Wide receiver Torrey Smith, defensive end Chris Long, and safety Malcolm Jenkins are among the players planing to boycott visiting President Donald J. Trump.
Here is the exact moment the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl, finishing off the New England Patriots, 41-33, in Super Bowl LII (52) at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn. on Sunday, February 4, 2018 (2/4/18). (Video by Eliot Shorr-Parks | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
Trump has repeatedly attacked NFL players for silent acts of dissent whether it is kneeling or raising fists during the national anthem in advocating for criminal justice reform and eradicating social injustice.
"They call it the anthem protest," Smith said this week. "We're not protesting the anthem. It's a protest during the anthem. I understand why people are mad, or may be offended when someone takes a knee.
"My father when he dies, is going to be buried with an American flag draped around his casket, being that he served in the army. I understand why some people are offended by it. Also, there are soldiers that have issues going on right now, and they are things that effect them. They're things that effect my father. He understands both sides of the issue."
"No," Long said during the Pardon My Take Podcast. "I'm not going to the White House. Are you kidding me?"
Sunday, January 28, 2018
New York Attorney General To Investigate Firm That Sells Fake Followers
The
New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, on Saturday opened an
investigation into a company that sold millions of fake followers on
social media platforms, some of them copying real users’ personal
information.
The
company, Devumi, and its sale of automated followers to a swath of
celebrities, sports stars, journalists and politicians, was detailed in a New York Times article published earlier on Saturday.
While based in Florida, Devumi claims on its website to be based in New York City.
At
least 55,000 of its “bot” accounts used names, pictures, hometowns and
other details taken from people on Twitter. The real users hailed from
every U.S. state, including New York, and dozens of countries, a Times
analysis found.
“Impersonation and deception are illegal under New York law,” Mr. Schneiderman wrote on Twitter. “We’re opening an investigation into Devumi and its apparent sale of bots using stolen identities.”
The
investigation is the latest in a series of federal and state inquiries
into the commercial and political abuse of fake accounts on social
media. Tens of millions of fake accounts have been deployed to defraud
businesses, influence political debates online and attract customers.
Social
media companies, including Twitter and Facebook, have drawn intense
scrutiny for not taking greater steps to weed them out. Many of the
accounts identified by The Times appear to violate Twitter’s own
policies, but remained active on the social media platform for years,
each retweeting and promoting Devumi customers.
“The
tactics used by Devumi on our platform and others as described by
today’s NYT article violate our policies and are unacceptable to us,”
Twitter said in a message posted on its media relations account on
Saturday.
Mr.
Schneiderman, who was first elected in 2010, has brought a series of
cases focused on the emerging world of online fraud, impersonation and
abuse. In December, he began an investigation into how the Federal
Communications Commission was flooded with millions of fake comments
on a proposal to scrap so-called net neutrality rules. Many of the
comments used names and addresses borrowed from real people, almost
always without their knowledge.
“The
internet should be one of the greatest tools for democracy — but it’s
increasingly being turned into an opaque, pay-to-play playground,” Mr.
Schneiderman said.
A version of this article appears in print on January 28, 2018, on Page A20 of the New York edition with the headline: New York Opens Inquiry on Firm That Sells Fake Followers. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Edward Snowdens New App Turns A Smartphone Into A Security System
By
David Z. Morris
December 24, 2017
Edward Snowden, who blew the whistle on NSA surveillance of U.S. citizens, knows a thing or two about spying. He’s now released an app, Haven, that makes it easier to defend yourself against the most aggressive kinds.
