'I know things that other people don't': Trump promises big reveal over Russian hacking saga as guests at his Mar-a-Lago NYE party kick-off lavish dinner with a Mr Trump Wedgie Salad Donald Trump is seen with Melania at his New Year's Eve Party at the Mar-a-Lago on Saturday night. Sylvester Stallone, left, and his wife Jennifer Flavin arrive for a New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago. A press pool reporter at the event shared this image of dinner menu, which included: 'Mr Trump's Wedgie Salad'. One of the guests shared a picture when they arrived of the massive red shag carpet, which stretched out for what looked like at least 50 yards. Another snap taken inside the lavish soiree shows the wedgie salad named after Donald Trump that was served to guests. Fabio was among the guests for the party, and even took time out to pose with two other attendees. • Donald Trump spoke to reporters after arriving at the lavish New Year's Eve party in Florida on Saturday night • The president-elect stopped to speak to the waiting press pool before heading inside for the celebrations • He said it is 'unfair' what Russia is being accused of, before claiming to 'know things that other people don't' • Trump then said he plans to reveal that information about the hacking on Tuesday or Wednesday next week • Trump appeared very animated as he spoke to reporters, as his wife Melania watched on from his side • Earlier, it was revealed one of the items on the menu for those attending was a: 'Mr Trump Wedgie Salad' 31 December 2016 Updated: 1 January 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4079332/Donald-Trump-arrives-New-Year-s-Eve-party-Mar-Lago.html [with embedded video, and comments]
Guard killed as armed men linked to Muslim rebels free more than 150 from Philippine prison
"It’s All Fun and Games, Until Someone Unleashes Death Squads"
Neil Jerome Morales and Manuel Mogato
January 4 2017
Manila: About 100 armed men with links to Muslim rebels stormed a prison in the southern Philippines on Wednesday, killing a guard and freeing more than 150 prisoners, some of them Islamic militants, officials said.
The Southeast Asian, majority Roman Catholic nation has for decades been plagued by insurgency by Muslim rebels in its southern islands.
Filipino inmates remain in their cell at the North Cotabato District Jail in Kidapawan city. Photo: AP
MSNBC Lawrence O'Donnell 2/17/17 - Inside Trump's Nixonian strategy to make the media the enemy
gained from these .. Inside Trump's Nixonian strategy to make the media the enemy The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 2/17/17 In 1972, President Nixon said, "the press is the enemy," in a phone call with Henry Kissinger. Trump tweeted Friday the media is "the enemy of the American people!" Ari Melber unpacks this declaration with Nancy Giles, Mark Thompson and Erin Gloria Ryan. Duration: 5:07 http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word
On the campaign site .. http://web.archive.org/web/20010519165033fw_/http://cybertext.net/pence/issues.html .. of his 2000 run for Congress, Pence wrote, "Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior." He also wrote he would "ensure that federal dollars were no longer being given to organizations that celebrate and encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus." In layman's terms, that means no federal money would go to any organization with a positive stance on gay sex.
2. He does not believe gay people should have the same rights as straight people, including the right to marry.
Also on his 2000 campaign site, Pence wrote: "Congress should oppose any effort to put gay and lesbian relationships on an equal legal status with heterosexual marriage." He also wrote: "Congress should oppose any effort to recognize homosexual’s as a "discreet and insular minority" entitled to the protection of anti-discrimination laws similar to those extended to women and ethnic minorities." Note that there's an unnecessary apostrophe in "homosexual's"—get your shit together, Pence.
Pence was the first Congressman to propose a bill defunding the women's health organization in 2007. He kept pushing the legislation until it went through the House in 2011. To journalist Sarah Kliff .. http://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12189446/mike-pence-planned-parenthood , he said: "If Planned Parenthood wants to be involved in providing counseling services and HIV testing, they ought not be in the business of providing abortions. As long as they aspire to do that, I’ll be after them."
5. He doesn't support wage equality for women and minorities.
6. He recommended businesses not hire gay employees.
While Head of the Indiana Policy Review, Pence published articles .. http://www.out.com/news-opinion/2016/9/01/mike-pence-wrote-article-urging-employers-not-hire-gay-people .. urging businesses not hire gay people to work. One such article states: "Homosexuals are not as a group able-bodied. They are known to carry extremely high rates of disease brought on because of the nature of their sexual practices and the promiscuity which is a hallmark of their lifestyle."
7. He said condoms are not effective.
"Frankly, condoms are a very, very poor protection against sexually transmitted diseases," Pence told CNN .. http://"Frankly, condoms are a very, very poor protection against sexually transmitted diseases." .. in 2002. That's not even remotely true and is a very dangerous message to spread to such a wide audience.
