Donald Trump and US politics

Whom of their own?
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DalaiLama wrote:
Unfortunately for the DNC, setting the bar that low for the indictments is going to lead to a flood of indictments against their own.
"Looks like Dalai forgot about Rule 4." — Saul Alinsky
When Stephen Colbert was killed by HYDRA's Project Insight in 2014, the comedy world lost a hero. Since his life model decoy isn't up to the task, please do not mistake my performance as political discussion. I'm just doing what Steve would have wanted.
Thousands of triggered snowflakes are going to "Scream helplessly at the sky" on the anniversary of the God Emperor's inauguration.

http://www.newsweek.com/americans-scream-helplessly-sky-donald-trump-election-anniversary-690889

You might want to check and see if they're hosting such an event near you. I say it's a great way to blow off some steam. My guess is they'll have therapy animals, coloring books, and hot cocoa on the side, and ambulances on stand by just in case anyone faints from reliving the trauma.
Last edited by MrSmiley21 on Oct 29, 2017, 1:13:39 AM
That fishy contract to rebuild Puerto Rico’s electric grid is now a bona fide scandal.

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It was suspicious enough that the $300 million contract, as The Washington Post revealed earlier this week, had been awarded to Whitefish Energy, a tiny and unknown company based in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown in Montana. The Daily Beast then reported that Whitefish’s CEO is friends with Zinke, and that the company is primarily financed by a large donor to President Donald Trump...

...Reporter Ken Klippenstein has obtained a copy of the contract between Whitefish and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), and the details paint an even more egregious picture. Whitefish reportedly is charging $300 an hour for a subcontracted lineman; $462 an hour for a subcontracted supervisor; and $400 per worker per day for food and housing. The contract also shields Whitefish from legal liability if they screw up the job, and prevents government authorities from auditing the company, according to Klippenstein.
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DalaiLama wrote:
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So, who do you guys think will be the first arrested? Hillary? Donny Jr.? My mom? Who? Monday is so far away!

Flynn would be my guess.

It's gotta be Manafort.

Gonna have to hustle to get the betting pool set up before Monday. High odds on Manafort/Flynn, low odds on Clinton/Trump. And fuck it, million-to-one that he indicts himself.
There is always the possibility he's going after somebody simply to justify his position, and the evidence will be sketchy at best. I'd be willing to place a bet that none of the indictments result in a conviction.
We know someone underwhelming will be indicted. We know this because the indictment is to justify the probe's continued existence, and if it was someone interesting enough to get more buzz than an anonymous question mark, then they would have simply named that person on Friday instead.

Probably someone loosely affiliated with Trump (or maybe Clinton) we've never heard of before. The type where if I said their name now anyone would say "who?" The point of the tease is to get people to care about that question enough to actually find out.
When Stephen Colbert was killed by HYDRA's Project Insight in 2014, the comedy world lost a hero. Since his life model decoy isn't up to the task, please do not mistake my performance as political discussion. I'm just doing what Steve would have wanted.
Last edited by ScrotieMcB on Oct 29, 2017, 1:37:04 AM
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MrSmiley21 wrote:
There is always the possibility he's going after somebody simply to justify his position, and the evidence will be sketchy at best. I'd be willing to place a bet that none of the indictments result in a conviction.


You can bet that it's a 100% slam dunker. Someone is in deep poopoo here, leading to the whole mess of them locked up.
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Jennik wrote:
That fishy contract to rebuild Puerto Rico’s electric grid is now a bona fide scandal.

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It was suspicious enough that the $300 million contract, as The Washington Post revealed earlier this week, had been awarded to Whitefish Energy, a tiny and unknown company based in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown in Montana. The Daily Beast then reported that Whitefish’s CEO is friends with Zinke, and that the company is primarily financed by a large donor to President Donald Trump...

...Reporter Ken Klippenstein has obtained a copy of the contract between Whitefish and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), and the details paint an even more egregious picture. Whitefish reportedly is charging $300 an hour for a subcontracted lineman; $462 an hour for a subcontracted supervisor; and $400 per worker per day for food and housing. The contract also shields Whitefish from legal liability if they screw up the job, and prevents government authorities from auditing the company, according to Klippenstein.


The whole thing stinks to high heaven. Corrupt Trumplets everywhere.
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Jennik wrote:
That fishy contract to rebuild Puerto Rico’s electric grid is now a bona fide scandal.

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It was suspicious enough that the $300 million contract, as The Washington Post revealed earlier this week, had been awarded to Whitefish Energy, a tiny and unknown company based in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown in Montana. The Daily Beast then reported that Whitefish’s CEO is friends with Zinke, and that the company is primarily financed by a large donor to President Donald Trump...

...Reporter Ken Klippenstein has obtained a copy of the contract between Whitefish and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), and the details paint an even more egregious picture. Whitefish reportedly is charging $300 an hour for a subcontracted lineman; $462 an hour for a subcontracted supervisor; and $400 per worker per day for food and housing. The contract also shields Whitefish from legal liability if they screw up the job, and prevents government authorities from auditing the company, according to Klippenstein.
A much better article, including full text of the contract: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/27/560422492/heres-what-s-in-that-300-million-whitefish-contract

Ostensibly the exorbitant rates (and corresponding audit-proofing related to rates) result naturally from PREPA being bankrupt since July and thus unable to assure payment, causing most companies to outright reject the work and leaving only a high-risk high-reward speculator like Whitefish. As such, I'm perhaps more interested in who else offered services to PREPA than I am about further details of the Whitefish deal. Was this really PREPA's best option? If not, the connection to Zinke shifts from pragmatic to sinister... but not before, you frothingly rabid Trump-haters.

There is also the question of whether PREPA is authorized to agree to waiver of audt privileges. I can see why Whitefish put them in; I have trouble understanding why PREPA agreed.
When Stephen Colbert was killed by HYDRA's Project Insight in 2014, the comedy world lost a hero. Since his life model decoy isn't up to the task, please do not mistake my performance as political discussion. I'm just doing what Steve would have wanted.
Last edited by ScrotieMcB on Oct 29, 2017, 2:04:33 AM

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