December 29, 2016

Why Donald Trump Deserves Trust, Respect and Admiration

A Londoner who self-published a joke book entitled Why Donald Trump Deserves Trust, Respect and Admiration has angered supporters of the President-elect — after they discovered it was just blank pages.

David King, 32, came up with the idea after the American election on November 8. At the top of each page is written: “These blank pages speak a thousand words, but feel free to use for notes.”

He told the Standard he believes the 206-page book is “the most accurate and honest account possible” of the Republican’s positive attributes.

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/books/a-blank-book-about-donald-trumps-qualities-has-sparked-anger-from-republican-supporters-a3427471.html


https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&Submit.x=9&Submit.y=16&index=blended&keywords=Why%20Trump%20Deserves%20Trust%2C%20Respect%20and%20Admiration%20by%20David%20King&link_code=qs&tag=eschaton-20

December 27, 2016

House Republicans Propose Rules to Punish Broadcasting, Photography From Chamber Floor

Source: NBC News

by Frank Thorp V

House Republicans have proposed punishing representatives who shoot video or take photos on the floor of the chamber — a change in rules seen as a direct response to a dramatic sit-in in June by House Democrats demanding a vote on gun control legislation that was streamed live online.

The new policy would result in members of Congress being fined up to $2,500 for digital photography, audio or visual recording or broadcasting on the House floor.

"These changes will help ensure that order and decorum are preserved in the House of Representatives so lawmakers can do the people's work," Ashlee Strong, a spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan, said in a statement Monday.

. . . "Bring.It.On.," California Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat who was a leading figure in the June sit-in, tweeted in response to the new proposal.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-propose-rules-punish-broadcasting-photography-chamber-floor-n700396

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They're chicken.

December 18, 2016

TCM Remembers 2016

Music: Dan Auerbach, Goin' Home

December 18, 2016

TCM Remembers 2016

Spoiler Alert

December 16, 2016

Clinton aide Abedin seeks to review Clinton emails search warrant

Source: Reuters

By Nate Raymond

NEW YORK, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Huma Abedin, the longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, asked a U.S. judge on Wednesday to allow her to review a search warrant the FBI used to gain access to emails related to Clinton's private server shortly before the Nov. 8 presidential election.

In a letter filed in Manhattan federal court, Abedin said she was never provided a copy of the warrant, nor was her estranged husband, former Democratic U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner, whose computer contained the emails in question.

The letter was filed as a federal judge considers whether to unseal the application for the search warrant, which was obtained after FBI Director James Comey informed Congress of newly discovered emails on Oct. 28.

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U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel had invited affected parties to weigh in on the potential release of the search warrant application, which is being sought by Los Angeles-based lawyer Randol Schoenberg.



Read more: http://news.trust.org/item/20161216003249-c2rdj