No way in Hell did Trump write that, it was probably that Nazi Miller. Way too coherent.
McConnell will survive, he has survived decades of Kentucky being at the wrong end of any metrics you care to mention and knows how to keep the barrels of state's power brokers full of pork.
President Biden and US politics catchall
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Oh Dear ......
It appears another one of those people Sen assured us was far smarter than the rest of us; has turned out to just be another corrupt, grasping, fucking moron; guess which one !
It this turns into criminal charges; it is very possible I will shit myself laughing so hard.
It appears another one of those people Sen assured us was far smarter than the rest of us; has turned out to just be another corrupt, grasping, fucking moron; guess which one !
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During a broadcast about two weeks ago, Fox News personality Sean Hannity seized on a favorite trope, saying that former Secretary of State John Kerry, recently appointed to a post as climate envoy by President Biden, "frequently enjoys the comfort, the convenience of his very own private jet" while advocating for policies to combat climate change. Publicly available records, however, raise abundant questions about Hannity's own use of his private jet in support of his son's tennis career at Wake Forest University, and his relationship with the team's star coach, Tony Bresky.
According to NCAA and sports law experts, the timeline of those events exhibits an unusual and at times suspicious level of engagement between Hannity and Bresky, including but not limited to the school's frequent use of Hannity's plane. Facts of that relationship also appear to have triggered a previously unreported federal grand jury investigation — which has been closed without indictments, to be clear — into events surrounding the recruitment of Hannity's son, specifically the striking fact that Bresky purchased a luxury home next door to one bought by Hannity, according to documents obtained by Salon and a person familiar with the case.
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According to NCAA and sports law experts, the timeline of those events exhibits an unusual and at times suspicious level of engagement between Hannity and Bresky, including but not limited to the school's frequent use of Hannity's plane. Facts of that relationship also appear to have triggered a previously unreported federal grand jury investigation — which has been closed without indictments, to be clear — into events surrounding the recruitment of Hannity's son, specifically the striking fact that Bresky purchased a luxury home next door to one bought by Hannity, according to documents obtained by Salon and a person familiar with the case.
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Rush Limbaugh is dead. People with a soul that functions at even 1% shed not a tear.
Yippee. Now for Jordan Peterson!Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:16 pm Rush Limbaugh is dead. People with a soul that functions at even 1% shed not a tear.
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A truly evil person. Did his level best to spread ignorance, intolerance and misery with depressing success. The world becomes marginally better place merely by his absence.Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:16 pm Rush Limbaugh is dead. People with a soul that functions at even 1% shed not a tear.
Really? I'm not a fan of Jordan peterson but he is in no way comparable with Rush LimbaughFangle wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 3:45 pmYippee. Now for Jordan Peterson!Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:16 pm Rush Limbaugh is dead. People with a soul that functions at even 1% shed not a tear.
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I'd put Alex Jones much higher up the list that Peterson.Calculon wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:10 pmReally? I'm not a fan of Jordan peterson but he is in no way comparable with Rush LimbaughFangle wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 3:45 pmYippee. Now for Jordan Peterson!Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:16 pm Rush Limbaugh is dead. People with a soul that functions at even 1% shed not a tear.
In entertaining news about other right-wing scumbags.
Guess who flew to Mexico for a nice warm vacation with his family ?
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That's the same Ted Cruz who denies climate change; & made fun at other States, when they had problems with their powergrids; or had to deal with Natural disasters.....Texas Senator Ted Cruz flew to Mexico with his family amid a weather crisis that has left millions in his state without power, US media report.
Photos of the Republican lawmaker at an airport emerged on Twitter on Wednesday, fuelling reports that he had left Texas amid the energy crisis.
His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC.
Texas has seen widespread power and water outages due to the uncommonly frigid weather.
Mr Cruz flew to Cancun with his family, CBS News confirmed. He is expected to return Thursday afternoon. It is not clear if his return flight was originally scheduled for Thursday or is a change in plans.
The Houston Police Department also told CBS that a member of Mr Cruz's staff contacted authorities on Wednesday to request assistance upon Mr Cruz's arrival at Houston's international airport.
What a cunt.fishfoodie wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 6:03 pmGuess who flew to Mexico for a nice warm vacation with his family ?
SpoilerShowThat's the same Ted Cruz who denies climate change; & made fun at other States, when they had problems with their powergrids; or had to deal with Natural disasters.....Texas Senator Ted Cruz flew to Mexico with his family amid a weather crisis that has left millions in his state without power, US media report.
