Seth takes a closer look at the Trump administration announcing a new rule that would limit legal immigration by imposing a wealth test.
I keep thinking about penniless immigrants facing a wealth test, like, for instance, Andrew Carnegie.
Hundreds of free libraries across small towns all over America, not happening, because his family was thrown off their land in Scotland, and they were poor as church mice when they came here. And turned away.
Oh, wait, he was white.
re: #1 austin_blue
I keep thinking about penniless immigrants facing a wealth test, like, for instance, Andrew Carnegie.
Hundreds of free libraries across small towns all over America, not happening, because his family was thrown off their land in Scotland, and they were poor as church mice when they came here. And turned away.
Oh, wait, he was white.
We have a Carnegie Library in Alliance. Perhaps I should suggest that to people around here if they bring up this āpublic chargeā nonsense.
Hung last on the previous thread:
Tropical Storm Krosa is about to strike the southern end of the main island of Japan.
It has 55kt winds with gusts to 70kts.
After it crosses the island it is expected to turn between the Japanese and Chinese coasts, moving toward Sakhalin Island and remaining a tropical storm.
No other tropical storms are being tracked anywhere on Earth (very quiet tropical storm season).
Jailed Saudi activist ātold to deny torture in release dealā https://t.co/auWLBPJwNn pic.twitter.com/lQzivsbljM
ā Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) August 13, 2019
Sorry for the drive-by, all, kismet.
Sweet as you can have dreams!
My nest egg took a $30,000 hit today.
MAGA! Winning!
Stuff it, FOX.
Kamala Harris slammed for āpoliticizingā Philadelphia standoff https://t.co/V4qMZFSCJz
ā Frances Driggers (@francey52) August 15, 2019
Iām off to bed. I hope those who took a beating on the NYSE see some recovery tomorrow.
re: #6 Anymouse š¹š
Kamala Harris slammed for āpoliticizingā Philadelphia standoff
Too early to talk about that shooting unless it is to deny that availability of guns had anything to do with it.
re: #7 Anymouse š¹š
Iām off to bed. I hope those who took a beating on the NYSE see some recovery tomorrow.
I feel sorry for those affected by the Stock Market decline, but a collapse is one thing that will help usher Trump out the door so we can recover. (I only say this as someone with no investments in the Stock Market)
re: #9 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I saw a video not long ago - on YouTube - and it was a Chinese economist explaining (quite well, to be honest) Xi Jinpingās economic vision for China going forward.
He had a line that made me chuckle: from memory, it was āXi Jinping is looking ahead, economically speaking, to 2050. Whereas President Trump is looking backwards, to 1950.ā
I chuckled at that because it was a pretty spot-on observation. Trumpās policies do nothing but advertise his obsolescence and his hopelessly fossilized thinking.
Someone came up with a UK Daily Mail automatic story generator. It generates a fresh dose of their typical bullshit every time you refresh it.
daily-fail-generator.herokuapp.com
Heh.
re: #10 Dr Lizardo
I saw a video not long ago - on YouTube - and it was a Chinese economist explaining (quite well, to be honest) Xi Jinpingās economic vision for China going forward.
He had a line that made me chuckle: from memory, it was āXi Jinping is looking ahead, economically speaking, to 2050. Whereas President Trump is looking backwards, to 1950.ā
I chuckled at that because it was a pretty spot-on observation. Trumpās policies do nothing but advertise his obsolescence and his hopelessly fossilized thinking.
our own busines speople do not think far past next quarterās bottom line
re: #12 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
our own busines speople do not think far past next quarterās bottom line
Good point. Iāve seen it argued that thereās a cultural divide between American thinking and Chinese thinking (indeed, a divide between Western and Asian thought). Basically, Americans are focused on immediate gain with no pain and set short-term goals, whereas China is focused on long-term gains, is willing to tolerate quite a good deal of pain, and tend to set goals with an eye towards the future, even a couple of generations out.
Also, Chinese culture has a very strong emphasis on cultural harmony whereas American culture puts a far greater emphasis on individualism and personal liberty.
China has endured as a civilization for 5,000 years (itās recorded history goes back the Shang Dynasty of ~1600 BC to 1046 BC, and I should emphasize thatās Chinaās accurately recorded history that isnāt myth or legend, said myths and legends perhaps being memories of actual persons and events). Itās been up and itās been down.
And it looks to me like Chinaās on the ascendancy again.
re: #13 Dr Lizardo
Good point. Iāve seen it argued that thereās a cultural divide between American thinking and Chinese thinking (indeed, a divide between Western and Asian thought). Basically, Americans are focused on immediate gain with no pain and set short-term goals, whereas China is focused on long-term gains, is willing to tolerate quite a good deal of pain, and tend to set goals with an eye towards the future, even a couple of generations out.
Also, Chinese culture has a very strong emphasis on cultural harmony whereas American culture puts a far greater emphasis on individualism and personal liberty.
We call it āpersonal libertyā but it we mean corporate freedom. And corporations are nothing but collectives run by their investors and granted special status and protections by the government.
And they are the ones who buy and sell our government leaders.
Corbyn screws up:
Daily Briefing: Corbynās bid to block no-deal Brexit viewed warily
British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has urged lawmakers across the spectrum, including rebels in the ruling Conservative Party, to help block a no-deal Brexit by bringing down Boris Johnson and installing him as leader of a caretaker government.
Problem is that the non-Labour folk are, naturally, balking at this:
Lib Dems reject plan to make Jeremy Corbyn PM to block no-deal Brexit as ānonsenseā
But Ms Swinson was quick to dismiss the idea, which would involve a āstrictly time-limitedā Labour administration until a general election, saying Mr Corbyn was not the right man for the job.
ā Jeremy Corbyn is not the person who is going to be able to build an even temporary majority in the House of Commons for this task - I would expect there are people in his own party and indeed the necessary Conservative backbenchers who would be unwilling to support him,ā she said.
āIt is a nonsense.ā
The UK is suffering from sclerotic political parties.
re: #16 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The UK is suffering from sclerotic political parties.
A fundamental flaw in the system: given a choice between wrecking their own reputation or ruining a nationās economy, what do you think politicians are going to opt for?
re: #16 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The UK is suffering from sclerotic political parties.
Or less charitably, the UK is suffering from a severe case of Cranial-Rectal Inversion Syndrome (CRIS).
re: #17 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
A fundamental flaw in the system: given a choice between wrecking their own reputation or ruining a nationās economy, what do you think politicians are going to opt for?
Add into that equation that thereās a tidy profit to be made from crashing their nationās economy if exploited properly.
Abe wants to rehabilitate the image of his war-criminal grandfatherā¦ but the new emperor, like his father, has a better grasp of history:
Japanās Emperor And Prime Minister Mark WWII Surrender In Contrasting Annual Rituals
re: #19 Dr Lizardo
Add into that equation that thereās a tidy profit to be made from crashing their nationās economy if exploited properly.
They have an inbred ruling elite with a pedigree that goes back to 1066ā¦they never lose.
China Lake was of course hit hard, being near the epicenter:
Quake damage estimate tops $5B at California Navy base
Earthquakes that struck California last month caused more than $5 billion in damage to Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, a sprawling desert facility where some of the militaryās most advanced weapons are tested, according to an estimate made public Wednesday.
A survey of nearly 3,600 buildings conducted over 13 days found that repairing or replacing damaged base buildings alone will cost about $2.2 billion, including hangars, repair facilities, offices, a laboratory, 22 ammunition magazines, an air traffic control tower and even a gym and pool, according to an overview presented to potential contractors at an Aug. 1 forum. It was posted Wednesday on the webpage of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest.
The baseās total repair and replacement cost of $5.2 billion includes buildings as well as furniture, tools, communications and other specialized equipment.
