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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Did you not read the article? This was in '96, not '16. And Clinton used pretty much all of the executive's suggestions in his actual speech.
Alabama passed a bill Thursday, largely along party lines, that bars cities and counties from raising the minimum wage or requiring employers to provide leave or other benefits. Because the law applies retroactively, it wipes out Birmingham's raise.
Republican legislative leaders fast-tracked the bill in order to pass it before Birmingham's raise was set to take effect March 1. The GOP enjoys super-majorities in both houses. Within an hour or so of the bill's passage, Gov. Robert Bentley, a Republican, announced he had signed it.
Birmingham Raises Minimum Wage and Alabama Takes it Away
edited 26th Feb '16 3:11:59 PM by SolipsistOwl
Because it's interesting?
This is an election year in a politics thread. I am a registered Democrat with intention of voting for a Democratic candidate. There are only two Democratic candidates. What else should I talk about?
I have also posted about many other, non-Clinton or Sanders related topics. See just above your comment, for one.
edited 26th Feb '16 3:15:50 PM by SolipsistOwl
Yes. I read the article. The one that followed with a link to Breitbart.
Did YOU read this?
This is the Hormats suggestion.
And here is the State union adress
By Barack Obama in 2016.
If you actually read them you will notice they are similar still.
This is because in politics you speak in broad brushes and loads of fancy empty words to convey a simple meaning that can remain stagnant. Clinton didnt even use the same words or same ideas, just dealt with the same subject.
Here is the Goerge Bush Senior one
Buzzwords. Political talk. Empty words for a simple idea that repeats over the ages.
Welcome to politics.
edited 26th Feb '16 3:17:30 PM by Aszur
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothesHere is my source.
All the goddamn state of the union addresses
Dude, you can send an email to Barack Obama telling him exactly that. So can the CEO of Monsanto, a serial murderer rapist, or a local pinneaple grower, or a local concerned mom. Everyone can.
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothesPolitical noise. Fraud in the U.S is a non issue.
Statistically, it is more likely that fraud is investigated, than found
It is business as usual: people lose, and they cast a huge stink about it. The question answers itself if reversed: How often have you heard elections where someone was NOT investigated for fraud?
It is infinitesimal, just how frequent fraud happens
edited 26th Feb '16 3:30:28 PM by Aszur
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes![]()
Cockups happen and the level of power that campaigns have when it comes to the voting is weird.
Your link talks only about voter impersonation (or at least the title does), I don't belive investigations are over that, but fraud via other stuff.
edited 26th Feb '16 3:30:33 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranOf course it's a non-issue. I still love that it's being *made* into an issue through sting operations. It's pretty cool to see official attorney general documents for investigations into both campaigns.
There's supposed to be some South Carolina videos coming out soon. Not sure for which campaign, or what they did.
Australians say they were paid by Labor Party to work for Bernie Sanders
edited 26th Feb '16 3:33:37 PM by SolipsistOwl
Ahead of Saturday’s South Carolina primary and an upcoming contest in manufacturing heavy Ohio, the Sanders' campaign touted the senator's consistent policy record opposing trade agreements, including the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which was passed in 1994 under former President Clinton.
“If Secretary Clinton really wanted to stop the loss of manufacturing jobs in Ohio she should have joined Sen. Sanders in opposing the North American Free Trade Agreement and permanent normal trade relations with China,” said Warren Gunnels, Sanders’ policy director, in a press release.
Sanders' campaign challenges Clinton on trade
But police in California and other states have complained for many months that data encryption creates a major investigative hurdle in the hunt for killers, human traffickers, child pornographers and other offenders. Some fear criminals are intentionally using devices that run on newer operating systems because they know police can’t access them, despite having search warrants signed by judges.
The federal court battle is being watched closely by police officials around the country who hope a finding in favor of the government could serve as a landmark victory that will set a precedent allowing broader law enforcement access to encrypted data.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has as many as 150 phones in evidence lockers that investigators can’t crack, Cahhal said. The LAPD has about 300, a captain said. In Sacramento, sheriff’s officials have nearly 90.
The federal government is fighting Apple for something the police want too
here's the thing, most of the people on this thread will vote for Sanders (those that live in the US anyways), and while many here isn't particularly fond of Clinton, they still see her as MILES better than the republicans (which isn't that hard)
edited 26th Feb '16 3:59:50 PM by MABfan11
Bumbleby is best ship. busy spending time on r/RWBY and r/anime. Unapologetic SocialistAccording to the House Select Committee on Benghazi, the State Department said in January that it had recently discovered the documents. The committee did not release additional details about the documents, but they pertained to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Libya.
Benghazi committee receives new documents as more Clinton emails are released
No, because he supports Sanders. Fox hates those evil commies.

lol @ state of the union fax thing
I am going to send a fax to the white house for the next election giving a suggestion to the president's speech too, and that will forever label them as being in my pocket
I will finally be important
Point being: ANYONE CAN FAX THE WHITE HOUSE
and the only thing that should outrage you about that is that PEOPLE ARE STILL USING FAXES IN 2016
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes