Random Politics & Religion #00

So this means I can blame the Oklahoma city bombing on all the Christians who didn't stop Timothy McVeigh?

Or here's another, more direct, link. A network of Christians hid Eric Rudolph, the Atlanta Centennial Olympic Park bomber, because they knew he was a good Christian who would only bomb abortion clinics. I can certainly blame that on all Christians can't I?

DETROIT (Reuters) - A task force appointed by Michigan’s governor said on Wednesday state officials showed stubbornness, lack of preparation, delay and inaction in failing to prevent a health crisis in the city of Flint caused by lead contamination in the drinking water.

There were failures on all levels of government, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a report from the task force said. However, the report highlighted failures of state agencies, especially the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), and said the state was “fundamentally accountable” for what happened.

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has been criticized for the state’s poor handling of a crisis that garnered national headlines.

“It was a mixture of ignorance, incompetence and arrogance by many decision makers that created the toxic and tragic situation,” Chris Kolb, task force co-chair and president of the Michigan Environmental Council, a coalition of non-profit groups, said at a press conference in Flint.

The 116-page report included 36 findings and 44 recommendations to be taken so the state can avoid a similar crisis in the future, including fixing the state emergency manager law to compensate for the loss of local government control.

Under the direction of a state-appointed emergency manager, Flint switched water supplies to the Flint River from Detroit’s system in 2014 to save money.

The corrosive river water leached lead, a toxic substance that can damage the nervous system, from the city’s water pipes. Flint switched back to the Detroit system last October.

The task force said MDEQ should receive primary blame for the crisis, citing its failure to use corrosion control chemicals in Flint’s water system to prevent the lead leaching, and then resisting calls from others to take action after the lead poisoning was discovered.

“They missed the boat completely,” Kolb said.

Michigan this week outlined a plan involving several state agencies to help the city recover from the crisis. It included programs to address water infrastructure shortcomings and the health of children who have tested for high lead levels in their blood, expand support in Flint schools and boost economic development for the city.

The crisis has led to calls for Snyder to resign. Last week, several Democratic lawmakers criticized Snyder at a hearing about Flint, a working class, mostly African American city of 100,000 northwest of Detroit.

The crisis has led to several lawsuits in state and federal courts, and federal and state investigations.

“This report is a damning indictment of Governor Snyder’s philosophy of running government like a business,” U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Democrat from Maryland, said after the report was released.

Snyder said many of the task force recommendations were already being implemented by the state. “This is a problem that I’ve made a commitment to fix,” he said.

It seems Alti is wrong about the lead poisoning in Flint being the Democrat's fault.

Was the OK city bombings religious based? Last I checked, it was anger towards the federal government.

McVeigh was an identity Christian. And to him it was a holy war.

That article does not mention airports at all.

In point of fact the only thing the international designation means for airports is that customs is available.

The spread of border-related powers inland is inseparable from the broader expansion of government intrusion in the lives of ordinary Americans. For example, CBP claims the authority to conduct suspicionless searches of travelers' electronic devices—such as laptops and cell phones—at ports of entry, including international arrivals at airports. These searches are particularly invasive as a result of the wealth of personal information stored on such devices. At least one circuit court has held that federal officers must have at least "reasonable suspicion" prior to conducting such searches and recent Supreme Court precedent seems to support that view.

Man, talk about reaching. You would make Pleebo proud.

The sad thing is how long he has been in office.

March 22, 2016. Arizona. Tonight, voters in Arizona, who are continuing to stand in line to vote are angry that the state's Democratic primary has been called for Hillary Clinton when the majority of Bernie Sanders's voters have not been allowed to vote. As election day began, it was learned that 1.3 million voters who reportedly would have voted for Sanders were disenfranchised from voting in the Democratic primary. Additionally, significant numbers of registered Democratic voters who were told they were not on the Democratic voting lists included long-time Democrats who had voted in the Democratic primaries before without any problem. Others who properly switched their party were told they were also not on the list. At best , these Democratic voters were told, they could vote a provisional ballot which would not be counted today.

Those who continued to wait in long lines late into the night to vote had to combat discouragement from a corporate media that kept telling their votes wouldn't matter as Clinton had already won.

What is odd is that those reporting they were denied the right to vote were primarily Sanders supporters. Last weekend, Sanders campaign workers in Arizona were concerned that their voter information database may have been hacked. This database contained information from voter surveys, showing which specific voters were supporting which Sanders as opposed to Clinton. The final day, volunteers had to go out with paper lists because of the hacking problem. Were these extensive lists used to determine which voters would be removed from the voter roles? Adding to the confusion were the closing of 140 polling locations in Arizona's most populous County, limiting Maricopa residents to 60 polling place. The long lines favored the leisure class, particularly the top one-percenters, who are favoring Clinton, and disfavored the ninety-nine percenters who the Clinton team doesn't want voting. It is difficult to expect middle and lower class voters, most of whom backed Bernie Sanders, to take four or more hours off work to vote. Yet, videos show significant numbers of Sanders supporters did just that....

It seems Alti is wrong about the lead poisoning in Flint being the Democrat's fault. Needless to say I am shocked.

Under the direction of a state-appointed emergency manager, Flint switched water supplies to the Flint River from Detroit’s system in 2014 to save money.

The corrosive river water leached lead, a toxic substance that can damage the nervous system, from the city’s water pipes.

Do we need to bust out the Biden quotes saying the exact opposite things then and now about Judicial nominees in election years? Or Obama filibustering Alito's nomination?

Do we need to bust out the Biden quotes saying the exact opposite things then and now about Judicial nominees in election years? Or Obama filibustering Alito's nomination?

He doesn't get this pick through and it only helps Republicans get out the vote. The children with no life experience and people looking for handouts that Democrats depend on don't give a crap about this.

Do we need to bust out the Biden quotes saying the exact opposite things then and now about Judicial nominees in election years? Or Obama filibustering Alito's nomination?

Someone is being paranoid methinks.

Over a Million AZ Voters Disenfranchised; Sanders Voters Stand in Long Lines Only to be Denied the Right to Vote; Official Results Appear Flipped/Rigged
Justice Gazette - First time I have run across them

And LOTS more.

October 1, 2014 - The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) issues a governor's briefing paper outlining possible causes for the contamination issues. Among the problems are leaking valves and aging cast iron pipes susceptible to a buildup of bacteria. The MDEQ concludes flushing the system and increasing chlorine in the water will limit the number of boil water advisories in the future.

October 2014: Snyder advisers call Flint river ‘downright scary,’ urge reconnection to Detroit

February 2015: Snyder advised of problems in background memo

March 2015: Snyder’s top aide learns of legionnaires’ outbreak; stays silent

April 2015: Hollins asked to debrief Snyder about Flint’s water

July 2015: ACLU publishes investigation and EPA memo outlining lead concerns

The man apparently hasn't aged a day in 15 years.

Can you also place them in full context?

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The awkward silence when full context proves the point even more.

They have nothing to do.

Naw, they will try to justify what Biden said and did during the Clinton years but not what he says today.

Like how rabbits should get Swedish massages for human health studies.

Boko Haram leader posted a video urging his followers to surrender because it's all over.

This is pretty big(and good)news for the world if it's true.