Photos of the Republican lawmaker at an airport emerged on Twitter on Wednesday, fuelling reports that he had left Texas amid the energy crisis.
His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC.
Texas has seen widespread power and water outages due to the uncommonly frigid weather.
Mr Cruz flew to Cancun with his family, CBS News confirmed. He is expected to return Thursday afternoon. It is not clear if his return flight was originally scheduled for Thursday or is a change in plans.
The Houston Police Department also told CBS that a member of Mr Cruz's staff contacted authorities on Wednesday to request assistance upon Mr Cruz's arrival at Houston's international airport.
Didn't another cunt, Scott Morrison, fly to Hawaii for a holiday while bushfires were raging in Australia a year or so ago?
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It sadly says something about Ozzie politics; that their cunt stayed in Hawaii; while this cunt, is not so tone deaf, that he didn't realize he was caught; & scampered back immediately.Gumboot wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:50 pmWhat a cunt.fishfoodie wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 6:03 pmGuess who flew to Mexico for a nice warm vacation with his family ?
SpoilerShowThat's the same Ted Cruz who denies climate change; & made fun at other States, when they had problems with their powergrids; or had to deal with Natural disasters.....Texas Senator Ted Cruz flew to Mexico with his family amid a weather crisis that has left millions in his state without power, US media report.
Photos of the Republican lawmaker at an airport emerged on Twitter on Wednesday, fuelling reports that he had left Texas amid the energy crisis.
His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC.
Texas has seen widespread power and water outages due to the uncommonly frigid weather.
Mr Cruz flew to Cancun with his family, CBS News confirmed. He is expected to return Thursday afternoon. It is not clear if his return flight was originally scheduled for Thursday or is a change in plans.
The Houston Police Department also told CBS that a member of Mr Cruz's staff contacted authorities on Wednesday to request assistance upon Mr Cruz's arrival at Houston's international airport.
Didn't another cunt, Scott Morrison, fly to Hawaii for a holiday while bushfires were raging in Australia a year or so ago?
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So that wasn't euphemism?
I read them just to reassure myself I'm not as fucked up as Americans are. .
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I think most of the crackpots who would attempt this are currently assisting the FBI with their enquiries.
It’s weird how people behave as if Trump stopped US aggression in the Middle East and elsewhere, when in fact he dropped more bombs at a faster rate than any other President.
In his first year in office the US dropped 44,096 bombs, an average of one every 12 minutes (Bush averaged 8,750 per year a year and Obama averaged 12,500 a year).
He dropped record numbers of bombs in Afghanistan in every year of his office, and in 2019 the US dropped 7,423 bombs in Afghanistan, 8 times as many as were dropped in 2015.
He also bombed Yemen more than any other President, as well as continuing to drop bombs in Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya and Syria.
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Now being reported that the Feds have identified the person they believe was responsible for the death of the Capitol Police Officer.
They're still waiting for a definitive cause of death; but they're working on the theory that the Officer had a reaction the the Bear spray the protestors were using against the Police defending the Capitol.
It might mean the slug doesn't get charged with murder; but you'd hope they still end up getting a sentence that has them dying in prison.
They're still waiting for a definitive cause of death; but they're working on the theory that the Officer had a reaction the the Bear spray the protestors were using against the Police defending the Capitol.
It might mean the slug doesn't get charged with murder; but you'd hope they still end up getting a sentence that has them dying in prison.
I think you may have misinterpreted Bokkom's post.Lobby wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 9:09 amIt’s weird how people behave as if Trump stopped US aggression in the Middle East and elsewhere, when in fact he dropped more bombs at a faster rate than any other President.
In his first year in office the US dropped 44,096 bombs, an average of one every 12 minutes (Bush averaged 8,750 per year a year and Obama averaged 12,500 a year).
He dropped record numbers of bombs in Afghanistan in every year of his office, and in 2019 the US dropped 7,423 bombs in Afghanistan, 8 times as many as were dropped in 2015.
He also bombed Yemen more than any other President, as well as continuing to drop bombs in Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya and Syria.
As I understand it, the point he was making is that now Trump's undertakings to withdraw from all wars have been reversed by Biden, the World is at infinitely more peril under a non-GOP President.
Trump:- good.
Obama, Clinton, Biden:- evil warmongers.
I'm basing this on his previous posting and the obviously sarcastic tone of the post you are quoting.
