US Election Discussion Post 3/11/16
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- Climate future of communities on the line this electionGreen Party co leader James Shaw attended a South Dunedin Future street meeting today to discuss local responses to climate change. ...2 weeks ago
- Green Party calls for stronger action by Auckland Council to protect urban trees and native forestThe Green Party is calling on Auckland Council to do more to protect urban trees and housing developer Aedifice Property Group to restore and replant the native forest it cleared, and protect all the remaining trees on Ngahere Road in Pukekohe after a significant number of native trees were cut ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Ram Raids drop to two-year lowLatest Police data shows monthly ram raids have hit a two-year low, laying waste to Christopher Luxon’s false claim that there are two ram raids a day says Labour’s Police Spokesperson Ginny Andersen. ...2 weeks ago
- Every party needs to step up on school lunchesLabour has finally said it would continue free school lunches - and the Green Party is calling on every party to step up. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: School lunches on the line this electionFree and healthy school lunches will be here to stay if Labour is re-elected, guaranteeing food for our kids who need it most and significant cost saving for parents. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Labour commits to a new hospital for the people of Hawke’s BayThe next Labour Government will build a new hospital in Hawke’s Bay, Labour leader Chris Hipkins and Labour health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall announced. ...2 weeks ago
- Govt changes fall short of what’s needed for migrant protectionThe Green Party will keep up the fight to support exploited migrant workers, including pushing to end single employer visas, after the government picked up Green recommendations to improve immigration settings. ...2 weeks ago
- Clean Power Payment the smartest way forward to reduce emissions and billsGreen Party co leader James Shaw visited a home in Auckland today that has been upgraded with a wide range of energy improvements, similar to those that would be supported through the Green Party’s Clean Power Payment. ...2 weeks ago
- Foreign Minister's Action – A Contempt For “Caretaker Government” ConventionThe Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s presence in New York today at the United Nations General Assembly is a contempt of New Zealand’s “caretaker government” convention. Despite the long-standing caretaker convention, Minister Mahuta is today at the UN to sign a highly contentious “Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement”, delivering a ...2 weeks ago
- Back To Black ResponsiblyThe Pre-Election Fiscal Update Changes Everything Within an hour of this speech there is going to be a debate between the political parties that the media, under MMP, still think are the only parties that matter in this campaign. Both of those parties are riddled with inexperience, as evidenced by ...2 weeks ago
- Stop the cuts before they start – Labour launches new TV adNational and ACT's tax plans don't add up, and that means deep cuts to the public services New Zealanders rely on, says Labour Campaign Chair Megan Woods. ...2 weeks ago
- Youth justice programme expands to break cycle of offending
The successful ‘Circuit Breaker’ fast track programme designed to stop repeat youth offending was launched in two new locations today by Children’s Minister Kelvin Davis. The programme, first piloted in West and South Auckland in December last year, is aimed at children aged 10-13 who commit serious offending or continue ...11 hours ago - Major milestone with 20,000 employers using Apprenticeship BoostThe Government’s Apprenticeship Boost initiative has now supported 20,000 employers to help keep on and train up apprentices, Minister for Social Development and Employment Carmel Sepuloni announced in Christchurch today. Almost 62,000 apprentices have been supported to start and keep training for a trade since the initiative was introduced in ...13 hours ago
- Government supporting wood processing jobs and more diverse industryThe Government is supporting non-pine tree sawmilling and backing further job creation in sawmills in Rotorua and Whangarei, Forestry Minister Peeni Henare said. “The Forestry and Wood Processing Industry Transformation Plan identified the need to add more diversity to our productions forests, wood products and markets,” Peeni Henare said. ...14 hours ago
- Government backing Canterbury’s future in aerospace industryThe Government is helping Canterbury’s aerospace industry take off with further infrastructure support for the Tāwhaki Aerospace Centre at Kaitorete, Infrastructure Minister Dr Megan Woods has announced. “Today I can confirm we will provide a $5.4 million grant to the Tāwhaki Joint Venture to fund a sealed runway and hangar ...14 hours ago
- Updated forestry regulations increase council controls and require large slash removalLocal councils will have more power to decide where new commercial forests – including carbon forests – are located, to reduce impacts on communities and the environment, Environment Minister David Parker said today. “New national standards give councils greater control over commercial forestry, including clear rules on harvesting practices and ...15 hours ago
- New Zealand resumes peacekeeping force leadershipNew Zealand will again contribute to the leadership of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, with a senior New Zealand Defence Force officer returning as Interim Force Commander. Defence Minister Andrew Little and Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta have announced the deployment of New Zealand ...1 day ago
- New national direction provides clarity for development and the environmentThe Government has taken an important step in implementing the new resource management system, by issuing a draft National Planning Framework (NPF) document under the new legislation, Environment Minister David Parker said today. “The NPF consolidates existing national direction, bringing together around 20 existing instruments including policy statements, standards, and ...1 day ago
- Government shows further commitment to pay equity for healthcare workersThe Government welcomes the proposed pay equity settlement that will see significant pay increases for around 18,000 Te Whatu Ora Allied, Scientific, and Technical employees, if accepted said Health Minister Ayesha Verrall. The proposal reached between Te Whatu Ora, the New Zealand Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi ...1 day ago
- 100 new public EV chargers to be added to national networkThe public EV charging network has received a significant boost with government co-funding announced today for over 100 EV chargers – with over 200 charging ports altogether – across New Zealand, and many planned to be up and running on key holiday routes by Christmas this year. Minister of Energy ...2 days ago
- Safeguarding Tuvalu language and identityTuvalu is in the spotlight this week as communities across New Zealand celebrate Vaiaso o te Gagana Tuvalu – Tuvalu Language Week. “The Government has a proven record of supporting Pacific communities and ensuring more of our languages are spoken, heard and celebrated,” Pacific Peoples Minister Barbara Edmonds said. “Many ...3 days ago
- New community-level energy projects to support more than 800 Māori householdsSeven more innovative community-scale energy projects will receive government funding through the Māori and Public Housing Renewable Energy Fund to bring more affordable, locally generated clean energy to more than 800 Māori households, Energy and Resources Minister Dr Megan Woods says. “We’ve already funded 42 small-scale clean energy projects that ...6 days ago
- Huge boost to Te Tai Tokerau flood resilienceThe Government has approved new funding that will boost resilience and greatly reduce the risk of major flood damage across Te Tai Tokerau. Significant weather events this year caused severe flooding and damage across the region. The $8.9m will be used to provide some of the smaller communities and maraes ...6 days ago
- Napier’s largest public housing development comes with solarThe largest public housing development in Napier for many years has been recently completed and has the added benefit of innovative solar technology, thanks to Government programmes, says Housing Minister Dr Megan Woods. The 24 warm, dry homes are in Seddon Crescent, Marewa and Megan Woods says the whanau living ...7 days ago
- Te Whānau a Apanui and the Crown initial Deed of Settlement I Kua waitohua e Te Whānau a Apanui me...Māori: Kua waitohua e Te Whānau a Apanui me te Karauna te Whakaaetanga Whakataunga Kua waitohua e Te Whānau a Apanui me te Karauna i tētahi Whakaaetanga Whakataunga hei whakamihi i ō rātou tāhuhu kerēme Tiriti o Waitangi. E tekau mā rua ngā hapū o roto mai o Te Whānau ...1 week ago
- Plan for 3,000 more public homes by 2025 – regions set to benefitRegions around the country will get significant boosts of public housing in the next two years, as outlined in the latest public housing plan update, released by the Housing Minister, Dr Megan Woods. “We’re delivering the most public homes each year since the Nash government of the 1950s with one ...1 week ago
- Immigration settings updatesJudicial warrant process for out-of-hours compliance visits 2023/24 Recognised Seasonal Employer cap increased by 500 Additional roles for Construction and Infrastructure Sector Agreement More roles added to Green List Three-month extension for onshore Recovery Visa holders The Government has confirmed a number of updates to immigration settings as part of ...2 weeks ago
- Poroporoaki: Tā Patrick (Patu) Wahanga HohepaTangi ngunguru ana ngā tai ki te wahapū o Hokianga Whakapau Karakia. Tārehu ana ngā pae maunga ki Te Puna o te Ao Marama. Korihi tangi ana ngā manu, kua hinga he kauri nui ki te Wao Nui o Tāne. He Toa. He Pou. He Ahorangi. E papaki tū ana ...2 weeks ago
- Renewable energy fund to support community resilience40 solar energy systems on community buildings in regions affected by Cyclone Gabrielle and other severe weather events Virtual capability-building hub to support community organisations get projects off the ground Boost for community-level renewable energy projects across the country At least 40 community buildings used to support the emergency response ...2 weeks ago
- COVID-19 funding returned to GovernmentThe lifting of COVID-19 isolation and mask mandates in August has resulted in a return of almost $50m in savings and recovered contingencies, Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall announced today. Following the revocation of mandates and isolation, specialised COVID-19 telehealth and alternative isolation accommodation are among the operational elements ...2 weeks ago
- Appointment of District Court JudgeSusie Houghton of Auckland has been appointed as a new District Court Judge, to serve on the Family Court, Attorney-General David Parker said today. Judge Houghton has acted as a lawyer for child for more than 20 years. She has acted on matters relating to the Hague Convention, an international ...2 weeks ago
