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Post by crimsoncat05 on Feb 24, 2018 2:45:16 GMT
my gosh, how many times did he say 'a lot' or 'a lot of people' in that video? I couldn't even watch to the end of it, because his rambling annoys me so freakin' much!! Well, that and his ever-popular 'a lot of people are talking about it' which means "I'm full of shit..."
ETA: "Marines who left the Marines, ones that left the Army, or left the Air Force..." since when were Marines in the Air Force?? (I know what he meant, but it just sounds stupid, and it annoys me.)
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Feb 24, 2018 3:15:55 GMT
Yep—the tone changed. Conservative pea calling liberal pea an asshole!
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Post by imsirius on Feb 24, 2018 3:19:14 GMT
my gosh, how many times did he say 'a lot' or 'a lot of people' in that video? I couldn't even watch to the end of it, because his rambling annoys me so freakin' much!! Well, that and his ever-popular 'a lot of people are talking about it' which means "I'm full of shit..." ETA: "Marines who left the Marines, ones that left the Army, or left the Air Force..." since when were Marines in the Air Force?? (I know what he meant, but it just sounds stupid, and it annoys me.) I just loved the little bits between. The Obama one had me rolling.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 24, 2018 4:04:36 GMT
Emma Gonzalez was interviewed tonight. They are doing voter registration, reaching out to everyone. Parkland survivor Emma Gonzalez just gave the GOP another reason to be afraid of her generationNoor Al-Sibai NOOR AL-SIBAI 23 FEB 2018 AT 22:09 ET “I do think those are good first steps,” she told CNN host John Berman. “A lot of us in this community are happy to hear this is starting to move in a good direction. But it’s not enough.” Semi-automatic weapons in general, rather than age regulations, should be targeted by lawmakers, Gonzalez said. The high school senior admitted that she and her fellow outspoken classmates “are definitely making a difference” — and not just when it comes to guns. “People are being inspired by what the kids at our school are doing,” she said. “They’re getting out there, they’re getting registered to vote, they’re getting preregistered to vote, they’re talking to parents and members of their community.”“Look anywhere,” Gonzalez implored. “It’s right outside your window.” www.rawstory.com/2018/02/parkland-survivor-emma-gonzoelz-just-gave-gop-another-reason-afraid-generation/
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 24, 2018 4:17:42 GMT
There have been discussion that military and law enforcement could be extempt. "Congress is in recess until next week. Cornyn, who was in the Capitol on Friday to preside over a brief pro forma session, said he thought an age restriction would be problematic if an 18-year-old Marine or police officer were told he or she could not buy a gun. "I can see that it would be difficult to enforce," he said. "I'm not sure why we would go to those lengths when I don't think that gets to the root of the problem." www.cnn.com/2018/02/23/politics/john-cornyn-gun-age/index.html
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Post by Merge on Feb 24, 2018 4:56:40 GMT
Is this true?
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Post by dewryce on Feb 24, 2018 5:00:03 GMT
There have been discussion that military and law enforcement could be extempt. "Congress is in recess until next week. Cornyn, who was in the Capitol on Friday to preside over a brief pro forma session, said he thought an age restriction would be problematic if an 18-year-old Marine or police officer were told he or she could not buy a gun. "I can see that it would be difficult to enforce," he said. "I'm not sure why we would go to those lengths when I don't think that gets to the root of the problem." www.cnn.com/2018/02/23/politics/john-cornyn-gun-age/index.htmlGo to what lengths? I thought law enforcement and military have special I.D.? Just more excuses. I by no means think this is the be all end all solution to our problems, but one of many, many steps that will bring about improvements.
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Post by dewryce on Feb 24, 2018 5:02:53 GMT
I don't know but after hearing/reading some of the speaches and comments on them I wouldn't be surprised. But geez I hope not.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 15:25:17 GMT
MSNBC..
“Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg: "I'm not trying to push a liberal agenda here. I'm not trying to push a conservative agenda. I'm trying to push an agenda that saves our children and saves our future." #AMJoy”
Not everything has to be labeled liberal or conservative , it’s just about doing the right thing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 15:37:51 GMT
Monica Carlson..
“@ejdionne today on @npr summed it up: “The president doesn’t really have values or positions- he has interests.” @newtownaction”
I think he may be right.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 16:17:24 GMT
If you're in Rohrabacher's district and/or would like to donate to someone running to replace him:
"Hi folks, I'm a Democrat running against Dana Rohrabacher. I'm a stem cell scientist who believes that facts should guide our policy making and unlike Dana I don't believe that Moscow is in the district."
