Breitbart, Kim Dotcom, Julian Assange, and Trump’s Right-Wing Base Reject Plan to Axe Net Neutrality.

https://theintercept.com/2017/11/27/net-neutrality-trump-breitbart-julian-assange-kim-dotcom/

Industrial Strength: How the U.S. Government Hid Fracking's Risks to Drinking Water
A pivotal EPA study provided the rationale for exemptions that helped unleash the fracking boom. The science was suppressed to protect industry interests.
By Neela Banerjee

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16112017/fracking-chemicals-safety-epa-health-risks-water-bush-cheney

Nikki Haley to China: Cut off oil to North Korea, or we'll take the situation into our own hands.

Haley revealed during a speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York City that President Donald Trump called Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday morning to tell him the time has come for China to cut off crude oil supplies to North Korea.

"We now turn to President Xi to also take that stand. We believe he has an opportunity to do the right thing for the benefit of all countries. China must show leadership and follow through. China can do this on its own, or we can take the oil situation into our own hands," she said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/29/nikki-haley-to-china-cut-off-oil-to-north-korea-or-else.html

No Accidental Candidate, Alabama Democrat Laid Path for Years

Dick Molpus, a former Mississippi secretary of state, said he had met Mr. Jones in 2004 at an event in Neshoba County, Miss., marking the murders of civil rights workers. Recalling Mr. Jones’s speech there, Mr. Molpus said he donated to Mr. Jones’s Senate campaign early, despite viewing it as a “symbolic race.” He said he viewed Mr. Jones as a “Southern hero.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/us/doug-jones-roy-moore-democrats-alabama.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

FCC chair Ajit Pai doesn’t seem to know how the internet works
In comments attacking net neutrality proponents, Ajit Pai reveals a lack of historical or policy knowledge

And while, of course, governments can be authoritarian, Pai is content to conflate all government regulation with authoritarianism. And yet, private sector authoritarianism — the decisions corporations and the rich make that affect all of us, and in which we will never have any say — doesn’t register for him at all.

https://www.salon.com/2017/11/30/fcc-chair-ajit-pai-doesnt-seem-to-know-how-the-internet-works/

Sam Brownback Trolls America: The guy who wrecked Kansas is the GOP’s role model.
Sam Brownback came to Capitol Hill and told big lies about the tax bill the GOP is about to jam down our throats.

When Brownback eliminated the state income tax for partnerships, limited liability corporations and other similarly structured entities, he promised it would act “like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.” That’s the same empty promise being offered by Republicans today.

https://www.salon.com/2017/11/30/sam-brownback-trolls-america-the-guy-who-wrecked-kansas-is-the-gops-role-model/

We’re all in Kansas now.

Amidst all the weird things that happened on Wednesday, one of the low-key weirdest was Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback popping up on Capitol Hill to help lobby for the GOP tax bill, arguing that Republican senators should see it as an effort to replicate the ideas he's implemented at the state level because, after all, "What we did actually worked."
Now if you'd told me a couple of days ago, "Republicans just want to imitate Kansas's failed tax policies," then I'd have told you that was a bit of a hackish and unfair response.
After all, state and federal tax policy issues are significantly different along a couple of different important dimensions. And the Senate GOP plan isn't actually nearly as radical as what Brownback implemented in Kansas.

But if Republicans themselves are going to invite the comparison, then it does seem like it'd be worth looking under the hood. And the basic outlines are pretty clear:

If North Korea fires a nuclear missile at the U.S., how could it be stopped?
The plan relies on a promising but unproven system to destroy it with another missile.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/north-korea-missile-defense/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_nkoreamissile-445pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.32767ac0f270

Of course this article with all it's cool graphics leaves out the undeniable fact of the total and complete annihilation of the country stupid enough to attempt such a move.

House Committee to Mark Up National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill
After nearly a year of inaction, the national concealed carry reciprocity bill will receive a markup from the House Judiciary Committee today.

http://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2017/11/house-concealed-carry-reciprocity-bill/

Hudson's Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill Passes

https://hudson.house.gov/press-releases/hudsons-concealed-carry-reciprocity-bill-passes/

In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the Supreme Court ruled that “the inherent right of self-defense has been central to the Second Amendment right,” which is “the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation.” This fundamental right does not stop at a state’s borders and law-abiding citizens should be able to exercise this right when crossing state lines. In addition, Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution states, “Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.” This is the clause that allows a driver’s license to be recognized across state lines.

https://hudson.house.gov/uploads/Concealed%20Carry%20Reciprocity%20Act%20of%202017%20One%20Pager.pdf

https://hudson.house.gov/uploads/Concealed%20Carry%20Reciprocity%20Act%20of%202017%20QA.pdf

Get Ready for Concealed Guns in All 50 States
House panel approves law that will allow firearms-owners to cross any state line with a hidden weapon.

WEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-29/get-ready-for-concealed-guns-in-all-50-states

Wells Fargo did not correct insurance irregularities, federal regulator says.
The letter reinforces the outrage of federal regulators over some of Wells Fargo's banking practices. Last year it was disclosed that the bank created as many as 3.5 million accounts using fictitious or unauthorized customer information.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/11/29/Wells-Fargo-did-not-correct-insurance-irregularities-federal-regulator-says/2621511966814/?utm_source=sec&utm_campaign=sl&utm_medium=16

Naaaaaah we don't need no stinking...

Republicans say CFPB is crippling the economy. Really?
http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/28/news/economy/cfpb-trump-mulvaney-economy-lending/index.html
President Trump argues that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a "disaster" that has "devastated" banks and hurt Americans by stifling loans.

It's true that the CFPB has moved to crack down on risky mortgages, prevent shady payday lending and penalize big banks like Wells Fargo (WFC) for breaking the law.
Yet U.S. banks made $171.3 billion in profit last year, their third record in the past four years, according to the FDIC. Bank profits are on track for another record in 2017, and just 3.9% of banks suffered losses during the third quarter.

Italian oil company given drilling permit in Alaska
A U.S. agency says a subsidiary of Italian energy company Eni is now part of the effort to achieve 'American energy dominance.

https://www.upi.com/Energy-News/2017/11/29/Italian-oil-company-given-drilling-permit-in-Alaska/8841511963605/?utm_source=fp&utm_campaign=ts_pi&utm_medium=22

Orbital ATK to support next-step development of anti-radiation missiles
The company was awarded two contracts for future development on the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile, a tactical air-to-surface weapon used against radar systems and other enemy air defenses.

https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2017/11/28/Orbital-ATK-to-support-next-step-development-of-anti-radiation-missiles/5041511873597/?utm_source=sec&utm_campaign=sl&utm_medium=3

Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Orbital ATK Inc., has been awarded a modified contract for engineering studies and service support for the development of Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles, or AARGM, an upgrade to the AGM-88 HARM systems.

Yup, dat be the truth. "The Rifles That Made America"
In the hands of the brave, defending the home of the free.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a13938194/history-of-us-military-rifle/

Ever since the 13 colonies gathered enough gumption to form a union, U.S. soldiers have carried an evolving range of weapons, from flintlocks pistols to lever actions to assault rifles. The American soldier has fought many battles through the generations. The first line of defense has always been the rifle.

Larry, boy'howdy am I glad my favorite news anchor is a lesbian, and not chasing women around the work place. [That I know of]
You have to watch this whole show, it's a whopper.

Noooooo lolol

Obama reveals his "retirement plans"

Message from the DNC - SNL

Senator Elizabeth Warren - SNL

Come Back, Barack - SNL

Best Campaign Ad of 2012 Humorous but True

You'll be surprised that squirrels can be funnier than cats

Why a tax bill failure would be good for the GOP

http://theweek.com/articles/739970/why-tax-bill-failure-good-gop

Fear can be a great motivator. And that goes a long way toward explaining why congressional Republicans are more likely than not to pass their unpopular tax cut plan.
Republican lawmakers fear heading into the 2018 midterm elections with no significant accomplishments while also bungling what is supposed to be their core competency: cutting taxes. No wonder many GOPers on Capitol Hill fervently believe that failure to pass tax cuts would present them with an existential electoral threat. Their party's leader, President Trump, would attack them as do-nothing swamp creatures. Their voters would dismiss them as incompetent elitists. And their impatient donors would close their wallets.

The Latest Republican Tax Proposal Is the Dumbest Yet
Who are the tax wizards who came up with this one?

https://www.thenation.com/article/the-latest-republican-tax-proposal-is-the-dumbest-yet/

Republicans have organized themselves, almost unilaterally, around tax cuts for the past several decades, and they appear determined not to let details or unpopularity get in the way. And if the deficit is a problem, that’s when they implement phase two: cut social spending to the bone, balancing the budget on the backs of the vulnerable while the rich get a windfall.
So maybe that’s the way out, and the Corker bloc folds with a fake trigger and a promise to eat the poor. But if anything close to the original concept makes it into law, Republicans will have accomplished a signature feat: They’ll have created a kind of economic Hamburger Helper that makes recessions into depressions, instantly.

As GOP Tax Plan Faces Senate Vote, Critics Say Bill Would Give Hundreds of Billions to Top 1 Percent.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/42752-as-gop-tax-plan-faces-senate-vote-critics-say-bill-would-give-hundreds-of-billions-to-top-1-percent

The plan will now go to the full Senate for a vote as early as Thursday. The Senate bill slashes the corporate tax rate and gives further tax cuts to wealthy business owners. It would also repeal a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, the requirement that most Americans have health insurance. Experts say revoking this provision, known as the individual mandate, would cause the cost of health insurance to skyrocket.