- Government invests further in Central Hawke’s Bay resilienceThe Government has today confirmed $2.5 million to fund a replace and upgrade a stopbank to protect the Waipawa Drinking Water Treatment Plant. “As a result of Cyclone Gabrielle, the original stopbank protecting the Waipawa Drinking Water Treatment Plant was destroyed. The plant was operational within 6 weeks of the ...2 weeks ago
- Govt boost for Hawke’s Bay cyclone waste clean-upAnother $2.1 million to boost capacity to deal with waste left in Cyclone Gabrielle’s wake. Funds for Hastings District Council, Phoenix Contracting and Hog Fuel NZ to increase local waste-processing infrastructure. The Government is beefing up Hawke’s Bay’s Cyclone Gabrielle clean-up capacity with more support dealing with the massive amount ...2 weeks ago
- Taupō Supercars revs up with Government supportThe future of Supercars events in New Zealand has been secured with new Government support. The Government is getting engines started through the Major Events Fund, a special fund to support high profile events in New Zealand that provide long-term economic, social and cultural benefits. “The Repco Supercars Championship is ...2 weeks ago
- There is no recession in NZ, economy grows nearly 1 percent in June quarterThe economy has turned a corner with confirmation today New Zealand never was in recession and stronger than expected growth in the June quarter, Finance Minister Grant Robertson said. “The New Zealand economy is doing better than expected,” Grant Robertson said. “It’s continuing to grow, with the latest figures showing ...2 weeks ago
- Highest legal protection for New Zealand’s largest freshwater springsThe Government has accepted the Environment Court’s recommendation to give special legal protection to New Zealand’s largest freshwater springs, Te Waikoropupū Springs (also known as Pupū Springs), Environment Minister David Parker announced today. “Te Waikoropupū Springs, near Takaka in Golden Bay, have the second clearest water in New Zealand after ...2 weeks ago
- More support for victims of migrant exploitationTemporary package of funding for accommodation and essential living support for victims of migrant exploitation Exploited migrant workers able to apply for a further Migrant Exploitation Protection Visa (MEPV), giving people more time to find a job Free job search assistance to get people back into work Use of 90-day ...2 weeks ago
- Strong export boost as NZ economy turns cornerAn export boost is supporting New Zealand’s economy to grow, adding to signs that the economy has turned a corner and is on a stronger footing as we rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle and lock in the benefits of multiple new trade deals, Finance Minister Grant Robertson says. “The economy is ...2 weeks ago
- Funding approved for flood resilience work in Te KarakaThe Government has approved $15 million to raise about 200 homes at risk of future flooding. More than half of this is expected to be spent in the Tairāwhiti settlement of Te Karaka, lifting about 100 homes there. “Te Karaka was badly hit during Cyclone Gabrielle when the Waipāoa River ...2 weeks ago
- Further business support for cyclone-affected regionsThe Government is helping businesses recover from Cyclone Gabrielle and attract more people back into their regions. “Cyclone Gabrielle has caused considerable damage across North Island regions with impacts continuing to be felt by businesses and communities,” Economic Development Minister Barbara Edmonds said. “Building on our earlier business support, this ...2 weeks ago
- New maintenance facility at Burnham Military Camp underwayDefence Minister Andrew Little has turned the first sod to start construction of a new Maintenance Support Facility (MSF) at Burnham Military Camp today. “This new state-of-art facility replaces Second World War-era buildings and will enable our Defence Force to better maintain and repair equipment,” Andrew Little said. “This Government ...2 weeks ago
- Foreign Minister to attend United Nations General AssemblyForeign Minister Nanaia Mahuta will represent New Zealand at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this week, before visiting Washington DC for further Pacific focussed meetings. Nanaia Mahuta will be in New York from Wednesday 20 September, and will participate in UNGA leaders ...2 weeks ago
- Midwives’ pay equity offer reachedAround 1,700 Te Whatu Ora employed midwives and maternity care assistants will soon vote on a proposed pay equity settlement agreed by Te Whatu Ora, the Midwifery Employee Representation and Advisory Service (MERAS) and New Zealand Nurses Association (NZNO), Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall announced today. “Addressing historical pay ...3 weeks ago
- New Zealand provides support to MoroccoAotearoa New Zealand will provide humanitarian support to those affected by last week’s earthquake in Morocco, Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced today. “We are making a contribution of $1 million to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to help meet humanitarian needs,” Nanaia Mahuta said. ...3 weeks ago
- Government invests in West Coast’s roading resilienceThe Government is investing over $22 million across 18 projects to improve the resilience of roads in the West Coast that have been affected by recent extreme weather, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins confirmed today. A dedicated Transport Resilience Fund has been established for early preventative works to protect the state ...3 weeks ago
- France to host Pacific defence ministers in New Caledonia ‘hub’ meeting
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A new Taxpayers Union – Curia poll in the Tāmaki electorate shows ACT’s Brooke van Velden mounting a strong challenge to incumbent National MP, Simon O’Connor. The two major candidates for the seat are locked in a statistical tie with 35% of ...3 hours ago - Labour-friendly turf Christchurch throws up some testy exchanges for Carmel Sepuloni
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- Tāmaki Is Ready For A Fresh New Voice“Tonight at the Taxpayer’s Union Tāmaki debate I put forward to voters why I should be the next advocate for their community in Parliament,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Tāmaki candidate Brooke van Velden. “After 63 years being represented ...4 hours ago
- Against All Odds In Hauraki-WaikatoThe youngest candidate in this year’s election is closing in on the Labour stronghold of Hauraki-Waikato. A Whakaata Māori exclusive poll has revealed that Te Pāti Māori newcomer, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, is just four percentage points behind Labour’s ...4 hours ago
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- ACT's Brooke van Velden turns up heat on Simon O'Connor in new pollThe ACT party candidate is locked in a statistical tie with the incumbent in the previously safe National seat of Tāmaki, a new Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll reveals. ...6 hours ago
- Simon O’Connor vs Brooke van Velden will go to wire in Tāmaki – new poll
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- The disability royal commission heard horrific stories of harm – now we must move towards repairSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Francis Kelly, Honorary Research Fellow, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has shared its final report. In this series, we unpack what the commission’s 222 ...7 hours ago
- My Sister Jill: Patricia Cornelius’ new play is a blistering post-war social and cultural commenta...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne Sarah Walker/MTC Emerging from one of Australia’s most enduring and significant theatrical partnerships between director Susie Dee and playwright Patricia Cornelius, My Sister Jill is a contemporary homage to George Johnston’s ...7 hours ago
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- National Party Statement On Prostate Cancer WelcomedMore than 4000 men are diagnosed and over 700 die from prostate cancer every year. That’s more than twice the road toll. Men’s lives matter too. The Prostate Cancer Foundation today welcomed statements by the National Party relating to prostate cancer ...8 hours ago
- We started a service for people worried about their sexual thoughts about children. Here’s what we...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma McKibbin, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock In its 2017 final report, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse identified that there was no large-scale national early intervention service in Australia for people worried ...8 hours ago
- Large slash must now be removed after harvesting, new forestry regulations sayCyclone Gabrielle highlighted the need for better regulations on forestry, after woody debris was washed into waterways and caused widespread damage and flooding. ...8 hours ago
- Voice support up in Essential poll, but it is still behindSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The referendum on the Indigenous Voice to parliament will be held on October 14. A national Essential poll, conducted September 27 to ...9 hours ago
- Election 2023: National 'mischief making' over claims Ingrid Leary backs wealth tax –...The Labour leader is downplaying comments by his MP, Ingrid Leary, who has spoken in favour of a wealth tax. ...9 hours ago
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- More than 50,000 people cast ballot on first day of advance votingThe first day of advance voting yesterday saw 56,557 people cast their ballots, according to the Electoral Commission. That’s a big drop on day one of advance voting in 2020, when 92,434 people took part. Given the exceptional, Covid-impacted circumstances of the last election, however, a more instructive comparison may ...10 hours ago
- Climate debate puts parties' emissions policies under scrutinyWith New Zealand on track to fall 114 million tonnes short of the 2030 emissions reduction target, and billions of dollars likely needed to pay for it, political parties have debated their climate policies. ...10 hours ago
- Climate debate puts parties' emissions policies under scrutinyWith New Zealand on track to fall 114 million tonnes short of the 2030 emissions reduction target, and billions of dollars likely needed to pay for it, political parties have debated their climate policies. ...10 hours ago
- ACT unveils medicines policy including one-week approvalsACT is promising to require one-week Medsafe approvals for drugs and medical devices approved by at least two similar countries. ...10 hours ago
- Gambling with Covid: Repeat infections are damaging usThe science is clear, the effects are profound and the toll of Long Covid and reinfections can’t be ignored, writes Freya Sawbridge. On August 15, mandates ceased for masks in healthcare settings along with isolation for positive cases. That marked the end of the final two pandemic restrictions. Anyone wanting to ...10 hours ago
- West Papua’s human rights issues under spotlight for Jubi film launchJubi News in Jayapura Director Latifah Anum Siregar of the Democracy Alliance for Papua (ALDP) has emphasised the importance of raising awareness about human rights violations in Papua during a discussion at the launch of five Jubi Documentary films. The event took place at the St. Nicholaus Ambassador of Peace ...11 hours ago
