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    Kavanagh invesitigation, not very investigative

    The FBI director said, later adding that the inquiry was "very specific in scope—limited in scope."

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      https://www.tennessean.com/story/new...gn/1572260002/

      A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper assigned to provide security for both gubernatorial candidates was removed from his post last month after violating a nondisclosure agreement by revealing details of Democrat Karl Dean’s schedule to Republican Bill Lee’s campaign.

      After learning about a Dean stop the Lee campaign understood to be part of a “Muslim event,” according to Tennessee Highway Patrol memos obtained by the USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee, the Lee campaign reportedly asked another trooper whether his staff could obtain a photo of Dean in a mosque.

      The Sept. 7 event in question was a meet and greet at a falafel restaurant in Knoxville, and not a religious gathering.

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        This could go on the Israeli-Palestinian thread too.

        Sheldon Adelson and his influence on ( and 25 Million dollar donation to) Trump

        Long but interesting. Also a question to Ursus-How far can you go in the casino business in Vegas without having a relationship with the mafia?

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          Vegas is much cleaner than it used to be (and cleaner than Atlantic City), so given the fact that Adelson wasn’t there in the Bugsy Siegel era, he may not have a deep issue there. Triads in Macau, on the other hand.

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            The Mafia is pretty much out of it now, as I understand it.

            http://www.cracked.com/personal-expe...s-history.html

            I suspect, however, that anyone building a lot of big hotels anywhere is going to have a relationship with the mob because of their influence in construcation and unions. But that's probably true everywhere. It's not specific to casinos.


            The town will never be the same. After the Tangiers, the big corporations took it all over. Today it looks like Disneyland. And while the kids play cardboard pirates, Mommy and Daddy drop the house payments and Junior's college money on the poker slots. In the old days, dealers knew your name, what you drank, what you played. Today, it's like checkin' into an airport. And if you order room service, you're lucky if you get it by Thursday. Today, it's all gone. You get a whale show up with four million in a suitcase, and some twenty-five-year-old hotel school kid is gonna want his Social Security Number. After the Teamsters got knocked out of the box, the corporations tore down practically every one of the old casinos. And where did the money come from to rebuild the pyramids? Junk bonds. But in the end, I wound up right back where I started. I could still pick winners, and I could still make money for all kinds of people back home. And why mess up a good thing? And that's that.

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              Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
              Vegas is much cleaner than it used to be (and cleaner than Atlantic City), so given the fact that Adelson wasn’t there in the Bugsy Siegel era, he may not have a deep issue there. Triads in Macau, on the other hand.
              What is the status of that case?

              Then again, especially in a business built on the desperation of troubled people and the lack of quality statistics education in public schools, the line between "organized crime" and "corporation" is, in my mind at least, a bit blurry. Maybe corporations murder fewer people. Directly, anyway.

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                Settled for an “undisclosed amount” shortly after that testimony. The company also reached a USD 9 million settlement with the SEC on related charges.

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                  A periodic reminder that this guy has the nuclear weapon launch codes (click through for article)

                  https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/1050126286155333634

                  The president craned his neck slightly upward, in the direction of the door. “Could you give me the list, please?” he asked, raising his voice so a secretary could hear. “I’ve gotta give you the list. Nobody has come close to doing what we’ve done in less than two years as president. Whether it’s regulations or tax cuts or so many other things.” The secretary walked into the room, holding two sheets of computer paper. “Give that to Olivia,” Trump said. “These are just some of the things that were done since taking office,” he told me. The pages were stamped with 58 bullet points, typed in a large font. At the top, underlined, bold, and all-caps, it read, “TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS.” On the first page, the points related mostly to jobs numbers or executive orders or promises from the tax-reform bill. On the second page, there were more puzzling accomplishments like, “Republicans want STRONG BORDERS and NO CRIME. Democrats want OPEN BORDERS which equals MASSIVE CRIME.”

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                    Originally posted by anton pulisov View Post
                    Well, there was Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which managed to get a Republican draft dodger to beat a Vietnam vet who has actual shrapnel lodged in his body.
                    You think that's bad?

                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxby_Chambliss#2002_race

                    Chambliss focused on the issue of national defense and homeland security during his campaign, and released an ad that included Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, highlighting Cleland's record on the issues of war and terrorism.[13] Fellow Republicans criticized him after he ran an ad against Cleland, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, in which he argued he was weak on defense and homeland security.[14]

                    Chambliss received criticism from Democrats and Republicans for this ad, pointing out that he, who hadn't served in the Vietnam War due to receiving military deferments, had attacked a Vietnam War veteran who lost three limbs during his service for not being tough enough on issues of war and homeland security.

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                      That was Karl Rove's insight- attacks your opponent at the strongest point. Deferment Bush beat Vietnam Kerry. If you have no regard for the truth the facts are irrelevant.- or you van make them appear so.

                      Supreme Court starts its evil work

                      https://twitter.com/dabeard/status/1050107923693785088

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                        I suppose the homeless can't vote either

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                          Of course not.

                          North Dakota has a weird system that does not provide for voter registration.

                          There is a workaround for Native Americans and others who rely on PO Boxes, but it is far from straightforward and not well-known.

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                            Well, that sounds simple and straightforward.

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                              Regarding the USA:

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                                Interesting. In the upcoming municipal elections here, voting stations are being set up in homeless shelters and tent cities. Guess US elections are more complicated. That must be it, right?

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                                  It's what the Founding Fathers wanted

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                                    While the Founding Fathers clearly never wanted Native Americans to have a vote, it's not explicitly in the text so I'm sure the Textualist Federalists will restore the franchise forthwith.

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                                      Purging half a million African Americans voters in Georgia

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                                        Particularly neat when you can purge the voters yourself for the election you're running in.

                                        I mean, I don't think it makes any difference which particular "conservative Republican" is in charge of elections, but I would have expected that they'd at least want to give the appearance there wasn't an egregious conflict of interest.

                                        This is rather depressing. Any chance of a shift in these numbers, especially in Nevada?

                                        https://twitter.com/SteveKornacki/status/1050342864062955520

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                                          I don't think it makes any difference which particular "conservative Republican" is in charge of elections, but I would have expected that they'd at least want to give the appearance there wasn't an egregious conflict of interest.
                                          Hahahaha. Remember when the Secretary of State for Florida was Bush's campaign co-chair in the state?

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                                            Katherine Harris? I didn't know that about her, was thinking more of Jeb's role at the time.

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                                              See also Ken Blackwell, Kris Kobach etc. They seem to make it a point of pride to suppress minority voters while having an egregious conflict of interest. Not that the conflict of interest is as important as, you know, suppressing minority voters.

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                                                I'm a Kobach watcher.

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                                                  Tubbs, Vox has been good on Nevada.

                                                  Here's an example.

                                                  I think one learns much more from reporting that isolated polling (or much polling at all when it comes to the midterms, really).

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                                                    Thanks, Ursus.

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