The End of the World: A Political Thread. A New Hope coming soon!
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For what it's worth, I started out in politics generally following Rush Limbaugh. Oddly enough, that fell apart after I read his books. It was fitting he used the title The Way Things Ought To Be because well.... things are not that way and do not fit into the mold of his world view. He also started to be a total a****** on his short lived TV show.
Since then I've generally been independent somewhere between the Libertarians and the Greens, but more Left leaning I suppose. I liked many things about Ron Paul, but have come to think many of his followers are f***ing nuts and he damaged his candidacy with his Gold Standard obsession.
Don't know if it's worth mentioning, but I also changed in that I left Catholicism and no longer consider myself religious.
I think people can change, but the hard part is it's mostly an almost accidental process started by themselves or stumbling across information. Not so much another idea presented by a person to them. Of all people, I think Michael Moore's Roger & Me plus Ralph Nader in the election influenced me to reconsider my views politically. With religion, it was Christopher Hitchens.
Since then I've generally been independent somewhere between the Libertarians and the Greens, but more Left leaning I suppose. I liked many things about Ron Paul, but have come to think many of his followers are f***ing nuts and he damaged his candidacy with his Gold Standard obsession.
Don't know if it's worth mentioning, but I also changed in that I left Catholicism and no longer consider myself religious.
I think people can change, but the hard part is it's mostly an almost accidental process started by themselves or stumbling across information. Not so much another idea presented by a person to them. Of all people, I think Michael Moore's Roger & Me plus Ralph Nader in the election influenced me to reconsider my views politically. With religion, it was Christopher Hitchens.
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The Republican Party is like an electronics manufacturer that used to be really high quality. However over time they've swapped out for substandard parts and service but some people still see the brand for what it was, not what it is. W Bush and now Trump? Blame "the liberals" or whatever deep state conspiracy you want, but these are just bad Presidents that you elected.
I tell my conservative friends - I don't expect you to join the left. That's silly. What I want is for them to take back their party. The Republican party is not conservative anymore and hasn't been for a very, very long time. I consider myself a conservative, but there's no way I call myself a Republican and haven't for a long time.
We are forced into a two party system, and when one party is a raging tire fire, that's a massive problem.
I tell my conservative friends - I don't expect you to join the left. That's silly. What I want is for them to take back their party. The Republican party is not conservative anymore and hasn't been for a very, very long time. I consider myself a conservative, but there's no way I call myself a Republican and haven't for a long time.
We are forced into a two party system, and when one party is a raging tire fire, that's a massive problem.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/doj-watchdog-comey-deviated-from-fbi-procedure-in-clinton-probe
In the highly-anticipated Inspector General’s report released Thursday and obtained by Bloomberg News, Inspector General Michael Horowitz said that former FBI Director James Comey “deviated” from FBI and Justice Department procedures while conducting the Hillary Clinton probe. “While we did not find that these decisions were the result of political bias on Comey’s part, we nevertheless concluded that by departing so clearly and dramatically from FBI and department norms, the decisions negatively impacted the perception of the FBI and the department as fair administrators of justice,” Horowitz wrote in the report’s conclusion. The report only examined the actions of Comey and his top officials prior to the 2016 election—including their investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server—and did not touch on allegations of Trump’s collusion with Russia. Bloomberg reports that Trump and his supporters “are primed to use it as evidence of poor judgment and anti-Trump bias within the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...but-says-not-politically-motivated/ar-AAyETsr
The long-awaited report from Inspector General Michael Horowitz is likely to reopen wounds left festering since the 2016 election and breathe new life into the debate about the extent to which Comey's actions affected the outcome of the presidential race.
Two key Democratic lawmakers said in a statement that the report shows that Comey helped elect Trump.
"The stark conclusion we draw after reviewing this report is that the FBI's actions helped Donald Trump become President," said Reps. Jerry Nadler of New York and Elijah Cummings of Maryland. "As we warned before the election, Director Comey had a double-standard: he spoke publicly about the Clinton investigation while keeping secret from the American people the investigation of Donald Trump and Russia."
