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    Looks like the senate has secured the majority vote it needs to overturn pai boys gutting of net nutrality.

    Last edited by fishbowlhead; 10-05-2018, 06:08.

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      Not sure on the exact chain of events but apparently Comcasts bid for Fox was an attempt to play on the news that has come out about AT&T and Warner and their bid for a merger. It failed though as the news broke and it is emerging that AT&T paid Trumps lawyer to bribe the President to allow the merger to go through. The FBI now has all the paperwork tying this together and Trump now has another corruption issue to navigate against his office whilst the huge AT/Warner merger is likely to now collapse due to the scandal.

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        Making America Corrupt Again.

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          Originally posted by MartyG View Post
          Keeping America Corrupt Again.
          Fixed that for you.

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            It's not so much of a play on the MAGA nonsense then

            Cohen is in over his head on the dirty money game: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/u...-payments.html

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              Trump has banned Muslims from travel, threatened to build a wall by Mexico, allegedly boned porn stars, tried to destroy net neutrality for a bung, killed off free health care for needy people, but now that mother****er has crossed the mother****ing line:


              Donald Trump angers Scots with ban on Irn-Bru at luxury golf resort



              Scotland’s favourite non-alcoholic drink banned from Turnberry resort over its carpet-staining properties

              White House diplomacy has dipped to a new low after it emerged that Donald Trump’s luxury golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland, has banned the sale of Irn-Bru on the premises.


              The ban came to light after guests asked for Scotland’s favourite non-alcoholic beverage to be supplied at an event but were refused because staff were concerned about potential spills.


              The combination of colourants that give the fizzy drink its distinctive luminous orange hue are believed to be responsible for its notorious indelibility.

              The five-star resort on the Ayrshire coast has recently benefited from a £200m upgrade, which is believed to have included hundreds of thousands of pounds spent on carpets.


              Turnberry’s general manager, Ralph Porciani, told the Ayrshire Post: “We can’t have it staining when to replace the ballroom carpet would be £500,000 alone.


              “We have villas here with Irn-Bru stains in the carpets which I can’t let.”


              The latest affront comes after a change in recipe cut the sugar content of the drink by almost half following the introduction of the UK government’s sugar tax, prompting fans to stockpile cans of the original version.

              The piecemeal ban on Scotland’s other national drink, long avowed as the ultimate hangover cure, has caused inevitable outrage on social media, and will likely swell the protests already planned should Trump visit Scotland as part of his trip to the UK in July.


              The US president, whose mother was born on the island of Lewis, also owns a golf resort in Aberdeenshire, and is expected to meet the Queen at Balmoral during his controversial visit which is planned for 13 July.


              The Scottish Labour leader, Richard Leonard, has pledged to lead the protests against Trump: “Someone who holds such misogynist, racist and anti-trade union views not to mention his whole approach to foreign policy, someone who rejects the Paris climate change agreement, should simply not be given the red-carpet treatment.”


              The Scottish Greens leader, Patrick Harvie, vowed that Trump would be “met with a level of protest not seen since the Iraq war”.


              Scotland’s first minster, Nicola Sturgeon, has previously spoken out against a state visit by Trump. Last November, after the president retweeted an anti-Muslim video, she argued that such a visit would be “inappropriate”, adding: “When President Trump was first elected I said that we could not afford to compromise our own principles in the interests of diplomatic silence and this is one occasion where that is absolutely the case.”


              Irn-Bru – which is not, despite its famous advertising tagline, actually made from girders, but does contain a total of 32 flavouring agents – consistently outsells all other fizzy drinks in Scotland.


              First produced in 1901 under the name Iron Brew, the Bru has cultivated a maverick status amid other beverage behemoths such as Coca-Cola, producing near-the-knuckle adverts including a billboard of a cow with the tagline: “When I’m a burger I want to be washed down with Irn-Bru”, which drew 700 complaints.

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                Originally posted by QualityChimp View Post
                Trump has banned Muslims from travel, threatened to build a wall by Mexico, allegedly boned porn stars, tried to destroy net neutrality for a bung, killed off free health care for needy people, but now that mother****er has crossed the mother****ing line:


                Donald Trump angers Scots with ban on Irn-Bru at luxury golf resort



                Scotland’s favourite non-alcoholic drink banned from Turnberry resort over its carpet-staining properties

                White House diplomacy has dipped to a new low after it emerged that Donald Trump’s luxury golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland, has banned the sale of Irn-Bru on the premises.


                The ban came to light after guests asked for Scotland’s favourite non-alcoholic beverage to be supplied at an event but were refused because staff were concerned about potential spills.


