F'dup Chapters in American History(The Trump Years) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Part 28

[squeekness]

Newsweek :: Is the Trump Administration Allowing Asbestos Back Into the Manufacturing Industry?

This wouldn't surprise me at all, with all of the deregulation going on.

 

[Doug_Moore]

All you will ever need to know about Wikileaks... they are defending Alex Jones and InfoWars as a state power critique.

Alex "Gay Frogs" Jones got what was coming to him, but Ben Shapiro made a good point.

On Monday, Apple, Facebook, and YouTube all decided, in apparently coordinated fashion, to remove content from Infowars, the dumpster fire conspiracy outlet run by famed nut case Alex Jones. Jones, you’ll recall, is the same fellow who suggested that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a “false flag,” promoted Pizzagate, and likes to rant about gay frogs. He’s also not a fan of mine, for what it’s worth, and has even quasi-threatened our business:

The social media companies used a variety of policies to crack down on Jones. Apple removed five out of six of Jones’ podcast streams, including The Alex Jones Show. Facebook and Google did the same, with Facebook dumping four pages controlled by Jones, and Google removing the Alex Jones Channel. An Apple spokesperson stated:

Apple does not tolerate hate speech, and we have clear guidelines that creators and developers must follow to ensure we provide a safe environment for all of our users. Podcasts that violate these guidelines are removed from our directory making them no longer searchable or available for download or streaming. We believe in representing a wide range of views, so long as people are respectful to those with differing opinions.

Facebook announced that it had removed Jones’ pages “for glorifying violence, which violates our graphic violence policy, and using dehumanizing language to describe people who are transgender, Muslims and immigrants, which violates our hate speech policies.” Facebook said its ban had nothing to do with “fake news.” YouTube gave similar reasons: “When users violate these policies repeatedly, like our policies against hate speech and harassment or our terms prohibiting circumvention of our enforcement measures, we terminate their accounts.”

First, the caveats: these are all private companies, and their termination of Jones’ accounts isn’t a legal violation of the First Amendment.

But it is a problem. It’s a problem because these policies are extraordinarily vague. These policies aren’t merely designed to crack down on speech openly advocating or threatening violence, or containing obscenity. These policies are deliberately unclear as well as political.

What, for example, constitutes “hate speech”? Much of what Jones and his employees say is absolutely rotten pig excrement, but there’s no definition of hate speech that has a limiting principle. Is it “using dehumanizing language to describe people who are transgender” to state that transgender people suffer from a mental disorder? Or that they are not in fact members of the gender to which they claim membership? What constitutes “hate speech” when discussing the relationship between radical Islam and terrorism? None of this has been made clear.

Furthermore, it won’t be made clear, because the political Left has no clear standards. So, for example, social media companies like Twitter will “accidentally” suspend Candace Owens, a black woman, for simply substituting the words “blacks” and “Jews” for “whites” in Sarah Jeong tweets to demonstrate the double standard in the media; Jeong, however, retains her elevated position at The New York Times. The same Left that says people of color are incapable of racism says that it will suspend people for “hate speech.” How exactly are we supposed to trust in free and open debate when those setting the limits are openly setting them up with embedded double-standards?

The answer is, we don’t. Trust in social media is declining nearly as fast as trust in media overall. There’s a reason for that. And it’s not because social media tolerates voices like Jones. It’s because they don’t tolerate voices like Jones while tolerating voices who are just as bad on the political Left – and they show no signs of limiting their censorship to Alex Jones.

Not only is Jones a martyr now to Trump supporters with his banning, but it also sets a dangerous precedent on what is and what isn't considered hate speech. Where's the consistency? Because for example as of this writing, famous Jew hater Louis Farrakhan is still on Facebook and Twitter.

 

[InCali]

I freaking love Steve Kornacki. He reminds me of me, but I don't wear a tie (whenever possible).

 

[Kane52630]

All you will ever need to know about Wikileaks... they are defending Alex Jones and InfoWars as a state power critique.

 

[Man in the Suit]

Marvel's Ike Perlmutter is part of a group that has been running the VA.

 

[Sithborg]

Yeah, we knew about that for some time. Sucks for the VA.

 

[:eek:]

Newsweek :: Is the Trump Administration Allowing Asbestos Back Into the Manufacturing Industry?

What's next? Are they going to start sell radioactive health water as they did in the early 1900's?

"Radiation is NOT bad for your health. It's all a lie from FAKE MEDIA"

 

[chamber-music]

I'm not sure why people would support getting rid of public health regulations that protect them from proven hazardous things.

I get why Corporations who want to make money and don't care if they bring about the the apocalypse in the process would support this. Not sure why joe public would be in favor of bringing back asbestos, lead paint and so on.

Captain Planet is about to become relevant again.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Most of the asbestos production left in the world at this point happens in...



wait for it......