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re: #22 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
China Lake was of course hit hard, being near the epicenter:
Shame that the money for repairs has already been siphoned off to build The Wall
re: #16 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Lib Dems reject plan to make Jeremy Corbyn PM to block no-deal Brexit as ānonsenseā
The UK is suffering from sclerotic political parties.
My read is that the LibDems and Greens donāt trust Corbyn to do what he says. Heās a Lexiter: he wants to Brexit so that he can execute the original Labour Clause 4 and nationalize as much British industry as possible.
re: #24 ericblair
Itās rather sad, I think. Corbyn like so many old politicians are clinging to past campaign strategies, unable to adapt to the present need.
Corbyn is an example of sunk-cost thinking. Heās still thinking anti-Thatcher, when what the UK needs is a unifier.
re: #26 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Corbyn is an example of sunk-cost thinking. Heās still thinking anti-Thatcher, when what the UK needs is a unifier.
Britain is still a Class Society and its political thinking is aligned that way. America is also well on its way to being that.
re: #26 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Corbyn is an example of sunk-cost thinking. Heās still thinking anti-Thatcher, when what the UK needs is a unifier.
I think heās far more anti-Blair than anti-Thatcher. The Tories are the opposition; itās other Labour members that are the enemy.
I have a theory (which is mine) about why we have manifestly unfit national security threats as US POTUS, UK Labour leader, and now UK fucking PM. All of these started off with rule changes designed to fix something else which then had fatal unintended consequences.
Trump: The GOP wanted to fix the Romney-notRomney back and forth problem from 2012, so compressed the calendar and kept (with an asterisk) winner-take-all primaries. This was supposed to reduce the risk to the front runner. Trouble is, Trump became the frontrunner and all of the other greedy selfish pricks couldnāt work together to take him out, because thatās what they are. Voila, Trump.
Corbyn: The Labour leadership in 2014 wanted to democratize the leadership election process and made it much easier for people to join the Labour Party and vote. You could pay 3 pounds and become a voting member. Corbyn was nominated sort of as a sop to inclusiveness, when by normal procedure he shouldnāt have been. Then a whole raft of new members signed up, Corbyn ran a Bernie-ish left populist campaign, and now heās boss.
Johnson: The Fixed Term Parliament Act. It used to be that most major votes in Parliament were confidence votes: this meant that if it failed, the PM would/should resign and call new elections. Under the 2011 FTPA, this was reduced to very specifically worded votes and then gave 14 days for somebody to form a new government without elections. Theresa May lost a number of major votes over the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, yet under the new FTPA that didnāt count as confidence. She dragged on with a zombie government that couldnāt do anything, then resigned as PM but didnāt call elections. So, in the opposite problem to Labour, the Tory leader and therefore instant PM was selected by a small, old, and insular bunch of uber-Tories who picked Johnson because he said Brexit the loudest.
Way to go, everybody.
re: #28 ericblair
Trump: The GOP wanted to fix the Romney-notRomney back and forth problem from 2012, so compressed the calendar and kept (with an asterisk) winner-take-all primaries. This was supposed to reduce the risk to the front runner. Trouble is, Trump became the frontrunner and all of the other greedy selfish pricks couldnāt work together to take him out, because thatās what they are. Voila, Trump.
They did not want to alienate Trump voters in the hopes of picking them up after he self-destructed. Except that Trump was campaigning as the anti-politician and complete outsider, which made him immune to gaffes that would have wrecked the campaign or even the career of any other politician.
re: #30 MsJ
Here it comes. I have a feeling today is not going to be a good day.
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re: #30 MsJ
Here it comes. I have a feeling today is not going to be a good day.
just what we need to distract us from the current batch of scandals
re: #30 MsJ
Insert Joker [And.Here.We.Go.gif] here.
re: #29 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They did not want to alienate Trump voters in the hopes of picking them up after he self-destructed. Except that Trump was campaigning as the anti-politician and complete outsider, which made him immune to gaffes that would have wrecked the campaign or even the career of any other politician.
Which is much easier when no one attacks him for it. So the rest of the field all sat back and didnāt attack him, figuring that someone else would do it and they would benefit. They could have cooperated, or agreed on one candidate to take the heat, but nope. Gee, who would have thought that purely selfish behavior by everyone would result in catastrophic outcomes.
re: #34 ericblair
Which is much easier when no one attacks him for it. So the rest of the field all sat back and didnāt attack him, figuring that someone else would do it and they would benefit. They could have cooperated, or agreed on one candidate to take the heat, but nope. Gee, who would have thought that purely selfish behavior by everyone would result in catastrophic outcomes.
Which brings us back to Brexitā¦
Bolton (and trumpās) wet dreams of bombing Iran is approaching. trump wants to nuke someone, anyoneā¦and bolton is on it.
re: #36 MsJ
Bolton (and trumpās) wet dreams of bombing Iran is approaching. trump wants to nuke someone, anyoneā¦and bolton is on it.
The perfect rally-around-the-flag-boys distraction
I donāt think itās gonna work but thatās not any consolation to the Iranian people.
That Philadelphia shooter story is absolutely nuts.
Hillās history in the adult criminal justice system began in 2001 when he was 18 and was arrested with a gun that had an altered serial number.
Public records show that he has been arrested about a dozen times since turning 18, and convicted six times on charges that involved illegal possession of guns, drug dealing, and aggravated assault. He has been in and out of prison; the longest sentence handed him came in 2010, when a federal judge gave him a 55-month term.
And, his record would indicate, he does not like to go to prison. In 2008, he was convicted of escaping, fleeing from police, and resisting arrest. Along the way, he beat criminal charges on everything from kidnapping to attempted murder.
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More recently, Hill was convicted of perjury in 2013 and sentenced to seven years of probation. He appeared before Common Pleas Court Judge Rayford Means for three different alleged violations of probation ā at least two of them related to new cases, which he later beat.
In one of those cases, Philadelphia police arrested Hill in May 2014, after spotting him driving an unregistered scooter. But when officers tried to stop him, he raced down an alleyway against traffic on a one-way street and then onto a sidewalk, sending pedestrians scattering, court records say. Hill crashed the scooter and then fled on foot but was apprehended. He was charged with driving without a license, recklessly endangering another person, and fleeing police, but later was acquitted on all counts.
Philadelphia police arrested Hill again in October 2014 on charges of drug possession and false imprisonment.
According to court filings, his accuser told police she had agreed to sell marijuana for Hill but then later changed her mind. When he summoned her to his house on the 6900 block of Greenway Street in Southwest Philadelphia days later, she says, she overheard Hill and an associate discussing killing her. Fearful for her life, the woman said, she called 911. When officers arrived, she fled as Hill and his associate hid the crack cocaine and marijuana in a tire out back. Investigators discovered 83 grams of marijuana.
re: #38 HappyWarrior
I donāt think itās gonna work but thatās not any consolation to the Iranian people.
Totally not going to work. trump has no good will to collect. Heās burned every bit of āpolitical capitolā he never really had to start off with. Playing everything to a base of 27% of republicans means that the rest of us will not give him the respect he craves. And at this point, I wouldnāt even if he managed to fuck up and accidentally do something right.
re: #40 MsJ
Totally not going to work. trump has no good will to collect. Heās burned every bit of āpolitical capitolā he never really had to start off with. Playing everything to a base of 27% of republicans means that the rest of us will not give him the respect he craves. And at this point, I wouldnāt even if he managed to fuck up and accidentally do something right.
