<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>After I read this NYT article, I was way more afraid of Bloomberg than I was before. He's buying up Democrats like it's an estate sale. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 10:39 AM David Green <<a href="mailto:davidgreen50@gmail.com">davidgreen50@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I watched a 30-second Bloomberg ad yesterday that interrupted my music viewing. It showed the young, black mayor of Stockton, CA, dutifully supporting Bloomberg's agenda as a result of his city having some Bloomberg money thrown at it, as well as the mayor attending some sort of Bloomberg mayoral re-education camp. Stockton is a city of 300,000 or so, 80 miles east of SF. It was one of the hardest hit cities in the country by the 2006-07 mortgage crisis. It had the highest foreclosure rate in the country, 10%. <div><br></div><div><b>From Wikipedia: </b></div><div><br></div><div><h3 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;margin:0.3em 0px 0px;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.6;font-family:sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span id="gmail-m_-3185861569836191382gmail-City_bankruptcy">City bankruptcy</span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;margin-left:1em;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1em;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:isolate"><span style="margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(84,89,93)">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stockton,_California&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: City bankruptcy" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">edit</a><span style="margin-left:0.25em;color:rgb(84,89,93)">]</span></span></h3><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">Following the 2008 financial crisis, in June 2012 Stockton became the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy protection. It was surpassed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_bankruptcy" title="Detroit bankruptcy" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">Detroit</a> in July 2013. The city approved a plan to exit bankruptcy in October 2013,<sup id="gmail-m_-3185861569836191382gmail-cite_ref-Smith_48-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-Smith-48" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[48]</a></sup> and voters approved a sales tax on November 5, 2013, to help fund the exit.<sup id="gmail-m_-3185861569836191382gmail-cite_ref-Marcum_49-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-Marcum-49" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[49]</a></sup></p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">The collapse in real estate valuations had a negative effect on the city's revenue base. On June 28, 2012, Stockton filed for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_9,_Title_11,_United_States_Code" title="Chapter 9, Title 11, United States Code" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">Chapter 9 bankruptcy</a>.<sup id="gmail-m_-3185861569836191382gmail-cite_ref-50" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-50" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[50]</a></sup> On April 1, 2013, a federal judge accepted the bankruptcy application.<sup id="gmail-m_-3185861569836191382gmail-cite_ref-51" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-51" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[51]</a></sup><sup id="gmail-m_-3185861569836191382gmail-cite_ref-Reuters_52-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-Reuters-52" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[52]</a></sup> On April 1, 2013, judge Christopher M. Klein, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bankruptcy_Court" title="United States Bankruptcy Court" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">United States Bankruptcy Court</a> Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division, ruled that Stockton was eligible for bankruptcy protection.</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">The Stockton bankruptcy case lasted more than two years and received nationwide attention. While many factors led to the Chapter 9 filing including the real estate crash and failed city projects, Stockton was watched along with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">Detroit</a> to see whether a federal judge will override state law and rule that pensions for municipal employees could be at risk. At issue were contractual obligations to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalPERS" title="CalPERS" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">CalPERS</a> that cities throughout California had undertaken. Pensions in California are protected by the so-called "California Rule," which says that public workers are guaranteed the pension in place the day they were hired.<sup id="gmail-m_-3185861569836191382gmail-cite_ref-53" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-53" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[53]</a></sup></p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">On October 4, 2013, Stockton City Council approved a bankruptcy exit plan by a six-zero vote<sup id="gmail-m_-3185861569836191382gmail-cite_ref-Smith_48-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-Smith-48" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[48]</a></sup> to be filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento. Voters approved a 3/4-cent sales tax on November 5, 2013, to help fund the bankruptcy exit.<sup id="gmail-m_-3185861569836191382gmail-cite_ref-Marcum_49-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-Marcum-49" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[49]</a></sup></p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">If federal courts rule on this aspect of the bankruptcy exit plan it could set a precedent for a state with one of the largest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_bond" title="Municipal bond" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">municipal bond</a> markets in the country. According to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Constitution" title="US Constitution" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">US Constitution</a> and laws passed by the US Congress all bankruptcies in the US are administered by federal courts according to federal law with some allowances for state law.<sup id="gmail-m_-3185861569836191382gmail-cite_ref-54" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-54" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[54]</a></sup></p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">On October 30, 2014, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_bankruptcy_judge" title="Federal bankruptcy judge" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">federal bankruptcy judge</a> approved the city's bankruptcy recovery plan, thus allowing the city to continue with the planned pension payments to retired workers.<sup id="gmail-m_-3185861569836191382gmail-cite_ref-55" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-55" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[55]</a></sup></p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">The city exited from Chapter 9 bankruptcy on February 25, 2015.</p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 8:45 AM Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/robert.naiman/posts/10159164201132656" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/robert.naiman/posts/10159164201132656</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This NYT article exposes the dystopia on offer if Bloomberg becomes POTUS. In the world in which we ALREADY live, in which Bloomberg holds no elected office, the Center for American Progress censored a report on anti-Muslim bias in NYC policing in order to appease Bloomberg. In the world in which we ALREADY live, in which Bloomberg holds no elected office, the leaders of Emily's List took a dive on distancing themselves from Bloomberg after he slammed #metoo, because the leaders of Emily's List believed they needed Bloomberg's money. That's the world we live in NOW. Imagine if Bloomberg were POTUS. POTUS Bloomberg comes and says, "OK, we're profiling Muslims now, and if you don't like it, shut your mouth." And all the Dems shut their mouths. ACLU complains, CCR complains, NLG complains, CAIR complains, but it's teardrops in the rain. Dems are silent, because Bloomberg owns them all. And now imagine the world on unconstitutional war. If the ACLU objects to POTUS Bloomberg's policy of profiling Muslims, the ACLU can go to court, and maybe they can get a judge to do something. The opponents of unconstitutional war have no recourse to a court of law. No judge will take our case if we don't have the Speaker of the House onside, and we will never have the Speaker of the House onside in any future we can see. Our only recourse is Congress, and the ability of a single Member of Congress to call the question under the War Powers Resolution. And if Bloomberg is POTUS, no Democrat will say boo, because Bloomberg will own all the Democrats. Do you remember when Obama unconstitutionally bombed and overthrew the government of Libya in 2011? No Democrat said boo except Dennis Kucinich. And we don't have Dennis Kucinich anymore. Now replace 2011 Obama with 2021 Bloomberg. No Democrat will say boo, if Bloomberg is POTUS, because Bloomberg will own all the Democrats.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Bloomberg’s Billions: How the Candidate Built an Empire of Influence</div><div dir="ltr">By Alexander Burns and Nicholas Kulish</div><div dir="ltr">Feb. 15, 2020</div></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/15/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-spending.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/15/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-spending.html</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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