Choosing a president is the same sense of freedom you get when you have a choice to buy different toothpaste or cereal brands. At the end of the day is all the same shit remarketed. The powers that be use them as puppets and this is a well known fact these days. Inb4 tinfoil hat.
Pretty much but there is some form of self defense in voting at certain levels. Voting for Ron or Rand Paul as President would definitely be the anomaly in terms of voting for high office. Either one of them would drain the swamp otherwise known as Washington DC. |
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King Henry VIII would be proud... or wait!  We all know how much of a ladies man he was after all. |
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Back to the 60s again, just another hefty piece of Obama's legacy. Can't blame the Ruskies for stepping up their game, tho.
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This is basically the churches making money off the immigration situation via warm bodies for the pews and contracts from the federal government. This $50 mill is what one 'charitable' group is making on one contract for a year, look for more of these type of things to pop up. This is just an extravagant and in your face way of breaking the ice and a middle finger to the middle class bag holders/those that will be fucked for future employment.
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I've seen this one and despite the sampling size, it's not surprising to see Christie at or near the top as this is always the case in New England w/ their neighbors Governors. Plus, Rand hasn't really been in NH anytime recently to keep his buzz factor up. However, In 2016 move, Rand Paul's PAC hires Biundo, RightOn Strategies
MANCHESTER, N.H. —In one of the first significant moves ahead of the 2016 New Hampshire Primary, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's political action committee has hired a local consulting firm, which includes the former national campaign manager for RIck Santorum's 2012 campaign.
Michael Biundo, of Manchester, the former Santorum manager, will serve as chief strategist for RandPac's New England operation.
"Mike will be a valuable asset to my team. His experience, passion and leadership will help me advance the principles of liberty," said Paul. "The Republican party needs to grow and Mike will be a vital part of that effort."
Along with Biundo other members of RightOn Strategies, including Derek Dufresne and Kory Wood are also involved in the effort.
For now the PACs stated goal is to simply help Republicans get elected in the midterm elections. New Hampshire has more competitive elections this fall than any other New England state.
While there was a flurry of visits from potential presidential candidates to New Hampshire in the spring it has slowed somewhat this summer. Among those also laying the groundwork here are New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and those associated with the Ready for Hillary campaign. Democratic Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has also raised money for local Democrats.
But in terms of staff on the ground working for the 2016 effort only Texas Gov. Rick Perry and now Paul have put in that kind of investment on the ground in the first-in-the-nation primary state. It's pretty much how Romney won NH by getting his candidates to win in state races which are pretty competitive but fairly easy to win as each state house district has only ~3k voters plus you have legions of active Free Staters on the ground. More... http://www.wmur.com/political-scoop/in-2016-move-rand-pauls-pac-hires-biundo-righton-strategies/26841560#ixzz370OMN03T |
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And an unofficial reason why Wyoming wasn't chosen over New Hampshire to house the Free State Project.
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Mind you, this is just the first year's contract at one facility. Anyways, I hope you're sitting down as you're reading this. The Obama administration has awarded ( given) a $50 million contract to a charitable group to buy a Texas resort hotel and transform it in to a 600 bed facility for juvenile illegal aliens. The beautiful Palm Aire resort and hotel has an indoor Olympic sized pool and an outdoor pool. Free Wi-Fi and cable TV are included in the simply decorated guest rooms.  The Palm Aire Hotel and Suites is set to be sold ( given)to Baptist Child & Family Services (BCFS) operating under a federal contract, pending local government approval, according to reports from Weslaco, Texas where the hotel is located. Weslaco is a few miles north of the Rio Grande in Hidalgo County. The Palm Aire Hotel and Suites currently advertises amenities such as two outdoor swimming pools—one Olympic sized—Jacuzzis, sauna, steam room, two racquetball courts, outdoor tennis courts, picnic area with grills and a fitness center with twenty machines and free weights.   A luxurious fitness center is on site at the Weslaco Palm Aire Hotel and Suites. Guests can also wind down in the sauna after a long trip.  Attracted to the space for outdoor recreation at the Palm Aire Hotel and Suites, BCFS spoke of building a soccer field at the hotel and adding a perimeter fence. They might as well put in a golf course while they're at it. |
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Rand Paul's Silicon Valley Charm OffensiveAt last week's Sun Valley conference, Paul had one-on-one meetings with Thiel and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The former isn't surprising. (Thiel basically bankrolled the elder Paul's 2012 presidential campaign.) But Zuckerberg is an unlikely Paul ally. He's clearly not a down-the-line Democrat — he held a fund-raiser for Chris Christie, and his meandering political organization, FWD.us, has backed conservative politicians — and, when asked about his affiliation, he has refused to identify with either major party, saying only, "I'm pro-knowledge economy." But he hasn't come out as a tea-party conservative, or anything like one.