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Not that long of a read. He's spot on. It ended up being people like him who got trump elected. He owned up to it. Hillary was too "evil." Now, his party, and unfortunately the world, are paying the price also.
Add lindsay graham to the list of complete cocksuckers. The DOJ report didn't come out in the favor he thought it should so now he's asking for the DOJ to be investigated. He also called fro trump to get a Nobel Peace Prize. For what?
What f***ing planet do these people come from? They all need to go. Every last one of them.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politic...oj-corruption-says-clinton-email-probe-a-joke
What f***ing planet do these people come from? They all need to go. Every last one of them.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politic...oj-corruption-says-clinton-email-probe-a-joke
Graham also criticized the former FBI director for his dealings with former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, related to the Clinton email probe, something the two did not see eye-to-eye on. Comey, at his Senate testimony in June, told Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., that Lynch directed him to call the investigation a “matter,” which gave him a “queasy feeling.”
“These two people need to be brought to Congress, put under oath and resolve this conflict,” Graham said.
Graham added that Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize, lauding his efforts to denuclearize North Korea and bring its leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in together to promote peace within the region. In a historic move, Kim and Moon met last week, agreeing to work toward a “nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.”
“President Trump, if he can lead us to ending the Korean War after 70 years and getting North Korea to give up their nuclear program in a verifiable way, deserves the Nobel Peace Prize and then some,” the senator said.
Yeah, he deserves the Nobel Prize for getting a country that's already broken multiple de-nuclearization treaties to "reaffirm" their commitment toward denuclearization. If he can convince Harvey Weinstein to sign an agreement to reaffirm his commitment to not raping actresses, that's equally Nobel-worthy, and equally useless.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/09/asia/north-korean-denuclearization-promises/index.html
FoxConn is coming to Wisconsin now via Eminent Domain? What the s***.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/foxconn-plant-in-wisconsin-upsets-some-homeowners/
Foxconn's Wisconsin plant moves one step closer, upsetting homeowners
Foxconn, one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic gear, is one step closer to building a $10 billion plant in a suburb of Racine, Wisconsin. But the planned project is making enemies among some local homeowners.
The village board of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, voted on Monday to designate the entire development site as "blighted," allowing it to seize the land needed to build the complex. That land includes about 2,800 acres of farmland and several dozen homes.
The village had offered to buy homes for 140 percent of their assessed value, but some homeowners said that figure was too low and sued for more money.
What does "blighted" mean?
Despite the connotation of "blight," a word that conjures up abandoned buildings or rundown neighborhoods, the designation in this case is a legal term rather than a qualitative judgment. Wisconsin state law says a property can be deemed blighted if it's predominantly open or impedes the growth of the community.
Most of the homeowners affected by Foxconn's plans have agreed to sell their property or will be subject to eminent domain, a legal proceeding that allows the government to seize private land for a development.
However, a dozen property owners filed a federal lawsuit in January, arguing that the village's use of eminent domain is unconstitutional because it would benefit a private company, Foxconn, rather than the public. They also say the amounts offered for their homes are too low.
"Tonight's approval of the redevelopment plan is one more sign of progress toward Foxconn's $10 billion, 22 million square foot advanced manufacturing campus," Village President David DeGroot said in a statement.
Only one board member, Gary Feest, voted against the motion Monday night.
"I have a conscience, and when I stand before God and he says, 'Did you determine it was blighted for a legal technicality to further this project along?' I'm going to tell him -- It's not blighted," he said at the meeting.
Groundbreaking scheduled
The development is scheduled to break ground on June 28, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
This would be the first U.S. factory for Foxconn, which employs about 1 million people in China and is an assembler for major brands like Apple and Sony. The development will eventually employ 13,000 workers at the plant, Foxconn said.
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, who represents the district, have both touted the plant as a win for U.S. manufacturing. In wooing Foxconn to locate the plant in the state, Wisconsin officials offered the company $3 billion in tax and other financial incentives. That subsidy drew objections from many residents as well as free-market conservatives, such as the Koch brothers.
At that price, Wisconsin taxpayers will wait 25 years to earn back the money spent on the deal, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/foxconn-plant-in-wisconsin-upsets-some-homeowners/
Foxconn's Wisconsin plant moves one step closer, upsetting homeowners
Foxconn, one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic gear, is one step closer to building a $10 billion plant in a suburb of Racine, Wisconsin. But the planned project is making enemies among some local homeowners.
