Peter Thiel, FB board member, gave $1 mil to DT super pac that paid Cambridge Analytica.

[pnwmom]

And Thiel became a citizen of New Zealand 2011 -- even though he had only spent 12 days in the country.

Was he already planning to help the GOP loot the U.S.?

https://mashable.com/2018/03/22/facebook-peter-thiel-cambridge-analytica/#6F7L7c89aPq3

Mark Zuckerberg has 40 billion reasons to be mad at Cambridge Analytica, but he should save at least some of that anger for Facebook board member Peter Thiel.

That's because Thiel, who infamously supported the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, also happened to donate $1,000,000 in October of 2016 to the Super PAC Make America Number 1 — an organization that paid Cambridge Analytica $231,352 toward the end of the same year, an FEC filing shows.

That's the same Cambridge Analytica, of course, that worked on behalf of Donald Trump's campaign for president. Trump secured the Republican party nomination in July of 2016.

In other words, a portion of Thiel's wealth — some of which was derived from his early investment in Facebook — likely made its way into the coffers of Cambridge Analytica via Make America Number 1.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11987270

His citizenship was kept quiet until Nippert broke the story in the Herald a year ago. Since, he has been almost a recluse when he has been here at all. He ignored 10 approaches from the Herald until offering brief comment for today's story: "I believe in New Zealand, and I believe the future of New Zealand's technology industry is still underrated. I look forward to helping it succeed long-term."

It is easy to understand how ministers and officials were once charmed by statements like that. But Nippert today catalogues a spate of undertakings and investments in New Zealand during the year or so before the previous Government granted him citizenship in June, 2011.

It did this despite Thiel having been in the country for a total of just 12 days to that point. The usual requirement for investor's citizenship is at least 1350 days of residence in the preceding five years.

[dchill]

1. "Make America Number 1"

As usual, means the opposite of what it states. Wealthy would-be oligarchs fleeing to New Zealand is a trend that seems to indicate a rather treasonous plot in the background. Republicans obtaining NZ citizenship should renounce their US citizenship, for they are blatantly un-American.

[nolabels]

2. I would think they still have extradition rights

The old proverb of a rich man being able to fit through the eye of a needle comes to mind

[DBoon]

3. So vampires qualify for New Zealand citizenship?

https://newrepublic.com/minutes/135706/peter-thiel-vampire

[UCmeNdc]

4. They are all in on this together!

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Love the new

transparency that is happening in recent weeks. The only way we prevent this from reoccurring is via exposure . Sad to say,the ones who need to see this exposure are the Fox News Brainwashed Fools,who are totally blissfully Ignorant to the Truth.

[eShirl]

6. Zuckin' A!

[MelissaB]

7. K&R I've been waiting for Peter Thiel's time in the barrel.

Bring it!

[magicarpet]

8. Dig, dig, dig.... Google will remember these swine....

.... and treasonous bastards. They think and hope they can trash America under cover of their dark, secret, and private enclaves and their obscene resources will buy them anonymity.

[Honeycombe8]

9. Well, isn't that cozy? All this stinks to high heaven. nt