Sean Parker, another Facebook-affiliated billionaire and politically active tech investor, has also met privately with Paul. Parker is undergoing his own political rebirth, shifting from backing mostly progressive causes and politicians to writing checks to centrist conservatives as well. Last quarter, he gave more than half a million dollars to GOP groups and candidates, making the case that ideology trumps party affiliation when it comes to making progress on issues like immigration and campaign-finance reform.
It's friends like Parker and Zuckerberg who explain why Paul now routinely receives what Fortune called a "hero's welcome" when he comes to Silicon Valley. Next weekend, Paul will get to make his case yet again as the keynote speaker at Reboot, a San Francisco conference put on by a group called Lincoln Labs, which self-defines as "techies and politicos who believe in promoting liberty with technology." He'll likely say a version of what he's said before: that Silicon Valley's innovative potential can be best unlocked in an environment with minimal government intrusion in the forms of surveillance, corporate taxes, and regulation. “I see almost unlimited potential for us in Silicon Valley,” Paul has said, with "us" meaning libertarians. More... http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/07/rand-pauls-silicon-valley-charm-offensive.html
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+1 Some interesting conversation if you ask me. Nothing is set in stone but if Bitcoin get the kind of a attention discussed in the video we could be reaching all time highs before we know it.  Reaching an all time high X 5 would really make me a happy camper. Go Silbert, Winklevoss and their ETFs FTW! |
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And as Obama doubles down on this failure of this policy, he's starting to lose his core constituency and then some. It's almost like he's trying to get his people to stay home this next go around. Tho, when the GOP has both houses it'll be interesting if Obama tries to push the envelope even more w/ his executive orders that bypass the legitimate legislative body.
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McCain: Paul a part of ‘Fortress America’ wing
By Martin Matishak - 07/13/14 10:03 AM EDT
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday waded into a brewing foreign policy debate inside the Republican Party, saying Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) represents a more isolationist outlook.
Paul is “part of a wing of the party that has been there prior to World War I, that is a withdrawal to ‘Fortress America,’” McCain said on CNN’s "State of the Union."
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McCain, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with Paul, acknowledged the freshman senator has a “far different view than mine of the world.”
But, McCain said, he understood Paul’s appeal to Americans “weary of involvement” after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"So I'm not particularly interested in getting between Senator Paul and Governor Perry, but I do believe that the things we're seeing in the world today, in greater turmoil than at any time in my lifetime, is a direct result of an absence of American leadership," McCain said. "And we are paying a very, very heavy price now, and we will in the future, until we decide to understand that America is an essential role in maintaining peace and stability throughout the world, and that does not mean sending combat troops everywhere." Read more... http://thehill.com/policy/defense/212078-mccain-paul-a-member-of-fortress-america-wing-of-gopNow, what is missing, between McCain's bouncing around like a rubber military ball, and Rand Paul's "isolationism" (it's not really isolationism) is a proper doctrine, based on a coherent world view. We don't have one from the current administration, and we don't have a Republican one to turn to. Because of the interests at stake here, there seems to be one monolithic foreign policy by design and it's constant intervention. Only Rand is seeing the big picture here and offering the American public a way to save money, regain some respect and take care of those that have been put on the chopping block in all of these past bad decisions to go to war. That's why the circus clowns are coming out to oppose his rising star and they're clearly fearful that the public is eating up his positioning. Think about it, where was Cheney all this time and now suddenly him and his daughter are trotted out there to aid the McCains of the neocon brand because people on both sides are souring over the country getting poorer and all these intrusions overseas. |
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One way or the other these are exciting times to be alive. I agree that secession is ultimately what needs to happen but with all the problems we have right now, the main solution in most peoples' minds is to vote out those in charge. The issue is that the other party will come in and not fix anything but just make things worse on a different level. However, if the republicans take back the Senate and maintain or advance their lead in the House then there truly can be divided government between now and when Rand Paul gets elected President, hopefully.
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There is very little chance of Rand Paul winning the race. Even if he is ahead, the other "mainstream" Republicans such as Bush and Huckabee would gang-up together to defeat him.
I think that is only the case if the average voter is not truly educated on the candidates. I think he is the best candidate from that lot for sure. The least likely to play politics in important issues. Even thought I'm skeptical of him he's the only one of them even close to change from the norm. this is how i feel. but not just that.. being electable is one thing, and fundraising is another. if you're going to do what rand talks about, then he's going to have a lot of monied people against him.. either that, or he receives money from them and the same shit happens as with every president. There's another option and that is not making yourself a potent enemy of the political and establishment donor class in terms of them using the media and their money to destroy you. That is what Rand has been doing when meeting w/ these elements on a regular basis. He's also been showing these same types how much of a broad coalition he can put together and most of them just want to win w/o being aboard some perceived isolationist train. This latest spat between Gov. Perry and Rand has Rand going on the offensive and not letting the opposition define him for the public. He's been winning this go around because he's been planning his way around these neocons for years as he's seen what his dad went through. He's a very committed and intelligent person that won't let some chump political class mouth upend his honor or credibility. The latest shows all over CNN, MSNBC and some on Fox called this battle for Rand and are seriously considering that he could be the GOP nominee because the public isn't being fooled by the neocons anymore. Check out Chris Matthew and his panel on MSNBC yesterday evening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-EzoOD_628Your also have what is termed as the "Rand Paul Pile On" meaning all the neocons are going for broke trying to knock him down a peg yet this just makes moderates and independents and some liberals like him even more. If you had any doubts about how seriously some Republicans are taking the notion of a Rand Paul presidency, look at how far they’re going to shut down his views on foreign policy.
