pbmus
pbmus's Journal
90 Pounds of Cocaine Found on Cargo Ship Owned by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Father-in
Though Foremost has played a pivotal role in McConnell’s life, bestowing the senator with most of his personal wealth and generating thousands in donations to his campaign committees, the drug bust went unnoticed in Kentucky, where every bit of McConnell-related news has generated fodder for the campaign trail. That’s because, like many international shipping companies, Chao’s firm is shrouded from public view, concealing its identity and limiting its legal liability through an array of tax shelters and foreign registrations. Registered through a limited liability company in the Marshall Islands, the Ping May flies the Liberian flag.
From the Nation article: Mitch McConnell’s Freighted Ties to a Shadowy Shipping Company
Well this is interesting. Particularly with the Senate Minority Leader (and major Republican establishment crony) fighting for his life in the Kentucky Senate race.
From the Nation:
http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2014/10/30/90-pounds-of-cocaine-found-on-cargo-ship-owned-by-senate-majority-leader-mitch-mcconnells-father-in-law/
Kochs Approve Plan to Fire Cash from Cannon at Voters
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—The billionaire Koch brothers have approved a controversial plan to shoot cash from cannons directly at voters heading into polling places on Election Day.
The plan, which Koch insiders have privately referred to as Operation Money Shot, would distribute as much as seventy million dollars in small bills in the hopes of seizing Republican control of the United States Senate next Tuesday.
While most state laws prohibit electioneering within a hundred feet of polling places, the Koch plan craftily skirts that restriction by using high-powered cash cannons, similar to the T-shirt cannons used in sports arenas, which have a range of up to a hundred and fifty feet.
According to a spokesman for the Kochs, “Under the law, corporations are considered people, and people have always had the right to fire money from cannons at other people.”
When news of Operation Money Shot reached Democratic circles several weeks ago, there were howls of protest and threats of a legal challenge, as Democratic leaders complained that firing cash directly at voters about to cast their ballots would be a subversion of the election process.
But the Supreme Court upheld the Koch brothers’ plan by a five-to-four vote on Thursday, arguing that spending money on elections was protected by the First Amendment, and that using a cannon was protected by the Second.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/kochs-approve-plan-fire-cash-cannon-voters?utm_source=tny&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=borowitz&mbid=nl_Borowitz+%28131%29&CUST_ID&spMailingID=7249250&spUserID=MjczNzc1MzU1NjIS1&spJobID=543390433&spReportId=NTQzMzkwNDMzS0
WTF ...180
The hand on the left contains seeds developed in a laboratory by Monsanto (the blue coating contains 5 different toxic chemicals). The hand on the right contains seeds that come from mother nature. Don't you think we should have the right to know which one we are eating and buying? Citizens of Oregon and Colorado are voting on this very important issue this November. Please spread the word, join their campaigns and donate if you can - we really have a shot to change the whole country if these 2 states win!
Oregon Right To Know and Right To Know Colorado - GMO
WTF ...179
All this braggadocio about unemployment does not account for these jobs being temporary and the wages being unlivable and that hundreds of thousands of job seekers have been dropped from the roles of unemployed ...... SO WTF ... I will gladly remove this WTF if someone can prove me wrong ...
Profile Information
Member since: Wed Aug 22, 2012, 08:01 PMNumber of posts: 12,422