- New Zealand First Policy Announcement: Parliamentary Conscience Votes· New Zealand First will put an end to the use of conscience votes in parliament and return democracy to the people. · New Zealand First has always believed that important decisions that change the social fabric of our country forever should not ...11 hours ago
- Holes in baby dinosaur bones show how football-sized hatchlings grew to 3-tonne teensSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger S. Seymour, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Despite their public image as torpid, lumbering creatures, many dinosaurs were evidently warm-blooded, highly active animals, capable of prolonged and strenuous aerobic exercise. In new research, my colleagues ...12 hours ago
- Israel Adesanya is still fighting past demonsMike Minogue watched the new documentary on Israel Adesanya and recognised how hard it is to leave bullies behind. It would have been an entirely satisfactory piece of work. Imagine a documentary that unfolds with behind the scenes footage of the once unknown subject’s journey from utter obscurity, all the ...12 hours ago
- Corporate Welfare For Wood Processing Leaves Taxpayers’ Union StumpedThe Taxpayers’ Union is questioning the Government’s decision to provide corporate welfare to the wood processing sector, both in the form of direct hand-outs and the Government playing bank manager by providing loans when this could easily be left ...12 hours ago
- Humpback whales hold lore for Traditional Custodians. But laws don’t protect species for their cul...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Pascoe, Research fellow, The University of Melbourne Back to Country, CC BY-NC-ND For saltwater people of Australia’s east and west coasts, humpback whales hold important lore in the form of stories. For the Yuin people of the east ...12 hours ago
- Wellington Town Hall repairs could cost as much as $330mThe cost of repairing Wellington’s Town Hall has blown out again, with projections now forecast at $250-$330 million, up from a previous estimated completion cost of $182m. The Town Hall has been closed since it was damaged in the 2013 Seddon earthquake. The first cost estimates for repairs were $43 ...12 hours ago
- Lowlights from a media debate where half the parties didn’t even show upIn 2020 the pandemic briefly made the media central to our politics. A debate three years on shows how much that has changed. If you want to know just how far media has fallen as an area of interest for our political class, here are some realities to consider. Act’s ...13 hours ago
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- Luxon maintains he can’t reschedule debate, offers alternatives for HipkinsNational’s Christopher Luxon has defended his decision not to move his schedule around in order to attend a leaders’ debate in Christchurch. With Chris Hipkins testing positive for Covid-19, tonight’s Press debate can’t go ahead. Hipkins had made himself available after he leaves isolation, but Luxon said his schedule was ...13 hours ago
- The debate over the debateIt’s Tuesday, October 3 and welcome along to The Spinoff’s election live updates. We’re now just 11 days out from polling day. I’m Stewart Sowman-Lund. Get in touch with me on [email protected] Learn more about the political parties and what they stand for at Policy.nz The agenda The ...14 hours ago
- National promises post-natal hospital stays, diabetes monitors, mental health training boostNational is promising longer after-birth hospital stays for mothers, free glucose monitors for children with type-1 diabetes and more psychiatrist and psychologist training places. ...14 hours ago
- Government pledges $5.4m to build runway and hangar facilities at KaitoreteThe government is pledging $5.4m to help build runway and hangar facilities at Kaitorete on Banks Peninsula to support the aerospace industry. ...14 hours ago
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- Election 2023: Some young Asian voters want to see more engagement from political partiesAsians are the fastest-growing ethnic group in Aotearoa, but some young Asian voters say their voices are not being heard in this election. ...14 hours ago
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- Election 2023: Experts call out Winston Peters over climate change claimsNew Zealand First leader Winston Peters has been spreading misleading climate information at public meetings. ...15 hours ago
- Taxpayers’ Union Responds To Te Pūkenga's Unsuccessful Ad CampaignDespite facing consistent financial challenges and relying on taxpayer bailouts - most recently to the tune of $220 million in May's budget - The Waikato Times has revealed a staggering $15.6 million spent on ads, PR, and publications, which includes ...15 hours ago
- Morning Report hosts climate debate with Labour, National, and GreensLabour's Megan Woods, National's Simon Watts and the Greens' James Shaw took part in a live climate debate on Morning Report. ...16 hours ago
- Bottom Trawling Ban Can’t Avoid Fishing Areas, Says GreenpeaceGreenpeace has welcomed Labour’s support for banning bottom trawling on seamounts but warns the ‘devil is in the detail’, reminding political leaders that meaningful ocean protection means urgently banning the method from where it does the most harm. ...16 hours ago
- Costco Living Wage Settlement Sets New Standard For Grocery PayNearly 200 FIRST Union members who work at Costco in Auckland are "setting a new standard" for the supermarket and grocery industry after ratifying the store’s first Collective Agreement, which includes starting rates above the living ...16 hours ago
- The cost of being: A junior consultant in WellingtonAs part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, a 22-year-old consultant with a $30,000 student loan shares where his money goes. Gender: Male Age: 22 Ethnicity: Pākehā Work situation: Junior analyst for a multinational consulting firm. I get a yearly salary of $65,000. This is my first ...16 hours ago
- How AI Is Changing Democracy: Nudging, Microtargeting, And Epistemic BubblesToday, Maxim Institute releases our latest discussion paper, “ How AI is changing democracy: nudging, microtargeting, and epistemic bubbles. ” According to the authors, “AI brings many benefits to society that may come to affect nearly every area of ...16 hours ago
- The Bulletin: Luxon describes referendum on Treaty principles as ‘divisive’As recently as last week, Act leader David Seymour reaffirmed his party’s position on a referendum on co-governance, proposing “that the next government pass legislation defining the Principles of the Treaty, in particularly their effect on democratic institutions. Then ask the people to vote on it becoming law.” Christopher Luxon appeared ...16 hours ago
- Labour leader Chris Hipkins says Luxon 'putting up roadblocks' to leaders' debateLabour Party leader Chris Hipkins has accused Christopher Luxon off "putting up roadblocks to every alternative" after Luxon said he was unavailable for a rescheduled Press Leaders' debate. ...16 hours ago
- What has the Nobel Prize in Physics ever done for me?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Livesey, Senior Lecturer of Physics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Each October, physics is in the news with the awarding of the Nobel Prize. The work acknowledged through this most prestigious award often seems far removed from our everyday lives, ...17 hours ago
- Fire authorities are better prepared for this summer. The question now is – are you?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graham Dwyer, Course Director, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Last year, campers had to evacuate because of floods. This year, they’re evacuating because of fire. Over Victoria’s long weekend, campers and residents ...17 hours ago
- Australia is leaving thousands of international graduates in visa limbo, and it’s about to get wor...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute Many international students come to Australia with the hope of staying permanently. But our latest report, Graduates in limbo: International student visa pathways after graduation, shows that the rights Australia grants international students to ...17 hours ago
- Election 2023 updates: All the latest developments on 3 OctoberTuesday was meant to be debate day for Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon, but Covid has intervened. Follow RNZ's live blog for more updates. ...17 hours ago
- Covid-stricken Chris Hipkins still really wants to debate Chris LuxonCovid-stricken Chris Hipkins has told RNZ he’s “on the mend” and is looking forward to being back on the campaign trail in a few days time. It’s expected Hipkins will leave his self-imposed isolation on Friday after first testing positive for the virus on Sunday. “If you look at what ...17 hours ago
- Live updates: Morning Report hosts climate debate with Labour, National, and GreensLabour's Megan Woods, National's Simon Watts and the Greens' James Shaw are taking part in a live climate debate on Morning Report. Follow live updates with RNZ's blog here. ...17 hours ago
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Usual warnings about coffee, keyboards and screens apply.
Lovely, Andre, made my morning! Vote wisely this November!
And not just in America….
https://plus.google.com/photos/photo/113638882901059396959/6348187184808112242?icm=false
Morning, moz. Did you spot the irony in that link? Key words: truth, hiding.
Oh that’s right, Te Reo. I forgot you accept everything the State Dept’s black propaganda merchants have sold you.
The old Soviet Union was adept at manufacturing sex scandals, including bogus rape allegations, to silence and destroy dissidents; you’re a couple of generations too late, really.
+1 🙂
Because it would be just down right silly to think that Assange would receive anything less than a fair trial in Sweden.
And it would be completely absurd to think he would be extradited to America, because I’m sure they wouldn’t do that sort of thing, and even if they did I’m sure that it would be a fair trial because America are all about fair trials and open justice, especially for whistleblowers??.
Yeah, no, if I were Assange I’d stay right where I was…even poor old Auntie Beeb had to report this…
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35499942
https://search.wikileaks.org/gifiles/emailid/1112549
I’ll include this wikipedia quote for those good people who don’t read wikileaks because of the “Russians”..
“An email from an employee of intelligence consultancy Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (Stratfor) leaked in 2012 said, “We have a sealed indictment on Assange.” The US government denies the existence of such an indictment.”
We’re living in a time where American conservatives and right wingers all over the world are suddenly in thrall to Wikileaks, while Democrats and Clinton admirers the world over view them as a proxy for Donald Trump, who they believe is in fact a proxy for Vladimir Putin. You couldn’t have written a satire like that a couple years ago.
Not even Hillary Clinton actually believes that Russia is behind the revelations of her criminality, because they have no evidence to back up their allegations. She’s desperate, and so is her campaign. The Russian bogeyman is a time-honored last resort for American politicians; the crap being propagated by the Democrats now is no different from the Red-baiting nonsense of the 1950s.
