Kleptocracy

[Rastapopoulos]

But keep 'em coming.

Your mom lives in your basement.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Oh no! Lies on Twitter sabotaged a perfectly innocent proposal!

 

[Denny Crane]

Your mom lives in your basement.

More lies.

But keep 'em coming.

 

[Denny Crane]

Oh no! Lies on Twitter sabotaged a perfectly innocent proposal!

Thank Trump, eh?

Sit back and enjoy the wins.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/polit...hics-oversight-of-ethics-committee-amendment/

The decision comes less than two hours after President-elect Donald Trump criticized the timing of the vote, which was scheduled for the first day of the new congressional session.​

 

[3RA1N1AC]

wait, I thought that gutting the ethics committee was a good thing? So if trump scuttled it, isn't that a loss?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

This does a nice job of explaining how I became a mod.

 

[Denny Crane]

wait, I thought that gutting the ethics committee was a good thing? So if trump scuttled it, isn't that a loss?

PR

 

[3RA1N1AC]

PR

you have spent all thread saying how gutting the ethics committee is a good thing. And then all of the sudden, its a "win" that its not being gutted?

which is it? it certainly cant be both.

 

[Denny Crane]

you have spent all thread saying how gutting the ethics committee is a good thing. And then all of the sudden, its a "win" that its not being gutted?

which is it? it certainly cant be both.

I said no such thing.

I said the news is lying about it.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I said no such thing.

I said the news is lying about it.

 

[blue32]

you have spent all thread saying how gutting the ethics committee is a good thing. And then all of the sudden, its a "win" that its not being gutted?

which is it? it certainly cant be both.

The best thing about the whole thing is that numerous liberal pants shitters come on here screaming bloody murder about the proposed EC gut and it didn't even fucking happen. Typical premature ejaculation from the left. Even better is that they initially thought this was all a Trump agenda move and it turned out to be just a Repub thing, that not even Paul Ryan voted for. LOL

I will admit I was initially for it when I read about the abuses of what was plaguing it. But oh well things like this come and go. Best get some more pants on order for some around here.

 

[Denny Crane]

https://theintercept.com/2016/12/31...-false-story-about-hacking-u-s-electric-grid/

Russia Hysteria Infects WashPost Again: False Story About Hacking U.S. Electric Grid

https://theintercept.com/2017/01/04...about-russia-threat-while-public-is-deceived/

WashPost Is Richly Rewarded for False News About Russia Threat While Public Is Deceived

IN THE PAST SIX WEEKS, the Washington Post published two blockbuster stories about the Russian threat that went viral: one on how Russia is behind a massive explosion of “fake news,” the other on how it invaded the U.S. electric grid. Both articles were fundamentally false. Each now bears a humiliating Editor’s Note grudgingly acknowledging that the core claims of the story were fiction: the first Note of which was posted a full two weeks later to the top of the original article, the other of which was buried the following day at the bottom.

The second story on the electric grid turned out to be far worse than I realized when I wrote about it on Saturday, when it became clear that there was no “penetration of the U.S. electricity grid” as the Post had claimed. In addition to the Editor’s Note, the Russia-hacked-our-electric-grid story now has a full-scale retraction in the form of a separate article admitting that “the incident is not linked to any Russian government effort to target or hack the utility” and that there may not have even been malware at all on this laptop.

But while these debacles are embarrassing for the paper, they are also richly rewarding. That’s because journalists – including those at the Post – aggressively hype and promote the original, sensationalistic false stories, ensuring that they go viral, generating massive traffic for the Post (the paper’s Executive Editor, Marty Baron, recently boasted about how profitable the paper has become).

After spreading the falsehoods far and wide, raising fear levels and manipulating U.S. political discourse in the process (both Russia stories were widely hyped on cable news), journalists who spread the false claims subsequently note the retraction or corrections only in the most muted way possible, and often not at all. As a result, only a tiny fraction of people who were exposed to the original false story end up learning of the retractions.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

https://theintercept.com/2016/12/31...-false-story-about-hacking-u-s-electric-grid/

Russia Hysteria Infects WashPost Again: False Story About Hacking U.S. Electric Grid

https://theintercept.com/2017/01/04...about-russia-threat-while-public-is-deceived/

WashPost Is Richly Rewarded for False News About Russia Threat While Public Is Deceived

IN THE PAST SIX WEEKS, the Washington Post published two blockbuster stories about the Russian threat that went viral: one on how Russia is behind a massive explosion of “fake news,” the other on how it invaded the U.S. electric grid. Both articles were fundamentally false. Each now bears a humiliating Editor’s Note grudgingly acknowledging that the core claims of the story were fiction: the first Note of which was posted a full two weeks later to the top of the original article, the other of which was buried the following day at the bottom.

