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Other Categories => Controversial Issues => Topic started by: Fenris on November 03, 2024, 01:07:50 PM
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This Tuesday.
Guesses on who's going to win?
The polls in the toss up states are very close. I don't know that I trust any of them though.
Right now I feel like Kamala has the momentum. Trump made some unforced errors and wasted precious time, and in the end it could cost him everything.
I hope that I'm wrong but this is my read.
Anyone else want to weigh in?
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Just the opposite is the feeling out of the cities…
Trump 320+ electoral college
And popular vote +1.6%
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Trump 320+ electoral college
And popular vote +1.6%
This result would please me.
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To me it seems too close to call at this point. Harris is unable to propose resolutions to the problems facing the country because she's clueless. As President, she'd be like someone in the cockpit of a plane with neither pilot skills nor a flight plan. I truly hope RK is right.
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To me it seems too close to call at this point. Harris is unable to propose resolutions to the problems facing the country because she's clueless. As President, she'd be like someone in the cockpit of a plane with neither pilot skills nor a flight plan. I truly hope RK is right.
I'm not sure that's a fair assessment.
I think Harris just needs the time to consider the problems facing the country at this point in time so she can propose some solutions to the problems and then circle back to the problems and then come up with some solutions to what the country needs at this particular point in time.
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I think Harris just needs the time to consider the problems facing the country
The funniest part is that she's running as though she's an outsider. She's the freaking sitting VP and hasn't done a thing in four years. Not even the jobs that she was specifically given, like fixing the border.
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The funniest part is that she's running as though she's an outsider. She's the freaking sitting VP and hasn't done a thing in four years. Not even the jobs that she was specifically given, like fixing the border.
So we have someone who was a miserable failure as VP, now running for President. I suppose that's as rational and logical as half the country signing up for a regurgitation of the mess we've had for the last 4 years. (After all, Harris said she can't think of a single thing she would do differently than Biden).
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I'm not sure that's a fair assessment.
I think Harris just needs the time to consider the problems facing the country at this point in time so she can propose some solutions to the problems and then circle back to the problems and then come up with some solutions to what the country needs at this particular point in time.
It's also very important, as you have heard from so many incredible leaders, for us at every moment in time — and certainly this one — to see the moment in time in which we exist and are present, and to be able to contextualize it, to understand where we exist in the history and in the moment as it relates not only to the past but the future. And also to imagine what can be, and be unburdened by what has been.
I know you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you believe you heard is not what I meant.
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The funniest part is that she's running as though she's an outsider. She's the freaking sitting VP and hasn't done a thing in four years. Not even the jobs that she was specifically given, like fixing the border.
So we have someone who was a miserable failure as VP, now running for President. I suppose that's as rational and logical as half the country signing up for a regurgitation of the mess we've had for the last 4 years. (After all, Harris said she can't think of a single thing she would do differently than Biden).
... except maybe send someone else to fix the border.
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You say that as if the border is broked.
:-X
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The funniest part is that she's running as though she's an outsider. She's the freaking sitting VP and hasn't done a thing in four years. Not even the jobs that she was specifically given, like fixing the border.
So we have someone who was a miserable failure as VP, now running for President. I suppose that's as rational and logical as half the country signing up for a regurgitation of the mess we've had for the last 4 years. (After all, Harris said she can't think of a single thing she would do differently than Biden).
... except maybe send someone else to fix the border.
True dat.
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You say that as if the border is broked.
:-X
Probably 12 to 15 million "newcomers" arriving in the last 4 years can attest that it's in excellent working order.
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Know Kamala Harris. She was DA when I was awarded a citation for intervention in a deadly assault.
She and I will never agree on certain issues, particularly concerning the Faith, though she is an outstanding public servant.
Tomorrow will be a great day for her and the nation.
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Know Kamala Harris. She was DA when I was awarded a citation for intervention in a deadly assault.
She and I will never agree on certain issues, particularly concerning the Faith, though she is an outstanding public servant.
