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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Now for some not so good news.
President Proposes $2.55 Billion FY 18 Budget for National Park Service.
This disturbs me, because this is actually a budget cut, they're dressing up like an improvement.
https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/05-23-2017-budget-proposal.htm
edited 24th May '17 7:29:28 AM by megaeliz
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Well, there was the time when he fought with the mayor of Buenos Aires (our current president) for allowing gay people to marry*. Francis was very angry then.
- not exactly legalizing gay marriage (that happened nationwide the year after), but basically thanks to a judicial loophole in the city of Buenos Aires' laws, gay people were allowed to marry by judge order if the government of the city didn't fight it in court, and the now-president gave the order to not fight those appeals (effectively allowing homosexual marriage).
edited 24th May '17 8:09:21 AM by IFwanderer
1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KVWell, there's probably not a lot of colors that are considered "ok" to be meeting the pope in?? I'm not exactly up on the protocol of meeting with the head of one of the oldest religious organizations in the world.
And I'm pretty sure Pope Francis would have a lot to say. Not even about the gay marriage thing, about Trump's remarkably uncharitable behavior in general. Sadly, it will probably make Trump's heart grow three sizes. Plus, the oft remarked observation that Trump basically listen to the last person in the room, and the pope generally isn't that guy.
The GOP's strategy to win the special elections and the midterms? Point the finger at Pelosi again.
Now that "Thanks Obama" and "But Hillary" are out of date, they are going back to painting all Democratic candidates as Pelosi pawns again. They are counting on the GOP base's fear of Pelosi's "San Francisco liberal values".
edited 24th May '17 9:04:06 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedWe've seen that playing up the divisions between factions of the Democratic Party has been successful in the past. Why stop a winning strategy?
Corollary: it would be nice if the American Left stopped doing the Republicans' dirty work for them.
edited 24th May '17 9:20:07 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

I also want them to win for the more immediate practical benefits. If/when the AHCA gets sent back to the House for a vote, it would definitely help to have a few more Democratic Reps.
Disgusted, but not surprised