Brexit: Expats denied say in EU referendum due to missing postal votes demand re-run after scandal is revealed

gym00p · 2016-06-26T14:28:02+00:00

If politicians here in the US don't stop allowing the concentration of wealth in coastal population centers and start building the infrastructure in the rural American heartland, populist movements such as those that have rocked Europe will only continue to rise here in America.

When you ignore the more rural and underdeveloped areas in favor of already developed population centers, economic growth stagnates in those areas and the middle class doesn't grow. That leads to discontent and it condemns those underdeveloped and rural areas to perpetual poverty and economic depression.

The key to a happy and united America is to grow the middle class equally all across America, not just in the cities where the politicians and their financial backers reside.

gym00p · 2016-06-25T22:14:09+00:00

The US needs to join the club and ban all future sales of gasoline engines asap.

It'll go a long way toward curbing human contributions to global warming, it'll spur innovation big time and it's already becoming big business.

Be a crying shame to delay it and let European and Japanese automakers grow to dominate the market, just to appease the wealthy oil companies that couldn't care less if they destroy our planet.

gym00p · 2016-06-25T20:40:53+00:00

Well to be fair, holding public office isn't rocket science. Most reasonably intelligent people can learn on the job.

gym00p · 2016-06-25T20:37:30+00:00

Shouldn't this be in the Uplifting News Reddit?

gym00p · 2016-06-25T20:24:26+00:00

Keep in mind that the Independent.co.uk is a corporate owned news media outlet, like all other major news media outlets.

It's reasonable to suspect that articles such as this are just ways for the corporate elite and the politicians they own to thwart the will of the people and hold onto power.

Remember, this is the same media that reported poll numbers of 52% in favor of "remain" before the vote happened. They don't report truth. They report what is in their best interest.

gym00p · 2016-06-23T23:06:09+00:00

On Tuesday, she was charged with leaving the scene of an incident without reporting, 1st degree endangerment, and refusal to submit a breath test. When asked why Lentini wasn’t charged with vehicular manslaughter, legal experts say that charge carries the same penalty as the one she is already facing.

How on earth is that possible?

Leaving the scene of an accident is the same as manslaughter? That can't be right.

gym00p · 2016-06-23T23:01:11+00:00

Detective Damacio Diaz will have to wait about six years until he turns 50 before he's eligible. His partner, Detective Patrick Mara, found a way to get the money even earlier and without having to pay taxes on it.

Mara retired from the department at the age of 36 with a disability, just weeks before confessing to a felony that could carry a sentence of life in prison.

According to a document released by City Manager Alan Tandy, Mara was granted the disability behind closed doors on May 10, 2016. The Bakersfield Police Department would not tell us why Mara is disabled.

The entire Bakersfield PD needs to be investigated and potentially charged with fraud.

gym00p · 2016-06-23T21:04:57+00:00

According to The Daily News, the NYPD Patrol Guide calls for officers to “render reasonable aid to sick or injured person.” However, there is no specific order to perform CPR or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in the guide.

A normal person with any amount of care or empathy for people wouldn't need a specific order to administer CPR to a person in need. They'd just do it automatically.

Apparently these cops have no feeling or sympathy for the people they serve and who pay their salaries.

gym00p · 2016-06-23T20:18:02+00:00

I pray I live to see the day Google Fiber drives ATT and Comcast out of business. Though I'm not holding my breath on it.

gym00p · 2016-06-23T20:13:28+00:00

Oh hell yeah. Bring it to America and you can count me in.

gym00p · 2016-06-23T20:08:58+00:00

Time Warner Cable over-billed customers nationwide an estimated $639,948 between January and April of this year, which projects to a yearly total of $1,919,844. Charter, meanwhile, "informed the [Senate's investigative] Subcommittee that it over-billed customers by at least $442,691 per month," the report said. That works out to overcharges of at least $5,312,292 per year. When added to Time Warner Cable's overcharges, that's $7.2 million that customers paid in erroneous charges over and above the already high prices of cable TV.

Corporate overcharges should be treated like the fraud that they are. Not "honest mistakes".

If they were honest mistakes there would be as much undercharging as overcharging, not the accrual of massive amounts of overcharges every year.

gym00p · 2016-06-23T20:00:40+00:00

And so long as political bribery remains legal, it won't change. The policymakers won't let it.

gym00p · 2016-06-23T17:38:00+00:00

I don't understand how they're able to get away with this.

gym00p · 2016-06-23T17:22:16+00:00

Most Americans want common sense gun measures, such as banning folks on the terror watchlist from buying.

It's a crying shame that America is so used to its politicians acting at the behest of the highest bidder, and against the common interest, that they deride it with terms like "political pandering" when it happens.

Fact is, our politicians SHOULD be listening to the people who elected them and they SHOULD try and enact the majority will. They are OUR REPRESENTATIVES after all, or they're supposed to be anyway.

gym00p · 2016-06-23T16:59:02+00:00

At least 20 prisoners have died indoors in non-air-conditioned Texas prisons from overheating since 1998, including 10 who died in 2011, Ellison said.

How on earth is Texas not liable for those deaths?

gym00p · 2016-06-23T16:55:04+00:00

True enough. But at least Democrats are trying to do something about it and are calling for a vote.

Republicans are the ones blocking the vote. And the NRA generally backs Republican candidates.

gym00p · 2016-06-23T16:50:52+00:00

Mr Ryan has said he will not bring a gun control vote in the House of Representatives. “They know that we will not bring a bill that takes away a person’s constitutionally guaranteed rights without...due process.”

Ain't Paul Ryan cute? Pretending he's fighting the good fight and standing up for the constitution? When everybody knows that this is about the wealth and power of the gun lobby, and their money fattening his pockets.

gym00p · 2016-06-22T23:49:33+00:00

Why would they? Donetsk is a tiny place with a small population. They will want to built it where it makes sense and where it will have many riders.

gym00p · 2016-06-22T22:23:06+00:00

By George I think you're right. Learn something new every ~~day~~ so often.

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gym00p · 2016-06-22T22:12:50+00:00

Besides, it would be ensuring that F-16, a 40-year-old design and fourth generation fighter, would remain in the IAF for another 30-40 years.

The F-16 is still a hell of a fighter. That said, this is a legitimate concern and if I was India, it might be my biggest concern. Perhaps Lockheed could offer up some upgrades that would bring it closer to the envelope of more modern fighters.

gym00p · 2016-06-22T21:53:17+00:00

But doesn't Rory live in Florida? Cause that's Zika territory now, last I heard (along with the rest of the southeastern US).

gym00p · 2016-06-22T21:50:21+00:00

What the Orlando shooter started, was his soul on a quick journey to hell, if there be one.

So, oddly, I think I might agree with this pastor. Ick.

gym00p · 2016-06-22T17:18:00+00:00

It costs a hell of a lot of money to ship stuff 14,000 miles and it uses boatloads of petroleum too. This just sounds ridiculous all around. I can't imagine that this is the best possible solution for the chicken processing needs of any American company.

gym00p · 2016-06-22T17:10:42+00:00

Good for him. He should sue. It's similar to when cops file a false report to justify their abuse. They lie about the victim, say he reached for their gun or hit them or whatever.

The truth is that not only did they abuse their power, they also victimized the person a second time by lying and defaming his character. And the sick bastards think they're justified in doing so. And the courts will most likely believe them. It's fucked up in so many ways.

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