Yeah I didn't see this coming.....the establishment should tremble.
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This Gamestopper thing is getting pretty big both financially and politically.
Just watched "The Big Short" again. Amazing how the so-called experts never see the worst coming....we saw it in 2008, with the initial rising of the pandemic, with the lockdowns, and even with the Capitol seizure where they just miss the ball entirely.
My guess is this relief bill is going to go no where. Although I haven't seen what the dem's are going to offer to Manchin to bring him into the fold. So we will see?
Judging by how so far the Dem Leadership's plan has amounted to sending Harris out to do radio interviews in WV, as a means of putting pressure on him with local voters... call me underwhelmed. Folks are forgetting how poorly she did in the democratic primary. If she couldn't win over that crowd, hard to imagine her winning over Appalacha just a few months later.
Pelosi while a good manager is feckless politically, and Schumer is running scared from a AOC primary challenge. If Biden wants to save this deal my guess is he'd better start reaching out across the aisle himself here soon and take control of the message. Or sort of like ending up with Harris as VP instead of Klobochar (whose folksy style more likely would have been able to pressure Manchin via radio)... events are going to start spiraling beyond his control.
Thanks to all the great moms out there.
I love my adopted mom so much. Check out this cool video. My mom would have to tell me everyday that I was smart & that God had a beautiful wife all planned for me
Because I stuttered as a young lad, most thought I was a dum, dum and a moron. "Hey Moron, cat got your tongue?" "Hahahahaha" I used to say to myself plus a few other choice words. I would then seek my revenge and destroy the punks who laughed at me on the playground. I bullied back only the way I knew how. God I wish I was able to learn education outside when I was young and away from being trapped in freaking classroom all day.
I love my adopted mom so much. Check out this cool video. My mom would have to tell me everyday that I was smart & that God had a beautiful wife all planned for me
Because I stuttered as a young lad, most thought I was a dum, dum and a moron. "Hey Moron, cat got your tongue?" "Hahahahaha" I used to say to myself plus a few other choice words. I would then seek my revenge and destroy the punks who laughed at me on the playground. I bullied back only the way I knew how. God I wish I was able to learn education outside when I was young and away from being trapped in freaking classroom all day. preach it! You’re spot on with this. I’d go further and say they’ve already started...still time to right the ship
I gotta say I’m not seeing a whole lot of “unity!” It’s fine if he doesn’t wanna govern that way (Trump certainly didn’t) but that’s not what was sold to the electorate.
Throwing that crazy r off her committees too is going to have consequences which the rs will give to the ds the next time they are in charge and it’s not like some ds haven’t said a bunch of crazy or antisemitic stuff before.
the one thing which does stick into my craw is appointing Kerry as climate czar when he’s zipping around the world in a private plane and owns 10 different houses with a bigger carbon footprint than I can ever make in 5 lifetimes.
Throwing that crazy r off her committees too is going to have consequences which the rs will give to the ds the next time they are in charge and it’s not like some ds haven’t said a bunch of crazy or antisemitic stuff before.
the one thing which does stick into my craw is appointing Kerry as climate czar when he’s zipping around the world in a private plane and owns 10 different houses with a bigger carbon footprint than I can ever make in 5 lifetimes.
Which ds did you have in mind there? Anything close to Jewish space lasers starting California wildfires?
And where are those 10 houses?
I've read various reports on the houses from 3 to 20 actually. It depends how you count them (do you count rental properties....properties he enjoys but owned by his wife).
And there is at least one antisemitic equivalent: Omar. There are lots of others, while not necessarily equivalent, are vulnerable: Maxine Waters (for incitement), Pelosi (for CVOID hypocrisy), AOC (for her story about the Capitol hill storming). Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if a majority party adopts a rule: no nationalists/no socialists can hold committee seats. I'm less concerned about what the standard is for stripping the opposite party member of the committee assignment, that this is now going to be used (with varying degrees of justification) from now on.
I know that Kerry married a rich woman who keeps properties in her name in accordance with their pre-nuptial agreement. Is that where your 10 comes from?
What did Omar say that you think is anti-semitic?
The rest of your response is just confirmation that you are lost and don't really know what you are talking about:
Small example. There are others.....
Rep. Ilhan Omar deletes the controversial tweets that drew charges of anti-Semitism
Rep. Ilhan Omar apologized for the tweets the next day.
www.usatoday.com
As to the houses, hey if you are the climate czar maybe your spouse shouldn't have upteen number of houses either. What is the expression: "Caesar's wife must be above suspicion?"
