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It's not even that. It's that it's illegal to reform the pension systems of many states and towns, and as such the politicians have no choice but to continue to raise taxes to meet the demands of the broken system. In the state that I live in, municipalities are already going bankrupt, but that doesn't change anything about the obligations, and it's carving out the entire tax base.

Why not? I don't see any reason why any individual should not be permitted to organize with others (free association) and decide with withhold services unless or until they receive some form of compensation which compels them to choose to return to work. What should be the case, however, is an employer should have the absolute right to fire them for doing so. My objection to public sector unions is that unlike their private sector counterparts, there is no fiscal "hard stop" on their demands because taxes can always be raised.

Fixed.

To the general population which cares more about American Idol, Kim Kardashian's ass, and Trump's two scoops of ice cream? Yes. Explosive. That's why it was leaked. To continue to scandalize this President, and weaponize public sentiment against him as he begins to cleanse the Federal government and indictments start to roll out.

This is new, explosive, and prior unreported.

I just posted about this in another thread. This is further evidence of criminality by the USIC. Don't ignore it.

Thank you. Link is now working.

On Monday the FBI, hostile to the President and rife with leaks, raids the home, office, and hotel room of President Trump's personal attorney, on the pretense of something to do with "taxi medallions", and demand information and documents related to Access Hollywood and information politically damaging to President Trump that his campaign may have tried to suppress. On Friday this was leaked to the media. There are no coincidences.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-11/there-wasnt-single-corpse-russia-claims-white-helmets-staged-syria-chemical-attack

You believe this is being done to curb the CIA from setting up honeypot traps they can then use to leverage people?

Because they know it leads directly to evidence of malfeasance on their part, and they're doing everything they can to slow the wheels of justice.

Really? No one thought to quote him directly referencing an IC "consensus"?

Painful laughter is the best kind.

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So, New Zealand just destroyed it's economy... http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/12/news/companies/new-zealand-oil-gas-exploration/index.html

He's doing it to try to protect himself by appealing to partisan biases now, and leveraging them to paint himself as a political prisoner when he's prosecuted for corruption.

That's what happens when you very visibly change the RoE in the arena, and don't make ridiculous statements about "red lines they cannot cross" without backing up those statements with real consequences.

English, mother!@#$er... Do you speak it?!?

You seem to be taking issue with the President's actions related to Russia and Syria. Would you prefer that the President started World War III? What part of my plain English were you unable to comprehend?

