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To you and all that have stopped by have a awesome new year!
This thread has been a fine piece of art in 2015, Im cutting out and taking a break for the rest of the year, lol
Top Government Insider: Bin Laden Died In 2001, 9/11 A False Flag
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To you and all that have stopped by have a awesome new year!
This thread has been a fine piece of art in 2015, Im cutting out and taking a break for the rest of the year, lol
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Not just haarp, but they are chem trailing across the country too. I dunno whats natural and not natural anymore.
We have had some crazy debates in this here thread about weather modification in the past.
Ill tell you a true story. Back in 2009 I spent several months in Beijing at the end of fall through winter . For 3 weeks I traveled to southern china and when I got back to Beijing I was in for a rare and surprise snow storm. I had no warm clothes and my feet froze in wet snow.
Anyways, its rare for it to snow in Beijing especially several inches. I found out several months later that the Chinese government had been using missiles to create rain clouds in the south west to help water crops, and a jet stream picked up and bought everything to freezing Beijing. I found an article directly from China confirming this and it was admitted.
Damn...how many people can say they were in a man made snow storm!!!!
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Oh thats right, I remember I followed the Olympics very closely that year. The Chinese really know how to throw a big party.
They do that whenever they have one of their old school Military parades.
When I was in Beijing my last trip a few months ago we had a day of perfect clean blue skies, but that was on the day of National Holiday. It was the most beautiful day the entire 3 weeks I was there. My weather channel app had called for rain that entire day including the night before...it never rained until late that night. They had big festivities at Tienanmen Square that day with President Xi doing war hero ceremonies and stuff.
Lately Beijing has been a total disaster.
I used to tell people back in 2005 how bad the pollution was and nobody believed me. "Its just the weather." I wanted to smack people. Now the government is open about it and reports it on the news and everybody talks about how bad the pollution is. Now I tell them no, its just the weather. People dont get it, lol.
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If they just let the technology develop we can easily innovate out of this and be completely carbon free by 2050. I dont believe carbon climate change thing, but Im all for a better environment and more affordable energy.
Tesla knew how to give the world free unlimited energy, but the government is keeping that all to themselves. We wouldnt want to hurt the economy now and lose those lobby funds!
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Video: Senator Warns AUMF Bill is “Declaration Of International Martial Law”
New AUMF allows an autocratic president to wage war anywhere in the world without congressional approval
“This resolution is a total rewrite of the War Powers clause of the Constitution"
Adan Salazar | January 26, 2016
A new bill making its way through Congress contains “dangerous and unprecedented” language that could be considered a “declaration of international martial law,” a US senator warned last Thursday.
“This resolution is a total rewrite of the War Powers clause of the Constitution. Let’s be clear about that,” Democrat Senator Chris Murphy said on the Senate floor last week in regards to Invalid Link Removed, a bill purporting to give the sitting US president the power to declare war on ISIS.
“It is essentially a declaration of international martial law,” Murphy said.
Speaking out against the fast-track authorization for the use of military force bill proposed by Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Murphy explained the resolution would permanently hand over war-making authority to the office of the president.
“A sweeping transfer of military power to the president that will allow him or her to send US troops almost anywhere in the world for any reason with absolutely no limitations,” Sen. Murphy described, adding that Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution “vests in Congress the responsibility to declare war.”
“While the ink is still wet on this resolution… it’s safe to say that this resolution is the wrong way to authorize war against ISIS,” Murphy said. “The language of this resolution is dangerous and it is unprecedented.”
“[The American people] certainly don’t want Congress to hand over the power to the president to send our troops into any country anywhere in the world for almost any reason. And that’s what this resolution would do.”
Murphy went on: “It gives the power to the president without consulting Congress to deploy US forces in anyone of the 61 countries where ISIS has a single sympathizer.”
The Senator from Connecticut also warned the bill could possibly give the president the power to deploy troops on US soil:
“Well as we’ve seen here in the United States, the threat of ISIS is present in virtually every corner in the world. Thus this resolution would give the president total absolute carte blanche to send our young soldiers to any corner of the world without consulting Congress.”
Senator Murphy’s comments were echoed on Sunday by Invalid Link Removed, who said the new resolution would make the “Iraq War authorization of 2002 look like a walk in the park.”
