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#281401: May 24th 2019 at 2:51:58 AM

My understanding was that DOMA was in party signed because if Democrats didn’t support it rpeublicans were planning to get a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, something they might well have had the support for.

If they’d gone for that by the way, gar marriage would s it’ll be illegal in all 50 states.

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Imca (Veteran)
#281402: May 24th 2019 at 3:30:18 AM

And Dont Ask Dont Tell was a flat out improvement over the previous standards (You know being flat out banned), even if it is bad by todays.

Dont forget that just as close as the beginning of this decade gay marriage was widely UNAPPROVED, and that even Obama was agianst it.

We have done astounding work getting the perception flipped completely in such a short time, but it makes what was good in the 90s seem bad by comparision.

Edited by Imca on May 24th 2019 at 3:30:46 AM

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#281403: May 24th 2019 at 3:43:37 AM

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48393665

Trump has given Barr wide sweeping powers to investigate whether the Democrats have been spying on him during the 2016 campaign and to make arrests.

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#281404: May 24th 2019 at 5:58:24 AM

George Takei has joked about running against Mitch Mc Connell.

He's received a wave of support there.

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#281405: May 24th 2019 at 6:07:52 AM

Although I can't argue that he's the most qualified for the job, I'd also argue that a fully-operational traffic junction could do it better than McConnell currently is.

Traffic lights do more actions than "stop". tongue

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#281406: May 24th 2019 at 6:17:55 AM

Also being unseated my a potentially unqualified celebrity with (iirc) a sex scandal or two behind him would have a nice taste of Hoist by His Own Petard after McConnell's support of Trump.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#281407: May 24th 2019 at 6:20:31 AM

On a less amusing note - Trump is pardoning Gallagher, the Seal who committed a horrific number of war crimes against women and children.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-will-disgrace-memorial-day-by-pardoning-convicted-and-accused-war-criminals

Edited by CharlesPhipps on May 24th 2019 at 6:20:44 AM

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#281408: May 24th 2019 at 6:28:48 AM

I'm surprised how quickly people have forgotten George Takei's unacceptable behaviour,needless to say,I feel like he should not be running for any office because of this

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#281409: May 24th 2019 at 6:29:55 AM

[up] Wait, what kind of unacceptable behaviour?

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#281410: May 24th 2019 at 6:29:57 AM

George Takei's sexual assault accuser said he doesn't actually recall being touched by George Takei at all and toxicologists state that it wasn't possible he was drugged with the drugs he claimed he was (as they didn't exist yet).

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/05/george-takei-sexual-assault-accuser-retracts-claim

Also...

He also said the reason he wouldn't go for George was he wasn't attracted to Asian men.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on May 24th 2019 at 6:34:40 AM

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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#281411: May 24th 2019 at 6:42:46 AM

[up]x4 Lemme guess: "He was treated very unfairly by the deep state and the FAKE NEWS MEDIA", right?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#281412: May 24th 2019 at 6:47:20 AM

He admitted to it on a Howard Stern show as I recall

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#281413: May 24th 2019 at 6:56:10 AM

And here I was thinking that Takei's misdeeds were being downplayed because the Evil Turtle is arguably far worse...

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#281414: May 24th 2019 at 7:04:23 AM

Trump has given Barr wide sweeping powers to investigate whether the Democrats have been spying on him during the 2016 campaign and to make arrests.

Lovely. All he has to do is start slapping handcuffs on people and the Democrat Spying narrative will be locked into the public consciousness. Even if the charges don't hold up in a court of law, the Court of Public Opinion will declare that the Democrats are guilty - backed up by sensational headlines about "DEMOCRAT ARRESTED FOR THE THING".

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#281415: May 24th 2019 at 7:24:31 AM

Only if Barr does something,Trump is doing this because he thinks he'll do it,chances are he won't and he'll look desperate and helpless if he's giving people powers for nothing

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#281416: May 24th 2019 at 8:13:06 AM

Barr has shown that he's willing to commit crimes for Trump, I'm not hopefully that he'll draw a line between "covering up real crimes" and "arresting people for fake crimes".

It's likely however that Barr arresting prominent Democrats might spark Pelosi into action, she can order his arrest whenever she wants.

Then it comes down to which way the capital police go, do they arrest Barr on Pelosi's orders or Pelosi on Barr's orders?

[up][up] Your scenario requires CNN, the New York Times and such to go along with Barr and say that he's legitimately arresting criminal democrats instead of that he's rounding up political opponents. I'm not saying I'd bet against them going that way, but there are two possible narratives that could emerge, same as with Pelosi arresting Barr.

Edited by Silasw on May 24th 2019 at 3:15:02 PM

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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#281417: May 24th 2019 at 8:18:22 AM

Legal Team for Accused War Criminal Just Happens to Include a Trump Lawyer Why am I not surprised. Even if said lawyer is telling the truth in that there's no influence/direction going on, surely he must see how bad the optics for this is?

Edited by speedyboris on May 24th 2019 at 10:25:47 AM

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#281418: May 24th 2019 at 8:20:18 AM

Uuh.. why would it be the capitol police? Do Congress and the DOD have direct control over them? Do they not have Secret Service or something like the FBI to do it? (Which actually wouldn't surprise me, since Congress can apparently just override the mayor/council of the actual city there as regards things like public works.)

archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#281419: May 24th 2019 at 8:24:35 AM

The Capitol Police are under congress, if they were to order someone arrested that’s who’d do it. They’re separate from the local DC police (which are called Metropolitan PD) and other federal law enforcement.

Edited by archonspeaks on May 24th 2019 at 8:25:27 AM

They should have sent a poet.
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#281420: May 24th 2019 at 8:25:55 AM

The disaster relief bill had been stalled in the House because one Republican objected.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#281422: May 24th 2019 at 8:36:32 AM

Looks like wall and objecting to spending in general.

Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#281423: May 24th 2019 at 9:14:33 AM

I really hope that if the wall ever does go up or even starts construction the first thing the Democratic president does is have it's construction site abandoned, then demolished. We don't need more white nationalist symbols in the USA then we already have.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#281424: May 24th 2019 at 9:40:44 AM

By the time a democrat is president it will be too late too stop construction,,best you can hope is it finish quickly and not waste any more tax dollars on it

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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#281425: May 24th 2019 at 9:49:03 AM

Man, that thing isn't even going to get started; it's a long term project that Trump can't even be in office long enough to see through. Hell, there's lawsuits from Bush's term about putting up border fences on what turns out to be private property that are still going through the courts. What he's currently doing is just taking credit from other long term projects regarding things like replacing fences or otherwise maintaining what structure is already there. As much as he wants this project it will not be started during his presidency, regardless of if he's voted out or gets another term. Which is what I've been saying since he got into office; things this large require so much pre-planning that it is literally impossible to get done in four to eight years. Someone coming in after him can just ax the project if it even gets through that stage.

As for that one Republican: Goddammit, you can't just let one thing through, can you? Can't let anything go and just let some people get some help.


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