Senate Considers Making a Terrible Tax Bill Even Worse

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/opinion/senate-tax-bill.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region

Republican senators have a choice. They can follow the will of their donors and vote to take money from the middle class and give it to the wealthiest people in the world. Or they can vote no, to protect the public and the financial health of the government. There’s no compromise on that.

A Senate Tax Bill Only Scrooge McDuck Could Love

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dianahembree/2017/11/29/a-senate-tax-bill-only-scrooge-mcduck-could-love/#32c2d887257a

Trump's Tax Promises Undercut by CEO Plans to Help Investors

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-29/trump-s-tax-promises-undercut-by-ceo-plans-to-reward-investors

The president has held fast to his pledge even as top executives’ comments have run counter to it for months. Instead of hiring more workers or raising their pay, many companies say they’ll first increase dividends or buy back their own shares.

Do Senate Republicans have the votes to pass their tax bill?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/politics/tax-bill-senate-whip-count/?hpid=hp_hp-visual-stories-desktop_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.88bfebe5c9ba

Senate Republicans are racing to pass a tax bill by the first weekend of December, with the goal of sending President Trump Congress’s first major legislative accomplishment by the end of this year. But it’s not clear they'll have the votes do it.
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Some tax breaks are for the rich. Others for the poor. Which are for you?
Just like with health care, Republicans are trying to pass a tax code rewrite over Democratic objections. (It's likely all 48 Senate Democrats will vote against the tax bill.) That means Senate Republicans can only afford two defections. There are nearly a dozen senators with competing concerns -- some think the bill is too expensive for taxpayers, others are concerned it doesn't cut taxes enough. The bill passed out of a committee on Tuesday and is expected to get a vote in the next few days.

Bogle Says Tax Bill Favoring Business Is a ‘Moral Abomination’

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-28/bogle-says-tax-bill-favoring-business-is-a-moral-abomination

The tax proposals in Washington are a “moral abomination” because they favor corporations at the expense of workers, Vanguard Group founder John Bogle said.
“Just think about this: Corporate profits after taxes last year were the highest they’ve ever been in the history of GDP going back to 1929,” said Bogle at an event Tuesday sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. “And we are thinking of giving relief to the corporations at the highest levels ever. Individual wages are at the lowest level in about 15 years as a percent of GDP,” he said.

One of the most secretive, dark states’: What is Kansas trying to hide?

http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article184179651.html#storylink=cpy

“My No. 1 question to anybody who opts in favor of nondisclosure is, ‘What are you trying to hide from us?’ ” said former Rep. John Rubin, a Johnson County Republican, calling Kansas “one of the most secretive, dark states in the country in many of these areas.”

Kansans beg Sen. Jerry Moran: ‘Why take this failed experiment nationwide?’

http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article186974513.html

Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran is not just another Republican who has to decide which way to jump on the tax bill. For one thing, his could be the deciding vote. For another, he has already seen, first-hand, during a very painful five years, what will happen if it passes.

Breitbart, Kim Dotcom, Julian Assange, and Trump’s Right-Wing Base Reject Plan to Axe Net Neutrality.

https://theintercept.com/2017/11/27/net-neutrality-trump-breitbart-julian-assange-kim-dotcom/

North Korea’s latest missile test went more than 10 times higher than the space station
This could really ratchet up US-North Korea tensions.

https://www.vox.com/2017/11/28/16711224/north-korea-ballistic-missile-trump

Looking good MIKEY501, word much be getting out GRDO is ready to rock.

http://docdro.id/a70YfmO

Fox News panel burns James O'Keefe's failed WaPo stunt: It 'backfired spectacularly'

Over the past 20 years, Congress has paid $17.2 million in settlements

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/11/17/over-the-past-20-years-congress-has-paid-17-2-million-in-settlements/?utm_term=.c4c98a803017

I think tax payer funded hush money needs to come to an abrupt end and to dissolve the office of compliance altogether and release everyone from their nondisclosure agreements.
That would open the flood gates of hell..lol
It's no different from forced arbitration, thing is it justs reinforces bad behavior.
Congress needs to air it's dirty laundry.

All the risks of climate change, in a single graph
There are a lot of them.

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/1/9/14186328/risks-climate-change-graph

Yeah right, and I have some glittery pixy dust for everyone to spread on their orders...lol... .0002's are toast-
Once just "ONE" filing hits the bricks or a PR stating that something, anything is happening to update Guard Gog and implement a Reverse Merger Trip Z shares will be gone and out the window, for a Double Z uptake.

We'll see, peeps are looking for some confirmation.
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