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Rand Paul imagined drones and

NCD — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 05:03:52 +0000

Rand Paul imagined drones and liquor store robbers.

— I have never argued against any technology being used against having an imminent threat an act of crime going on,” Paul said.“If someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and $50 in cash, I don’t care if a Drone kills him or a policeman kills him, but it’s different if they want to come fly over your hot tub, or your yard just because they want to do surveillance on everyone, and they want to watch your activities.”

Then he ran away from it..

How Saudi News Media Is

artappraiser — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 04:16:56 +0000

In reply to Turkish Officials Say Khashoggi Was Killed on Order of Saudi Leadership

How Saudi News Media Is Spinning Khashoggi’s Disappearance https://t.co/syLS4Nm7bb
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 13, 2018

Politico describes Congress

artappraiser — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:45:37 +0000

In reply to House Committee on Foreign

Politico describes Senators as being at a "boiling point":

New: Khashoggi’s disappearance and alleged murder has senators in both parties at a boiling point with the Saudis — piling new pressure on the Trump administration to do more. https://t.co/X6TxK8Hu2f @burgessev
— Elana Schor (@eschor) October 12, 2018

House Committee on Foreign

artappraiser — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:42:07 +0000

In reply to Turkish Officials Say Khashoggi Was Killed on Order of Saudi Leadership

House Committee on Foreign Affairs on board with Senate and it's bi-partisan; press release of their letter:

Royce, Engel Press for Swift Action Following Disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi

We really need to know who is

artappraiser — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 17:07:36 +0000

In reply to Turkish Officials Say Khashoggi Was Killed on Order of Saudi Leadership

We really need to know who is paying Trump and his family. https://t.co/YcsiWQOFQm
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 12, 2018

I think it's important to remember this is probably less laziness than design. That's the money relationship, the family relationship. They don't want a diplomat managing the relationship. https://t.co/SirbgBqKgL
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 12, 2018

Senators in both parties are

artappraiser — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 17:00:26 +0000

In reply to Turkish Officials Say Khashoggi Was Killed on Order of Saudi Leadership

Senators in both parties are gearing up to force a vote on scrapping U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia amid mounting frustration over Jamal Khashoggi. https://t.co/9WDw0hy99f
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 12, 2018

Indiana Republican https://t.co/qxM9u9AdN1
— David Shepardson (@davidshepardson) October 12, 2018

Poor Rand Paul. Lennon

ocean-kat — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:42:02 +0000

In reply to Can you imagine anything Rand

Poor Rand Paul. Lennon imagines a bunch of stuff that would never happen in our wildest dreams and he's a hero for it.

Point taken. It hurt to write

moat — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:18:28 +0000

In reply to Can you imagine anything Rand

Point taken. It hurt to write those words.

Imagine it may change Elon

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 08:13:05 +0000

In reply to Sir Richard Branson suspends

Imagine it may change Elon/Tesla's funding options as well. $40 million seems cheap now for closing down that relationship (even though Saudis still own a good chunk, but at least not a near majority)

Sir Richard Branson suspends

artappraiser — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 06:43:15 +0000

In reply to hitting where it's going to

Sir Richard Branson suspends Saudi business talks over Khashoggi affair

By Ed Pilkington @ TheGuardian.com, Oct. 11

Sir Richard Branson has suspended talks with the Saudi government over investment in his space tourism venture Virgin Galactic and has put on hold directorship of two massive tourism projects planned by Saudi Arabia along the Red Sea amid the deepening crisis over the disappearance and alleged murder of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

In a statement to the Guardian, Branson said that he had had “high hopes for the current government in the kingdom and its leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman”. But reports of the regime’s involvement in the disappearance of the Washington Post columnist “if proved true, would clearly change the ability of any of us in the West to do business with the Saudi government” [....]