Random Politics & Religion #00

Yeah same.

*waves a keycard in front of jassik before seductively walking out of the thread*

How do you take a perfectly sweet setup like that and just ruin it Jassik?

And the scandal still has yet to produce anything other than wishful thinking.

The 47% remark is a good example of why the GOP candidates can't argue issues. Also see: Hispanic voters, Trump.

Believe me, I'm flattered, but you're barking up the wrong tree maple boy.

We were in a recession.

We're out of a recession (and have been for years).

To you that's "hasn't recovered at all."

Got it.

To even think that the economy can be simplified in the way you just did is ludicrous.

No, they haven't.

The FBI may be able to recover at least some data from Hillary Clinton's private email server even though there was an attempt to wipe it, two sources with direct knowledge of the process told NBC News on Tuesday.



Ducking "did you wipe your server questions too...

Not looking good.

That's the Clinton defense. The FBI has publicly stated otherwise.

I don't know what you mean. What did they publicly state?

It’s a Political Action Committee

The logo for the non-profit group Citizens United
Citizens United’s Logo


Citizens United, the PAC, was founded in 1988 by Floyd Brown, a longtime Washington political consultant, with major funding from the Koch brothers (industrialists who own “the second largest privately owned company in the United States”). The group promotes corporate interests, socially conservative causes and candidates who advance their goals, which it says are “…limited government, freedom of enterprise, strong families, and national sovereignty and security.” It gained fame in 2009 for suing the Federal Election Commission, leading to a controversial Supreme Court case (now also commonly known as Citizens United) eliminating some restrictions on how corporations can spend money in elections.

It’s a Supreme Court Case

In the 2008 election season, Citizens United the PAC sought to broadcast TV ads for a video-on-demand film criticizing presidential candidate Hilary Rodham Clinton, but doing so would violate the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (known also as the McCain–Feingold Act), which barred corporations and unions from paying for media that mentioned any candidate in periods immediately preceding elections.

Citizens United challenged the law, suing the Federal Election Commission (which sets campaign finance laws and election rules), and the case made its way through lower courts until an appeal was granted by the U.S. Supreme Court.

In a 5-4 ruling, the Justices declared unconstitutional the government restriction on “independent” political spending by corporations and unions, and determined the anti-Clinton broadcast should have been allowed. The decision overturned century-old precedent allowing the government to regulate such spending. As a result, Citizens United has greatly affected the way corporations and unions can spend on elections

Oh. I wasn't implying the FBI was using this to smear Hillary. The GOP is.

Oh. I wasn't implying the FBI was using this to smear Hillary. The GOP is.

This should be on bumper stickers !

Cool hypothetical, bro.

Hypothetical? Please, some things are just too predictable to be called hypothetical.

And I'm sure you'll cry a river the next time the Democrats blow something small out of proportion in an attempt to smear a Republican candidate. It'll involve a lot less than an FBI investigation and the mishandling of classified documents, I'm sure.

does anyone here support the ruling of the supreme court on Citizens United that claims corporations are "people" ?

China is falling first as one of the biggest exporters and losers, as it sets in the money they have been propping up is worthless and unredeemable.

It's coming to a head in front of our eyes. China is falling first as one of the biggest exporters and losers, as it sets in the money they have been propping up is worthless and unredeemable. The domino effect has begun and it's inevitable when you just do the maths. The 'passed round world' debt made by debt lending can only go one way. And the world has run out of people to pass it around.