• TNforPaul45

    Rand vs. the GOP Juggernaut 

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    TNforPaul45
    Published on 02-27-2015 08:35 AM

    We will support Rand in 2016 (given that he runs). No preaching to the choir on that. We will cheer him on during the debates and happily march out and check his name during the Primary voting. But I'm starting to have this scary feeling that Rand is only going to have one chance, one very small, slim chance, to win over GOP voters who are already picking up the GOP/Jeb Bush juggernaut "inevitability" vibes. And his chance will come in the first debate, if not before.

    The current Jeb "juggernaut":
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    Report finds no effective substitute for Gov. mass data snooping 

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    TNforPaul45
    Published on 01-16-2015 12:20 PM

    You mean a Federally funded study found that there is no effective alternative to federal en masse collection of data from the American Public? No you don't say!

    h ttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/us/politics/report-finds-no-alternative-to-bulk-collection-of-phone-data.html?_r=0

    WASHINGTON — A federal study released on Thursday concluded that there was no effective alternative to the government’s “bulk collection” of basic information about every telephone call made in the United States, a practice that civil rights advocates call overly intrusive.
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    Strange: "Is the USGOV Extorting Banks?" 

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    TNforPaul45
    Published on 05-30-2014 05:38 PM

    Not sure what to think about this one. . . The banks (domestically and globally) are involved in government and lobbying through mercantilism for sure, but it seems like Obama's DOJ is attempting to go after them for cash to "look tough" on the eeeevil 1% and rich bankers. Election 2016 move or the State's left hand doesn't know what the right is doing?

    The rapidly escalating price tag for French bank BNP Paribas (BNP:FP) to resolve a criminal investigation into its dealings with sanctioned countries highlights how little leverage some banks have in negotiations with the U.S. government.

    The most recent potential fine, reported by the Wall Street Journal, is $10 billion, which would be accompanied by a guilty plea.

    . . .

    “I’m not saying it’s technically extortion,” former prosecutor Douglas Burns said on Bloomberg Television last week. “But it is a gradation.” He later added: “You can destroy a company just by charging them.”
    ht tp://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-30/is-the-u-dot-s-dot-government-extorting-the-banks
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