In a case that should have the Founders of the USA spinning in their graves, The Intercept has got hold of documents relating to Peter Thiel's NZ citizenship. These documents reveal that Thiel would not normally qualify for citizenship, which requires the holder to actually reside in New Zealand. NZ law provides for citizenship under "exceptional circumstances and public interest" for people who don't plan to live in NZ.
Thiel's extreme wealth was the exceptional circumstance that allowed for citizenship and which in turn allowed Thiel to avoid certain administrative protocols that a non-citizen would have had to follow relating to the purchase of his large estate in NZ.
As part of taking up citizenship, Thiel had to pledge an oath of loyalty to HM Queen Elizabeth II (in her role as Queen of New Zealand), which certainly raises questions about either his sincerity or his fitness to be an advisor to the President.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 06 2017, @05:35AM
For someone who is so quick to accuse everybody else of being wussy little snowflakes who are hypocrites when it comes to any opinion they disagree with you sure are acting like a big ol' snowflake yourself.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday February 06 2017, @04:05PM
Yes the term, "snowflake," is a double-edged sword the way "fake news" has been, as damaging to the ones who coined it as it is to its intended targets.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday February 06 2017, @04:47PM
You know why? It's because both terms are hypocritical projection. The original users of both in this context are accusing their opponents of what they themselves are guilty of.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...