The really sad thing is that sometimes they publish things that turn out to be true and that the MSM isn't publishing. Such as (and most importantly) the mass rape and sexual violence in Germany on New Years Eve (was it 2015?) and in other places.
When I first read it I thought I hope it's not true and probably isn't because it wasn't all over the news,.... And then... it turns out to be true.
Scary to say that CNN has become so bad that InfoWars has, at times, been a better source of news,
CNN needs to cover news even if it doesn't fit their narrative - else they're no better than InfoWars.
So. In that case Shakespeare in the Park, its corporate sponsors and the National Endowment for the Arts is threatening violence against Trump?
That's a federal crime punishable by years in jail. Is that the punishment that you're recommending for those actors, the director, the producer and the sponsors?
I would be interested in knowing if this qualifies as extortion in a legal manner. On a gut level it most certainly is. But, then again, I'm not an attorney.
Is this one of those things that is classified as untasteful, inelegant, poorly thought through but NOT illegal?
Again, on a personal level I think the guy ought to find out. I'm sure the Federalist Society would be able to help him find an attorney if there is a case.
Wow did CNN mess up. And that Cuomo guy truly screwed the pooch* You would think that growing up in a political family, with a Governor for a father and a brother that he wouldn't step in it so badly.
What a colossal failure on the part of CNN.
* Yeah. The first time I ever used that expression.:)
Considering there was no Representative Democracy that included large portions of the population until the end of the 18th C and now republics, in one form or another, are the norm - the yes the OP was correct.
risen from warlords and chieftains to a planet that is more democratic than not.
I would like sources for that. North, as an employee of the US government, sent anti-tank weapons (as far as I remember) to Iran. Israel may have been a courier (and may have opposed the deal) but that doesn't make North a gun merchant anymore than the Israeli government employees who transmitted the weapons.
The Iran-Contra Deal is complicated because neither the White House nor Congress wanted to go to the Supreme Court to clearly define where the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch responsibility starts and ends. There is advantage to both for ambiguity. Everyone agrees that the Executive Branch (which Oliver North was a part of) can send weapons, engage in military actions, where it wants for a period of time. But when does Congress get a say? At what point? 90 days? And -- here was the issue - if Congress doesn't fund a military engagement to what extent can the Executive Branch send existing supplies there. This was the whole issue behind Iran-Contra and the questions regarding which parts of the Boland Amendment were constitutional ought to have gone to the Supreme Court.
His customers? Oliver North did not have customers. Any more than Barack Obama or any other Federal employee.
Are you saying that Oliver North sold weapons outside his capacity in the government? Or are you referring to a White House brokered accord to release hostages?
Aside from being whimpy and not standing up firmly enough regarding the right to self-defense and the right to bear arms what "dump on the second amendment" are you referring to? You don't sound like a GOA or SAF supporter.
"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American.... [T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people." (Tench Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.)
mmm. I guess you forget the millions of impoverished immigrants that come here. Do you think, just maybe, that drives the average down?
I'm glad to see that you would like to limit the influx of poor, illiterate people - especially as automation removes their lawn care, dish washing and taxi driving jobs.
The NRA promotes the Second Amendment. To many Second Amendment types the NRA is suspect in its support (that was true in the early 2000s) which is why the GOA and other groups gain so much ground.
The political power of the NRA comes from one source - its members. And contrary to your assertion it's the members that are pushing the NRA forward - not the NRA leading it's members. (see quotes below)
Re Oliver North. Dude. Stop picking little itty-bits of history, jumbling them together and making sh!t up.
In the mid-80s Iran and Iraq were at war. The US supported Iraq against Iran and concurrently the Afghanis against the Russians. Oliver North, under directions from the White House, was helping Iraq v Iran. Now - here's where your argument completely falls apart. The Beirut Bombing was carried out by Hezbollah which are a client group of Iran. And, to reiterate, Oliver North (and the US) were backing Iraq against Iran.
