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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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...
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
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.” ~ CyranAlmost 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
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangI’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.” ~ CyranIn 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
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.
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. -FighteerThe 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!"

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