As usual, you have completely misunderstood and misrepresented my post.Rinkals wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:15 pmI think you may have misinterpreted Bokkom's post.Lobby wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 9:09 amIt’s weird how people behave as if Trump stopped US aggression in the Middle East and elsewhere, when in fact he dropped more bombs at a faster rate than any other President.
In his first year in office the US dropped 44,096 bombs, an average of one every 12 minutes (Bush averaged 8,750 per year a year and Obama averaged 12,500 a year).
He dropped record numbers of bombs in Afghanistan in every year of his office, and in 2019 the US dropped 7,423 bombs in Afghanistan, 8 times as many as were dropped in 2015.
He also bombed Yemen more than any other President, as well as continuing to drop bombs in Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya and Syria.
As I understand it, the point he was making is that now Trump's undertakings to withdraw from all wars have been reversed by Biden, the World is at infinitely more peril under a non-GOP President.
Trump:- good.
Obama, Clinton, Biden:- evil warmongers.
I'm basing this on his previous posting and the obviously sarcastic tone of the post you are quoting.
I am well aware that Bokkom was trying to make a 'Trump = good post', and was claiming that Biden represents a return to US warmongering.
My point was that, whatever Trump said about withdrawing from all wars, his actions were the complete opposite. There was no let up in the US bombing campaign during Trump's administration, but rather a marked escalation. His supporters' claims that Trump was for peace are completely wrongheaded, and not supported at all by the evidence of his bombing campaigns.
Sorry.Lobby wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 4:11 pmAs usual, you have completely misunderstood and misrepresented my post.Rinkals wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:15 pmI think you may have misinterpreted Bokkom's post.Lobby wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 9:09 am
It’s weird how people behave as if Trump stopped US aggression in the Middle East and elsewhere, when in fact he dropped more bombs at a faster rate than any other President.
In his first year in office the US dropped 44,096 bombs, an average of one every 12 minutes (Bush averaged 8,750 per year a year and Obama averaged 12,500 a year).
He dropped record numbers of bombs in Afghanistan in every year of his office, and in 2019 the US dropped 7,423 bombs in Afghanistan, 8 times as many as were dropped in 2015.
He also bombed Yemen more than any other President, as well as continuing to drop bombs in Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya and Syria.
As I understand it, the point he was making is that now Trump's undertakings to withdraw from all wars have been reversed by Biden, the World is at infinitely more peril under a non-GOP President.
Trump:- good.
Obama, Clinton, Biden:- evil warmongers.
I'm basing this on his previous posting and the obviously sarcastic tone of the post you are quoting.
I am well aware that Bokkom was trying to make a 'Trump = good post', and was claiming that Biden represents a return to US warmongering.
My point was that, whatever Trump said about withdrawing from all wars, his actions were the complete opposite. There was no let up in the US bombing campaign during Trump's administration, but rather a marked escalation. His supporters' claims that Trump was for peace are completely wrongheaded, and not supported at all by the evidence of his bombing campaigns.
I thought you were agreeing with the general thrust of his post, but making a distinction about the amount of ordinance dropped.
His expertise is in misinterpretation. I have given up trying to get my point over with him. I don’t know if it’s deliberate or not, but he tends towards the sanctimonious.Lobby wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 4:11 pmAs usual, you have completely misunderstood and misrepresented my post.Rinkals wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:15 pmI think you may have misinterpreted Bokkom's post.Lobby wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 9:09 am
It’s weird how people behave as if Trump stopped US aggression in the Middle East and elsewhere, when in fact he dropped more bombs at a faster rate than any other President.
In his first year in office the US dropped 44,096 bombs, an average of one every 12 minutes (Bush averaged 8,750 per year a year and Obama averaged 12,500 a year).
He dropped record numbers of bombs in Afghanistan in every year of his office, and in 2019 the US dropped 7,423 bombs in Afghanistan, 8 times as many as were dropped in 2015.
He also bombed Yemen more than any other President, as well as continuing to drop bombs in Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya and Syria.
As I understand it, the point he was making is that now Trump's undertakings to withdraw from all wars have been reversed by Biden, the World is at infinitely more peril under a non-GOP President.
Trump:- good.
Obama, Clinton, Biden:- evil warmongers.
I'm basing this on his previous posting and the obviously sarcastic tone of the post you are quoting.
I am well aware that Bokkom was trying to make a 'Trump = good post', and was claiming that Biden represents a return to US warmongering.