Oh I know. Watching Clinton proxies remixing McCarthyism without a shred of retro-hipster irony has been one hell of a guiltless pleasure lately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhV6RYLUGH4
What about muh KGB?!?
I’d bet my last dollar that the Clintons don’t actually believe its ‘The Russians’. It’s just that for reasons I can’t quite follow, the public are all primed to swallow a redux of the Reds-under-the-bed narrative.
Maybe its an easier pill to swallow than facing the corruption and contempt of their elected leaders. That being said, in the UK, the Daily Mail have been sabre-rattling and championing WW III for quite some time now.
The fact that I get some of my wikileaks updates from FOX news…it’s just too bizarre…but then try and find good coverage of, say, the latest Donna Brazile, CNN resignation.
Where is that story in a supposedly ‘reputable’ new source like the Guardian?. The desperation of Leftish centrist and sane media to make sure Trump doesn’t win has completely pushed them over the edge into total denial of issues related to Clinton.
Issues that will seriously haunt her Presidency.
More than enough chickenhawk commentators do, however.
Its the only reason you love the Donald?
100% sure it’s not the Russians
“The former intelligence analyst, British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, and chancellor of the University of Dundee (Craig Murray) – who is close friends with Wikileaks’ Julian Assange – said he knows with 100% certainty that the Russians aren’t behind the leaks.”
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-02/us-insiders-%E2%80%93-not-russia-%E2%80%93-leaked-clinton-emails
From Craig Murray’s own blog:
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/10/really-really-upset-foreign-office-security-services/
Nah……CV loves him because Trump’s money allowed him to get draft deferment five times. And then call McCain a “loser”. And because trolling for a narcissistic fascist is CV’s way of proving that he’s the purest leftie on TS. Jeezus !
…the Daily Mail have been sabre-rattling and championing WW III for quite some time now.
Yet, oddly, I have not read of a single one of their brave journalists or editorial writers having signed up for the military.
Perhaps they are “soldiers” in the Hilary Benn sense of the word….
http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data/500/chicken-hawk-henry_www-txt2pic-com.jpg
+ Great comment! It really is a strange day when one has to turn to Fox for some semblance of the truth (maybe?).
I’ve also been really surprised at some of the locals wholesale acceptance of Liberal MSMs pro-clinton narrative. Lefty cognitive dissonance at its finest! Ignoring for a moment how awful a Trump presidency could be, there is now substantial evidence of Clinton corruption in the public domain and yet some are content to put their head in the sand!
I guess this all proves how powerful the Clinton’s actually are. In the face of everything that is known she still stands a good chance of winning. It’s unbelievable really, I wouldn’t have believed it myself 1 year ago.
Perhaps you could list everything that is known about the Clintons.
You know, facts, and not something penned by fevered wingnuts.
/
Dirty collusion between the Clinton campaign and CNN, dirty collusion between the Clinton campaign and the Department of Justice, dirty collusion between the Clinton campaign and the State Department, Dirty collusion between the Clinton campaign and the White House.
President Obama also lied when he said that he only learnt about Hillary Clinton’s private email through the media (Obama had emailed Clinton on her private email address, using a presidential pseudonym multiple times).
More facts are incoming.
If you have any actual interest in the facts, that is.
I did say not something penned by fevered wingnuts.
/
But I’ll play.
Really.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/busted-cnns-corey-lewandowski-tried-to-hide-his-face-saturday-as-he-stepped-off-trump-plane/
Feverishly imagined supposition straight out of the pages of Schweitzer’s slush funded Clinton Cash book.
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/04/swiftboat-2016-why-buy-ad-when-you-can-get
1/Given the daily Trump mis-speaks and lies generated by fevered wingnuts – unremarkable.
2/Presidential communications are privileged so we’ll never know..
I don’t have a lot of time to push back on all these counts, but pushing back on Obama using a pseudonym to email Clinton on her private server is easy to push back on.
Because the White House confirmed it.
From Politico:
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/hillary-clinton-emails-fbi-228607
Also how the Obama White House must have known about Hillary’s private email server – because Hillary’s non-gov email addresses would have been “white listed” for Obama’s secure Blackberry.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/26/sources-clinton-emails-would-have-been-whitelisted-for-obama-blackberry.html
No, much newer than that: breaking in the last 24 hrs.
Assistant Attorney General Kadzik tipped off Podesta about upcoming Department of Justice investigation.
http://observer.com/2016/11/breaking-assistant-attorney-general-tipped-off-clinton-camp-about-doj-investigation/
I have a comment pending moderation addressing this. In essence: the White House has stated that Obama himself had used a pseudonym to communicate with Hillary Clinton on Clinton’s private (non state.gov) email address.
Yes CNN contributor and senior Democrat Donna Brazile was shown to have provided the Clinton campaign to questions from at least two primary debates.
How is it that you are not up to date with these developments?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3898722/CNN-boss-blasts-Donna-Brazile-disgusting-unethical-handing-debate-questions-Clinton-chairman-DNC.html
Jared Kushner’s rag suggests all sorts of shit.
Oh, I am, so don’t flatter yourself sport.
Anyhoo, Lendowski being paid by CNN to offer impartial and informed commentary on Clinton while still involved with the inner circle of the Trump campaign is hardly ethical.
Perhaps you could attempt practising some objectivity?
Start with the Podesta leaks. Or are you also buying the “Russians did it” blatantly false narrative? 😉
If you want change, is it better to support a small fringe group that ultimately gets ignored, or work to help people like this gain clout within existing power structures?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kate-brown-oregon-governor_us_58064071e4b0b994d4c184d7?section=us_politics
This seems the perfect metaphor for the Trump campaign lack of respect for democratic process:
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/11/01/a-political-stunt-in-plano-draws-blood/
Trump’s actual policies and how the media has steered the discussion away from actually discussing them.
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/2/13483020/policy-stakes-2016
That’s rich from the journalistic hypocrites at VOX wanting to talk serious policy:
Oct 9: This is Donald Trump’s worst nightmare
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/9/13213234/donald-trump-tape-republicans-supporting
Oct 12: Donald Trump’s history of misogyny, sexism, and harassment: a comprehensive review
http://www.vox.com/2016/10/8/13110734/donald-trump-leaked-audio-recording-billy-bush-sexism
Oct 28: A newly surfaced video shows Donald Trump grabbing and kissing a former Miss Universe onstage
http://www.vox.com/identities/2016/10/28/13459750/trump-video-miss-universe-grab-kiss-jennifer-hawkins
Oct 31: The latest Trump tape accidentally explains rape culture in less than 3 minutes
http://www.vox.com/identities/2016/10/29/13465600/trump-miss-universe-tape-rape-culture-grab-kiss-onstage
Nov 1: Hillary Clinton’s brutal new ad uses Trump’s “pussy” comments against him
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/1/13486968/clinton-ad-trump-sexual-assault-pussy-sexism/in/12972207
Maybe a sudden flash of self-awareness?
How polling aggregators are messing up actual polling.
http://www.vox.com/2016/11/2/13496432/2016-polls
Thanks for that, interesting.
More Trump lies and sleaziness. Note the age of Creamer in the images; “in ten years [he was trying to be] dating her”:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-shows-trump-with-mob-figure-he-denied-knowing-090025964.html
The Citigroup Corp:
WikiLeaks releases 26th batch of #PodestaEmails from Clinton campaign chair
https://www.rt.com/usa/365082-wikileaks-releases-podesta-emails/
…”An email from early September 2008 outlines how Google helped President Barack Obama’s transition team to set up ‘secure data rooms’ for sharing information such as “policy promises, as well as legal documents like expense
reimbursements and contribution forms”.
The email from Obama aide Chris Lu, who is currently the deputy secretary of labor, explains how the “data rooms” can be accessed by staff – and emphasizes the importance of maintaining secrecy over their discussions.
“The one thing you should know is that contrary to the log-in
instructions, we’re not giving out “transition2008.com” email addresses. We think that would compromise our ability to keep this whole enterprise under wraps,” he writes.
The secrecy reminder is somewhat surprising, given the role Citigroup played in picking Obama’s cabinet even before the election…
Racism and backstabbing directed at their own:
“Bill de Blasio labeled a ‘terrorist’
“Wow. What a terrorist,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook wrote in an email on June 10, 2015 regarding New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio after he posted a favorable tweet towards rival Bernie Sanders.
Clinton’s director of communications Jennifer Palmieri responded, “Told you”, while Clinton aide Huma Abedin suggested contacting him.
Mook responded, “I talked to him earlier today. Clearly he wants to terrorize. Was all wine and roses with me.”
DeBlasio ran Clinton’s first senate campaign in 2000 and eventually endorsed Clinton for president in October 2015 after earlier refusing to do so….
Yeah, those WikiLeaks show just how awful she really is.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/these-wikileaks-emails-prove-just-what-a-monster-hillary-clinton-is_us_581a1ecce4b08f9841acad73
Real Clear Politics no toss ups electoral map:
Oct 9: Clinton 348, Trump 190
Today: Clinton 273, Trump 265
Black turnout low in several key states and proving worrying for Clinton
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-voter-turnout-north-carolina-ohio-florida_us_5818c782e4b0990edc33acfc
“A real-time demo of an election theft mechanism with context and explanation.
