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Senate Parliamentarian Rules That Amnesty Cannot Be Added Into Spending Bill Via Reconciliation
Reconciliation is the process the Democrats were hoping to use to jam in a mass amnesty for illegals without any Republican votes.
There's a special rule that you can "reconcile" somewhat differing Senate and House bills without having to send each bill individually back to their respective houses for repassage. Wrong: Commenters point out the bills do have to go back to their respective houses for final passage, but there is no filibuster allowed on that vote. But the differences to be "reconciled" must concern spending and taxation. The Democrats attempted to slip an amnesty bill through the 50-50 Senate by claiming that the incidental changes in spending which would be caused by amnestying 8 million or more illegals counted as "spending," and so could be jammed into the "infrastructure" bill via reconcilliation. The Senate parliamentarian ruled that this is against the rules and cannot be done.Democrats can't use their $3.5 trillion package bolstering social and climate programs for their plan to give millions of immigrants a chance to become citizens, the Senate's parliamentarian said, a crushing blow to what was the party's clearest pathway in years to attaining that long-sought goal. The decision by Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate’s nonpartisan interpreter of its often enigmatic rules, is a damaging and disheartening setback for President Joe Biden, congressional Democrats and their allies in the pro-immigration and progressive communities. Though they said they'd offer her fresh alternatives, MacDonough's stance badly wounds their hopes of unilaterally enacting -- over Republican opposition -- changes letting several categories of immigrants gain permanent residence and possibly citizenship. The parliamentarian opinion that emerged Sunday is crucial because it means the immigration provisions could not be included in an immense $3.5 trillion measure that's been shielded from GOP filibusters. Left vulnerable to those bill-killing delays, which require 60 Senate votes to defuse, the immigration language has virtually no chance in the 50-50 Senate. In a three-page memo to senators obtained by The Associated Press, MacDonough noted that under Senate rules, provisions are not allowed in such bills if their budget effect is "merely incidental" to their overall policy impact. Citing sweeping changes that Democrats would make in immigrants' lives, MacDonough, a one-time immigration attorney, said the language "is by any standard a broad, new immigration policy." The rejected provisions would open multiyear doorways to legal permanent residence -- and perhaps citizenship -- for young immigrants brought illegally to the country as children, often called "Dreamers." Also included would be immigrants with Temporary Protected Status who've fled countries stricken by natural disasters or extreme violence; essential workers and farm workers.I still think the Democrats could vote 50 strong -- with Kumala's tie-breaker -- to overrule the Parliamentarian. I also think they could just fire her. I don't think Manchin would vote with them on that. Still, they tried to break the rules, again. To end American sovereignty. Are you enjoying your Restored Norms?
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 20, 2021 11:19 AM (kTF2Z)
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- Justice Roberts
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:22 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Archer at September 20, 2021 11:22 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at beautiful Chancre del Diablo ranch at September 20, 2021 11:22 AM (J+qpY)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at September 20, 2021 11:22 AM (TNyrE)
Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 20, 2021 11:22 AM (ZZK0E)
Posted by: pep at September 20, 2021 11:23 AM (ZsR3z)
Celebrate sea otters and all their fabulousness.
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Posted by: flounder at September 20, 2021 11:23 AM (KnJdm)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 20, 2021 11:23 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 11:23 AM (AQURz)
Posted by: Wally at September 20, 2021 11:23 AM (FJYfm)
Celebrate sea otters and all their fabulousness.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 20, 2021 11:21 AM (IezWX)
Right after talk like a pirate day?
We should talk like a Pirate Sea Otter today!
Posted by: Archer at September 20, 2021 11:23 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 20, 2021 11:23 AM (ZZK0E)
Posted by: squid_hunt at September 20, 2021 11:23 AM (B0mGw)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 20, 2021 11:23 AM (UuD2k)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, aka Kolchak the Nightstalker at September 20, 2021 11:24 AM (cvNl1)
Posted by: BignJames at September 20, 2021 11:21 AM (AwYPR)
$12.5k per car tax CREDIT. Not a stupid as cash for clunkers, but close second.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 20, 2021 11:24 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 11:24 AM (AQURz)
In 2021 Dems hold all the power and they going for broke. They may not get it, but they sure as fuck are trying.
Conclusion: The GOP is a worthless piece of shit.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:24 AM (GQ5VU)
Uh, I believe reconciliation is a mechanism which allows them to modify the current budget to address things which weren't foreseen when the budget was passed...14 years ago. That is why it can only be done once per Congress and only on matters related to the budget.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 20, 2021 11:24 AM (rfkq2)
Not *yet* anyway, they'll need to find the right bribe.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 20, 2021 11:24 AM (5aFbR)
Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 20, 2021 11:24 AM (ZZK0E)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, Fuck Joe Biden at September 20, 2021 11:24 AM (cvNl1)
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at September 20, 2021 11:24 AM (II3Gr)
Just say the word, and she won't cause any more problems...
Posted by: Hillary! at September 20, 2021 11:25 AM (oY5A0)
They think they can continue to game the system to keep winning. Until their new pawns realize they are the new power...
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 20, 2021 11:25 AM (mQfG7)
At the risk of being considered cynical, I'm sure Manchin is just trying to maintain his electoral viability. Sinema actually seems to care about the country, and how posterity will judge her.
Posted by: pep at September 20, 2021 11:25 AM (ZsR3z)
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Pretty sure you are wrong on this. The reconciliation process does have certain features that smooth passage, like bypassing the filibusterer rules, but the final bill still has to pass both houses of Congress.
Posted by: 911 Guy at September 20, 2021 11:25 AM (hVqGz)
People keep saying that, and maybe it will happen eventually, but he has held out pretty tough with some insane pressure.
Posted by: squid_hunt at September 20, 2021 11:25 AM (B0mGw)
Posted by: Archer at September 20, 2021 11:23 AM (gmo/4)
Arrr, be grabbin' yer ankles! Surprise!
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at September 20, 2021 11:25 AM (II3Gr)
Posted by: pep at September 20, 2021 11:25 AM (ZsR3z)
I'll judge her posterity.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 20, 2021 11:25 AM (UuD2k)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 20, 2021 11:26 AM (hVqGz)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 20, 2021 11:26 AM (mdgQ7)
Posted by: squid_hunt at September 20, 2021 11:27 AM (B0mGw)
Posted by: squid_hunt at September 20, 2021 11:23 AM (B0mGw)
It's funny because it's true.
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at September 20, 2021 11:27 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Archer at September 20, 2021 11:27 AM (gmo/4)
I wonder what changed?*
*everyone knows what changed.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 20, 2021 11:27 AM (BFigT)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 20, 2021 11:28 AM (D3cJf)
Posted by: Capn Ned (Raging Queen) at September 20, 2021 11:28 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 20, 2021 11:23 AM (ZZK0E)
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There are not many times I can be inundated by political ads, but I am being told that Mark Kelly is fiercely independent for us Arizonans.
I'm awaiting for confirmation that he has be seen in the same room with Manchin and Sinema. That would be a good indicator he's again ready to start campaigning as an independent.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at September 20, 2021 11:28 AM (TNyrE)
Ilhan Omar suggests a third way. Fuck the Parliamentarian's ruling, do it anyway.
This ruling by the parliamentarian, is only a recommendation. @SenSchumer and the @WhiteHouse
can and should ignore it.
We can't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to do the right thing.
https://bit.ly/3zwHMuY
Posted by: bonhomme at September 20, 2021 11:28 AM (UW2ZS)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 20, 2021 11:28 AM (kTF2Z)
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Manchin and Sinema are likely catching the fire for 5-10 other Senate Democrats who don't actually want to have to defend a lot of these votes back home - especially with the filibuster.
In turn, having left wing Democrats angry at Manchin and Sinema helps their moderate credibility back in WV and AZ respectively.
Posted by: Alec Leamas at September 20, 2021 11:28 AM (ssz2a)
But I don't get it. Seriously, what specifically has changed? They're not even trying. Is this about Trump and how close they came to a winning streak?
Posted by: squid_hunt at September 20, 2021 11:29 AM (B0mGw)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 20, 2021 11:29 AM (T1fV4)
We are! In our business integrity retards profits so "norms" is just a synonym for our preferred flavor of corporatism.
Posted by: The Dispatch masthead at September 20, 2021 11:29 AM (5PtrJ)
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 20, 2021 11:29 AM (wAnMi)
Posted by: blaster at September 20, 2021 11:29 AM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 20, 2021 11:29 AM (mdgQ7)
I wonder what changed?*
*everyone knows what changed.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 20, 2021 11:27 AM (BFigT)
Remember how quiet and compliant the "R"s have been for the past 12+ months. This is why you don't vote "R"s because the alternative is so much worse. There is no alternative, they are all bad.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 20, 2021 11:30 AM (D3cJf)
Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 20, 2021 11:30 AM (ZZK0E)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 20, 2021 11:30 AM (mdgQ7)
Whatever DACA applicants we ever had are eclipsed many times over by the invasion.