The quotes below on the NRA are from 2008. The NRA has since become more pro-Second Amendment as a result of losing membership.
I'll go easy here.
So, if you don't agree with the NRA policies, vote them out. ROFL.
H. L. Richardson was a board member of the NRA for 10 years. Did he see a problem with their policies? When he found he could NOT change it from within, he left and started the Gun Owners Of America. (GOA) What is now (arguably) the largest REAL PRO gun rights activist organization in the country. Which is also known by MOST as the “NO COMPROMISE” gun lobby.
For anyone that has looked into this issue, I mean REALLY looked into this issue, it wouldn't even BE an issue.
I couldn't agree more with Pick.
I have been a Life Member of NRA for more than thirty years and have been very upset with the compromises they have negotiated in the name of protecting our 2nd rights. I only remain so that I can stay up-to-date on what they are really doing......
GOA, CCRKBA and the Second Amendment Foundation are all connected and, governed by the philosophy practiced by GOA, are "NO COMPROMISE" organizations, who really do have the 2nd Amendment Rights as their basic cause. I gladly afffiliate with each of these organizations. If it weren't for my already paid Life status with NRA, I wouldn't be a member.....
NRA promotes safe gun handling. This is dumbassery at it's fullest.
Now you may not think that you have a right to self-defense. You may feel that it's the role of the police, judiciary and legislature to protect you. (You may be surprised to find out that they are not obligated or legally responsible for your protection.) You may feel that it's foolish to think of an armed citizenry as the last check and balance on a autocratic government.
But how you get from there to "the myth that gun ownership automatically gives you a nine foot penis with a flag on the end" is something that you'll have to look in the mirror for - because it doesn't come from the NRA or pro-second amendment advocates.
"The problem is that California exists in a capitalist economic system."
Ha ha ha ha ha
lol
this is so foolish on so many levels.
The key one is that even a completely communistic system NEEDS to have the information that is provided from purchases and sales. Von Mises wrote about this in the 1920s. The Soviets realized this as a key unsolvable problem in the 1970s and that was revealed after the collapse of the USSR in the 1990s
But save yourself 2 hours of your life and don't watch it. Put it to better use and do something with more fun and excitement - like deleting duplicate files from your harddrives.
Of course there is reason to pay more - you want their service.
Try hiring a day laborer for minimum wage. They'll laugh in your face (at least here in NYC they will). You will have no chance of getting someone to paint or carry garbage downstairs to the dumpster for minimum wage. Then try getting someone to hang drywall or tape for minimum wage. Ha!
Now try it for tiling, or plumbing or electrical work. It ain't happening.
Why? Because other people are willing to pay them more to work for them.
Does that really make sense to you? There are some very high risk / high reward businesses and real estate development is one of them. There are other businesses that are cyclical (and real estate is one of them).
Having a loss is part of business. (No disrespect intended but I can see that you have never been part of running a business or in making models or dashboards for people that do.)
If you're going to pay taxes on profit it only makes sense that you can carry the loss.
Was a NeverTrump - but now with all the foolishness coming from left regarding Trump. Well, you guys lost me.
Not only that but I think he is keeping his promises (surprisingly enough) and if people like you keep going the way you're going the Republicans may actually GAIN seats in an off-term election.
F**k both the Republicans and Democrats. For years I've been hoping for the break up of the two-party system. I thought it would have been the Republicans that would have splintered first - now it looks like the Democrats, as a result of abandoning their labor roots, may be the party to splinter first.
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Of course they can. It may be a political mistake but of course they can, If they can mock the President they can mock anyone.
Absolutely correct.
The really sad thing is that sometimes they publish things that turn out to be true and that the MSM isn't publishing. Such as (and most importantly) the mass rape and sexual violence in Germany on New Years Eve (was it 2015?) and in other places.
.... And then ... it turns out to be true.
