Originally posted by CandyRein
Less than 30 min and I’m heading home …💗
The day just …vrooooms by..💖
stay tunned, same time, same place, tomorrow for another episode of
Another Day in the lives of a Ward Negroe.
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Originally posted by Cly
Nigga I know you broke
"broke" would be an understatement for the carvaneous nature of her vagina.
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Originally posted by CandyRein
My guy isn’t in healthcare lol..
I bought the Mexican.. :)
Did you follow me in here because I won’t answer your messages.. I’ll reply here ..not interested
:)
i think he deserves his EQUITABLE ATTENTION.
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2021-11-19 at 2:12 PM UTC
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Buying gold
*cough*
*cough*
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Warren Ellis got #metooed?
Originally posted by BummyMofo
I'm gonna call you The GayButtChaser Incelman from now on.
coal calling charcoal nigger.
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Originally posted by stl1
Now you've gone and done it, Shlomo! I was trying to prevent the whole TL/DR, "Wall of words" bitching by showing the link for the rest of the article. Now I have to post it and everyone is going to blame YOU!
History
During the 2016 campaign, the organization falsely claimed to have shown that the Hillary Clinton campaign accepted illegal donations from foreign sources.[39] Two Project Veritas members were sued for defamation by an employee of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) who was wrongfully depicted as a "willing participant in an underage sex-trafficking scheme". The suit resulted in two settlements: O'Keefe issued a statement of regret and paid the ACORN employee $100,000 in 2013; the other Project Veritas member paid the employee an additional $50,000 in 2012.[45]
In 2017, Project Veritas was caught in a failed attempt to trick The Washington Post into posting a fabricated story about the Roy Moore sexual misconduct allegations.[17][18][46][47] Rather than uncritically publish a story that accused Republican candidate Moore of impregnating a teenager, The Washington Post critically examined the story that they were presented with, checked the source, assessed her credibility, and ultimately found that there was no merit to her claims, and that instead Project Veritas was trying to dupe The Washington Post.[32]
O'Keefe has been barred from fundraising for Project Veritas in Florida, Maine, Mississippi, Utah, and Wisconsin, partly because of his federal criminal record for entering a federal building under fraudulent pretenses and partly because Project Veritas has repeatedly failed to properly disclose O'Keefe's criminal convictions in applications for nonprofit status. Similar disclosure issues for the group's registration also exist in New Mexico, New York, and North Carolina.[48][49][50]
On February 11, 2021, the Twitter account for Project Veritas was "permanently suspended for repeated violations of Twitter's private information policy." At the same time, O'Keefe's personal account was temporarily locked for violating the policy pending the deletion of a tweet.[51][52] Twitter permanently suspended O'Keefe's personal account on April 15 for violating the website's policy on "platform manipulation and spam", which prohibits the use of fake accounts to "artificially amplify or disrupt conversations". O'Keefe denied that he used fake accounts on Twitter and stated that he intends to sue Twitter in response.[53][54]
In September 2021, the headquarters of Project Veritas in Marmaroneck, New York was destroyed in Hurricane Ida.[55][56] Later that month, the organization announced that it had been scammed out of $165,000 in what appeared to be a business email compromise attack. Attackers monitoring O'Keefe's email communications with his attorneys succeeded in interjecting an email from a similar-looking account into a conversation about an invoice payment, and the organization transferred funds to an account operated by the scammers.[57]
Methods
Project Veritas is a charity that uses deceptive techniques and undercover videos to expose what it calls dishonesty and corruption.[1] Some of its actions involves heavily relying on advice from its legal team, which the New York Times says is a sign of Project Veritas' interest in "using tactics that test the boundaries of legality and are outside of mainstream reporting techniques."[58]
Video recordings
Project Veritas was founded in June 2010,[1] but O'Keefe had produced two major deceptive videos before founding the project.
