Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[hack]

I think it's premised on the assumption that people across the country are going to see that whacko for who they really are (and migrate to my side of the debate for now at least but probably permanently). Both can't be right about the payoff they are anticipating. When it comes to economics as a political outcome, things are going to keep going in the direction they are going, or they will go in another direction.

[froot loops]

I don't think Obama voters had the same devotion as MAGAs, Obama had a big following but it dissipated fairly quickly after each election. He certainly wasn't playing to the large throngs of people in campaign rallies year round all the time like Trump is. He just had 69.000 people sign up in El Paso for a campaign rally that was only supposed to hold 6,500.

[AlabamAlum]

[iam416]

Co-signed

[crashcourse]

Here's a list of the 28 active national emergencies:

1. Blocking Iranian Government Property (Nov. 14, 1979)

2. Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Nov. 14, 1994)

3. Prohibiting Transactions with Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process (Jan. 23, 1995)

4. Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources (Mar. 15, 1995)

5. Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers (Oct. 21, 1995)

6. Regulations of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels with Respect to Cuba (Mar. 1, 1996)

7. Blocking Sudanese Government Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Sudan (Nov. 3, 1997)

8. Blocking Property of Persons Who Threaten International Stabilization Efforts in the Western Balkans (Jun. 26, 2001)

9. Continuation of Export Control Regulations (Aug. 17, 2001)

10. Declaration of National Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks (Sept. 14, 2001)

11. Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (Sept. 23, 2001)

12. Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe (Mar. 6, 2003)

13. Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq has an Interest (May 22, 2003)

14. Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria (May 11, 2004)

15. Blocking Property of Certain Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Belarus (Jun. 16, 2006)

16. Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Oct. 27, 2006)

17. Blocking Property of Persons Undermining the Sovereignty of Lebanon or Its Democratic Processes and Institutions (Aug. 1, 2007)

18. Continuing Certain Restrictions with Respect to North Korea and North Korean Nationals (Jun. 26, 2008)

19. Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Somalia (Apr. 12, 2010)

20. Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya (Feb. 25, 2011)

21. Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations (Jul. 25, 2011)

22. Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen (May 16, 2012)

23. Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine (Mar. 6, 2014)

24. Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to South Sudan (Apr. 3, 2014)

25. Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Central African Republic (May 12, 2014)

26. Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela (Mar. 9, 2015)

27. Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (Apr. 1, 2015)

28. Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Burundi (Nov. 23, 2015)

[Kapture1]

instead of Amazon paying 27 billion in taxes in NY rather than 30 billion over 10 years, they pay nothing now and Palin Cortez thinks she found 3 billion to spend lmao


she is so fucking stupid

someone wanna tell her NY just lost 27 billion, they didn't gain 3 billion?

[crashcourse]

President Barack Obama

• Oct. 23, 2009: Declaration of a National Emergency With Respect to the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic, was never terminated or continued;
• April 12, 2010 (still in effect): Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Somalia, continued in 2018;
• Feb. 25, 2011 (still in effect): Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya, continued in February 2018;
• July 24, 2011 (still in effect): Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations, continued in July 2018;
• May 16, 2012 (still in effect): Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen, continued in May 2012;
• June 25, 2012: Blocking Property of the Government of the Russian Federation Relating to the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear Weapons, revoked in 2015;
• March 6, 2014 (still in effect): Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine, continued in March 2018;
• April 3, 2014 (still in effect): Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to South Sudan, continued in March 2018;
• May 12, 2014 (still in effect): Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Central African Republic, continued in May 2018;
• March 8, 2015 (still in effect): Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela, continued in March 2018;
• April 1, 2015 (still in effect): Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities, continued in March 2018;
• Nov. 22, 2015 (still in effect): Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Burundi, continued in November 2018.

I think our war on flu is much more expensive then the 8 billion he wants for the war against illegal immigration

just to put it oin perspective--go back to the Washington times for one states crime statistics regarding illegal immigrants compared to native borne

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/26/illegals-commit-crimes-double-rate-native-born-stu/

[hack]

Everybody in that story is acting within their power, and that's fine. The city did the deal and people don't like it, so they are voicing their concerns, and a significant number of them would not agree with your second paragraph, or, regardless of dollars and cents just don't find it palatable for their town to provide a tax-free existence to the world's richest man. People make decisions with heads and hearts on both sides of the aisle. Their reps appear to be listening, so, again, job well done there. Nobody's forcing them to offer incentives and nobody's forcing Bezos to stay without them. Compared with a lot of other political-decisionmaking processes these days, this is pretty darn functional.

It won't be the only jurisdiction where Amazon has political risks from spotlight-hungry politicians. AOC is not special there. If everybody has a price, they haven't found hers yet. Say what you will, but if she proves unable to buy off, that's a very difficult thing to criticize. Might make her even more popular.

[Kapture1]

then she's no dumber than the people that elected her. she said 'instead we can use that 3 billion and invest it in schools and the subway...' the 3 billion doesn't exist. it was predicated on Amazon paying 27 billion over 10 years rather than 30 billion. you get that, don't you?

[AlabamAlum]

The people didn't like it? It was my understanding that the majority of New Yorkers wanted the Amazon deal.

[AlabamAlum]

Details of the Siena Poll:

https://nypost.com/2019/02/12/majority-of-new-yorkers-want-amazons-hq2-in-queens-poll/

[iam416]

instead of Amazon paying 27 billion in taxes in NY rather than 30 billion over 10 years, they pay nothing now and Palin Cortez thinks she found 3 billion to spend lmao

Can't make this shit up.

[iam416]

Yeah, all the polling on Amazon in NYC Metro is unambiguous. It's not a consensus, but a clear majority.

[AlabamAlum]

People get hung up on the fact that Bezos is rich or that Amazon is profitable. It's almost like those designations have become pejorative.

Anyway, on to more important stuff: editing all the Wikipedia articles that incorrectly note Lord Saban's win percentage now that Ole Miss has vacated a win against Bama.

[iam416]

It's almost like those designations have become pejorative

Not almost. Certainly amongst the Progressive Socialists. Billionaires are immoral.

Plus, man, Bezos is a white male. Good god.