Haven, now in public beta, turns any Android smartphone into a sensitive security system. It’s primarily intended to be installed on a secondary phone — say, last year’s model — which then takes photos and records sound of any activity in a room where it’s placed. Haven will then send alerts of any intrusion to a user’s primary phone over encrypted channels.
http://fortune.com/2017/12/24/edward-snowden-haven-security-app/
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Support For Donald Trump's Impeachment Is Higher Than His Reelection Chances
Source: Newsweek Magazine
Source: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141943791
BY SAM SCHWARZ ON 12/20/17 AT 9:18 AM
Donald Trump is hemorrhaging support among the American people, and now more than 40 percent of Americans think it's time to start the process to impeach him, a new poll finds. The number is higher than the percentage of Americans who said they planned to vote for the currentresident in the 2020 election.
The NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey, out Wednesday, carried very little good news for theresident and put
him on notice that close to half of Americans believe there is enough
for Congress to hold impeachment hearings even before the conclusion of
special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. The poll found that 70
percent of Democrats, 40 percent of Independents and even seven percent
of Republicans are in favor of Congress holding hearings to remove the resident from office.
The number calling for impeachment proceedings to get underway closely parallels the 38 percent of Americans who believe Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 president election.
The White House has both publicly and privately suggested that Mueller's investigation will come to an end early in the new year, but that would appear to be wishful thinking. Recent reports have instead indicated that Mueller and his team could be working at least through the midterm elections in 2018 and possibly even beyond.
Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-impeachment-reelection-2020-753546
Source: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141943791
BY SAM SCHWARZ ON 12/20/17 AT 9:18 AM
Donald Trump is hemorrhaging support among the American people, and now more than 40 percent of Americans think it's time to start the process to impeach him, a new poll finds. The number is higher than the percentage of Americans who said they planned to vote for the current
The NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey, out Wednesday, carried very little good news for the
The number calling for impeachment proceedings to get underway closely parallels the 38 percent of Americans who believe Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 president election.
The White House has both publicly and privately suggested that Mueller's investigation will come to an end early in the new year, but that would appear to be wishful thinking. Recent reports have instead indicated that Mueller and his team could be working at least through the midterm elections in 2018 and possibly even beyond.
Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-impeachment-reelection-2020-753546
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Random Observations On A Minor Miracle In Alabama
Posted by Rude One
1. Right after the 2016 election nightmare, I wrote, "It's time for Democrats to stop trying to appeal to a white demographic that constantly turns against it and to do everything possible to energize the non-white vote." What last night's win in the Alabama Senate race proved is that the non-white vote is energized, and it was fostered by an active, engaged Democratic Party and other organizations in a massive get-out-the-vote effort that specifically targeted African Americans in Alabama. The campaign of Doug Jones coordinated with several groups, giving them the resources needed to knock on thousands of doors and make nearly a million phone calls.
Democrats need to understand that the black vote has now saved them in Alabama as it did in Virginia. It's time to go even further and, to continue the quote above, "that means, in as many cases as it is possible, nominating and running non-white candidates." African Americans, and especially African American women, are trying to save this country from the stupidity of our inexhaustible white ignorance. It's time to center the concerns of non-white communities in the Democratic Party and not just ask them to vote, time and again, without those things being addressed.
2. As I've also said repeatedly, fuck the white working class. Fuck them. When their needs cross with those of the non-white working class voters you're courting, then great. And you know what? Most of those needs do cross because they are class-based. They need health care, poverty programs, jobs programs, decent education. Democrats keep wanting to pretend that racist fuck nuts can be appealed to based on class. It's a comforting lie that is proven to be bullshit time and again. Roy Moore got 92% of the white vote, and that motherfucker was a wretched candidate before it was revealed he finger-fucked a 14 year-old. This country doesn't belong exclusively to white people anymore. The Republicans are fighting a desperate battle to try to maintain that white dominance. They will lose.
So no more fucking speeches about how we "understand" the pain of the white working class. It's up to the the white working class to fucking get that Democrats are the only ones who give a shit about their pain and economic hardship. And no more fucking articles about dumb fucks who are clinging to Donald Trump. They are dumb fucks. Let them drown in their stupidity for a few minutes before we throw them the life preserver.