Demonstration uses a real voting system and real vote databases and takes place in seconds across multiple jurisdictions. Over 5’000 subcontractors and middlemen have access to perform this for any and all clients. It can give contract signing authority to whoever the user chooses.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fob-AGgZn44
…very disturbing that voters’ intentions can be corrupted and usurped
…a corruption of the democratic process
the Corporates and banks like Citigroup and Goldman Sachs running scared?…because the elites of the Democrats and the Republicans ( the Bushes support Clinton) have thrown their weight in behind Clinton…and Trump is a wild card who is NOT beholden to them
‘Global markets in ‘early stages of panic’ after poll gives Donald Trump lead’
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/hillary-clinton-campaign-donald-trump-poll-ahead-who-winning-us-election-2016-latest-a7392711.html
God I want this fucking death circus to end
heard of the OFF switch ?
NOT the mainstream media…and a look at the Clinton captured mainstream media
Hillary’s reckoning?
https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/365048-clinton-scandals-fbi-investigation/
“Hillary Clinton and her never-ending scandals. The FBI’s decision to continue its investigation into her use of a private email server presents the troubling prospect of a protracted political crisis. Is winning the election now the least of her problems?
CrossTalking with Mark Crispin Miller, Don DeBar, and Bruce Fein.”
I will not predict the Clinton/Trump election result but I will predict the post-election result:
Whoever wins will not complete their four year term of office. They will be investigated into oblivion.
If Trump gets in he better avoid doing any open air motorcades.
“open air motorcades.”
never been done since Dallas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_state_car_(United_States)
http://www.politicaldog101.com/2012/06/22/when-presidents-travel/
The same could be said for Hillary – probably more so – given the despicables and their guns.
… and Trumps incitement of her assassination.
The current “Beast” as it’s called:
http://www.leftlanenews.com/the-beast-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-presidents-limo.html
Its replacement is under development and if Trump wins, it will probably be gold-plated and have a chandelier.
Liz Two has this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_State_Limousine
Though she’s the first customer for a Bentayga for her personal driving.
Really. The sitting President mostly ignores the GOP House investigation circus- because they can
Gleanings:
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/33592564/church-in-greenville-burned-and-spray-painted-vote-trump
URL says it. It’s the Old South that never went away.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jon-stewart-donald-trump-twitter-war_us_5819a04fe4b0f96eba96e507
“I think this guy’s trying to let people know that I’m a Jew… doesn’t my face do that?”
Surprising no-one:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/01/the-kkks-official-newspaper-has-endorsed-donald-trump-for-president/
.Siobahn – with respect
. How many Hackers do we need ?
. How many persons should run away from Police enquiries on serious matters?
. If Hackers can get away with virtually any crime they like, why can’t ordinary criminals do the same and get Compensation ?
. Why don’t we just dump the concept of Law and Order – and leave the world to assorted lawless misfits ?
.
Hacking is not an ordinary crime, not when it uncovers far greater crime. In this case, it’s a public service.
Hacking is not “dumping the concept of Law and Order”, it is exposing and holding accountable those politicians who do.
(Of course I’m not talking about unwarranted and illegitimate invasions of privacy, I’m talking about serious and ethical hackers, like the one who gave the evidence of the National Party’s dirty politics unit to Nicky Hager.)
.
Hi Morrissey
Did Nicky Hagar hack into any computer and data? I am unaware of that if he did.
He used information that was given to him. He did so as a Journalist. He protected his source – as is normal.
Whistle Blowers are important. But Systems software Hackings are inherently unlawful.
I agree that if an employee or an investigator comes across criminal incident or material, there is a duty to report it.
.
Hacking is not an ordinary crime, not when it uncovers far greater crime. In this case, it’s a public service.
The problem is, you only know if you’ve uncovered anything AFTER committing a crime.
To take an extreme thought experiment: Say you break into someone’s home, steal a bunch of stuff, and then walk into the kitchen to discover the owner sticking parts of their murdered spouse down the garbage disposal. Should you still be prosecuted for burglary if you call the police and they arrest a murderer?
Of course I’m not talking about unwarranted and illegitimate invasions of privacy, I’m talking about serious and ethical hackers.
Just over 100 years ago in western culture, attending some opera’s (e.g. Carmen) was considered the height of ethical impropriety. Opera was a disgusting debasement of the theatre. Meanwhile it was socially acceptable for men to frequent brothels, or strike their wives.
Cultures change. What is considered ethical and/or unethical changes with them. It’s a dangerous and slippery slope to say “this form of hacking is OK because it accords with my ethical principles” when you have no idea what the principles of society may be in a decade or a generation.
Hello Phil
You have explained the inbuilt seriousness of Hacking.
No ethical person would do a hack. However if a person was for example to hack and alter an aircraft flight plan, he would have doomed the passengers to an horrific death.
Nations regard themselves as Sovereign. None of them, with perhaps the exception of Russia and New Zealand, regard themselves as perfect. They have their Laws; and their Goals. They also have their Defence Plans – exceedingly important in the current Age of Terror.
They do not and cannot encourage smart ass computer Hackers such as Assange to violate their systems. He knows that. He ignores that. He boasts about that.
He has achieved fame and lots of sympathy from uninformed girls. No nation however, will let him get away with his violation.
–
Oh stop your pious bullshit.
In this system, the authorities and the elite want to have perfect privacy themselves so the public knows nothing about what they are doing, while they are enabled to nosey about every single aspect of your own life.
Former US intelligence head Michael Hayden suggests that the US has previously hacked foreign political parties as part of what he deems acceptable, legitimate intelligence operations.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/former-cia-chief-hacking-foreign-political-parties-thats-what-we-do-1587185
+1
You know OT, I could almost live with Assange being tried for the crime of hacking. But I guess the fear is, given the current state of American justice, that his trial and sentence will not be ‘fair’ or just.
Look at the 20 year sentence handed to G. Gordon Liddy after Watergate, and he only served 4.5 years. (He was in the Special Investigations Group, and convicted of masterminding the burglary).
Yet Chelsea Manning gets 35 years, with no possibility of parole for 8, though the government had asked for 60 years as a deterrent to others.
Then we have this…
“The detention conditions prompted national and international concern. Juan E. Mendez, United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, told The Guardian that the U.S. government’s treatment of Manning was “cruel, inhuman and degrading.”
“In early April, 295 academics (most of them American legal scholars) signed a letter arguing that the treatment was a violation of the U.S. Constitution”
I also have a problem with this..
“Some US lawmakers and commentators have called for Assange to be charged with espionage or for conspiracy to obtain secret documents, arguing that he intended to sabotage America’s foreign policy and endangered lives by revealing the identities of informants”
To say Assange endangered lives is pretty rich when the leaks cover numerous examples of the US Government not only endangering lives…but actually taking lives, illegally.
How about some of THEM facing charges??
.
. Hi Siobahn
. I can agree that many American sentences seem excessive from this distance. But as a member of a Nation (New Zealand) I cannot accept that an IT Hywayman has the right to randomly override the Sovereignty of any Nation.
Our job is to try and improve the Governance here. Deal with problems here. And sincerely, I think you do that.
OT
(following on from grim’s and other links yesterday and the day before …believe it or not)
This is dynamite – a psychiatrist speaks out …’The Second American Revolution’
‘Steve Pieczenik gives you an in depth look at how the military feels and is reacting to Hillary Clinton and her potential presidency.’
http://www.infowars.com/delta-force-creator-reveals-coup-against-hillary/
You know you have gone wrong in life when you find yourself using infowars/Alex Jones as a reference
“You know you have gone wrong in life when”
…you put your head in the sand and choose to ignore what is going on in the REAL WORLD.
(senility is the only excuse)
“You know you have gone wrong in life when”:
You find it necessary to type the words; “REAL WORLD”, in capital letters.
well sorry I prefer to listen to Dr Steve Pieczenik …the psychiatrist’s take on the dynamically changing “REAL WORLD” cited above
( he is certainly more knowledgeable and interesting than you…and your ‘real world’ comments…ha ha)
…sorry darls….and have you watched it?…or have you put your mind censorship on?
“You know you have gone wrong in life when”:
You find it necessary to type the words; “ha ha”.
lol…have you watched it?
No. I have better things to do with my time than endure the idiocy that is infowars.
…ah ha …so you have put your mind censorship on…that is all we need to know…a closed mind!
but others will take note and will look at that link….and will make up their own minds
DELTA FORCE CREATOR REVEALS COUP AGAINST HILLARY
Breaking intel from top intelligence insider claims anti-Hillary coup taking place
http://www.infowars.com/delta-force-creator-reveals-coup-against-hillary/
“so you have put your mind censorship on”
That’s sad, coming from one whose hatred of a woman and her country leads to openly supporting a woman abusing 1 percenter, advocating for an alleged rapist whilst victim blaming his accusers and believing and spouting off Russian propaganda as if it’s the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Sad.
Forget mind censorship, I’d be more worried by your brain blinkers. lol.
@Peter Swift …weird? (o)…where is your evidence?…is personal abuse and lies all you have ?
…do you have anything to say about what Dr Steve Pieczenik has to say?