Right. Man I canāt wait for this to end.
re: #35 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Which brings us back to Brexitā¦
Oh, yeah. Brexit was always just a stick for politicians to beat other politicians with, until the crazy bigots got help from Russian dark money to actually force it to happen. Since the whole campaign was a bunch of lies, itās impossible to create any sort of Brexit which isnāt a pointless charade or a complete disaster, but any Tory who says this is burned at the stake. So now weāre down to it, with no coherent plan. Hereās a pretty good twitter thread by a former UK negotiator:
The understanding of negotiations as a poker game seems to have persisted throughout at the highest levels in the UK, and, as many pointed out early on, that was a key error. It is an incorrect, damaging and self-defeating understanding of the process.
1/ https://t.co/MQ5bshf3Ajā Steve Bullock (@GuitarMoog) August 14, 2019
What a weird ass world we live in. I fully support deporting her! And yeah, itās comedy.
Many people are saying #dontdeportmelania despite all the ways she has abused Americaās immigration system #undocumented #einsteinvisa #chainmigration #publicchargerule pic.twitter.com/DgA4kzNU9x
ā The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) August 15, 2019
Idiots. Predictably dumb and counterproductive decision https://t.co/dueSQup69D
ā (((Will Cubbison))) ×××× ×§×××”×× (@wccubbison) August 15, 2019
Forensic Scientist Recreates 2,000-Year-Old Face Of Ancient Druid Womanhttps://t.co/70yKLWZkWl pic.twitter.com/XVXoP0nrFe
ā IFLScience (@IFLScience) August 15, 2019
heās watching tv and retweeting nonsense:
āThere is no evidence that we are in the midst of an epidemic of mass shootings,ā @jamesalanfox, the leading researcher on the topic, tells @nickgillespie. Podcast. https://t.co/it9KiMwPOX via @reason
ā Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) August 15, 2019
@greta https://t.co/eHgxKe79pj
ā Tom (@summervilleguy) August 15, 2019
re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth
heās watching tv and retweeting nonsense:
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Yet you used the brothers in Boston as rationale to crackdown on Muslims. Stfu.
If a recession comes, Trump will be the third consecutive Republican President who created massive deficits and led the country into a recession. Econ track record of GOP in age of globalization has been crap. https://t.co/QFPaoICZeX
ā Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) August 14, 2019
re: #1 austin_blue
Alexander Hamiltonā¦. Alexander Hamiltonā¦ thereās a million things he hasnāt done. Just you waitā¦. just you wait.
Add in all the countless other folks who came here to avoid mortal peril (survived a dangerous trip to do it), and often came here with not much more than the clothes on their backs, and yet thrived.
Yeah, itās the racism. Itās always the racism with the right wingers. They just arenāt bothering to hide it any longer.
This isnāt right https://t.co/YKh1SdzJJn
ā Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) August 15, 2019
re: #50 lawhawk
Alexander Hamiltonā¦. Alexander Hamiltonā¦ thereās a million things he hasnāt done. Just you waitā¦. just you wait.
Add in all the countless other folks who came here to avoid mortal peril (survived a dangerous trip to do it), and often came here with not much more than the clothes on their backs, and yet thrived.
Yeah, itās the racism. Itās always the racism with the right wingers. They just arenāt bothering to hide it any longer.
Reminds me of this article. Keep the racism in front of everyone.
āHow do you beat Trump in 2020? The same way we beat David Duke in 1991.ā
washingtonpost.com
I am missing the problem here. So? Someone help me out.
Judge rules against Democrats on linking McGahn, Mueller cases https://t.co/Ij32qawkMs pic.twitter.com/ThttH29reA
ā The Hill (@thehill) August 15, 2019
re: #51 MsJ
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And a lot of people will accept it because they donāt believe prisoners have rights.
re: #54 HappyWarrior
And a lot of people will accept it because they donāt believe prisoners have rights.
and look at the skin color of 55% of those thugsā¦
re: #54 HappyWarrior
And a lot of people will accept it because they donāt believe prisoners have rights.
There has to be a balance between something like that and the diametrically opposite of letting that Philadelphia shooter repeatedly get off light or completely.
re: #55 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and look at the skin color of 55% of those thugsā¦
Kinda in your face, really.
re: #55 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and look at the skin color of 55% of those thugsā¦
Right.
re: #56 MsJ
There has to be a balance between something like that and the diametrically opposite of letting that Philadelphia shooter repeatedly get off light or completely.
There should be punishment for violent offenders but everyone should get due process. Itās literally in our Constitution.
re: #59 HappyWarrior
There should be punishment for violent offenders but everyone should get due process. Itās literally in our Constitution.
Not everyone gets due process. Thatās the problem.
re: #60 MsJ
Not everyone gets due process. Thatās the problem.
Thatās exactly what I mean. What is encoded in our law and what we actually practice are two separate realities. This is another reason why the Anti-Warren Court backlash hurt us.
A very close call:
LOOK OUT BELOW! Kayakers on a tour of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in northern Michigan escaped injury when a large section of cliff crashed into Lake Superior. https://t.co/i3AAAsfZ2b pic.twitter.com/xwsuFXgQB8
ā ABC News (@ABC) August 15, 2019
re: #53 MsJ
I am missing the problem here. So? Someone help me out.
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The only downside I see is it would have sped up some of the access.
If you think about it, there are a lot of you here that will disagree with her:
Expanding on those who may not support Democrats/her now, Warren says she wants to win them over now *and* after she is President:
āWeāre gonna pull a whole lot more of them inā¦ once we make a first couple of those big changes.āā MJ Lee (@mj_lee) August 14, 2019
Progressives who backed Bernie in 2016 have more options to choose from this time. Some are picking Warren.
āI think Americans have very short attention spans. Wanting the new flavor all the time, you know?ā a Sanders backer lamented in NH. https://t.co/KuyXoIaVC7ā Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) August 15, 2019
In fairness to #MoscowMitch we should convene a symposium on whether it is right to call #MoscowMitch #MoscowMitch or whether we should call #MoscowMitch something besides #MoscowMitch https://t.co/9e94sWsZ0U
ā Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 14, 2019
re: #65 Belafon
I am not sure what Bernie is expecting from this run, except for ego boosting. He has burned so many bridges I do not see the new President asking him to be on the cabinet. He is also not a good executor, just a talker.
re: #64 Belafon
If you think about it, there are a lot of you here that will disagree with her:
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re: #68 Ming5000
I am not sure what Bernie is expecting from this run, except for ego boosting. He has burned so many bridges I do not see the new President asking him to be on the cabinet. He is also not a good executor, just a talker.
My brother likes Bernie. Couldnāt tell me how Bernie would get shit done with a poor legislative record. His(my brother) heart is in the right place but I think he doesnāt understand how the process works.
re: #65 Belafon
āI think Americans have very short attention spans. Wanting the new flavor all the time, you know?ā
Or maybe we want the flavor that works vs the one that is old and moldy.
re: #63 Belafon
The only downside I see is it would have sped up some of the access.
Slightly disingenuous headline. But itās not like anyone reads the story (or knows what itās aboutā¦because only headlines matter).
re: #64 Belafon
If you think about it, there are a lot of you here that will disagree with her:
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Why do you say that? I donāt GAF about remorse. I donāt care about changing ignorant minds, because they donāt change. I just care about them, anyone, everyone voting for any dem, no matter who.
Looking at the raw data in the linkā¦wowā¦trump is in trouble. We can only hope that translates to all republicans.
Trumpās disapproval jumps from 51% in July to 56% in Augustāand this is a FUX poll!https://t.co/3E7Fhy1OCk pic.twitter.com/kZDYR0MIMM
ā Kim ā®ļø (@Blacklace40) August 15, 2019
Institutional racism. Police departments pushing racist memes and discriminatory views.