Posted by: casual observer 0920 at September 20, 2021 11:30 AM (aAP3z)
Posted by: Justsayin' at September 20, 2021 11:31 AM (Fs5vw)
And to Omar there, any laws against engaging in decadence with your siblings are also just "recommendations" too.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 20, 2021 11:31 AM (5aFbR)
Posted by: pep at September 20, 2021 11:31 AM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at September 20, 2021 11:31 AM (jOcSX)
Talk about adding insult to injury.
Of course, the usual suspects are lamenting the political cost, because they don't give a crap about America and Americans.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at September 20, 2021 11:31 AM (ZTjb4)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 20, 2021 11:31 AM (eJn7u)
Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 20, 2021 11:31 AM (bUS3k)
Not *yet* anyway, they'll need to find the right bribe.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 20, 2021 11:24 AM (5aFbR)
everyone has their price.
recall that manchin's daughter is a big wig in the pharma industry.
Posted by: Jack Burton, who knows its all in the reflexes at September 20, 2021 11:31 AM (b2D6m)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 20, 2021 11:31 AM (/1l9x)
Posted by: Big Star at September 20, 2021 11:31 AM (pvJV4)
Making it against both the spirit and letter of the Constitution.
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 11:32 AM (AQURz)
Posted by: Archer at September 20, 2021 11:32 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: banana Dream at September 20, 2021 11:32 AM (4D/dn)
Look what the paste eater did in eight months. Imagine what this country will look like in 2024.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 20, 2021 11:32 AM (XSRBF)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 20, 2021 11:32 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 20, 2021 11:23 AM
Yes, yes...please to remain unaware of the otters.
Posted by: The Otters at September 20, 2021 11:32 AM (m+jkK)
They benefit from the fact that they've consolidated support in a lot of blue areas, which protects their members. The ones who aren't protected, being in purple areas, are sacrificed with the promise of cushy jobs in the private sector.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at September 20, 2021 11:32 AM (jOcSX)
You are thinking of Sly and the Family Stone, not Parliament.
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 11:32 AM (AQURz)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 20, 2021 11:32 AM (+nZtU)
Posted by: Justsayin' at September 20, 2021 11:31 AM (Fs5vw)
Your voice has changed...but your breath smells the same.
Posted by: BignJames at September 20, 2021 11:32 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: PAgirlinNC at September 20, 2021 11:32 AM (U7+ak)
Posted by: Eromero at September 20, 2021 11:33 AM (0OP+5)
Mr. Of Spades, do you realize that your silly anti-immigration campaign will increase the cost of having my lawn mowed?
Posted by: Mr. French at September 20, 2021 11:33 AM (EughT)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 20, 2021 11:33 AM (UuD2k)
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 11:32 AM (AQURz)
How so? The Senate gets to determine it's own rules of procedure.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at September 20, 2021 11:33 AM (jOcSX)
Posted by: x at September 20, 2021 11:33 AM (oA+QO)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 20, 2021 11:33 AM (kTF2Z)
patel served in a large counter terrorism role in the white house.
he said that milley is the kraken of swamp creatures and will say and do anything to keep his job/power.
milley should have his special forces tab revoked. quiet professional my ass.
Posted by: Jack Burton, who knows its all in the reflexes at September 20, 2021 11:33 AM (b2D6m)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at September 20, 2021 11:22 AM (TNyrE)
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This was just about cover for what they are already doing. They are providing amnesty through their illegal actions already. This was merely to say it was legal. IOW...no big deal. They want a subservient voting class dependent on their policies and power. They want mass influence for their social agenda. They have that too. And, they want to stack the vote with an influx of controllable subjects. Got that, also. And the 2020 election took it to the next level where they actually used the illegal influx in their voting tally...which worked like a charm.
And, since there is not substantive consequence...they will do it continuously and in greater malice.
Posted by: Orson at September 20, 2021 11:33 AM (vQVFC)
You mean the no filibuster, filibuster where one doesn't need to speechify during the entire time? That filibuster?
Posted by: Archer at September 20, 2021 11:34 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 20, 2021 11:31 AM (eJn7u)
/looks at the Calif. Recall election totals...
That is now a bigger margin than you imagine.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2021 11:34 AM (oHd/0)
Passing Legislation without Representation.
Shirking the defined role of the Senate which is to SLOW Legislation, rather than speed it up.
Codifying Senate Rules into National Law is patently Unconstitutional.
That's before they started using it to pass anything and everything under the sun.
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 11:35 AM (AQURz)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 20, 2021 11:30 AM (mdgQ7)
That's awfully generous of you. Personally I'd rather see him under a TX freeway overpass selling loosies for change and handjobs to Haitians for $3.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 20, 2021 11:35 AM (wAnMi)
Over the past 200 years, white supremacy has constructed structures of racism to signal to Black and Brown bodies that they are not welcome here. Now, faced with the opportunity to disrupt these racist power structures, this fiend comes in and says "our budget effect is 'merely incidental' to their overall policy impact." Well, fuck yeah it is!
Budgeting is just the means to enact policies. We are replacing old colonial structures with new equitable structures. People are just as much an investment as such antiquated things like buildings and roads (mainly constructed as an excuse to prolong climate denialism), and we need to commit with our resources that people are the #1 infrastructure priority.
By hiding such racist language in academic terms, our government continues to demonstrate how much its racist, slave-holding legacy suffocates real discussion today. You will be held accountable, Ms. "Parliamentarian."
Posted by: Your child's Senator (MN) at September 20, 2021 11:35 AM (HK8/E)
I always click those, cause Im a fukkin imbecile.
Posted by: Preznit Drool Cup at September 20, 2021 11:35 AM (eJn7u)
what kind of maggot brained ruling is that?
Posted by: x at September 20, 2021 11:35 AM (oA+QO)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 20, 2021 11:33 AM (kTF2Z)
Captain Pike, has no standing....
Posted by: Federation Supreme Court at September 20, 2021 11:36 AM (oHd/0)
See re It's A Tax! which means that it had to commence in the House but handwave handwave.
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at September 20, 2021 11:36 AM (mf5HN)
As it is, it is merely a workaround to the proper pathway to Legislation.
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 11:36 AM (AQURz)
In 2021 Dems hold all the power and they going for broke. They may not get it, but they sure as fuck are trying.
Conclusion: The GOP is a worthless piece of shit.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:24 AM (GQ5VU)
The GOP is a pseudo party of grifters who hate their base, give or take a few exceptions like Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and MTG.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at September 20, 2021 11:36 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 20, 2021 11:37 AM (XSRBF)
The fatty cartoon is funny cuz it's true.
The only times I've been reproached or scolded or whatever about not wearing a mask or standing "too close"(less than 6 ft),
has been by a big ole fatty female over forty.
Obesity's gonna kill you, fattay. Not fantastic, healthy, and luxurious microfauna on and within naturalfake.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 20, 2021 11:37 AM (5NkmN)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 20, 2021 11:37 AM (mQfG7)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:37 AM (GQ5VU)
Lemonparty.org seems like a retirement job more suited to his abilities.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 20, 2021 11:37 AM (QU5/8)
Not so! I'm so mad I'm going to pound my little fists on the floor and kick my feet....and then provide amnesty.
Posted by: Marco Rubio at September 20, 2021 11:37 AM (ZsR3z)
the repubs don't know what marbles are.
they will find a way, by hook or crook, to legalize all of the peasants storming across the border.
any other analysis is mental masturbation.
and a lone parliamentarian ruling will not hold.
Posted by: Jack Burton, who knows its all in the reflexes at September 20, 2021 11:38 AM (b2D6m)
Posted by: Preznit Drool Cup at September 20, 2021 11:38 AM (eJn7u)
Not a hard and fast ruling.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 20, 2021 11:39 AM (5NkmN)
As it is, it is merely a workaround to the proper pathway to Legislation.
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 11:36 AM (AQURz)
But the Continuing resolution crap they use to fund, is SOOOOO against the very REASON the Founders put in the limit where the Gov can only fund things for one year... or if its the Navy two.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2021 11:39 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 20, 2021 11:39 AM (DCdYk)
the repubs don't know what marbles are.
The Democrats play to take over and rule
The Republicans play to get rich, stay powerful, and be in the elite.
Their goals are different, but they're fine with playing along together behind the scenes. As long as the Dems can convince the GOP that they will have a seat at the new communist table, then the GOP is glad to play along.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 20, 2021 11:39 AM (KZzsI)
recall that manchin's daughter is a big wig in the pharma industry.
Posted by: Jack Burton, who knows its all in the reflexes at September 20, 2021 11:31 AM (b2D6m)
Little Miss EpiPen gouger? Sleepy Jeff and Snack Barr sure dealt with her...
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at September 20, 2021 11:40 AM (y7DUB)
There are not many times I can be inundated by political ads, but I am being told that Mark Kelly is fiercely independent for us Arizonans
******
That's a time- tested Jon Tester theme, too. Though Tester says he's fightin' for us Montanans.
