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Paul Manafort, the chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign who has been linked to a pro-Russia lobbying scandal, has resigned.
[...] Manafort has drawn fire for millions of dollars in undisclosed payments he allegedly received for lobbying efforts on behalf of a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party.
[...] The documents allegedly show funds allocated to Manafort totalling more than $12.7m between November 2007 and October 2012. But the agency emphasised that it had not determined whether Manafort had actually received that money.
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Chairman of Trump's Presidential Campaign Resigns Amid Pro-Russia Lobbying Scandal
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(Score: 2) by timbim on Sunday August 21 2016, @06:23AM
Yeah Stein is the real nutjob that graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Snotnose on Sunday August 21 2016, @06:39AM
And still thinks vaccines cause autism.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @07:12AM
[Citation Needed]
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @12:01PM
She plays the anti-vax game with plausible deniability. [washingtonpost.com] She says she's pro-vax, for example:
"I think there’s no question that vaccines have been absolutely critical in ridding us of the scourge of many diseases — smallpox, polio, etc. So vaccines are an invaluable medication,"
But then she goes around repeating anti-vax tropes like:
"There were concerns among physicians about what the vaccination schedule meant, the toxic substances like mercury which used to be rampant in vaccines. There were real questions that needed to be addressed. I think some of them at least have been addressed. I don’t know if all of them have been addressed."
The fundamental issue with anti-vaxxers is a lack of trust in the people doing the science. So statements like the above are central to anti-vaxxer ideology. Whatever her actual beliefs, she's willing to use anti-vax rhetoric on the record.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Sunday August 21 2016, @06:42AM
Don't get me wrong, Stein would be much better than HRC or Trump. But not as good as Johnson.
Her stance on vaccines is scary, but I can live with being scared like that.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @07:15AM
Her stance on vaccines scary? Whats scary about "I think there's no question that vaccines have been absolutely critical in ridding us of the scourge of many diseases — smallpox, polio, etc. So vaccines are an invaluable medication ... We have a real compelling need for vaccinations." [snopes.com]?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:24AM
There were "legitimate questions at the time" about the use of the chemical thimerosal, she continued, saying, "But I understand that the thimerosal has been taken out of the vaccines and it’s no longer an issue."
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That takes us to the second autism-related front where Stein doesn’t shine. She has characterized autism as an "epidemic," a term that erroneously implies that a developmental condition is somehow an infectious disease, and a term that is a well-known favorite of those who want to blame vaccines for increased autism prevalence. Anyone who has even a passing involvement in the autism community knows how fraught that word is.
I'll point out that Gary Johnson is also in the same political boat because there is an anti-vax wing of the libertarians too. It sounds like he's managed to keep quiet on the issue altogether aside from opposing mandatory vaccinations.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:42AM
What on earth is your problem with that first sentence you quote? Do you think vaccines are perfect and there are no side effects? The real world doesn't operate in binary...
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday August 22 2016, @07:39PM
Do you think vaccines are perfect and there are no side effects?
Two things to note here. First, this is a claim by someone other than me (I was answering a question by quoting not stating a personal opinion).
Second, there is a real question here though it's pretty low grade. Why publicly express concerns about vaccines containing thimerosal, especially when that's not actually a real problem as the linked article notes? Answer: to placate your anti-vax contingent by demonstrating that you're listening to their concerns, but without committing to something that kills people. I don't see any sane politician behaving differently. Sure, she might actually believe some of the worst of the anti-vaxxer beliefs, but I think it more likely that she's being attacked by the Democrats in order to scare voters back to voting for Clinton.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @02:46PM
She has characterized autism as an "epidemic," a term that erroneously implies that a developmental condition is somehow an infectious disease
Or maybe she's using the term not as a pedant, but as it's commonly used. For example, search for the phrase "heart disease epidemic." Are all those hits implying that you can catch heart disease from a carrier?