In the past three days alone, Texas Gov. Rick Perry used a Washington Post op-ed to warn about the dangers of “isolationism” and describe Paul as “curiously blind” to growing threats in Iraq. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) accused the Kentucky senator on CNN of wanting a “withdrawal to fortress America.” And former Vice President Dick Cheney declared at a POLITICO Playbook luncheon on Monday that “isolationism is crazy,” while his daughter, Liz Cheney, said Paul “leaves something to be desired in terms of national security policy.”
The pre-emptive strikes suggest that many in GOP fear Paul is winning the foreign policy argument with the American people – and that that could make him a formidable candidate in 2016. After all, second-tier presidential hopefuls don’t usually get shouted down this way.
“I think the general fear on the part of a lot of leaders in the Republican Party is that there’s an isolationist temptation after two big wars, an isolationist temptation in the American electorate,” said Elliott Abrams, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who was a deputy national security adviser in the George W. Bush administration. “And I think people are genuinely concerned about it and desirous of trying to stop it before it spreads further.”
... More... http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/rand-paul-foreign-policy-108897.html |
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Realistically, there needs to be a transition from what we have today to a totally voluntary society and a flat tax of somewhere in the mid-teens would be adequate. It has to be apportioned equally but there's 92 million people out of the work force and a large number of them are on some sort of govt entitlement program. Frankly, nothing is realistic right now until many millions more are employed in jobs that offer mobility to the middle class. The current addition of 200k new jobs per month being service sector, part time and seasonal positions doesn't bode well at all for any economic growth going forward. Employers of middles class jobs are sitting back and not hiring until regulations can be faded a bit and this Obamacare monstrosity can be curtailed. Also, the corporate repatriation tax needs to be severely cut so the money stashed overseas comes home and a portion can go to pay for infrastructure upkeep.
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No chance I'd sell anything but I will still keep earning fiat on a regular basis and pumping that in as I see fit. Buying things w/ BTC=good, selling precious coins for slave stamps=barf.
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The only thing the DEA has going for it is a litany of other pressing issues going on right now in the public's eye. Problem is, they and their police counterparts have already been stocked up on ammo and armored personnel carriers. There's like 40-some thousand SWAT raids a year and that's a lot of enemies and families thereof accumulating. More so, if they lose the respectability of the white conservative there's not much left for them.
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Undoubtedly, these guys did this w/ weapons that were given to Syrian 'rebels' by the west and at the behest of Obama, McCain and all the neocon henchmens. They knew these weapons would filter on through these terrorist groups and sprout up again creating more tension thus giving them some leeway in saying we should go back over there or something similar. Fact is, these guys were a dying breed here in America and even most republicans have had enough of them. They were on the ropes but they did the behind the scenes homework and thanks to their weaponry giveaways, we're back to square one again.
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Unfortunately, it's the Evangelical Bible bumpers in the midwest and the south that hold on to their religious beliefs and then vote based upon them. They are a key constituency in the GOP no matter how ya cut it. If they stay home it won't be even close. The idea is to not make them hate you and stay home from voting but to just string them along. Sounds dishonest but sometimes when people are so blind you have to do the thinking for them and look out for their best interests: their financial security and that of their posterity. The other thing about them is that they get whipped up into frenzies by their parsons much like that of the black community on the other side. My hope is that people that are tired of the direction this country is going can find commonality in the ideas that Rand is talking about and see through the smoke that only a libertarian republican can be trusted to get spending under control and protect everyone's rights as ordained by whomever they call god. And, if people engage in non-violent behavior that doesn't jive w/ one's beliefs, then one should show some tolerance, look the other way and go do their own thing and let the almighty sort that stuff out on the other side. |
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The only thing that matters here is that none of the banksters are going to prison for extended amounts of time, let alone any time at all. Are any of these guys going to be forgoing salaries and compensation for the next 6 years to make up for it or any multi-million dollar fines being levied against everyone in management each? The answer to all is Nope.
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I was born and raised Catholic and I still kinda follow along on religious things but I take a more spiritual vision when dealing w/ my perceived God. It's kind of hard to just up and ditch the religion I've been a part of all my life considering I went to their schools from early on through graduating college. The conservative Catholics don't like this Pope and the liberal ones tend to be cool with him. Tho, I'm at the point now where much of the religious teachings I've had over the years have faded and I'm left w/ just The Golden Rule. My major beef w/ this Pope is him talking all this spreading the wealth socialist talk when he should be preaching non-stop for the USA to chill out in the middle east.
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