The only two things Tester ever has fought for is to have an opportunity to hit the buffet lines for a fourth plateful and whatever graft Schumer will send his way.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at September 20, 2021 11:40 AM (MH0eD)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at September 20, 2021 11:40 AM (ZTjb4)
Posted by: Common Tater at September 20, 2021 11:40 AM (B2OlB)
IF there were 11 million 20 years ago, how many of them had multiple babies by now? Maybe many are somewhat Americanized (whatever that means, at this point in leftist controlled institutions) ... but there was some study about second generation immigrants not being very "American" ...
But the anchor babies are legal Americans ... raised by illegals, not counting foreigners that came just to have a kid with dual citizenship so they can always come to America for benefits, if their country goes bad.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 20, 2021 11:40 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 20, 2021 11:40 AM (BFigT)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 20, 2021 11:37 AM (mQfG7)
What do you do w/them when completed? Loved building model aircraft as a kid.
Posted by: BignJames at September 20, 2021 11:40 AM (AwYPR)
A few pointless pedantic fixes. The Budget Act of 1974 did a whole bunch of things. The reconciliation bill is not the same thing as a conference report, the harmonized thing that emerges from a House-Senate conference to work out a common version of a bill both have passed. It is a special creature of the Budget Act and the budget resolution (not a law, just a framework within which Congress is supposed to operate).
Amnesty clearly wasn't germane, that was an obvious one. The ominous thing is that they tried it - including a half-hearted effort at mau-mauing the parliamentarian to declare "up is down!".
Well, "ominous", if things weren't basically already gone on the mass illegal migration/sovereignty/rule of law front. But they are.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 20, 2021 11:41 AM (OTzUX)
So whether they become officially amnestied or not, really won't make any difference.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:41 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Preznit Drool Cup at September 20, 2021 11:38 AM (eJn7u)
They are like that Baron in "Dune".
He was better looking though.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 20, 2021 11:41 AM (/1l9x)
Saw my first greeter in ages yesterday. "Would you like a flu shot?" Now, seriously, would I take any shot from a company that also offers the covid 'vaccine'? "No, I'm not ready to die yet."
Posted by: t-bird at September 20, 2021 11:41 AM (OMKK+)
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 11:42 AM (RHGPo)
Doesn't he do really terrible taxidermy too?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 20, 2021 11:42 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at September 20, 2021 11:42 AM (TGQn3)
Amnesty and instant American citizenship to everybody on the planet ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 20, 2021 11:42 AM (fy1Ip)
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it at September 20, 2021 11:42 AM (kLwt5)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:42 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 20, 2021 11:39 AM (KZzsI)
very true. i'm at the point now where i believe we need multiple parties to dilute both left and right wing. perhaps a head and heart party of the eagle or something like that. you know, tries to capture those in the middle.
we've transformed into an oligarchy, and the quicker people realize that, the quicker we can get things moving in either direction: dystopia or repairing the system.
Posted by: Jack Burton, who knows its all in the reflexes at September 20, 2021 11:42 AM (b2D6m)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at September 20, 2021 11:40 AM (ZTjb4)
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They don't necessarily support the bill, they support their team.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 20, 2021 11:42 AM (kTF2Z)
That is exactly what I was thinking. Exactly.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 20, 2021 11:43 AM (eJn7u)
I never see him on TV, never see articles about him. It's like he wants to be PA's Bob Casey; you only hear him at election time.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 20, 2021 11:43 AM (XSRBF)
He was better looking though.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 20, 2021 11:41 AM (/1l9x)
The Karen Harkonnen.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at September 20, 2021 11:43 AM (uhPTO)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 11:43 AM (/MaDp)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:43 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Ace at 12:20 PM
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Norms are falling left and right. RIP.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2021 11:44 AM (XHhHI)
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2021 11:44 AM (oHd/0)
Pennsylvania Rations Alcohol Due to Crippled Supply Chain
Alt Title: Big Govt would go broke running a whore house.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 20, 2021 11:44 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: ... at September 20, 2021 11:44 AM (9pMsp)
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 11:44 AM (RHGPo)
The only person who scolded, (well, he scolded FenelonSpouse, not me ) was months and months ago when we were wearing masks and he was the end of the checkout counter picked up he bagged groceries and spouse and I were were at the part of the line right before the conveyer belt. This man who was thin and probably in his 70's or above and he said , "Can't you just wait to put your groceries up there until I leave the stor?!!" Everybody else just goes about their business of veers their carts away from me as if I have the bubonic plague and think I'm going to come up and cough on them
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 20, 2021 11:44 AM (AJzTi)
https://tinyurl.com/54ukb996
Warning - Daily Mail page.
Posted by: Gref at September 20, 2021 11:44 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at September 20, 2021 11:45 AM (H/wdc)
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at September 20, 2021 11:43 AM (uhPTO)
Fuckin Brilliant!
This is why I come to this place.
Thanks GH!
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 20, 2021 11:45 AM (/1l9x)
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Close. He lost his fingers cutting meat or making sausage, I forget which.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at September 20, 2021 11:45 AM (MH0eD)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 20, 2021 11:43 AM (XSRBF)
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Kelly (aka cheap knockoff of Lex Luthor) definitely likes to keep a low profile and let all of these paid-for fluff ads from dubious groups do the talking for him.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at September 20, 2021 11:45 AM (TNyrE)
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 11:44 AM (RHGPo)
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What is "Far too many", Alex?
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2021 11:45 AM (XHhHI)
doesn't matter to me; I will never darken the door of a PA state store again as long as I live!
SMOD - 49 percent think he's mentally stable?!?! that's way way too high! come on people, stop with the normalcy bias already!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 20, 2021 11:45 AM (j9HX3)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 20, 2021 11:46 AM (Xwt96)
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American citizens should be so lucky as to live in the shadows.
Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 20, 2021 11:46 AM (sX1BW)
No, that's the scam That's the propaganda and gaslighting in effect. They want you to think that. It's part and parcel of what might be termed "Manufactured Consent".
They've done it over and over with any number of issues. See also "Gay" marriage. Global Warming, the list is endless.
It's an operation, very effective. I became curious about 25 years ago into the nature of these things. There are various "crowd control" techniques that are used in business, education and government.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 20, 2021 11:46 AM (B2OlB)
A reason they're ( Dims and Reps as Well) are already talking about cutting your Soc Sec benefits by 22% whether already on or about to get.
Gotta pay for the flood of illegals to be on welfare for the rest of their lives.
Even though you paid for your benefits, you're just not as important. Hurry up and die.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 20, 2021 11:46 AM (5NkmN)
President can still veto anything emerging from Congress, constitution sets the rules on that process.
The House has long been a virtual dictatorship, the minority has little significance. The Senate has always been 100 (well, it's up to that, now) city-states doing pretty much whatever they want, under Senate rules, which the Senate determines.
The Budget Act/reconciliation bill thing is notable mostly because it creates a "priviliged matter" before the Senate, that is, rules on debate and voting supplant Senate rules. Thus, no filibuster, and no cloture (no need for 60 votes to end debate).
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 20, 2021 11:46 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 20, 2021 11:44 AM (AJzTi)
Until he left the store? Apparently he forgot he was walking up and down the aisles with those very same groceries on the shelves?
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 20, 2021 11:46 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: Colin at September 20, 2021 11:46 AM (iTUCF)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 11:47 AM (/MaDp)
The only two things Tester ever has fought for is to have an opportunity to hit the buffet lines for a fourth plateful and whatever graft Schumer will send his way.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at September 20, 2021 11:40 AM
Chuck Testa >> Jon Tester
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 20, 2021 11:47 AM (m+jkK)
Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 20, 2021 11:47 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:47 AM (GQ5VU)
i'd like to see those before i croak one day but with newsom and the left's total control on kali and their inability to manage forests, that day gets less and less likely.
but either way, they are here for now.
Posted by: Jack Burton, who knows its all in the reflexes at September 20, 2021 11:47 AM (b2D6m)
Much of the Biden Junta lightning war is run on this theory. "Now is our Moment ... to ram totalitarianism up their arse". If they have to murder tens of thousands (millions?) with a Plandemic and removal of effective treatment ... so be it. We must get our digital passports, then we have them all by the financial and medical balls."
They also give the IRS full access to accounts over $600, to track every damn thing we do. (I think that is also hidden in this bill?) .. So will buying a gun = IRS malicious audits? Which campaign contributions will result in IRS deep probe audit, and which election fraud and illegal spending will be ignored by Lois Lerner's trained army?
Posted by: illiniwek at September 20, 2021 11:47 AM (Cus5s)
to me this means the market doesn't think the fargin' 5 trillion wish list is gonna pass
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 20, 2021 11:47 AM (j9HX3)
Posted by: ... at September 20, 2021 11:44 AM (9pMsp)
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It makes the McCaine Mutiny more visible.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2021 11:47 AM (XHhHI)
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 11:47 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 11:44 AM (RHGPo)
If that number is only half true we are a Dead Former Republic.
