California Democratic Senator Leland Yee Charged with Arms Trafficking
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A California state senator busted on arms trafficking and corruption charges in an FBI sweep has a legislative record of fighting for stronger gun control laws.
Behind the scenes, Leland Yee, 65, offered to connect an undercover FBI agent with an international arms trafficker -- all in exchange for campaign donations, according to a federal complaint.
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"If these allegations are true, Sen. Yee is easily the biggest hypocrite on gun control to walk the halls of the capitol in Sacramento, if not the entire United States," Alan Gottlieb, chairman for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said in a statement.
3 Scandals In 3 Months For California State Senate Democrats
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One senator was convicted of voter fraud and perjury, and two others face federal charges for alleged misdeeds that include accepting large financial bribes for friends and family in exchange for legislation and orchestrating weapons and drug trafficking to help pay off campaign debts.
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Yee had been best known publicly for his efforts to promote government transparency and public records, for which he was celebrated just last week by the Society of Professional Journalists. He also introduced several bills last year to restrict gun possession. The federal affidavit unsealed Wednesday accuses Yee of conspiracy to deal firearms without a license and to illegally import firearms.
LOL, it gets better! This is the numbnuts that thinks violent video games are a problem and proposed a law against them that the US Supreme Court struck down.
Go ahead, tell me politicians are trying to look after us!
Just a guess but is it becoming so expensive to run for office in the States that it requires the politician to sell his services, unless he has someone like the Koch brothers to pick up the tab.
Just a guess but is it becoming so expensive to run for office in the States that it requires the politician to sell his services, unless he has someone like the Koch brothers to pick up the tab.
Looks like a good read. The other recommended book from that author is End Times: The Death of the Fourth Estate
which also looks good. Our "media" is quickly consolidating into a very few hands, which is definitely not good. A push to have journalists licensed is just another way of keeping the message "clean".
Heck, you probably didn't realize that YouTube just hired "super flaggers"
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Google has given roughly 200 people and organizations, including a British police unit, the ability to “flag” up to 20 YouTube videos at once to be reviewed for violating the site’s guidelines
Not just individual videos, but already some YouTube channels, with years of videos have been taken down.
Let's go another direction. The US has recently passed a propaganda bill.
So basically the US gov't can lie to you... legally. And since they do have control over licensing of the airwaves, they control the mainstream media. Now the media, not wanting competition (see the licensing and YouTube issues above, let alone other issues) are A-OK with this, where do you turn?
I have noted that I like Ben Swann, a former Fox affiliate journalist from Ohio who does seem to be on the ball, and willing to look at issues objectively.
One of his recent videos (podcast actually) goes into how the same person who tarnished Ron Paul inaccurately over his newsletters (and you need to hear him out on THAT one) is the same propagandist (James Kurchick) who was pre-tweeting that an RT (Russian television station) "surprise" was going to happen just before the recent RT anchor Liz Wahl quit live.
Now I know most people have a TLR mentality here, so adding this is likely moot, but it goes over the whole issue in his last Friday's program... Regardless of your leanings... listen to it. And tell me this doesn't hit home with our current Russian "issue" and the previously noted media, err, government controls?
So was Soros contributing to Yee and that campaign?
Sigh... your "Koch Brothers" comment got a "Soros" offset. Same shyte, different pile. Don't you get it? Neither is worthy of this thread yet they are triplets of the problem.
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Originally Posted by SebC
Nobody suspects a democrat. It's the perfect cover!
Sigh... your "Koch Brothers" comment got a "Soros" offset. Same shyte, different pile. Don't you get it? Neither is worthy of this thread yet they are triplets of the problem.
Oh yeah, I get what you're getting at but they are not the same. If you think so, you are deluded.
Just once Vulcan, step back and open your eyes and ears... I will quote what I said earlier...
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hate the left/right arguments that go on here
The delusion is that NEITHER side really gives a flying fata about you.