Points one and three you’re bang to rights, so no need for proof when every post you make ticks all the boxes, but as for number two, I can’t see a search bar up top at the moment, but you’ll remember in a fairly recent discussion about Assange, you backed him and criticised the women involved. Do you really not remember doing that?
As for you hating Clinton and the U.S, you can always deny it and say it isn’t true.
No reply button to Peter Swift? how strange.
Probably best, he can not tolerate any differing opinions it seems.
best to just chill out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2zKdIcOV5s
I can tolerate plenty diferences of opinions, even your made up backwards ones, but I won’t elevate those born from bias, hatred and negativity to the level playing field where my own reside.
That’s ok then Peter, but don’t ignore the the information because of the source.
Put emotions aside and evaluate the facts, from all sources, use your own compass to determine what is fact or fiction, regardless of the source. peace.
US insiders a more likely source of Clinton email leaks – not Russia
Bill Binney – former technical director of the NSA:
And then there is this, also from the piece:
“The former intelligence analyst, British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, and chancellor of the University of Dundee (Craig Murray) – who is close friends with Wikileaks’ Julian Assange – said he knows with 100% certainty that the Russians aren’t behind the leaks.”
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-02/us-insiders-%E2%80%93-not-russia-%E2%80%93-leaked-clinton-emails
No reply button to Peter Swift? how strange.
n00b 😛
The thread reached the reply button event horizon: eight replies I think.
InfoWars doesn’t describe the REAL WORLD, it describes the insanity that is Alex Jones
…matter of opinion…better put your head back in the sand fast
A matter of a vast consensus of opinion actually. Jones is completely nuts.
…many would disagree with you
Because for some reason people actually believe that world leaders are smoking DMT to meet the clockwork eleves and Clinton smells like sulphur because she is a demon.
Sounds reasonable
Jones is a bit off the mark on some things, but on others, he has 100% more clarity than the corporate MSM. The same MSM that way too many people think define the boundaries of acceptable conversation.
Has this already been aired, Colonial Viper? The Archdruid speaks:
“Barring any of the incidents that could throw the election into the House of Representatives, we’ll know by this time next week whether the bipartisan consensus that’s been welded firmly in place in American politics since the election of George W. Bush will stay intact for the next four years. That consensus, for those of my readers who haven’t been paying attention, supports massive giveaways to big corporations and the already affluent, punitive austerity for the poor, malign neglect for the nation’s infrastructure, the destruction of the American working class through federal subsidies for automation and offshoring and tacit acceptance of mass illegal immigration as a means of driving down wages, and a monomaniacally confrontational foreign policy obsessed with the domination of the Middle East by raw military force. Those are the policies that George W. Bush and Barack Obama pursued through four presidential terms, and they’re the policies that Hillary Clinton has supported throughout her political career.
Donald Trump, by contrast, has been arguing against several core elements of that consensus since the beginning of his run for office. Specifically, he’s calling for a reversal of federal policies that support offshoring of jobs, the enforcement of US immigration law, and a less rigidly confrontational stance toward Russia over the war in Syria. It’s been popular all through the current campaign for Clinton’s supporters to insist that nobody actually cares about these issues, and that Trump’s supporters must by definition be motivated by hateful values instead, but that rhetorical gimmick has been a standard thoughstopper on the left for many years now, and it simply won’t wash. The reason why Trump was able to sweep aside the other GOP candidates, and has a shot at winning next week’s election despite the unanimous opposition of this nation’s political class, is that he’s the first presidential candidate in a generation to admit that the issues just mentioned actually matter.”
One of the few times I disagree with jmg. No one I know on the left is unaware of those issues indeed the opposite is true. Plus trump can SAY anything – his actions, which can only be deduced from his life, are the cause of angst.
But this is here not there so anything I say is quite irrelevant.
Robert – also notable that the Archdruid and his wife live in the middle of the US de-industrialised rust belt. They will personally know a lot of decent Trump supporting folk who aren’t deplorable racist misogynists.
That’s right, CV. He also begins his latest post with:
“Just at the moment, many of my readers—and of course a great many others as well—are paying close attention to which of the two most detested people in American public life will put a hand on a Bible in January, and preside thereafter over the next four years of this nation’s accelerating decline and fall.”
(My bold)
I saw a cartoon the other day – ‘how does the swearing in work’ when Hillary can’t put her hand on the bible because she is in handcuffs behind her back.
I had a colleague in Korea who has returned to the states who is fairly enthusiastically Christian – many of her friends will be voting Trump on the abortion stance. Different folks, different issues.
” ‘how does the swearing in work”
You know Trump is also under investigation (and will probably come under greater investigations later)
Heh.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/11/02/deciphering_the_coded_anti_trump_messages_on_marla_maples_new_lifestyle.html
Google trend in the wake of Comey’s announced re-opening of the investigation…
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-01/more-bad-news-hillary
It appears death threats are effective in dealing with the inconvenience of allegations of pedophilia. However, is this the lesson we want other pedophiles to learn from Trump?
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/calif-woman-accusing-trump-child-rape-break-silence-article-1.2855631
More on the general climate of intimidation and rabid antisemitism:
http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/11/02/trumps-child-rape-victim-just-canceled-press-conference-death-threats/
The way that piece is written bears some comment
Donald Trump’s followers are some of the lowest, most hateful scum to ever…
Really? All of them? That’s how it reads – if you’re a Trump follower (supporter?) then you’re the lowest and most hateful scum.
Oh. And you’re not only that, but you’re violent
Given the ease with which Trump supporters will bring violence on the innocent…
Demonising people with those broad strokes of a brush ain’t going to endear you to those Trump followers/supporters who aren’t violent, low hateful scum or whatever. N’fact, it’s more than likely going to make them double on down, and get out there and vote against the judgmental pricks who write this stuff. And since the people doing the writing closely associate with the Democrats and the establishment.
I mean, on top of the likelihood that many Trump supporters are possibly willing to vote for anything that isn’t the same Rep/Dem establishment that has done them over and ‘rubbed them out’ these past…since whenever Reagan…on the off chance that “different” might be better, or at least not as bad in the same intolerable way that bad has been since ‘whenever Reagan’ , I’d have thought the least intelligent thing to do would be to do exactly this kind of shit that’s being done.
Nothing learned from BREXIT, Corbyn, Sanders, independence ref etc?
Seems not.
Forget the tone policing and look at the death threats and gas chamber references. Any sane, decent people should be ashamed to be associated with this. Nothing learned from the Third Reich either it seems… or too much.
If you’re so concerned about maintaining a properly delicate tone, perhaps you can suggest to Trump’s shills that they should confront this crap?
If I’m a “judgemental prick” because I dread and despise Nazism, good. I’m sorry your monocle fell in your tea.
Did I say you were a judgmental prick? Do I wear a monocle? Was I drinking tea?
Pointing to the stupidity of demonising all types of people just because of who they will likely vote for, while routinely refusing to look at any actual reasons why they might be voting that way isn’t ‘tone policing’.
You’re right, I should have called it concern trolling.
I’m sure a lot of very nice people voted for tyrants. They deserve to have it pointed out to them what they are aiding and abetting and that maybe it won’t get them what they want.
I’m done caring about the delicate feelings of the poor snowflakes who turn a blind eye to death threats, church burning, and Nazism done in their name. They need to know shame.
They can show up at their Orange Jesus’ rallies and show placards saying that they condemn this at least instead of baying for Mexican blood.
Perhaps you’ve heard of this guy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_…
wait are you talking about Trump supporters or Hillary supporters?
Oh false equivalence again? Get back to me when the official KKK newspaper and the American Nazi Party stop endorsing Trump.
Because when you find yourself marching alongside them, you have to ask yourself whether you’re going in the right direction.
Quoted for Truth.
How True Marco? , care to explain?
http://christiantimesnewspaper.com/sources-nypd-looking-to-press-charges-against-bill-clinton-for-underage-sex-ring/
Sources within the New York Police Department are confirming that the NYPD is currently investigating allegations that Bill Clinton performed sexual acts on underage girls ranging from 5 to 14 years old in recent years. These reports have been confirmed my multiple others, and it appears that the NYPD is closing in on the former President.
Gosh, good thing Bill Clinton isn’t running for President!
Christian Times? Unnamed “sources”? About as obsessive and reliable as Infowars… oh right, of course…
🙄
It may have escaped your attention – but Bill Clinton is not running for President. He last ran for President in 1996.
On the other hand, your paragon of virtue does stand so accused, and from a “association” with Epstein – which as per normal – he denies:
“(the) woman using the name Katie Johnson had named Trump and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in a $100 million lawsuit, accusing them of having solicited sex acts from her at sex parties held at the Manhattan homes of Epstein and Trump back in 1994 (when Johnson was just 13 years old):”
You are the one raising your hand in horror, at Bill Clinton, but when a law suit has been filed against an actual candidate (Trump) and there are more than a dozen other women who are brave enough to support similar allegations, you overlook these matters as nothing! Double standards??
However when a candidate is supported by such associations as neo Nazi and racist “clans” (which have been involved in murder and terror activities) it is time to consider whether such a candidate is truly representing the best interests of a country.
I wouldn’t accuse you of being in step with the worst of Hillary’s supporters, thank you for exposing your mind set though,
nice insight.
A false equivalence – again. That is your mind set.
Where have I supported Hilary? Cite please.
rhinocrates get lost mate. Hillary Bullies online and in real life are intolerable.
