barleyblue.bsky.social
Great Dane with interests in politics, space, photography, autonomous driving, & advanced driving safety features. Became Democrat only after I heard Bill Clinton tell the story of his biggest regret of his Presidency, not stopping the genocide in Rwanda.
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Does this come naturally to the speechwriters? Or, is there a special review board that inserts the ass-kissing comments after the facts are written out, but prior to the statement being released?
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Worse than the crappy little gas station market I stopped at in Calhoun Georgia that specializes in Trump paraphernalia. Do NOT order a hot dog off the warming conveyor!
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Worse than an old neglected gas station.
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However, I do hope that candidates have stock market trading and board member experience before they attempt to join Congress. Congressional members need to have personal experiences that give them a good understanding of the economy and the dynamics of organizations, non-profit or for-profit.
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I think you received Trump’s breakfast order.
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....and also file for a TRO at your local courthouse. Folks are batshit crazy.
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Senator, I am afraid Trump's latest EO is hard to challenge. Someone in the WH has brains: publish the "overstay" percentages for student and tourist visas for these countries, proving Dems are correct in saying that most undocumented folks do NOT come across the Rio Grande, but rather on planes.
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I just wish the White House would quit using the Chinese chatbots to write their "Make America Healthy Again" reports.
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In the venture capital world, this is easy to do: Declare that the next investment round is "play to pay". If the existing investor (i.e. Epstein's estate) does not contribute funds to the next round, then his shares are relegated from "preferred" to "common", risking erasure from the cap table.
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Will this turn out to be a shit show like the visits of the Ukrainians and the South Africans? Or, will Trump give him the Macron treatment? My bet: it will depend on whether the Chancellor's wife is in the room with the media. Trump's MO is so transparent: "Pretty women here, better to behave."
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Mike Lindell is a few sandwiches short of a picnic. Not the brightest bulb on the tree. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. His elevator does not go all the way to the top floor. How many ways can we say, "Mike Lindell is an idiot"?
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Yeah, I get your point. But I would support the Governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, if he chooses to run.
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This is what Trump's call for Walmart to "eat the tariffs" looks like in real life. No one should be surprised. It is just another sales tax on top of all the other state, county and local taxes that we pay at the checkout line. In this case, the tariff also applies to imported food items.
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ChatGPT will take of this assignment in about 22 seconds.
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Or, was it "lap dance"?
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She misheard the person. The consituent said "pole dance", not "floor speech".
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Someone in the Trump Administration learned from the Muslim Ban: publish the over-stay rates on tourist and student visas, and all of America will be shocked and shamed into silence. We have always said that undocumented immigrants come on airplanes and not by crossing the Rio Grande River.
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I have been a CNN viewer for over 30 years, and I understand their bias and approach. I will NEVER understand how Jake Tapper misread the room, thinking that we would shower him with accolades upon the release of his book, "Original Sin". At least for now, he has shut up about it. #HerotoZero.
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There was definitely more shouting between parental units in the pre-GPS era.
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It appears that our protests against masked and un-nametagged brownshirts has at least given us a chance to identify our Vichy neighbors.
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There are serious facts behind this jest: CEO’s around the country allow employees with false documentation to change their names and social security numbers when requested by the employee. This typically follows a wage garnishment order against actual person whose documentation is being misused.
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They’re moving on from their efforts on immunization effectiveness.
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Next up?: White fear of kittens.
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More North Koreans will die before then.
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High Commander Taco is not going to like this meme.
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As stated by Barron Trump, rising freshman at Phagan’s School of Beauty.
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I bet Greta could get compromising photos of the Senator to shut him down, just like Trump has done.
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Every militia-wannabe thinks he is Dog The Bounty Hunter nowadays.
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I find it interesting that he cannot find a slur to describe Obama. Or, does he have a slur which he knows he can’t use publicly?
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Trump was quoted as saying today, "Oh, what I would do for the crown prince!" One thing we have learned about Trump, when he says it, you must believe it.
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Thank God that Jesus and his family were allowed to emigrate to Egypt to escape the violence in their homeland, where all boys age two and younger were being slaughtered.
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Pope Bob would have been cool, though. Just saying.
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I hope a team of folks comes together to bring her back to Vermont. At least, there should be a GoFundMe for an airplane ticket home, yes? Anybody know of one?
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So, what would be the characteristics of anti-woke Pope? Racist, misogynistic, anti-immigrant, hateful towards the outcast and those on the fringe, pro-capitalist, and frowning upon the poor? These sound like descriptions of the anti-Christ, not the Pope.
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Kind of. SCOTUS has not settled the issue of whether Congress has exclusive authority to suspend habeas corpus. Justice Amy Coney Barrett has written about this. constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu....
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In April 1861, Lincoln ordered the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia to give military authorities the power to detain individuals suspected of disloyalty.
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In April 1861, President Lincoln ordered the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia to give military authorities the power to detain individuals suspected of disloyalty. I guess Civil War II is about to begin.
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Pope Leo is surely not a fan of Sammy Sosa.
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Have you seen his Wharton transcripts? About his diploma? Yeah, me neither.
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Trump is doing what he said he would do. Why is this such a surprise to Trump voters?
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Best advice: If your phone is confiscated and you are worried about the government reviewing your personal information, then using another iPhone, mark your own phone as Lost in the "Find My" app, then erase the contents remotely --- and do it quickly while you are waiting for your baggage.
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The White House has a Loyalty Test. With just one wrong answer, the staff member will be terminated within one week. There is not enough oxygen in the White House for more than Trump's opinion. Don't even try. If you are in the Administration, you need to save your breath for sucking Trump's ass.
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Bob, how does breaking up big corporations help? If Walmart's 18000 stores were divided into 1000 different companies, with only 18 stores per corp, how would these new corporations be able to provide the same lower prices without the economies of scale? We would suffer - and no chance for unions.
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ChatGPT tried to explain to me, visually, that Amazon still makes a profit on the typical Prime member despite the shipping costs.
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Reminds me of the scene from the film, "Leave the World Behind."
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Sold my TSLA stock in late February, anticipating the sh*t show. Bought at $313/share and sold at $314/share. Had 9 shares, so I guess I banked $9 in capital gains. However, I would trade this $9 x 10000 for a reversal of the past four months in a heartbeat. TG I don't own one of their cars.
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Trump is a lousy market manipulator, too. The Dow Jones average peaked at around 45,000 on February 5. Today, it is trading at 41,260. This is an 8% drop over three months. Unless this slide stops, the Dow will be at 30,000 by the end of 2025. Why? Inept communication of illogical decisions.
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One more point from my side. If Walmart was to become a non-profit AND give the current profits to the employees, each of their hourly wages would go up about $3.50 an hour. If that is not enough for a living wage, then groceries prices would need to increase.