Hillary For President

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Boreas

She's our very own Maggie Thatcher.

Only if she invades some small island nation...

Like the Turks and Caicos or the Caymans.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Only if she invades some small island nation...

Like the Turks and Caicos or the Caymans.

She won't invade the Caymans. All her donors and Wall Street friends have their money down there.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by finnbow

She won't invade the Caymans. All her donors and Wall Street friends have their money down there.

Never expected you to be a freakin' commie anti-establishment type, Pat.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Only if she invades some small island nation...

Like the Turks and Caicos or the Caymans.

Hope she follows Reagan's Grenada war plan. I hate bloodshed.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

Hope she follows Reagan's Grenada war plan. I hate bloodshed.

I suspect she'll follow Obama's lead and invade Cuba with touristas.
I hear Caracas is ripe for the taking, nice beaches & beautiful natives...

[Rex E.]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Only if she invades some small island nation...

Like the Turks and Caicos or the Caymans.

Ireland......

[djv8ga]

_- Rubio -_

[finnbow]

Per the NYTimes, the Clinton Foundation and Bill cashed in big time as the Russians took over a large North American uranium mining company while Hillary was SoS (and for which government approval was necessary).

The sale gave the Russians control of one-fifth of all uranium production capacity in the United States. Since uranium is considered a strategic asset, with implications for national security, the deal had to be approved by a committee composed of representatives from a number of United States government agencies. Among the agencies that eventually signed off was the State Department, then headed by Mr. Clinton’s wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.

And shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr. Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us...m-company.html

This kind of behavior would land normal Executive Branch employees in jail.

[donquixote99]

Is the law on export licenses really so loose that all you have to do to evade it is sell the uranium to another firm that does have a license? What a sham if so.

Finn, could you expand on your last sentence? Specifically, what laws with criminal penalties do you see being broken here, by what specific acts?

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Is the law on export licenses really so loose that all you have to do to evade it is sell the uranium to another firm that does have a license? What a sham if so.

Finn, could you expand on your last sentence? Specifically, what laws with criminal penalties do you see being broken here, by what specific acts?

A criminal conflict of interest statute, 18 U.S.C. § 208, prohibits an employee from participating personally and substantially, in an official capacity, in any “particular matter” that would have a direct and predictable effect on the employee’s own financial interests or on the financial interests of:

- the employee’s spouse or minor child;
- a general partner of a partnership in which the employee is a limited or general partner;
- an organization in which the employee serves as an officer, director, trustee, general partner, or employee; or
- a person with whom the employee is negotiating for or has an arrangement concerning prospective employment.

http://www.oge.gov/Topics/Financial-...ent-Employees/

Moreover, Federal employees at such levels are required to annually disclose any and all forms of outside income for themselves, spouses and immediate family members. Back when I was a Federal bigwig, I was specifically directed to recuse myself from any decision-making that may have impacted (or even appeared to impact) any company whose equities I owned, for example. Taking money directly from any of them would have landed me in jail (something I was made acutely aware of in annual briefings on conflicts of interests).