3. Let's make sure we have some perspective here. Until the allegations of sexual assault on a minor and openly predatory behavior towards underage girls were revealed, Republican Roy Moore was going to win this race despite being a racist, homophobic, Christian extremist dickhead who has no respect for the Constitution. Even though Doug Jones was a great candidate who might have had an infinitesimal chance, Moore is a fucking nutzoid pro-lifer and no amount of compassion towards people outside the womb was going to overcome that. Yes, Jones might very well have won, but he only won by 1.5% last night and that was after the skeevy allegations against Moore came out.
4. Fight for every goddamn seat. Go for the fuckin' throat. Take these bastards down. Play the ground game. Go for the people who couldn't give a flea fart about what's being said on Twitter. IRL beats online every time. And build the right coalitions, ones that prominently feature the people who keep rescuing America's stupid ass despite the best efforts of white people to fuck it all up.
(Yes, obviously there's a large number of white working class voters who are liberal, just as there are conservative non-whites. Your objection is noted.)
1. Right after the 2016 election nightmare, I wrote, "It's time for Democrats to stop trying to appeal to a white demographic that constantly turns against it and to do everything possible to energize the non-white vote." What last night's win in the Alabama Senate race proved is that the non-white vote is energized, and it was fostered by an active, engaged Democratic Party and other organizations in a massive get-out-the-vote effort that specifically targeted African Americans in Alabama. The campaign of Doug Jones coordinated with several groups, giving them the resources needed to knock on thousands of doors and make nearly a million phone calls.
Democrats need to understand that the black vote has now saved them in Alabama as it did in Virginia. It's time to go even further and, to continue the quote above, "that means, in as many cases as it is possible, nominating and running non-white candidates." African Americans, and especially African American women, are trying to save this country from the stupidity of our inexhaustible white ignorance. It's time to center the concerns of non-white communities in the Democratic Party and not just ask them to vote, time and again, without those things being addressed.
2. As I've also said repeatedly, fuck the white working class. Fuck them. When their needs cross with those of the non-white working class voters you're courting, then great. And you know what? Most of those needs do cross because they are class-based. They need health care, poverty programs, jobs programs, decent education. Democrats keep wanting to pretend that racist fuck nuts can be appealed to based on class. It's a comforting lie that is proven to be bullshit time and again. Roy Moore got 92% of the white vote, and that motherfucker was a wretched candidate before it was revealed he finger-fucked a 14 year-old. This country doesn't belong exclusively to white people anymore. The Republicans are fighting a desperate battle to try to maintain that white dominance. They will lose.
So no more fucking speeches about how we "understand" the pain of the white working class. It's up to the the white working class to fucking get that Democrats are the only ones who give a shit about their pain and economic hardship. And no more fucking articles about dumb fucks who are clinging to Donald Trump. They are dumb fucks. Let them drown in their stupidity for a few minutes before we throw them the life preserver.
3. Let's make sure we have some perspective here. Until the allegations of sexual assault on a minor and openly predatory behavior towards underage girls were revealed, Republican Roy Moore was going to win this race despite being a racist, homophobic, Christian extremist dickhead who has no respect for the Constitution. Even though Doug Jones was a great candidate who might have had an infinitesimal chance, Moore is a fucking nutzoid pro-lifer and no amount of compassion towards people outside the womb was going to overcome that. Yes, Jones might very well have won, but he only won by 1.5% last night and that was after the skeevy allegations against Moore came out.
4. Fight for every goddamn seat. Go for the fuckin' throat. Take these bastards down. Play the ground game. Go for the people who couldn't give a flea fart about what's being said on Twitter. IRL beats online every time. And build the right coalitions, ones that prominently feature the people who keep rescuing America's stupid ass despite the best efforts of white people to fuck it all up.
(Yes, obviously there's a large number of white working class voters who are liberal, just as there are conservative non-whites. Your objection is noted.)
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Let's Put An End To Any Debate On The Matter - Donald Trump Is A Racist!
