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suegeo

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24. Sam Clovis, NW Iowa Nazi and boss of Putin collaborator Papadopolous
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 10:19 PM
Oct 2018

[link:https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/clovis-is-most-controversial-usda-pick-in-15-years|

CLOVIS IS MOST CONTROVERSIAL USDA PICK IN 15 YEARS

Facing a chilly reception from Capitol Hill, Sam Clovis is the most controversial selection for a senior USDA post since Iowa agribusinessman Tom Dorr in the opening days of the George W. Bush administration


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“Mr. Clovis is a former Trump campaign adviser and conservative radio talk show host with no background in the hard sciences, nor expertise in agriculture policy,” said Coons. In a statement, Coons cited the statutory requirement for the undersecretary for research to be a scientist with specialized or significant experience in agricultural research, education, and economics. Clovis is a climate-change skeptic,
Someone should throw him SoCalNative Oct 2018 #1
You would think that person would be arrested. rockfordfile Oct 2018 #2
Those are the property of the Library. SouthernIrish Oct 2018 #3
Willful distruction of city property (or county) sdfernando Oct 2018 #9
Make him do community service by going from school to school reading them to students world wide wally Oct 2018 #20
Fine the person just like any other borrower who doesn't return the books. Then replace them. Gore1FL Oct 2018 #4
fines are for accidental destruction sfwriter Oct 2018 #5
He'll either be buying a lot of replacement books or violate the law by not and pay much more. Gore1FL Oct 2018 #7
Revoke His Library Card And Have The Staff Call The Police If He Shows Up modrepub Oct 2018 #44
That's the way to handle it. LuvNewcastle Oct 2018 #46
This RWNJ needs to be held accountable, despite this relatively small infraction, because to do alwaysinasnit Oct 2018 #6
He burned the books to destroy an idea. You can't kill an idea. The only thing you can kill Solly Mack Oct 2018 #8
you cannot burn an idea onethatcares Oct 2018 #12
You're welcome, onethatcares Solly Mack Oct 2018 #16
Paul Dorr's Brother is wingnut Tom Dorr suegeo Oct 2018 #21
Sam Clovis, NW Iowa Nazi and boss of Putin collaborator Papadopolous suegeo Oct 2018 #24
Sam Clovis, Nazi boss of Papadopoulos suegeo Oct 2018 #25
Had no idea he was connected to a former Bush administration official. Good grief. Thanks. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #28
That Rescue the Perishing site suegeo Oct 2018 #35
I agree. Solly Mack Oct 2018 #39
They are deciding how to respond. Cold War Spook Oct 2018 #10
This act of vandalism must be responded to and censorship not be allowed, especially ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #11
EVIL DICTATORS AND HITLER BURNED BOOKS ROB-ROX Oct 2018 #13
Burn the Bible but just the version he uses. He should be ok with that, in principle. keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #14
Man Burns LGBT Kids' Books to Spite Pride Event Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #15
WTF is the significance of burning a tangerine-colored dress? suegeo Oct 2018 #23
Christine Baldacchino's "Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress." suegeo Oct 2018 #27
Huh? They won't replace them? BigDemVoter Oct 2018 #17
No shit, you fine them three times the replacement cost (extra for willful destruction) StTimofEdenRoc Oct 2018 #26
Good response. That seems reasonable. Welcome to D.U., StTimofEdenRoc. Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #30
Thank You for the welcome, this story irritated me so bad I ordered them a book. StTimofEdenRoc Oct 2018 #33
Plus you file a police report and hopefully they are arrested and convicted followed by cstanleytech Oct 2018 #40
one more thing ifihad2 Oct 2018 #18
To be followed closely by finding it hard to get to sleep. Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #31
thanks ifihad2 Oct 2018 #42
So....let me get this straight k-dub Oct 2018 #19
No doubt whatsoever they would do this if they believed they could get by with it. Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #32
That seems what many Repugnants want including those in Congress otherwise people like cstanleytech Oct 2018 #41
Where books are burned, in the end, people will also be burned. suegeo Oct 2018 #22
I went to amazon and ordered them "GORGE". StTimofEdenRoc Oct 2018 #29
That act will be very appreciated. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #34
Well it has been a week, and they have not returned it to Amazon. So that is good. StTimofEdenRoc Nov 2018 #47
Is there anyone awake (or not a Nazi) at Northwestern's art dept.? suegeo Oct 2018 #36
An artist at Diamond Vogel Paint, paints the town orange/tangerine? suegeo Oct 2018 #38
Whatever happened to live and let live? Jedi Guy Oct 2018 #37
another RW fanatic makes a small PUBLIC library a target of hate groups. Sunlei Oct 2018 #43
Are they going to start burning books about Ilsa Oct 2018 #45
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