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[devnull]

10 hours ago, 4merper4mer said:

Does yelling “Hey @$$hole” then bashing someone to a pulp with a Louisville Slugger and kicking them to the curb count as “providing notice then starting a proceeding”?

 

Depends on the race of those involved

[Ann]

 

[IDBillzFan]

14 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

Pretty sure that's not new or news. 

 

 

 

In spite of my disdain for Trump in human form, it's absolutely staggering that we went four years without a single war, and by contrast, the muppet's wife wasn't even done done picking out drapes and war was on like Donkey Kong.

 

It's especially interesting watching leftists -- ever too stupid to think for themselves -- so dug in to their ideology that they get twisted in knots trying to justify what is happening. Some of them are starting to get it, but unfortunately, regardless of who wins in November, it'll be too late to fix it.

 

 

Edited March 22 by IDBillzFan

[Deranged Rhino]

1 hour ago, IDBillzFan said:

 

In spite of my disdain for Trump in human form, it's absolutely staggering that we went four years without a single war, and by contrast, the muppet's wife wasn't even done done picking out drapes and war was on like Donkey Kong.

 

It's especially interesting watching leftists -- ever too stupid to think for themselves -- so dug in to their ideology that they get twisted in knots trying to justify what is happening. Some of them are starting to get it, but unfortunately, regardless of who wins in November, it'll be too late to fix it.

 

 

 

Yup. 

 

They got hoodwinked into supporting the war machine because fighting "Nazis" and a "racist" Orange Man was presented as an existential threat. 

 

Meanwhile, the Neocons/Neoliberal Perma-Warriors have always been the true enemy of the Republic. Their ideology is completely incompatible with the way our Republic was structured and principled - which is why they've been working so hard the past 20 years to infiltrate and control both parties while undoing the very fabric of the Republic. Not to make the world safer, not to prevent war - but to create it in order to enrich themselves, their benefactors, and to increase their hold on the wheel of power. 

 

That's why backing any establishment candidate is a fool's errand no matter how good they speak in front of a camera. If they're funded, pushed, and backed by the same money that got us into this mess, they sure won't be the solution. 

 

It's either burn it all down to its studs - or roll over and die. There's no longer a third option.

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

15 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

Pretty sure that's not new or news. 

 

 

 

The news reports on this are very, very interesting.  Won't try to summarize them (except to note the one reporting a US Admiral denying US troops are "permanently" stationed on the islands - which sounds like a de facto confirmation that they are there, just temporarily).

 

The salient points seem to be: this is something of a new development, and it is a big deal, as the islands are some three miles off the China coast (and about 100 from Taiwan).  And don't forget: China considers them and Taiwan the same country.  China has a legitimate reason to claim that occupation of any sort of "Taiwan controlled" islands by the US is an invasion of China by the US.

[RochesterRob]

47 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

Yup. 

 

They got hoodwinked into supporting the war machine because fighting "Nazis" and a "racist" Orange Man was presented as an existential threat. 

 

Meanwhile, the Neocons/Neoliberal Perma-Warriors have always been the true enemy of the Republic. Their ideology is completely incompatible with the way our Republic was structured and principled - which is why they've been working so hard the past 20 years to infiltrate and control both parties while undoing the very fabric of the Republic. Not to make the world safer, not to prevent war - but to create it in order to enrich themselves, their benefactors, and to increase their hold on the wheel of power. 

 

That's why backing any establishment candidate is a fool's errand no matter how good they speak in front of a camera. If they're funded, pushed, and backed by the same money that got us into this mess, they sure won't be the solution. 

 

It's either burn it all down to its studs - or roll over and die. There's no longer a third option.

  90 percent of the American public can't see past a well spoken idiot.

[IDBillzFan]

1 hour ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

Yup. 

 

They got hoodwinked into supporting the war machine because fighting "Nazis" and a "racist" Orange Man was presented as an existential threat. 

 

Meanwhile, the Neocons/Neoliberal Perma-Warriors have always been the true enemy of the Republic. Their ideology is completely incompatible with the way our Republic was structured and principled - which is why they've been working so hard the past 20 years to infiltrate and control both parties while undoing the very fabric of the Republic. Not to make the world safer, not to prevent war - but to create it in order to enrich themselves, their benefactors, and to increase their hold on the wheel of power. 

 

That's why backing any establishment candidate is a fool's errand no matter how good they speak in front of a camera. If they're funded, pushed, and backed by the same money that got us into this mess, they sure won't be the solution. 

 

It's either burn it all down to its studs - or roll over and die. There's no longer a third option.

 

Something else I'm starting to become more aware of: the leftists who are suddenly realizing what's going on are not actually correcting themselves to lean toward the center, but further left, unwittingly (and even wittingly) believing the correct answer to our country's woes is "socialism."

 

Because this time, it's definitely going to work.

[IDBillzFan]

This has to be the single dumbest administration ever.

 

Who would be stupid enough to leave their 3% mortgage to take out a larger mortgage at 7% in exchange for $10,000?

