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11-15-2016, 06:57 AM
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About the dumbest movie ever made had one of the greatest lines: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals". Men In Black
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11-15-2016, 10:45 AM
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I have mostly read about discrimination towards immigrants. I have a niece (the oldest daughter of one of my sisters) who's been living in London for over 10 years. Married to a French guy and they had a daughter who's 2 years old and was born in London. Both she and her husband have always been employed, paid their taxes and even bought a home. They're feeling it as we speak. And they both immigrated to GB when it was completely normal and legal to do so. They haven't broken any laws. They don't deserve to be treated as second class citizens. Are you aware of how many hundreds of thousands of British subjects live in the southern coast of Spain retired?
I think you're absolutely wrong in this case.
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11-15-2016, 10:55 AM
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Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic to Lead EPA Transition
Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic to Lead EPA Transition
Choosing Myron Ebell means Trump plans to drastically reshape climate policies
Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, is spearheading Trump’s transition plans for EPA, the sources said.
The Trump team has also lined up leaders for its Energy Department and Interior Department teams. Republican energy lobbyist Mike McKenna is heading the DOE team; former Interior Department solicitor David Bernhardt is leading the effort for that agency, according to sources close to the campaign.
Ebell is a well-known and polarizing figure in the energy and environment realm. His participation in the EPA transition signals that the Trump team is looking to drastically reshape the climate policies the agency has pursued under the Obama administration. Ebell’s role is likely to infuriate environmentalists and Democrats but buoy critics of Obama’s climate rules.
Ebell, who was dubbed an “elegant nerd” and a “policy wonk” by Vanity Fair, is known for his prolific writings that question what he calls climate change “alarmism.” He appears frequently in the media and before Congress. He’s also chairman of the Cooler Heads Coalition, a group of nonprofits that “question global warming alarmism and oppose energy-rationing policies.”
Ebell appears to relish criticism from the left.
In a biography submitted when he testified before Congress, he listed among his recognitions that he had been featured in a Greenpeace “Field Guide to Climate Criminals,” dubbed a “misleader” on global warming by Rolling Stone and was the subject of a motion to censure in the British House of Commons after Ebell criticized the United Kingdom’s chief scientific adviser for his views on global warming.
More recently, Ebell has called the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan for greenhouse gases illegal and said that Obama joining the Paris climate treaty “is clearly an unconstitutional usurpation of the Senate’s authority.”
He told Vanity Fair in 2007, “There has been a little bit of warming ... but it’s been very modest and well within the range for natural variability, and whether it’s caused by human beings or not, it’s nothing to worry about.”
Ebell’s views appear to square with Trump’s when it comes to EPA’s agenda. Trump has called global warming “bullshit” and he has said he would “cancel” the Paris global warming accord and roll back President Obama’s executive actions on climate change (ClimateWire, May 27).
Leading the Trump DOE team: GOP hired gun McKenna.
The president of MWR Strategies is well known in Republican energy circles. He was director of policy and external affairs for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality under then-Gov. George Allen (R) and was an external relations specialist at the Energy Department during the George H.W. Bush administration.
Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic to Lead EPA Transition
Choosing Myron Ebell means Trump plans to drastically reshape climate policies
- By Robin Bravender, ClimateWire on September 26, 2016
Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, is spearheading Trump’s transition plans for EPA, the sources said.
The Trump team has also lined up leaders for its Energy Department and Interior Department teams. Republican energy lobbyist Mike McKenna is heading the DOE team; former Interior Department solicitor David Bernhardt is leading the effort for that agency, according to sources close to the campaign.
Ebell is a well-known and polarizing figure in the energy and environment realm. His participation in the EPA transition signals that the Trump team is looking to drastically reshape the climate policies the agency has pursued under the Obama administration. Ebell’s role is likely to infuriate environmentalists and Democrats but buoy critics of Obama’s climate rules.
