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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
@Wryte: A lot of people here wonder why people (usually liberals) enact policies that favour a certain segment of the population and wonder why this segment then votes in a suicidal fashion. So yes, it is a question worth pursuing.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanWhere do you get this from? This is the first time I'm hearing that demagogues are more common in multi-party systems.
edited 9th Jun '17 3:07:07 PM by Antiteilchen
In offering to testify against himself, has Trump just waived his right to a Fifth Amendment defense down the road, or would he still be able to play that card when the time comes?
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.He's not offered to "testify against himself", so he hasn't officially waived anything. I'm pretty sure that's something he has to do in a more formal legal setting than in a press conference. And, to address the "testify against himself" thing again, no, he's going to try and testify to the fact that he didn't do anything wrong. He's not going in there to purposefully incriminate himself. He's showboating to make himself look more credible against Comey.
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Depends on who runs Congress.
edited 9th Jun '17 3:23:51 PM by TheAirman
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He has no control over whether his testimony is for or against himself. That's kinda the point of the Fifth; it's a double-edged sword. By pleading it, you are excused from testimony that could be used to incriminate you at the cost of being excused from testimony that could be used to defend you.
Testimony is testimony. Once you start delivering it, you forfeit the right to a Fifth Amendment plea.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Lying under oath is a federal crime. Specifically, it's perjury. That doesn't mean he wouldn't do it, but it'd be more fuel for the impeachment fire.
edited 9th Jun '17 4:08:58 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Perjury is literally what Bill Clinton was impeached for. (Specifically, saying "I did not have sexual relations with that woman", meaning Monica Lewinsky. He was technically telling the truth, because the legal definition of "sexual relations" does not include getting your dick sucked, which Slick Willie was certainly aware of. Didn't stop the GOP from impeaching him.)
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.I'm not sure how this is legal, but California signed a deal with China to combat climate change. Not that I'm complaining, but still.
Well, the article does say it's a non-binding thing, so it appears basically to be a goodwill statement with the intent to have their businesses and such cooperate. It's not an actual, legal, government backed treaty of any sort.
And he does point out that California is the leading economic state. In many cases, where California goes, so to does the rest of the country simply to keep up.
Also this is just funny:
Gingrich: Trump ‘invariably’ ate fast food in front of me
"Trump would wander through the line and get a cheeseburger and fries,” the former House Speaker wrote in his new book “Understanding Trump," according to a sneak peek in the Washington Examiner.
“It was a very practical reminder that in his heart Trump was raised as a middle-class guy from Queens, not a Manhattan socialite,” Gingrich wrote.
The Republican veteran also revealed the president is a fan of a group of fast food staples. "Any time a meal was served when I flew with candidate Trump aboard his nicely outfitted 757, it was invariably Mc Donald's, Wendy's, or a similar fast food," he said.
Gingrich’s book, which is set to be released June 13, chronicles what he learned advising Trump throughout the presidential campaign and the early days of his administration.
"I swear the guy who is known for making gigantic buildings with his name on it and who is defensive about how much money he makes totally empathizes with your middle class struggles I swear promise"
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothesTrudeau wimped out along with the UK and Japan.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel had actually thought that Canada's young, charismatic prime minister, Justin Trudeau, could be counted among her reliable partners. Particularly when it came to climate policy. Just two weeks ago, at the G-7 summit in Sicily, he had thrown his support behind Germany. When Merkel took a confrontational approach to U.S. President Donald Trump, Trudeau was at her side. But by Tuesday evening, things had changed. At 8 p.m., Merkel called Trudeau to talk about how to proceed following Trump's announced withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement. To her surprise, the Canadian prime minister was no longer on the attack. He had switched to appeasement instead.
What would be wrong with simply striking all mentions of the Paris Agreement from the planned G-20 statement on climate, Trudeau asked.He suggested simply limiting the statement to energy issues, something that Trump would likely support as well. Trudeau had apparently changed his approach to Trump and seemed concerned about further provoking his powerful neighbor to the south.
Suddenly, though, Britain and Japan no longer wanted to be part of it. British Prime Minister Theresa May didn't want to damage relations with Trump, since she would need him in the event of a hard Brexit, the Chancellery surmised last week. And given the tensions with North Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe couldn't put his country's alliance with the U.S. at risk. In other words: Climate policy is great, but when it comes to national interests, it is secondary.
The EU is basically the North.

The problem the far left always has is that it tends to simultaneously tell one segment of the population that they will make their life better while threatening the status quo of another segment of the population (the ones who actually have to pay for the plans of the far left - FAR left, I am not talking about the more reasonable left-leaning parties).
edited 9th Jun '17 2:03:16 PM by Swanpride