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 24, 2018 16:21:45 GMT
If you're in Rohrabacher's district and/or would like to donate to someone running to replace him: "Hi folks, I'm a Democrat running against Dana Rohrabacher. I'm a stem cell scientist who believes that facts should guide our policy making and unlike Dana I don't believe that Moscow is in the district." Dana is in Manfort's indictment.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 24, 2018 16:46:30 GMT
There have been discussion that military and law enforcement could be extempt. "Congress is in recess until next week. Cornyn, who was in the Capitol on Friday to preside over a brief pro forma session, said he thought an age restriction would be problematic if an 18-year-old Marine or police officer were told he or she could not buy a gun. "I can see that it would be difficult to enforce," he said. "I'm not sure why we would go to those lengths when I don't think that gets to the root of the problem." www.cnn.com/2018/02/23/politics/john-cornyn-gun-age/index.htmlHow many 18 year old police officers does anyone ever encounter? Most of those jobs require at the very least a two year associate’s degree, just saying. The military angle is a valid point though. Maybe we shouldn’t be allowing teenagers to enlist either since the rational part of a person’s brain isn’t fully developed until about age 25.
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Post by peasquared on Feb 24, 2018 16:56:56 GMT
I didn’t know that our 18 year military recruits had to buy their own guns to join. /sarcasm
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 24, 2018 17:07:39 GMT
There have been discussion that military and law enforcement could be extempt. "Congress is in recess until next week. Cornyn, who was in the Capitol on Friday to preside over a brief pro forma session, said he thought an age restriction would be problematic if an 18-year-old Marine or police officer were told he or she could not buy a gun. "I can see that it would be difficult to enforce," he said. "I'm not sure why we would go to those lengths when I don't think that gets to the root of the problem." www.cnn.com/2018/02/23/politics/john-cornyn-gun-age/index.htmlHow many 18 year old police officers does anyone ever encounter? Most of those jobs require at the very least a two year associate’s degree, just saying. The military angle is a valid point though. Maybe we shouldn’t be allowing teenagers to enlist either since the rational part of a person’s brain isn’t fully developed until about age 25.Unfortunately one of the reasons they used to draft 18 yr olds even when the voting age was 21. Police you are right.
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Post by Merge on Feb 24, 2018 17:22:18 GMT
There have been discussion that military and law enforcement could be extempt. "Congress is in recess until next week. Cornyn, who was in the Capitol on Friday to preside over a brief pro forma session, said he thought an age restriction would be problematic if an 18-year-old Marine or police officer were told he or she could not buy a gun. "I can see that it would be difficult to enforce," he said. "I'm not sure why we would go to those lengths when I don't think that gets to the root of the problem." www.cnn.com/2018/02/23/politics/john-cornyn-gun-age/index.htmlHow many 18 year old police officers does anyone ever encounter? Most of those jobs require at the very least a two year associate’s degree, just saying. The military angle is a valid point though. Maybe we shouldn’t be allowing teenagers to enlist either since the rational part of a person’s brain isn’t fully developed until about age 25. I read somewhere ... and I don't mean this as any kind of slam on our military - wherever I read it, this was presented not as a criticism but as fact ... that we need 18 year olds to join up exactly because their brain isn't fully developed. They are both malleable, which the military needs them to be to shape them into soldiers, and fearless, or close to it. Neither of which makes them good candidates for gun ownership in the civilian world, IMO. As I posted elsewhere, my DH described the very strict conditions under which guns are kept and used in military training. The military doesn't seem to want its 18 year old soldiers running around with free access to guns, either.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 24, 2018 18:11:24 GMT
Neither of which makes them good candidates for gun ownership in the civilian world, IMO. As I posted elsewhere, my DH described the very strict conditions under which guns are kept and used in military training. The military doesn't seem to want its 18 year old soldiers running around with free access to guns, either. Correct, however long ago they fought for the voting age to be 18 because 'if they are old enough to serve, they are old enough to vote' .. Of course that was when the draft was in effect. Many went because ordered not voluntarily. Service makes it hard to say no to guns for them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 19:35:55 GMT
linkThe Hill... “Condoleezza Rice: U.S. need to have a conversation about what Second Amendment means "in the modern world" hill.cm/RhY73tv” There is not much I agree with her on but this is one issue I absolutely agree with her about.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 24, 2018 19:42:10 GMT
That is the door NRA doesn't want opened. Also why they will not listen or even consider reasonable discussions. Or responsible gun ownership.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 19:43:29 GMT
trump today....