“Let’s be clear: If Senate Majority Leader McConnell succeeds in passing this open-ended war authorization, the US Constitution will be all but a dead letter,” Dr. Paul wrote.
The bill currently has four co-sponsors, Sen. Daniel Coats, Sen. Joni Ernst, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen Orrin Hatch.
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Sunday January 24, 2016
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While the Washington snowstorm dominated news coverage this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was operating behind the scenes to rush through the Senate what may be the most massive transfer of power from the Legislative to the Executive branch in our history. The senior Senator from Kentucky is scheming, along with Sen. Lindsey Graham, to bypass normal Senate procedure to fast-track legislation to grant the president the authority to wage unlimited war for as long as he or his successors may wish.
The legislation makes the unconstitutional Iraq War authorization of 2002 look like a walk in the park. It will allow this president and future presidents to wage war against ISIS without restrictions on time, geographic scope, or the use of ground troops. It is a completely open-ended authorization for the president to use the military as he wishes for as long as he (or she) wishes. Even President Obama has expressed concern over how willing Congress is to hand him unlimited power to wage war.
President Obama has already far surpassed even his predecessor, George W. Bush, in taking the country to war without even the fig leaf of an authorization. In 2011 the president invaded Libya, overthrew its government, and oversaw the assassination of its leader, without even bothering to ask for Congressional approval. Instead of impeachment, which he deserved for the disastrous Libya invasion, Congress said nothing. House Republicans only managed to bring the subject up when they thought they might gain political points exploiting the killing of US Ambassador Chris Stevens in Benghazi.
It is becoming more clear that Washington plans to expand its war in the Middle East. Last week the media reported that the US military had taken over an air base in eastern Syria, and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that the US would send in the 101st Airborne Division to retake Mosul in Iraq and to attack ISIS headquarters in Raqqa, Syria. Then on Saturday, Vice President Joe Biden said that if the upcoming peace talks in Geneva are not successful, the US is prepared for a massive military intervention in Syria. Such an action would likely place the US military face to face with the Russian military, whose assistance was requested by the Syrian government. In contrast, we must remember that the US military is operating in Syria in violation of international law.
The prospects of such an escalation are not all that far-fetched. At the insistence of Saudi Arabia and with US backing, the representatives of the Syrian opposition at the Geneva peace talks will include members of the Army of Islam, which has fought with al-Qaeda in Syria. Does anyone expect these kinds of people to compromise? Isn’t al-Qaeda supposed to be our enemy?
The purpose of the Legislative branch of our government is to restrict the Executive branch’s power. The Founders understood that an all-powerful king who could wage war at will was the greatest threat to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That is why they created a people’s branch, the Congress, to prevent the emergence of an all-powerful autocrat to drag the country to endless war. Sadly, Congress is surrendering its power to declare war.
Let’s be clear: If Senate Majority Leader McConnell succeeds in passing this open-ended war authorization, the US Constitution will be all but a dead letter.
Copyright © 2016 by RonPaul Institute. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is gladly granted, provided full credit and a live link are given.
New AUMF allows an autocratic president to wage war anywhere in the world without congressional approval
“This resolution is a total rewrite of the War Powers clause of the Constitution"
Adan Salazar | January 26, 2016
A new bill making its way through Congress contains “dangerous and unprecedented” language that could be considered a “declaration of international martial law,” a US senator warned last Thursday.
“This resolution is a total rewrite of the War Powers clause of the Constitution. Let’s be clear about that,” Democrat Senator Chris Murphy said on the Senate floor last week in regards to Invalid Link Removed, a bill purporting to give the sitting US president the power to declare war on ISIS.
“It is essentially a declaration of international martial law,” Murphy said.
Speaking out against the fast-track authorization for the use of military force bill proposed by Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Murphy explained the resolution would permanently hand over war-making authority to the office of the president.
“A sweeping transfer of military power to the president that will allow him or her to send US troops almost anywhere in the world for any reason with absolutely no limitations,” Sen. Murphy described, adding that Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution “vests in Congress the responsibility to declare war.”
“While the ink is still wet on this resolution… it’s safe to say that this resolution is the wrong way to authorize war against ISIS,” Murphy said. “The language of this resolution is dangerous and it is unprecedented.”