My point was that, whatever Trump said about withdrawing from all wars, his actions were the complete opposite. There was no let up in the US bombing campaign during Trump's administration, but rather a marked escalation. His supporters' claims that Trump was for peace are completely wrongheaded, and not supported at all by the evidence of his bombing campaigns.
Ah yes.
That's roughly what I thought you meant.
The old Trump is bad, but Biden is worse trope. When people make that claim, one suspects that there lurks an element of admiration for Trump behind it, because it is so clearly absolute nonsense.
The idea that Trump and Biden are the same is genuinely risible.
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Sounds like the SDNY have their first flipper.
The tactic of, "talk; or we'll throw your Sons in Prison"; will work with some people; but it obviously won't work with their main target
The tactic of, "talk; or we'll throw your Sons in Prison"; will work with some people; but it obviously won't work with their main target
The Washington Post reports that Cyrus Vance’s office is “delving deeply into the personal and financial affairs” of Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization. The questioning is being led by Pomerantz, with the goal of flipping Weisselberg and convincing him to become a witness against Trump.
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Vance’s focus on Weisselberg has included questions related to two of his adult children, a tactic that could be an effort to increase pressure on the elder Weisselberg. One of Weisselberg’s sons also works for the Trump Organization, where he manages the company’s Central Park ice rinks. Another Weisselberg son works for a company that has extended loans to the Trump Organization
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They have also asked about a Trump-owned luxury apartment where Weisselberg’s son Barry lived for several years. The exact nature of Vance’s interest in the apartment is not known, but if Barry Weisselberg, who manages Trump’s ice skating rinks, got the apartment rent-free, that might be considered a fringe benefit of his job and subject to income tax. Two people with knowledge of the district attorney’s probe said the team has also been analyzing the finances of the cash-only skating rink where Barry Weisselberg works. At the same time investigators have asked detailed questions about Allen Weisselberg’s financial history and his feelings about Trump, according to people familiar with the investigation.
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In addition to asking questions about Weisselberg’s financial history, lifestyle, and relationship with Trump, investigators have reportedly been focusing on the Trump Parc East building where Weisselberg’s son Barry lived for several years; last year his ex-wife told Bloomberg that they lived there for free, believing at the time that it was a wedding present from Donald and Melania Trump. (IRS rules state that an apartment provided for free by an employer typically is subject to income tax, and a person familiar with the matter told the Post that prosecutors have been analyzing Barry Weisselberg’s tax returns.) Additionally, attorneys from Vance’s office have asked witnesses about more than $270 million in loans made to the Trump Organization by Ladder Capital, which employs Weisselberg’s other son, Jack Weisselberg.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56452471US and China trade angry words at high-level Alaska talks
US and Chinese officials have exchanged sharp rebukes in the first high-level talks between the Biden administration and China, taking place in Alaska. Chinese officials accused the US of inciting countries "to attack China", while the US said China had "arrived intent on grandstanding".
Relations between the two superpowers are at their most strained for years.
The US pledged to raise contentious issues such as Beijing's treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.
The ill-tempered talks in Anchorage involved Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on the US side, facing off with China's most senior foreign policy official, Yang Jiechi, and foreign minister Wang Yi. However, a US official said the subsequent talks behind closed doors had been "substantive, serious and direct" and ran over the planned two hours.
In a blunt opening statement before the talks in private, Mr Blinken said the US would "discuss our deep concerns with actions by China, including in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan, cyber attacks on the United States, economic coercion of our allies".
"Each of these actions threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability," he said.
In response, Mr Yang accused Washington of using its military might and financial supremacy to suppress other countries. "It abuses so-called notions of national security to obstruct normal trade exchanges, and incite some countries to attack China," he added.
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And nothing about the coronavirus coming from their lab/market that costed more than 1/2 million American lives and trillions of $ ?
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The wingnuts and MAGA trash are desperate for Biden to go off his rocker so they can say, "See! We told you all along he was a Trojan horse for Harris!", with all the attendant repulsive implications about her sex, race and views that entails
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I see the official picture of seven old, white men signing off Jim Crow Ver 2.0 in Georgia was taken with a prominent painting of a plantation in the background. Not. Even. Pretending.
Yep. Exactly as RBG predicted. This is the John Roberts courtHal Jordan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:07 pm I see the official picture of seven old, white men signing off Jim Crow Ver 2.0 in Georgia was taken with a prominent painting of a plantation in the background. Not. Even. Pretending.
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Is Mexico going to have to step in to solve the humanitarian crisis on the border?