Who's worried about 36% interest rates on revolving debt equal to half your annual income? Trump's gonna cut medical costs by 2,000%. Gas will be under $2. Eggs will be practically free. Trump just ran the national debt up higher than our GDP, do you think these people give a rat's @$$ about credit card debt? This ridiculous war is driving up prices globally, wrecking the supply chains that have only recently recovered from COVID, and pissing off every other country. But former economics professor Hassett's only take is "Yay, they're buying everything on credit!" Only the best and the brightest...

I'll let you know how many doxxed ICE agents are attacked or killed because of this.
not that you'll give a rats ---- but because it will prove my point.

#7 | Posted by shrimptacodan

I was a law enforcement officer for 28 years, including 16 with the U.S. Border Patrol on the Mexican Border. 5 of those commanding the Tucson Sector Narcotics Interdiction Team from 2000-2005 if you're familiar with any of the events of that time frame. I've had death threats. I've been shot at, and been hit. Never did I wear a mask to hide my identity. Nor did anyone else I worked with. The bad guys wear masks, not the good guys. When the cops start hiding themselves from who they're policing they lose their moral and ethical standing, which is what separates them from the dirtbags. This is what's become a problem in American policing, is this change to an Us vs. Them mentality. Do cops need to take reasonable actions to protect themselves from credible threats? Of course they do. Do they need to look at every man, woman, and child as a deadly force encounter? That's beyond stupid.

Judge Alito: Roe v. Wade is an important precedent of the Supreme Court. It was decided in
1973, so it has been on the books for a long time. It has been challenged on a number of
occasions, and I discussed those yesterday, and the Supreme Court has reaffirmed the decision,
sometimes on the merits, sometimes in Casey based on stare decisis, and I think that when a
decision is challenged and it is reaffirmed that strengthens its value as stare decisis for at least
two reasons.
Judge Thomas: Senator, I think that the Supreme Court has made clear that the issue of marital
privacy is protected, that the State cannot infringe on that without a compelling interest, and the
Supreme Court, of course, in the case of Roe v. Wade has found an interest in the woman's right
to"as a fundamental interest a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy.
Judge Gorsuch: Senator, again, I would tell you that Roe v. Wade, decided in 1973, is a precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court. It has been reaffirmed. The reliance interest considerations are important there, and all of the other factors that go into analyzing precedent have to be considered. It is a precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court. It was reaffirmed in Casey in 1992 and in several other cases. So a good judge will consider it as precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court worthy as treatment of precedent like any other.
Judge Kavanaugh: Senator, I said that it is settled as a precedent of the Supreme Court, entitled the respect under principles of stare decisis. And one of the important things to keep in mind about Roe v. Wade is that it has been reaffirmed many times over the past 45 years, as you know, and most prominently, most importantly, reaffirmed in Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992.
Judge Coney Barrett: I will follow the law of stare decisis, applying it as the court is articulating it, applying all the factors, reliance, workability, being undermined by later facts in law, just all the standard factors. And I promise to do that for any issue that comes up, abortion or anything else. I'll follow the law.

The Supreme Court stopped being a respected institution bringing solemnity, dignity, and legitimacy to the government when over half the sitting justices were revealed to be just another pack of lying, conniving, grifting political players.

@#4

"He can't tell the difference between truth and falsehood," said John Bolton... "A lie is knowing something is not true and saying it anyway. For Trump, it's sort of what he wants it to be, and he just makes up the rest."

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the term as to "refuse to serve (a customer)", or to "get rid of" or "throw out" someone or something. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) says it may be used as a noun or verb. As a noun, "In restaurants and bars, an expression indicating that the supply of an item is exhausted, or that a customer is not to be served; also, a customer to be refused service. Also transferred." As a transitive verb derived from the noun, it means "to eject or debar (a person) from premises; to reject or abandon". The OED gives examples of usage from 1933 to 1981; for example, in the 1972 film The Candidate, a media adviser says to Robert Redford's character, "OK, now, for starters, we got to cut your hair and eighty-six the sideburns".

