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Journalism died during the birth of social media. “News” is now all about telling a story, not about reporting. It is no longer about getting it right, it is all about getting it first.
Exhibit 1 – Duke Lacrosse rape case.
Trump, ultra-Maga, Trumpsters, Trump supporters…..good lord, what would the pearl clutchers do without Trump and his minions?
Biden is correct on one thing….Scott’s plan will increase taxes on 75M Americans. According to Scott’s plan, everyone will have a little skin in the game at tax time. The 75M Biden is referring to are not currently playing federal income tax. I have no problem with that.
But according to Jenn Psaki, this is a technical correction caused by businesses increasing inventory. Huh?
I’m having trouble keeping up with the narrative. We have inflation because demand is outpacing supply of goods, but businesses are increasing inventory and depressing GDP?
I thought I knew something about the economy, but I fail to see how this can happen.
Bob, you missed my point. I was not referring to the mandate in this case, I was commenting on the fact that only one federal judge is required to override ANY administrations decisions or policies .
Looking back, inferior courts blocked most of Trump’s executive orders. 1 judge, 1 decision and we can’t stop people from know terrorist shitholes from legally entering the US. Don’t like Trumps border policy, find a friendly judge to issue a stay.
1 judge should not be able to override or suspend an executive order. I don’t believe the USSC upheld any ruling made by a lone district court judge against trump, as an example, but the lower courts created havoc.
Seems like there ought to be at least 3 randomly selected federal judges to rule on executive orders.
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Here is a pretty good editorial on the ruling. Personally, I’m happy to see the mask mandate go away but I do not like the idea a single judge can turn the entire country on its head.
Agreed, but unfortunately it happens regularly. That’s the system.[/quote]
Mick, Can’t Roberts change this? I read it was only a matter of procedure for the Chief Justice to change it.
Here is a pretty good editorial on the ruling.
Personally, I’m happy to see the mask mandate go away but I do not like the idea a single judge can turn the entire country on its head.
[quote quote=5998]Meanwhile, the Minority Leadership in the House, Fred “Paul Ryan” Upton puts the cards face up on the table. Absent a significant majority, republicans will find it hard to legislate as it is necessary to marginalize/ignore/put the lie to their more rightward members. Yea Party part deux? Upton can permit them to lie to their voters in order to win a majority as long as he can isolate them from participating in the governing process. But hey Freddy, let’s run on that America First agenda…snicker, wink & fingers crossed. At least Biden tried to follow his campaign commitments. https://thehill.com/news/sunday-talk-shows/3271037-upton-says-it-will-be-hard-to-govern-if-gop-doesnt-nab-big-house-majority/amp/[/quote]
Bob, Upton is simply stating a fact proven daily in the House. As for Biden, he is adrift on a stormy ocean in a leaky boat with one oar.
But the Academy is investigating. Wonder what standard it will use to determine which “appropriate” action it will take.
Trying to imagine how this plays out if Tina Fey delivers the same line as Chris Rock.
How about proper rather than more oversight? Like a simple requirement to check for a business license before loan approval?
Banks, credit unions, etc were given little time or direction, except to process loans as quickly as possible. Golfing buddy is VP of a local credit union. He described the program as the mother of all cluster f*cks.
Well, I am happy Harris was successful and she has returned safely to US soil so we can again lock her in the attic.
My definition of success for her trip? The EU did not declare war on us.
[quote quote=5876]Mean tweets, lol. Sounds quaint. News flash. Ukraine is banning all wheat and grain exports vital to the global food supply. A two for one. So right now who is under the most pressure?
- Ukraine President
- Putin
- Biden
- Israel for the new Iran friendly Nuclear deal.
- China. They just lost a lot of grain to feed their people.
This year is setting up as one for the record books. The longer it goes the more it goes sideways. Someone is going to miscalculate and my pick is door #3.[/quote]
Well, you went out on a limb picking that one! That’s like calling the winner of race between Usain Bolt and rjnwmill. Biden continues to shine in an irritating way. Maybe he is fooling all of us. Might be a stroke of political genius sending Kamala to Europe. No one will pay attention to her.
“The “best thing” that China could do right now is to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, said economist Stephen Roach.”
The best thing for who? China? China doesn’t have to be in a hurry to broker any deal. Xi Xiping is licking his chops. Of course he has Putin’s back. “Don’t worry, Vlad. PRC has your back. Don’t worry about sanctions, we’ll get you anything you need.”
The longer sanctions last, the stronger Xi’s grip on Moscow. While the west is focused on Ukraine, Xi is pretty free to engage in just about any level of fuckery that pleases him.
I agree with you Bob. There is no need for China to invade Taiwan. Next lib sitting in the White House will cede Taiwan for “peace in our time” or a short term deal that will poll well. Either way, China wins, taking another step towards it 2050 goals while we worry about which pronouns to use.
Those numbers will improve a lot. Biden will be war president, portrayed as tough as nails. Why, did you see how quickly he shut down the NORD Stream pipeline? Holy crap, it was almost like it was located in the USA!.
That’ll teach Putin1
