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Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 7:40 am**

Liriena wrote:Comey FBI letter 'almost certainly' cost Hillary Clinton the election, numbers reveal

Thanks, Comey!

And it would be ironically fitting if Trump hung him out to dry.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 7:41 am**

Vassenor wrote:
Liriena wrote:Comey FBI letter 'almost certainly' cost Hillary Clinton the election, numbers reveal

Thanks, Comey!

Hatch Act charges when?

Also I can't seem to look at stuff re: Trump insisting how smart he is without thinking of this.

Relevant

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 7:56 am**

Vassenor wrote:
Liriena wrote:Comey FBI letter 'almost certainly' cost Hillary Clinton the election, numbers reveal

Thanks, Comey!

Hatch Act charges when?

Also I can't seem to look at stuff re: Trump insisting how smart he is without thinking of this.

President Trump will simply pardon Comey.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:20 am**

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... cd3cc96e06
Wat...and it's the republicans who suggested this?

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:24 am**

Uiiop wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/a-big-change-to-us-broadcasting-is-coming--and-its-one-putin-might-admire/2016/12/09/6c6d5786-bcb7-11e6-91ee-1adddfe36cbe_story.html?utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer83489&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=.d6cd3cc96e06
Wat...and it's the republicans who suggested this?

Urgh, why does it want my email address?
I don't mind turning off adblocker, but my email?

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:26 am**

Aww, not "TRUMP MAGAthread 2: Even YUUGER then the last"

But I guess this one is good too, ^^

That way everyone gets to say that it's there idea! *red nose lights up*

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:28 am**

Gauthier wrote:
Vassenor wrote:
Hatch Act charges when?

Also I can't seem to look at stuff re: Trump insisting how smart he is without thinking of this.

President Trump will simply pardon Comey.

He would, and too many people still wouldn't see Trump's corruption.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:28 am**

Alvecia wrote:
Uiiop wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/a-big-change-to-us-broadcasting-is-coming--and-its-one-putin-might-admire/2016/12/09/6c6d5786-bcb7-11e6-91ee-1adddfe36cbe_story.html?utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer83489&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=.d6cd3cc96e06
Wat...and it's the republicans who suggested this?

Urgh, why does it want my email address?
I don't mind turning off adblocker, but my email?

It happens to me if i have it both on normal and incognito. closing and reopening it might fix it.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:29 am**

Dilordaopia wrote:Change the name, mod abuser.
You wouldn't like it if we called your precious Hill-Dawg a political prostitute in our threads.

Holy fucking delicate flower...

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:29 am**

Liriena wrote:Comey FBI letter 'almost certainly' cost Hillary Clinton the election, numbers reveal

Thanks, Comey!

Numbers my ass. That right there is pollsters and corporate media trying to manufacture cover for their own phenomenal screw-up.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:31 am**

Alvecia wrote:
Uiiop wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/a-big-change-to-us-broadcasting-is-coming--and-its-one-putin-might-admire/2016/12/09/6c6d5786-bcb7-11e6-91ee-1adddfe36cbe_story.html?utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer83489&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=.d6cd3cc96e06
Wat...and it's the republicans who suggested this?

Urgh, why does it want my email address?
I don't mind turning off adblocker, but my email?

FOR YEARS, members of Congress have fumed about what they regard as ineffective U.S. public diplomacy, including the failure of broadcasting operations such as the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to match the reach and apparent influence of networks such as Russia’s RT and Qatar’s al Jazeera. A frequent and arguably fair focus of criticism has been the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the body created to supervise government-funded media outlets while serving as a firewall between them and the political administration of the day.

A radical change to that system is now coming — and it looks like one that Vladimir Putin and Qatar’s emir might well admire. An amendment quietly inserted into the annual National Defense Authorization Act by Republican House leaders would abolish the broadcasting board and place VOA, RFE/RL and other international news and information operations under the direct control of a chief executive appointed by the president. The new executive would hire and fire senior media personnel and manage their budgets.

With a confirming vote by the GOP-controlled Senate, President-elect Donald Trump will be able to install the editor of Breitbart News or another propagandist of his choice to direct how the United States is presented to the world by VOA, or how Russia is covered by RL. If Congress’s intention was for U.S. broadcasting to rival the Kremlin’s, it may well get its wish.