As long as they can influence the government for their betterment, they WILL do it. As long as those members of government can rely on them to be re-elected, they will do whatever the triplets want. As George Carlin said, "It's a big club, and you ain't in it."
But go ahead... take a side of the two ladders that are holding each other up.
Just once Vulcan, step back and open your eyes and ears... I will quote what I said earlier...
The delusion is that NEITHER side really gives a flying fata about you.
As long as they can influence the government for their betterment, they WILL do it. As long as those members of government can rely on them to be re-elected, they will do whatever the triplets want. As George Carlin said, "It's a big club, and you ain't in it."
But go ahead... take a side of the two ladders that are holding each other up.
In my day it was Communists and Hari Krishnas trying to tell me to open my eyes and ears. The Libertarians aren't much different. They all have an agenda, it's just a matter of choosing what's closest to your ideals and makes some sense.
Not just California, Daradon. The bigger the trough, the bigger the pigs.
Educational tidbit, Yee was a former President of the San Francisco School Board.
Oh I'm not suggesting there isn't a lot of corrupt and useless politicians all over the place, just that Cali seems to have more than their fair share.
I mean didn't Arnie get elected because there was some big scandal before him. Not like he was a great choice either. They've had all sort of scandals and by-elections in the governors office in the past 15 years if I'm correct. And yeah, I know this is the senate, but that's what I'm saying. Can't cross the street there without running into a disgraced politician.
In my day it was Communists and Hari Krishnas trying to tell me to open my eyes and ears. The Libertarians aren't much different. They all have an agenda, it's just a matter of choosing what's closest to your ideals and makes some sense.
Don't give me that "in my day" crap. My gray hairs are close to yours.
In "our" day, the promises of the government to buy votes were a clear indication that they would exploit the next generations to benefit ours (and more importantly, those before us).
In 1971, when Nixon took the world off the gold standard it effectively allowed politicians to buy their way into positions by promising programs that indebted future generations. Few at that time saw it that way, and apparently here on CP, few still do. In the interim, that monetary model has not only grown government dependence via social programs, but it has also artificially inflated the likes of CEOs and athletes, as examples.
There is NO question that the richest among us have become richer of recent. But it is simply the collusion of those in power in corporations with those in power in the government that have led us to this point. Too big to fail? LOL, don't worry, we will bail you out at the expense of the next generation. BS, let them fail, including the investors. Buyer beware. Their ability to create money out of nothing FED bubbles in the internet, housing, stock market and bonds. (FED pun intended....) Some broke, some will yet soon. Look out. Be aware. Be informed.
The US dollar as the current world reserve currency, or petro-dollar as it is known is coming to an end very, very quickly. Iraq and Libya both wanted to trade oil for assets other than American dollars They got snuffed. Russia and China are on another level and they are moving away from it now.
Heck, Putin could give the US a stroke by allowing the EU to buy its oil/gas with Euros instead of US Dollars (and don't be surprised if this occurs shortly). There would be an instant savings by eliminating the exchanges charged to buy it, AND the subsequent strengthening of the Euro would reduce other consumer costs. Russia is far closer to collapsing the US economy than some think the other way around.
I was no fan of going off the gold standard but politicians have been buying their way into power long before Nixon. It will go to an extreme and then get pulled back. It's the way of the world.
There are better answers to be found outside of the politics. The more peaceful solution is to close your ears and eyes and go inside. The world will get a lot more amusing.
I remember this moron from early last year telling gamers to "quiet down" while he tried to push through his silly proposed law. The same pathetic legislation that was struck down again and again and again in other states. So much wasted money and time.
Reminds me of that Jack Thompson scumbag. I generally dislike wishing ill on others but man, glad to see them getting their due.
Anyhow, looks like the thread is taking a different turn now . . .
California Democratic Senator Leland Yee Charged with Arms Trafficking
R mentality here, so adding this is likely moot, but it goes over the whole issue in his last Friday's program... Regardless of your leanings... listen to it. And tell me this doesn't hit home with our current Russian "issue" and the previously noted media, err, government controls?