Planned Parenthood recordings (2008)
In 2006, O'Keefe met Lila Rose, the founder of an anti-abortion group on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus.[59] They secretly recorded encounters in Planned Parenthood clinics in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, in which Rose posed as a 15-year-old girl impregnated by a 23-year-old male. Rose and O'Keefe made two videos incorporating heavily edited[36] versions of the recordings and released them on YouTube.[60] The video omitted the portions of the full conversation, in which a Planned Parenthood employee asked Rose to consult her mother about the pregnancy and another employee told Rose, "We have to follow the laws". Rose took down the videos after Planned Parenthood sent her a cease and desist letter in May 2007 asserting that the videos violated California's voice recording laws, which required consent from all recorded parties.[61][62]
ACORN videos (2009)
Main article: ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy
The organization produced deceptively edited videos targeting the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), a 40-year-old advocacy organization for individuals of low and moderate income.[63][64][65]
In September 2009, O'Keefe and his associate, Hannah Giles, published edited hidden camera recordings in which Giles posed as a prostitute and O'Keefe as her boyfriend, a law student, in an attempt to elicit damaging responses from employees of ACORN.[66] ACORN mostly registered people from the Latino and African American communities.[67]
The videos were recorded during the summer of 2009[68] and appeared to show low-level ACORN employees in six cities providing advice to Giles and O'Keefe on how to avoid detection by authorities of tax evasion, human smuggling and child prostitution.[69] He framed the undercover recordings with a preface of him dressed in a "pimp" outfit, which he also wore in TV media interviews. This gave viewers, including the media, the impression that he had dressed that way when speaking to ACORN workers. However, he actually entered the ACORN offices in conservative street clothes (the sleeve of his dress shirt is visible on camera).[70] Furthermore, the ACORN employees involved reported his activities to the San Diego Police Department after he left.[4]: 9 O'Keefe selectively edited and manipulated his recordings of ACORN employees, as well as distorted the chronologies. Several journalists and media outlets have expressed regret for not properly scrutinizing and vetting his work.[71][72]
Reception and lawsuit
After the videos were released through the fall of 2009, Congress voted to freeze federal funding to ACORN.[73] The Census Bureau and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) terminated their contract relationships with ACORN.[74] By December 2009, an external investigation of ACORN was published which cleared the organization of any illegality, while commenting that its poor management practices contributed to unprofessional actions by some low-level employees.[75][76][77][78] In March 2010, ACORN announced it would dissolve due to loss of funding from government and especially private sources.[79] On March 1, 2010, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes found that there was no criminal wrongdoing by the ACORN staff in New York.[80]
The California Attorney General's Office granted O'Keefe and Giles limited immunity from prosecution in exchange for providing the full, unedited videotapes related to ACORN offices in California.[66] On the basis of the edited videotape which O'Keefe released, Vera appeared to be a willing participant in helping with O'Keefe's plan to smuggle young women into the United States illegally. However, authorities confirmed that Vera immediately contacted them about O'Keefe and that he had also encouraged O'Keefe to share as much information as possible about his scheme and gather further evidence of O'Keefe's purported illegal activities, which could then be used by prosecutors to bring charges against O'Keefe for attempted human trafficking. Due to O'Keefe's release of the dubiously edited video, intentionally designed to "prove" that ACORN employees were ready and willing to engage in illicit activities, Vera lost his job and was falsely portrayed as being engaged in human trafficking.[42]
O'Keefe moved for summary judgment in his favor, arguing that the plaintiff had no reasonable expectation that the conversation would be private. In August 2012, the federal judge hearing the case denied O'Keefe's motion for summary judgment. The judge ruled that O'Keefe had "misled plaintiff to believe that the conversation would remain confidential by posing as a client seeking services from ACORN and asking whether their conversation was confidential."[81] On March 5, 2013, O'Keefe agreed to pay $100,000 to former California ACORN employee Juan Carlos Vera, and acknowledged in the settlement that at the time he published his video he was unaware that Vera had notified the police about the incident. As part of the settlement, O'Keefe apologized for his actions, expressing regret for "any pain suffered by Mr. Vera or his family."[82][41][83] Giles paid Vera $50,000 in a separate settlement in the summer of 2012.[40]
On June 14, 2010, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published its report finding no evidence that ACORN, or any of its related organizations, had mishandled any of the $40 million in federal money which they had received in recent years.[84][85]
New Jersey Teachers' Union video (2010)
Starting October 25, 2010, O'Keefe posted a series of videos on the Internet entitled Teachers Unions Gone Wild. At the time, the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) was in negotiations with Chris Christie, the New Jersey governor, over teacher pay benefits and tenure.[86] O'Keefe obtained one video from recordings made by "citizen journalists", whom he recruited to attend the NJEA's leadership conference. They secretly recorded meetings and conversations with teacher participants.[86] It featured teachers discussing the difficulty of firing a tenured teacher.