When I first read it I thought I hope it's not true and probably isn't because it wasn't all over the news,
Scary to say that CNN has become so bad that InfoWars has, at times, been a better source of news,
CNN needs to cover news even if it doesn't fit their narrative - else they're no better than InfoWars.
True that. :-)
But that's another issue.
So. In that case Shakespeare in the Park, its corporate sponsors and the National Endowment for the Arts is threatening violence against Trump?
That's a federal crime punishable by years in jail. Is that the punishment that you're recommending for those actors, the director, the producer and the sponsors?
I would be interested in knowing if this qualifies as extortion in a legal manner. On a gut level it most certainly is. But, then again, I'm not an attorney.
Is this one of those things that is classified as untasteful, inelegant, poorly thought through but NOT illegal?
Again, on a personal level I think the guy ought to find out. I'm sure the Federalist Society would be able to help him find an attorney if there is a case.
Yeah. You would think so. It's incredible how out of touch these jacka$$es are to be on air and gloat as they did.
Karma is biting them on the a$$. Couldn't happen to a more deserving group of people.
There are only 7 articles in the constitution.
Trolling would be covered under the First Amendment's Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press
He slandered them? Mocking == slandering?
Let's see Donna Brazille passing questions to Hillary.
CNN knowing that the Russia story is fake.
And you think that this gif is "slandering?"
What are you talking about. He made a f**king animated gif. And CNN is threatening him? WTF?
You think that if it was reversed - if the CNN wrestler was beating up on Trump - that CNN would go after him? The optics for CNN are f**king awful.
Wow did CNN mess up. And that Cuomo guy truly screwed the pooch* You would think that growing up in a political family, with a Governor for a father and a brother that he wouldn't step in it so badly.
:)
What a colossal failure on the part of CNN.
* Yeah. The first time I ever used that expression.
risen from warlords and chieftains to a planet that is more democratic than not.
Please provide a specific point regarding "twisting."
I would like sources for that. North, as an employee of the US government, sent anti-tank weapons (as far as I remember) to Iran. Israel may have been a courier (and may have opposed the deal) but that doesn't make North a gun merchant anymore than the Israeli government employees who transmitted the weapons.
The Iran-Contra Deal is complicated because neither the White House nor Congress wanted to go to the Supreme Court to clearly define where the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch responsibility starts and ends. There is advantage to both for ambiguity. Everyone agrees that the Executive Branch (which Oliver North was a part of) can send weapons, engage in military actions, where it wants for a period of time. But when does Congress get a say? At what point? 90 days? And -- here was the issue - if Congress doesn't fund a military engagement to what extent can the Executive Branch send existing supplies there. This was the whole issue behind Iran-Contra and the questions regarding which parts of the Boland Amendment were constitutional ought to have gone to the Supreme Court.
It was a big argument and it was not settled.
His customers? Oliver North did not have customers. Any more than Barack Obama or any other Federal employee.
Are you saying that Oliver North sold weapons outside his capacity in the government? Or are you referring to a White House brokered accord to release hostages?
Aside from being whimpy and not standing up firmly enough regarding the right to self-defense and the right to bear arms what "dump on the second amendment" are you referring to? You don't sound like a GOA or SAF supporter.
"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American.... [T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people." (Tench Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.)
mmm. I guess you forget the millions of impoverished immigrants that come here. Do you think, just maybe, that drives the average down?
I'm glad to see that you would like to limit the influx of poor, illiterate people - especially as automation removes their lawn care, dish washing and taxi driving jobs.
The NRA promotes the Second Amendment. To many Second Amendment types the NRA is suspect in its support (that was true in the early 2000s) which is why the GOA and other groups gain so much ground.
The political power of the NRA comes from one source - its members. And contrary to your assertion it's the members that are pushing the NRA forward - not the NRA leading it's members. (see quotes below)
Re Oliver North. Dude. Stop picking little itty-bits of history, jumbling them together and making sh!t up.