Ebell, who was dubbed an “elegant nerd” and a “policy wonk” by Vanity Fair, is known for his prolific writings that question what he calls climate change “alarmism.” He appears frequently in the media and before Congress. He’s also chairman of the Cooler Heads Coalition, a group of nonprofits that “question global warming alarmism and oppose energy-rationing policies.”
Ebell appears to relish criticism from the left.
In a biography submitted when he testified before Congress, he listed among his recognitions that he had been featured in a Greenpeace “Field Guide to Climate Criminals,” dubbed a “misleader” on global warming by Rolling Stone and was the subject of a motion to censure in the British House of Commons after Ebell criticized the United Kingdom’s chief scientific adviser for his views on global warming.
More recently, Ebell has called the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan for greenhouse gases illegal and said that Obama joining the Paris climate treaty “is clearly an unconstitutional usurpation of the Senate’s authority.”
He told Vanity Fair in 2007, “There has been a little bit of warming ... but it’s been very modest and well within the range for natural variability, and whether it’s caused by human beings or not, it’s nothing to worry about.”
Ebell’s views appear to square with Trump’s when it comes to EPA’s agenda. Trump has called global warming “bullshit” and he has said he would “cancel” the Paris global warming accord and roll back President Obama’s executive actions on climate change (ClimateWire, May 27).
Leading the Trump DOE team: GOP hired gun McKenna.
The president of MWR Strategies is well known in Republican energy circles. He was director of policy and external affairs for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality under then-Gov. George Allen (R) and was an external relations specialist at the Energy Department during the George H.W. Bush administration.
Shooter, do you agree with that pick?
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11-15-2016, 11:14 AM
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here's over 900 cases:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/152875...d-child-abuse/
this report suggests that the Bristish gov't needs to teach immigrants how to treat women:
Male refugees settling in Britain need to be formally taught how to treat women, says Labour MP
the british need armed guards while in France:
Armed guards for British tourists in France after wave of ISIS terror attacks - Mirror Online
muslims dont like british lifestyles:
http://www.channel4.com/info/press/n...s-really-think
only a small percentage would even report terrorism against england...
100% of british muslims dont like british gays:
Poll finds zero tolerance for homosexuality among UK Muslims · PinkNews
so it's not surprising...
this is old but:
http://www.express.co.uk/comment/col...e-great-nation
so i get your point, but instead of immigrating to England and living as a British citizen, they are moving there and taking over and turning it into another shithole. The left are too big of pussies to recognize it and stop it, cause #safespace. I'm sure if you lived there and saw a group of people taking over your country and completely changing the culture for the negative--while having full support of the govt, you'd be a little discriminatory too. This played a huge part in Brexit.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/152875...d-child-abuse/
this report suggests that the Bristish gov't needs to teach immigrants how to treat women:
Male refugees settling in Britain need to be formally taught how to treat women, says Labour MP
the british need armed guards while in France:
Armed guards for British tourists in France after wave of ISIS terror attacks - Mirror Online
muslims dont like british lifestyles:
http://www.channel4.com/info/press/n...s-really-think
only a small percentage would even report terrorism against england...
100% of british muslims dont like british gays:
Poll finds zero tolerance for homosexuality among UK Muslims · PinkNews
The poll, part of the the Gallup Coexist Index 2009, found that not one of the 1,001 British Muslims interviewed believed homosexual acts were morally acceptable.
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In comparison to British Muslims, 35 per cent of French Muslims and 19 per cent of German Muslims did not have moral objections to homosexual acts.
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In comparison to British Muslims, 35 per cent of French Muslims and 19 per cent of German Muslims did not have moral objections to homosexual acts.
so it's not surprising...
this is old but:
http://www.express.co.uk/comment/col...e-great-nation
A relentless flood of arrivals, running at a rate of more than 500,000 a year, has already transformed the very fabric of our society. As a result of our open borders Britain is now the most overcrowded nation in Europe. By 2015 our population density will be twice that of Germany and more than four times that of France.