“[The American people] certainly don’t want Congress to hand over the power to the president to send our troops into any country anywhere in the world for almost any reason. And that’s what this resolution would do.”
Murphy went on: “It gives the power to the president without consulting Congress to deploy US forces in anyone of the 61 countries where ISIS has a single sympathizer.”
The Senator from Connecticut also warned the bill could possibly give the president the power to deploy troops on US soil:
“Well as we’ve seen here in the United States, the threat of ISIS is present in virtually every corner in the world. Thus this resolution would give the president total absolute carte blanche to send our young soldiers to any corner of the world without consulting Congress.”
Senator Murphy’s comments were echoed on Sunday by Invalid Link Removed, who said the new resolution would make the “Iraq War authorization of 2002 look like a walk in the park.”
“Let’s be clear: If Senate Majority Leader McConnell succeeds in passing this open-ended war authorization, the US Constitution will be all but a dead letter,” Dr. Paul wrote.
The bill currently has four co-sponsors, Sen. Daniel Coats, Sen. Joni Ernst, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen Orrin Hatch.
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Sunday January 24, 2016
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While the Washington snowstorm dominated news coverage this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was operating behind the scenes to rush through the Senate what may be the most massive transfer of power from the Legislative to the Executive branch in our history. The senior Senator from Kentucky is scheming, along with Sen. Lindsey Graham, to bypass normal Senate procedure to fast-track legislation to grant the president the authority to wage unlimited war for as long as he or his successors may wish.
The legislation makes the unconstitutional Iraq War authorization of 2002 look like a walk in the park. It will allow this president and future presidents to wage war against ISIS without restrictions on time, geographic scope, or the use of ground troops. It is a completely open-ended authorization for the president to use the military as he wishes for as long as he (or she) wishes. Even President Obama has expressed concern over how willing Congress is to hand him unlimited power to wage war.
President Obama has already far surpassed even his predecessor, George W. Bush, in taking the country to war without even the fig leaf of an authorization. In 2011 the president invaded Libya, overthrew its government, and oversaw the assassination of its leader, without even bothering to ask for Congressional approval. Instead of impeachment, which he deserved for the disastrous Libya invasion, Congress said nothing. House Republicans only managed to bring the subject up when they thought they might gain political points exploiting the killing of US Ambassador Chris Stevens in Benghazi.
It is becoming more clear that Washington plans to expand its war in the Middle East. Last week the media reported that the US military had taken over an air base in eastern Syria, and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that the US would send in the 101st Airborne Division to retake Mosul in Iraq and to attack ISIS headquarters in Raqqa, Syria. Then on Saturday, Vice President Joe Biden said that if the upcoming peace talks in Geneva are not successful, the US is prepared for a massive military intervention in Syria. Such an action would likely place the US military face to face with the Russian military, whose assistance was requested by the Syrian government. In contrast, we must remember that the US military is operating in Syria in violation of international law.
The prospects of such an escalation are not all that far-fetched. At the insistence of Saudi Arabia and with US backing, the representatives of the Syrian opposition at the Geneva peace talks will include members of the Army of Islam, which has fought with al-Qaeda in Syria. Does anyone expect these kinds of people to compromise? Isn’t al-Qaeda supposed to be our enemy?
The purpose of the Legislative branch of our government is to restrict the Executive branch’s power. The Founders understood that an all-powerful king who could wage war at will was the greatest threat to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That is why they created a people’s branch, the Congress, to prevent the emergence of an all-powerful autocrat to drag the country to endless war. Sadly, Congress is surrendering its power to declare war.
Let’s be clear: If Senate Majority Leader McConnell succeeds in passing this open-ended war authorization, the US Constitution will be all but a dead letter.
Copyright © 2016 by RonPaul Institute. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is gladly granted, provided full credit and a live link are given.
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I think there is a chance Obama will be the next UN Secretary General and Biden intentionally being next President of the US.
Long shot but very possible.
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after the stuff I have seen Obama pull in the last year I don't put anything past that [man]
rugger48
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Not gonna happen.
ax1
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If Hitlary wins the nomination and then gets indicted the nomination goes back to the DNC and they can just select Biden. Biden doesnt need to run.
