[Peace-discuss] NYT: Bloomberg's Dystopia on Unconstitutional War

Sun Feb 16 15:50:30 UTC 2020

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.

On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 10:39 AM David Green <davidgreen50 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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%.
>
> *From Wikipedia: *
>
> City bankruptcy[edit
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stockton,_California&action=edit&section=8>
> ]
>
> 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 Detroit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_bankruptcy> in
> July 2013. The city approved a plan to exit bankruptcy in October 2013,
> [48]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-Smith-48> and
> voters approved a sales tax on November 5, 2013, to help fund the exit.
> [49]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-Marcum-49>
>
> The collapse in real estate valuations had a negative effect on the city's
> revenue base. On June 28, 2012, Stockton filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_9,_Title_11,_United_States_Code>.
> [50] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-50> On
> April 1, 2013, a federal judge accepted the bankruptcy application.[51]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-51>[52]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-Reuters-52> On
> April 1, 2013, judge Christopher M. Klein, United States Bankruptcy Court
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bankruptcy_Court> Eastern
> District of California, Sacramento Division, ruled that Stockton was
> eligible for bankruptcy protection.
>
> 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 Detroit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit> 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 CalPERS <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalPERS> 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.[53]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-53>
>
> On October 4, 2013, Stockton City Council approved a bankruptcy exit plan
> by a six-zero vote[48]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-Smith-48> 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.[49]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-Marcum-49>
>
> 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 municipal bond
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_bond> markets in the country.
> According to the US Constitution
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Constitution> 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.[54]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-54>
>
> On October 30, 2014, a federal bankruptcy judge
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_bankruptcy_judge> approved the
> city's bankruptcy recovery plan, thus allowing the city to continue with
> the planned pension payments to retired workers.[55]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California#cite_note-55>
>
> The city exited from Chapter 9 bankruptcy on February 25, 2015.
>
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 8:45 AM Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/robert.naiman/posts/10159164201132656
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Bloomberg’s Billions: How the Candidate Built an Empire of Influence
>> By Alexander Burns and Nicholas Kulish
>> Feb. 15, 2020
>>
>> https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/15/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-spending.html
>>
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