NYPD Police Union Boss: Sorry For Sharing Racist Video to thousands of police sergeants over weekend, āI Have Black Friendsā all while admitting the themes fit the SBA outlook on the community they are supposed to serve - Gothamist https://t.co/woFGrKc6xs
ā lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 15, 2019
Yeah, itās a problem everywhere, not just in places like Missouri.
re: #76 MsJ
Looking at the raw data in the linkā¦wowā¦trump is in trouble. We can only hope that translates to all republicans.
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Good. And yeah I think itās possible we could see a second wave.
re: #74 MsJ
Slightly disingenuous headline. But itās not like anyone reads the story (or knows what itās aboutā¦because only headlines matter).
I read through the article, and I thought the ādealt a blowā phrase was a big exaggeration. Itās not like their investigations going to fall apart because of this.
re: #80 Belafon
I read through the article, and I thought the ādealt a blowā phrase was a big exaggeration. Itās not like their investigations going to fall apart because of this.
Exactly. But few read articles, thatās why headlines are the only things that matter. Headline says A, article says B (directly opposite of headline), REPUBLICANS WIN.
re: #82 lawhawk
Petition to rename 5th Avenue in front of Trump Tower to Barack Obama Ave now has 266k signatures.
Whatās the magic number?
re: #83 Decatur Deb
Donāt think there is one. I think itās aspirational, not actually something to be acted on.
re: #84 lawhawk
Donāt think there is one. I think itās aspirational, not actually something to be acted on.
Iāll vote for DeBlasio if he does it.
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re: #84 lawhawk
Donāt think there is one. I think itās aspirational, not actually something to be acted on.
Although the petition is addressed to Mayor De Blasio, IIRC, the renaming of streets in the City is something the City Council has to deal with. But good on them, anywayā¦.
BREAKING: Kashmir - Fire across LoC ākills 3 Pakistani, 5 Indian troopsā https://t.co/a50fohu9HJ pic.twitter.com/RqYpzHZKOc
ā Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) August 15, 2019
re: #88 FormerDirtDart šš
That bear trapās been sitting there for 70 years. Letās see if we jump on it.
After the first ICE guard ran us over with his truck, the rest of them ran over & pepper-sprayed us. The police present just stood by and watched, doing nothing.
We are #JewsAgainstICE, immigrants, and allies. #NeverAgainMeans doing what it takes to #ShutDownICE. Weāll be back. pic.twitter.com/56hF2sDfFAā ā”ļø Never Again Action ā”ļø (@NeverAgainActn) August 15, 2019
This is not only slanderous but suggests Trump is deeply confused about which country heās president of https://t.co/yIxRXqJY8H
ā Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 15, 2019
The worldās largest shipping company warns about the world economy and trade https://t.co/dyX9UGkqab
ā Bloomberg Economics (@economics) August 15, 2019
Trumpās press secretary just before 9 AM: Itās not true that Trump told Netanyahu to deny entry to Omar and Tlaib
Trump just before 10 AM: Netanyahu should deny entry to Omar and Tlaib pic.twitter.com/WMcJYzHwyEā Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 15, 2019
A federal judge has ordered Georgia to stop using its outdated voting machines after this year, and to be ready with hand-marked paper ballots if its new system isnāt in place for the presidential primaries. https://t.co/wqFyLfWwfT
ā The Associated Press (@AP) August 15, 2019
re: #96 FormerDirtDart šš
IMHO, Georgia should never be allowed to have anything in electronic format. After what they did last time, deleting data even after being told not to, fuck em. Let it take 10 hours for results to come in.
Relatives posting the Q shit about Hillary putting sleeping pills in the guards coffee so her hit man could kill Epsteinā¦
Another one of those days where I want to crawl back into bed and pull the covers over my headā¦
As an added bonus for Kentuckians ā¦ if you get hired down there at the new Russian plant then you and your senator #MoscowMitch will be working for the same bosses!@senatemajldr@Morning_Joe pic.twitter.com/JkxVEZuma9
ā Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) August 15, 2019
Uhmā¦what?https://t.co/kpXDOkxVKx
ā MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 15, 2019
re: #98 Joe Bacon š¹
Relatives posting the Q shit about Hillary putting sleeping pills in the guards coffee so her hit man could kill Epsteinā¦
Another one of those days where I want to crawl back into bed and pull the overs over my headā¦
Why do you even keep reading your relativesā posts? It canāt be good for your blood pressure.
General Electric shares fell after Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos targets the conglomerate in a new report, calling it āa bigger fraud than Enron.ā
re: #98 Joe Bacon š¹
Relatives posting the Q shit about Hillary putting sleeping pills in the guards coffee so her hit man could kill Epsteinā¦
Another one of those days where I want to crawl back into bed and pull the overs over my headā¦
You can remove those people from your FB timeline without unfollowing them. It would help your blood pressure.
what in the utter fuck
If President Xi would meet directly and personally with the protesters, there would be a happy and enlightened ending to the Hong Kong problem. I have no doubt! https://t.co/eFxMjgsG1K
ā Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 15, 2019
re: #98 Joe Bacon š¹
Relatives posting the Q shit about Hillary putting sleeping pills in the guards coffee so her hit man could kill Epsteinā¦
Another one of those days where I want to crawl back into bed and pull the overs over my headā¦
So HRC is a Bond villain but couldnāt manipulate 70000 votes in the Rust Belt.
re: #104 The Pie Overlord!
You can remove those people from your FB timeline without unfollowing them. It would help your blood pressure.
Thatās what Iāve done too. Highly recommend it.
re: #103 Sufficient unto the dayā¦
Ya know, I am not 100% surprised.
Granted, I got this from seeing a show on my tv machine, but I remember during the Too Big To Fail bank crisis that GE was one of the companies (in the film) that couldnāt make payroll and Welsh freaking out to Bernanke. Now this is a film and all, but it stuck in my mind.
re: #105 The Pie Overlord!
what in the utter fuck
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From a guy who never meets with anyone who wonāt kiss his bloated ass. Every meeting is a staged photo op.
Failed in everything youāve ever done after inheriting your money.ā MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 15, 2019
re: #105 The Pie Overlord!
what in the utter fuck
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I think smell a Nobel Peace Prize in the making!
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I tend to be wary of people having a major scoop twice in their lives, but itās in the news:
Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos released a report on General Electric on Thursday alleging the company is hiding financial problems.
Before the report was made public, GE said, in a statement, āwe have never met, spoken to or had contact with this person. While we canāt comment on the detailed content of a report that we havenāt seen, the allegations we have heard are entirely false and misleading.ā
Itās a shame he wonāt give up a presidential bid. I like him. Just not as POTUS.
Beto OāRourke hammers Mississippi ICE raids: āSix hundred people who came to this country for the privilege of working the toughest, shittiest jobs, that no one else here would allow their children to workā¦ working 2 or 3 shifts, maybe making a minimum wage, if they are lucky.ā pic.twitter.com/U9gY7FIHYk
ā David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) August 15, 2019
re: #114 MsJ
Itās a shame he wonāt give up a presidential bid. I like him. Just not as POTUS.
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Heāll make a good vp pick. DONāT MESS WITH MJ HEGAR! (Playing on the State Farm commercials.)
re: #114 MsJ
Itās a shame he wonāt give up a presidential bid. I like him. Just not as POTUS.
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That said though, he and Castro are the best voices on this issue. So Iām okay with him staying. Itās not like Cornyn doesnāt have an opponent. Maybe Beto can get some position in the new administration. Iād love to see him where Cuccinelli is now.
re: #114 MsJ
Itās a shame he wonāt give up a presidential bid. I like him. Just not as POTUS.
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Looks like the ānot good enoughā is the enemy of the good.
