Dollars to donuts, this is why Bannon left the White House.

Not that that's sufficient motivation to dislike Steve across the board. Steve is a brilliant maverick. His basic philosophies are solid, even if he's stepped in the mud a couple times.

Personally, I wouldn't want to owe any favors to the Mercers.

Zuckerberg and his friend Sheryl already know their juggernaut is doomed, or they wouldn't be dropping their stock like it was hot.

University academic at center of Cambridge Analytica data mining scandal sues Mark Zuckerberg for defamation claiming Facebook used him as a 'scapegoat'

Aleksandr Kogan was behind an app that harvested data from Facebook users

He says Facebook defamed him when it claimed he had lied about the data's use

Kogan's lawyer said: 'Alex did not lie. Alex was their scapegoat'

Facebook called the lawsuit 'frivolous' from someone who 'violated our policies'

Cambridge Analytica misused personal information from as many as 87 million accounts from a quiz app that former psychology professor Kogan, 32, created

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6816679/University-academic-center-Cambridge-Analytica-scandal-sues-Facebook-defamation.html

The university academic at the center of the Cambridge Analytica data mining scandal is suing Mark Zuckerberg for defamation after claiming Facebook used him as a 'scapegoat'.

Cambridge University researcher Aleksandr Kogan was behind an app that helped to harvest data from up to 87 million Facebook users.

He is taking social media founder Zuckerberg to court after the company said that he had lied about how the data was going to be used.

Zuckerberg and other executives have said Kogan told them the data was for academic purposes not political campaigns.

But Kogan's lawyer, Steve Cohen, said: 'Alex did not lie, Alex was not a fraud, Alex did not deceive them, this was not a scam.

'Facebook knew exactly what this app was doing, or should have known. Facebook desperately needed a scapegoat, and Alex was their scapegoat.'

Kogan is not thought to be asking for a specific amount of money in the case.

>>5721360

Thank God, a sane person.

The 48 hour rule applies here.

Everybody hitch up your pants and stay on task.

Don Junior playing a perfect hand of poker this morning:

https://nypost.com/2019/03/16/donald-trump-jr-comes-to-chelsea-clintons-defense-after-nyu-video/

Rarely does anyone even get the CHANCE to create optics this good.

Hah! The F5 College Admissions Scandal tornado continues to destroy everything in its path:

https://nypost.com/2019/03/16/uc-berkeley-joins-list-of-schools-ensnared-in-college-admissions-scandal/

The University of California, Berkeley has joined the growing list of universities tied to the sweeping college admissions scandal — as a former Canadian football player allegedly paid someone to take the SATs for his sons, one of whom was on the school’s rowing team.

David Sidoo, who played for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds and later the Canadian Football League, was busted March 8 on charges related to the scam, ABC affiliate KGO-TV reported.

Sidoo allegedly paid someone $200,000 to take the SAT for his sons in 2011 and 2012, according to court documents obtained by the station.

While Sidoo’s older son enrolled at Chapman University in Orange County, his younger son, Jordan, attended UC Berkeley, according to the report.

Jordan Sidoo is listed on the roster for the 2015 rowing team at the school. His Linkedin page indicates that he graduated from the university last year, studied history and was on the varsity rowing team from 2014 to 2016.

He is currently pursuing his MBA at Southern New Hampshire University, which offers online degrees, according to the page.

Sidoo is among 33 parents who have been charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in the massive scam that has impacted admissions at Stanford, Yale, Georgetown, Wake Forest and the University of Texas.

In a statement issued to the station, University of California president John Napolitano said he was “deeply troubled and disappointed” to learn that the widespread scam had reached his university.

“The allegations associated with UC, if proven true, are a disservice to the hardworking and accomplished students and alumni who have earned their place at the university and continue to make us proud,” Napolitano said.

“Illegal, inappropriate and unethical means to gain admission, at the expense of deserving applicants, is antithetical to every aspect of our mission and values,” he added. “As a public institution — one of the most highly regarded in the world — we are dedicated to ensuring a level playing field for every applicant.”

Napolitano said the school would “take swift and appropriate disciplinary actions to address misconduct once we have all the facts.”

https://nypost.com/2019/03/15/maga-bomber-cesar-sayoc-expected-to-plead-guilty-next-week/

It seems like this happened ten years ago, not last year. Remember ripping this guy here?

Shit, I am STILL seeing "students take to streets in worldwide climate change protest"

They spent a ton of 4 AM talking points on that big nothing.

"Pay attention to us! This is important!"

LOL no.

Pic always related.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6816173/Dr-Drew-says-thinks-somethings-not-right-Beto-ORourke.html

Dr Drew Pinsky has said that he thinks 'something's not right' with Beto O'Rourke.

The Celebrity Rehab host shared his 'gut' feeling with Fox Nation host Brian Kilmeade on Friday, after listening to a portion of Democratic presidential nomination candidate O'Rourke.

'I thought that was Tony Robbins,' Pinsky said of O'Rourke's exuberant affect in the video. Robbins is a motivational speaker.

'I'm just saying, there's something gonna go down there. I can feel it coming. I don't know what it is… There's something not right,' Pinsky continued.

'What are you picking up?' Kilmeade pressed Pinsky, who is an internist and addiction medicine specialist.

'Something in my gut. I'm not sure yet,' Pinsky said. 'I haven't really examined it carefully enough. I just can tell there's a disconnect between what people think they're seeing and what's there. That's where I'm at.'

O'Rourke's campaign launch video, a three-minute clip released on Thursday, featured him energetically waving his right arm as his wife sat silently on the couch next to him clinging to his left arm.

President Donald Trump criticized O'Rourke after watching a subsequent appearance in Iowa on the news.

'Well I think he's got a lot of hand movement. I've never seen so much hand movement,' Trump said in the Oval Office on Thursday.

'I said, "Is he crazy? Or is that just the way he acts?"' the president said. 'I watched him a little while this morning doing – I assume it was some kind of a news conference. And I've actually never seen anything quite like it. Study it. I'm sure you'll agree.'

On Friday, it was revealed that O'Rourke was a teenage computer hacker who posted fiction about killing children.

O'Rourke acknowledged in an exclusive interview with the author of a forthcoming book that he belonged to the Cult of the Dead Cow, the oldest group of computer hackers in U.S. history.

And O'Rourke was revealed to have posted fiction during his time as a hacker, including a short story written from the point of view of a driver who intentionally killed two children because they were 'happy.'

He also posted poetry dedicated to 'The Cow' which said: 'Thrust your hooves up my analytic passage, Enjoy my fruits.'

Oddsmakers currently show O'Rourke in fourth for the nomination, after Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden.

Dark horse candidate Andrew Yang, a businessman who wants to institute a universal basic income paying all citizens $1,000 per month, has seen Vegas odds shorten among a surge of online interest in recent days, and is currently tied with Cory Booker among most bookies.