April 30, 2018

Lost in Translation "President Trump can take the Nobel prize. All we need to take is peace"

Just in case DU's righties think the South Korean President actually said that Trump deserved the Nobel Prize as the US Koch controlled media is reporting.

https://twitter.com/elisewho/status/990937026307309568

April 30, 2018

Former George W. Bush ethics lawyer chooses to run for U.S. Senate as a Democrat

Former George W. Bush ethics lawyer ditches GOP, to seek U.S. Senate in Minn. as Democrat



Richard Painter, a longtime Republican who was chief ethics lawyer for George W. Bush's White House, intends to run for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota this year as a Democrat, according to a filing he made recently with federal elections officials.

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Painter, 56, a University of Minnesota professor of corporate law who is seeking elected office for the first time, lives in Mendota Heights with his wife, Karen, an associate professor of music history at the U. They moved to Minnesota in 2007 and have children.

He announced last month that he was forming an exploratory committee. At that time, he said he was unsure whether he would run as a Republican, Democrat or independent.

"I need to think about whether there's a place for me" in the GOP, he said at the time. "I'm going to be considering any and all options." He described himself as "a centrist in many ways — right up the middle." He said he has supported Democrats.

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Painter has said that if he runs, he would not accept donations from political action committees, super PACs or what he called "dark money" groups.


http://www.startribune.com/former-george-w-bush-ethics-lawyer-to-run-for-u-s-senate-as-a-democrat/481182291/

April 29, 2018

Republican Ana Navarro comments on the WHCD

https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/990574849692139520

April 28, 2018

"I recommend you lonely incels try it some time. Just to make her afraid."

online incel boasts of following a 14 year old girl that wanted nothing to do with him...

https://twitter.com/iAmTheWarax/status/990308589515440134

https://twitter.com/iAmTheWarax/status/990308607949443074

https://twitter.com/iAmTheWarax/status/990308634667208704

https://twitter.com/iAmTheWarax/status/990308673669955585

April 12, 2018

What do conservatives actually care about?

Based on the actions of their leadership the past almost 40 years, I personally think they don't care about anything but making sure that nothing changes for the better. If I'm full of it, talk me down.

April 7, 2018

Do You Trust This Computer? is a documentary you can watch for free on Vimeo until Sunday.

Do You Trust This Computer? is a documentary that deals with the potential consequences of artificial intelligence. And it will be available online for free until Sunday night.

If that isn't news to you, it may be because Elon Musk tweeted to draw the world's attention to the movie's availability. The SpaceX and Tesla founder has long been a vocal opponent of artificial intelligence. In the past, Musk has suggested that AI competition between countries such as China and Russia could lead to World War III.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/982119546420002817

The film is directed by Chris Paine, whose previous outings, Who Killed The Electric Car? and Revenge of the Electric Car, also featured Musk.

https://www.cnet.com/news/do-you-trust-this-computer-elon-musk/

April 3, 2018

Sinclair Chairman Claims Entire Print Media Has No Credibility

David Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, said he dislikes and fundamentally distrusts the print media, which he believes “serves no real purpose.” In emails to New York, Smith said that print — as in newspapers and magazines — is a reality-distorting tool of leftists. Print media, he said, has “no credibility” and no relevance.

“I must tell that in all the 45 plus years I have been in the media business I have never seen a single article about us that is reflective of reality especially in today’s world with the shameful political environment and generally complete lack of integrity. Facts and truth have been lost for a long time and likely to never return,” Smith said.

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New York communicated with Smith in mid-November, after requesting an interview. “Appreciate the interest in your wanting to do a story but we don’t talk to the print media as a general principal as we find them to be so devoid of reality and serving no real purpose. Have a great holiday,” Smith said in response. Later, he added, “Again my experience has consistently been that even with an interview it’s of no consequence in terms of spin, facts or distortion, political bent etc. The print media is so left wing as to be meaningless dribble which accounts for why the industry is and will fade away. Just no credibility. see ya.”

For a pundit or a far-right politician, statements like Smith’s have become expected in the Trump era. But from one of the most powerful media executives in the country, they’re not. “The media” is typically talked about as though it’s a monolith, with no distinctions made between news or opinion, reporters or columnists, anchors or commentators. To cast doubt over certain swaths of the industry, then, is to risk unsettling whatever faith is left in the whole gamut. And if TV is the only pure and honest news source, what about the websites of TV networks, like NBC.com or CNN.com, where reporting that is technically considered print appears? Or what about TV reporting that’s informed by stories that appeared in the New York Times or the Washington Post? Is any information that doesn’t come directly from Sinclair or from the mouth of David Smith himself suspect? Perhaps that’s the idea.

When New York asked Smith if he’d be open to meeting off the record at least, he replied, “I have also learned that there is no such thing as off the record. Bye.

more: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/sinclair-chairman-entire-print-media-has-no-credibility.html

March 31, 2018

Video: A chorus of local news reporters reading, word-for-word, from the same Sinclair script...

to attack the media and defend the President. This is not what an independent media looks like.

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/979921377091350528

March 20, 2018

Louie Gohmert files resolution to declare Cesar Chavez's B-Day "National Border Control Day"

https://twitter.com/replouiegohmert/status/976181019941490689

March 16, 2018

Despicable Chris Collins Slams Louise Slaughter as a Despicable Human Being Over Ethics Review

Republican Rep. Chris Collins has slammed fellow New Yorker Louise M. Slaughter as a “despicable human being” over the ethics charges the Democratic congresswoman filed against him.

“She’s on a witch hunt, she’s a despicable human,” Collins said of his colleague, Fox News reported. “You don’t go after another member.”

Collins’ remarks come after Slaughter filed charges with the Office of Congressional Ethics in response to reports he shared nonpublic information about an Australian biotech company.

Collins is an investor and board member of the company called Innate Immunotherapeutics Limited.

On Thursday, the House Ethics Committee announced that the OCE recommended that it extend its review into the allegations that Collins shared nonpublic information in the purchase of Innate stock.

The Ethics panel released a 29-page report from the OCE detailing the allegations against Collins.

[Report: Ethics Office Investigating Chris Collins Investments]

The OCE also recommended that the committee conduct additional review into the allegation that Collins discussed clinical trials for Innate with an employee at the National Institutes of Health.

But the office also recommended that the Ethics panel dismiss allegations that Collins purchased discounted stock that was not available to the public.

more: https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/collins-slams-slaughter-as-a-despicable-human-being-for-ethics-review