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Re: Trump WIKILEAKS (none / 0)
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Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Jan 25th, 2019 at 02:24:51 PM EST
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Re: Trump WIKILEAKS (none / 0)
Meaning extradition, perhaps rendition, of Julian Assange.

Amnesia and Gaza Genocide
by Oui on Fri Jan 25th, 2019 at 02:59:48 PM EST
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Re: Trump WIKILEAKS (none / 1)
US gov is long past rule of law. The idiot electorate is either unwilling or unable to grasp the travesty of justice unfolding in the press. So long as "social media" do not revoke their "free" user accounts.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Jan 25th, 2019 at 03:18:34 PM EST
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Re: Trump WIKILEAKS (4.00 / 2)
Oh no, we are doing everything strictly by the book. Sometimes it takes a while for the book to get to the final chapter, though.

Previous comparable investigations have taken multiple years, so this one is rolling along just as expected. Refer to timeline in here.

by asdf on Fri Jan 25th, 2019 at 04:06:22 PM EST
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Re: Trump WIKILEAKS (none / 1)
Agree about 'travesty of justice' and "free" user accounts, but, really, more about those who pay small sums to get their free user accounts and then post streams of sponsored propaganda, the ones "social media" sees as paying customers.


"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2019 at 04:44:48 PM EST
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Re: Trump WIKILEAKS (none / 1)
Mammon alert


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Jan 25th, 2019 at 05:51:28 PM EST
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Re: Trump WIKILEAKS (none / 1)
Mammon-alert.


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Jan 25th, 2019 at 06:46:24 PM EST
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Re: Trump WIKILEAKS (none / 0)
Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently
Mammon alert (MPRS-R/15 comments)


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Jan 25th, 2019 at 08:45:10 PM EST
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Re: Trump < wipes tears > (none / 0)
The Hill | OpEd | What actually happens when ads are pulled over political controversy
If history has taught us anything, it's that you can love anyone. Just look at Rush Limbaugh and Elton John -- the most uncanny pairing of them all. John not only performed at Rush Limbaugh's 2010 wedding. The two remain friends today. "I've been sober for 24 years now, and one of the best lessons it taught me is to listen," John said. "When it comes to people who might enrage you sometimes, respectful dialogue is the only way. ... Whether you make an impact in one year or 30 years, it doesn't matter. You have to put your foot in the water and start the process."

Dan Granger is the CEO and founder of Oxford Road, the ad agency that launched Hulu, Lyft and Dollar Shave Club.

archived
Free Speech
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964)

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sat Jan 26th, 2019 at 08:36:25 PM EST
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Re: Trump WIKILEAKS (none / 0)
All shall be exposed to competition from foreign grads who are compelled to work in virtual indentured servitude. Were we to allow them permanent residency they could bargain for wages just like US grads. And people are worried about computers taking their jobs.
 

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2019 at 06:39:22 AM EST
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Re: Trump Ally Roger Stone (none / 0)


Amnesia and Gaza Genocide
by Oui on Fri Jan 25th, 2019 at 09:18:48 PM EST
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Re: Trump Ally Roger Stone (none / 0)
I'm almost ashamed to admit, his hair line is no distracting that I forgot to look into US bond service during the shutdown. The topic is conspicuous for its absence in MSM, what with all the starving civil servants and the miracle 3-week compromise on the table.

Now, I know, any reasonable person would expect US gov to pay the debt before feeding the children, but. I noodled around. Mnuchin's been up to "extra-ordinary measures," I surmise, since 2018Q4 shutdown. More ominous, The Donald's largesse (or Miss Nancy's cunning) expires about 20 minutes before the showdown over re-modeling the debt ceiling, 1 March.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sat Jan 26th, 2019 at 12:05:29 AM EST
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so distracting ... (none / 0)

like that m-m-m-mole on the kid in Goldfinger. Diabolical!


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Sat Jan 26th, 2019 at 12:30:39 AM EST
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Re: so distracting ... (none / 1)
Can you say rug? Perhaps the yellow is the glue.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2019 at 06:41:06 AM EST
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Re: so distracting ... (4.00 / 2)
Sure don't pull the room together.