Shame, he could challenge Cornyn, not sure anyone else running could, and he doesnāt stand a snowballās chance in hell of getting the nomination.
re: #108 MsJ
I canāt say Iām surprised either, I think I remember hearing people on CNBC (a subsidiary of GE, mind you), talking about how complicated GEās financials were, and this was back in the EARLY 2000s.
re: #119 Belafon
Heāll make a good vp pick. DONāT MESS WITH MJ HEGAR! (Playing on the State Farm commercials.)
VP, Ambassador to Mexico, head of USCIS. Him and Julian Castro are the best advocates for immigrants running.
re: #122 b.d.
Looks like the ānot good enoughā is the enemy of the good.
Shame, he could challenge Cornyn, not sure anyone else running could, and he doesnāt stand a snowballās chance in hell of getting the nomination.
Hegar is running there and heās raising the issue in a way that the front runners are not.
re: #5 austin_blue
Sorry for the drive-by, all, kismet.
Sweet as you can have dreams!
My nest egg took a $30,000 hit today.
MAGA! Winning!
Our Orange Bankrupt King is going to destroy the economy he inherited from President Obama. Heās going to take us all down with him, unfortunately.
re: #122 b.d.
Looks like the ānot good enoughā is the enemy of the good.
Shame, he could challenge Cornyn, not sure anyone else running could, and he doesnāt stand a snowballās chance in hell of getting the nomination.
Alas, I donāt know if he has a chance against Cornyn, either. I am sure he doesnāt want two losses like that.
re: #98 Joe Bacon š¹
Relatives posting the Q shit about Hillary putting sleeping pills in the guards coffee so her hit man could kill Epsteinā¦
Another one of those days where I want to crawl back into bed and pull the covers over my headā¦
Ask them why she hasnāt offed Trump and other Republicans if sheās so powerful. Also why did Trump protect Epstein? His death happened on Trumpās watch. Trump is responsible for his death and the state of federal prisons; not the Clintons.
Am I a bad person for laughing at this?
Have a great day! pic.twitter.com/ZqelFqEAok
ā Jesus Chrysler (@JesusChrysler15) August 15, 2019
re: #126 Patricia Kayden
Everything Trump Touches Dies Vol II: Nations Are Not Exempt.
re: #105 The Pie Overlord!
I know President Xi very well
I was also familiar with Presidents Viii, iX and X!
re: #120 DangerMan
I did that once as a kid with a monarch caterpillar.
JUST IN: Gibraltarās chief minister Fabian Picardo has decided to lift the detention order and allow the Iranian tanker Grace 1 to sail pic.twitter.com/IyFYV2TaHE
ā Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 15, 2019
re: #134 MsJ
Even Gibraltar wonāt listen to us. lol
Anyone notice whatās wrong with this whole thing:
This is my guitar rendition of The National Anthem. Iād love to dedicate this to President @realDonaldTrump and all of our Veterans and our Great Patriots. Thank you President Trump for Putting America First. God Bless our Country and our President. šŗšø pic.twitter.com/beQ7l4Ietv
ā Shenna #45š“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æ (@RealShennaFox) August 15, 2019
re: #136 GlutenFreeJesus
REAL Shenna Fox is really from the very real Scotland, aye?
Our veterans indeed.
re: #134 MsJ
JUST IN: Gibraltarās chief minister Fabian Picardo has decided to lift the detention order and allow the Iranian tanker Grace 1 to sail
and what happens if it accidentally collides with a loose sea mine?
re: #101 MsJ
Guy is a genius. CRT (cathode ray tube) glass is hazardous(lead) and in most states it costs $30 plus to recycle them. I had to drive 25 miles one way to pay $35 to have them take my older large TV years back. Even when they have a recycle drive at a designated spot you pay to get rid of them.
Wait until those folks go to throw them out.
re: #139 Mescalero09
Guy is a genius. CRT (cathode ray tube) glass is hazardous(lead) and in most states it costs $30 plus to recycle them. I had to drive 25 miles one way to pay $35 to have them take my older large TV years back. Even when they have a recycle drive at a designated spot you pay to get rid of them.
Wait until those folks go to throw them out.
that was my thought as well, in Germany you have to pay to dispose of old TV sets
re: #137 MsJ
lol and the way they posted it makes it appear sheās the guy playing (badly I might add).
Rule of law? Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
Judge holds Kansas City, KS US Attorneyās Office in contempt of court for listening in on attorney-client calls.https://t.co/i8UqLqgmTq
Ruling:https://t.co/NVrQXMaHPmā emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 15, 2019
re: #140 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Been that way for quite a while. But with Trump EPA maybe you can just chuck them in a river.
re: #141 GlutenFreeJesus
lol and the way they posted it makes it appear sheās the guy playing (badly I might add).
Yeah I noticed it was a guy immediately.
re: #139 Mescalero09
Guy is a genius. CRT (cathode ray tube) glass is hazardous(lead) and in most states it costs $30 plus to recycle them. I had to drive 25 miles one way to pay $35 to have them take my older large TV years back. Even when they have a recycle drive at a designated spot you pay to get rid of them.
Wait until those folks go to throw them out.
The city collected them at no charge.
But yeah, that kinda makes sense. (There were two guys doing this.)
re: #145 MsJ
Ah. Nice of the city.
Guy still made out.
Bob; āHey? Lou? What are we going to do with all these old TV sets? WAITAMINUTEā¦ā¦..
I GOT IT!!ā
re: #139 Mescalero09
Guy is a genius. CRT (cathode ray tube) glass is hazardous(lead) and in most states it costs $30 plus to recycle them. I had to drive 25 miles one way to pay $35 to have them take my older large TV years back. Even when they have a recycle drive at a designated spot you pay to get rid of them.
Wait until those folks go to throw them out.
If he was a real genius heād declare it performance art and get an NEA grant to cover the gas.
re: #147 Decatur Deb
Then the city would give him his TVās backā¦
re: #148 Mescalero09
Then the city would give him his TVās backā¦
And he sends them around the county schools as enrichment.
re: #141 GlutenFreeJesus
lol and the way they posted it makes it appear sheās the guy playing (badly I might add).
I object to the wimpy tone. Itās a damn Strat, you canāt make it sound any better than that?
re: #139 Mescalero09
Guy is a genius. CRT (cathode ray tube) glass is hazardous(lead) and in most states it costs $30 plus to recycle them. I had to drive 25 miles one way to pay $35 to have them take my older large TV years back. Even when they have a recycle drive at a designated spot you pay to get rid of them.
Wait until those folks go to throw them out.
The article said the city is making an exception for these folks; they can drop them off for free.
re: #129 Patricia Kayden
Ask them why she hasnāt offed Trump and other Republicans if sheās so powerful. Also why did Trump protect Epstein? His death happened on Trumpās watch. Trump is responsible for his death and the state of federal prisons; not the Clintons.
if a ācriminal mastermindā were that powerful and effective it still doesnt relieve you of the responsibility from being in charge.
unless youāre saying the criminal is way more competent than you and your staff are
re: #152 DangerMan
unless youāre saying the criminal is way more competent than you and your staff are
Uhh, DM? This is the Trump Administration weāre talking about: the ācompetenceā comparison is pretty much a givenā¦.
re: #153 Jay C
Uhh, DM? This is the Trump Administration weāre talking about: the ācompetenceā comparison is pretty much a givenā¦.
LGF is giving me a security certificate error when I attempt to sign in. My browser still me through, but not without a huge POSSIBLY MALICIOUS WEBSITE warning I had to click past.
re: #155 Eclectic Cyborg
ā¦, but not without a huge POSSIBLY MALICIOUS WEBSITE warning I had to click past.