In the mid-80s Iran and Iraq were at war. The US supported Iraq against Iran and concurrently the Afghanis against the Russians. Oliver North, under directions from the White House, was helping Iraq v Iran. Now - here's where your argument completely falls apart. The Beirut Bombing was carried out by Hezbollah which are a client group of Iran. And, to reiterate, Oliver North (and the US) were backing Iraq against Iran.
The quotes below on the NRA are from 2008. The NRA has since become more pro-Second Amendment as a result of losing membership.
I'll go easy here.
So, if you don't agree with the NRA policies, vote them out. ROFL.
H. L. Richardson was a board member of the NRA for 10 years. Did he see a problem with their policies? When he found he could NOT change it from within, he left and started the Gun Owners Of America. (GOA) What is now (arguably) the largest REAL PRO gun rights activist organization in the country. Which is also known by MOST as the “NO COMPROMISE” gun lobby.
For anyone that has looked into this issue, I mean REALLY looked into this issue, it wouldn't even BE an issue.
I couldn't agree more with Pick.
I have been a Life Member of NRA for more than thirty years and have been very upset with the compromises they have negotiated in the name of protecting our 2nd rights. I only remain so that I can stay up-to-date on what they are really doing......
GOA, CCRKBA and the Second Amendment Foundation are all connected and, governed by the philosophy practiced by GOA, are "NO COMPROMISE" organizations, who really do have the 2nd Amendment Rights as their basic cause. I gladly afffiliate with each of these organizations. If it weren't for my already paid Life status with NRA, I wouldn't be a member.....
https://www.thefirearmsforum.c...
NRA promotes safe gun handling. This is dumbassery at it's fullest.
Now you may not think that you have a right to self-defense. You may feel that it's the role of the police, judiciary and legislature to protect you. (You may be surprised to find out that they are not obligated or legally responsible for your protection.) You may feel that it's foolish to think of an armed citizenry as the last check and balance on a autocratic government.
But how you get from there to "the myth that gun ownership automatically gives you a nine foot penis with a flag on the end" is something that you'll have to look in the mirror for - because it doesn't come from the NRA or pro-second amendment advocates.
"The problem is that California exists in a capitalist economic system."
Ha ha ha ha ha
lol
this is so foolish on so many levels.
The key one is that even a completely communistic system NEEDS to have the information that is provided from purchases and sales. Von Mises wrote about this in the 1920s. The Soviets realized this as a key unsolvable problem in the 1970s and that was revealed after the collapse of the USSR in the 1990s
It's a play. I don't know if they made a movie.
Look up Waiting for Godot.
But save yourself 2 hours of your life and don't watch it. Put it to better use and do something with more fun and excitement - like deleting duplicate files from your harddrives.
Of course there is reason to pay more - you want their service.
Try hiring a day laborer for minimum wage. They'll laugh in your face (at least here in NYC they will). You will have no chance of getting someone to paint or carry garbage downstairs to the dumpster for minimum wage. Then try getting someone to hang drywall or tape for minimum wage. Ha! Now try it for tiling, or plumbing or electrical work. It ain't happening.
Why? Because other people are willing to pay them more to work for them.
Does that really make sense to you? There are some very high risk / high reward businesses and real estate development is one of them. There are other businesses that are cyclical (and real estate is one of them).
Having a loss is part of business. (No disrespect intended but I can see that you have never been part of running a business or in making models or dashboards for people that do.)
If you're going to pay taxes on profit it only makes sense that you can carry the loss.
Was a NeverTrump - but now with all the foolishness coming from left regarding Trump. Well, you guys lost me.
Not only that but I think he is keeping his promises (surprisingly enough) and if people like you keep going the way you're going the Republicans may actually GAIN seats in an off-term election.
F**k both the Republicans and Democrats. For years I've been hoping for the break up of the two-party system. I thought it would have been the Republicans that would have splintered first - now it looks like the Democrats, as a result of abandoning their labor roots, may be the party to splinter first.
Really? Like they were in 2008?