The village board of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, voted on Monday to designate the entire development site as "blighted," allowing it to seize the land needed to build the complex. That land includes about 2,800 acres of farmland and several dozen homes.
The village had offered to buy homes for 140 percent of their assessed value, but some homeowners said that figure was too low and sued for more money.
What does "blighted" mean?
Despite the connotation of "blight," a word that conjures up abandoned buildings or rundown neighborhoods, the designation in this case is a legal term rather than a qualitative judgment. Wisconsin state law says a property can be deemed blighted if it's predominantly open or impedes the growth of the community.
Most of the homeowners affected by Foxconn's plans have agreed to sell their property or will be subject to eminent domain, a legal proceeding that allows the government to seize private land for a development.
However, a dozen property owners filed a federal lawsuit in January, arguing that the village's use of eminent domain is unconstitutional because it would benefit a private company, Foxconn, rather than the public. They also say the amounts offered for their homes are too low.
"Tonight's approval of the redevelopment plan is one more sign of progress toward Foxconn's $10 billion, 22 million square foot advanced manufacturing campus," Village President David DeGroot said in a statement.
Only one board member, Gary Feest, voted against the motion Monday night.
"I have a conscience, and when I stand before God and he says, 'Did you determine it was blighted for a legal technicality to further this project along?' I'm going to tell him -- It's not blighted," he said at the meeting.
Groundbreaking scheduled
The development is scheduled to break ground on June 28, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
This would be the first U.S. factory for Foxconn, which employs about 1 million people in China and is an assembler for major brands like Apple and Sony. The development will eventually employ 13,000 workers at the plant, Foxconn said.
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, who represents the district, have both touted the plant as a win for U.S. manufacturing. In wooing Foxconn to locate the plant in the state, Wisconsin officials offered the company $3 billion in tax and other financial incentives. That subsidy drew objections from many residents as well as free-market conservatives, such as the Koch brothers.
At that price, Wisconsin taxpayers will wait 25 years to earn back the money spent on the deal, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
And people say working for Amazon sucks. I'm curious to see how this place works out.
In fact, I hate to say it, but I envision a strong partnership with American prisons.
In fact, I hate to say it, but I envision a strong partnership with American prisons.
I listen to Wisconsin Public Radio so it's been interesting following along. Once again large corporations get insane tax breaks, and this is even better considering it's a foreign company. The damage it will cause ecologically is quite high and I know people in northern Illinois have complained as they are part of the same watershed. I guess the only good here is this is a Republican area of WI so when this project s***s itself maybe they will start to learn. Doubtful though.
A bill with $25 billion dollars in spending on the southern border isn't good enough for Trump. Trump doesn't want solutions to border issues, he wants to fuel racism and hatred for his own political gain.
http://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...l-recused-his-entire-staff-from-mueller-probe
Trump counsel recused his entire staff from Mueller probe
White House counsel Don McGahn reportedly recused his entire office from participating in the Trump administration's response to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation last summer amid concerns that his staff had been involved in the firing of former FBI Director James Comey.
Politico reports that Ty Cobb, who left President Trump's legal team earlier this year, told an audience at a panel discussion at George Mason University in Northern Virginia that McGahn had solved the issue simply by recusing his entire office.
Many of McGahn's staff “had been significant participants” in Comey's firing, Cobb said Wednesday, according to Politico.
"The White House made a decision to recuse his entire office,” he added.
McGahn reportedly angered the president earlier this year by not denying news reports that he threatened to resign when Trump ordered him to fire Mueller last year.
According to The New York Times, Trump confronted McGahn in his office in January, telling the attorney that he had not ordered him to fire the special counsel or impede the Russia investigation.
McGahn reportedly responded that the president was wrong and that he had indeed made the order. Trump responded that he did not remember the conversation that way, according to the Times.
The White House lawyer interviewed with Mueller’s office in December as part of the special counsel’s investigation into Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, including whether members of the Trump campaign had any ties to Moscow.
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