I used to be afew. I'm still not many.
by john_evans (john(dot)evans(dot)et(at)gmail(dot)com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2019 at 12:32:56 PM EST
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Re: Press 'Freedom' (none / 0)

○ Justice Department Releases PressTV News Anchor from Prison | Tikun Olam |

Amnesia and Gaza Genocide

by Oui on Sun Jan 27th, 2019 at 05:07:34 AM EST
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Re: Press 'Freedom' (none / 1)
Jamil Dakwar must be new here.
Jamil Dakwar believes "journalists" are special people.
Maybe Jamil Dakwar believes "women and minorities" are special people.
Maybe Jamil Dakwar believes women minority journalists are extra special people.

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 2004
US Constitution => U.S. citizen

Did the government violate Hamdi's Fifth Amendment right to Due Process by holding him indefinitely, without access to an attorney, based solely on an Executive Branch declaration that he was an "enemy combatant" who fought against the United States? [YES]
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 2006
Geneva Convention => Yemen citizen
May the rights protected by the Geneva Convention be enforced in federal court through habeas corpus petitions? [NO] Was the military commission established to try Hamdan and others for alleged war crimes in the War on Terror authorized by the Congress or the inherent powers of the President? [YES]

Arrest of Marzieh Hashemi Reveals Bipartisan Nature of Police State

Hashemi, an African American mother and grandmother converted to Islam, moved to Iran more than 25 years ago. She has become an internationally recognized journalist as a result of her press and media work in Iran, but specifically with her work on PressTV, an outlet that--like the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the United Kingdom--receives most of its support from the Iranian government....
See how well off we are in the West?


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Sun Jan 27th, 2019 at 02:23:24 PM EST
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Hashemi released last week (none / 0)
US releases American journalist working for Iranian state TV after uproar, 23 Jan
FBI cover story: "She was held as a material witness in an unspecified criminal proceeding, according to documents unsealed by the Department of Justice on Friday."
Marzieh Hashemi Says She Was Mistreated During US Detention
Laura Pitter, senior national security counsel in Human Rights Watch's (HRW) US program said that one of the problems with material witness laws is that the warrants are "issued in secret so we don't know what they are based on."

"Another problem is that the process for challenging the detention is often conducted in secret so we don't know what the grounds are for even using them in the first place or whether the process has been fair," added Pitter, who has studied the laws with HRW, particularly its expanded usage after 9/11.

Kamala!? will fix that.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Wed Jan 30th, 2019 at 10:39:34 AM EST
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Re: Hashemi released last week (none / 1)
By "fix" do you mean the fact that they released her, even though she didn't prove her arrest was illegal in a "timely" fashion? BTW, her defenders are starting to defend her behaviour on the Daniel Larson case on the grounds that she wasn't involved in all the actions of her office, which should already be grounds to disqualify her (The buck stops somewhere else.)
by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Wed Jan 30th, 2019 at 10:47:14 AM EST
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Re: Hashemi released last week (none / 0)
If you have to ask despite my prior comments in this thread and others regarding Kamala!?'s professional record, I suppose, I must confirm:

"Kamala!? will fix that." is a facetious remark indicating that Kamala!? aspirations to  "unify the nation" will in no way remedy arbitrary arrest, or detention, of anyone by FBI agents whether or not the idiot electorate elects Kamala!? to office of the POTUS.

This person is demonstrably psychopathic by any standard set by politicians ruling the USA or UK. Romania, even.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Wed Jan 30th, 2019 at 09:46:52 PM EST
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Re: Hashemi released last week (none / 1)
This person is demonstrably psychopathic by any standard set by politicians ruling the USA or UK. Romania, even.

Shouldn't that be "This person is demonstrably psychopathic by any standard set by politicians ruling the USA or Romania. UK, even." Though this may be correct only because nobody seems to be actually ruling the UK these days.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Thu Jan 31st, 2019 at 08:44:55 AM EST
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Re: Hashemi released last week (none / 0)
Another common spelling error.

Some people write ERG as European Research Group. Others write is as English Ruling Gentry. Still others deny any such political feature exists at all in Britain, like Voldemort.

So, no, to answer the question question you did not ask. Someone is ruling the UK.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 31st, 2019 at 02:38:10 PM EST
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