Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[Kapture1]

Are they? It'll be quite interesting to see how the ratings do.



Or it happens to coincide with, you know, the best fucking athletes. Owens was sort of big fucking deal well before he got to Germany. In fact, there's a plaque at MICHIGAN honoring him for kicking ass. And, look, I suspect most of the narratives they choose to do are on the folks with the best chance of winning -- merit-based shit. However, I also suspect that their is an increasing number of narratives done on folks with fuckall chance of winning shit that will appeal to Kapture and his Gentry Left compadres.

Either way, I don't much care as I'll watch exactly zero minutes of them.

Like the Fencer from USA that was Muslim, she had a fucking barbie dedicated to her, carried the Flag or lead the opening ceremony for the US, had the liberal press circle jerking over her all because she was the first from USA to wear the global symbol of female oppression while competing...

she got her ass kicked lol

[Kapture1]

[ame]https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/962020354070851584[/ame]

[Dr. Strangelove]

Interesting. Folks might not be aware that an apartment company owned by the Kushners in Baltimore is being sued by a group of tenants. Initially the Kushners requested the case be transferred to federal court instead of Baltimore city court on the basis that none of the firm's investors lived inside Maryland. Probably not stated: they weren't excited about their chances with the case being tried at an inner city Baltimore court.

But then the Federal judge demanded proof that none of the investors lived in state and therefore, the identities of the investors would be revealed and put on public record. This earned an 'oh shit" response from the Kushner legal team and they have requested a return to Baltimore and will take their chances with the jury there.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-md-jared-kushner-lawsuit-20180209-story.html

[Dr. Strangelove]

Rachel Brand has resigned at DOJ. She was #3 in the Department and would have taken over for Rosenstein should he have been fired or resigned.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Ohio state GOP endorses Dewine for Governor. Lot of bitterness from Mary Taylor at this event

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2018/02/ohio_republican_party_endorses.html

[Dr. Strangelove]

Major story. The NSA and CIA have been negotiating with Russia to recover stolen NSA documents. Their Russian contact has purportedly also offered up info on Russian meddling and the Trump campaign. This is worth your time

https://theintercept.com/2018/02/09/donald-trump-russia-election-nsa/

[hack]

It's sad that "theintercept" is kind of a disqualified. Greenwald is a disappointment.

[millenwasmyfavorite]

Carter Page, who apparently had credible evidence that he was engaging in espionage against the US as a foreign spy, a Title I FISA warrant was granted on him and renewed for a full year. After that time, he is walking around a free man with NO travel restrictions whatsoever.

My theory is still sounding a lot more sane than his haha. Much shorter to explain too.

Rgr,

Though, I think your brevity is stressing it's distinction from conciseness.

"haha"

[SeattleLionsFan]

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/373021-mattis-vows-dreamers-serving-in-military-will-not-be-deported

I dislike the idea of deporting dreamers as much as anyone, but I think this is a dangerous precedent. The military has to follow the orders of the president. Even if it is to bar trans soldiers or deporting good soldiers. A military which is independent of presidential control is a real recipe for a bad bad time.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Trump speechwriter David Sorensen has just resigned after allegations that he abused his wife have emerged.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Trump is refusing to release the Dem version of the Nunes memo unless they make the changes he demands. How predictable.

[Dr. Strangelove]

It's sad that "theintercept" is kind of a disqualified. Greenwald is a disappointment.

The NY Times has a story covering the same basic facts that def casts into doubt the Intercept story. Intel agencies felt they were being played.

[CGVT]

Haha! They couldn't be any worse than Brownback...

AMERICA
Kansas Scrambles To Change Rules After 6 Teens Enter Governor's Race

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February 9, 20186:44 PM ET
LAUREL WAMSLEY

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Six Kansas teens are running for governor, following the lead of Jack Bergeson (center). Some of the candidates are seen here participating in a forum at a high school in Lawrence, Kan., in October.
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There are a lot of requirements if you want to vote in Kansas. You must be 18 years old. You need to show a photo ID at your polling place and show proof of U.S. citizenship when you register to vote. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says the state's voter ID laws are among the strictest in the nation.

But when it comes to the rules about who can run for state office? There are no rules.

"Under Kansas law, there is no law governing the qualifications for governor, not one," Bryan Caskey, director of elections at the Kansas secretary of state's office, told The Kansas City Star last year. "So there's seriously nothing on the books that lays out anything, no age, no residency, no experience. Nothing."

So into the race jumped 16-year-old Jack Bergeson. Calling himself an anti-establishment candidate, Bergeson is pursuing the Democratic nomination, advocating for a $12 minimum wage, legalization of medical marijuana, and high-speed rail for major cities in the region.

"I thought, you know, let's give the people of Kansas a chance," Bergeson told the Star in August. "Let's try something new that has never really been tried anywhere else before."

Three more teen boys, running as Republicans, soon entered the governor's race – so many that they had their own candidates' forum in a high school gym in Lawrence.

"This needs to be a government that represents everyone, not just 30 years old up," said 17-year-old candidate Dominic Scavuzzo.

Two more teen boys threw hats in the ring, spurring Kansas lawmakers to try to put a stop to such youthful exuberance. Republican Rep. Blake Carpenter introduced a bill requiring candidates to be at least 18 years old to run for the state's top elected offices, such as governor, secretary of state or attorney general. And candidates for governor and lietenant governor would have to have lived in the state for four years.

"We have age requirements on voters, and I really think that anybody who's running should be able to vote for themselves," Rep. Keith Esau, a Republican running for secretary of state, told The Topeka Capital-Journal.

The Star reports that the bill passed out of House committee on Monday.

"I don't think it's a good thing," Bergeson, now 17, told the Star. "I'm not a fan of it. I think it's a reactionary bill. I think it's trying to disenfranchise candidates."

The law wouldn't take effect until after the November elections. And that's important, said Caskey at the secretary of state's office.

"The secretary of state does not want there to be any appearance of a conflict of interest concerning persons who are currently candidates and do not meet these proposed requirements," he told the Capital-Journal.

He's referring to Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the force behind the state's strict voter ID law, who is running for governor. Kobach was also co-chair of President Trump's controversial voting commission, which was dissolved last month.

But the anything-goes system that has been so appealing to Kansas teenagers has been less appealing to one group: women.

State Sen. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, became the first woman to enter the crowded field for governor in December. Meanwhile, more than 20 men or boys have declared their candidacy.

The state's lack of rules for candidacy are so profound that Caskey could not even find a rule limiting the field to human candidates.

"[A] dog has never tried to file," he told the Star last year. "I don't know what would happen if one tried to."

[Kapture1]

Trump is refusing to release the Dem version of the Nunes memo unless they make the changes he demands. How predictable.

Very predictible, Schiff and the dems threw in a bunch of shit that compromised sources and methods (exactly what they accused the Rs of doing) so that they could say Trump redacted all the damaging info.

[millenwasmyfavorite]

lol