 

Do these people have NO idea how interest works?

 

 

 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

1 hour ago, IDBillzFan said:

This has to be the single dumbest administration ever.

 

Who would be stupid enough to leave their 3% mortgage to take out a larger mortgage at 7% in exchange for $10,000?

 

Do these people have NO idea how interest works?

 

 

 

 

Same dumbass logic the Obama administration used to promote hiring: a tax credit for payroll taxes for people you hired.  Because of course business owners were going to hire people at $30k/year to get a credit for the $1800 in payroll tax they'd pay them.

 

It's not shocking to me that Democrats don't understand money.  But I can't believe they don't even understand why people behave how they do.

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

2 hours ago, IDBillzFan said:

This has to be the single dumbest administration ever.

 

Who would be stupid enough to leave their 3% mortgage to take out a larger mortgage at 7% in exchange for $10,000?

 

Do these people have NO idea how interest works?

 

 

 

 

And you know you've stumbled on to a truly stupid idea when you're a Democrat, and this is how your tweet is ratio'd.

[Hedge]

Toto, we’re not in Haiti anymore

 

 

[Ann]

Justice Department Launches the National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center

 

The Justice Department launched the National Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Resource Center (the Center) which  will provide training and technical assistance to law enforcement officials, prosecutors, attorneys, judges, clinicians, victim service and social service providers, community organizations, and behavioral health professionals responsible for implementing laws designed to keep guns out of the hands of people who pose a threat to themselves or others.

 

“The launch of the National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center will provide our partners across the country with valuable resources to keep firearms out of the hands of individuals who pose a threat to themselves or others,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “The establishment of the Center is the latest example of the Justice Department’s work to use every tool provided by the landmark Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to protect communities from gun violence.”

 

ERPO laws, which are modeled off domestic violence protection orders, create a civil process allowing law enforcement, family members (in most states), and medical professionals or other groups (in some states) to petition a court to temporarily prohibit someone at risk of harming themselves or others from purchasing and possessing firearms for the duration of the order.

 

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[IDBillzFan]

46 minutes ago, Ann said:

Justice Department Launches the National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center

 

Rough days ahead. And to think our best chance to stop all of this is a dude who is still focused on attacking a person he's not even running against any more.

 

The only way the US is going to be able to pull out of this tailspin is if the people Biden is letting into the country can blow up a building, or pull an attack on the US like ISIS just did in China. Maybe at that point the GOP could get a majority, but who thinks anything would be any better with them anyway?

 

If they were willing to pass that Omnibus, none of them -- right up to and including Trump -- will do anything about it.

 

There is no winning here. Over 300 million people and we get to choose between two old, demented muppets.

 

Well done, America.

 

 

 

 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

1 hour ago, IDBillzFan said:

 

Rough days ahead. And to think our best chance to stop all of this is a dude who is still focused on attacking a person he's not even running against any more.

 

The only way the US is going to be able to pull out of this tailspin is if the people Biden is letting into the country can blow up a building, or pull an attack on the US like ISIS just did in China. Maybe at that point the GOP could get a majority, but who thinks anything would be any better with them anyway?

 

If they were willing to pass that Omnibus, none of them -- right up to and including Trump -- will do anything about it.

 

There is no winning here. Over 300 million people and we get to choose between two old, demented muppets.

 

Well done, America.

 

 

 

 

 

ERPO dates back well before Trump - started about 25 years ago.  Anti-gun lobbies have been pushing this relentlessly.

 

Doesn't mean it won't be abused by people deciding Trump supporters are "people who pose a threat to others."

[IDBillzFan]

16 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

ERPO dates back well before Trump - started about 25 years ago.  Anti-gun lobbies have been pushing this relentlessly.

 

Doesn't mean it won't be abused by people deciding Trump supporters are "people who pose a threat to others."

 

I don't understand why something that is 25 years old is being 'launched' this week by DOJ.

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

34 minutes ago, IDBillzFan said:

 

I don't understand why something that is 25 years old is being 'launched' this week by DOJ.

 

They're launching a "resource center" to support the states.  States have been passing these laws since 1999.  And DoJ has been funding state ERPO efforts with block grants for years.  It's not new.

Edited March 23 by Crap Throwing Clavin

[devnull]

8 hours ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

ERPO dates back well before Trump - started about 25 years ago.  Anti-gun lobbies have been pushing this relentlessly.

 

Doesn't mean it won't be abused by people deciding Trump supporters white people are "people who pose a threat to others."

 

FTFY

[Hedge]

 

Go after those few people who try to bypass paying $3 per ride and ignore the illegal aliens, who cost the city tens of millions. Makes sense.

[4merper4mer]

50 minutes ago, Hedge said:

 

Go after those few people who try to bypass paying $3 per ride and ignore the illegal aliens, who cost the city tens of millions. Makes sense.

What happens if an illegal alien tries to evade a fare?   

[IDBillzFan]

26 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

What happens if an illegal alien tries to evade a fare?   

 

They get a free phone upgrade.