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Is that a gigantic novelty pine tree air freshner hanging from a stop light?
I've said it before and I'll say it again, K-State fans could have beheaded the entire KU team at midcourt, and K-State fans would be celebrating it this morning. They are the ISIS of Big 12 fanbases.
I posit that there has never been a bigger corporate shill running for president than Hillary Clinton. http://www.vox.com/2015/5/16/8614881/Hillary-Clinton-took-money
Quote from: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 17, 2015, 07:06:39 PMI posit that there has never been a bigger corporate shill running for president than Hillary Clinton. http://www.vox.com/2015/5/16/8614881/Hillary-Clinton-took-moneyI guess it depends on your definition. Steve Forbes has run for president. That said, a potential Bush-Clinton fundraising bonanza showdown would certainly be a depressing reflection of our democracy.
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDTMAY 18, 2015In 2011 and 2012, Hillary Rodham Clinton received at least 25 memos about Libya from Sidney Blumenthal, a friend and confidant who at the time was employed by the Clinton Foundation. The memos, written in the style of intelligence cables, make up about a third of the almost 900 pages of emails related to Libya that Mrs. Clinton said she kept on the personal email account she used exclusively as secretary of state. Some of Mr. Blumenthal’s memos appeared to be based on reports supplied by American contractors he was advising as they sought to do business in Libya. Mr. Blumenthal also appeared to be gathering information from anonymous Libyan and Western officials and local news media reports. What follows are descriptions of some of the memos and how they were handled by Mrs. Clinton and her aides.
When the Clintons last occupied the White House, Sidney Blumenthal cast himself in varied roles: speechwriter, in-house intellectual and press corps whisperer. Republicans added another, accusing Mr. Blumenthal of spreading gossip to discredit Republican investigators, and forced him to testify during President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial.Now, as Hillary Rodham Clinton embarks on her second presidential bid, Mr. Blumenthal’s service to the Clintons is again under the spotlight. Representative Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, a Republican who is leading the congressional committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, plans to subpoena Mr. Blumenthal, 66, for a private transcribed interview.Mr. Gowdy’s chief interest, according to people briefed on the inquiry, is a series of memos that Mr. Blumenthal — who was not an employee of the State Department — wrote to Mrs. Clinton about events unfolding in Libya before and after the death of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. According to emails obtained by The New York Times, Mrs. Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time, took Mr. Blumenthal’s advice seriously, forwarding his memos to senior diplomatic officials in Libya and Washington and at times asking them to respond. Mrs. Clinton continued to pass around his memos even after other senior diplomats concluded that Mr. Blumenthal’s assessments were often unreliable. Sidney Blumenthal was advising Mrs. Clinton and a business venture.Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times But an examination by The Times suggests that Mr. Blumenthal’s involvement was more wide-ranging and more complicated than previously known, embodying the blurry lines between business, politics and philanthropy that have enriched and vexed the Clintons and their inner circle for years.While advising Mrs. Clinton on Libya, Mr. Blumenthal, who had been barred from a State Department job by aides to President Obama, was also employed by her family’s philanthropy, the Clinton Foundation, to help with research, “message guidance” and the planning of commemorative events, according to foundation officials. During the same period, he also worked on and off as a paid consultant to Media Matters and American Bridge, organizations that helped lay the groundwork for Mrs. Clinton’s 2016 campaign.Much of the Libya intelligence that Mr. Blumenthal passed on to Mrs. Clinton appears to have come from a group of business associates he was advising as they sought to win contracts from the Libyan transitional government. The venture, which was ultimately unsuccessful, involved other Clinton friends, a private military contractor and one former C.I.A. spy seeking to get in on the ground floor of the new Libyan economy.
You know you live in a crazy mixed up world when a TV network signs George Stephanopoulos to a $105 million dollar contract. Grats to George and his representation.
How did the Clinton Foundation spend its money? Well, we know from their own tax filings that only 10% went to charitable grants to - you know - actual charities. Supposedly, most of the money was spent on "in-house" charity work, like paying Clinton hatchet-man Sid Vicious $10,000 a month.http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/clinton-foundation-sidney-blumenthal-salary-libya-118359.html
Quote from: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 28, 2015, 09:02:37 AMHow did the Clinton Foundation spend its money? Well, we know from their own tax filings that only 10% went to charitable grants to - you know - actual charities. Supposedly, most of the money was spent on "in-house" charity work, like paying Clinton hatchet-man Sid Vicious $10,000 a month.http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/clinton-foundation-sidney-blumenthal-salary-libya-118359.htmlThe primaries are going to be nasty
Quote from: Dugout DickStone on May 28, 2015, 09:09:38 AMQuote from: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 28, 2015, 09:02:37 AMHow did the Clinton Foundation spend its money? Well, we know from their own tax filings that only 10% went to charitable grants to - you know - actual charities. Supposedly, most of the money was spent on "in-house" charity work, like paying Clinton hatchet-man Sid Vicious $10,000 a month.http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/clinton-foundation-sidney-blumenthal-salary-libya-118359.htmlThe primaries are going to be nastyI'm still thinking it'll be a coronation for the Queen Bee. And I wouldn't say it's "nasty" to expose the Clinton Foundation as a massive political money laundering and influence peddling operation, if that's what you meant.
This is in the NYT, so I guess it must be true: Charity Pays Bill Clinton $500,000, in Exchange for Clinton Agreeing to Accept "Lifetime Achievement Award" from Supermodel at Said Charity Event
Quote from: K-S-U-Wildcats! on May 29, 2015, 03:05:12 PMThis is in the NYT, so I guess it must be true: Charity Pays Bill Clinton $500,000, in Exchange for Clinton Agreeing to Accept "Lifetime Achievement Award" from Supermodel at Said Charity EventThis probably isn't the best way to start an article: "To commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. . ." Also, that charitable event doesn't sound very charitable.
