Americans are tired of this constant corruption.

Release the Algae Files!!

Don't kid yourself: it's about the nine-figure tax deduction for the "donation".

#8 | POSTED BY DANFORTH

And you can bet your bottom dollar he didn't pay no stinking "gift tax" either.

No limits?

More like the Outer Limits.

I guess a quicky or a little fingering is now out of the question.

They can't arrest the real "vandal".

But they could arrest Trumpy's "pool guy".

Re 18

Right not a "blockade".

Sanctions.

Sanctions are what stop others from trading with Cuba.

American sanctions heavily restrict Cuba's access to the global financial system and threaten penalties against third parties, making it difficult for other countries to do business with them.

Re 13

The U.S. embargo against Cuba has been ongoing for 66 years.

It began as a partial embargo on sugar and exports in 1960 before being formalized into a comprehensive, near-total trade blockade by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, and it remains in effect today.

People who have immigrated here from Cuba are the ones who hate Cuba..

Exactly. And maga maroons who have been told to hate Cuba.

I bet SSentinal also believe that Trumpy has "backtracked" and removed his name from the Kennedy Center.

Yeah I doubt it. I bet it still up there while he looks for a loophole.

Why are the tarps and scaffolding still blocking the view? Because he never took his name down and does not intend to.

On Wednesday, Merkley and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska passed bipartisan legislation in the Senate to block the use of federal funds to dismantle the system until the NSF conducts a "thorough review and assessment" of the network, with input from scientists and coastal communities.

He will find a way around it. Steve Miller is probably working on it as we speak. Probably fire any scientist who speaks up or make the data unusable or misleading or they will hire/bribe scientists and lawyers to lie about it.

"Congress forced him to."

I fired my editor. Again. Good editors is so hard to find!

And the other thing is Trumpy did not make a decision to "backtrack" on his own.

Congress forced him too.

Why should he get any credit for being forced to make the right decision?

You think he learned his lesson?

No Susan. He did not. Given the opportunity he will just do it again find a way around the law or attack our democratic institutions in some other way to make up for his forced "backtrack".

It makes sense to criticize him for doing it in the first place, but not for backtracking on it.

#18 | POSTED BY SENTINEL

Make no mistake. I am pleased he reinstated this program.

How much will reinstating it cost?

And how about admitting that his decision to attempt to eliminate the scientific data (we paid for) that would help us understand climate change was wrong.

I criticism him for his lies his total lack of professionalism and his inept leadership and horrible management decisions.

I criticize him for how much damage he has already done and will continue to do with his hateful ignorance and refusal to listen to anyone and attack anyone who dares to become an expert on the subject and dares to speak up.

I criticize him for how much it will cost us (and our children and grandchildren) to repair the damage he has done.

Really people... the only nation that doesn't like Cuba is the US.
#9 | POSTED BY RIGHTISTRITE

I personally have no beef with Cuba. I doubt most Americans have any beef with Cuba.

Most Americans don't even think about Cuba and never would have bothered themselves with Cuba (and probably would have trouble finding it on an unmarked map) if not for Trumpy's hateful agitprop.

Americans don't hate Cuba. Our government hates Cuba. Our government no longer represents America. It represents Trumpy and his bizarre and corrupt and hateful agenda.

I'm a weird specimen, an atheist who will defend many aspects of religion and its trappings.

I am also a strange specimen, an agnostic that finds flaws in all religions as they aiming for something we have no words for and all miss the mark.

Being an agnostic who finds flaws in all religions means my worldview is rooted in intellectual honesty and skepticism. I honestly cannot help myself because as I troubleshooter for the DOD I have trained my brain to find the flaws in things and fix them. Fast. My official title at one time was Equipment Specialist tho my title morphed over time as I climbed the ranks and became a supervisor. And now my brain just does it automatically.

I recognize that while ultimate truths (if they exist) are inherently unknowable, the specific institutions, dogmas, and texts constructed by humans invariably fail under any rigorous critical scrutiny. But some of these flaws (in institutionalized religion) I cannot fix. But I can point them out.

It's true that in the religious wars between Islam and Christianity the Muslims attacked first. Then came the crusaders.

But that does not mean we need to act like or be remotely like them. Either of them.

The conflict between the Christian and Muslim worlds did not begin with a single event. It started as a result of centuries of Early Muslim conquests in the 7th century, followed by the Christian response of the Crusades in the 11th century.

I've been on a few religious retreats, including to monasteries.

Been on a few retreats when I was younger. Never a Catholic one.. that sounds a bit crazy ... but if they don't speak I guess it would be ok. My church of No Choice was the Nazarenes. Which I found out later in life were evangelicals. Never got closer to any Gods and I didn't find Jesus in any of them (because he lives in prison?). Also you will never find any Gods or Especially Jesus (also a God?) in a Buddhist monastery. Just saying ...

But I on every retreat I have attended I did get closer to Nature. Every time.

Because when you spend some time in Nature you reap tremendous health benefits. Quiet reflection while there never hurts. I find most people seriously talk too much Anyway and rarely say anything that's actually important.

It's good to shut the f up and relax your internal dialogue.

Buddhists call that meditation.

And when you spend some time in nature it provides significant, science-backed benefits that lower physiological stress, improve mental clarity, and boost immune function. Extensive research, including insights from the UCLA Health System and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, shows that just 20 minutes in a green space can measurably trigger positive biological shifts.

I bet that is what most are confusing with a "religious experience".

The proposed bill, Tennessee's HB 513, would provide both civil and criminal immunity for drivers if they hit protesters with their vehicle while exercising "due care," even if the protester was only blocking the sidewalk.

#2 | POSTED BY DBT2

Pretty sure these lunkheads will just redefine "due care" the same way they have tried to redefine "due process".

"I suggest Toyotathon ... "

Great call.

Makin Japan Great Again!

The President says: I am the President. And YOU are not.

The Citizen says: the President is an employee of America. And he works for me. A Citizen of America.

The pendulum swings like the pendulum do ...

You wanna know why it was inevitable that Iran would not only survive but come out as the winner in this conflict?

They don't have mid term elections.

And this will wake it up again.

The Air Force secured a localized exception to the Pentagon's rule, temporarily reinstating mandatory flu vaccinations for all recruits at Lackland to restore unit readiness.

Why would the Air Force bother to reinstate a CONTROVERSIAL policy even "temporarily" if it did not affect military readiness?

why would anyone flame him for reversing course on this particular issue?

#10 | POSTED BY SENTINEL

Because it's an easy example of his mindless cuts to government that make no sense and will later cost us even more to correct or reinstate later. ( Chesterton's Fence)

So. Right again.

Lucy pulled the football.

Who could have seen that coming?

I must be a Real Genius!

(Not)