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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I see you missed the part also in that discussion about how it's really hard to give away that amount of money (particularly as net worth doesn't translate exactly to liquid funds).
The GOP is becoming increasingly Card Carrying Villains because all pretenses are being stripped away.
I think it began with their ACA.
But it was always there.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.You know I've said before that Mc Connell doesn't understand the concept of shame, and he continues to find new ways to prove me right...
Edited by Draghinazzo on Jan 30th 2019 at 9:07:15 AM
So... the leaking of confidential-yet-apparently-nonsensitive documents from Mueller's probe via the indicted Russians' attorneys is not something to panic about, right? It's just Mueller pulling a "hook, line and sinker" ploy on them to confirm already existing suspicions on his part so that he could have legitimate grounds for withholding any actually sensitive information from them in future dealings?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.... The articles about his leak specifically quoted Mueller's team on the fact that the documents were not supposed to reach the public.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Nothing I said contradicted that?
I'm confused.
Oh wait, derp. I made a typo
Basically it's standard procedure to give defense attorneys copies of the evidence so they can make their defense case for their client. The Russian attorneys have either let that evidence leaked or are in on Russian psyops plans and are using it to run a disinformation campaign.
Edited by LeGarcon on Jan 30th 2019 at 8:54:38 AM
Oh really when?Ocasio-Cortez, Markey to unveil ‘Green New Deal’ legislation
. The trillion dollar question: Will it be eligible for reconciliation? Because unless the Republicans make a sudden volte face on climate policy that's the only way it could pass in the Senate.
Edited by SeptimusHeap on Jan 30th 2019 at 7:38:21 PM
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanI imagine it's largely symbolic at this point in time, although also an opportunity to put it out there so it can be refined into actual practices.
Even if it's symbolic now, it will still need to pass the Senate once it's ready. Come to think of it, how do they want to get HR1 passed past a filibuster? By trading it away against a border wall or some other Trump priority?
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanI don't think you can convince Senate Democrats to do that, considering that it's the only tool by which they can stop voter ID laws, abortion bans and the devil knows what else things.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Surprise, suprise, Evil Turtle is scared of voting.
Mc Connell said Democrats want “generous new benefits for federal bureaucrats and government employees” including Election Day holiday and up to six days of paid leave “for any federal bureaucrat who decides they’d like to hang out at the polls during an election.”
Mc Connell thinks those federal workers would use their time off to work to elect Democrats. He also ripped federal matching funds for candidates, etc. in HR 1, which he calls “The Democratic Politician Protection Act”