The second story on the electric grid turned out to be far worse than I realized when I wrote about it on Saturday, when it became clear that there was no “penetration of the U.S. electricity grid” as the Post had claimed. In addition to the Editor’s Note, the Russia-hacked-our-electric-grid story now has a full-scale retraction in the form of a separate article admitting that “the incident is not linked to any Russian government effort to target or hack the utility” and that there may not have even been malware at all on this laptop.

But while these debacles are embarrassing for the paper, they are also richly rewarding. That’s because journalists – including those at the Post – aggressively hype and promote the original, sensationalistic false stories, ensuring that they go viral, generating massive traffic for the Post (the paper’s Executive Editor, Marty Baron, recently boasted about how profitable the paper has become).

After spreading the falsehoods far and wide, raising fear levels and manipulating U.S. political discourse in the process (both Russia stories were widely hyped on cable news), journalists who spread the false claims subsequently note the retraction or corrections only in the most muted way possible, and often not at all. As a result, only a tiny fraction of people who were exposed to the original false story end up learning of the retractions.

I heard some fake news on Fox radio the other day. They said the majority of legal pot sold in Colorado is taken out of state to sell illegally. That can't be true.............

 

[Chris Craig]

This does a nice job of explaining how I became a mod.

Yeah, but what happens when people elect a person to fly a plane, that has no idea how to fly a fucking plane.

 

[MarAzul]

wait, I thought that gutting the ethics committee was a good thing? So if trump scuttled it, isn't that a loss?

Ha! What do you think?

 

[Chris Craig]

I heard some fake news on Fox radio the other day. They said the majority of legal pot sold in Colorado is taken out of state to sell illegally. That can't be true.............

The majority of it is smoked

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

I heard some fake news on Fox radio the other day. They said the majority of legal pot sold in Colorado is taken out of state to sell illegally. That can't be true.............

Not sure if you're being facetious or not but I've been hearing the same thing for awhile now. It's because they don't have the 3 "R's" (rules, regulations and restrictions) in place that states like Oregon have. Supposedly, there's no real (or at least competent) tracking system and no real oversight or enforcement on crop size, which makes it more profitable to sell outside the state of Colorado. The surrounding states (who are generally more conservative than Colorado) are pissed off and cracking down on cars coming from Colorado, using questionable moving "violations" to pull folks over for a look see. I know this because I'm planning a major road trip this spring and have been warned (especially since I already have a "target"....i.e.; Oregon license plates, on each bumper) to avoid Colorado until I'm on the way home. But it's abuses like those of the Colorado growers (assuming it is indeed true) that underline the need to legalize the stuff so law enforcement can focus on real crime......

 

[riverman]

But it's abuses like those of the Colorado growers

More than likely it's organized crime syndicates doing this...the mob out of Seattle had huge operations in N. Cal before it was legal..that's when small armies started growing on a large scale in the woods....in and out....then they'd arrest the local country folk for a dozen home grown plants..the mob guys were long gone by then. It's gone on a long time

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Not sure if you're being facetious or not but I've been hearing the same thing for awhile now. It's because they don't have the 3 "R's" (rules, regulations and restrictions) in place that states like Oregon have. Supposedly, there's no real (or at least competent) tracking system and no real oversight or enforcement on crop size, which makes it more profitable to sell outside the state of Colorado. The surrounding states (who are generally more conservative than Colorado) are pissed off and cracking down on cars coming from Colorado, using questionable moving "violations" to pull folks over for a look see. I know this because I'm planning a major road trip this spring and have been warned (especially since I already have a "target"....i.e.; Oregon license plates, on each bumper) to avoid Colorado until I'm on the way home. But it's abuses like those of the Colorado growers (assuming it is indeed true) that underline the need to legalize the stuff so law enforcement can focus on real crime......