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WHAT is so sickening is that we never voted for this upheaval. Mass immigration and the creation of a multi-cultural society have all been imposed without a shred of democratic consent. Opinion polls show that the overwhelming majority of the public want tighter border controls.
Yet this natural instinct is treated with contempt by the bullying ideologues of the proimmigration brigade, who hurl accusations of racism and xenophobia against anyone who dares challenge their project.
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WHAT is so sickening is that we never voted for this upheaval. Mass immigration and the creation of a multi-cultural society have all been imposed without a shred of democratic consent. Opinion polls show that the overwhelming majority of the public want tighter border controls.
Yet this natural instinct is treated with contempt by the bullying ideologues of the proimmigration brigade, who hurl accusations of racism and xenophobia against anyone who dares challenge their project.
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11-15-2016, 11:57 AM
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what are you saying braineack, the British just discovered this? Do you know how many immigrants they have from former colonies such as Pakistan and India? They're in a tough spot but please don't blame the current situation for that.
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11-15-2016, 12:15 PM
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I have mostly read about discrimination towards immigrants. I have a niece (the oldest daughter of one of my sisters) who's been living in London for over 10 years. Married to a French guy and they had a daughter who's 2 years old and was born in London. Both she and her husband have always been employed, paid their taxes and even bought a home. They're feeling it as we speak. And they both immigrated to GB when it was completely normal and legal to do so. They haven't broken any laws. They don't deserve to be treated as second class citizens. Are you aware of how many hundreds of thousands of British subjects live in the southern coast of Spain retired?
I think you're absolutely wrong in this case.
I think you're absolutely wrong in this case.
You remind me a lot of my ex.. "but i know 1 person from that race, clearly you're wrong because that one person is really nice" Stop comparing the few people you know that have been born into the civilized lifestyle with people that have lived in a warzone their entire life.
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11-15-2016, 12:42 PM
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It's six, isn't it?
I knew it.
I'm tired of recriminations about the election, and far-reaching speculation as to its consequences.
Time for random economic observations.
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11-15-2016, 12:48 PM
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Last I heard, the Indians really weren't really causing issues in the UK.
I'm all for refugees, but I definitely think that they need to abide by the laws of the country they accept to go to.
That said, brain, I'm curious about this. What responsibility, if any, do you think country's should have to the people of other nations where the former country starts wars/proxy wars etc and creates or amplifies a crisis?
Joe, re: recriminations
What kind of message does appointing someone like Steve Bannon in an official context send?
I'm all for refugees, but I definitely think that they need to abide by the laws of the country they accept to go to.
That said, brain, I'm curious about this. What responsibility, if any, do you think country's should have to the people of other nations where the former country starts wars/proxy wars etc and creates or amplifies a crisis?
Joe, re: recriminations
What kind of message does appointing someone like Steve Bannon in an official context send?
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11-15-2016, 01:15 PM
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I can only speculate here, but if I had to guess, I'd say it sens the message "I feel that Steve Bannon is an appropriate person to fill this position within my administration."
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11-15-2016, 01:23 PM
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I was referring to a country engaging in proxy or direct wars elsewhere.
I mean meddling has bit us in the *** before, no? Re: afghanisthan and arming the mujahedeen (and osama directly). Broken promises of rebuilding let to the vitriol that fueled his flames for 9/11. My buddies were/are getting shot at with weapons we gave them in the cold war times.
Then there's the befuddlement of the CIA and pentagon armed rebels in syria fighting each other. It's a mess.
I mean meddling has bit us in the *** before, no? Re: afghanisthan and arming the mujahedeen (and osama directly). Broken promises of rebuilding let to the vitriol that fueled his flames for 9/11. My buddies were/are getting shot at with weapons we gave them in the cold war times.
Then there's the befuddlement of the CIA and pentagon armed rebels in syria fighting each other. It's a mess.
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