In this ‘Dollemore Daily’ Jesse addresses Donald Trump's racist slur
using the name of Pocahontas to describe Senator Elizabeth Warren during
a ceremony honoring Navajo World War II Marine veteran "Code Talkers."
Monday, November 6, 2017
Insider: Betsy DeVos' Days Are Numbered.
"In a comprehensive profile, Politico said billionaire evangelical
Christian DeVos has found herself stymied by the bureaucratic restraints
on her job, but that bringing about change in Washington requires
“time, patience and government savvy — three things she does not have.”
DeVos, said Politico’s Tim Alberta, is on a “religiously infused journey to reimagine the relationship between government, parents, teachers and schools.” The Secretary wants to allow parents more freedom to withdraw their children from public schools and enroll them in charter schools, religious schools and private schools.
What makes DeVos radical is she wants federal tax dollars to follow those children out of the public school system. One problem with implementing her plan is that public schools receive very little of their funding from the federal government. Another is her overall unpopularity and ineffectiveness.
Her first budget proposal for the department — one which would have slashed funding from multiple school programs and reapportioned that money to DeVos’ pet cause, “school choice” — was rejected by Congress.
Now, with her agenda on the rocks and morale at the Education Department cratering, some predict that DeVos may return to the private sector sooner than she’d planned."
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/education-officials-expect-ineffective-betsy-devos-to-step-down-as-her-agenda-collapses-report/
DeVos, said Politico’s Tim Alberta, is on a “religiously infused journey to reimagine the relationship between government, parents, teachers and schools.” The Secretary wants to allow parents more freedom to withdraw their children from public schools and enroll them in charter schools, religious schools and private schools.
What makes DeVos radical is she wants federal tax dollars to follow those children out of the public school system. One problem with implementing her plan is that public schools receive very little of their funding from the federal government. Another is her overall unpopularity and ineffectiveness.
Her first budget proposal for the department — one which would have slashed funding from multiple school programs and reapportioned that money to DeVos’ pet cause, “school choice” — was rejected by Congress.
Now, with her agenda on the rocks and morale at the Education Department cratering, some predict that DeVos may return to the private sector sooner than she’d planned."
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/education-officials-expect-ineffective-betsy-devos-to-step-down-as-her-agenda-collapses-report/
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Today's Terrorist Attack Changes Nothing (And, Unlike Gun Massacres, It Shouldn't)
Posted by
Rude One
Some cunt from Florida rented a Home Depot pickup truck and cuntishly drove it into a bike path in Lower Manhattan, killing and injuring people. Then that cuny, who is probably a crazy cunt, started shooting with a pellet gun because he's a pathetic cunt, and then he yelled, "God is great" in Arabic, which is a cunty thing to do in this situation, but this cunt is a total cunt who then got shot in his cunt ass (literally, in his ass) before being arrested.
It's frightening. It's awful. Our hearts should go out to the families of the dead and wounded. We should look at some enhanced safety measures, maybe some barricades. We should make sure that mental health care is available to people who need it. And that's pretty much it.
Except, see, conservative politicians are gonna go apeshit, as usual, demanding crackdowns and bans and more. It's the exact opposite of what they want to do when there is a gun massacre, which is tell everyone to shut the fuck up about guns and la-la-la-I-can't-hear-you-with-the-NRA's-dick-in-my-ears.
The difference between this attack and a gun massacre is that no amount of regulation of cars is going to prevent some fucknut from slamming into people. But gun regulations can (and do) limit the number of gun deaths. In fact, if the aforementioned cunt had had a real gun, many more people could have been harmed.
This is New York City. We will absorb this and go on, whatever this dumb shit did. The Greenwich Village Halloween parade is going on as I write this, a wonderful, debaucherous event that is an affront to the fundamentalists of every faith. Tomorrow, I guarantee there will be bikers and joggers back in the area. Because the cunts don't get to win. And the politicians don't terrorize us.
We live in an incredibly safe period in American history, despite the Fox "news" and Infowars freakout lies about BLM rioters and Antifa executioners. Shit is gonna happen, but a whole lot of shit needs to happen to move us out of living in an incredibly safe time.
When we can do something about violence (like gun laws, like dealing with poverty, like punching Nazis - oh, wait, scratch that one), we should. But every shithead with a credit card and directions to the Home Depot is never gonna be stopped. Pause, mourn, move on.
We don't need to give the bastards more power. The terrorist bastards and the politician bastards.
Some cunt from Florida rented a Home Depot pickup truck and cuntishly drove it into a bike path in Lower Manhattan, killing and injuring people. Then that cuny, who is probably a crazy cunt, started shooting with a pellet gun because he's a pathetic cunt, and then he yelled, "God is great" in Arabic, which is a cunty thing to do in this situation, but this cunt is a total cunt who then got shot in his cunt ass (literally, in his ass) before being arrested.
It's frightening. It's awful. Our hearts should go out to the families of the dead and wounded. We should look at some enhanced safety measures, maybe some barricades. We should make sure that mental health care is available to people who need it. And that's pretty much it.
Except, see, conservative politicians are gonna go apeshit, as usual, demanding crackdowns and bans and more. It's the exact opposite of what they want to do when there is a gun massacre, which is tell everyone to shut the fuck up about guns and la-la-la-I-can't-hear-you-with-the-NRA's-dick-in-my-ears.
The difference between this attack and a gun massacre is that no amount of regulation of cars is going to prevent some fucknut from slamming into people. But gun regulations can (and do) limit the number of gun deaths. In fact, if the aforementioned cunt had had a real gun, many more people could have been harmed.
This is New York City. We will absorb this and go on, whatever this dumb shit did. The Greenwich Village Halloween parade is going on as I write this, a wonderful, debaucherous event that is an affront to the fundamentalists of every faith. Tomorrow, I guarantee there will be bikers and joggers back in the area. Because the cunts don't get to win. And the politicians don't terrorize us.
We live in an incredibly safe period in American history, despite the Fox "news" and Infowars freakout lies about BLM rioters and Antifa executioners. Shit is gonna happen, but a whole lot of shit needs to happen to move us out of living in an incredibly safe time.
When we can do something about violence (like gun laws, like dealing with poverty, like punching Nazis - oh, wait, scratch that one), we should. But every shithead with a credit card and directions to the Home Depot is never gonna be stopped. Pause, mourn, move on.
We don't need to give the bastards more power. The terrorist bastards and the politician bastards.
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Puerto Rico utility cancels controversial $300 million contract with Montana firm hired to repair electrical grid
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello has called
for the immediate cancellation of a $300 million contract with
Montana-based Whitefish Energy Holdings, a tiny company based in the
hometown of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/puerto-rico-governor-says-contract-to-whitefish-company-should-be-canceled/2017/10/29/e5336cda-bcb8-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/puerto-rico-governor-says-contract-to-whitefish-company-should-be-canceled/2017/10/29/e5336cda-bcb8-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html
Friday, October 27, 2017
First charges filed in Mueller investigation
By Pamela Brown, Evan Perez and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN
Updated 8:57 PM ET, Fri October 27, 2017
Washington (CNN)
A
federal grand jury in Washington, DC, on Friday approved the first
charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller,
according to sources briefed on the matter.
The
charges are still sealed under orders from a federal judge. Plans were
prepared Friday for anyone charged to be taken into custody as soon as
Monday, the sources said. It is unclear what the charges are.
A spokesman for the special counsel's office declined to comment.
Mueller was appointed in May to lead the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Under
the regulations governing special counsel investigations, Deputy
Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who has oversight over the Russia
investigation, would have been made aware of any charges before they
were taken before the grand jury for approval, according to people
familiar with the matter.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/politics/first-charges-mueller-investigation/index.html
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Stop Praising Horrible Republicans Just Because They Don't Like Trump
Many Republicans have come forward recently to admonish or outright
reject the presidency of Donald Trump.