Small example. There are others.....
Rep. Ilhan Omar deletes the controversial tweets that drew charges of anti-Semitism
Rep. Ilhan Omar apologized for the tweets the next day.www.usatoday.com
As to the houses, hey if you are the climate czar maybe your spouse shouldn't have upteen number of houses either. What is the expression: "Caesar's wife must be above suspicion?"
"...azccusations..."? Is that the best you have?
Is "upteen" more than 10?
Meh....there's a ton more....colleagues within her own party have condemned her antisemetic remarks. Not really a person you want to be defending here....
Minnesota Congresswoman Ignites Debate On Israel And Anti-Semitism
Constituents of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., voice concern over recent controversial comments. On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism.
www.npr.org
Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Miftah, and the problem of anti-Semitism within the movement for Palestinians' right to self-determination
Miftah, the group that was to host Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib's trip to the West Bank, has published anti-Semitism and support for suicide bombers.
www.businessinsider.com
Ilhan Omar's comments were anti-Semitic rhetoric, let's not beat around the bush: Today's talker
When prominent people or members of Congress spout anti-Semitic rhetoric, it gives a green light to others to repeat that rhetoric, says head of ADL.
www.usatoday.com
Meh....there's a ton more....colleagues within her own party have condemned her antisemetic remarks. Not really a person you want to be defending here....
Minnesota Congresswoman Ignites Debate On Israel And Anti-Semitism
Constituents of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., voice concern over recent controversial comments. On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism.
Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Miftah, and the problem of anti-Semitism within the movement for Palestinians' right to self-determination
Miftah, the group that was to host Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib's trip to the West Bank, has published anti-Semitism and support for suicide bombers.
Ilhan Omar's comments were anti-Semitic rhetoric, let's not beat around the bush: Today's talker
When prominent people or members of Congress spout anti-Semitic rhetoric, it gives a green light to others to repeat that rhetoric, says head of ADL.www.usatoday.com
More opinions and accusations. Here is something she actually tweeted --
I'm just going to assume that you are just trying to be your usual Magoo contrarian here, since I don't think you are a bad person or have bad intentions. But her D colleagues have denounced her remarks in the past, and she was forced to apologize. Now, you can argue she's reformed (which is fine) but I think her past remarks aren't really great, I wouldn't want to be anywhere near being implied to defend them, and your defense of her isn't the action of a large C or small c conservative.
Before I respond, what is your definition of "anti-Semitism"?
I don't really have one. But I know if the D's are saying the remarks were anti-Semitic, and it's agreed in a bipartisan way, it ain't good.m Again, I'm less concerned whether something is or isn't wrong than the precedent the action sets. You're going off the road again and into a forest, and this one is a particularly dark one.
"I really don't have one".
That appears to be a bold admission that you don't know what you are talking about. Are you just spooning up pablum without even tasting it?
If all it takes are crazy beliefs, I could come up with strong justifications for every single member of congress for which I'd find supporters. Do you believe in a spaghetti monster flying through the sky? An invisible omnipotent being in the sky not named God or Allah or Elohim? Mother Gaia? Any supernatural being, no matter the name? Guam may capsize? The world will end in 12 years? Obama was born in Kenya? We exist inside a computer simulation? The undead? Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is not a reference to LSD? Moon landing was faked? Moon landing wasn't faked?
I could go on. To complicate things even further, what was crazy 100 years ago may no longer seem crazy and what is crazy now might not be seen as crazy 100 years from now. Who knows, maybe Guam actually will capsize from too many people living there.
To be clear, I think MTG is crazy or at least has said some pretty crazy things and in a sane world she wouldn't have been elected in the first place. However, it is tough for me to objectively say that she or her beliefs are any more crazy or bigoted than any other member of Congress and so I can confidently agree and say that this precedent will used in the future by one party against members of an opposing party that may or may not deserve it. In fact, I'm pretty confident it will be expanded to eventually expel members of an opposing party from Congress. If convicted of criminal acts, it is a different story of course.
Just go down deeper into that road. Frankly I'm surprised you would defend her. The remarks are disgusting. The Ds condemned them. She was forced to apologize for them. She made remarks more than once. Dude...you are really deep on this one. If you think Omar is all that please don't ever call yourself a conservative.
You say her remarks are antisemitic but you can't give a definition of what that means.