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| The 'Roaming Noem.' SD gov Kristi Noem's taxypayer funded travel expenses get a look. (Page 2/2) |
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williegoat
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FEB 16, 06:15 PM
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Oh, flight logs, of course!
So, the fact that the governor traveled on state owned aircraft to conduct state business is evidence that she was abusing her privilege, but the fact that Bill Clinton traveled on the Lolita Express to Orgy Island is insufficient to suspect that he might have been involved in Epstein's escapades.
I get it. No, wait, I don't get it.
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williegoat
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FEB 16, 06:40 PM
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From Daniel Newhauser's story:
| quote | The flight logs, which were discovered for Raw Story by public records activist Michael Petrelis, are often difficult to decipher. It's not clear where the plane was on any given day of a multi-day trip because each trip's entire itinerary is listed on each day the trip occurred. The governor's spokesman also identified a few areas where he said the logs are incorrect.
Raw Story pieced together Noem's schedule using posts on social media and press reports detailing her whereabouts. The flight logs did not include any information about the events for which state planes were being used or who was on the state planes at the time. However, the governor's spokesman did provide Raw Story with a full accounting of the trips in question.
It is also unclear exactly how much each trip cost taxpayers. Raw Story calculated a ballpark estimate by determining the air mileage of each itinerary and multiplying that by $5.95, the cost-per-mile cited on the flight logs for the use of a King Air 200, the plane on which all of the flights in question occurred. |
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So, the logs are reportedly inaccurate, incomplete and do not say who was on the flights. Guilty as charged!
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rinselberg
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FEB 17, 12:16 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
Oh, flight logs, of course!
So, the fact that the governor traveled on state owned aircraft to conduct state business is evidence that she was abusing her privilege, but the fact that Bill Clinton traveled on the Lolita Express to Orgy Island is insufficient to suspect that he might have been involved in Epstein's escapades.
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Acute Whataboutism.
| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
From Daniel Newhauser's story:
So, the logs are reportedly inaccurate, incomplete and do not say who was on the flights. Guilty as charged! |
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Hyperbole-dominated Reaction Syndrome.
How the governor has been getting her props.
This is one of the planes that South Dakota governor Kristi Noem has had available to her. She wants to upgrade the state's executive branch air fleet, replacing two older-models with one new or newer-model aircraft.
"Historical Baggage Trails Noem’s $5 Million Plane Request"
| quote | | [South Dakota governor] Kristi Noem has tapped into a deep vein of historical controversy with her request for $5 million to upgrade the state's airplane fleet. |
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Seth Tupper for South Dakota Public Broadcasting Radio; January 21, 2021.
https://listen.sdpb.org/pos...illion-plane-request[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 02-17-2021).]
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williegoat
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FEB 17, 04:29 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
Acute Whataboutism.
Hyperbole-dominated Reaction Syndrome.
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That can't be. I wore a mask.
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How the governor has been getting her props.
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So, the GREAT PLANES are in South Dakota. Life's a BEECH when you are KING.
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williegoat
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FEB 17, 12:08 PM
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Tupper's ware contains the following slice, leftover or left out of the headlines (a decidedly rinselberg-esque literary device):
| quote | Last year, Gov. Noem came under fire for flying around the country to campaign for President Donald Trump. Her staff said she never used state planes for that travel. They said she flew commercial, or caught rides with other campaigners in their planes.
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rinselberg
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FEB 17, 12:43 PM
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I think it's a transparency, records-keeping and executive oversight kind of issue.
I doubt that it's "just" Governor Noem or "just" South Dakota among all 50 states.
Gavin Newsom may have expensed trips for himself from Sacramento to the moon and back without submitting the proper records for public scrutiny and for California state executive branch and legislative branch scrutiny. But there's not a comparable tagline like the "Roaming Noem."
"Gruesome Newsom"..?[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 02-17-2021).]
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