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Gravy Train

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  1. The whole "politics as sport" position is quite the helpful self-identifier. I WANT MY TEAM TO WIN is not how a properly-functioning democracy works, and we are a society of merit. The Speaker is a House-nominated position, albeit parliamentary leader of. If you have a personal agenda to see through some legislation, that's fine, but we're rapidly approaching a generational shift among voters who shouldn't be alienated with the opinion that Congress won't evolve at the same pace as their constituents. They have 223 other members to select, this shouldn't be difficult.
  2. I brought it up, mostly because the proof is already out there, her accusations arose from the finance community, the self-dealing is something her husband very much benefited from, and her tenure is disgusting to me-- but not nearly as much as the replies from those wilfully dismissing anyone's grift. It's not a partisan problem, but holistic that a number of us in this thread acknowledge. The topic should be on here, because it's an open-season thread specifically about Nancy, and I'm tired of her. Failure to step down or groom a successor into position is selfish act OR a failure of the system, but NOT a failure of the voters.
  3. No condescension, it was a ripe opportunity to voice the opinion that perhaps it's time Pelosi steps down, though criminal acts threatening personal safety shouldn't be the motive, unless pitchforks truly are amok. There's enough media fueling this theme, did you need any more evidence after the Capitol Insurrection? "Both sides," because I'm disgruntled with partisan politics and performance of Congress, among supporters who rarely lift the cover and examine inward. "Bullshit deflection that benefits the assholes responsible?" Go ahead and say GOP, then realize their own messaging opportunities were completely lost in this attack: The weirdest part is for years we've heard that San Francisco is falling apart to "the crazies, radicals, antifa, and curb-shitters." When the evidence finally proves that even the rich can't insulate themselves from the mental health crisis, the right utterly fails to miss the point. They're so hung up on gay shit they miss obviously by-line that this could be painted as a "failure of liberal policies" because they're so interested in old-man-gay-stuff.
  4. GTR is buzzy trash anyhow, for the money they try to fetch from it.
  5. 1.) Presumptions are all they ever will be until legislation is enacted and/or prosecution is levied. The Burr example above proves stalemate. 2.) Yes, I'm disappointed, circle-jerk back to my original opinion that Nancy's time in office is done and my support has waned. 3.) We already established that's not how Paul amassed his wealth, just that the couple seems to have enjoyed a nice windfall along the way. It feels like abuse of privilege to me. 4,) What the hell does the GOP have anything to do with it when their own members are documented with wider-reaching and worse allegations of the same activity? 5.) Agreed, hope Paul recovers swiftly, and we discover more of the attacker's true motives as his assault seems to have been intended for Nancy.
  6. Re: Senator Burr's activity as intelligence agencies were discovering the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-intelligence-reports-from-january-and-february-warned-about-a-likely-pandemic/2020/03/20/299d8cda-6ad5-11ea-b5f1-a5a804158597_story.html
  7. The trading activity certainly isn't a vehicle that amassed their wealth, but was a nice windfall along the way. The trouble is, such trading activity is still above-board for Washington officials, and a bulk of their trades are not registered electronically, so the same-day audit trail is missing. That's by design. It's disengenous to permit such activity when the SEC restricts trading activity from mere analysts within accounting firms, based on their audit clients. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-and-criminal-law/why-members-of-congress-should-not-trade-stocks
  8. You might as well take a look at the SQ8 as well, if you're patient enough to order or wait for the right allocation spec to pop up. It's kind of a 'sweet spot' SUV-ish with the same driveline as the RS6/RS7/RS Q8, just a weaker tune. S-Sport package adds the same torque-vectoring differential and electromechanical rear sway bar that the RS vehicles get, activated by its 48V mild hybrid system. You'll still be missing the 'RS mode' electronics, flared fenders, wider contact patch and brakes, but for a daily, it's a lot of hardware that also saves you roughly $30K from the RS Q8.
  9. This topic can't be newsworthy to you. Just acknowledge it as a problem for Federal officials that should have been actioned upon long ago. https://housestockwatcher.com/summary_by_rep/Hon. Nancy Pelosi https://www.businessinsider.com/nancy-pelosi-husband-paul-pelosi-congressional-stock-ban-2022-10 https://www.wsj.com/articles/wall-street-traders-or-washington-officials-sometimes-its-hard-to-tell-11666103385
  10. Like insider trading through Nancy? He got a nice start, she took him to the finish line through pending legislation and timely detail. Serving public office, must be nice, right?