“Armed Educators (and trusted people who work within a school) love our students and will protect them. Very smart people. Must be firearms adept & have annual training. Should get yearly bonus. Shootings will not happen again - a big & very inexpensive deterrent. Up to States.”
Problem with trump in his tiny little mind he believes the answer to any solution is force. That’s why he is surrounded by generals in key positions and why he is gutting the State Department.
But then what does he care because he wouldn’t be the person getting hurt.
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Post by hop2 on Feb 24, 2018 19:47:17 GMT
I didn’t know that our 18 year military recruits had to buy their own guns to join. /sarcasm This is what I’m thinking - they get a weapon at ‘work’ ( military ) So why would they need to own their own at home??? The military has plenty of ranges on which to practice. That arguement makes no sense at all to me. Police - here your required to have either an associates degree or 2 years military service so it would be difficult ( though not impossible ) to be an 18 yo police officer. And allthey have to do is make an exception for Leo
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Feb 24, 2018 19:50:28 GMT
“Armed Educators (and trusted people who work within a school) love our students and will protect them. Very smart people. he's so good at doing stuff like this-- the 'armed' educators love our students, therefore I'm implying that anyone who doesn't go along with this idea must NOT love our students... the old 'if you're not with us, you must be against us' ploy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 19:53:52 GMT
Something for those to ponder when they get tired of hearing about “Russia Russia Russia.”
Tom Nicholas..
“This is key. For people trying to figure out why Manafort's work is a big deal as it relates to Trump, remember this: When you read a story about this stuff, just replace "Yanukovich" with "Putin." Because that's how it worked. /1
To deal with the Yanukovich regime was to be dealing with Putin and Russian intelligence. Manafort was a not a naif; he knew who he was really working for. /2
And because the Russians would know just how much money trouble Manafort was in, and how much of it was, how-you-say, ILLEGAL, they had him by the balls. Now think about that. The top man in a presidential campaign was under the thumb of the Russian intel services. /3
In fact, the top man next to a possible president *and* his deputy, *and* several of the people in the candidate's family, *and* maybe even the candidate himself, all had dirty financial laundry known in detail to the Kremlin. Normal people would worry about this. /4
At this point, Trump will have two choices about what to say:
1. I knew Manafort was dirty and that's why I hired him
2. I am hopeless incompetent and had no idea that the guy I've known for decades and who ran in the same financial dirty deal circles I did was dirty. /5
That is, Trump and his family can either say they were crooks, or they were too stupid to breathe without an instruction manual. These indictments don't leave much room for a third option. That's why all of this matters, even if there's "no collusion!" alleged in the docs. /6
In the better GOP I joined as a young man, this kind of entanglement with an enemy of the United States would have instantly ruled out any candidate for dog catcher. In today's GOP, so long as it triggers the libtards... well, what the heck. Patriotism is for saps, I guess. /7x”
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 20:17:12 GMT
“Armed Educators (and trusted people who work within a school) love our students and will protect them. Very smart people. he's so good at doing stuff like this-- the 'armed' educators love our students, therefore I'm implying that anyone who doesn't go along with this idea must NOT love our students... the old 'if you're not with us, you must be against us' ploy. Can you even imagine how much dear old Dad (Fred), f**ked with his kids' heads? You're "bad" or "good". "Smart" or "stupid". "Successful" or "failure", etc..................................... 45 is following in his father's footsteps, causing chaos and division rather than having people try to be the best because of pressure. ETA: Wondering how normal Trump's sister is if she's a Judge. We don't hear anything about her.........
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 20:24:24 GMT
Well things got interesting a CPAC
Sahil Kapur...
“Mona Charen says at CPAC she's disappointed in Republicans for backing "credibly accused child molester" Roy Moore. "You cannot claim that you stand for women and put up with that."
Crowd member yells: "Not true! Not true! Not true!"
Smattering of boos and applause.”
"Prove it!" yells another CPAC crowd member.“
“Yikes—CPAC panelist Mona Charen says there are people "sitting in the White House who brag about their extramarital affairs, who brag about mistreating women, and because he happens to have an 'R' by his name, we look the other way."
The crowd did not like that.”
”Mona Charen at CPAC torches Marion Le Pen: "The only reason she was here is she's named Le Pen. And the Le Pen name is a disgrace. Her grandfather is a racist and nazi. She claims she stands for him."
CROWD: BOOOOOOOOOOOOO
CHAREN: "The fact that CPAC invited her is a disgrace."