8. He signed legislation allowing workplace discrimination based on religion.
Pence signed Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law, which "allows businesses and individuals to discriminate against anyone who offends their religious sensibilities," The Advocate reports.
9. He would not call the KKK's leader "deplorable."
After denying that he and Trump wanted the Ku Klux Klan's support on the campaign trail, CNN's Wolf Blitzer .. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1609/13/wolf.01.html .. asked, "Well, you called him a deplorable? You would call him that?" In response, Pence said, "No, I don't — I'm not in the name-calling business, Wolf. You know me better than that."
10. He rejected Obama's transgender bathroom mandate in schools.
Following Obama's federal directive warning federal funding could be taken from schools who refused to allow students to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity, Pence stated .. http://fox59.com/ , "The federal government has no business getting involved in issues of this nature."
is almost invisibly submerged about 3/4 down in yours .. this is the situation (from that link)
- But despite the abundance of images and data Cassini has accumulated thus far, it will soon stop transmitting information back to Earth. Next September, the spacecraft will begin its final mission: a death plunge through the gap that separates the rings of Saturn from the planet.
“Cassini will be directed in its last six months into a series of orbits that go very close to Saturn’s atmosphere,” said Jonathan Lunine, director of the Cornell University Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science and a Cassini mission team member. “The spacecraft’s orbit will be deflected by a final flyby of Titan. Then, it actually enters Saturn’s atmosphere and burns up.” -
note that's dated Dec. 2016 so Cassini starts it's "death plunge" in about 5 months from now .. can you feel it? .. 5 months to the beginning of the end for, no not our end time! .. Cassini's .. so you have to know about Titan and Enceladas, don't you .. ok, how about this ..
lol .. there is something in there involving "your coat" if you ever make it to Enceladus, which would be so much fun! .. have a look! .. oops, just checked and the coat thing you could do on Titan, not Enceladus .. have a look! .. now, how did we get to here, oh yeah, a tv mention led to
NASA announces one of Saturn’s moons could support alien life in our solar system
THE search for alien life has narrowed to one of Saturn’s moons, where scientists believe microbes could have formed in much the same way as they developed on Earth.
News Corp Australia Network April 14, 2017 6:37am
This illustration shows Cassini diving through the Enceladus plume in 2015. New ocean world discoveries from Cassini and Hubble will help inform future exploration and the broader search for life beyond Earth. Picture: NASA/JPL-Caltech
ICE plumes shooting into space from Saturn’s ocean-bearing moon Enceladus contain hydrogen from hydrothermal vents, an environment that some scientists believe led to the rise of life on Earth.
F6/conix .. Mike Pence Would Be Far Worse Than Donald Trump
May 18, 2017 by John WL Berry 4 Comments
Would President Pence be “better” or worse than Donald Trump? That’s a fair question. A quick Google search will give you a number of people who think he would be better. And a number who think otherwise. Let’s talk about this.
[IMAGE:] V. P. Mike Pence – Waiting On The Bench (Official White House Photo by Benjamin Applebaum)
Better is a relative term and, given the low bar set by Trump, it is an easy goal to achieve depending on how you define “better.” Pence would definitely bring far less drama and volatility to the office. He would not have the entourage of family members and fringe misfits that Trump has assembled. Indeed, a President Pence would surround himself with far more “mainstream” conservatives. He would have the advice and counsel of people who have made advancing a conservative agenda their life’s work. He would employ people who have studied the issues and who, through years of practice, have become skilled in promoting a meaner, more racist, more sexist, more stratified America. And this, I believe, makes him far worse for America.
Trump is like the bumbling drunk who staggers down the street bouncing off walls and parked cars in an effort to stay upright and heading in one direction. If the drunk bumps into you it is not intentional, there was no plan, it just happened. Yes, you were harmed when he knocked you over, and the stench from the drunk’s puke stained clothes now envelopes you, but that was not the drunk’s plan. No one is certain what the drunk was planning. Even the drunk is unsure. Is the drunk dangerous? Certainly! But it could be worse.
Down the same street comes President Pence. Stone cold sober and calculating every step. You are the target. He and his gang want to harm you. They want to make an example of you. They crowd you like school-yard bullies. They poke you and test your defenses. They mock you and try to provoke a reaction, a justification for what is about to happen. The attack intensifies. Any who are your allies are targeted also. Family, friends, casual associates are all vilified. You are isolated. You are a woman. You are gay. You are an atheist. You are black. You are an immigrant. You are poor. And years of planning, and practice, and indignation rain down on you crushing you and putting you in your place. This would be a Pence presidency.