  11. I'm new here and you don't know shit.
  12. The entire fucking thread is about Pelosi, there's no better topic to cite the example of a Congressperson occupying a seat longer than some of us have been alive. At the same time, I'm literally reading those shilling for the uber rich because they were able to do so under the shield of office and/or fit someone's political narritive. That's absolutely disgusting and disengenous to our democracy. We're all condeming this attack here. At the same time, we're all seeing a theme build up from radicalized individuals motivated by misinformation. It should be concerning, as the more partisan we become, the more this becomes a thing. This happened to Sotomayor over two years ago and it go so little attention that you wouldn't even know about it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/02/19/report-supreme-court-justice-sotomayor-targeted-by-gunman-who-killed-federal-judges-son/amp/
  13. Fuck him too, is that what you needed to see?
  14. I addressed your request, but your position is woefully ignorant of the response as you clearly don't follow finance news and SEC regulations. Read it again, nobody is justifying the attack. It's shameful and misguided. It's horrific and fucked. I just want Nancy out of office as her time is long overdue to GTFO. FUCK anyone and everyone fighting Congressional term limits, wilfully supporting grift of elected officials because they represent your favorite crayon color.
  15. Nancy pushed back on AOC and others who proposed Congress members should he banned from trading equities, under insider trading allegations. She finally came around, but not before showing her true colors.
  16. Or you can explain to us, how the Pelosis amass a net wealth exceeding $120MM, the protocol that keeps her in office for 35 years, and who the hero actually is, when a whistleblower like Snowden is implored by Pelosi to return and face Congress directly.
  17. I have a total of 8 posts in this subforum. You're going to greater length to fit opinions to your narrative, while dismissing alienated voters and the one candidate who promoted education while ringing the alarm bell on workforce replacement via automation. Not worth a scoff, not an established Boomer. There is a place for honest politicians who serve their constituents under term limits, with limited access to lobbyist activity and mechanisms for personal financial gain.
  18. Willfully copacetic with "rules for thee, but not for me.". Got it. Both Pelosis should be enjoying their 80s on Lake Como or somewhere nice. They thrive on RESPONSIBILITIES few Americans will ever sniff.
  19. I questioned the motive that Libertarians have as a platform altogether, not justified them. I'll give them the nod that ever expansion of government isn't exactly a good thing. Yang was a 2020 Democrat Presidential Primary candidate, so are you paying attention? I enjoyed his debate, among Buttigieg's, as D candidates to at least shake up the established. Biden was still the right nominee, and the centrist we all knew him for.
  20. We've already covered the sham justifications from the right. When reality becomes too much for them, they result to conspiracies. The 30% "can't be bothered" because Politics have become a sport, while the corruption within our own system runs so deep, the recurring theme must cover whichever Congressman has taken the podium of fleecing America and whichever lobbyist keeps it rolling. And you wonder why Libertarians have a platform, why youth voter turnout is a problem, and why a bright, young, democrat candidate in Andrew Yang became disillusioned with his own party to go fuck off with David Jolly and found a new platform.
  21. I'll go one further, because you'd better ponder the theme: is this what pitchforks look like? Members of Congress amass massive sums of money on the backs of our misery. Kavanaugh is a sexual assaulter. These figures are political "lifers" who haven't enacted legislation to keep themselves honest, or even limit the term for the people they serve. We are supposed to be a polite society, but if we can't be fucked to drag out the guillotines, at least recognize the issue of crazies attacking politicians as a "problem," instead of more school kids. I jest, but wouldn't be surprised to discover Paul's attacker as a Junior Trading Analyst at a wealth management fund.
  22. Well, now we know who PayPal has marked first for collecting their $2500.
  23. That's a pretty stark headline when one considers the implications of an attack like that on an elected official. There's no place for victim-blaming in any scenario where personal safety is jeopardized, but I also think it's near equally crazy that Pelosi is still in office. Her term has become one of serving the people, to serving women, but now to serving herself. That we don't have voters or legislation to get her out of Washington is astounding. I have a massive disdain for career politicians, regardless of which color crayon that leader gargles. She's become toxic for Dems and reckless with her handling of the Taiwan trip to sparring over Congress members trading equities. Three decades in Congress and 15 years serving caucus, with an adamant position not to step down, is too much.
  24. I didn't see that message abouit Iskanders linked in this thread, but found a relevent Twitter comment:
  25. Welp, guess he found out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/putin-claims-west-seeks-global-domination-by-using-ukraine/2022/10/27/39fbbec4-5607-11ed-ac8b-08bbfab1c5a5_story.html
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