jerseyhoya wrote:She Said That A Powerful Congressman Harassed Her. Here’s Why You Didn’t Hear Her Story. - John Conyers becomes the next name

The story is upsetting for what the woman had to go through, and the ridiculous process Congress has put in place to protect itself. Amazing in a repulsive way that our elected representatives can pay to cover these things up with taxpayer dollars. And mind boggling because Mike effing Cernovich, lunatic men's rights/Trumpy guy, apparently broke the story.

thephan wrote:The headline barks that the AT&T Lawsuit Over Time Warner Shows Tough US Turn on Antitrust, but what about the Sinclair proposal? That seems like a larger threat with similar underpinnings. Where AT&T is a vertical integration play, Sinclair is working on a market domination of potentially impartial controlled content.

jerseyhoya wrote:She Said That A Powerful Congressman Harassed Her. Here’s Why You Didn’t Hear Her Story. - John Conyers becomes the next name

The story is upsetting for what the woman had to go through, and the ridiculous process Congress has put in place to protect itself. Amazing in a repulsive way that our elected representatives can pay to cover these things up with taxpayer dollars. And mind boggling because Mike effing Cernovich, lunatic men's rights/Trumpy guy, apparently broke the story.

The Trump administration is leaning toward naming Thomas Brunell, a Texas professor with no government experience, to the top operational job at the U.S. Census Bureau, according to two people who have been briefed on the Bureau’s plans.

Brunell, a political science professor, has testified more than half a dozen times on behalf of Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts, and is the author of a 2008 book titled “Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections Are Bad for America.”

As deputy director of the Census Bureau, Brunell would become the highest-ranking permanent official at the agency. Though the job technically reports to the Census director, that slot is temporarily being filled by a career civil servant, since former director John Thompson resigned at the end of June. There is currently no nominee for a permanent director.

Brunell’s background makes him an unusual choice for the deputy director role. Based on his published curriculum vitae, he appears to have little experience in federal statistics or at managing a big organization, both characteristics that census-watchers believe are vital for the job. In comparison, Potok, his predecessor, spent most of her career at the Census Bureau.

Brunell received a PhD in political science from U.C. Irvine in 1997 and worked briefly on Capitol Hill as a fellow on a House subcommittee that oversees the census. Since 2005, he has worked at the University of Texas at Dallas, where his research and writing has focused on redistricting and voting rights cases. He has frequently advised states on redrawing their congressional maps. In his 2008 book, “Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America,” he argued that partisan districts packed with like-minded voters actually lead to better representation than ones more evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, because fewer voters in partisan districts cast a vote for a losing candidate. He has also argued that ideologically packed districts should be called “fair districts” and admits that his stance on competitive elections makes him something of an outlier among political scientists, who largely support competitive elections.

pacino wrote:The 2020 census count might be put in the hands of an inexperienced professor who wrote that 'Competitive Elections are Bad for America.'

The Trump administration is leaning toward naming Thomas Brunell, a Texas professor with no government experience, to the top operational job at the U.S. Census Bureau, according to two people who have been briefed on the Bureau’s plans.

Brunell, a political science professor, has testified more than half a dozen times on behalf of Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts, and is the author of a 2008 book titled “Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections Are Bad for America.”

As deputy director of the Census Bureau, Brunell would become the highest-ranking permanent official at the agency. Though the job technically reports to the Census director, that slot is temporarily being filled by a career civil servant, since former director John Thompson resigned at the end of June. There is currently no nominee for a permanent director.

Brunell’s background makes him an unusual choice for the deputy director role. Based on his published curriculum vitae, he appears to have little experience in federal statistics or at managing a big organization, both characteristics that census-watchers believe are vital for the job. In comparison, Potok, his predecessor, spent most of her career at the Census Bureau.

Brunell received a PhD in political science from U.C. Irvine in 1997 and worked briefly on Capitol Hill as a fellow on a House subcommittee that oversees the census. Since 2005, he has worked at the University of Texas at Dallas, where his research and writing has focused on redistricting and voting rights cases. He has frequently advised states on redrawing their congressional maps. In his 2008 book, “Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America,” he argued that partisan districts packed with like-minded voters actually lead to better representation than ones more evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, because fewer voters in partisan districts cast a vote for a losing candidate. He has also argued that ideologically packed districts should be called “fair districts” and admits that his stance on competitive elections makes him something of an outlier among political scientists, who largely support competitive elections.

thephan wrote:TV - I will use a work example to add color to why the latest incompetent, destroy it all nominee is dangerous. In computer world your biggest threat to your operations has never been the hacker or insider, but the crew with the jack hammer and backhoe working on the street. Miss Utility be damned, when the crew digs up a buildings network access it is lights out for a fairly substantial period. This donkey put up for a census slot is a guy with a jackhammer, and no prior experience.

Neil Cavuto wrote:“Last time I checked, you are the president of the United States,why don’t you act like it?”

Neil Cavuto wrote: Keep tweeting stuff like that, Mr. President, and those tax cuts could be toast. You could call him part of the swamp and not care, but throwing mud at a U.S. senator doesn't make you any less swamp-like, so maybe you should care.

This is about you, and respect shown to you, and constant praise shown to you and gratitude bordering on groveling shown to you.

Breitbart editor-in-chief Alex Marlow says the way rape is defined has changed.

“Rape used to have a narrow definition. Rape used to have a definition where it was — it was brutality, it was forced sexual attack and penetration, now it’s become, really, any sex that the woman ends up regretting that she had.”

thephan wrote:

Breitbart editor-in-chief Alex Marlow says the way rape is defined has changed.

“Rape used to have a narrow definition. Rape used to have a definition where it was — it was brutality, it was forced sexual attack and penetration, now it’s become, really, any sex that the woman ends up regretting that she had.”