Edited to add this by Tim Alberta...
“Mona Charen, who stunned #CPAC by rebuking conservatives for excusing the behavior of Donald Trump and Roy Moore, was just escorted outside by 3 security guards after her speech. More in @politicomag story later.“
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My take away. Boy those conservatives sure get testy when someone speaks the truth.
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Post by scrappinmama on Feb 24, 2018 20:33:34 GMT
That took guts. Good for her for speaking her mind!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 20:34:46 GMT
^ I heard that. Weren't they chanting, "lock her up" to her?? She was brave and amazing to speak the truth!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 20:35:24 GMT
trump...
“Democrat judges have totally redrawn election lines in the great State of Pennsylvania. @foxnews. This is very unfair to Republicans and to our country as a whole. Must be appealed to the United States Supreme Court ASAP!”
Anyone with half a brain knows this isn’t true. That being the case you have Fox News delivering their version of alternative facts and the head parrot dutifully repeating what they are pushing.
Normally I wouldn’t care except the head parrot happens to be the president of the United States.
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Post by pierogi on Feb 24, 2018 21:18:11 GMT
That took guts. Good for her for speaking her mind! It’s sad that merely acknowledging reality is an act of courage for Republicans now. 😵
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 21:21:54 GMT
Now I understand why Networks are bringing back old hit TV shows. Because they can’t compete with trump’s reality TV show aka the trump presidency.
AP..
“Trump officials fight eviction from Panama hotel they manage”
PANAMA CITY (AP) — One of President Donald Trump's family businesses is battling an effort to physically evict its team of executives from a luxury hotel in Panama where they manage operations, and police have been called to keep the peace, The Associated Press has learned. Witnesses told the AP they saw Trump's executives carrying files to a room for shredding.
Representatives of the hotel owners' association formally sought to fire Trump's management team Thursday by hand-delivering termination notices to them at the Trump International Hotel and Tower, according to a Panamanian legal complaint filed by Orestes Fintiklis, who controls 202 of the property's 369 hotel units. Trump's managers retreated behind the glass walls of an office where they were seen carrying files to an area where the sounds of a shredding machine could be heard, according to two witnesses aligned with the owners. The legal complaint also accused Trump's team of improperly destroying documents.
The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity over concerns they would be drawn into an expensive and protracted legal fight.
Elsewhere in the building, the hotel owners' team and its allies were barred by Trump Hotel staff from entering the room containing the building's closed-circuit TV system as well as key computer servers for the hotel and apartments that share the property. In response, they shut off power to the room — temporarily bringing down phone lines and internet connections within the building.
According to the legal complaint, Trump's chief of security and six security guards "pushed and shouted at" Fintiklis when he came to deliver the termination notices. The complaint said the hotel employees then called the police.
A new confrontation appeared likely to arise during the weekend, as Trump's security staff set up early Saturday in the hotel lobby, witnesses said. But by Saturday afternoon the lobby was again quiet.
Representatives of the Trump Organization declined to comment, but have previously called attempts to fire their management company illegal and said no change in the building's control would be appropriate without a decision from arbitrators or a judge.
Fintiklis did not respond to messages left by text or email.
On Friday night, lawyers, notaries and rival security personnel gathered at the hotel in Panama City while talks were underway to prevent the conflict from deteriorating further.
The showdown is the newest low in a months-long fight over control of the property. Last August, Fintiklis' Miami-based Ithaca Capital Partners bought the 202 units in a fire sale from the property's struggling developer. As part of the deal, Trump Hotels sought and received some assurances that Ithaca would not seek to act against its interests as hotel manager.
Relations quickly soured amid abysmal hotel occupancy numbers and allegations by Ithaca and other hotel unit owners of financial mismanagement or misconduct. In October, Ithaca Capital led a push to terminate Trump Hotel's management contract and seek compensatory damages. Trump's company — which he still owns but does not directly control — refused to hand over control of the property, arguing that the vote to fire Trump Hotels was invalid.
A Panamanian court declined to support that claim in December, and the parties have since been fighting in court. The AP reported that the Trump management team ran off a group of Marriott executives who had been invited to tour the property amid a search for a replacement hotel operator.
On Thursday, Fintiklis arrived at the property with management staff and lawyers intending to take over the hotel immediately. The Trump management team again refused to yield control of the property, and according to the legal complaint filed by Ithaca's lawyers, refused to allow Fintiklis to check into any of his company's 202 hotel rooms.“
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