And while the media is heaping praise on men like George W. Bush and Jeff Flake, they completely ignore the fact that the agendas of the dissenters are no different than those of Trump.
We have to stop forgiving these Republicans of their past sins just because they don’t like Donald Trump, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/senate-republicans-increasingly-see-trump-as-a-threat-then-give-him-a-standing-o-at-lunch
And while the media is heaping praise on men like George W. Bush and Jeff Flake, they completely ignore the fact that the agendas of the dissenters are no different than those of Trump.
We have to stop forgiving these Republicans of their past sins just because they don’t like Donald Trump, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/senate-republicans-increasingly-see-trump-as-a-threat-then-give-him-a-standing-o-at-lunch
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Barack Obama Speaks On Trump
Here are some comments on the monster that American society has created.
McCain Calls Out Trump's Draft Dodging
John McCain recently discussed people getting out of Vietnam by getting
doctors to write letters saying that they have bone spurs. Guess who did
that? Cenk Uygur, the host of The Young Turks, shows you McCain calling
out Trump’s draft dodging.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
This Amazing Pic Of Trump And Mitch McConnell Having Russian Flags Thrown At Them Is Priceless
By Jason Easley
A picture captures the precise moment when Trump and Mitch McConnell had Russian flags thrown at them as they arrived for the Republican Senate lunch.
A picture captures the precise moment when Trump and Mitch McConnell had Russian flags thrown at them as they arrived for the Republican Senate lunch.
The picture was taken by Roll Call photographer Bill Clark.
Pictures are capable of capturing the mood of a nation better than words ever could. This is one of those moments as a smiling Mitch McConnell, and thumbs up Trump are reminded of what they did to win an election as Russian flags fly toward them.
McConnell has been one of the cover-up artists for Trump in the Russia campaign. Going back to the 2016 campaign, McConnell refused to work with President Obama and issue a joint statement condemning Russian interference in the presidential election.
McConnell also allowed Russia to attack the election by expressing skepticism about the intelligence that Russia was interfering in the US presidential election.
Mitch McConnell is still working hard to cover-up Trump's crimes.
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, or in this case, one stolen presidential election.
A picture captures the precise moment when Trump and Mitch McConnell had Russian flags thrown at them as they arrived for the Republican Senate lunch.
A picture captures the precise moment when Trump and Mitch McConnell had Russian flags thrown at them as they arrived for the Republican Senate lunch.
The picture was taken by Roll Call photographer Bill Clark.
Pictures are capable of capturing the mood of a nation better than words ever could. This is one of those moments as a smiling Mitch McConnell, and thumbs up Trump are reminded of what they did to win an election as Russian flags fly toward them.
McConnell has been one of the cover-up artists for Trump in the Russia campaign. Going back to the 2016 campaign, McConnell refused to work with President Obama and issue a joint statement condemning Russian interference in the presidential election.
McConnell also allowed Russia to attack the election by expressing skepticism about the intelligence that Russia was interfering in the US presidential election.
Mitch McConnell is still working hard to cover-up Trump's crimes.
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, or in this case, one stolen presidential election.
Monday, October 23, 2017
John McCain Brutally Mocks Trump For Being A Draft Dodging Coward
By Jason Easley
Sen. John McCain was talking about the Vietnam War on C-SPAN 3’s American History TV when he got the ultimate dig in on Trump by calling out rich kids who avoided the draft with issues like bone spurs.
Sen. McCain (R-AZ) said, “One aspect of the conflict by the way that I will never ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of America and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. That is wrong. That is wrong. If we are going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve.”
Donald Trump has been insulting and threatening Sen. McCain even after his brain cancer diagnosis, but McCain has been through way worse than anything Trump can dish out on Twitter. Sen. McCain was right on one critical point. Trump is a man who wrapped himself in the flag but used his family’s wealth to avoid serving his country. Aresident who
is under federal investigation for collaborating with a hostile foreign
power to undermine democracy and win a presidential election is no
patriot.
