To 2021 and Beyond .... current politics

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

"the smarter than everyone else" .. is probably weak projection from me and not about you, more reflective of my own views and issues of the libertarian party. I am a bitter ex libertarian. I apologize for that. Biggest reason was people picking and choosing when to wear the "libertarian" hat and the neo conservative take over followed by the libertarian party going from personal choice to "states rights" on abortion so they didnt turn away all the attention they were getting from neo conservatives bc libertarian party wants numbers more than anything.

I stand by the military report thing though. google the issue. you do accuse us of the exact thing you have apparently done. ignored reports that dont fit your predisposed view.

I get that. The libertarian party is not 100% in line with all of my beliefs, but it's closer than republican or democrat at this time. Definitely when it comes to military intervention. Never going to match up perfectly if you are registered under any party.

The whole country would probably be better if there were no parties and we were all "registered" as independents.

I didn't specifically name any group or say that anyone shouldn't be in the military. I made a blanket statement (not that that's better) about it, even if reports said the exact opposite, I don't believe it would matter. Anyone that serves in the military has more guts than me, and I salute them 100%.

[Chico23231]

For the record...Sunnyside rants are epic

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

For the record...Sunnyside rants are epic

I could be wrong, but I think me and Sunny have a lot in common when it comes to discussing politics. We try to hold our water, then 1 day, the dam breaks, and we start over.

I hate you politics, but I cannot resist you.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

For the record...Sunnyside rants are epic

You could learn from him.

[SunnySide]

SD - i appreciate your ability to not take things personal when I get pissy and personal. sometimes im the asshole i love to hate, if that makes sense.

cheers and sorry

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

SD - i appreciate your ability to not take things personal when I get pissy and personal. sometimes im the asshole i love to hate, if that makes sense.

cheers and sorry

No worries. Politics has the ability to make all of us say/act/etc outside of how we do outside of politics. I'd gladly grab a beer with any of you liberal bastards lol.

We have a lot of good people here, yourself included, that's why this is such a great site.

[SunnySide]

The Biden administration's attempt to put a 100-day pause on deportations hit a wall when a federal court granted a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit brought by the state of Texas.

U.S. District Court Judge Drew B. Tipton stated in a Tuesday order that the directive from acting Homeland Security Secretary David Pekoske that halted removing those who already had final orders of removal against them appeared to run afoul of the Administrative Procedure Act, which governs how federal agencies conduct rulemaking. The same law was used to block a number of Trump administration actions as well.

"The Court finds that, by ordering a 100-day pause on all removals of aliens already subject to a final order of removal, it appears that the January 20 Memorandum is clearly not in accordance with, or is in excess of, the authority accorded to the Attorney General pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(1)(A)."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bid...procedures-act

The Senate, split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, is moving forward with a power-sharing agreement after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell relented on an ultimatum over filibuster rules.

Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and McConnell had been in a standoff that had the potential to hobble President Joe Biden’s agenda and stymie legislative action.

“I am glad the Republican leader finally relented, and we can move forward now to organize the Senate, set up committees chairs and ranking members, and a process for moving bills and nominees to the floor from committees with an evenly divided number of members,” Schumer said on the floor Tuesday. “I’m glad we’re finally able to get the Senate up and running. My only regret is that it took so long.”

The Senate has been operating without a deal, which froze committees from the previous Congress with Republicans holding the majority and all chairmanships. That left Schumer in charge of the floor, while GOP committee heads, or at least those who did not retire and are still around, continued to run their panels.

The agreement, text of which has not yet been released, is modeled after the rules that governed the chamber the last time it was tied in 2001.
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/01/26/...ibuster-fight/

Courts freezing executive orders -- im fine with it as long as there is merit to the courts ruling. Judge/forum shopping is a problem on both sides. Good for goose, good for the gander. Dems cant rightly complain but im sure they will.

I imagine republicans wont be screaming "judicial activism" on this like they did previous years.

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Power sharing - yay. now go to your committees, give salacious quotes to reporters but dont actually do anything legislative bc were 50-50. Perhaps pass some budget reconciliation stuff once a year, definitely seat judges .. but no legislation.

Its going to be quiet 2 years. Sure there will be lots of Ted Cruz and AOC headlines .. but nothing of actual substance can get passed. Besides hot air and perhaps some more covid.

[Chico23231]

Imagine the guy in your administration who is the climate czar owns a private jet...John Kerry

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joh...climate-change

The hypocrisy never ends...but yeah let’s kill 20,000 jobs the first week while hiring a guy to lead the climate fight whose Private jets emit up to 40 times more carbon per passenger than commercial plane.

It’s as dumb as thinking killing the keystone pipeline means somehow means the wells stop...those wells never stop pumping but now it’s transported by oil trucks and rail....you guessed it, at a carbon footprint thousand times more damaging to the environment.

[SunnySide]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Imagine the guy in your administration who is the climate czar owns a private jet...John Kerry

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joh...climate-change

The hypocrisy never ends...but yeah let’s kill 20,000 jobs the first week while hiring a guy to lead the climate fight whose Private jets emit up to 40 times more carbon per passenger than commercial plane.

It’s as dumb as thinking killing the keystone pipeline means somehow means the wells stop...those wells never stop pumping but now it’s transported by oil trucks and rail....you guessed it, at a carbon footprint thousand times more damaging to the environment.

While it's unclear exactly how much Kerry benefited from his wife's company, private jets have been estimated to emit upward of 40 times as much carbon per passenger as commercial flights.

^^ from your article, its his wifes companys jet.