A second video featured a staged phone conversation by O'Keefe with Lawrence E. Everett, assistant superintendent of the Passaic, New Jersey city schools, in which Everett refused to commit to firing a teacher based upon the purported claim by a parent that the teacher had used the "n-word" with his child.[86][87] The third video (October 26, 2010) featured audio of a voice, identified as NJEA Associate Director Wayne Dibofsky, who alleged voter fraud during the 1997 Jersey City mayoral election.[86] The voice of Robert Byrne, Jersey City municipal clerk, was recorded on the same video; he noted that the election was monitored by lawyers for both candidates.[86]
New Jersey's Republican Governor Chris Christie stated at the time that nothing on the videos surprised him.[88] NJEA spokesman Steve Wollmer said the union and its attorneys were discussing their options regarding possible legal action, although no action was ever taken. Wollmer called the videos "a calculated attack on this organization and its members", and described O'Keefe as "flat-out sleazy".[88]
Medicaid videos (2011)
In the summer of 2011, O'Keefe released videos in which an actor working for Project Veritas attempted to apply for benefits while hinting that he was a drug smuggler; the actor failed to obtain benefits.[89] In Maine, Governor Paul LePage concluded upon further examination of the videos that there was no fraud or intent to commit fraud.[89][90][91]
The videos received less media attention than earlier O'Keefe efforts. Generally, the state officials and representatives acknowledged potential problems but also took a measured tone in response, to allow time to fully investigate and evaluate the incidents. After viewing the video, Maine governor Paul LePage thanked the individual who took the video and noted: "The video in its entirety does not show a person willfully helping someone de-fraud the welfare system. It does show a need for further job knowledge and continuous and improved staff training." He also stated that "we would be six months further along in fixing the problem" if he had received the video when it was filmed. LePage directed his agency director to work on correcting the problem.[91]
Ben Johnson of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services noted that benefits were never granted in the case, and that the made-up story would have been caught if the application process had proceeded. He said his office would use the video to strengthen staff training. Mike DeWine, Attorney General of Ohio, described the Ohio video as "outrageous" and intended to instruct his state's Medicaid fraud unit to look into the incident.[92] The director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Michael Colbert, notified county leaders of a mandatory retraining, "to ensure they can identify people trying to defraud the government".[93] A spokesman for Virginia governor Bob McDonnell said that he had asked state police to review the video and take whatever actions are appropriate.[94][95]
In Charleston, South Carolina, the director of that state's Department of Health and Human Services, Anthony Kreck, said the video filmed in his state "raises concerns about how well trained and supported our staff are to handle outrageous situations." He also expressed concern for the safety of the state employee with the figure ["Sean Murphy"] in the video "who could be interpreted as intimidating" and questioned why security wasn't called.[95]
NPR video (2011)
On March 8, 2011, shortly before the US Congress was to vote on funding for National Public Radio (NPR), O'Keefe released a heavily edited video of a discussion with Ronald Schiller, NPR's senior vice president for fundraising, and associate Betsy Liley. The content was secretly recorded by O'Keefe's partners, Simon Templar (a pseudonym)[96] and Shaughn Adeleye, who pretended to be Muslim individuals named Ibrahim Kasaam and Amir Malik.[97][98][31]
In the video, the NPR executives were shown meeting with Kasaam and Malik, who styled themselves as representatives of a self-described Muslim charity called the "Muslim Education Action Center" that wished to donate money to NPR.[99] NPR responded by stating that Schiller's remarks were presented out of sequence and that he said that he would speak personally, and not for NPR. Schiller said some highly placed Republicans believed the Republican Party had been hijacked by a radical group (the Tea Party) that they characterized as "Islamophobic" and "seriously racist, racist people", and while Schiller did not disagree, according to NPR, O'Keefe's editing made it appear those were Schiller's opinions. Schiller then says that unlike establishment Republicans, the growing Tea Party movement in the party "is fanatically involved in people's personal lives and very fundamental Christian — I wouldn't even call it Christian. It's this weird evangelical kind of move. [sic]"[100][101]
Later in the edited video, Schiller seems to say he believes NPR "would be better off in the long run without federal funding", explaining that removal of federal funding would allow NPR more independence and remove the widely held misconception that NPR is significantly funded by the public. But on the raw tape, Schiller also said that withdrawing federal funding would cause local stations to go under and that NPR is doing "everything we can" to keep it.[102]
In a statement released before analysis of the longer raw video, NPR said, "The fraudulent organization represented in this video repeatedly pressed us to accept a $5 million check, with no strings attached, which we repeatedly refused to accept. We are appalled by the comments made by Ron Schiller in the video, which are contrary to what NPR stands for."[103] After reviewing the unedited video, Scott Baker, editor-in-chief of TheBlaze, said the NPR executives "seem to be fairly balanced people."[100]
Journalists Ben Smith, James Poniewozik, and Dave Weigel have expressed regret for giving O'Keefe's NPR videos wider circulation without scrutinizing them for themselves.[71]
Reception
Comparison of the raw video with the released one revealed editing that was characterized as "selective" and "deceptive" by Michael Gerson, opinion writer in The Washington Post, who wrote, "O'Keefe did not merely leave a false impression; he manufactured an elaborate, alluring lie."[104] Time magazine wrote that the video "transposed remarks from a different part of the meeting", was "manipulative" and "a partisan hit-job."[31]