We TRY to be niceā¦
re: #152 DangerMan
if a ācriminal mastermindā were that powerful and effective it still doesnt relieve you of the responsibility from being in charge.
unless youāre saying the criminal is way more competent than you and your staff are
If she were that good a criminal, sheād have figured out how to steal the 2016 electionā¦
re: #139 Mescalero09
Guy is a genius. CRT (cathode ray tube) glass is hazardous(lead) and in most states it costs $30 plus to recycle them. I had to drive 25 miles one way to pay $35 to have them take my older large TV years back. Even when they have a recycle drive at a designated spot you pay to get rid of them.
Wait until those folks go to throw them out.
The Police were picking them up. Probably as evidence.
re: #157 KGxvi
If she were that good a criminal, sheād have figured out how to steal the 2016 electionā¦
Awesome Uncle Vlad stopped her.//
So the Philadelphia shooter is a black dude with a long criminal history. Get ready for a tirade of racism from the usual suspectsā¦
re: #160 Eclectic Cyborg
So the Philadelphia shooter is a black dude with a long criminal history. Get ready for a tirade of racism from the usual suspectsā¦
So, then, just another Thursday?
JFC
Packing the Supreme Courtā¦ Bad idea. Liberal dream.
Trumpās 3rd term is looking better and better! šhttps://t.co/BiZrRpJYelā Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) August 15, 2019
re: #157 KGxvi
If she were that good a criminal, sheād have figured out how to steal the 2016 electionā¦
Whatever else you can say about Trump, he is very competent about manipulating the mass and social media. He knows that anything incriminating the Clintons is going to develop legs on the Internet and will at some point be picked up by the MSM and treated as if it had some validity.
And that is all a major distraction and a net win for Trump.
re: #162 The Pie Overlord!
What was that video again of someone speaking about impeachment to cleanse the office of malfeasance?
Oh yeah, that was you. And for far less criminal acts than Trump actively engages in daily.https://t.co/yY6Y3iG6lQā lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 15, 2019
What if, on January 21, 2025, Donald Trump decided to start serving a third term and nobody stopped him?
re: #162 The Pie Overlord!
JFC
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Uh Lindsay the Garland block was packing the court. And Trump has to get a second term before you can subvert the Constitution. Youāre a principle lacking lackey.
re: #165 Eclectic Cyborg
What if, on January 21, 2025, Donald Trump decided to start serving a third term and nobody stopped him?
Revolution time then and Trump and his immediate family can get the Romanov ending.
I hate to say it though. The way they talk about a third term makes me slightly paranoid a fix is already in.
re: #165 Eclectic Cyborg
What if, on January 21, 2025, Donald Trump decided to start serving a third term and nobody stopped him?
Drag his ass out of the Oval and toss him to the curb.
re: #167 HappyWarrior
Revolution time then and Trump and his immediate family can get the Romanov ending.
I know you are only joking, I just want to see them lose their money and all their political influence. DT will do fine, as will his sons, with books and paid appearancesā¦but as has ever been the case, anyone associated with them will lose everything.
re: #165 Eclectic Cyborg
What if, on January 21, 2025, Donald Trump decided to start serving a third term and nobody stopped him?
A lot of things would have to happen before then. Youād have to have the GOP agree to nominate him in 2024 at the spry young age of 78. Youād have to have 51 Secretaries of State allow him on the ballot despite being ineligible. Youād have to have the electors vote for him, despite (in many cases) being pledged to vote for someone else. Youād have to have the 2024 winner and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court not administer the oath of office. Youād have to have the Secret Service not toss him out on his ass.
re: #170 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I know you are only joking, I just want to see them lose their money and all their political influence. DT will do fine, as will his sons, with books and paid appearancesā¦but as has ever been the case, anyone associated with them will lose everything.
If they subvert the rule of law, I absolutely am not completely joking. Every man has his limits. If Trump attempts to subvert it, he and his family deserve to be put on trial for crimes against the country.
I probably shouldnāt have said Romanov ending. Put him, Ivanka, Jared, & the boys on trial along with Miller and friends.
Iām sorry but heās completely serious about having indefinite power. That should scary everyone.
re: #174 HappyWarrior
Iām sorry but heās completely serious about having indefinite power. That should scary everyone.
Which is why I posed the 2025 question. It seems fucking insane at first, but then, when you starting thinking it overā¦
re: #165 Eclectic Cyborg
What if, on January 21, 2025, Donald Trump decided to start serving a third term and nobody stopped him?
In six years he wonāt be able to zip his fly. Sometimes Nature is kind.
re: #165 Eclectic Cyborg
What if, on January 21, 2025, Donald Trump decided to start serving a third term and nobody stopped him?
re: #175 Eclectic Cyborg
Which is why I posed the 2025 question. It seems fucking insane at first, but then, when you starting thinking it overā¦
Yeah itās one ājokeā too many for me from someone who is historically unpopular.
I donāt want Barron or even necessarily Melania on trial but the boys, Ivanka, & Jared can join him in the docket.
re: #171 KGxvi
A lot of things would have to happen before then. Youād have to have the GOP agree to nominate him in 2024 at the spry young age of 78. Youād have to have 51 Secretaries of State allow him on the ballot despite being ineligible. Youād have to have the electors vote for him, despite (in many cases) being pledged to vote for someone else. Youād have to have the 2024 winner and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court not administer the oath of office. Youād have to have the Secret Service not toss him out on his ass.
And you missed the big one - he has to get re-elected.
re: #165 Eclectic Cyborg
What if, on January 21, 2025, Donald Trump decided to start serving a third term and nobody stopped him?
The Secret Service would handcuff him and take him away unless, of course, he has succeeded in dismantling the USSS in the name of thwarting the Deep State, and replaced it with Prince-selected āpatriot guardsā or something.
If he gets another term, 2024 wonāt matter.
Well In better news, my sister in law is officially both a citizen and has our family name.
re: #175 Eclectic Cyborg
Which is why I posed the 2025 question. It seems fucking insane at first, but then, when you starting thinking it overā¦
Still is insane.
Not only would Trump have to get re-elected in 2020; but somewhere along the line, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution would have to be repealed - and repealed in such a way as to apply retroactively to King Orangeanus.
Doesnāt strike me as being all that popular of an initiative.
Iām sorry if I came off hyperbolic. Iām just so infuriated at all heās gotten away with.
re: #119 Belafon
Heāll make a good vp pick. DONāT MESS WITH MJ HEGAR! (Playing on the State Farm commercials.)
Juanita Jean says there is no one in the race against Cornyn currently who has a chance, and she is pushing for Beto to drop out and take on Cornyn.
I have not idea at all, myself, but just sayingā¦
re: #184 Jay C
Still is insane.
Not only would Trump have to get re-elected in 2020; but somewhere along the line, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution would have to be repealed - and repealed in such a way as to apply retroactively to King Orangeanus.
Doesnāt strike me as being all that popular of an initiative.
These people are becoming so blatant that any electoral loss is a guaranteed prison sentence for some of them. That means they will try extraordinary shit to keep a hostile (Dem) administration out of power.
(Thatās why I normally hate the idea of going after any departed administration for anything but the most outrageous felonies.)
re: #185 HappyWarrior
Iām sorry if I came off hyperbolic. Iām just so infuriated at all heās gotten away with.
Think about how much Al Capone got away with before he was brought down.
re: #174 HappyWarrior
Iām sorry but heās completely serious about having indefinite power. That should scary everyone.
Thatās not how this will work. Ivanka will run for 2 terms, then Don Jr, then Eric, etc. See ā Constitution not technically violated but we will be a banana republic. Of course, we are one now ā but it will be a permanent condition.
re: #171 KGxvi
A lot of things would have to happen before then.
He would just have to declare the results invalid and refuse to leave
re: #188 Belafon
Think about how much Al Capone got away with before he was brought down.
