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posted by n1 on Sunday August 21 2016, @01:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the he's-been-rubled dept.

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.

Al Jazeera


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @07:15AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @07:15AM (#390933)
  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:24AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:24AM (#390961) Journal
    Supposedly she's dog whistling by sending "coded phrases" [forbes.com] for the anti-vax part of the Green Party. For example:

    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."

    or

    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

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:42AM (#390975)

      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

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 22 2016, @07:39PM (#391836) Journal

        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

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @02:46PM (#391032)

      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?