So we care about the little things again ...


Im just waiting for the heir of Swanson Foods to call Kerry elitist bc hes married to the heir of Heinz Ketchup.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

While it's unclear exactly how much Kerry benefited from his wife's company, private jets have been estimated to emit upward of 40 times as much carbon per passenger as commercial flights.

^^ from your article, its his wifes companys jet.

So we care about the little things again ...


Im just waiting for the heir of Swanson Foods to call Kerry elitist bc hes married to the heir of Heinz Ketchup.

We care dem bullshit hypocrisy when it’s this terribly evident. It’s laughable as well as it sad.

Like we see in the Democratic China virus hypocrisy...setting the rules and immediately breaking them ala Pelosi hair place, Biden walking around federal building without a mask and Gavin newsome at the French laundry.

Gotta keep these receipts handy.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

We care dem bullshit hypocrisy when it’s this terribly evident. It’s laughable as well as it sad.
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LOL, how do you expect to be taken seriously after the last four years??? STFU.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by Giantone

LOL, how do you expect to be taken seriously after the last four years??? STFU.

Is your answer for the next 4 years going to be to excuse any Biden BS by putting your fingers in your ears and screaming Trump was worse??? Not even talking about any specific comment, but that seems to be what it is so far. But it's still early so I would admit it's somewhat understandable.

I was under the assumption that it was great Trump was gone so we can up our standards again. Trump being terrible iyo shouldn't automatically excuse Biden from any accountability.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Imagine the guy in your administration who is the climate czar owns a private jet...John Kerry

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joh...climate-change

The hypocrisy never ends...but yeah let’s kill 20,000 jobs the first week while hiring a guy to lead the climate fight whose Private jets emit up to 40 times more carbon per passenger than commercial plane.

It’s as dumb as thinking killing the keystone pipeline means somehow means the wells stop...those wells never stop pumping but now it’s transported by oil trucks and rail....you guessed it, at a carbon footprint thousand times more damaging to the environment.

So you think Kerrys Jet was doing as much harm to the environment as a pipeline being built threw National Monuments and Parks? You talk jobs but again I will ask you chico why did you keep your mouth shut with the tariffs trump put China that hurt our workers?Steel and Farmers were hurt 200,000 stell workers have been hurt ,what about them?

chico , you're the hypocrite . Where was you "outrage" when this shit was going on???


https://markets.businessinsider.com/...0-1-1028791979


President Trump's tariffs are harming the sector he pledged in 2016 to protect, according to a recent Federal Reserve study.
The president's 2018 tariffs fueled job loss throughout the ailing manufacturing industry and increased input costs, the December 23 study said.
The duties did provide some import protection to US-based firms, but any benefits were outweighed by boosted production expenses and retaliatory tariffs, the Fed added.
The findings come as the US manufacturing sector remains mired in recession and a separate report says 2019 brought the most job cuts in four years.

The Fed study, published December 23, explains how tariffs implemented in 2018 fueled job loss and increased input costs across US manufacturers. While the duties did provide some benefits to domestic firms, the negative effects outweighed the positive ones and harmed an already-ailing sector, the Fed wrote.

"For manufacturing employment, a small boost from the import protection effect of tariffs is more than offset by larger drags from the effects of rising input costs and retaliatory tariffs," authors Aaron Flaaen and Justin Pierce wrote. "For producer prices, the effect of tariffs is mediated solely through rising input costs."
The central bank noted that global supply chains also complicate the traditional utility of tariffs and other trade policy tools. The typical benefit of import protection fades away in today's global economy, according to the Fed, since reduced competition and higher production costs present greater harm in the short term.

[SunnySide]

Earlier this week, CNN published old Facebook posts that showed Greene had indicated support for executing prominent Democrats, including Pelosi, before she ran for Congress in 2020. In one post, from January 2019, Greene liked a comment that said a “bullet to the head would be quicker” to remove the House speaker.

Posts on Greene’s Facebook account also expressed support for baseless conspiracy theories about the school shootings in Newtown and Parkland. “Exactly!” she wrote in response to a post saying the Parkland massacre was a “false flag planned shooting.” She agreed with another post claiming that the Newtown shooting, in which 20 children were killed, was staged.

Greene, who has supported the QAnon conspiracy theory in the past and has a long history of making racist comments, was elected to the House in November after winning the GOP primary in a heavily Republican district.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pelosi-ma...174418708.html

House republicans and Kevin mcCarthy put this woman on the Education Committee?

sigh .. sucks to be on that committee

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

Earlier this week, CNN published old Facebook posts that showed Greene had indicated support for executing prominent Democrats, including Pelosi, before she ran for Congress in 2020. In one post, from January 2019, Greene liked a comment that said a “bullet to the head would be quicker” to remove the House speaker.

Posts on Greene’s Facebook account also expressed support for baseless conspiracy theories about the school shootings in Newtown and Parkland. “Exactly!” she wrote in response to a post saying the Parkland massacre was a “false flag planned shooting.” She agreed with another post claiming that the Newtown shooting, in which 20 children were killed, was staged.

Greene, who has supported the QAnon conspiracy theory in the past and has a long history of making racist comments, was elected to the House in November after winning the GOP primary in a heavily Republican district.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pelosi-ma...174418708.html

House republicans and Kevin mcCarthy put this woman on the Education Committee?

sigh .. sucks to be on that committee

I'd like to know, did voters really understand what she is all about when they checked her name off? Is it really party over all else? Or do they support her off the wall views? She's flat out dangerous.