I know but we didnāt know Al Capone would go down 90 years ago. Iām confident weāll beat him next year but we need justice too. This cast of characters needs to be far away from power.
re: #189 Hecubaās daughter
Thatās not how this will work. Ivanka will run for 2 terms, then Don Jr, then Eric, etc. See ā Constitution not technically violated but we will be a banana republic. Of course, we are one now ā but it will be a permanent condition.
Same difference.
re: #189 Hecubaās daughter
Thatās not how this will work. Ivanka will run for 2 terms, then Don Jr, then Eric, etc. See ā Constitution not technically violated but we will be a banana republic. Of course, we are one now ā but it will be a permanent condition.
Viz. Alabamaās consecutive term-limited governorship: George Wallaceā>Lurleen Wallaceā>George Wallace.
re: #193 Decatur Deb
Viz. Alabamaās consecutive term-limited governorship: George Wallaceā>Lurleen Wallaceā>George Wallace.
Yep and Lurleen was just a puppet for George.
re: #193 Decatur Deb
Viz. Alabamaās consecutive term-limited governorship: George Wallaceā>Lurleen Wallaceā>George Wallace.
Putin-Medvedyev-Putin
re: #183 HappyWarrior
Well In better news, my sister in law is officially both a citizen and has our family name.
re: #186 retired cynic
Juanita Jean says there is no one in the race against Cornyn currently who has a chance, and she is pushing for Beto to drop out and take on Cornyn.
I have not idea at all, myself, but just sayingā¦
Nobody knows who could actually beat Cornyn, but I think Beto as VP with someone like Hegar as the senate candidate would bring a lot of people out.
re: #197 Belafon
Nobody knows who could actually beat Cornyn, but I think Beto as VP with someone like Hegar as the senate candidate would bring a lot of people out.
I think itās a great idea.
re: #171 KGxvi
A lot of things would have to happen before then. Youād have to have the GOP agree to nominate him in 2024 at the spry young age of 78. Youād have to have 51 Secretaries of State allow him on the ballot despite being ineligible. Youād have to have the electors vote for him, despite (in many cases) being pledged to vote for someone else. Youād have to have the 2024 winner and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court not administer the oath of office. Youād have to have the Secret Service not toss him out on his ass.
All it would take is winning the house, senate and enough state legislatures to jam through a constitutional amendment removing the term limits that they pushed through after FDR.
Of course, if term limits were abolished, Obama could run again.
re: #198 HappyWarrior
I think itās a great idea.
And the GOP would have to spend so much money here theyād start asking if they could pay in rubles.
re: #200 Belafon
And the GOP would have to spend so much money here theyād start asking if they could pay in rubles.
Yep. Governor TCOT would shit himself.
re: #185 HappyWarrior
Iām sorry if I came off hyperbolic. Iām just so infuriated at all heās gotten away with.
he won when virtually no one (including his team) thought he would
not that he couldnt, only that he wouldnt
so we are now shy about any kind of ācant happen / never happenā discussion
and yes, heās busted a bunch of norms, because heās had help
and thereās been lots of push back
heās nibbled at the edges and at things that we now see are both ambiguous and maybe didnt have so much enforcement teeth
but structurally maybe not so much. while heās delayed things a lot, thereās not a lot of resolution
so weāll see
so im sticking with no, a lot of things cant happen
- he could win a second term - we have to beat him
- he cant lose and not leave (itās a totally different kind of ācanāt happenā than him winning in ā16)
- and no, he cant under any circumstances have āa third termā
if a coronary doesnāt get him he could lose next year and run again - lay on the grift for four years while waitingā¦
re: #199 sagehen
Of course, if term limits were abolished, Obama could run again.
Not according to Chief Justice Kavanaugh and his 7-2 court.
this did not ājust happenā; as usual the moron is only just now hearing about it.
Wow! The Deputy Editor of the Failing New York Times was just demoted. Should have been Fired! Totally biased and inaccurate reporting. The paper is a Fraud, Zero Credibility. Fake News takes another hit, but this time a big one!
ā Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 15, 2019
moron
Representatives Omar and Tlaib are the face of the Democrat Party, and they HATE Israel!
ā Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 15, 2019
re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth
this did not ājust happenā; as usual the moron is only just now hearing about it.
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Iām glad heās focused on this and not Hong Kong. Idiot should just shut up for once.
re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron
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And you and butrhole Bibi pal with people who make oven jokes.
re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron
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He also tweeted that our economy will remain strong even if all others crumble. Fucking idiot.
President Trump: stop weaponizing the Jewish community for your campaign strategy. We are not a political weapon for your re-election. We are not a shield for your bigotry, your corruption, or your failures.
ā Bend the Arc: Jewish Action (@jewishaction) August 15, 2019
re: #209 The Pie Overlord!
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This is exactly the solidarity that I like to see happening.
re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth
Itās actually a savvy move to slam all Democrats as anti-Israel. Doesnāt matter if heās lying or not - enough people will think itās true and vote for him even as his actions sell out Israel and every other US ally and strategic partner we have to Putin, China, or other rivals.
re: #211 lawhawk
Itās actually a savvy move to slam all Democrats as anti-Israel. Doesnāt matter if heās lying or not - enough people will think itās true and vote for him even as his actions sell out Israel and every other US ally and strategic partner we have to Putin, China, or other rivals.
Are there any people who are going to change their vote over this?
Bibi and Trump are the worst things to happen to the Israeli-American relationship. Both are racist clowns who are more into power and demagoguery than improving their nations.
re: #211 lawhawk
Itās actually a savvy move to slam all Democrats as anti-Israel. Doesnāt matter if heās lying or not - enough people will think itās true and vote for him even as his actions sell out Israel and every other US ally and strategic partner we have to Putin, China, or other rivals.
I mean, itās savvy, but itās also been the GOP strategy for decades. Sadly still effective.
re: #202 DangerMan
he won when virtually no one (including his team) thought he would
not that he couldnt, only that he wouldnt
so we are now shy about any kind of ācant happen / never happenā discussion ā¦ snipā¦so im sticking with no, a lot of things cant happen
- he could win a second term - we have to beat him
- he cant lose and not leave (itās a totally different kind of ācanāt happenā than him winning in ā16)
- and no, he cant under any circumstances have āa third termāif a coronary doesnāt get him he could lose next year and run again - lay on the grift for four years while waitingā¦
beta.washingtonpost.com ā until they donāt, Jennifer Rupin, WaPo
And if by next year the economy is going sideways, multiple Democrats are beating Trump handily in the polls, McGahn has spilled the beans and a foreign crisis or two has overwhelmed Trump, leading to a further drop in his approval rating and a spike in the percentage of voters who definitely wonāt vote for him, might Sanford or other Republican candidates who scrambled into the ring look like a better bet? Even if the White House might still be lost, Trump wouldnāt be around to drag the whole party under.