The raw video shows Schiller told the two men "that donors cannot expect to influence news coverage." On the longer tape, he says, "There is such a big firewall between funding and reporting: Reporters will not be swayed in any way, shape or form."[71] The broadcast journalist Al Tompkins, who now teaches at the Poynter Institute, noted that Ron Schiller was a fundraiser, not an official affecting the newsroom. He commented on the raw tape: "The message that he said most often—I counted six times: He told these two people that he had never met before that you cannot buy coverage", Tompkins said. "He says it over and over and over again.[71]
On March 17, Martha T. Moore of USA Today reported: "According to The Blaze analysis, Ron Schiller's most inflammatory remarks, that Tea Party members are 'seriously racist', were made as he was recounting the views of Republicans he has spoken with—although he does not appear to disagree. It also shows Schiller appearing to laugh about the potential spread of Islamic sharia law, when the longer version shows he laughed in reaction to something completely different."[102]
Two days later, O'Keefe released a video in which Betsy Liley, senior director of institutional giving at NPR, appeared to have checked with senior management and said MEAC was cleared to make donations anonymously and NPR could help shield donations from government audits, but added that, in order to proceed, additional background information would be required, including an IRS Form 990.[105] Liley advised the caller that NPR executives would investigate them before accepting any large donation, examining tax records and checking out other organizations that have received donations from them.[105] Liley raises the possibility of NPR's turning down substantial gifts and stresses the "firewall" between the revenue-generating part of NPR and its news operation.[105] NPR put Liley on administrative leave. In emails released following the publication of the Liley video, NPR confirmed that the official had consulted appropriately with top management and notified the purported donors of problems with their desired method of donation.[106]
Ronald Schiller, who had already submitted his resignation back in January so that he could join the Aspen Institute, moved up his resignation after the video release when NPR put him on administrative leave. CEO Vivian Schiller (no relation to Ronald Schiller) announced she was resigning, effective immediately.[107][108][109][110][111][112]
To be continued:
give me control of the wikipedia and i care not who makes the history of the world.
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Originally posted by aldra
the threat is often more effective than the weapon itself, especially when it relates to MAD and escalation control.
the only reason people ever try to bring up 'super secret game changing weapons' is because they can't handle the demonstrable fact that rival nations are entire generations ahead of them
the MAD doctrine has long been superceeded by FAGS doctrine.
First-strike Always Gurantee Success.
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Originally posted by Speedy Parker
It all started when corporation were made entities under the law.
were made a person.
a corporation is legally a person.
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Originally posted by Donald Trump
People want to discuss me.
This means I'm discuss-thing.
but it'd be so empty without me.
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Originally posted by aldra
The propulsion system hasn't been publicly disclosed, but I'm pretty sure the glide vehicle is mounted on a rocket stage that gets discarded when it hits maximum velocity - it doesn't appear to have an internal motor
i think the definition of 'glide' excludes the possibility of these warheads being self propelled.
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you know your countrys fucked when the MSM are talking more about the former president than the current one.
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in other words, "scientists" got it wrong this time,
again, just like the last time.
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STICK IT, Damn It!
Originally posted by aldra
I don't really get the aversion to masks in most cases; they're nowhere near as risky or as much of a violation as mandatory IM shots
the masks are just the gateway device to open the populace up to the vaxx.
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2021-11-16 at 2:54 PM UTC
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STICK IT, Damn It!
Originally posted by Donald Trump
I was one of the first people to wear a mask (always N95 or better) out, but the evidence shows they don't do much, even the N95s, so I view them as a nuisance and wear those cheap blue paper ones (which don't do anything anyway).
Exception is on a plane, I generally try to wear a two masks there, one N95 with a respirator valve, and then a blue one to cover up the respirator valve (I got ordered to do that recently by an air steward).
why wear them at all if and when your not mandated to. and N95 ones at that.
i dont believe in masks at all which is why i wash and reuse most of the masks ive worn until they either become "wooly" or when the metal strip that i bend over my nose rusts. some of those masks are from august last year.
its not that i couldnt afford to buy masks, its my refusal to waste even a single cent for a something that has been clinically amd scientifically proven to not work.
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2021-11-16 at 1:28 PM UTC
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STICK IT, Damn It!
Originally posted by Speedy Parker
I live in the free state of Arizona and do not have to deal with draconian overlords like yours.
rats live free so long as they're confined to the sewers.
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Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood
says a person that does hard drugs
those are a lot of acronyms. that position definitely deserves the high salary. Right now we are at the "Steve Jobs in a garage" phase
you first need to hire candy as diversity and inclusivity officer.
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theyre never going to let him go after he unlocked trump as a playable character.
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Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood
If you're smoking meth that's probably the least of your concerns
your making meth users look bad.
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A humble suggestion.
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