The damage to U.S. interests could be considerable. The unique attraction for global audiences of RFE/RL, Radio Free Asia and other outlets is not their skill at presenting the U.S. government line, but their journalistic independence. They were created to be “surrogate media,” news organizations that offered accurate and independent coverage of events in countries where citizens could not depend on their own, state-run media. RFE’s coverage of Communist Europe was vital to the growth of the independent political movements that eventually brought down the system. Radio Free Asia strives to serve the same purpose in China, as does Radio y Televisión Martí in Cuba.

The point of board governance was to prevent direct political interference in programming by the White House, State Department or other agencies. It was a guarantee that for decades has helped to attract journalistic talent to the broadcasting organizations, as well as listeners seeking reliable information. The board of governors had serious problems: Its members served part time, and not all took their duties seriously. But the system’s biggest flaw was remedied three years ago with the creation of a chief executive position.

The new reform, driven by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Edward R. Royce (R-Calif.), enhances that executive’s power and makes him answerable to the White House rather than the bipartisan board. A new advisory panel will be created, but it will be toothless: Its members will also be nominated by the president from a pool provided by Congress.

The Obama administration — perhaps anticipating a Hillary Clinton presidency — supported these changes. Now its outgoing public-diplomacy officials will have to hope that Mr. Trump chooses an executive committed to the U.S. broadcasting tradition of independent and reputable journalism rather than a political loyalist or alt-right ideologue. Either way, there is likely to be an exodus of seasoned professionals from the surrogate broadcasters as well as VOA — meaning that U.S. international broadcasting, whatever its current deficiencies, is likely to get worse.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:35 am**

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/d ... ary-232465

Not a bad decision from a strategic point, as it could add one senate seat to the Republicans.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:36 am**

Ugh, I refuse to believe that Trump, the man who disrespects POWs, has any love for the military outside of "woo guys with guns".

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:36 am**

Yumyumsuppertime wrote:There we go. The subtitle has been removed to save the feelings of users who might take offense. You can figure out the rest among yourselves. I'm done.

Poor little Hill-shill had his wifes son arrested after he robbed a gas station and now he's crying

/joke

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:39 am**

Dilordaopia wrote:
Yumyumsuppertime wrote:There we go. The subtitle has been removed to save the feelings of users who might take offense. You can figure out the rest among yourselves. I'm done.

Poor little Hill-shill had his wifes son arrested after he robbed a gas station and now he's crying

/joke

You didn't get the hint about political nicknaming the first time?

And you really shouldn't be talking about crying after that first post in this thread.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:42 am**

Cymrea wrote:
Dilordaopia wrote:Poor little Hill-shill had his wifes son arrested after he robbed a gas station and now he's crying

/joke

You didn't get the hint about political nicknaming the first time?

And you really shouldn't be talking about crying after that first post in this thread.

I saw the comic.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:46 am**

Ifreann wrote:
Alvecia wrote:Urgh, why does it want my email address?
I don't mind turning off adblocker, but my email?

FOR YEARS, members of Congress have fumed about what they regard as ineffective U.S. public diplomacy, including the failure of broadcasting operations such as the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to match the reach and apparent influence of networks such as Russia’s RT and Qatar’s al Jazeera. A frequent and arguably fair focus of criticism has been the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the body created to supervise government-funded media outlets while serving as a firewall between them and the political administration of the day.

A radical change to that system is now coming — and it looks like one that Vladimir Putin and Qatar’s emir might well admire. An amendment quietly inserted into the annual National Defense Authorization Act by Republican House leaders would abolish the broadcasting board and place VOA, RFE/RL and other international news and information operations under the direct control of a chief executive appointed by the president. The new executive would hire and fire senior media personnel and manage their budgets.

With a confirming vote by the GOP-controlled Senate, President-elect Donald Trump will be able to install the editor of Breitbart News or another propagandist of his choice to direct how the United States is presented to the world by VOA, or how Russia is covered by RL. If Congress’s intention was for U.S. broadcasting to rival the Kremlin’s, it may well get its wish.