Posted by: ... at September 20, 2021 11:48 AM (9pMsp)
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Posted by: fluffy at September 20, 2021 11:48 AM (UnQlg)
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With Billions attached I'd say Martha's Vineyard is the Place they Ought To Be.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 11:48 AM (/MaDp)
The main difference between Dems and GOP is that usually 90% of the Dem Representatives don't really want the failure whereas in GOP failure theater only 5-10% of the GOP representatives don't really want the failure.
Posted by: Match Checksout at September 20, 2021 11:48 AM (dYe5S)
Posted by: rhennigantx
Laughable. Another attempt by Governor Wolf to ban our freedoms. Dumbass doesn't understand the state is bordered by NJ, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, and New York. We'll just drive there.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 20, 2021 11:48 AM (XSRBF)
Yes, and no. The constitution requires both houses vote separately on bills and present that to the president. Reconciliation bypasses that constitutional requirement.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 20, 2021 11:48 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 20, 2021 11:48 AM (mdgQ7)
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at September 20, 2021 11:45 AM (H/wdc)
It's not prohibited by the Constitution. The Constitution explicitly gives both House and Senate the power to make their own rules.
Posted by: Gref at September 20, 2021 11:48 AM (AMIL/)
There are limits to what they can do.
It's not Calvinball in there.
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 11:49 AM (XCrPR)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 20, 2021 11:49 AM (+nZtU)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 20, 2021 11:49 AM (j9HX3)
Yes; There's a whole lot of irrationality about this.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 20, 2021 11:49 AM (AJzTi)
Posted by: Barr Durham at September 20, 2021 11:49 AM (tRMJH)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at September 20, 2021 11:45 AM
Hopefully not at the same time.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 20, 2021 11:49 AM (m+jkK)
Don't believe there are any senators left who can go toe to toe with the parliamentarian. Robert Byrd was the last.
My favorite when I was there, an extended debate over the meaning of a footnote in the Senate rules, which would determine the outcome of a procedural debate. Byrd won when he pointed out that footnotes in Roman numerals worked differently than those using arabic numerals. Probably the last epic procedural clash of its kind.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 20, 2021 11:49 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: ... at September 20, 2021 11:49 AM (9pMsp)
Yes, and no. The constitution requires both houses vote separately on bills and present that to the president. Reconciliation bypasses that constitutional requirement.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 20, 2021 11:48 AM (KZzsI)
How so?
Posted by: Gref at September 20, 2021 11:49 AM (AMIL/)
Prepare your anus if you haven't been taking the proper positions the last few weeks.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 20, 2021 11:50 AM (5CY9V)
to me this means the market doesn't think the fargin' 5 trillion wish list is gonna pass
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Maybe. What's worse is the discount of button down Wall Street when they have to mark to market all they're winning China investments.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 11:50 AM (/MaDp)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 20, 2021 11:50 AM (mdgQ7)
Posted by: China Jor at September 20, 2021 11:50 AM (vGJY7)
- 2/3 of Twitter
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:50 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 20, 2021 11:33 AM (kTF2Z)
Captain Pike, has no standing....
Posted by: Federation Supreme Court at September 20, 2021 11:36 AM (oHd/0)
Almost spit my drink on no standing...
Capt. Pike ref... yup, that got me...
Posted by: Inogame at September 20, 2021 11:50 AM (53oGX)
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 11:50 AM (RHGPo)
doesn't matter to me; I will never darken the door of a PA state store again as long as I live!
If you were to place a government agency in charge of the Sahara desert, soon you would be hearing about a scarcity of sand.
- Milton Friedman
Posted by: Archer at September 20, 2021 11:50 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 20, 2021 11:51 AM (OTzUX)
me hatches be all battened down
let's go!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 20, 2021 11:51 AM (j9HX3)
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The Senate could overrule the Parliamentarian if they so chose. Her job is basically to advise the Senate on their byzantine rules, but her power only exists so far as the Senators choose to let I exist.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at September 20, 2021 11:51 AM (/fCxZ)
Posted by: pahound at September 20, 2021 11:51 AM (rMFVS)
Posted by: ...
They really care about Ole Pale Vaginas this time. Double Pinky Swearsies.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 20, 2021 11:51 AM (5CY9V)
Posted by: ... at September 20, 2021 11:49 AM (9pMsp)
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Chris Plante worked in the CNN newsroom--back when it could be called news--and he said the "Missing Pretty Blonde" was a constant story.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2021 11:51 AM (XHhHI)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 20, 2021 11:51 AM (T1fV4)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:51 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 20, 2021 11:42 AM (kTF2Z)
It's like everything in politics is just a McGuffin!
Posted by: blaster at September 20, 2021 11:51 AM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 20, 2021 11:52 AM (mdgQ7)
I don't think you're allowed to say that. You have to say "Differently-Abled Supply Chain".
Posted by: spindrift at September 20, 2021 11:52 AM (h5TKJ)
Man. That guy was really looking out for us.
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 11:52 AM (XCrPR)
plus I'm always early to these parties - sometimes like a year early - heh.
sick of waiting for a correction over here!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 20, 2021 11:52 AM (j9HX3)
"We are sending doormats to these lawmakers to remind them they let Nancy Pelosi walk all over them. Voters will hold any Democrat who supports Nancy Pelosi's reckless $3.5 trillion tax and spending spree accountable," said NRCC Chairman Tom Emmer.
Posted by: SMOD
How about some Chamber of Commerce doormats, Tom?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2021 11:53 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:42 AM (GQ5VU)
Having had the flu in the past, I used to get the shot every year. Henceforth, I shall decline as my trust in the system is slightly less than zero.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 20, 2021 11:53 AM (rfkq2)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at September 20, 2021 11:51 AM (/fCxZ)
And what does it take to change a Senate Rule? A simple majority vote.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2021 11:53 AM (oHd/0)
This is one of the odder erroneous tail-chases I've seen here in a while.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 20, 2021 11:53 AM (OTzUX)
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To date, the Parliamentarian has allowed bills to be passed that did not pass the filibuster - primarily for the left. The GOP didn't complain, because they wanted the bill too and could just blame the parliamentarian. Now the Dems can. Here's the secret, the Dems don't really want amnesty.
Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 20, 2021 11:53 AM (sX1BW)
https://is.gd/IzwblG
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 20, 2021 11:53 AM (DCdYk)
Posted by: Colin at September 20, 2021 11:53 AM (iTUCF)
LOL
I think they're only if you want to click on things that show that someone either made a miraculous transformation by losing weight, or-what a surprise!!!-they may not look like they looked 40 years ago when they were cute and thin and young.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 20, 2021 11:53 AM (AJzTi)
me three
after this nonsense with COVID, no way
always made the whole fam get the flu shot too - no longer
I don't trust these idiots anymore
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 20, 2021 11:54 AM (j9HX3)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at September 20, 2021 11:54 AM (8548M)
It's a type of mind fvckery that is part parlor trick and part guilt trip, and effective messaging. If you've ever been to any sort of contentious public issue meeting or business meeting where an "outside facilitator" was part of the mix, you were subject to the "Delphi Technique", they might call the facilitators something different now, but it's the same deal. Watch for the main group to be broken down into several groups.
It depends on herd mentality, decent people who are generally willing to compromise, don't want to appear biased or "extreme", and assume others are negotiating in good faith and are also willing to compromise. None of that on the other side is true, of course.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 20, 2021 11:54 AM (B2OlB)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 20, 2021 11:54 AM (XSRBF)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:51 AM (GQ5VU)
At this point isn't that basically daily volatility noise?
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at September 20, 2021 11:54 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: SMOD
We understand you are angry that your house is burning down, so we will be sending squirt guns to your town council to protest the lack of funding of the Fire Department!
Please send money so we can continue representing YOU!
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2021 11:55 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 20, 2021 11:53 AM (sX1BW)
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Why do you say that? For Dems amnesty is their wettest wet dream. It ensures they never lose an election again, legally too.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:55 AM (GQ5VU)
can't you say you'll be getting J and J and thereby wait longer?!?!
please don't get moderna
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 20, 2021 11:55 AM (j9HX3)
Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 20, 2021 11:53 AM (sX1BW)
Yup. Manchin can oppose this because he knows that he's got support inside the party from a few other Dems who don't want to face the voters with amnesty hanging around their necks.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at September 20, 2021 11:55 AM (jOcSX)
https://is.gd/IzwblG
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 20, 2021 11:53 AM (DCdYk)
Finally! Thank you Joe Mannix!!
Posted by: Archer at September 20, 2021 11:55 AM (gmo/4)
That was not the design, though.
And it is only through all 3 branches shirking their respective responsibilities that it is allowed.
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 11:55 AM (XCrPR)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:51 AM (GQ5VU)
At this point isn't that basically daily volatility noise?
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at September 20, 2021 11:54 AM (mf5HN)
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Yeah pretty much. Dow is down 2% today. It's a big-ish move, but it's a move that happens 25 times a year, in either direction. It's not "nothing" but it's definitely not end of the world shit either the way so many people make it out to be.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:56 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 20, 2021 11:56 AM (DCdYk)
Man. That guy was really looking out for us.
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 11:52 AM (XCrPR)
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Remember when he suggested that the boards are just to advise doctors on treatments? Give them the best advise possible?
