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1 hour ago, hornmpa96 said:

The House of Representatives has a rule against “engaging in personalities” which is to eliminate referring to another House member, Senator or President in a derogatory manner. The Rs in the House interpret this rule to include the factual mention that the President is a convicted felon.

If you violate this rule, you can be essentially muted for that proceeding and have your words eliminated from the record.

Are you trying to tell me that there's a rule where Republicans are supposed to be punished for speaking negatively about people like Biden, Pelosi, Warren, Schiff, AOC & the squad, etc?  On what fucking planet does this rule exist?

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1 minute ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Are you trying to tell me that there's a rule where Republicans are supposed to be punished for speaking negatively about people like Biden, Pelosi, Warren, Schiff, AOC & the squad, etc?  On what fucking planet does this rule exist?

Rules don’t apply to republicans.

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10 hours ago, 'stache said:

Saw Wheelie Nelson in a comment section and liked that one too.

Fuck that. Even in a satirical sense, Abbott shouldn’t be compared to a national treasure.

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My guess is he's just persecuting them for their religion.

"SHARIA LAW!!!"

Gov. Abbott announces third investigation into East Plano Islamic Center, citing 'potential' fraud
A third investigation into the East Plano Islamic Center is underway, with claims from Gov. Greg Abbott the group could be misleading investors who've purchased land in an upcoming project — though the governor did not provide details as to how.

The Texas State Securities Board is conducting an investigation for "potential failures to comply with applicable state and federal securities requirements," including protections against fraud, Abbott said Thursday.

“The group behind the proposed East Plano Islamic Center compound may be misleading investors,” Abbott said in the press release. “Defrauding Texans will not be tolerated. The Texas State Securities Board is conducting a thorough investigation to ensure Texans are protected from financial harm that is alleged to have been caused by EPIC."

Abbott did not give further details as to what state and federal securities requirements may have been violated and has not responded to repeated requests for comment about EPIC in recent days.

Thursday's announcement comes after two separate investigations launched this week prompted by the governor and Attorney General Ken Paxton against the mosque and its project "EPIC City."

The development would be located in Josephine, a city about 40 miles northeast of Dallas. It includes a new mosque, more than 1,000 single and multi-family homes, a K-12 faith-based school, senior housing, an outreach center, commercial developments, sports facilities, and a community college.

Abbott has repeatedly accused the mosque without evidence of promoting "Sharia law" — referring to a body of religious laws forming part of the Islamic traditions, which itself has been the target of conservative legislators across the country.

KERA News reached out to the East Plano Islamic Center for a comment and will update this story with any response.

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2 minutes ago, bolverk said:

“The group behind the proposed East Plano Islamic Center compound may be misleading investors,” Abbott said in the press release. “Defrauding Texans will not be tolerated. The Texas State Securities Board is conducting a thorough investigation to ensure Texans are protected from financial harm that is alleged to have been caused by EPIC."

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Thursday's announcement comes after two separate investigations launched this week prompted by the governor and Attorney General Ken Paxton against the mosque and its project "EPIC City."

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53 minutes ago, bolverk said:

My guess is he's just persecuting them for their religion.

"SHARIA LAW!!!"

Gov. Abbott announces third investigation into East Plano Islamic Center, citing 'potential' fraud
A third investigation into the East Plano Islamic Center is underway, with claims from Gov. Greg Abbott the group could be misleading investors who've purchased land in an upcoming project — though the governor did not provide details as to how.

The Texas State Securities Board is conducting an investigation for "potential failures to comply with applicable state and federal securities requirements," including protections against fraud, Abbott said Thursday.

“The group behind the proposed East Plano Islamic Center compound may be misleading investors,” Abbott said in the press release. “Defrauding Texans will not be tolerated. The Texas State Securities Board is conducting a thorough investigation to ensure Texans are protected from financial harm that is alleged to have been caused by EPIC."

Abbott did not give further details as to what state and federal securities requirements may have been violated and has not responded to repeated requests for comment about EPIC in recent days.

Thursday's announcement comes after two separate investigations launched this week prompted by the governor and Attorney General Ken Paxton against the mosque and its project "EPIC City."

The development would be located in Josephine, a city about 40 miles northeast of Dallas. It includes a new mosque, more than 1,000 single and multi-family homes, a K-12 faith-based school, senior housing, an outreach center, commercial developments, sports facilities, and a community college.

Abbott has repeatedly accused the mosque without evidence of promoting "Sharia law" — referring to a body of religious laws forming part of the Islamic traditions, which itself has been the target of conservative legislators across the country.

KERA News reached out to the East Plano Islamic Center for a comment and will update this story with any response.

Misleading investors?

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6 hours ago, bolverk said:

Abbott has repeatedly accused the mosque without evidence of promoting "Sharia law" — referring to a body of religious laws forming part of the Islamic traditions, which itself has been the target of conservative legislators across the country.

Actually, if ANY "financing" is involved with the project, it almost certainly IS following "Sharia law," because traditional interest-based lending is barred by Sharia law.  Instead, Islamic finance mechanisms are used (these are quite common, and are offered by multiple institutions, including some right here in Austin -- again, they are common):

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The most famous rule in Islamic finance is the ban on usury. In economic terms, this means lender and borrowers are forbidden from charging or paying interest or riba. Sharia-compliant banks don’t issue interest-based loans.

The obvious question then becomes: how do Islamic banks make money? Instead of lending money to their clients at a profit, they buy the underlying product—the house, the car, the refrigerator—and then lease it or re-sell it on installment to the client for a fixed price typically higher than the initial market value. The key notion here is risk sharing—the banks make a profit on the transaction as a reward for the risk they took with the customer. Instead of thriving off of interest rates, Islamic banks use their customers’ money to acquire assets such as property or businesses and profit when the loan is successfully repaid.

The problem here is that there is absolutely nothing illegal about such arrangements.  "Sharia law" -- the broad term -- is not illegal.  The sole basis for these assholes to go after the transaction is based on religion.  

But, being that the 1st Amendment only applies to white, Christian males, making statements in support of/agreement with the regime, nothing fucking matters anymore.

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