[url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1865/text]Text of the Bill[/url] AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017”. SEC. 2. Sense of congress. It is the sense of Congress that— (1) section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230; commonly known as the “Communications Decency Act of 1996”) was never intended to provide legal protection to websites that unlawfully promote and facilitate prostitution and websites that facilitate traffickers in advertising the sale of unlawful sex acts with sex trafficking victims; (2) websites that promote and facilitate prostitution have been reckless in allowing the sale of sex trafficking victims and have done nothing to prevent the trafficking of children and victims of force, fraud, and coercion; and (3) clarification of such section is warranted to ensure that such section does not provide such protection to such websites. SEC. 3. Promotion of prostitution and reckless disregard of sex trafficking. (a) Promotion of prostitution.—Chapter 117 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2421 the following: “§ 2421A. Promotion or facilitation of prostitution and reckless disregard of sex trafficking “(a) In general.—Whoever, using a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, owns, manages, or operates an interactive computer service (as such term is defined in defined in section 230(f) the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f))), or conspires or attempts to do so, with the intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both. “(b) Aggravated violation.—Whoever, using a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, owns, manages, or operates an interactive computer service (as such term is defined in defined in section 230(f) the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f))), or conspires or attempts to do so, with the intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person and— “(1) promotes or facilitates the prostitution of 5 or more persons; or “(2) acts in reckless disregard of the fact that such conduct contributed to sex trafficking, in violation of 1591(a), shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 25 years, or both. “(c) Civil recovery.—Any person injured by reason of a violation of section 2421A(b) may recover damages and reasonable attorneys’ fees in an action before any appropriate United States district court. “(d) Mandatory restitution.—Notwithstanding sections 3663 or 3663A and in addition to any other civil or criminal penalties authorized by law, the court shall order restitution for any violation of subsection (b)(2). The scope and nature of such restitution shall be consistent with section 2327(b). “(e) Affirmative Defense.—It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of violating subsection (a), or subsection (b)(1) where the defendant proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the promotion or facilitation of prostitution is legal in the jurisdiction where the promotion or facilitation was targeted.”. (b) Table of contents.—The table of contents for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2421 the following: “2421A. Promotion or facilitation of prostitution and reckless disregard of sex trafficking.”. SEC. 4. Ensuring ability to enforce federal and state criminal and civil law relating to sex trafficking. (a) In General.—Section 230(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(5) NO EFFECT ON SEX TRAFFICKING LAW.—Nothing in this section (other than subsection (c)(2)(A)) shall be construed to impair or limit— “(A) any claim in a civil action brought under section 1595 of title 18, United States Code, if the conduct underlying the claim constitutes a violation of section 1591 of that title; “(B) any charge in a criminal prosecution brought under State law if the conduct underlying the charge would constitute a violation of section 1591 of title 18, United States Code; or “(C) any charge in a criminal prosecution brought under State law if the conduct underlying the charge would constitute a violation of section 2421A of title 18, United States Code, and promotion or facilitation of prostitution is illegal in the jurisdiction where the defendant’s promotion or facilitation of prostitution was targeted.”. (b) Effective date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply regardless of whether the conduct alleged occurred, or is alleged to have occurred, before, on, or after such date of enactment. SEC. 5. Ensuring Federal liability for publishing information designed to facilitate sex trafficking or otherwise facilitating sex trafficking. Section 1591(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: “(4) The term ‘participation in a venture’ means knowingly assisting, supporting, or facilitating a violation of subsection (a)(1).”. SEC. 6. Actions by State attorneys general. (a) In general.—Section 1595 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(d) In any case in which the attorney general of a State has reason to believe that an interest of the residents of that State has been or is threatened or adversely affected by any person who violates section 1591, the attorney general of the State, as parens patriae, may bring a civil action against such person on behalf of the residents of the State in an appropriate district court of the United States to obtain appropriate relief.”. (b) Technical and conforming amendments.—Section 1595 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking “this section” and inserting “subsection (a)”; and (2) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “this section” and inserting “subsection (a)”. SEC. 7. Savings clause. Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to limit or preempt any civil action or criminal prosecution under Federal law or State law (including State statutory law and State common law) filed before or after the day before the date of enactment of this Act that was not limited or preempted by section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230), as such section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 8. GAO Study. On the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study and submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a report which includes the following: (1) Information on each civil action brought pursuant to section 2421A(c) of title 18, United States Code, that resulted in an award of damages, including the amount claimed, the nature or description of the losses claimed to support the amount claimed, the losses proven, and the nature or description of the losses proven to support the amount awarded. (2) Information on each civil action brought pursuant to section 2421A(c) of title 18, United States Code, that did not result in an award of damages, including— (A) the amount claimed and the nature or description of the losses claimed to support the amount claimed; and (B) whether the case was dismissed, and if the case was dismissed, information describing the reason for the dismissal. (3) Information on each order of restitution entered pursuant to section 2421A(d) of title 18, United States Code, including— (A) whether the defendant was a corporation or an individual; (B) the amount requested by the Government and the justification for, and calculation of, the amount requested, if restitution was requested; and (C) the amount ordered by the court and the justification for, and calculation of, the amount ordered. (4) For each defendant convicted of violating section 2421A(b) of title 18, United States Code, that was not ordered to pay restitution— (A) whether the defendant was a corporation or an individual; (B) the amount requested by the Government, if restitution was requested; and (C) information describing the reason that the court did not order restitution. Attest: Speaker of the House of Representatives. Attest: Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

So, you'd like Trump to start World War III? Do you have sons or daughters to send? Perhaps you're of an age to be conscripted and sent of to the desert to kill or be killed yourself? Offer me some substance please.

I suppose, although I always just assumed that they had escalated, and assumed they were using the Nazi references to imply the highest most extreme form of racism. I take my little breath knowing that they've turned the volume on the racism charges all the way up to 11, and can't take it any further than "Nazi".

Actually, it reads as a direct threat.

Right. And this post, typical of your body of work here, is evidence a strong moral fiber and decency. I have kettle calling on line 2.

I guess his dopey contention is that because Ryan announced today, and because the Republican Party didn't have an established or establishment candidate picked to run in a primary against their own Speaker, that fringe candidates who were not backed in any way by the GOP National Committee, somehow magically become the Party's candidate via liberal handwavium.