Tomorrow will be a great day for her and the nation.
Yes
When she is retired from public service!
At least both of us will have our votes count for the winner in our respective states!
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she is an outstanding public servant.
Sure. Especially if you like open borders, higher crime, higher taxes, more antisemitism, a foreign policy that favors enemies like Iran over allies like Israel...
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Kind of academic now, but I can't help wondering what it was that so many liked about the candidate who fell at the first hurdle in the 2020 primaries but ended up at the top of the ticket because Biden insisted on having a black woman as his running mate. Because nothing says "quality candidate" quite like the one who nobody wanted but who gets pushed to the top anyway for nothing more than having enough melanin and a double-X chromosome.
I often think of the British Conservative party, loosely comparable to the Republicans. For a time they were derided as the nasty party, the place where old racists, misogynists and homophobes went to vote. But the Conservative party has brought the UK three female Prime Ministers (although admittedly Liz Truss is perhaps best forgotten), a non-white Prime Minister, and has recently elected the first black woman to lead a major party. All this without insisting on women-only shortlists, DEI candidates or anything else, merely letting candidates stand and letting the people vote. No other British party has managed to get anyone other than a white man into 10 Downing street.
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The USA is filled with about 45% narcissists who care only about whether someone likes them or not, so if a large enough slice of culture convinces them that they will be liked if they promise to like a crustacean, then the insecure narcissists will begin a campaign to shame anyone that shames shellfish.
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Ah, there is jubilation among conservatives today, (but weeping and wailing in the realm of the left). While not a slam dunk, Trump pulled ahead of Harris early in the race and maintained his lead to win handily. Having secured the White House and Senate, (and hopefully the House), the Republicans are poised to begin the work of righting our course and getting our house in order. I'm so thankful that the progressive agenda has been disrupted, and hope when the dust settles, we can begin to unite as a country, and have some sense of normalcy restored.
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On a purely selfish note, this gives me a four year time frame in which:
1. the law firm will buy all of my stock in 48 equal payments starting January 1, with the outstanding balance earning a healthy 8% per year.
2. on January 1, 2029, they make their final lump sum payment to me.
3. that gives me four years to work as much and where I want, to invest as I want, to buy the land the Mrs. and I want, and to design and build our "final home."
4. To transition from full time lawyering back into full time ministry.
I like the next four years.
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I like the next four years.
Sounds awesome, RK. I'm very happy for you!
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Kind of academic now, but I can't help wondering what it was that so many liked about the candidate who fell at the first hurdle in the 2020 primaries but ended up at the top of the ticket because Biden insisted on having a black woman as his running mate.
I suppose in the end she really wasn't liked by that many at all. She ran as "I'm not Trump" and didn't get votes from people who were looking for something more.
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Kind of academic now, but I can't help wondering what it was that so many liked about the candidate who fell at the first hurdle in the 2020 primaries but ended up at the top of the ticket because Biden insisted on having a black woman as his running mate.
I suppose in the end she really wasn't liked by that many at all. She ran as "I'm not Trump" and didn't get votes from people who were looking for something more.
And it appears that she invited 14 million of Joe’s friends to her BBQ from 4 years and none of them either showed up or RSVP’d
How strange….
How rooooooddddd.
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I suppose in the end she really wasn't liked by that many at all. She ran as "I'm not Trump" and didn't get votes from people who were looking for something more.
Yeah, I agree that her major selling point was not being Donald Trump. She was mainly chosen as Biden's running mate because she was an ethnic female with an education. In the end, over half of all voters chose a qualified "felon" over an empty pantsuit.
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Trump has started out putting his best foot forward in selecting Susie Wiles as his Chief of Staff--the first woman ever appointed to that prestigious position. She was instrumental in the success of Trump's campaign strategy and will certainly be a major asset to his administration. (So much for Mark Cuban's allegation that Trump doesn't like strong, intelligent women around him).