2020s have shown that means they can ban drugs that people report to be effective with low toxicity because they don't like those drugs.
Well, you're in your "last year of life" if they have any say about it.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2021 11:56 AM (XHhHI)
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at September 20, 2021 11:54 AM (mf5HN)
Chinese company is gong under... affecting THEIR market.
But with so many of our companies now in bed with ChiCom companies, folks are panicing.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2021 11:56 AM (oHd/0)
Gotta pay for the flood of illegals to be on welfare for the rest of their lives.
Even though you paid for your benefits, you're just not as important. Hurry up and die.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 20, 2021 11:46 AM (5NkmN)
04/22/19 12:49 PM EDT
The Social Security retirement program will be unable to pay full benefits by 2035, according to a new report issued Monday by the Trump administration.
Without reforms, the report says, payments to beneficiaries would have to be cut by 25 percent starting in 2035 to keep the program solvent.
The report said the program's roughly $3 trillion in reserves will be depleted by 2035.
The government will have to tap into those reserves beginning in 2020, when the costs of the program will begin exceeding the income it receives from taxes.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 20, 2021 11:56 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2021 11:53 AM (oHd/0)
Yes, which they don't have because Manchin, and likely another couple Senators, won't back it.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at September 20, 2021 11:56 AM (jOcSX)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at September 20, 2021 11:56 AM (YynYJ)
i see. never dealt with delphi personally. heard it was object-oriented pascal, but apparently it's facilitator-oriented pascal.
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at September 20, 2021 11:56 AM (GMkMZ)
Parliamentarian's rulings on what is germane or extraneous to reconciliation is one of the last actual guard-rails still standing in much of what Congress does. It only exists by deference of the mob, i.e. whoever has the votes at a given time, of course. But it's still there, as this episode demonstrates.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 20, 2021 11:56 AM (OTzUX)
Find me a Haitian that looks like that and my penis will give her Amnesty.
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 11:56 AM (XCrPR)
That's also due to China's "Lehman Moment" over Evergrande.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 20, 2021 11:57 AM (5aFbR)
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IMO, they want to be seen as wanting it more than actually wanting it.
Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 20, 2021 11:57 AM (sX1BW)
I think busty redhead is probably saying to herself, "I didn't know that my super push up and push together bra would work quite THIS well. How much am I going to get for this photo shoot, anyway?"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 20, 2021 11:58 AM (AJzTi)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe
There actually is a plant named "Pinky Winkie". It's a stretch but apropos.
Almost gives me a chuckle.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2021 11:58 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2021 11:58 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 20, 2021 11:58 AM (mdgQ7)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:56 AM (GQ5VU)
I am going to wait until end of month to rebalance. I try to keep my beta around .70 or so.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 20, 2021 11:58 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 20, 2021 11:53 AM (sX1BW)
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I think this *used* to be true. Back when they lived or died on the blue-collar/union bloc, they were anti-amnesty. They would bleat about it for the identity politics gains, but it was all failure theater.
Now, though, they lost the blue-collar bloc. They have unions, still, but they're mostly government employees at this point and the Dems have them regardless. The working class is no longer Dem territory, especially since Trump. Now that it's already gone, I suspect they're much more sincerely interested in amnesty than they were in the past.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 20, 2021 11:58 AM (DCdYk)
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2021 11:56 AM (XHhHI)
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With the Biden Presidency being the Biden Presidency we could all be in our last year of life.
Posted by: zmdavid at September 20, 2021 11:58 AM (xqRaG)
That's also due to China's "Lehman Moment" over Evergrande.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 20, 2021 11:57 AM (5aFbR)
As little Joe said, none of us were homo on the Ponderosa but luckily Hopsing was.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 20, 2021 11:59 AM (yrol0)
The collapse has been multi-faceted, with the judiciary becoming a major player (now utterly lawless, when it wants), and the Congress abandoning its job to an administrative state, being the big factors.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 20, 2021 11:59 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Eromero at September 20, 2021 11:59 AM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 20, 2021 12:00 PM (mdgQ7)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 20, 2021 11:58 AM (DCdYk)
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Unions used to be anti-amnesty/immigration. Now they are all in, because they realize it will boost their numbers.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 12:00 PM (GQ5VU)
That's also due to China's "Lehman Moment" over Evergrande.
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The question now is how many Evergrande's does China have?
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 12:00 PM (/MaDp)
Posted by: Common Tater at September 20, 2021 11:54 AM (B2OlB)
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I witnessed that technique years ago at a townhall. This was during the Obamacare debate. Audience was seeded with people who, when called on, had a hard luck medical story to tell. I knew it was a scam, but, didn't realize it had a name.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at September 20, 2021 12:00 PM (ZTjb4)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 20, 2021 12:00 PM (OTzUX)
https://is.gd/IzwblG
You wanted a potato famine.
You would settle for German/Russian Diaspora.
You will get a Coup followed by an Earthquake in Haiti.
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 12:00 PM (XCrPR)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
I quit using it, it was horrible.
Posted by: lowandslow at September 20, 2021 12:00 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 12:00 PM (GQ5VU)
Sounds much like that religion out of Rome.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 20, 2021 12:00 PM (yrol0)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:56 AM (GQ5VU)
Yeah, it's not good but it's not awful. Same when it goes up 700 points. Yay but it's not some amazing feat.
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at September 20, 2021 12:00 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: rhennigantx
I repositioned to .63 last month. Felt right.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2021 12:01 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: zmdavid at September 20, 2021 12:01 PM (xqRaG)
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They are certainly making me feel morally superior.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding religion in the USSR with Andrei at September 20, 2021 12:01 PM (LvTSG)
Dollar cost average the indexes, never panic sell, never panic buy. Which is why I give no fucks if the dow is up 700 or down 700 on any given day. In the long run, it doesn't matter.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 12:01 PM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 20, 2021 12:01 PM (T1fV4)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
I quit using it, it was horrible.
Posted by: lowandslow at September 20, 2021 12:00 PM (4thlk)
I love in on my Moto Android.
QUESTION I need a new phone and suggestions?
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 20, 2021 12:01 PM (yrol0)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at September 20, 2021 12:02 PM (k4dH2)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 12:00 PM (GQ5VU)
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They are all in on it now because most of the labor force isn't unionized. The government is deeply unionized, but the rest of the economy isn't. Even big union sectors like manufacturing (especially automobiles) and trucking are no longer majority union. The remaining non-government unions are held in thrall by the Dems (choose your allies carefully, folks) and the government unions are just extensions of the State/Party Complex.
Amnesty and open borders are brutal on labor, and they all know it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 20, 2021 12:02 PM (DCdYk)
What amuses me, being on Soc Sec now... is the SCREAMS that even $15 and hour is not a living wage...
When, the average Soc Sec payout per year is about $15K per year.... or HALF of that 'living wage"
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2021 12:02 PM (oHd/0)
not certain whether typo or racist stereotype.
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at September 20, 2021 12:02 PM (GMkMZ)
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My lord, people have either had their brains sucked out by aliens, or they're just supporting the Puddin' Head Grifter Plagiarist Kiddie Sniffer Sexual Assaulter Ignoramus just because they voted for him and are blindly loyal leftists themselves. I think it's the latter, because even for them, it's impossible to overlook his mental incapacity.
We're such a down the line divided country now, that if Biden announced he wanted to mandate drilling 3 nostrils into everyone's face, he'd probably get 49%.
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 20, 2021 12:02 PM (O+I8R)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 12:01 PM (GQ5VU)
John Maynard Keynes: In the long run we are all dead.
IOW: Fuck the kids!
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 20, 2021 12:02 PM (yrol0)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at September 20, 2021 12:02 PM (8548M)
Posted by: zmdavid at September 20, 2021 12:01 PM (xqRaG)
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Sure they will. They will need them for welfare, free health care, bilingual education for their kids, etc. Dems know they will have 20 million life long voters because they will provide them with all the freebies.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 12:03 PM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: zmdavid at September 20, 2021 12:01 PM (xqRaG)
I should add, especially the old, white ones. Like Biden, Pelosi and Schumer.
Posted by: zmdavid at September 20, 2021 12:03 PM (xqRaG)
Posted by: Zek's Covid Recovered Ass at September 20, 2021 12:03 PM (gIIG8)
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Sure they do. They need them to keep all the "free" shit that they came here for coming.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at September 20, 2021 12:03 PM (k4dH2)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 12:01 PM (GQ5VU)
This guy gets it.
Posted by: I guess I'll tell them at September 20, 2021 12:03 PM (gxhY4)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 20, 2021 12:04 PM (j9HX3)
I dont think its cowardice either, just not knowing what to do at this point. Voting wont work and anytime I suggest national divorce Im told Im a weenie who reads too many Kurt Schlichter novels.
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 20, 2021 12:04 PM (KjO8q)
What amuses me, being on Soc Sec now... is the SCREAMS that even $15 and hour is not a living wage...