Fellow Patheos writer Erin Wathen .. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/irreverin/author/erinwathen/ .. has echoed the sentiment of many and has given us “11 Reasons President Pence Would Not Be “Just As Bad.” .. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/irreverin/2017/05/11-reasons-president-pence-not-just-bad/ .. I disagree with Erin, who makes some valid points about Pence, but also, like many, minimizes or overlooks that he has a history and a plan to fundamentally change America. An impetuous man like Trump, devoid of any moral or intellectual moorings and driven by unvarnished narcissism is undoubtedly bad for America. But the studied and deliberate crafting of policies, driven by a mixture of corporate fealty, theological dominionism, and a survival of the fittest society is far worse.
These points barely scrape the surface of Mike Pence’s dystopian vision for America:
1. Mike Pence Wages War On Women.
Pence’s religious views over-ride and equality and fairness that our society has been (slowly) moving to extend to women. On top of legislation that would make women poorer he has also signed a law .. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/state-mandated-mourning-for-aborted-fetuses/482688/ .. that requires women who have had abortions or miscarriages, no matter how early, to arrange for either burial or cremation of the remains. The law does not require a formal funeral but it does preclude any disposition other than burial or cremation. You could donate the body of a newborn for medical research but cannot for a miscarried fetus.
In Congress Pence co-sponsored a bill to redefine “rape” to “forcible rape” or what the bill’s author called “legitimate rape .. http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/19/711991/gop-senate-candidate-victims-of-legitimate-rape-wont-become-pregnant/ .” Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) claimed that “legitimate rape” does not often lead to pregnancy because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” This law would allow the government to challenge a woman who was raped and wanted an abortion. They would be able to interrogate the victim and determine if the rape was “legitimate” or not because, according to their warped view of women and science “legitimate rape” does not lead to pregnancy so therefore the victim is lying.
2. Mike Pence Wages War On LGBTQ+ Americans
Pence has advocated that tax money be spent on conversion therapy. When running for congress he wrote .. http://web.archive.org/web/20010408125427/http://mikepence.com/issues.html .. that: “Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.” On the same site he wrote: “Congress should oppose any effort to put gay and lesbian relationships on an equal legal status with heterosexual marriage.”
- “Few members of Congress have an anti-seniors voting record as consistently strong as Mike Pence.
Mike Pence was one of Congress’ biggest proponents of privatization. He supports cutting Social Security benefits by raising the retirement age, reducing the COLA, means-testing and turning Medicare into “CouponCare.” As he told CNN, ‘I’m an all of the above guy. I think we need to look at everything that’s on the menu,’ and the record shows he has done just that by supporting every form of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefit cut proposed in the past decade.
The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare scored Mike Pence at 0% on issues important to seniors during the 2011-2012 Congress since he voted for multiple pieces of legislation that would cut benefits and programs that protect senior’s health and financial security.”” – National Committee To Preserve Social Security And Medicare .. http://www.ncpssm.org/EntitledtoKnow/entryid/2221/mike-pence-s-long-history-attacking-social-security-medicare . -
4. Mike Pence Wages War On The Poor
Pence would like to [inoperative link] “convert Medicaid into a block grant program… with the likely result that countless low-income beneficiaries could lose their health insurance or see steep reductions.”
Pence voted for at least 35 pieces of legislation aimed at repealing all or part of Obamacare. Some of the votes included provisions against things like “death panels” that never existed.
As chronicled here Pence has continually advocated and voted for policies that harm Americans in many areas including:
* Immigration – The Associated Press, Politico, Congressional Record
* Freedom of the press – Indianapolis Star, Media Matters, The Atlantic, The Washington Post
* Reproductive Rights – Vox, The New York Times, Politico, Media Matters, Media Matters, LifeNews, and once again Media Matters
* The Environment – MSNBC.com, ThinkProgress, The Journal Gazette, The Associated Press, Post-Tribune
His finger on the nuclear button may be the best argument that Pence is better than Trump. As Erin Wathen says: “The bottom line is, this would all be so much more fun to watch if there weren’t nuclear weapons involved…” And I admit I am not clear on whether I believe Trump would use nuclear weapons. I tend to doubt it but I am not certain. But I am certain that both he and Pence would be equally ready to send American troops into war. When I protested the Bush war in Iraq I said it would be a long and costly war. It has cost countless lives, trillions of dollars, decimated families, ruined cities, paralyzed nations, spawned a new generation of people with reasons to hate America, weakened us internationally, eroded our freedoms, and put us in a state of continual warfare. The next war will be worse. Much worse. And it may involve nuclear weapons regardless of who sits in the Oval Office.
Pence is today’s garden-variety conservative Republican. Motivated by an apocalyptic theology, a strident religious nationalism, a belief in the mythical “free-market,” a survival of the fittest view of humanity, and an allegiance to corporate interests. I find his calculated form of evil far more unsettling than the haphazard evil of a Donald Trump. It is for this reason and those mentioned above that I must conclude that Mike Pence is far worse for America than Donald Trump.
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