Russia

 

[:eek:]

Most of the asbestos production left in the world at this point happens in...



wait for it......





Russia

And that's not all:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/11/asbestos-trump-face-seal-uralasbest-russia

 

[Schlosser85]

Make America Great Again by stripping it of all environmental protections, safety regulations, and educational standards.


We're getting to the point where Trump supporters waving American flags is a little irritating. You don't really get to claim patriotism while cheering on and aiding and abetting screwing the country over at every turn, at least not without getting called out on it.

 

[Teelie]

I'm not sure why people would support getting rid of public health regulations that protect them from proven hazardous things.

I get why Corporations who want to make money and don't care if they bring about the the apocalypse in the process would support this. Not sure why joe public would be in favor of bringing back asbestos, lead paint and so on.

Captain Planet is about to become relevant again.

It's the same way anti-vaxxers have gotten a foothold. Something so succesfully prevents a health hazard people stop remembering and knowing why it was enacted.

 

[Scarecrow_King]

I'm curious how the Alex Jones stuff will shake out on Facebook. His content will still be available in other places, and I'm not sure this would stop any individuals from sharing his content across Facebook.

Even without an official page on FB, his messages can still be spread there by his devotees.

I'd love to see some metrics from FB on how much of an impact this actually has on sharing that content.

 

[moviefreak]

https://www.propublica.org/article/...oskowitz-marc-sherman-shadow-rulers-of-the-va

The Shadow Rulers of the VA
How Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter and two other Mar-a-Lago cronies are secretly shaping the Trump administration’s veterans policies

More to the point, he is one-third of an informal council that is exerting sweeping influence on the VA from Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, Florida. The troika is led by Ike Perlmutter, the reclusive chairman of Marvel Entertainment, who is a longtime acquaintance of President Trump’s. The third member is a lawyer named Marc Sherman. None of them has ever served in the U.S. military or government.


Yet from a thousand miles away, they have leaned on VA officials and steered policies affecting millions of Americans. They have remained hidden except to a few VA insiders, who have come to call them “the Mar-a-Lago Crowd.”

 

[moviefreak]

Tom Winter?Verified account @Tom_Winter

NBC News: Rep. Christopher Collins of New York has been arrested and indicted on charges tied to securities fraud. He surrendered himself to the FBI this morning. Press conference by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District at noon. -@jonathan4ny

6:21 AM - 8 Aug 2018

Source

Also -made the illegal call inside the White House. lol

Daniel S. Goldman @danielsgoldman


According to the Indictment, when @RepChrisCollins made the illegal call to his son to inform him about the inside info, Collins was at the White House. Discussing this with @HallieJackson on @MSNBC at 10:15am.
2:51 PM - Aug 8, 2018

 

[moviefreak]

lol

“I’d kick Trump’s ass in 2020, and I just might have to!” Mattis said.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis believes he would easily defeat President Donald Trump in a 2020 primary matchup and has been actively considering mounting a White House run for some time, according to sources close to the secretary.

Mattis, 67, has been weighing a run for the presidency since May of this year, when he began bankrolling the efforts of a presidential exploratory committee.

https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/el...0-exploratory-committee-one-insider-says-yes/

 

[squeekness]

He couldn't do much worse than Trump in office, right?

 

[Dr Lee]

Someone's getting the sack soon....

 

[Sithborg]

Trump doesn't have the guts.

I wonder if Wilbur Ross is sweating a bit with the Rep Collins arrest.

 

[Schlosser85]

Pretty strong statement from Mattis. Can't imagine Donald is gonna like that.

 

[Sithborg]

I really doubt that story.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I really doubt that story.

Doesn't sound much lik him, to my knowledge anyway.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Trump has rejected the terms of an interview with Special Counsel Mueller again. Giuliani says it's time for the Russia probe to end.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/us/politics/trump-mueller-interview.html

They're the ones dragging the probe out and stalling on one end while on the other end trying to get it shut down.

 

[moviefreak]

I think that the report about James "Mad Dog" Mattis is sort of embellishment --might be put out by some White House insiders to get rid of him. lol

I find it highly unlikely that Mattis will turn to politics and start to run for office. He isn't like McCain.

 

[Legendver2]

DNC official on party's future: 'We are going to be not going to jail'
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/400934-dnc-official-on-partys-future-we-are-going-to-be-not-going-to

Michael Blake, vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, made the comments on Fox News Channel’s "America’s Newsroom" after GOP strategist Brad Blakeman questioned the identity of the Democratic Party following Tuesday's primary results.

“Who are you? Who are you going to be?” Blakeman asked. “Are you going to be Socialist Democrats? Which apparently a significant part of your candidate base seems to be pointing to. What are you going to be?”

“We are going to be not going to jail,” Blake said in response. “We’re going to be avoiding trial, the way you’ve had Gates and Manafort and now Collins.”

Damn, that's a sick burn