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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
When he starts working on behalf of an enemy government that we're legally in a state of war with.
Oh really when?
Who Am I?
We should change the national emergency law so that the President can only respond to actual emergencies...
Meanwhile, the most likely outcome right now is that the wall funding gets tied up in the courts for two years, the Republicans lose the Presidential election and/or the Senate in 2020, and the wall money is put back where it belongs...
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
And in the meantime, California either drowns or catches on fire again.
Who Am I?
Not the desired outcome, but that's on Trump.
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
A procrastination in of itself
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X5 The US government requested that the Japanese government nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, the US government could have just nominated Trump itself if it really wanted to. The list of people who can nominate is pretty long and I’ll quote it.
- Members of national assemblies and national governments (cabinet members/ministers) of sovereign states as well as current heads of states
- Members of The International Court of Justice in The Hague and The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague
- Members of l’Institut de Droit International
- Members of the Executive Committee of the international board of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
- University professors, professors emeriti and associate professors of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion; university rectors and university directors (or their equivalents); directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes
- Persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
- Members of the main board of directors or its equivalent of organizations that have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
- Current and former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (proposals by current members of the Committee to be submitted no later than at the first meeting of the Committee after 1 February)
- Former advisers to the Norwegian Nobel Committee
So Trump could have had a cabinet member or random congressman nominate him (or done it himself) but instead had the government beg Japan to do it for his ego.
Edited by Silasw on Feb 18th 2019 at 12:47:20 PM
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
State of Mind
Its 16 states suing Trump now.
"What a century this week has been." - Seung Min Kim
Disasturbator
if it was all 50 of them he'd probably stop being president pretty quickly,right?I mean if every state is suing you're done for as a President
New theme music also a box
Almost certainly, if every state decided to sue you then their representatives and senators would immediately draft up impeachment proceedings. That level of opposition is only going to end in two ways, either getting voted out of office or removed by the Senate.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Feb 18th 2019 at 8:18:25 AM
"Sandwiches are probably easier to fix than the actual problems" -Hylarn
A procrastination in of itself
I’m assuming this still only blue states, if Arizona or Texas get in on this things will get interesting.
Oh and Roger Stone has published a threat (in the from of an image of the judge with crosshairs over her) against the life of the judge presiding over his case, a threat that I’m seeing it claimed originates from a “deep-State” blog and a Russians new site.
Remember that when Sarah Palin did this against a democrat the democrat ended up getting shot in the head, it’s entirely possible that Stone is trying to inspire someone to assassinate the judge.
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
State of Mind
Apparently his lawyer got a hold of his account since the picture has been deleted.
"What a century this week has been." - Seung Min Kim
Man, when given a legally binding order to stop digging, Stone goes right for the mega-drill.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
State of Mind
In the interest of accuracy, the picture didn't have the crosshairs over the judge. It was in the corner over her head. Still noticeable and the whole thing came with the usual conspiracist diatribe about Clinton, Benghazi, Obama, and you know the rest.
Stone has posted an apology to the judge.
Edited by Parable on Feb 18th 2019 at 6:07:49 AM
"What a century this week has been." - Seung Min Kim
so i made a new avatar
"sorry that wasnt me it was my brother plz dont sentence me to jail"
To pity someone is to tell them "I feel bad about being better than you."
I hope that smug bastard's bail is revoked.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
A man died in Border Patrol custody; though considering he apparently had substantial liver and heart issues this one probably isn't their fault.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/18/us/customs-and-border-protection-custody-death/index.html
Edited by Rationalinsanity on Feb 18th 2019 at 12:13:58 PM
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Yeah, I have to agree - this death seems to have been natural and from what we're reporting, CBP took the appropriate steps to fight it.
And while Bill Weld is completely and utterly doomed, I still wish him well. I'd like there to be a Presidential campaign between him and Gillibrand, for example. While I don't agree with excessive economic deregulation anymore, I can recognize Weld as a man acting in good faith and trying to make the country a better place.
I despise hypocrisy, unless of course it is my own.
He wasn't the worst thing ever as governor of Massachusetts, and his heart is in the right place. It would be nice if the Republicans were more like the ones in New England.
She/Her Pronouns
It looks like Bernie Sanders has finally joined the race.
'sigh' Oh boy, can't wait.
Edited by AzurePaladin on Feb 19th 2019 at 7:10:15 AM
The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer
Uuuuuuuugh. I don't think he has much of a chance, though— A lot of the skeletons in his closet are out now, and he's best known for losing. This'll mostly just make the discourse more unpleasant, and probably screw Warren's chances
Captain of the Dead City
Or best known for almost winning despite being a democratic socialist in America and coming into the race quite late and without PAC money.
Depends on how you look at it.
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
He lost the Primary pretty solidly if I remember, even without superdelegates.
"You can reply to this Message!"
Lost in Space
The only reason Bernie looked good in some of the 2016 primaries is because they were caucus style and the relatively low turnout for those allowed his supporters to distort their actual numbers. I look forward to dealing with them again in much the same way as I look forward to the prospect of a traffic accident making my commute longer.
Edited by Fighteer on Feb 19th 2019 at 7:30:26 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
She/her
He did; by about 1 million votes.
My response, as a former Bernie volunteer and delegate to the DNC: “Grampa, go awayyyy, you’re embarrassing meeee.”
Edited by wisewillow on Feb 19th 2019 at 7:30:59 AM
so i made a new avatar
[x5]He still has his steadfast supporters so I imagine he has decent chances. Unfortunately.
Edited by PhysicalStamina on Feb 19th 2019 at 7:31:46 AM
To pity someone is to tell them "I feel bad about being better than you."
He has to have committed an actual crime against the country. Just saying stuff isn't illegal, and to prosecute him over what he's said, even if it's to do something else that is illegal, would be a massive violation of the right to free speech. This isn't even yelling fire in a theater; this is just him bloviating about arresting someone. We have a deliberately, and necessarily, high bar for what counts as treason.
Edited by AceofSpades on Feb 18th 2019 at 6:18:55 AM