Go check out the video of the homeless black woman verbally and physically abused when she tried to protect Donald Trump’s Hollywood footpath star.
Scott Adams describes perfectly how Clinton has greenlighted the abusive behaviour of Hillary Bullies.
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/152293480726/the-bully-party
No of course not, you just spend 95% of your comments slamming Trump and Trump supporters like myself.
Disingenuous.
“No of course not, you just spend 95% of your comments slamming Trump and Trump supporters like myself.”
It’s because Trump is a misogynist bully and sex offender you openly support him is why you and him are slammed. Not because anyone particulalry likes Clinton.
This has been pointed out to you many many times
rhinocrates get lost mate.
That’s up to the moderators. I don’t need your permission.
Hillary Bullies online and in real life are intolerable.
Diddums.
Her side has branded Trump supporters (40%+ of voters) as Nazis, sexists,
Oh no, they’re quite willing to do that themselves, or walk alongside them.
No of course not, you just spend 95% of your comments slamming Trump and Trump supporters like myself.
Oh you delicate little snowflake.
I’m no fan of Hilary, and paranoid projection of motives is not reasoning, so don’t misrepresent me… though of course I can’t force you, but I’ll continue to point out that this is exactly what you’re doing.
I just happen to believe that tuberculosis is awful but cancer is much worse.
You’ve fallen for Clinton’s mass hallucinations too? I accept that Trump’s personal behaviour has been substandard on some counts.
But I think his bullying behaviour is on a par with Hillary Clinton’s bullying behaviour.
BTW if Clinton gets in, we’ll have a serial sexual offender back in the east wing of the White House.
“Substandard?” “Hallucinations”?
Who is being disingenuous?
Serial sexual assault confessed and reported from numerous separate independent sources over decades is “substandard”?
Well, John Key would agree perhaps.
If you’re such an apologist for rape culture, why your condemnation?
Trump has a decent, if still uphill, shot of winning the election. Why?
Because a lot of people believe that out of the two Hillary Clinton is the WORSE choice.
Think about it, smart man.
Because a lot of people believe that out of the two Hillary Clinton is the WORSE choice
Unfortunately polls show a lot of Americans think that the earth is 6,000 years old too.
Think about it, smart man
Touched a nerve I see.
What is that even supposed to mean? Seriously, try and grow up.
What is that even supposed to mean? Seriously, try and grow up.
Now you’re talking to yourself. Better watch that. 🙂
“You’ve fallen for Clinton’s mass hallucinations too?”
It’s amazing how Clinton is so powerful she can effect what Truml does and says.
Ths has been explained to you ad nauseum – it’s Trumps own words and actions the condemn him, nothing that Clinton says.
You can’t really control who endorses you, I recall Kyle Chapman endorsing NZFirst for example
False. You can publicly reject them, but instead Trump continues to dog whistle with classic alt right language, or rather dog bullhorn.
And I wouldn’t put it beneath Winston First to enjoy the endorsement of Chapman.
rhinocrates:
“wait are you talking about Trump supporters or Hillary supporters?”
What issue do you have with this statement?
It’s complete idiocy. Its false equivalence.
Now, please cite where I supported Hilary.
reply to rhinocrates:
You are typing yourself in knots,
Bill Clinton supports Hillary, endorses and fund raises for her,
hence to infer those following Trump should check themselves because some KKK support Trump is the same as saying all those following Hillary should check themselves as they are also walking in step with Bill Clinton.
And Trump has denounces the KKK support, but MSM has a strange way of reporting it, headlines vs content.
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/01/politics/donald-trump-kkk-crusader-support/
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-donald-trump-denounces-support-from-kkk-1478057956-htmlstory.html
http://www.npr.org/2016/11/02/500352353/kkk-paper-endorses-trump-campaign-calls-outlet-repulsive
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-kkk-idUSKBN12X2IG
Has Hillary clarified her relationship with Byrd?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPL2JlJBuqs
Pretty sure I’ve heard stories that the Clintons used to have KKK connections from their old south Arkansas days.
CV:
Pretty sure I’ve heard stories..
I dreamed once that my cat stole a car. The cat was a tabby, quite a conscientious driver, and I remember quite vividly that the car was a green Morris Minor. It’s so clear in my memory. I’ve told other people about this, so if you hear it from someone, would you believe it?
Dim:
“Knots”
Nope. As I said, I never supported H. I don’t have to play your silly game of one-up. It isn’t a puerile points game called “Buuuut Killary.”
but MSM has a strange way of reporting it, headlines vs content.
Oh yes, the demon MSM. As opposed to Alex Jones.
Trump’s continued talk of “international bankers” – which is well-known code for Jews amongst his alt right support base puts the lie to that. They like to refer to the MSM as the Lügenpresse (an Nazi term meaning Lying Press) and dismiss anything they say while picking up the dog whistles which Trump continues to use.
I’ve read that Rhinocrates used to own a Morris Minor. It must be true. Probably chock full of thermite too.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/07/donald-trump-sexual-assault-lawsuits-norm-lubow
from the guardian no less, must be legit 🙂
Thanks for the link.
It appears that the Guardian has been infiltrated by the Kremlin or been bought off by Putin. /sarc
“unsubstantiated” is the operate word here
( remember the false accusations of rape against Colonel Gaddafi?
http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2016/01/06/new-hillary-emails-reveal-true-motive-for-libya-intervention/ )
From The Guardian:
‘Woman accusing Donald Trump of raping her at 13 cancels plan to go public’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/02/donald-trump-rape-lawsuit-13-year-old-cancels-public-event
…”The allegations have received less media attention than other claims of sexual assaults by Trump partly because they appeared to have been orchestrated by an eccentric anti-Trump campaigner with a record of making outlandish claims about celebrities.
A Guardian investigation this summer found that Norm Lubow, a former producer on the Jerry Springer TV show, has been associated in the past with a range of disputed claims involving the likes of OJ Simpson and Kurt Cobain…
A Guardian investigation in July found that a publicist calling himself “Al Taylor” attempted to sell a videotape of Doe relating her allegations for $1m. It linked Taylor through a variety of means including shared email addresses and phone numbers to Lubow, formerly of Springer’s daytime talk show.
Lubow was connected to a contentious claim, raised in the 1998 documentary movie Kurt and Courtney, that Courtney Love offered a fellow musician $50,000 to murder her husband, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. Love denied the charge.
According to the New York Post, Lubow was also behind a tabloid newspaper story that OJ Simpson bought illicit drugs on the day his estranged wife Nicole Brown was killed.
When the Guardian quizzed “Al Taylor” about his true identity, the publicist replied: “Just be warned, we’ll sue you if we don’t like what you write. We’ll sue your ass, own your ass and own your newspaper’s ass as well, punk.”
Congratulations?
Web archive captures the upcoming election results.
https://web.archive.org/web/20161102023033/http://ftpcontent2.worldnow.com/wrcb/elections/elections.html
Well I’m about to come off the fence and call it a win for Trump…nearly:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/86033147/us-election-91-percent-of-lastminute-bets-are-for-donald-trump–paddy-power
Still 6 days to go.
I still see a Trump win of around 290 electoral votes.
If a weeks a long time in normal politics then 6 days in this particular election means theres a lot more to come
Brett Baeir (of Fox News) via Real Clear Politics:
FBI Sources Believe Clinton Foundation Case Moving Towards “Likely an Indictment”
Note: the aggressive and wide ranging investigation of the Clinton Foundation by the FBI is SEPARATE and ADDITIONAL from the FBI’s investigation of Clinton’s private email server.
(Hey McFlock, remind me of how squeeky clean and highly rated the Clinton Foundation is)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/11/02/fbi_sources_tell_fox_news_indictment_likely_in_clinton_foundation_case.html
some here might enjoy, and find this insightful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3hCQcrfg28
More deplorables feeling enabled by Trump.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-energized-us-militia-groups_us_5819e8e8e4b00f11fc5cd0fd?section=us_politics
Yep more than a few saddo trumpees are dangerous and foul.
Watching breaking news on Fox News.
The reporting that Brett Baier has done on “very high priority” investigations with an “avalanche of evidence” ongoing at the FBI is going to end Clinton’s chances of a viable Presidency.
Evidence of foreign compromise of Clinton’s email server by 5 foreign powers – possibly enemies of the USA.
Brand new emails found.
RICO behaviour around the ‘top rated’ Clinton Foundation.
You really have come down in the world…
No, he hasn’t. He’s exactly where he started: desperate for attention.
And I appreciate you sharing your attention with me. It’s very kind of you.
When your attention-seeking failed you blamed Clare Curran and threw your toys. Get over it. You’re unelectable. Boo hoo.
It’s Christmas actually; imagine working with that shit fight right wing Labour caucus full of MPs and staffers, your so called colleagues, who are just waiting to stab you in the back.
He used to call it faux news.
Now he thinks Fox’s “breaking news” is reliable. A wise commenter once said
CV should maybe read some other comments by that guy and stop being a corporate shill.
I think the reading has narrowed down so much it really is just regurgitation with very little critical thinking – low denominator propaganda pushed as news.