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She’s a real sweet lady and an absolutely head knocker as to discipline and process.
This is a lady you want running the trains and as she says, “keeping the riff raff away from the Boss.”
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I find I'm deriving a perverse pleasure watching the meltdowns and lamentations on the left following Trump's win. I sort of feel guilty, and sort of don't. :)
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I find I'm deriving a perverse pleasure watching the meltdowns and lamentations on the left following Trump's win. I sort of feel guilty, and sort of don't. :)
Someone I loosely know on Facebook recently posted that he literally doesn't know if he will survive the next four years. He somehow survived the first four years of Trump's presidency so I'm not sure why he feels he's in such mortal danger now. He's gay, but no more gay now than he was in 2016.
Can you say overdramatic?
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I find I'm deriving a perverse pleasure watching the meltdowns and lamentations on the left following Trump's win. I sort of feel guilty, and sort of don't. :)
Someone I loosely know on Facebook recently posted that he literally doesn't know if he will survive the next four years. He somehow survived the first four years of Trump's presidency so I'm not sure why he feels he's in such mortal danger now. He's gay, but no more gay now than he was in 2016.
Can you say overdramatic?
Theatrics is quite common among liberal folks since the election. The co-hosts of the View wore black the day after the election, and Trump opponents far and wide vociferously insist he is a sinister threat to democracy. Yet, they've weaponized the courts in a failed attempt to eliminate Trump as a candidate, filing charges they would not ordinarily bother with; sought to have him removed from the ballot in a couple of states; coerced Biden into abandoning his re-election bid and gifted Harris the nomination in his place without due democratic process. So, the Democrats aren't exactly exemplifying democracy themselves.
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I find I'm deriving a perverse pleasure watching the meltdowns and lamentations on the left following Trump's win. I sort of feel guilty, and sort of don't. :)
Someone I loosely know on Facebook recently posted that he literally doesn't know if he will survive the next four years. He somehow survived the first four years of Trump's presidency so I'm not sure why he feels he's in such mortal danger now. He's gay, but no more gay now than he was in 2016.
Can you say overdramatic?
Theatrics is quite common among liberal folks since the election. The co-hosts of the View wore black the day after the election, and Trump opponents far and wide vociferously insist he is a sinister threat to democracy. Yet, they've weaponized the courts in a failed attempt to eliminate Trump as a candidate, filing charges they would not ordinarily bother with; sought to have him removed from the ballot in a couple of states; coerced Biden into abandoning his re-election bid and gifted Harris the nomination in his place without due democratic process. So, the Democrats aren't exactly exemplifying democracy themselves.
But that's different. It's important they do all those things because, you know orangemanbad.
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I find I'm deriving a perverse pleasure watching the meltdowns and lamentations on the left following Trump's win. I sort of feel guilty, and sort of don't. :)
What's the deal in Florida? If I were to vacation from overseas (as I'm not American) could I be held under suspicion of carrying fraudulent documents (passport, drivers license, etc.) given none of these things reflect the details of my birth?
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What's the deal in Florida? If I were to vacation from overseas (as I'm not American) could I be held under suspicion of carrying fraudulent documents (passport, drivers license, etc.) given none of these things reflect the details of my birth?
That's not how it works. So long as you enter legally you won't have any problems whatsoever.
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What's the deal in Florida? If I were to vacation from overseas (as I'm not American) could I be held under suspicion of carrying fraudulent documents (passport, drivers license, etc.) given none of these things reflect the details of my birth?
That's not how it works. So long as you enter legally you won't have any problems whatsoever.
That's what I thought; it's a shame that I had to think about it at all.