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Finally caught up on the X-Files....its awesome. That internet guy actually was a 1/2 copy cat of Alex Jones (minus the alien stuff), I heard they even give credit to Alex.
They should have snuck in the building 7 collapse in there.
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Its not impossible either, in a state of national emergency under Rex 84 all constitutional protections and requirements are suspended.
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I think they can appoint Big Bird so the president can play off as a dictatorial "anonymous."
No really Im just posting these scenarios more casually than my posts appear. I dont think its going to happen either but I love talking about what can happen, its fun.
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What ever you think is the presidents agenda is fine and I don't have problem with that, the problem is it probable wouldn't be his agenda it would be other people who would be pulling the strings. Those people if they did/do exist already have a plan in place to replace Obama, and have had it for a long time. They don't need Obama in place to do what they think.
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Yeah, I can definitely agree to that!
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Nah, thats just cosmetic. lol
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"The U.S. government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create."
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We have great respect for the professionals at the FBI, and we believe their intentions are good. Up to this point, we have done everything that is both within our power and within the law to help them. But now the U.S. government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create. They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone.
Specifically, the FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and install it on an iPhone recovered during the investigation. In the wrong hands, this software — which does not exist today — would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone’s physical possession.
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"The U.S. government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create."
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We have great respect for the professionals at the FBI, and we believe their intentions are good. Up to this point, we have done everything that is both within our power and within the law to help them. But now the U.S. government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create. They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone.
Specifically, the FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and install it on an iPhone recovered during the investigation. In the wrong hands, this software — which does not exist today — would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone’s physical possession.
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Trump....the man who will make America great at infringing individual liberties.
Donald Trump Criticizes Apple for Opposing iPhone 'Backdoor' Order: 'Who Do They Think They Are?'
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Trump, who appeared on the morning news show Fox and Friends this morning, said he agrees "100 percent with the courts" about the matter, as reported by Invalid Link Removed. "Who do [Apple] think they are? They have to open it up," he said.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook said that while the company is "shocked and outraged" by the San Bernardino attacks last December, and presumes "the FBI's intentions are good," the company strongly believes that building a "backdoor" for U.S. government or law enforcement would be "too dangerous to create."
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Apple Invalid Link Removed for devices running iOS 8 or later, making it impossible for the iPhone maker to unlock content requested by U.S. authorities on passcode-protected devices. iOS also has an optional Touch ID setting that erases all data after 10 failed passcode attempts.
Invalid Link Removed and Invalid Link Removed assemblymen have introduced bills that aim to ban sales of devices with such strong levels of encryption, with a $2,500 fine per phone sold in violation, but Invalid Link Removed was subsequently introduced in U.S. Congress that could block these state-level efforts. None of the bills have yet to be signed into law.
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Donald Trump Criticizes Apple for Opposing iPhone 'Backdoor' Order: 'Who Do They Think They Are?'
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Donald Trump, a leading Republican candidate in the Invalid Link Removed, has spoken out against Apple's Invalid Link Removed access data on an iPhone 5c used by shooter Syed Farook in the Invalid Link Removed.
Trump, who appeared on the morning news show Fox and Friends this morning, said he agrees "100 percent with the courts" about the matter, as reported by Invalid Link Removed. "Who do [Apple] think they are? They have to open it up," he said.
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"I agree 100 percent with the courts. In that case, we should open it up." [...] "I think security, overall, we have to open it up and we have to use our heads. We have to use common sense," Trump continued, echoing his recent common refrain. Somebody the other day called me a common-sense conservative. We have to use common sense."
Apple CEO Tim Cook said that while the company is "shocked and outraged" by the San Bernardino attacks last December, and presumes "the FBI's intentions are good," the company strongly believes that building a "backdoor" for U.S. government or law enforcement would be "too dangerous to create."
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Opposing this order is not something we take lightly. We feel we must speak up in the face of what we see as an overreach by the U.S. government.
We are challenging the FBI's demands with the deepest respect for American democracy and a love of our country. We believe it would be in the best interest of everyone to step back and consider the implications.
While we believe the FBI's intentions are good, it would be wrong for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. And ultimately, we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect.
We are challenging the FBI's demands with the deepest respect for American democracy and a love of our country. We believe it would be in the best interest of everyone to step back and consider the implications.