Some of the folk he’s throwing his lot in with.
http://thediplomat.com/2016/10/beyond-trump-and-putin-the-american-alt-rights-love-of-the-kremlins-policies/
You do realise it’s very likely that the email leaks on the Clintons came from a DC insider and has nothing to do with Russia or Putin.
keep telling yourself that, shill
Your liking of all things Putin.
Craig Murray met with Julian Assange after doing a bunch of top secret shit at the UK Foreign Office.
If you don’t trust me, trust him.
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/10/really-really-upset-foreign-office-security-services/
wikileaks never reveals its sources, but this time totes will by a process of elimination.
🙄
Bill Binney, former Technical Director for the NSA who was in charge of 6,000 NSA employees, says a US intelligence worker is likely behind the Clinton email leaks, not Russia.
Binney was the NSA’s best analyst on the Soviet Union.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-22/nsa-whistleblower-us-intelligence-worker-likely-behind-dnc-leaks-not-russia
lol
So the hack wasn’t a hack, even though the article conistently calls it a hack, and the hacker who reckons he has ip addresses of the DNC hackers calls it a hack, and the FBI has access to NSA data, most of which isn’t hacked it’s a standard communication intercept that wouldn’t leave ip addresses for the russian hacker to trace, but that’s after of course the article states that two US agencies do actually believe that it was a hack and that Russia was the source.
I’d be impressed if zerohedge could get its story straight.
Don’t confuse the Zero Hedge write up with the stated opinion of William Binney.
I am convinced now that Hillary Clinton is not qualified to be POTUS. She is all but over.
For better or for worse, it has to be Trump.
Oh don’t pretend that you’re only convinced “now”. You’ve had that script in your mind long before the DNC hack.
OK, binney apparently says not russia. At least two US intelligence agencies, who would have better current access than binney, disagree with that assessment. And the emails show nothing untoward, especially compared to trumps list of active court cases on sexual assault and fraud complaints.
“I am convinced now that Hillary Clinton is not qualified to be POTUS. She is all but over.”
But the guy that has wholesale sought to repeal the first amendment, question the second and called into question the entire electoral process is totally A-OK.
Fuck sake…..
Really? 2 US intel agencies said it was Russia? Show me where. AFAIK they said that the methods used appeared to be “consistent with” Russian hacking, or words to that effect.
Pretty sure you have to hold an Article V convention of all the states to repeal any of the amendments. So that’s not happening.
As for questioning rigged elections and vote rigging, Barack Obama talked about that in public when running for POTUS in 2008. No big deal, US politicians grind on about it all the time.
Read your own fucking link.
“But saying they believe the hacks come from the Russians is far short of saying they know the Russians were behind them.”
Seriously, isn’t it embarrassing that other people have to correct your bullshit to actually reflect the nutbar slurs you’re trying to parrot? You used to be so much better than that.
You haven’t spent years using some home remedy containing mercury or lead, have you?
Hi McFlock, thanks for proof reading. Always appreciate it.
By the way, which were the two US intel agencies which you said concluded that the Russians were responsible for the email hacks?
McFlock found the quote I was referring to (hope it makes you happier mate, I’d love you to be happy)
By the way these weren’t the two US intel agencies you were referring to, were they?
Weaksauce man, weaksauce.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-24/did-russia-hack-dnc-%E2%80%A6-really
I’m not “proofreading” shit.
I’m telling you that you’re a fucking idiot who doesn’t even read his own links.
case in point:
Not me. Your zerohedge link. You should read it sometime. I merely quoted it with speechmarks and everything.
While you’re learning to read what you linked to (rather than what you imagine), I’m off to bed.
I daresay you’ll be incompetently parroting other insane bullshit tomorrow, easy bet.
lol
So now you’ve read your link, you slip in a similar one without the original’s line
“But saying they believe the hacks come from the Russians is far short of saying they know the Russians were behind them.”.
Fuck you’re a duplicitous piece of shit. There’s an interesting Observer article on why Binney is probably well off the mark on this one, you’d google it if you weren’t terrified that it might be correct.
Night night, liar.
So that is what moved the market… it suddenly moved against Clinton quite heavily in the last hour and Sanders, Biden and Kaine all starting to make chances albeit slim ones. Clinton out to 1.42 as I write, Sanders in to 100, Biden and Kaine 250’s (but better than the 600-800’s they were this morning. Trump steady on 3.65
Arguably Trump has a better chance against Clinton than he does any of the other Democratic candidates. 6 days to go, what will happen. I see Nate Silvers 538 site now has Clinton on a 67% chance, the worm is tightening. http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/
We are going to see daily leaks from the FBI now as the FBI try and pressure a politically compromised and obstructive Department of Justice to act.
Now it makes sense why Director Comie broke convention on (US) Friday with his letter to Congress.
Hillary may still be voted in next week, but she’s not going to last in office.
You have so little faith in the power of the Lizard People to protect her.
They don’t need to protect her; they have President Kaine.
Heard about their 5 foreign governments claim. My picks if it’s true:
1: Russia
2: China
3: Britain
4: Israel
5: Germany or France (Germany if it’s revenge, France if it’s just good tradecraft – they’re underrated in this area).
CNN’s probable picks, to be taken up by MSNBC, Washington Post, New York Times, Huffington Post, the Guardian, the Daily Mail, and especially the Telegraph:
1: Russia
2: Russia
3: Russia
4: Russia
5: Russia
How about Iran….?
Just saw this on Reddit:
Damn that’s way funnier than my iteration.
I thought about Iran as a possibility, but Israel edged them out as they seem to have form in this area. I briefly considered Saudi Arabia, but they’re so shit at conventional warfare that I can’t bring myself to believe they could hack even the weakest system. Outside chance for the Saudis if the whole ‘Huma is a Saudi spy’ narrative is correct.
Be funny if it’s basically everyone *but* Russia.
The problem with Baier’s claptrap is the FBI doesn’t indict people, the DOJ does.
Mind you, these are the same idiots who pushed the Benghazi nonsense citing anonymous government sources. And 3 years down the track, not a sausage.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/11/02/fbi_sources_tell_fox_news_indictment_likely_in_clinton_foundation_case.html
???
If you could address the substance of his reporting, that would be appreciated.
That is the substance not the ghostdrama you love
That’s why the FBI, from Comey down, is going public. To bypass and pressure the Loretta Lynch Department of Justice.
Sure like you’d know fool – go back to your vids bub
Nope, looks like some employees have decided to take matters into their own hands.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwUBiKNVIAAiZbA.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwUBiKKVIAEHXVG.jpg
edit: this too
http://crooksandliars.com/2016/11/short-guide-latest-fbi-leaks-murdoch-trump
The ball is in play is all I will say, and it is much bigger than squabbles between FBI field offices.
You’re okay with an instrument of the state’s involvement in a partisan attempt to influence an electoral outcome?.
Justify your statement that this is a partisan attempt on behalf of the FBI, and that their motivation is not that of achieving criminal justice.
Further, don’t you think that IF the DOJ has been obstructing investigations into the Clintons for months or over a year, that would be exactly what you accuse the FBI of: an instrument of the state’s involvement in a partisan attempt to influence an electoral outcome?
Or do you believe that such activity is permissible – but only if it is designed to advantage Clinton?
Clueless projection is your response to everything.
OAB, about time you surfaced. Are you OK with an “instrument of state” like the DOJ being involved in a partisan attempt to influence an electoral outcome?
Convention and the law say they’re neutral employees who have absolutely no right to insert themselves into the electoral process.
People who poison the well (like you, for example) are a bigger priority than your self-aggrandising trash-talk.
1) No laws were broken by Comey AFAIK.
2) I agree that Comey broke with both convention and policy by writing his letter to Congress. However, I do not believe that he took that step lightly or in ignorance of the electoral implications, and today, leaks from the FBI began to substantiate the much larger picture which may have motivated his decision to re-enliven the investigation into Clinton’s private email server.
FYI Brett Baeir at Fox News says that both the White Collar Crime division of the FBI and the National Security division is investigating the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton private server, respectively. It doesn’t get any more serious than this.
OAB at The Standard said that anyone who cites Fox News is a desperate fuckwit, an ethical failure, and an embarrassment to anyone who associates with them.
Criticising the source instead of the substance is a sure sign of brain fade laziness.
Despite leaks, partisan hackery and wishful thinking – the. F.B.I. does. not. indict.
That’s the Clinton crime family’s last protection now, joe90. You shouldn’t be cheering for it.
Given that clueless projection is your response to everything, I doubt you’d survive the sort of aggressive audit you wish on others. Choke on it.
Huh? Can’t you stay on point without personally attacking people? Just sad.
Pretend that my contempt for your behaviour is a personal attack. And then please, choke on it. I’d set you on fire just to not piss on you. Are we clear?
OAB…you condemn yourself with your own words…i totally agree with CV
– 100 kooky poor comment – oab telling it like it is and i agree.
Oh headless one, your condemnation comes cheap, and lacks substance, coherence, and sense. I’m in good company.
Trump deplorables setting man traps for electoral workers.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/11/01/a-political-stunt-in-plano-draws-blood/
The FBI insiders leaking illegally are the same people involved in the investigation into the Clinton Foundation on the basis of a fucking book, likely financed by the likes of the Kochs, but were told by their superiors to stand down due to a lack of evidence.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/secret-recordings-fueled-fbi-feud-in-clinton-probe-1478135518
The tiny fisted fascist’s friends intimidate woman, too.