The damage to U.S. interests could be considerable. The unique attraction for global audiences of RFE/RL, Radio Free Asia and other outlets is not their skill at presenting the U.S. government line, but their journalistic independence. They were created to be “surrogate media,” news organizations that offered accurate and independent coverage of events in countries where citizens could not depend on their own, state-run media. RFE’s coverage of Communist Europe was vital to the growth of the independent political movements that eventually brought down the system. Radio Free Asia strives to serve the same purpose in China, as does Radio y Televisión Martí in Cuba.

The point of board governance was to prevent direct political interference in programming by the White House, State Department or other agencies. It was a guarantee that for decades has helped to attract journalistic talent to the broadcasting organizations, as well as listeners seeking reliable information. The board of governors had serious problems: Its members served part time, and not all took their duties seriously. But the system’s biggest flaw was remedied three years ago with the creation of a chief executive position.

The new reform, driven by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Edward R. Royce (R-Calif.), enhances that executive’s power and makes him answerable to the White House rather than the bipartisan board. A new advisory panel will be created, but it will be toothless: Its members will also be nominated by the president from a pool provided by Congress.

The Obama administration — perhaps anticipating a Hillary Clinton presidency — supported these changes. Now its outgoing public-diplomacy officials will have to hope that Mr. Trump chooses an executive committed to the U.S. broadcasting tradition of independent and reputable journalism rather than a political loyalist or alt-right ideologue. Either way, there is likely to be an exodus of seasoned professionals from the surrogate broadcasters as well as VOA — meaning that U.S. international broadcasting, whatever its current deficiencies, is likely to get worse.

Iffy, you sourcey saviour, you

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:46 am**

Internationalist Bastard wrote:Ugh, I refuse to believe that Trump, the man who disrespects POWs, has any love for the military outside of "woo guys with guns".

Trump's a little boy who just got promised a massive set of toy soldiers for Christmas.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:48 am**

Ifreann wrote:
Internationalist Bastard wrote:Ugh, I refuse to believe that Trump, the man who disrespects POWs, has any love for the military outside of "woo guys with guns".

Trump's a little boy who just got promised a massive set of toy soldiers for Christmas.

"Now kiss...."
"Mr President, I don't think that's apropr...."
"Now kiss!"

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:49 am**

Ifreann wrote:
Internationalist Bastard wrote:Ugh, I refuse to believe that Trump, the man who disrespects POWs, has any love for the military outside of "woo guys with guns".

Trump's a little boy who just got promised a massive set of toy soldiers for Christmas.

I fucking swear I've no idea how he's tricked so many people into thinking he cared by going to a football game

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:50 am**

Dilordaopia wrote:
Yumyumsuppertime wrote:There we go. The subtitle has been removed to save the feelings of users who might take offense. You can figure out the rest among yourselves. I'm done.

Poor little Hill-shill had his wifes son arrested after he robbed a gas station and now he's crying

/joke

*** Warned for political nicknaming ***

I left it the first time, because Yum are already talked to you about it and Yum goofed >_>

The Blaatschapen - Nationstates Moderator

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:54 am**

Liriena wrote:
Yumyumsuppertime wrote:There we go. The subtitle has been removed to save the feelings of users who might take offense. You can figure out the rest among yourselves. I'm done.

Bunch of PC snowflakes.

It takes a rather peculiar mindset in order to combine an utter lack of empathy with the capacity to get hurt emotionally real easily.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:55 am**

viewtopic.php?p=30614861#p30614861
I made some suggestions in the other thread.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:01 am**

Liriena wrote:Comey FBI letter 'almost certainly' cost Hillary Clinton the election, numbers reveal

Thanks, Comey!

That's what I've been saying since October 27th. The bastard FBI Director threw the election to Trump. Hope he realizes he's responsible now.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:03 am**

Jerzylvania wrote:
Liriena wrote:Comey FBI letter 'almost certainly' cost Hillary Clinton the election, numbers reveal

Thanks, Comey!

That's what I've been saying since October 27th. The bastard FBI Director threw the election to Trump. Hope he realizes he's responsible now.

Could be he's rather pleased with himself for it.

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