Probably?
At the very least, it would cut out that, "we'll address it at next week's meeting" BS that a couple articles are mentioning.
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At the very least, it would cut out that, "we'll address it at next week's meeting" BS that a couple articles are mentioning.
The same answer as "do we still need the electoral college?" Of course not.
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So ya, your government perverting the meaning of "free" yet again. I thought you guys held up the idea that justice had to be in the open, or it isn't justice? Or are you guys too busy watching Circus?
So ya, your government perverting the meaning of "free" yet again. I thought you guys held up the idea that justice had to be in the open, or it isn't justice? Or are you guys too busy watching Circus?
GasBandit
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9/11. No more freedom. Only "Security (TM)."
You may have noticed that lately our government has been doing quite a bit lately without telling us what it is up to, all the while maintaining that doing so is necessary "...for our own good/safety." This is likely to continue until such time as enough people make their displeasure known, but who knows how long that will be?
--Patrick
Yeah. The Division isn't bad (it isn't good, either) but I have no idea why the Tom Clancy name is on it.
If it's a "realistic" shooter without a brand already attached, you can buy Tom Clancy's name to slap on there for some name recognition. There is nothing more to it than that.
But that's just the thing. It is not, in any way, a realistic shooter.
Clancy's a sellout, I guess.
Tom Clancy has been dead for 3 years and his name, as it pertains to works like this, is owned by someone else. So no... it's more that the current custodians aren't as careful as he was.
All the realism of Destiny, with less dynamic gunplay and character options.
The Panama Papers: How the Rich hide their money and who is involved.
All in all, in implicates several high level members of government including several former and current heads of state, a member of FIFA's ethics commitee, and 23 people with sanctions against them for supporting rogue regimes and terrorist organizations.
All in all, in implicates several high level members of government including several former and current heads of state, a member of FIFA's ethics commitee, and 23 people with sanctions against them for supporting rogue regimes and terrorist organizations.
Dave
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Hillary on the Panama trade deal:
https://blogs.state.gov/stories/2011/10/13/passage-colombia-panama-and-south-korea-trade-agreements
Bernie on the Panama trade deal:
Once again Bernie was right and Hillary was very, very wrong. Seems to happen every time. In fact, I can't think of a time when it was the other way around.
https://blogs.state.gov/stories/2011/10/13/passage-colombia-panama-and-south-korea-trade-agreements
Bernie on the Panama trade deal:
Once again Bernie was right and Hillary was very, very wrong. Seems to happen every time. In fact, I can't think of a time when it was the other way around.
How does that video predict the Panama Papers? It's from 4 years ago, and the activities in the papers have been going on for 40 years, and Bernie even says in that video that we shouldn't be doing business with Panama because of the known existence of those activities. That's not a prediction.
Increased tax transparency to combat tax haven activities was actually a provision of the FTA. That may or may not have been effective (no way to tell until they release the American names), but at this point in time laying the blame for the known 40-year-old corruption of non-American billionaires on a 4-year-old American FTA doesn't especially follow.
Now, if you're against FTAs in general, okay, fair enough. There are certainly reasons for that. But the linking of the two doesn't pass muster without real evidence.
Increased tax transparency to combat tax haven activities was actually a provision of the FTA. That may or may not have been effective (no way to tell until they release the American names), but at this point in time laying the blame for the known 40-year-old corruption of non-American billionaires on a 4-year-old American FTA doesn't especially follow.
Now, if you're against FTAs in general, okay, fair enough. There are certainly reasons for that. But the linking of the two doesn't pass muster without real evidence.
A 9-year-old girl scoops major news sites on reporting a murder.
Oh, and this wasn't a tweet or something. She already ran her own news site before this.
And then gets chewed out by people for doing this at all, saying she's not a real reporter, etc.
So posts a video reply.
This is epic. And adorable. But mostly epic. I keep imagining my 5-year-old niece doing something like this.
Oh, and this wasn't a tweet or something. She already ran her own news site before this.
And then gets chewed out by people for doing this at all, saying she's not a real reporter, etc.
So posts a video reply.
This is epic. And adorable. But mostly epic. I keep imagining my 5-year-old niece doing something like this.
Dave
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I love the guy who thought it was great to drop f-bombs on this child. And WTF? What's with all the "playing with dolls" bullshit? I wonder if they'd have said the same thing about boys? "You should be playing cops & robbers, not trying to be a reporter!"
These people have never heard of Nancy Drew? Investigation and problem solving used to be celebrated, not condemned.
These people have never heard of Nancy Drew? Investigation and problem solving used to be celebrated, not condemned.
According to the Americans Against the Tea Party website, Ted Cruz's phone number shows up in the DC Madam's phone records.
I don't put full faith in that site, but this is likely accurate.
It is always the family values guys...
I don't put full faith in that site, but this is likely accurate.
It is always the family values guys...
Dave
Staff member
I loved it when he said (it was close to this even if I don't have the quote exactly correct), "I did not have sex with those women."
And I immediately thought of Clinton. The irony was delicious. For the record, let me say it does not matter to me if a candidate or political figure is a cheater. Does not affect me in the least. Unless that person runs on a holier-then-thou platform and tries to ram their religion down your throat. I don't care what politicians do in their off time, but hypocrisy needs to be called out.
Surely all people who cheat are hypocritical?
Also, I feel like I do care about what a politician does in their off time. Not, like, does he have a model train collection, but yeah, is he the kind of man who cheats on his wife? I feel that speaks to his character and how he will behave and how trustworthy he is. In his private life, does he express opinions that black people are naturally less intelligent? I would care about that.
I just love that the voters that traditionally vote against cheaters are backing Donald Trump. Who has bragged about all the affairs that he had.
But he lies constantly. He's probably lying about those lays.
Screenshot/quote? Do they explain why the oddly-specific sum?
Dave
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Another overwhelming victory for our campaign in Wisconsin!
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I usually dislike the "person yells at person" videos, but the yellee is Rick Scott, so I'll live.