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I wonder if the Iranians, knowing this, will make some veiled threat on the parade knowing that the outcome will be (1) that it is cancelled, which makes it look like they intimidated him; or (2) thunderstorms and terrorist concerns make it a wash out.
Interesting times.
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After putting $45 million of U.S. taxpayer money into this celebration of military might you can be sure that he will not wimp out just because of a little rain. Wait, I'm getting an update.
apnews.com/article/dona...
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A 98 year old Mel Brooks is going to be in the movie but you needed to hear that Rick Moranis was in it?
What is he, chopped liver? In any event, he did not take your post all that well.
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As others are saying, he's "our" bastard and I may have to throw in if that's the best we can gin up. But . . . hopefully that's not the play.
Bully for him, for sure.
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I have to start writing, as others do #sacrasm. I totally agree with you - it's an insane assertion by Noem. Either she's lying - which is most likely and by far more charitable reading. If she is so deficient as to not to be able to remember him, we should pull her driver's license.
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I'm very happy to cite actions that adults took, well into adulthood, as indicative of whether we'd want them to be in a position of power. I was in SF when he ran and while I agreed more with his policies I voted for the Green candidate because character matters. This was before this story broke.
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My argument is just that he's not Dem's best choice - character matters and DJT is living proof of that. For Gavin, a man who had his manager (and by accounts his personal friend) run his campaign and then took the opportunity to sleep with that man's wife, my view stands. apnews.com/article/fact...
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Wait, you mean the unquestionably smarmy self-aggrandizing political operative who . . . checks notes, had a close colleague run his campaign all the while he was sleeping with that aide's wife is not our best choice?
Who's next up, then, Cuomo? www.nytimes.com/2007/02/02/u...
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Please, she can't be expected to remember just anybody - it's not like Senator Padilla and her would be likely to cross paths in any other context.
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Not directly relevant, but an announced Senator being thrown around for asking questions of Noem . . . in California . . . probably doesn't help the administration's optics.
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I refer to my earlier post.
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Well, we're back to major skill issue - she needs to keep track of just two top tier Senators (Majority and Minority) on her Committee. Counting to two appears to have been too taxing - and FWIW not sure she's necessarily solid on the Republican one either given this.
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And by the way, if the Republican Senators had one iota of respect for their institution they'd be up in arms that a Senator can be treated this way.
No way to uphold the dignity of the office and its members if Senators of either party get to manhandled and ignored.
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Your call - I have enough puns and corny jokes to be a bit outside the normal business plan for those running bots, but to each his/her own.
It's a fine line - Dems need to improve. But the depressing of turnout in 2024 because they weren't great, while DJT was horrid, mattered.
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Great that they're really building up future credit for a "coalition of the willing" by doing this, having Rubio cheer Russia Day, planning to detain citizens of allies at Gitmo without notice to their embassies, oh, and kicking out Afghans who supported us to a regime that will harm them.
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Tornados don't have agency. I've used the example of ineffective firefighters and dangerous arsonists. And yes, right now we need better firefighters - but there's more to that story.
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You know who else was lonely . . .all those guys at the end of the movie Downfall. Seemed pretty grim. But hey, at least you're not a migrant legally present in the U.S. who has been sent to a labor camp in El Salvador to serve an indefinite term without the benefit of any due process. Buck up sport
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Project 2025 may have misread some slang when suggesting only men "play" with children.
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RESPECT MY AUTHORITIES!
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Get a political appointment by writing nonsense - that seems to be a pretty low Barr. www.aclu.org/news/civil-l...
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Almost admire huh? I see you couched this extensively.
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Exit Usha; [hysterical laughter]" pursued by a bear.
Let's get full on Shakespearean with it.
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It goes on.
Every action seeking an "administrative stay" of a judicial order that will eventually (after appeals) confirm the blatant unconstitutionality of the administration's actions - on the Alien Enemies Act and many others - wastes valuable DOJ time and resources far better spent elsewhere.
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From the lowly infantry soldier to the most prominent generals, Stalin "leans in" as a reorganizer of the Soviet military.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_P...
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Remember when -
“The Army follows the Department of Defense’s longstanding and well-defined policy regarding political campaigns and elections to avoid the perception of DoD sponsorship, approval or endorsement of any political candidate, campaign or cause." www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
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True . . . true.
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Please don't make me vote for this guy . . . I mean I will . . . but I explicitly did not vote for him as Mayor because he's a terrible human being. He had a long time friend running his campaign and he . . . had an affair with his wife at the same time. www.nytimes.com/2007/02/02/u...
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Spy chiefs, through history, as seen through the eyes of Tulsi Gabbard.
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I guess some people just got hooked into a condiment theme, after first considering pepper spray.
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Jefferson Davis has left the chat . . .
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Just not seeing the desire for "mass amnesty" out there, leaving aside that it's a policy dead end - given lack of power to enact it - prior to 2029 at the absolutely earliest date.
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Perhaps he may want to check in with this other conservative who has not totally lost the plot.
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As foretold in the songs of old . . .
"You're rotoring
What's your price for flight?
And finding Mister Right
You'll be alright tonight . . ."
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Technically "fuff, fuff" pass.
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Remember "no masks"
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Yeah, me either. I was making a dig about some of the administration's claims.
If Gov. Newsom wants to really be tough, and not just act it, there's some cleanup to do about horrors like this and the Australian journalist standing doing her job who was callously targeted and shot.
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That's making quite the leap - what if he's coming with pizza?
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No kidding, and did you see the one that Cruz posted of the crowds waving foreign flags . . . almost seems like a different time and place.
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These must be the Leftist LAPD I've heard so much about.
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Given the clear evidence, he should be fired and probably brought up on charges.