As I said, this surely is not a prediction. Iām not confident that any of the factors above will pan out. But by the same token, we should be open to the real possibility that the status quo wonāt hold indefinitely. Things stay the same ā until they donāt.
former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), writing in the NYT
āIn Mr. Trump, I see the worst and ugliest iteration of views I expressed for the better part of a decade. To be sure, Iāve had my share of controversy. On more than one occasion, I questioned Mr. Obamaās truthfulness about his religion. At times, I expressed hate for my political opponents. We now see where this can lead. Thereās no place in our politics for personal attacks like that, and I regret making them.ā
āI didnāt vote for Mr. Trump in 2016 because I liked him. I voted for him because he wasnāt Hillary Clinton. Once he was elected, I gave him a fair hearing, and tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. But I soon realized that I couldnāt support him because of the danger he poses to the country, especially the division he sows at every chance, culminating a few weeks ago in his ugly, racist attack on four minority congresswomen.ā
āThe fact is, Mr. Trump is a racial arsonist who encourages bigotry and xenophobia to rouse his base and advance his electoral prospects. In this, he inspires imitators.ā
As a mother of 3 Israelis (including an IDF vet) & 12 Israeli grandchildren #IstandWithIlhan #istandwithrashida #TheResistance #Resist https://t.co/YXUcPY8blp
ā Pie Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) August 15, 2019
This a million times. pic.twitter.com/stUqOGdArf
ā The Hummingbird š¦ (@SaysHummingbird) August 14, 2019
š Hot again today! š
This afternoon temps are fcst to be similar to ystrdyās readings ā which were ~15 degrees above average. Highs ranging from mid 90s to 100s are expected again today for the inland areas, while 80s to low 90s are possible along the SF Bay Shoreline #cawx pic.twitter.com/KuizolwWaVā NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) August 15, 2019
re: #220 Dread Pirate
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Yeah but it was snowing in Australia, just ask Dinesh DāSousa.
Calling a Black POTUS married 25 yrs to 1 wife with 2 children, no mistresses, affairs or scandals, āthe antichristā but a white POTUS married thrice, 5 kids by 3 women, mistresses, affairs & scandals, āGodās anointed,ā proves your religion is white supremacy.
ā Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) February 13, 2019
still relevant
re: #223 William Lewis
āViews I expressed ā???? An honest Republican actually regrets what he admits he did? Im still asleep arenāt I?
I know. That itās Walsh is a shocker.
Scary, especially with AG Barr probably not willing to fight it.
re: #223 William Lewis
āViews I expressed ā???? An honest Republican actually regrets what he admits he did? Im still asleep arenāt I?
itās not much and itās not nothing either
JFC
The Fake News Media is doing everything they can to crash the economy because they think that will be bad for me and my re-election. The problem they have is that the economy is way too strong and we will soon be winning big on Trade, and everyone knows that, including China!
ā Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 15, 2019
According to his golf courseās latest filing with Bedminster Township to justify its āfarmland assessmentā tax break, Trump maintains eight goats and farms hay on 113.2 acres. Another 70.6 acres of adjacent woods are also set aside as agricultural, so that a total of 183.8 of the golf resortās 514 acres are taxed at a much lower rate ā just over $6 an acre, rather than $462.
re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth
Youāre crashing it all on your own. Your trade war. Your idiotic economic policy. Your tax scam that shifts all the burdens to all but the rich. They made out like bandits. Everyone else, not so much - and itās showing. Thatās all on you. You own it.
ā lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 15, 2019
re: #227 DangerMan
itās not much and itās not nothing either
Iāve always felt conflicted about people like this. I donāt think itās just they think Trump is saying out loud what they were whispering but at the same time, I think they need to own up their culpability for why Trump was viable. Some more than others.
A subtle reminder that Trump imposed his first tariffs on January 22, 2018. The Dow closed at 26,071.22. Today, itās at 25,625.17, down -1.71% in 18 months and falling.Heās an economic failure. Tax cuts and tariffs have cost America billions.All he has is fear and racism.
ā Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) August 14, 2019
As of midday today, the DJIA is 25,552.
the guy that attacked the kid for wearing a hat during the national anthemā¦
now we know what the defense is gonna be:
Brockwayās attorney, claimed last week that his clientās decision-making ability was compromised by a traumatic brain injury that led him to be honorably discharged from the Army. He said President Donald Trumpās rhetoric influenced Brockwayās interaction with the victim.
āHis commander in chief is telling people that if they kneel, they should be fired, or if they burn a flag, they should be punished,ā Jasper told the Missoulian. āHe certainly didnāt understand it was a crime.ā
- so he thinkās heās still in the army
- and trump is his superior
- and told him to do this
- and yet he didnt know it was a crime
i thought soldiers dont have to follow unlawful orders
so heās savvy enough to āfigure outā the first three but not the last
re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth
The Fake News Media is doing everything they can to crash the economy because they think that will be bad for me and my re-election. The problem they have is that the economy is way too strong and we will soon be winning big on Trade, and everyone knows that, including China!
ā Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 15, 2019
whoa there fella
youāre saying the media has the power to crash the economy?
re: #235 DangerMan
the guy that attacked the kid for wearing a hat during the national anthemā¦
now we know what the defense is gonna be:- so he thinkās heās still in the army
- and trump is his superior
- and told him to do this
- and yet he didnt know it was a crimei thought soldiers dont have to follow unlawful orders
so heās savvy enough to āfigure outā the first three but not the last
Bullshit defense. But either way, then I donāt want to see him owning a gun.
re: #216 DangerMan
former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), writing in the NYT
At least he owns up to it. More so than most.
Still #NeverForget that he is directly responsible, as are all his GOP loving, Dem hating candidates, pundits, et fucking al.
re: #235 DangerMan
Not knowing the law is not a defense. Slamming someone down on the ground who didnāt attack you is wrong and you know it, dude.
re: #236 Dread Pirate
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Youāre a disgrace. You pal around with real Antissmites and Fundie zealots who want Israel to be raptured but Omar and Tlaib dare criticize you and you freak out. Youāre a detriment to peace in the ME with the other sideās zealots.
As a proud American I will never forgive Bibi for how he showed more respect to Glenn Beck than. Barack Obama.
re: #242 HappyWarrior
As a proud American I will never forgive Bibi for how he showed more respect to Glenn Beck than. Barack Obama.
That was truly disgraceful.
re: #243 SteelPH
That was truly disgraceful.
It really was given Becks relationship to people like Cleon Skousen and other Christian identity Antisemites.
re: #190 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He would just have to declare the results invalid and refuse to leave
We donāt need all the pomp and circumstance that goes with Inauguration Day. Just the CJ to administer the oath of office, make sure itās on TVā¦ once the new president says the words, they have the power to order the Secret Service to evict Trump.
re: #199 sagehen
All it would take is winning the house, senate and enough state legislatures to jam through a constitutional amendment removing the term limits that they pushed through after FDR.
Of course, if term limits were abolished, Obama could run again.
You need 3/4 of the states and 2/3 of each House of Congress. Thatās a long haul for a discussion we havenāt had in (checks calendar) almost a century.
Iām generally opposed to term limits, so I wouldnāt necessarily be opposed to such an amendment (it all depends on the wording).
re: #240 Belafon
Not knowing the law is not a defense. Slamming
someoneA CHILD down on the ground who didnāt attack you is wrong and you know it, dude.
FIFY
re: #222 DangerMan
Even removing the racial element gives us:
Calling a
BlackDemocratic POTUS married 25 yrs to 1 wife with 2 children, no mistresses, affairs or scandals, āthe antichristā but awhiteGOP POTUS married thrice, 5 kids by 3 women, mistresses, affairs & scandals, āGodās anointed,ā proves your religion iswhite supremacyblatant partisan bigotry.
re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth
The Fake News Media is doing everything they can to crash the economy because they think that will be bad for me and my re-election. The problem they have is that the economy is way too strong and we will soon be winning big on Trade, and everyone knows that, including China!
Economies crash on trade figures, not news reports.
re: #239 MsJ
At least he owns up to it. More so than most.
Still #NeverForget that he is directly responsible, as are all his GOP loving, Dem hating candidates, pundits, et fucking al.
In 1946/47/48/49 there were a lot of used-to-be-enthusiastic-Nazis looking around at the rubble, having been forced to look at the just-liberated camps, listening to the Nuremberg trials on the radio, saying āOMG WHAT HAVE WE DONE?!?!ā
Somebody had to be first.
Iām willing to give Joe Walsh a conditional benefit-of-the-doubt. For now.
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