86 47. Is anyone making T-shirts and hats yet?

#62

We have by far the greatest military spending in the world. Countries 2 through 10 combined barely add up to ours. But Iran, who doesn't even crack the top ten, has us stymied. Is it the amount of available force, or the wisdom of where, when, and how to use it?

#27 | Posted by BellRinger

I agree with you we need to get some positive ideas in play, and it doesn't matter where they come from. It's not real complicated. Maximize tax income, billionaires be damned. Identify necessary spending and look for cheaper, more efficient ways to do it. And cut the unnecessary spending, which is where the real fights begin. As with any debt reduction plan, the first step to getting out of the hole is to stop digging, which means this Congress has to grow a collective pair and pump the brakes on this out-of-control President.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger

Here are a few examples of recent Democrat proposals and bills attempting to curb Trump and GOP excess. Of course, reining in GOP looting of America is impossible with a GOP-controlled Congress allowing Trump to rule by fiat and largesse, backed by a heavily GOP Supreme Court.

I am afraid I am in the I totally believe it camp.

Me too. I think he's itching to do something to prove he's the greatest, or at least most powerful, leader in the world. He may be suffering some cognitive decline, but the bigger issue is he's a sociopathic narcissist (in my opinion, #notadoctor). He seeks to assert his power and superiority to gain admiration, fear, or worship; and has no concern for harm or lasting damage to others. His immigration crackdown blew up, his White House renovation is stopped, his tariffs have been reversed, his economy is crashing and he can't blame Biden anymore, his quest for Greenland has been thwarted, his approval rating is being flushed into the Potomac and even his own base is starting to turn on him. He's becoming increasingly frustrated in his attempts at a historic signature win, and he's just about at his most dangerous.

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones," -commonly attributed to Albert Einstein

#11 | Posted by REDIAL

And it was in Alabama before that. Transited the Panama Canal in March. It's certainly taking the scenic route.

As with so many other of his actions and behaviors, Trump continually shows he has no respect for anyone or anything. He only sees people, institutions, and ideas for their direct value to him or their indirect value as a tool with which he can obtain something else of value. Lack of respect for others is a core feature in sociopaths.

The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the highest military decoration of the United States Armed Forces and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. There are three distinct variants of the medal: one for the Department of the Army, awarded to soldiers; one for branches of the Department of the Navy, awarded to sailors, marines, and coast guardsmen; and one for military branches of the Department of the Air Force, awarded to airmen and guardians.

There are two distinct protocols for recommending and adjudicating the Medal of Honor. The first and most common is recommendation within three years and approval within five years through the chain of command of the service member. The second method, which normally applies outside of the statute of limitations, is when a recommendation is referred to a military service by a member of the U.S. Congress, generally at the request of a constituent under 10 U.S.C. 1130. In both cases, if the proposal is outside the time limits for the recommendation, approval to waive the time limit requires a special Act of Congress. The Medal of Honor is presented by the President on behalf of, and in the name of, the Congress. Since 1980, nearly all Medal of Honor recipients"or in the case of posthumous awards, the next of kin"have been personally decorated by the president. Since 1941, more than half of the Medals of Honor have been awarded posthumously.

Six U.S. Army soldiers who hijacked a Confederate locomotive named The General in 1862 were the first Medal of Honor recipients; James J. Andrews led the raid. He was caught and hanged as a U.S. spy, but as a civilian he was not eligible to receive the medal.

Um, two of your congressman had to resign for rape, one who's rape victim set herself on fire. So you may want to lighten up on the pedo comments.
#8 | Posted by fishpaw

Um, your reference to the congressman whose aide committed suicide by self-immolation regards Texas District 23 Representative Tony Gonzales, a Republican. You are correct in that he has resigned.

Turn 360 means you're heading in the exact same direction.

#37

Just dizzier and unable to see where you're going. I think you just described the Republican party.

Markwayne is not necessarily an upgrade. And could even be worse. Don't know of any dog shootings, but he did try to fight the Teamsters president during a Senate committee meeting.

But if they'd refused service based on the customers' sexual orientation it would have been OK?