While we believe the FBI's intentions are good, it would be wrong for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. And ultimately, we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect.
Apple Invalid Link Removed for devices running iOS 8 or later, making it impossible for the iPhone maker to unlock content requested by U.S. authorities on passcode-protected devices. iOS also has an optional Touch ID setting that erases all data after 10 failed passcode attempts.
Invalid Link Removed and Invalid Link Removed assemblymen have introduced bills that aim to ban sales of devices with such strong levels of encryption, with a $2,500 fine per phone sold in violation, but Invalid Link Removed was subsequently introduced in U.S. Congress that could block these state-level efforts. None of the bills have yet to be signed into law.
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Shocking Video: US Marine Booed, Removed From Clinton Rally For Asking Legitimate Question
“Why are you trying to not listen to my answer?”
BizPac Review | Carmine Sabia - February 28, 2016
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Hillary Clinton supporters booed and shouted at a Marine veteran until security forcibly removed him – all because he asked about Benghazi.
The incident happened at a Clinton rally in Bluffton, South Carolina on Friday, where the man who introduced himself as a veteran asked former President Bill Clinton why his wife “lied over the coffins” of the men killed in the Benghazi attacks.
“I did eight years of active duty service, two tours of Iraq,” the Marine said, to a silent reaction from the crowd.
“We had four lives in Benghazi who were killed and your wife tried to cover it up,” he said, causing the crowd to boo wildly.
To President Clinton’s credit, he thanked the man for his service and tried to answer him, but the crowd was too rowdy shouting, “sit down” and “throw them out.”
“Hillary lied over four coffins!” a woman who accompanied the Marine shouted.
While Clinton insisted his wife didn’t lie, the woman was also removed by security as the crowd shouted and jeered.
“Those families are lying?” the woman shout as she was being dragged out.
“Why are you trying to not listen to my answer?” Clinton asked the woman but he could barely be heard over the crowd. “Are you afraid?”
No. I’m not afraid because I know you’re going to lie,” she screamed back.
A far cry from how military service members are Invalid Link Removed, or any Republican presidential candidate’s event for that matter.
“To me the story is the crowd,” Fox & Friends host and Army National Guard veteran Pete Hegseth said Saturday. “This guy stands up (and) said ‘I’m a Marine. I’ve done two tours in Iraq’ — You go to a Republican rally, tell it like it is, the crowd erupts in applause for the Marine and says ‘thank you for your service this is fantastic,’ instead silence, crickets (at the Clinton rally).”
“It shows you we’ve got two very different electorates that look very differently towards that service.”
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“Why are you trying to not listen to my answer?”
BizPac Review | Carmine Sabia - February 28, 2016
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Hillary Clinton supporters booed and shouted at a Marine veteran until security forcibly removed him – all because he asked about Benghazi.
The incident happened at a Clinton rally in Bluffton, South Carolina on Friday, where the man who introduced himself as a veteran asked former President Bill Clinton why his wife “lied over the coffins” of the men killed in the Benghazi attacks.
“I did eight years of active duty service, two tours of Iraq,” the Marine said, to a silent reaction from the crowd.
“We had four lives in Benghazi who were killed and your wife tried to cover it up,” he said, causing the crowd to boo wildly.
To President Clinton’s credit, he thanked the man for his service and tried to answer him, but the crowd was too rowdy shouting, “sit down” and “throw them out.”
“Hillary lied over four coffins!” a woman who accompanied the Marine shouted.
While Clinton insisted his wife didn’t lie, the woman was also removed by security as the crowd shouted and jeered.
“Those families are lying?” the woman shout as she was being dragged out.
“Why are you trying to not listen to my answer?” Clinton asked the woman but he could barely be heard over the crowd. “Are you afraid?”
No. I’m not afraid because I know you’re going to lie,” she screamed back.
A far cry from how military service members are Invalid Link Removed, or any Republican presidential candidate’s event for that matter.
“To me the story is the crowd,” Fox & Friends host and Army National Guard veteran Pete Hegseth said Saturday. “This guy stands up (and) said ‘I’m a Marine. I’ve done two tours in Iraq’ — You go to a Republican rally, tell it like it is, the crowd erupts in applause for the Marine and says ‘thank you for your service this is fantastic,’ instead silence, crickets (at the Clinton rally).”