                The combination of colourants that give the fizzy drink its distinctive luminous orange hue are believed to be responsible for its notorious indelibility.

                The five-star resort on the Ayrshire coast has recently benefited from a £200m upgrade, which is believed to have included hundreds of thousands of pounds spent on carpets.


                Turnberry’s general manager, Ralph Porciani, told the Ayrshire Post: “We can’t have it staining when to replace the ballroom carpet would be £500,000 alone.


                “We have villas here with Irn-Bru stains in the carpets which I can’t let.”


                The latest affront comes after a change in recipe cut the sugar content of the drink by almost half following the introduction of the UK government’s sugar tax, prompting fans to stockpile cans of the original version.

                The piecemeal ban on Scotland’s other national drink, long avowed as the ultimate hangover cure, has caused inevitable outrage on social media, and will likely swell the protests already planned should Trump visit Scotland as part of his trip to the UK in July.


                The US president, whose mother was born on the island of Lewis, also owns a golf resort in Aberdeenshire, and is expected to meet the Queen at Balmoral during his controversial visit which is planned for 13 July.


                The Scottish Labour leader, Richard Leonard, has pledged to lead the protests against Trump: “Someone who holds such misogynist, racist and anti-trade union views not to mention his whole approach to foreign policy, someone who rejects the Paris climate change agreement, should simply not be given the red-carpet treatment.”


                The Scottish Greens leader, Patrick Harvie, vowed that Trump would be “met with a level of protest not seen since the Iraq war”.


                Scotland’s first minster, Nicola Sturgeon, has previously spoken out against a state visit by Trump. Last November, after the president retweeted an anti-Muslim video, she argued that such a visit would be “inappropriate”, adding: “When President Trump was first elected I said that we could not afford to compromise our own principles in the interests of diplomatic silence and this is one occasion where that is absolutely the case.”


                Irn-Bru – which is not, despite its famous advertising tagline, actually made from girders, but does contain a total of 32 flavouring agents – consistently outsells all other fizzy drinks in Scotland.


                First produced in 1901 under the name Iron Brew, the Bru has cultivated a maverick status amid other beverage behemoths such as Coca-Cola, producing near-the-knuckle adverts including a billboard of a cow with the tagline: “When I’m a burger I want to be washed down with Irn-Bru”, which drew 700 complaints.

                He could of nuked something with less backlash

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                  Spanky doesn't stop: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump...194638209.html

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                    Originally posted by MartyG View Post
                    Meh, I dislike Trump as much as the next person, but from reading that, it seems to be about allowing 16+ years old apprentices to work in jobs that are more "hazardous" than was previously the case. I can see why that would make sense, if it's currently illegal.

                    I'm not one for bringing back sending kids down the mines, but a 16 year-old should be able to work.

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                      Is that because corporations aren't known for exploiting their minimum wage workers in the US?

                      This is what it currently restricts:

                      Occupations in or about plants or establishments manufacturing or storing explosives or articles containing explosive components (Order 1).
                      Occupations of motor-vehicle driver and outside helper (Order 2).
                      Coal-mine occupations (Order 3).
                      Forest fire fighting and forest fire prevention occupations, timber tract occupations, forestry service occupations, logging occupations, and occupations in the operation of any sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage stock mill (Order 4).
                      Occupations involved in the operation of power-driven woodworking machines (Order 5).
                      Exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations (Order 6).
                      Occupations involved in the operation of power-driven hoisting apparatus (Order 7).
                      Occupations involved in the operation of power-driven metal forming, punching, and shearing machines (Order 8).
                      Occupations in connection with mining, other than coal (Order 9).
                      Occupations in the operation of power-driven meat-processing machines and occupations involving slaughtering, meat and poultry packing, processing, or rendering (Order 10).
                      Occupations involved in the operation of bakery machines (Order 11).
                      Occupations involved in the operation of balers, compactors, and paper-products machines (Order 12).
                      Occupations involved in the manufacture of brick, tile, and kindred products (Order 13).
                      Occupations involving the operation of circular saws, band saws, guillotine shears, chain saws, reciprocating saws, wood chippers, and abrasive cutting discs (Order 14).
                      Occupations involved in wrecking, demolition, and shipbreaking operations (Order 15).
                      Occupations in roofing operations and on or about a roof (Order 16).
                      Occupations in excavation operations (Order 17).

                      So yeah, they will then be able to send them down the mines
                      Last edited by MartyG; 10-05-2018, 17:36.

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                          Drain the swamp, replace it with a bog.

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                              Looks like someone is a little more than worried at actual consequences of being summoned to the UK to ACTUALLY answer questions and not send a patsy that simply says nothing.

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