***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[Wargames]

I am for legal weed mainly for criminal justice purposes but the economy simulating effects of legal marijuana are way overblown.

It won't generate enough revenue to fund that much slum reduction (especially when land in NYC is so scarce), or rebuild a transit system as ****ed up as the MTA. And besides jobs directly in the industry don't expect that much job growth. Not only that the owners of the business will mainly be white affluent people, and tons of the money will also be funneled to the NYPD.

I live in a state with legal weed. It is not a panacea for structural issues. Far from it

My big hope is that NY adopts Californias version of it and expunges records and allows people with those records (or who live in certain areas) have the first crack at purchasing those licenses maybe at a highly subsidized price. If handled right it could be become the new version of owning a taxi medallion.

Will that happen, probably not. However, at least there is a chance for it.

 

[d nice]

the only single reason i voted was for legal twigs
Jumaane Williams and Letitia James are typical liberal politicians
did'nt vote for them all i did was vote for Miranda

i'll probably vote for trump in 2020 or if legal twigs comes on a NYS ballet
if not i'm not voting anytime soon
they're all crooks trump included

 

[RustyShackleford]

To fix the MTA, they would probably have to shut it down for an extended period of time for repairs. Like maybe years

 

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[DADDYFATSACKS]

Not that I know of.

But I don't live in Maryland anymore.

Damn. I was thinking you lived in Maryland lol.

 

[160jordansdeep]

You can't ride the MTA every day and think taxes from weed will fix this ****ing ****show

 

[RustyShackleford]

My big hope is that NY adopts Californias version of it and expunges records and allows people with those records (or who live in certain areas) have the first crack at purchasing those licenses maybe at a highly subsidized price. If handled right it could be become the new version of owning a taxi medallion.

Will that happen, probably not. However, at least there is a chance for it.

I feel you.

But low key this subject makes my blood boil and is probably the one subject where I have had to check my liberal friends on the most.

Many affluent, mostly white, people I know rejoiced when legal weed started and acted like another Civil Rights act passed. I also tell them that dispensaries are just a new luxuary for them, the always had the right to use marijuana with impunity

It was black people, especially young black people that have had their lives destroyed for decades because they dared engage in an activity that now everyone agrees is mostly harmless.

 

[Wargames]

To fix the MTA, they would probably have to shut it down for an extended period of time. Like maybe years

Cuomo ****** it up by forcing the East side line be completed.

Cuomo is very robert moses'esque in his need to build up the infrastructure so he can point to projects and say "Look what I did".

 

[Wargames]

I feel you.

But low key this subject makes my blood boil and is probably the one subject where I have had to check my liberal friends on the most.

Many affluent, mostly white, people I know rejoiced when legal weed started and acted like another Civil Rights act passed. I also tell them that dispensaries are just a new luxuary for them, the always had the right to use marijuana with impunity

It was black people, especially young black people that have had their lives destroyed for decades because they dared engage in an activity that now everyone agrees is mostly harmless.

I absolutely agree, however it would make a bad situation much worse if black/brown people aren't put at the head of the line when it comes to making some money off of this. Obviously, the farms will become corporate owned (which is why Republicans wont oppose it). However, if the mom & pop versions can be used to get people out of poverty all that suffering may not have been for nothing.

 

[RustyShackleford]

I absolutely agree, however it would make a bad situation much worse if black/brown people aren't put at the head of the line when it comes to making some money off of this. Obviously, the farms will become corporate owned (which is why Republicans wont oppose it). However, if the mom & pop versions can be used to get people out of poverty all that suffering may not have been for nothing.

True

I am just pessimistic about how policy makers will approach things.

 

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[nomnom]

To fix the MTA, they would probably have to shut it down for an extended period of time for repairs. Like maybe years

Even MTA twitter admits it

 

[PatRiley]

Not that I know of.

But I don't live in Maryland anymore.

Maryland has legal medical cannabis

 

[harlemtothebronx]

Yeah, just stay home. Save yourself the stress.

Sheesh

Glad I wasn’t bugging.

****** be lost and boisterous.

 

[130122]

In an ode to all of the events today, I thought it would be great to break out the good ole iron knee time machine

 

[whywesteppin]

So Mueller repossessed tens of millions of dollars from Manafort. But he's going to be severely disappointed if he thinks he's going to get money back when he takes down Trump. Just a bunch of IOUs and gold-plated toilets.

 

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[130122]

There is a special place in hell for Gerald, and all them mf's

 

[Belgium]

Mueller transferred the investigation to NY federal prosecutors. This must be fake news because Greg Craig is a Democrat and formerly worked in the Obama WH from 2009 to 2010. As all Trump supporters know, this is the most partisan witchhunt of all time and Mueller and his angry Democrats are only investigating innocent Republicans.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...tors-weighing-charges-against-former-obama-wh
Federal prosecutors weighing charges against former Obama WH counsel: report
Federal prosecutors in New York are considering criminal charges against Greg Craig, a former Obama White House counsel, as part of a investigation into whether he failed to register as a foreign agent, sources told CNN Friday.

The charges are linked to a probe into Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman to President Trump, CNN reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Manafort on Friday pled guilty to two federal charges in a deal that includes cooperation with special counsel Robert Muelle's investigation.

An attorney for Craig told CNN that his client "was not required to register under the Foreign Agent Registration Act."

Craig was not immediately reachable by The Hill.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York is also considering action against law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where Craig was a partner during the period under examination, CNN reported.

The investigations into Craig and the law firm were transferred to federal prosecutors in New York by special counsel Robert Mueller.

They stem from charges that Manafort in 2012 "solicited" a law firm on behalf of the then-president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, and the Ukraine's Ministry of Justice.

CNN reported the firm was Skadden, citing the people familiar with the matter, which was hired to write a report on the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko, who served as prime minister of Ukraine and was a rival of Yanukovych.

A spokeswoman for Skadden didn't respond to a request for comment from CNN. The law firm did not immediately reply to a request for comment from The Hill.

 

[gry60]

"Waived right to have lawyers representing him present at any interviews"
So much for that joint defense agreement

You know Mueller is about to hook him up with Lil Kim's plastic surgeon.

 

[nomnom]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/09/13/politics/2020-democrats-ranking/index.html

 

[plansb]

So Mueller repossessed tens of millions of dollars from Manafort. But he's going to be severely disappointed if he thinks he's going to get money back when he takes down Trump. Just a bunch of IOUs and gold-plated toilets.

Unless he pulls a lenny dykstra and rips the toilets out and hocks then before they can get em

 

[rexanglorum]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/09/13/politics/2020-democrats-ranking/index.html

It's interesting to read takes from outside the podcastosphere, but dang, this list is centrist fan fiction.

How do you have Biden or Elizabeth Warren over Bernie? How is Garcetti even on this list and I like a lot about Beto but if he's on the list then Andrew Gillum should be on the list as well.

Bernie is in the driver's seat for 2020 simply because he'll get the same voters and States that he got in 2016 and meanwhile the Hillary 2016 bloc will be divided up (and Bernie will be getting a respectable share of that as well).

Now if Bernie doesn't run, then it's wide open. Elizabeth Warren will try to pick up Bernie voters but there is not a direct carry over and many Bernie voters could be open to a number of candidates.

 

[nomnom]

People are gonna be pissed the day Bernie announces his 2020 candidacy