“It shows you we’ve got two very different electorates that look very differently towards that service.”
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Am I still welcome in here? Hahah who gives a fück if iam not . I'd like to say hilarious is probably gonna win so buckle up dikes and queers . God i miss this thread !
ax1
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Hell yeah you are....this thread will never die! Been little caught up on that trump thread its damn entertaining.
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thebigt
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hocus pocus by focus...is that bizarre enough for ya, lol
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How bizarre is a song T hahah
thebigt
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listen to hocus pocus by focus and you tell me, lol!!!
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iMore.com
Edward Snowden is pushing back against the FBI's claims that it can't unlock the iPhone at the center of the San Bernardino shooting case.
"The FBI says Apple has the 'exclusive technical means'" to unlock the phone, Snowden said during a discussion at Common Cause's Blueprint for Democracy conference.
"Respectfully, that's bullsh*t," he said, over a video link from Moscow.
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iMore.com
Edward Snowden is pushing back against the FBI's claims that it can't unlock the iPhone at the center of the San Bernardino shooting case.
"The FBI says Apple has the 'exclusive technical means'" to unlock the phone, Snowden said during a discussion at Common Cause's Blueprint for Democracy conference.
"Respectfully, that's bullsh*t," he said, over a video link from Moscow.
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Obama Asks For a Pay Raise
Obama demands a higher presidential pension and more benefits!
Invalid Link Removed | March 18, 2016
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President Obama is asking for more money for when he leaves office, according to his latest budget requests.
As a future former president, Obama will benefit from his proposed hikes in the pensions and other lifetime benefits given to living ex-presidents in his budget requests for fiscal years 2016 and 2017.
“The President’s FY2017 budget request seeks $3,865,000 in appropriations for expenditures for former Presidents, an increase of $588,000 (17.9%) from the FY2016 appropriation level,” according to a Invalid Link Removed from the Congressional Research Service published Wednesday. “The increase in requested appropriations for FY2017 anticipates President Barack Obama’s transition from incumbent to former President.”
“For FY2016, President Obama requested and received appropriations of $3,277,000 for expenditures for former Presidents – an increase of $25,000 from FY2015 appropriated levels.”
It doesn’t appear he needs the money, however; former President Bill Clinton earned $132 million from speeches given between Feb. 2001 and March 2015.
“Clinton received $924,000 in taxpayer dollars last year by way of the Former Presidents Act,” the Washington Free Beacon Invalid Link Removed. “…Critics of the act argue that it financially supports former presidents who are not struggling.”
“Many of them, alternatively, have gone on to profit from writing books about their time in the White House or delivering paid speaking engagements.”
Enacted in 1958, the Former Presidents Act provides living ex-presidents with a $200,000+ annual pension, staff salaries, travel expenses, Secret Service protection and other benefits.
However, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) has recently proposed legislation that would cut down a former president’s pension by a dollar for every dollar the former president earns over $400,000 in the private sector in a given year.
“You want a retirement and pension, it’s there, but if you’re going to go out and make enormous sums of money, then you don’t need taxpayer subsidies,” Chaffetz said. “The former presidents are making gobs of money speaking and writing books, more power to them, but that doesn’t mean they need more taxpayer dollars on top of that.”
“It’s embarrassing that they take that money.”
Obama demands a higher presidential pension and more benefits!
Invalid Link Removed | March 18, 2016
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President Obama is asking for more money for when he leaves office, according to his latest budget requests.
As a future former president, Obama will benefit from his proposed hikes in the pensions and other lifetime benefits given to living ex-presidents in his budget requests for fiscal years 2016 and 2017.
“The President’s FY2017 budget request seeks $3,865,000 in appropriations for expenditures for former Presidents, an increase of $588,000 (17.9%) from the FY2016 appropriation level,” according to a Invalid Link Removed from the Congressional Research Service published Wednesday. “The increase in requested appropriations for FY2017 anticipates President Barack Obama’s transition from incumbent to former President.”
“For FY2016, President Obama requested and received appropriations of $3,277,000 for expenditures for former Presidents – an increase of $25,000 from FY2015 appropriated levels.”