When, the average Soc Sec payout per year is about $15K per year.... or HALF of that 'living wage"
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2021 12:02 PM (oHd/0)
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Well to be fair, if your only source of income in retirement is SS, you're doing it wrong. Personally I have planned my retirement strategy assuming $0 from SS. If I actually do get something, it will be a nice bonus.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 12:04 PM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: rhennigantx
I repositioned to .63 last month. Felt right."
I see something with a decimal and I automatically assume gub thread.
Posted by: Zek's Covid Recovered Ass at September 20, 2021 12:04 PM (gIIG8)
Posted by: ... at September 20, 2021 12:05 PM (9pMsp)
That is pure accounting fiction.
They DO have some fancy IOUs of IOUs printed up, stored in a non-descript metal filing cabinet in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Really.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 20, 2021 12:05 PM (B2OlB)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 12:04 PM (GQ5VU)
Same as my idea. Come July 2023, Lord willing, I will be driving whatever I can get for 2600 a month.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 20, 2021 12:05 PM (yrol0)
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 20, 2021 12:05 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 11:51 AM (GQ5VU)
THIS. But panicking is what Americans do best nowadays, huh?
Posted by: Justsayin' at September 20, 2021 12:05 PM (Fs5vw)
Posted by: rhennigantx
Only reason I'm going with Apple 13 Max Pro?
LEO capabilities. Low Earth Orbit satellites for service in the boonies. I get 50 yards away from the house and I have no cell service. Zero. Nada.
At least I would have internet service/calling like I do when I'm in the house. We have a serious 10 x 10 sq mile dead zone.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 20, 2021 12:06 PM (OCTRt)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 20, 2021 11:59 AM (OTzUX)
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Yeah, it's long been obvious to me that Congress unconstitutionally ceded their law writing duty to government agencies. At least, it seems to me to be that way when government agencies write a regulation which is then enforced as if it were law.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at September 20, 2021 12:06 PM (ZTjb4)
not certain whether typo or racist stereotype.
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at September 20, 2021 12:02 PM (GMkMZ)
Well, since I DO self describe meself, and admit fully, I AM a RAAAAACIST! (note the stylebook approved capitalization AND 5 A's)...
You see, I think the whole human race is pretty damn stupid, and am clearly prejudiced against them (beacuse as has been lately proven with Larry Elders, you can somehow be racist against your own race).
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2021 12:06 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Common Tater at September 20, 2021 12:05 PM (B2OlB)
Go long in filing cabinets.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 20, 2021 12:06 PM (yrol0)
I dont think its cowardice either, just not knowing what to do at this point
I think the fact that we have no party of opposition to the Dem/Socialists AT ALL is hitting people hard. they don't want to believe it.
but it's clearly the case and we are getting NOTHING from the Rs as far as even a weaksauce attempt to stand up for the majority of Americans
what DO you do when you realize your govt hates you, there was a coup, and possibly you are now living in a vassal state of China or some Globalist cabal?
honestly I don't know
moving to a safer/better-minded place seems the best move right now but not everyone can do it
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 20, 2021 12:06 PM (j9HX3)
Working on it.
Posted by: Bob at NSA at September 20, 2021 12:07 PM (gIIG8)
Posted by: Justsayin'
NO WE DON'T!!
*Runs off to buy another 3 years worth of TP*
Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2021 12:07 PM (mD/uy)
That just means they have to borrow the money at interest to pay your "benefits". Same as it ever was.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 20, 2021 12:07 PM (B2OlB)
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 12:07 PM (RHGPo)
The fact of the matter is, the left's ready to flip Texas BLUE. Democrats want nothing more than to implement their liberal agenda in Texas, and they're preparing to raise MILLIONS to do just that.
I know we can stop them, but only if patriots like YOU step up RIGHT NOW.
Friend, will you contribute ANY AMOUNT ASAP to help ensure we have the resources we need to KEEP TEXAS RED?
KEEP TEXAS RED
Remember, by contributing today, you'll join patriots across the nation who are working tirelessly to HALT Democrats' attempts to flip Texas BLUE.
YOU can make an impact, friend, so please don't let this opportunity pass.
KEEP TEXAS RED
Thank you,
Governor Greg Abbott
Every fucking day. Funny the ones that are actually doing something don't send me squat.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 20, 2021 12:07 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 12:07 PM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at September 20, 2021 12:07 PM (prSvo)
Posted by: Common Tater at September 20, 2021 12:05 PM (B2OlB)
I pointed this out to my Mom about 20 years ago. She got very upset and said she had been lied to.
I said YEP!
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 20, 2021 12:08 PM (yrol0)
my money's on "deeming it passed".
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at September 20, 2021 12:08 PM (GMkMZ)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2021 12:09 PM (yXf+h)
Posted by: Eric Swallwell at September 20, 2021 12:09 PM (LaNzR)
"Pfizer warns a third booster shot may be necessary for those who haven't died yet."
Posted by: t-bird at September 20, 2021 12:09 PM (l0Lgi)
Smarter Dems absolutely do not want to go into 2022 mid-terms having just converted 15k Haitians living under a bridge in Texas into 5k immigrants living under EVERY bridge in the Southwest due to the passing of an amnesty bill on a party line vote.
Posted by: Match Checksout at September 20, 2021 12:09 PM (dYe5S)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2021 12:09 PM (yXf+h)
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All important question: How would that affect the comity of the Senate?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding religion in the USSR with Andrei at September 20, 2021 12:09 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Kurt at September 20, 2021 12:09 PM (moeGz)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 12:09 PM (/MaDp)
Lots of whales are sweating right now. Evergrande is a big fucking deal because of the crypto markets and how exposed large global capital is exposed to said markets. Much of the FED and central banks funny money is parked in crypto as investments and to hide/keep inflation under control.
This is not 2008. It's much much worse.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 20, 2021 12:09 PM (5CY9V)
We're totally leaderless. This may not be a terrible thing, as the wrong or illusionary leader right now could set us back. But we're trying to sort out a set of phenomenal challenges on our own.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 20, 2021 12:09 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 12:07 PM (RHGPo)
WELL SHE WASN'T IN EUROPE!
Posted by: blaster at September 20, 2021 12:10 PM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 12:09 PM (/MaDp)
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It'll be up 1,000 tomorrow.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding religion in the USSR with Andrei at September 20, 2021 12:10 PM (LvTSG)
Her rate of return for her 3 years on SS was a little over %1100 percent, compounded.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 20, 2021 12:10 PM (yrol0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 20, 2021 12:10 PM (AJzTi)
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 12:07 PM (RHGPo)
WELL SHE WASN'T IN EUROPE!
Posted by: blaster at September 20, 2021 12:10 PM (mbFEM)
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*please tell me she was at the Emmys*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding religion in the USSR with Andrei at September 20, 2021 12:10 PM (LvTSG)
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Can you name these smarter Dems?
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 12:10 PM (/MaDp)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2021 12:10 PM (yXf+h)
That is pure accounting fiction.
They DO have some fancy IOUs of IOUs printed up, stored in a non-descript metal filing cabinet in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Really.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 20, 2021 12:05 PM (B2OlB)
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lockbox, lockbox, blah blah blah.
Al Gore and George W. Bush in 2000.
Posted by: zmdavid at September 20, 2021 12:11 PM (xqRaG)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 12:09 PM (/MaDp)
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It'll be up 1,000 tomorrow.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding religion in the USSR with Andrei at September 20, 2021 12:10 PM (LvTSG)
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But we have to panic for 24 hours.
- CNN, CNBC, FOX
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 12:11 PM (GQ5VU)
Weeks out from those college football games with 100,000 plus kids without masks creaming their heads off.
I haven't heard the mass casualties.
Or the hospitals
Overrun with coeds.
Am
I missing something here?
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 20, 2021 12:11 PM (2BFQK)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 20, 2021 12:04 PM (GQ5VU)
LOL, Soc Sec is nowhere near my only retirement income source.
But its going to be interesting when the old folks, WHO DO VOTE... realize some of these numbers.
Because they are, IMO, creating inflation in order to minimize Gov debt, by the little trick where actual inflation is much greater than their gerrymandered Cost of Living Index (which Soc Sec and Retirement increases are tied to).
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2021 12:11 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Match Checksout
No, but they already have enough problems with mandated vaxxing, Afghanistan, the economy, etc. I think THEY think these are winning strategies with their base, plus they're all in for another steal.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 20, 2021 12:11 PM (XSRBF)
They DO have some fancy IOUs of IOUs printed up, stored in a non-descript metal filing cabinet in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Really.
Posted by: Common Tater
Is that the lock box?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2021 12:11 PM (63Dwl)
Or the hospitals
Overrun with coeds.
Am
I missing something here?
The Missoula Press is up in arms because...
there are 46 cases in the Hospital!
Posted by: garrett at September 20, 2021 12:12 PM (XCrPR)
Posted by: rhennigantx
Only reason I'm going with Apple 13 Max Pro?
LEO capabilities. Low Earth Orbit satellites for service in the boonies. I get 50 yards away from the house and I have no cell service. Zero. Nada.
