Random Politics & Religion #00

Running scared? lmao!

If I have 18 months of parking in handicap spaces, lying about her grandparent's immigration status, and awkward head nodding whilst trying to pretend to be interested in what voters have to say, and other such nonsense, I'll be in heaven.

I long for a world where misleading statistics are not used by people in power to fool the electorate into continuing to grant them power.

I long for a lot of other things, too. Leaves start to grow on trees, the air starts to warm, birds chirp. It's spring, and it's time to invade Poland.

A new challenger appears !

Look at Poland, having the gall to sit there all smug and not-invaded and stuff. Speaking of Gaul, I think "oui" know what the next target would be.

There are no winners in P&R, you should know that by now.

The board of the Clinton Foundation said Wednesday night that it will continue accepting donations from foreign governments, but only from six nations, a move that appears aimed at insulating Hillary Rodham Clinton from controversies over the charity's reliance on millions of dollars from abroad as she ramps up her presidential campaign.

Clinton, who resigned from the foundation's board last week, has faced mounting criticism over the charity's ties to foreign governments. Her campaign for the Democratic nomination referred questions about the board's decision to the foundation.

The board of the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation said that future donations will only be allowed from the governments of Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom — all nations that previously supported the charity's health, poverty and climate change programs.

While direct contributions from other governments would be halted, those nations could continue some participation in the Clinton Global Initiative, a subsidiary program that encourages donors to match contributions from others to tackle international problems without direct donations to the charity. But the foundation will stop holding CGI meetings abroad after a final session scheduled for Morocco in May. And most foreign governments will no longer be allowed to sponsor programs.

The foundation also will begin disclosing its donors every quarter instead of annually — an answer to long-standing criticism that the foundation's once-a-year lists made it difficult to view shifts and trends in the charity's funding. Former President Bill Clinton and other foundation officials have long defended the charity's transparency, but the new move signaled sensitivity to those concerns, particularly as his wife begins her race for the White House.

Last month, while she was still a foundation board member, Hillary Clinton defended the family charity to questions about its reliance on donations from foreign governments, saying the foundation had "hundreds of thousands of donors."

An Associated Press analysis of Clinton Foundation donations between 2001 and 2015 showed governments and agencies from 16 nations previously gave direct grants of between $55 million and $130 million. Those governments include the six nations that will be allowed to continue donating. The remaining 10 are Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Kuwait, Italy, Brunei, Taiwan and the Dominican Republic.

Foundation spokesman Craig Minassian said that under the new disclosure policy, "the Clinton Foundation is reinforcing its commitment to accountability while protecting programs that are improving the lives of millions of people around the world." But he also insisted that the old annual disclosure policy went "above and beyond what's required by voluntarily disclosing our more than 300,000 donors on our website for anyone to see."

Hillary Clinton had previously agreed with the Obama administration to limit new foreign donations to the foundation while she served as secretary of state, but at least six nations that previously contributed still donated to the charity during her four-year stint. In one case, the foundation failed to notify the State Department about a donation from the government of Algeria.

The foundation's board began discussions over the past two days about altering some of the charity's procedures in an effort that officials said was aimed at improving transparency without harming fundraising for critical programs. The board's decisions were first reported Wednesday night by The Wall Street Journal.

Clinton Foundation officials had hinted in recent weeks that the organization was considering new limits on foreign government donations after several media accounts this year raised questions about the foundation's reliance on those practices.

I bow to your mastery.

we're all just pawns in ravael's game of life...

we're all just pawns in ravael's game of life...

Look at Poland, having the gall to sit there all smug and not-invaded and stuff. Speaking of Gaul, I think "oui" know what the next target would be.

I want a pony!

no.

no.

we're all just pawns in ravael's game of life...

Where's that goofball who rambled about his eugenics experiment when we need him? That guy was great for cross-table camaraderie despite political affiliation!

Where's that goofball who rambled about his eugenics experiment when we need him? That guy was great for cross-table camaraderie despite political affiliation!

Vehicle voltron > lion

Holy mother of Mothra.

I knew you were a bad person.

I didn't know you were that bad.