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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I'm reminded of Jeremy Clarkson (formerly of BBC's Top Gear) saying, "I love France. I adore France! It's the French who ruin it for me."
This Space Intentionally Left Blank.Unfortunately, we don't live in that kind of world.
edited 6th May '17 7:46:54 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 livesThing is that the Council for Human Rights, like the rest of the UN, has no direct enforcement power. The most it can do is ask nicely for nations to voluntarily give up their accused citizens for trial. When those "accused citizens" consist of the entire leadership of a national political party that is currently in power, well...
edited 6th May '17 6:46:25 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Paul Ryan to campaign with Karen Handel in Georgia’s 6th race
Ryan campaign spokesman Zack Roday said the speaker is “proud to stand with Karen Handel, a strong conservative leader who will be a fighter for Georgians.”
The exact details of the event are still in the works, but Roday said Ryan is “excited to rally voters to get out and vote” for Handel.
Since notching the No. 2 spot, Handel has openly embraced Trump – and Ossoff has largely refused to criticize her for it. But her supporters are eager to feature her on the campaign trail with a more mainstream Republican figure in the establishment-friendly district.
Ryan is likely the latest in a string of Republican officials who will campaign for Handel in Georgia. Ossoff, on the other hand, faces a trickier calculus over whether to bring in Democratic reinforcements to the conservative-leaning district.
Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, is surely off the table: She’s at the center of a never-ending string of attack ads linking her to Ossoff, which accelerated after she held a fundraiser in Washington for him. So is Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who will be in Atlanta on Monday for a Carter Center event.
One Democrat he welcomed to his side last week was Jason Kander, a former Missouri secretary of state who now leads a voter advocacy group. Kander said Ossoff is walking the same line that he tried to tread in red-state Missouri.
“He’s prioritizing local economic development and local issues,” Kander said. “People don’t want just another person who will go out and scream about what’s going on in the national level. They want someone who is going to stay focused on the people back home. And that’s exactly what he’s doing.”
Ossoff has dismissed the visits by Trump and other prominent Handel supporters, saying he’s not concerned with the “comings and goings of figures from Washington.” He was asked in a recent interview if his campaign will line up its own visits with big-name Democrats.
“I’m not sure yet,” Ossoff said. “I’m really focused on driving the economic message and articulating the vision for metro Atlanta’s economic growth and economic potential that will serve the dreams of Georgia’s families.”
Good news, guys. The senate Senate GOP rejected the Trump(don't)care bill.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/04/house-health-care-bill-senate-doa-238000
Hmm...
Also, good'ol Sean Spicer back with some hilarity with supposed alternate terms regarding walls and fences.![]()
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Pentagon to lease room in Trump Tower for the nuclear football.
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Edit- I mean, I'm completely unfamiliar with how they tote around said item with the president, so maybe it isn't as inane as it sounds.
. . .right?
edited 6th May '17 8:19:09 AM by carbon-mantis
Trumps conflicts of interests have reached the Refuge in Audacity stage if they weren't there already
Isn't the nuclear football just a briefcase that contains two books, one manila folder, and a card?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

The FCC thing might not be a big deal. If someone complains to the FCC, they have to investigate, unless they've investigated the exact thing the complaint was about before. (Apparently reruns can be really annoying for the FCC sometimes.)
The current head of the FCC (Ajit Pai) is insane, but he's in the pocket of the telecom companies, not Trump, and the telecom companies love controversy because they think it equals higher ratings and more people watching TV.
edited 6th May '17 6:12:40 AM by Zendervai