At least I would have internet service/calling like I do when I'm in the house. We have a serious 10 x 10 sq mile dead zone.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 20, 2021 12:06 PM (OCTRt)
I'm hoping to limp along on my iPhone 10 until the PinePhone is up to speed. Nothing would make me happier than to finally dump google/apple in a big way. When I got the iPhone (I used to have a new phone annually when we were developing our app) I went that way because they seemed the lesser of 2 evils. Crawling through my image library to find CP is near google levels of intrusiveness.
Speaking of which - I'm going to be trying out a security camera system by Anker (Euphy) that isn't owned by one of the 3, and is non-subscription. Looks pretty cool and bang for the buck. I'll be reporting here on it once it's been running for a few weeks.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 20, 2021 12:12 PM (wAnMi)
I think the Dems are going to nominate Beto, and run on his "I'm coming to every house to confiscate your guns!!!" pledge.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2021 12:12 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding religion in the USSR with Andrei at September 20, 2021 12:10 PM (LvTSG)
No. She was tossing a coin at Howard v Hampton "Truth and Service" football game.
Posted by: blaster at September 20, 2021 12:13 PM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 12:14 PM (/MaDp)
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Minus the 33% always and forever Left = 16% of voters the can be influenced. (mushy middle)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2021 12:14 PM (yXf+h)
"The protected need to be protected from the unprotected by forcing the unprotected to use the protection that has failed to protect the protected."
Heh
Posted by: SFGoth at September 20, 2021 12:14 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Puddin Head
Pelosi, Manchin, Sinema, and the 10-ish other Dem senators that will not bother trying to overturn the Senate parliamentarian on this point even if they go on MSNBC to rail against it.
Posted by: Match Checksout at September 20, 2021 12:14 PM (dYe5S)
Posted by: Puddin Head
Pelosi, Manchin, Sinema, and the 10-ish other Dem senators that will not bother trying to overturn the Senate parliamentarian on this point even if they go on MSNBC to rail against it.
Posted by: Match Checksout at September 20, 2021 12:14 PM (dYe5S)
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Democrats do failure theater too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding religion in the USSR with Andrei at September 20, 2021 12:14 PM (LvTSG)
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Why? Are the smarter Dems the ones that haven't been told it's all rigged?
Posted by: ... at September 20, 2021 12:15 PM (9pMsp)
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This is what I think. It's overwhelming and coming from all directions. Without a political party in DC representing half the country, we're out here on our own. We can't even connect in meaningful ways via "social media" because it's anything but. Voices are being shut down, doors for communication are closing, and it's getting pretty dark for us. I think there are millions of men, American men, who are not cowards and would fight for this country. But now we're just trying to recover from the stun gun the left is putting to our bodies every, single day.
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 20, 2021 12:15 PM (O+I8R)
I suppose the gist of the article is supposed to be "Oh how awful, those BP treating those poor migrants like cattle." Personally, I'm hearing "Yipee ti ti yo, git along you little dogies, it's your misfortune and none of my own."
Posted by: Oddbob at September 20, 2021 12:15 PM (nfrXX)
There is no "border crisis" --which implies an out of control, unintended and incompetently-handled situation.
We have had a long-term plan, and process, of electoral replacement/diluation, being successfully executed and accellerated. And to be clear, it is not replacement of "whites" (which is factually true, but incidental) but preferential immigration for the socialist and non/anti American value Third World.
And for every "undocumented" person now (probably a million-plus this year) there is a known, multiplier effect by anchor babies and chain migration visas.
Even (especially) Fox goes on about the "crisis" and Kamala's "incompetence." Fekkers all.
Posted by: Zek at September 20, 2021 12:15 PM (gIIG8)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 12:09 PM (/MaDp)
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It'll be up 1,000 tomorrow.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding religion in the USSR with Andrei at September 20, 2021 12:10 PM (LvTSG)
I need to pull some money out because life is being extra lifey right now and all this means is okay don't call my guy today, wait until Wednesday when it's gone back up.
The only extent to which I try to time the market is to see if there is a decent size downward move before I call and if so, then I wait a few days and it's nearly always either back to where it was or it's higher.
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at September 20, 2021 12:15 PM (mf5HN)
Looks like the Border Patrol went and worked up an ol' Number Six on them.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at September 20, 2021 12:16 PM (jOcSX)
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead
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Own a couple of Anker products, they work and have not failed in five years.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2021 12:16 PM (yXf+h)
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 20, 2021 12:07 PM (wAnMi)
Typical. Instead of going out there every day shaking up the Left and inspiring his base as a leader, he's playing it safe, while the Leftist is unabashedly appealing to his own base and slowly gaining ground on him. And the whining appeals for funds will just get more desperate, i.e., "look at the trouble we're in, help..."
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 20, 2021 12:16 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at September 20, 2021 12:15 PM (mf5HN)
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Because the stock market has nothing to do with economic reality and is just an inflation machine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding religion in the USSR with Andrei at September 20, 2021 12:16 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 20, 2021 12:07 PM (wAnMi)
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That one was a helluva lot longer than the one's that keep getting to me. I guess I can expect this pleading will get worse.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at September 20, 2021 12:17 PM (TNyrE)
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at September 20, 2021 12:15 PM (mf5HN)
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Because the stock market has nothing to do with economic reality and is just an inflation machine.
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I am noticing some early short covering going on. Right now might be a good time to jump in. Remember, I said might.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 12:18 PM (/MaDp)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 12:14 PM (/MaDp)
Did he die quietly or sumpin?...fall off the face of the earf?
Posted by: BignJames at September 20, 2021 12:18 PM (AwYPR)
This means they aren't good for anything, near as I can tell.
They were printed up, is my understanding, as some crank kept calling up the Bureau of Public Debt and asking where the lockbox was, or where the Social Security money was being held, and they couldn't explain ledger book entries to him. So they printed them up.
Up until 1968, they did keep Social Security revenues out of the general budget figures. Congress passed the "Unified" budget act, or somesuch. So it made the numbers (deficits) look a lot better, at least temporarily. That was the first time that Sallie Mae or was it Fannie Mae, was unleashed, too. I think the 2008 debacle was actually sloppy seconds passed onto the hapless taxpayer, though nobody noticed it or commented at the time. Privatise profits, socialize losses. Over and over. Rinse, lather repeat.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 20, 2021 12:19 PM (B2OlB)
Posted by: zmdavid at September 20, 2021 12:01 PM (xqRaG)
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Sure they will. They will need them for welfare,
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These people know nothing.
They were born in a welfare state and for them this is an opportunity to move to a superior welfare state.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2021 12:19 PM (yXf+h)
I made a mental note to check if she won anything because she was beyond magnificent.
So whatever joke the Emmys ever were, they are clearly a bigger joke now.
Posted by: ... at September 20, 2021 12:20 PM (9pMsp)
The only way the budget balanced that way is if you never have to pay back the IOUs, and stiff all the Social Security recipients.
Posted by: zmdavid at September 20, 2021 12:20 PM (xqRaG)
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This is what I think. It's overwhelming and coming from all directions. Without a political party in DC representing half the country, we're out here on our own.
We're in much the same shape - well, even worse shape than the French Resistance during WW2. We have nowhere near the strength or organization or leadership to overthrow the occupying regime - and even those parts of the government that pretend to be for us are just Vichy French all over again. full time collaborators and informers.
So what to do? All that can be done is to bide our time and wait until something big happens to destabilize this government. I don't know what it will be, but it will happen, they way they are running things guarantees it. There will be some black swan, sometime, somewhere, and what we can do is to sit tight and prepare, and be ready to take advantage when the moment comes.
kinda like the old gospel song, "Keep your lamps trimmed and burning"
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2021 12:20 PM (trdmm)
She was tossing a coin at Howard v Hampton "Truth and Service" football game.
Posted by: blaster
At Howard versus Hampton hurricanes hardly happen.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2021 12:20 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 20, 2021 12:21 PM (BFigT)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2021 12:16 PM (yXf+h)
Everything I've got from them is top quality. I was unaware of their camera systems - but it's been at least 3 years since I last looked. It works with their own standalone software, but of course you can use goolag/amazon/apple with it if you want. I'll do anything to avoid this subscription garbage. Nothing like spending a fortune on hardware, and then *still* having to pay them for a fully functional app and storage. Love that you can either run batteries, solar or hard wire the cameras. They claim 365 days on the battery, but even if it's a month and a half I'm fine with that. Biggest downside is their website is pretty information free.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 20, 2021 12:22 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at September 20, 2021 12:15 PM (mf5HN)
Basically, if a no brainer like say AMZN goes down 10% or more, I'd buy.
I try not to buy on upswings, though I violated that rule recently with UPST. The numbers looked to good.
Please DO NOT take this as advice or follow me. Cuz it's not. I'm an idiot. And a very small, teeny, tiny, itty, bitty investor. So, you know, don't be stupid.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 20, 2021 12:22 PM (Xo5lP)
Posted by: davidt at September 20, 2021 12:22 PM (N/iqz)
left. Then I woke up.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 20, 2021 12:22 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 20, 2021 12:22 PM (r+sAi)
Today we have an influx at levels of early 20th century, with none of these mechanisms, or really anti-assimilation mechanisms at all levels.
