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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Sorry, Google brought up an page for the acronym where the most likely answer is Reservations, Understandings and Declarations
. I'll see what else I can find.
edited 22nd Apr '17 10:19:36 AM by MorningStar1337
Apologies, I was away.
- Reservations: "we're agreeing to this treaty except for this part"
- Understandings: "We know the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination says any disparate impact, but we understand it to mean any deliberate disparate impact, like our laws say"; and
- Declarations: not actually defined in international law and can be anything that a state can get away with (usually just a version of understandings though).
edited 22nd Apr '17 11:06:27 AM by CenturyEye
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives"During the past ten years, I have observed that Democrats are actually growing afraid of Republicans. In a quirky and flawed, but insightful, little book, "Democracy and Populism: Fear and Hatred," John Lukacs concludes that the left fears, the right hates."
So far I think the article is right and this is were the whole "Dems as establishment" is true, the republicans have become a political cult and the Dems have played to much old politics to get that. So far the republicans have kick themselves more that any dems action so far.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"Going by an "anonymous" top White House official (yeah, right, see my emphasis below and guess who it is), they're looking forward to the shutdown.
While the potential for a government shutdown has been overshadowed by other events—Syria, North Korea, the attempted repeal of Obamacare—the Trump White House is suddenly seized with the issue. “Next week is going to have quite high drama,” a top White House official, who sounded excited by the coming clash, told me. “It’s going to be action-packed. This one is not getting as much attention, but, trust me, it’s going to be the battle of the titans. And the great irony here is that the call for the government shutdown will come on—guess what?—the hundredth day. If you pitched this in a studio, they would say, ‘Get out of here, it’s too ridiculous.’ This is going to be a big one.”
The last government shutdown was in October, 2013, and was widely blamed on conservative Republicans in the House, with a major assist from Senator Ted Cruz, who demanded that Obamacare had to be defunded, a ludicrous strategy given that Barack Obama was President. Congress failed to pass the necessary legislation, and the government closed for two weeks before Republicans came back to the table. At the time, many predicted that the tactic would have dire political consequences for the G.O.P., but the following year the Party expanded its majority in the House and took over the Senate. Republican leaders have prevented their right wing from forcing shutdowns in the years since, but one lesson from 2013 is that the threat of a government shutdown is a powerful way to press for concessions without paying too high a political price.
I'd say to Pass the Popcorn, but this is way too serious for that.
edited 22nd Apr '17 2:47:24 PM by TotemicHero
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)Am I missing something? I honestly don't get how a government shutdown on the hundredth day can possibly be spun into good PR for the Trump administration. How are they going to pin this on the Democrats when the GOP controls both houses of Congress? Isn't this just going to further the impression since the Obamacare repeal fiasco that Trump is too incompetent to even get his own party in line? Nevermind the fact that the budget bill he's trying to pass is a bold-faced betrayal of his promise that US citizens won't pay for his dang wall.
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They could only do that if they're trying to tell Trump that the wall is a bad idea, which they aren't; The Republican Mainstream is only small government when they aren't in control, and are clamoring to keep Trump's supporters happy, and fully support the wall. The Democrats are against the Wall, but they have never claimed to be for shrinking Government (save for one or two less influential members). The Tea Party is the only group that actually wants to Shrink the Government, but even they are willing to build the stupid Wall if other things (like entitlements) are cut in the spending bill.
If anything, this move will kill the "Shrink the Government" Political movements for a long time, something Trump might actively be wanting to do.
Considering Trump's most recent moves, that group is shrinking quite rapidly.
edited 22nd Apr '17 3:25:55 PM by DingoWalley1
If there is a government shutdown it won't be because of the congress. President Trump promised to not sign the budget bill (or whatever) if they didn't include the things It wanted.
It wants them included (like the funding of the wall) as to not look weak, but the Republicans know that what It's asking is stupid and they won't add it to the budget for fear of losing the support of the people and making things worse. They know, especially after what happened in Georgia recently, that even with a majority in both houses, the democrats are still a threat if not a bigger one than before by being the minority party: everything that happens, good or bad, is on the Republicans.
So, if Trump doesn't sign the bill (or whatever, I'm not expert on the details), the Republicans would need to convince some Democrats to support them and override the President's "veto", like they did with the whole suing Saudi Arabia thing.
That's why the GOP needs the Democrats, because they fear Trump will keep Its promise to force the government shutdown.
But I hope most Democrats will let them drown on their own. They either take a stand against and Trump and go ahead with the budget without adding the things It wants, even at the risk of the shutdown; or they give in and add what It wants to keep the government "working" even if that could enrage many, MANY people.
Seriously. I really hope they aren't weak enough to fold, the GOP are in power and should be responsible for their actions. And the Democrats should make sure people understand that this is all GOP incompetence.
If It keeps its promise to not sign the funding bill, then the Democrats will eventually have to unite forces with the GOP to undo the "veto". Remember that the government is the biggest provider of jobs and millions and millions of people would be affected by a government shutdown, not just Trump (if this can even get past Its teflon coating).
However, they need to take advantage of the power this gives them and try to get as many "compromises" out of the GOP as possible.
Like a promise that this won't happen under president Pence next year winkwinknudgenudge.
... EXCUSE ME?! Are they serious???
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Go on, keep trying to poke the bear that is the American people with that stick. I'm sure everything will go your way.
Do not obey in advance.I wonder if Trump's advisers or whoever is leading this nonsense is forgetting the old line about Awakening the Sleeping Giant.

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