Let's stop calling Manchin's 65 foot yacht a "houseboat".

It more or less qualifies as both.

...he has much more exposure due to Hunter.

Is this the multi-user sock puppet again or just one of the regulars?

It's August 2nd and Trump isn't back.

Good point. Now they need to set another arbitrary timeline.

Bitching? I thought it was just whinging.

Oh good, Hummer's back. Just as verbose and monotonous as ever.

The weight is all on his shoulders now.

With luck, he's hired good people.

Nixon and George Bush would be prime examples.

Who for the most part shut up and went away quietly.

Both hate Trump.

Good job keeping his name out there... :-)

LBJ was a dictator? Where's the outrage?

*Offer not valid in Australia

Not surprising since Outback has nothing to do with Australia.

It's amazing how people desperately need a gun to protect themselves but don't actually know where it is.

A car antenna would be more useful.

Appreciate this context and nuance.

I do as well. Glad I don't have to deal with that sort of thing.

Those suckers would chase you down the driveway and tear you a new one.

I almost had to bear spray a couple of those effing things doing a track inspection at work a few weeks ago.

I'm sure this will result in a surge of gun sales.

as in locate and register every gun in the US.

They tried that in Canada. Waste of a billion dollars.

But tell me, if you recall. How did Bill Clinton do it, even if was just on paper.

He claimed to have cut the deficit and claimed a surplus. All that means is you are not going farther in debt, but you are still way in debt.

Debt is how much you owe. Deficit means it's getting worse. Surplus means it's getting better. Bubba claimed it was getting better.

A quick look says the US has been continuously in debt since around 1836.

When President Biden walks back that tax bonanza (that had no sunset clause) Trump gave to his wealthy BFFs, it might pay down the debt or at least cover the interest.

TWIN, it's pretty much hopeless. The US deficit is $3 Trillion. You'd have to cut spending by that much or generate more revenue just to break even, much less pay anything back.

Actually it is a very big deal.

Good for you. The infrastructure bill is about 4% of that so you can calm down.

That way they will no longer be able to legally possess a firearm...

I find it odd that seems to be the ultimate punishment.

A trillion is such a ------- mind-numbingly huge number it's easy to believe it doesn't exist.

US national debt is currently around 24 Trillion, no big deal. It's not like it's ever going to be paid off.

In the end, one bridge will be built. 871 miles of highway will be built. The other $999,471,443.71 will be spent on pork.

You'll have to show your math on that one. Or just say "I was full of ---- again".

Your choice.

I've emptied more than one Victor mouse trap in my formative years.

You didn't have a Slavia pellet rifle? Poor deprived child.

Are you suggesting the Democrats voted for it strictly for partisan reasons?

Probably. All 50 of them did. You asked why it was bipartisan so I'd suggest asking the 17 Republicans that voted for it what they got out of it.

Being free of Rats is great.

I agree. We don't have them in my part of the world... probably too high up and too many predators.

I wonder how much of the trillion dollars actually goes towards infrastructure and how much was pork to ensure a bipartisan outcome?

A valid question for the 17 Republicans that voted for it.