@ravena1:

A ballot initiative proposed Friday would allow California consumers to know what personal information businesses are collecting from them, what they do with it — and to who they are selling it.

Backers of the initiative, dubbed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, are aiming for a spot on the November 2018 statewide ballot. The measure would establish a consumer's right to request that a business disclose what categories of personal data it gathers, and to say no to the sale of any of that information without fear of losing services or facing discrimination.

It would require businesses to make those disclosures free of charge within 30 days.

Robin Swanson, a general consultant for the measure, says it would "give Californians more control over what personal information is shared."

The proposed ballot initiative, led by Mary Ross, president of Californians for Consumer Privacy, comes several months after President Trump signed into law a repeal of privacy regulations limiting what broadband providers can do with customer data.

source: http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-proposed-california-ballot-initiative-1504313223-htmlstory.html

This is great.. and it would create a massive problem for Facebook.

One thing though.. although Trump did repeal a privacy regulations.. that is not quite what it seems.  The existing regulations were unfair.  The existing regulations restricted everybody with a few exceptions - most notably FACEBOOK.  Those regulations were crap, so Trump nuked them.  Now, because the dysfunctional restrictions are gone…  NEW restrictions can be made that INCLUDE Facebook!

Restrictions that don't include Facebook are meaningless.. which is why Trump nuked them.  He won't nuke the restrictions that include the fake news propagators.

@ravena1:

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly examining a draft letter written by President Trump enumerating his reasons for firing former FBI Director James Comey. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump will make an announcement on DACA, the Obama-era program offering protections for young undocumented immigrants, on Tuesday. Meteorologists are tracking Hurricane Irma, a storm brewing in the eastern Atlantic ocean that became a Category 3 hurricane on Thursday. Trump is expected to visit Texas and Louisiana on Saturday, his second visit to the flood-ravaged region this week. The U.S. economy added 156,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate increased slightly to 4.4 percent.

source: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/09/the-atlantic-politics-policy-daily-dear-jim/538737/

I wonder how Herr Mueller got his hands on a DRAFT of a letter.  Also, a draft letter has little or no relevance.   I also wonder how it got reported that Mueller got his hands on a DRAFT of a letter.
That's a good wrap up of the current events in the USA.   Irma is unusual in that it has developed into a very powerful hurricane prematurely.  Nobody has any idea what it's ultimate path will be yet.

Something else occurs to me.. presidents rarely write their own letters or speeches.  They have someone else write them, and they are told what to include in them.  The president then edits it and it goes back and forth. 
What bothers me is that someone at the justice department.. probably Rosenstien.. gave Mueller that irrelevant draft letter.

@mhorndisk:

Youtube Video

More evidence that Comey not only planned to exonerate Clinton BEFORE the investigation had even examined the 17 witnesses, he also ordered the FBI to allow several of those witnesses to DESTROY their laptops! No wonder all most of the liberals have vanished. They know they have made several very stupid mistakes and it really is the end for them.

I used to buy used government laptops.  They were the best quality (since bought with taxpayer money).  They were sold at a deep discount, and in almost new condition because they had barely, if ever, been used (government workers aren't known to do a lot of work).  The only catch was.. they had their hard drives REMOVED.    They were made by HP.

My apologies, I didn't realise any issue was being discussed

The YT link I posted works fine, it's the White House Press Briefing. But yea, more like a Kleenex box.

@mhorndisk:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Debunked-Barack-Obama-did-serve-meals-but-not-12148378.php

Obama doesn't give a shit. He was playing golf, again.

GOLF:  definition  noun  a way to spend an entire day away from one's wife (or tranny husband) in luxury, and out of reach of the media.

@mhorndisk:

Wow, that's new to me! I can't believe nobody has seen this before.

It just goes to show you.. the value of "anonymous sources"

@mhorndisk:

But at the same time… if he did file charges, Biden or someone else would have stepped in, or Bernie back in, and presented a threat. So I appreciate it to a degree. He did reopen the investigation during the debates, which destroyed her. So I'm kind of in a toss-up regarding this...

There was a bit more to it than that..  There was an internal war going on at the FBI, in which a lot of FBI agents were pissed off at Comey.  Comey was forced to make another statement or risk a mutiny within his own organization.  However, when he made his second statement, instead of causing more problems for Hillary, he essentially closed the book on any wrongdoing on the part of Hillary.. giving her a free pass. 
HOWEVER, there was so much evidence already in the pubic domain about what Hillary did.. that Comey's remarks could not save her.

If Comey did his job, he  could have put an end to Hillary before election day.  He cleverly bought her time, allowing her to continue her bid for presidency up to election day.

As she continues her blame tour… Who wants to hear a witch talking about why she lost? (It should be called "I'm Melting Melting! Russia and Trump threw water on me! Oh my precious world is crumbling crumbling!") We know why she lost! She busted up them servers right as soon as the Justice Department asked for them, with a hammer, after using bleach bit, then said she made a mistake! And pay $3K for what they can see on TV every day she opens her trap? Selling a memoir too? She really only cares about money. Tell her to write a blog and I bet your computer would crash with all the ads you'd find. Just my opinion.

His grills are the best!