How is this not how monarchs and dictators behave?

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When you start to seize 'flagged' ships on the open sea, you're starting to behave like pirates.

With that said, why shouldn't the rest of the world see this as the same as what the Somali pirates are doing off the coast of Africa?

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You could almost retroactively use this statistic to mark the date when Trump imposed his tariffs.

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Apply for an absentee ballot if you quality.

I say this over and over and it just doesn't sink in with people determined to believe the lie that mail-in ballots are fine.

#9 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-01-06 12:30 AM

If an absentee ballot is fine, how then are mail-in ballots not? What's the difference?

A ballot is mailed to a voter.

The voter fills out the ballot at home.

The voter places the ballot in a mail box.

The Postal Service delivers the ballot to the local election office.

The ballot is counted.

Of the steps outlined above, where is it in this process does a 'mail-in' ballot, versus an 'absentee' ballot, suddenly become susceptible to fraud?

No, I really would like to know why you think mail-in ballots are not acceptable? And if you claim to know this for a fact, please provide the evidence to back up your claim.

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"Allen West, Chair of the Dallas County Republicans, was forced to admit what democrats and election experts have been saying all along - Hand counting ballots is a bad idea."

Well, duh...

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So, looting Venezuela's natural resources for the benefit of Big Oil?

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-05 02:14 PM

And if it turns out to be too costly, Trump has promised the oil companies that he'll help cover their expenses using taxpayer dollars...

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With the current glut of oil on the world markets and the price of crude under $60/barrel, I'm not sure how quick the American oil companies will be willing to pour money into an effort which could prove to be a bit of a black hole with little hope of turning a profit anytime soon.

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Being given the Montreal Cognitive Assessment once every couple of years is normal to determine if someone may be suffering from early onset dementia, but if it's given over and over again, it's being used to determine the progress of dementia which has already been diagnosed.

Now there are other times when the Montreal Cognitive Assessment is given and I've been in that situation.

Nine years ago I had to have my Aortic Heart Valve replaced. A week prior to the procedure, which was going to be done using the TAVR method...

I thought it stood for either Orange County or Old Cocaine User.

#10 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-12-27 06:50 PM

I live in Orange County, but as for the 'cocaine', the strongest drug that I've every imbibed is a couple of beers once in awhile and perhaps a shot of Irish whisky when our son and his wife (who's from Ireland) is staying with us, which they usually do for a few months every winter (they're arriving from Michigan in mid-January).

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OCU stands for Old CAD User...

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It's been awhile since I had read anything by Dave Berry, but he hasn't lost his knack to make absurd things and events sound like they were really absurd.

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Merry Xmas. Sunny here for a moment in OC, CA, more rain tomorrow! Last night was wild.

#24 | Posted by dibblda at 2025-12-25 12:57 PM

Yes, on the way to church this morning we saw a double rainbow.

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Despite a request from the Bishop in Miami and several other members of the local clergy, Trump says that ICE operations will continue across the country on Christmas day. After all, he claimed, that he was elected to rid the nation of all illegal immigrants and he's not going to tell DHS to suspend operations just because it's a holiday.

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Does the Navy still operate garbage-scows...

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You can bet that if this had been Florida or Texas, that Trump would have hand-delivered the money personally...

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is an EO all it takes?

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-19 07:15 PM

No, the executive order only makes a request that the DEA and the DOJ start the process to reclassify marijuana as a Class III drug as apposed to its current status as a Class I. It's going to take time and it's also going to take some actions by Congress to make it as effective as many people are asking for, particularly when it comes to the banking aspects of this change, which if we don't get that, there's not much of an advantage to change the legal classification of just the drug.

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I don't often have the opportunity to do something like this, but I have to give credit where credit is due...

Trump Signs Executive Order To Reclassify Marijuana As Less Dangerous Drug

Now it's still unclear if this is going to change the banking rules about how money is handled which is generated from the legal sale (on a state by state basis) of marijuana.

And we also need to note that during the Biden administration, Biden tried to do the same thing but failed to get sufficient support from his own party. With that in mind, Trump may find himself in that same situation since it may take an act of Congress to actually get this done.

Disclaimer: My support for this reclassification has nothing to do with any personal situation on my part as I've never smoked (except for some possible second-hand smoke) nor ingested any marijuana ever in my life, nor do I expect to start, because of something like this.

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Smells of more socialism...

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Here's the link to the White House's retweet of Trump's original 'Truth Social' post:

Like no one ever thought that this sort of thing might happen...

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But it's been reported that Pam Bondi if going to try and take a third bite from that apple.

It's reported that they're looking for another prosecutor, perhaps from a different office, which they're going to assign the task of getting an indictment.

I really don't know what the intent is here other then just harassing James and causing her to spend money on her defense, since I can't see a judge allowing a case like this going forward, let alone finding a jury that would convict.

I think an indictment is the goal, not a conviction. It's all about shaming and intimidating.

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Trump has for literally years now loudly bragged over and over and over and over about "acing" the same simple cognitive test. Do you know anyone else who does that? Anyone? Buehler?

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-05 02:10 PM

Well, I've taken the Montreal Cognitive Assessment multiple times, and while I won't brag that I've 'aced them', I did pass them, which is all that can be expected, if there's no problems.

Nine years ago I was given the Montreal Cognitive Assessment something like five times over a three-month period of time. This was when they replaced my aortic heart valve. I was given the test a week before the procedure, along with a physiological exam. Then the cognitive teat was repeated the day after my surgery and then the day I was discharged from the hospital. Both tests were again repeated at my 30-day and 90-day follow-up visits. But that was it, because they were making sure that the procedure, which necessitated halting the blood flow thru my heart for something like 45 seconds, which is how long it took to install the new heart valve (it was done using the so-called TAVR method), had not resulted in any mental or physiological impairments.

My situation was one of those where the Montreal Cognitive Assessment is used, to make sure that there was no brain damage after a surgical procedure, in my case, the replacement of my heart valve. The other time when the Montreal Cognitive Assessment is most often given is when a physician suspects that their patient might be suffering from some sort of mental issues, such as brain damage (from a stroke, a TIA or head trauma), or early-onset dementia or perhaps even Alzheimer's, a disease which runs in the Trump family. Trump lost his father, his sister, who had served as a federal judge, and his uncle, who had been a professor at MIT, all three to complications resulting from Alzheimer's. That's not a good track record and if I were on Trump's medical team, I would be conducting cognitive evaluations on a regular schedule.

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And I'll bet that Trump still thinks that Monsanto is an American-owned company.

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I don't care what Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, there's something seriously wrong with Trump...

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We're not with family this year, as they're spread around the country (Northern California, Texas, Michigan, Washington and Oregon) however, we are going out for Thanksgiving dinner (my wife doesn't do big holiday meals anymore) with three of our friends, whose families are also not close by.

Besides, we saw most all of our family just over two weeks ago in Texas at our granddaughter's wedding. And while there was no turkey or cranberry sauce, we did have a barbecue of burgers and brats and corn-on-the-cob.

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