The prognosis may not be good for John McCain, but if he is in the final act of his life, he is using it to defend his country against the threat that is Donald Trump.
Sen. John McCain was talking about the Vietnam War on C-SPAN 3’s American History TV when he got the ultimate dig in on Trump by calling out rich kids who avoided the draft with issues like bone spurs.
Sen. McCain (R-AZ) said, “One aspect of the conflict by the way that I will never ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of America and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. That is wrong. That is wrong. If we are going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve.”
Donald Trump has been insulting and threatening Sen. McCain even after his brain cancer diagnosis, but McCain has been through way worse than anything Trump can dish out on Twitter. Sen. McCain was right on one critical point. Trump is a man who wrapped himself in the flag but used his family’s wealth to avoid serving his country. A
The prognosis may not be good for John McCain, but if he is in the final act of his life, he is using it to defend his country against the threat that is Donald Trump.
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Larry Flynt offers $10 million for info to help impeach Trump
By Brandon Carter
In
the ad, Flynt calls Trump an “illegitimate” resident who “was
installed only by the quirks of our antiquated Electoral College.”
Flynt cites several reasons he believes Trump should be impeached in the ad, including Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey and his withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate change agreement.
Hustler
Magazine founder Larry Flynt is reportedly offering a $10 million
reward for information that could lead to the impeachment of resident
Trump.
Fox Business anchor Liz Claman tweeted an image
of a full page advertisement from Flynt that offered the reward. Flynt
later retweeted it on his own account.
Flynt cites several reasons he believes Trump should be impeached in the ad, including Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey and his withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate change agreement.
The
adult magazine founder also ripped Trump for his “unconscionable
defense of the KKK and neo-Nazis after the Charlottesville riots,” and
argued that Trump’s “worrisome” ability to “trigger a nuclear world war”
is one of the more “horrifying” reasons Trump should be impeached.
“Impeachment
would be a messy, contentious affair, but the alternative - three more
years of destabilizing dysfunction - is worse,” Flynt writes in the ad.
“Both good Democrats and good Republicans who put country over party did
it before with Watergate.”
Flynt writes that impeachment would require “unimpeachable evidence” and said that’s why he is offering a $10 million reward.
“We need to flush everything out into the open,” Flynt wrote.
Flynt has made similar offers in the past, offering
up to $1 million in October 2016 for audio or video recordings of Trump
“engaging in illegal activity or acting in a sexually demeaning or
derogatory manner.”
Flynt also made a similar offer of $1 million in 1998 during former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial and again in 2007, when he offered to pay for “documented evidence of illicit sexual liaisons with a prominent member of public office.”
This is a serious cash reward from a man with a history of paying his debts (unlike Trump). Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.
Flynt also made a similar offer of $1 million in 1998 during former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial and again in 2007, when he offered to pay for “documented evidence of illicit sexual liaisons with a prominent member of public office.”
This is a serious cash reward from a man with a history of paying his debts (unlike Trump). Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Democrats Aim To Strip Mentally Unstable Trump Of His Ability To Launch Nuclear Weapons
With Donald Trump’s mental instability becoming a major issue in
American politics, and the threat of an altercation with North Korea or
possibly even Iran looming, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has begun
conversations about passing legislation that would prevent Trump from
being able to unilaterally launch nuclear weapons.
As it stands right now, Trump can launch any weapon at any time that he wants, and Democrats (and even some Republicans) understand how dangerous that is for the planet. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/pelosi-passing-no-first-use-law-nuclear-weapons-urgent
As it stands right now, Trump can launch any weapon at any time that he wants, and Democrats (and even some Republicans) understand how dangerous that is for the planet. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/pelosi-passing-no-first-use-law-nuclear-weapons-urgent
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
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