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Trump cabinet picks, in my humble opinion
White House chief of staff: Susie Wiles : A
Secretary of state: Marco Rubio : A+ (Huge upgrade over Blinken, who seems to be working hard at managing an American decline)
Attorney general: Matt Gaetz: F (crazy, not serious person, ethics violations, won't get confirmed in the senate)
HHS secretary: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: F (crazy, not serious person, science denier, won't get confirmed in the senate)
U.N. ambassador: Elise Stefanik A++ (Will be a strong moral voice in the house of lies called the UN)
"Border czar": Tom Homan: A (His verbal sparring with AOC at a House hearing is epic!)
Defense secretary: Pete Hegseth: B (Probably very good, but young and position might be over his head. Still better than who's in the position now)
National security adviser: Michael Waltz (I don't know who this is)
Interior secretary: Doug Burgum (I don't know who this is)
Secretary of homeland security: Kristi Noem: D (Nothing against her personally, but I don't think she's up to managing the tremendous amount of personnel and agencies that fall under DHS)
CIA director: John Ratcliffe: A
Director of national intelligence: Tulsi Gabbard: F (She has pro Putin and Pro Assad tendencies, she's anti war when America does it, but pro war when our enemies do.)
EPA administrator: Lee Zeldin: A (I love Lee at any post, but I wish he got some party leadership position)
U.S. ambassador to Israel: Mike Huckabee A+++ (Loves Israel and Jews, has visited Israel over 100 times over the last 50 years)
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If RFK JR is confirmed, I will officially consider the US to be the US depicted in Idiocracy.
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My ideal government is a group of people with the intelligence and imagination of a four year old, sitting behind the steering wheel making “vroom vroom” noises as long as daddy has the keys…
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If RFK JR is confirmed, I will officially consider the US to be the US depicted in Idiocracy.
I can't imagine that he will, and I do not understand why Trump is wasting political capital on trying to get him and Gaetz confirmed.
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Most of Trump's nominees have been or became staunch supporters of the President-elect. The nomination of a few of them--not ideally suited to their pending position--can be seen as a reward for their loyalty.
I pretty much agree with fenris' assessment of the nominations/appointments, and find Gaetz' nomination particularly troubling. I mean, why even consider such an obnoxious, morally and ethically-challenged loose cannon as the future head of the DOJ?
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I mean, why even consider such an obnoxious, morally and ethically-challenged loose cannon
lol
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Most of Trump's nominees have been or became staunch supporters of the President-elect. The nomination of a few of them--not ideally suited to their pending position--can be seen as a reward for their loyalty.
I think this is becoming the norm. And it isn't Trump who started this phenomena. Barak Obama bragged that his Attorney General, Eric Holder, was his "wingman". The AG's job is to be chief law enforcement officer in the country- even if that means running counter to the president's wishes. But there we were, and here we are.
I pretty much agree with fenris' assessment of the nominations/appointments, and find Gaetz' nomination particularly troubling. I mean, why even consider such an obnoxious, morally and ethically-challenged loose cannon as the future head of the DOJ?
30 Senate Republicans say that they are planning to vote against him. He has no chance.
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I see Gaetz has withdrawn as AG nominee. Symbolic gesture since he was not going to be confirmed anyway. He never should have been considered, as it wasn't a good look. Hopefully the next nominee will be more suitable for the job.
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I see Gaetz has withdrawn as AG nominee.
Probably means that Tulsi picks up all the additional scrutiny. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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Just the opposite is the feeling out of the cities…
Trump 320+ electoral college
And popular vote +1.6%
pretty shocking how close you got
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Just the opposite is the feeling out of the cities…
Trump 320+ electoral college
And popular vote +1.6%
pretty shocking how close you got
He's a very smart guy.
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Just the opposite is the feeling out of the cities…
Trump 320+ electoral college
And popular vote +1.6%
pretty shocking how close you got
He's a very smart guy.
Blind squirrel meets acorn.
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Just the opposite is the feeling out of the cities…
Trump 320+ electoral college
And popular vote +1.6%
pretty shocking how close you got
He's a very smart guy.
Blind squirrel meets acorn.
Very modest, too.
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I’m very proud of my humility…. Uriah Heep is a hero…
😳