It doesn’t appear he needs the money, however; former President Bill Clinton earned $132 million from speeches given between Feb. 2001 and March 2015.
“Clinton received $924,000 in taxpayer dollars last year by way of the Former Presidents Act,” the Washington Free Beacon Invalid Link Removed. “…Critics of the act argue that it financially supports former presidents who are not struggling.”
“Many of them, alternatively, have gone on to profit from writing books about their time in the White House or delivering paid speaking engagements.”
Enacted in 1958, the Former Presidents Act provides living ex-presidents with a $200,000+ annual pension, staff salaries, travel expenses, Secret Service protection and other benefits.
However, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) has recently proposed legislation that would cut down a former president’s pension by a dollar for every dollar the former president earns over $400,000 in the private sector in a given year.
“You want a retirement and pension, it’s there, but if you’re going to go out and make enormous sums of money, then you don’t need taxpayer subsidies,” Chaffetz said. “The former presidents are making gobs of money speaking and writing books, more power to them, but that doesn’t mean they need more taxpayer dollars on top of that.”
“It’s embarrassing that they take that money.”
Aleksandar37
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thebigt
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I agree...but when the worst president this country has ever had proposes it......:dump:
Aleksandar37
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Lol. I'm not an Obama fan, but we'll have to agree to disagree on worst. I wasn't talking about his proposal though. I meant the Utah rep who proposed balancing pensions with what they are pulling in from other sources.
thebigt
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in my lifetime Obama beats out billy c and jimmy c as worst president. I think Hillary if elected will certainly go to top of list!!!
I agree with you on the Utah rep's proposal!!!
ax1
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I think the problem is the cost to buy elections more so than the financial incentives to wanna be in office.
Im more than willing to be one of those best and brightest people to run for office, but I have no financial backing, not even from you guys on AM!!!
ax1
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Obama's genocide count is now at 950,000 deaths, as he said "Im good at killing people!"
Reaching 1,000,000 human murders is an amazing accomplishment that he should have no issue accomplishing before he leave office. No wonder he feels he deserves a raise!
Aleksandar37
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We definitely agree on Hillary, but it wouldn't take much for me to agree that any of this current bunch could do it. I really hope that I am wrong.
Aleksandar37
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ax1
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Whistleblower Edward Snowden claims Belgian spies could have stopped Brussels attacks
The former US National Security Agency worker said Turkey warned Belgium that some of the men behind the attacks were involved in terrorist activities
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American whistleblower Edward Snowden claims the Brussels attacks could have been stopped Spy whistleblower Edward Snowden claims the Invalid Link Removed could have been stopped because Turkey shared information about the killers with Belgian security forces.
The former US National Security Agency worker, who is described as a traitor by British and American intelligence services after leaking huge amounts of data relating to mass surveillance, was referring to reports that Turkey warned Belgium that some of the men behind the attacks were involved in terrorist activities.
Snowden, speaking from an undisclosed location in Russia at a video conference hosted in Tucson, Arizona by the University of Arizona College of Behavioral Sciences, also cited news stories that Russia warned the US about the Tsarvaev brothers, who were behind the Boston Marathon bombing, but the authorities did not take any action, reports Sabah.
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- 15:55, 26 Mar 2016
- Updated 21:19, 26 Mar 2016
- By Sam Webb at mirror.co.uk/
The former US National Security Agency worker said Turkey warned Belgium that some of the men behind the attacks were involved in terrorist activities
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American whistleblower Edward Snowden claims the Brussels attacks could have been stopped Spy whistleblower Edward Snowden claims the Invalid Link Removed could have been stopped because Turkey shared information about the killers with Belgian security forces.
The former US National Security Agency worker, who is described as a traitor by British and American intelligence services after leaking huge amounts of data relating to mass surveillance, was referring to reports that Turkey warned Belgium that some of the men behind the attacks were involved in terrorist activities.
Snowden, speaking from an undisclosed location in Russia at a video conference hosted in Tucson, Arizona by the University of Arizona College of Behavioral Sciences, also cited news stories that Russia warned the US about the Tsarvaev brothers, who were behind the Boston Marathon bombing, but the authorities did not take any action, reports Sabah.
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