It's like saying we always made pizzas, so don't mind if we just leave out the dough and dump a bunch of melted goo in your hands. Really, it's just the same.
Posted by: Zek at September 20, 2021 12:22 PM (gIIG8)
Posted by: Infidel at September 20, 2021 12:23 PM (Kx3kq)
These people know nothing.
They were born in a welfare state and for them this is an opportunity to move to a superior welfare state.
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"And if you don't vote for Democrats, the Republicans will cut off your money and benefits, and even send you back to your country! So vote Democrat forever!
REEEEE!"
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 20, 2021 12:23 PM (O+I8R)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2021 12:20 PM (trdmm)
Getting organized might be a first step before "the moment comes." How to is the big question.
Posted by: Ziba at September 20, 2021 12:23 PM (S1hrL)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 20, 2021 12:23 PM (mdgQ7)
Posted by: Infidel
That's a terrible thing to say.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 20, 2021 12:23 PM (5rVgw)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2021 12:20 PM (63Dwl)
No, no no. It's:
"At 'oward versus 'ampton, 'urricanes 'ardly hever 'appen."
Posted by: Boswell at September 20, 2021 12:24 PM (5iUNf)
Posted by: REDACTED at September 20, 2021 12:24 PM (uCLWI)
"we are tired of seeing Pelosi, Schumer, and Biden in power, we need Rubio, Lindsay Graham, Dan Crenshaw, and Mitch McConnell in the driver's seat!! Patriots rise up"
- Cornelius Rye, being very sarcastic
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 20, 2021 12:24 PM (j9HX3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding religion in the USSR with Andrei at September 20, 2021 12:16 PM (LvTSG)
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And congress wrote laws favoring putting money into the stock market, rather than good old fashioned savings accounts.
I wonder if Wall Street executives ever sweat at the thought of the public ever figuring out the scam?
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at September 20, 2021 12:24 PM (ZTjb4)
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 20, 2021 12:16 PM (H8QX
I half expect him to start stealing Beto's shtick soon. Here he's been handed a crisis, and he could actually look like he's doing something - besides wringing his hands and asking for handouts to save the state. Can only imagine what a DeSantis would do in this situation.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 20, 2021 12:24 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: zmdavid at September 20, 2021 12:24 PM (xqRaG)
The federal government buys its own IOUs and then spends the proceeds of the sale. And when those IOUs come due, they sell more IOUs to themselves to repay themselves. If you or I tried a scam like that, we'd be in Club Fed in a New York minute.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 20, 2021 12:24 PM (nfrXX)
Was that you selling blankets in El Paso?
Posted by: Zek at September 20, 2021 12:25 PM (gIIG8)
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 20, 2021 12:23 PM (5rVgw)
Don't be so judgy
Posted by: ... at September 20, 2021 12:25 PM (9pMsp)
Newport News Police confirm that two people were taken to the hospital with "gunshot wounds that are not believed to be life-threatening."
Police also say that reports of active shooters at other Newport News schools are false.
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 12:25 PM (RHGPo)
nah they all have private planes at the ready
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 20, 2021 12:25 PM (j9HX3)
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at September 20, 2021 12:25 PM (ySQBZ)
kinda like the old gospel song, "Keep your lamps trimmed and burning"
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2021 12:20 PM (trdmm)
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We need a leader who will "unite the clans" and force that destabilization. The alternative will certainly involve mass suffering and death -- mostly on our side.
I wish I was a multi-billionaire; I don't have the charisma to lead it, but I'd certainly fund it ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 20, 2021 12:25 PM (JmC1y)
Posted by: Edited for accuracy at September 20, 2021 12:26 PM (gIIG8)
Posted by: Infidel at September 20, 2021 12:26 PM (Kx3kq)
I'm not saying she's conservative, it's just a measure of the depth of mendacity to which McCain and Flake had both sunk.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2021 12:26 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2021 12:27 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at September 20, 2021 12:27 PM (pM+lA)
Posted by: Deep State 910 at September 20, 2021 12:27 PM (HwtiA)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 20, 2021 12:27 PM (m+jkK)
Posted by: REDACTED at September 20, 2021 12:27 PM (uCLWI)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 20, 2021 12:27 PM (/MaDp)
I wish I was a multi-billionaire; I don't have the charisma to lead it, but I'd certainly fund it ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 20, 2021 12:25 PM (JmC1y)
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Robert: Does anyone know his politics?
Craig: No, but his weight with the commoners can unbalance everything. The Balliols will kiss his ass so we must.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding religion in the USSR with Andrei at September 20, 2021 12:27 PM (LvTSG)
Oops... market correction sorry about your IRA.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 20, 2021 12:27 PM (mdgQ7)
Posted by: Infidel
Not necessary. An A-10 and >60 seconds would be plenty. Hell, just strafe the porta-potties. Blue and brown mist as scraps of plastic fall from the sky and they'd be heading south in no time.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 20, 2021 12:27 PM (wAnMi)
The entire national debt rolls over about every 4 years! All of it.
If interest rates rise, it is GAME OVER, near as I can tell. Even historical norms of 4 to 5 percent. Every dollar would go simply to pay interest. Nothing for anything else. No social security. No spending on military. Nothing.
At least that's what it appeared 10 or 12 years ago. I doubt the government financial position has improved since then.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 20, 2021 12:27 PM (B2OlB)
"We heard enough to know that there are inconsistencies between what the administration has said and the truth," Inhofe added at a news conference with committee Republicans. "Clearly, President Biden didn't listen to all the military advice given."
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 12:28 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 20, 2021 12:23 PM (5rVgw)
Don't be so judgy
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Nurse can't catch a break when saying that phrase. Maybe switch to 'turrible' to indicate the inside joke?
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 20, 2021 12:28 PM (O+I8R)
Newport News Police confirm that two people were taken to the hospital with "gunshot wounds that are not believed to be life-threatening."
Police also say that reports of active shooters at other Newport News schools are false.
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 12:25 PM
Been a long time since I was stationed in the Tidewater area, but did 'Heritage' high school used to be 'Some Confederate Hero' High School?
Posted by: Eromero at September 20, 2021 12:28 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at September 20, 2021 12:25 PM (ySQBZ)
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Stunned that it took this long ... I've been predicting this since The Steal as the pretext to go full Australia and destroy the Second Amendment.
Here we go ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 20, 2021 12:28 PM (JmC1y)
The only extent to which I try to time the market is to see if there is a decent size downward move before I call and if so, then I wait a few days and it's nearly always either back to where it was or it's higher.
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at September 20, 2021 12:15 PM (mf5HN)
Alex: Your guy should be able, no matter the date or status of the market, be able to identify particular past investments that are 'best withdrawals' from a tax perspective. When we were building our house, we worked with our investor, who did a series of withdrawals for that purpose. Each of these was based on the net gain, so as to reduce our immediate tax burden. Granted, there will be impacts when we get to retirement, but those will be a smaller concern.
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at September 20, 2021 12:28 PM (QDEj3)
Posted by: Ziba at September 20, 2021 12:29 PM (S1hrL)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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You are speaking out of order, you have not been recognized by the Chair.
Posted by: The Chair at September 20, 2021 12:29 PM (ywM9T)
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 12:30 PM (RHGPo)
Astounding that 49% think Biden is fit to be Pres.
Fake poll, right?
Posted by: Ziba at September 20, 2021 12:29 PM (S1hrL)
all polls are fake these days, even ones that we like. It's all just clickbait for the electronically addicted. None of them mean anything.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2021 12:31 PM (trdmm)
As they say in the military..."what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except an A-10. It f*cking kills you."
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 20, 2021 12:31 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Ziba at September 20, 2021 12:31 PM (S1hrL)
Posted by: Next Week's Meme at September 20, 2021 12:32 PM (SmFPm)
Craig: No, but his weight with the commoners can unbalance everything. The Balliols will kiss his ass so we must.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding religion in the USSR with Andrei at September 20, 2021 12:27 PM (LvTSG)
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Nice! My favorite film ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 20, 2021 12:32 PM (JmC1y)
Posted by: Ziba at September 20, 2021 12:33 PM (S1hrL)
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 20, 2021 12:28 PM (O+I8R)
I was kidding.
Posted by: ... at September 20, 2021 12:34 PM (Zan64)
Posted by: SMOD at September 20, 2021 12:30 PM
Can the Holy Spirit dance on the head of a pin?
Posted by: Important Theological Questions at September 20, 2021 12:34 PM (SmFPm)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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You are speaking out of order, you have not been recognized by the Chair.
Posted by: The Chair
Hilarious. We don't recognize the chair.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 20, 2021 12:38 PM (OCTRt)
Just curious....
Posted by: jesse in dc at September 20, 2021 12:56 PM (kTRt4)
And you could use 'osting for versus.
Posted by: t-bird at September 20, 2021 01:06 PM (CTJwJ)
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