Completely facetious

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Not sure if you're being facetious or not but I've been hearing the same thing for awhile now. It's because they don't have the 3 "R's" (rules, regulations and restrictions) in place that states like Oregon have. Supposedly, there's no real (or at least competent) tracking system and no real oversight or enforcement on crop size, which makes it more profitable to sell outside the state of Colorado. The surrounding states (who are generally more conservative than Colorado) are pissed off and cracking down on cars coming from Colorado, using questionable moving "violations" to pull folks over for a look see. I know this because I'm planning a major road trip this spring and have been warned (especially since I already have a "target"....i.e.; Oregon license plates, on each bumper) to avoid Colorado until I'm on the way home. But it's abuses like those of the Colorado growers (assuming it is indeed true) that underline the need to legalize the stuff so law enforcement can focus on real crime......

I saw a documentary on this once, what you do is make the car itself out of pot. Completely fools the cops.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Chris Craig]

Honest mistake my ass...

 

[Chris Craig]

Trump isn't even picking good people for his posts, people who are experienced, who know what they are doing, who are right for the job. He is picking ceos and friends to repay favors, so they can all make bank together and advance their companies. Corruption at its highest peak...right in the faces of the American people who are to stupid to see it.

 

[Denny Crane]

The gift that keeps giving.

 

[Denny Crane]

Guy from CitiGroup picked Obama's cabinet and other top positions.

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/8190

Note the from email address. fromanm@citi.com.

Though it was sent to Podesta, the people were hired by Obama.

Eric Holder for the Justice Department, Janet Napolitano for Homeland Security, Robert Gates for Defense, Rahm Emanuel for chief of staff, Peter Orszag for the Office of Management and Budget, Arne Duncan for Education, Eric Shinseki for Veterans Affairs, Kathleen Sebelius for Health and Human Services, Melody Barnes for the Domestic Policy Council, etc.

Puppet government.

 

[blue32]

Guy from CitiGroup picked Obama's cabinet and other top positions.

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/8190

Note the from email address. fromanm@citi.com.

Though it was sent to Podesta, the people were hired by Obama.

Eric Holder for the Justice Department, Janet Napolitano for Homeland Security, Robert Gates for Defense, Rahm Emanuel for chief of staff, Peter Orszag for the Office of Management and Budget, Arne Duncan for Education, Eric Shinseki for Veterans Affairs, Kathleen Sebelius for Health and Human Services, Melody Barnes for the Domestic Policy Council, etc.

Puppet government.

They don't care nor do they get it. The democrats are untouchable perfect people. Duh!

 

[barfo]

Guy from CitiGroup picked Obama's cabinet and other top positions.

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/8190

Note the from email address. fromanm@citi.com.

Though it was sent to Podesta, the people were hired by Obama.

Puppet government.

Oh, horseshit, Denny.

In 2008 Froman served on a 12-member advisory board of the Obama campaign's transition team

Why is that a problem, exactly? Isn't that pretty much what transitions involve, identifying candidates for various positions and then hiring them?

Note also that Froman had known Obama at Harvard Law, and had advised him in his senate campaign earlier.

Obama didn't call up the CEO of Citibank and say "please fill my cabinet for me". And for the record, Trump hasn't done that either.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

Oh, horseshit, Denny.



Why is that a problem, exactly? Isn't that pretty much what transitions involve, identifying candidates for various positions and then hiring them?

Note also that Froman had known Obama at Harvard Law, and had advised him in his senate campaign earlier.

Obama didn't call up the CEO of Citibank and say "please fill my cabinet for me". And for the record, Trump hasn't done that either.

barfo

Oh horse shit. He worked for citi. His list of people just magically got picked by Obama.

The list was sent to Clinton's team before the election. It was in October.

It made no difference if Clinton or Obama won. Citi picked the top officials in the administration.

Puppet government.

You do get that Clinton and Obama were running against each other?

 

[barfo]

Oh horse shit. He worked for citi. His list of people just magically got picked by Obama.

The list was sent to Clinton's team before the election. It was in October.

It made no difference if Clinton or Obama won. Citi picked the top officials in the administration.

Puppet government.

You do get that Clinton and Obama were running against each other?

No, I don't get that. In October 2008, Obama was running against John McCain. Not Clinton.

barfo