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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Pretty much, trump apeal to is voter is the typical "do it now!" style of leadership that is usually appealing to autocrats, that he just have to roder and if someone opose him, he can crush it with his superior negotiation skills.
which as it show, are just that terrible.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"Well, the US seems to have an office for everything.
The American Presidency Project has been cataloguing all the Executive Orders
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The table at the bottom lists the presidents in chronological order. At the moment, Trump's annual average is extremely high but he's also only been in office for a short period of time, so we don't know what his average will look like by the end of his presidency.
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.Obama wasn't even big on Executive Orders, he issued a lot of Executive Actions. Which aren't legally binding. They just say that the President would like the institutions to do if they wish so.
Inter arma enim silent legeshttps://twitter.com/JeffChirico/status/1022881836647755778?s=19
I suppose it depends on what we mean by "decent", if we're talking ethically/morally then yes you're right that are no real decent Republican candidates. But if we're purely talking about electability then there there could be decent Republican candidates.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang![]()
If they're primaried that's a pretty effective means of losing power.
The whole reason they've been so compliant is because they only care about personal power or their twisted ideals align with Trump.
The only way we could see realistic noteworthy number of defections is if they get massacred in the midterms and things are looking worse for future elections, then I could imagine them deciding that the general public is scarier then their base. But even that's a long-shot, they're just too cowardly/degenerated.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jul 28th 2018 at 6:09:32 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangWhich reminds me, has there been any attempts by Republicans to attempt to be The Starscream to Trump?
Well Cruz gave him a Screw You Im Outta Here.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.In more amusing news, Facebook temporarily suspended Alex Jones' account.
They also took down 4 infowars videos, and banned him from Streaming.
Edited by megaeliz on Jul 28th 2018 at 5:25:54 AM
Yeah, Facebook's recent too little too late drive against Fake News websites and accounts is hitting hard the right wing pages.
Recently they deleted a few hundred pages and profiles linked to fake news and fake profiles in a fell swoop and the whole Brazilian right wing went to complain about it.
Including one hardcore libertarian group that asked the government to do something about a private company setting the rules for their service as they saw fit.
The irony wasn't lost in this case.
Inter arma enim silent legesIt might be too little too late, but I'll take the schadenfreude in these trying times.
Read my stories!This may have just killed the gun control movement and negated gun control worldwide
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Why? Because 3D guns with no serial numbers are un-regulatable. They're like nuclear weapons in the hands of private owners; you can't find them or expect they won't use them.
Edited by Mario1995 on Jul 28th 2018 at 5:40:14 AM
"The devil's got all the good gear. What's God got? The Inspiral Carpets and nuns. Fuck that." - Liam GallagherTBH, that's not actually as concerning as it sounds, it came up in the gun related threads a couple weeks ago.
3d printed guns don't exactly have the quality to be all that dangerous, and would break after a couple shots unless you use metal printing which still requires tech that takes up your whole garage.
What is more concerning from this is the possibility of printing component parts to modify existing guns from semi-automatic to fully automatic, along with any other control methods that might be come up with, because by modifying an existing weapon you completely bypass the poor component quality out of a 3d printer.
x5 the irony was lost on Marco Rubio.
Edited by megaeliz on Jul 28th 2018 at 5:42:41 AM

As I understand it, he doesn't actually do them very often (recent tariffs aside). He's too busy being a big man to actually make decisions; that's for the plebs he's appointed to dismantle the government.