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03-29-2019 , 11:58 AM

#12726

Johnny Truant

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I'm beginning to think this Trump guy is not all that bright.

03-29-2019 , 12:04 PM

#12727

batair

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Namath12

When does the Obama trial start?

03-29-2019 , 12:27 PM

#12728

dinopoker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cuserounder

There are over 400 million people in South America, and another ~50 million in Central America. Throw in ~130 million in Mexico, and you're looking at 580 million people. I think it's reasonable to think that 100+ million of those could be forced to relocate as a result of climate change, and many will be looking toward the US and Canada. Also that doesn't count people on islands who may be closer to American territory than any other good option for relocation.

What makes you so sure that it would be a bunch of South Americans looking for refuge in the US and Canada and not the other way around?

Also, you are aware I hope that it's not physically possible to migrate by land from South America to North America, right? Those 100 million would all have to travel by either sea or air.

03-29-2019 , 12:28 PM

#12729

SuperUberBob

Not interesting enough

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 48,217

Quote:

Originally Posted by lozen

Sadly when Trump says no power if the wind doesn't blow. No Fox & Friends unless its windy. Yeah a few folks at his rally will laugh that off but a majority will believe it.

It's as though he doesn't recognize that wind energy often operates in conjunction with other forms of renewable energy and also has battery backup.

People really are stupid.

And lol border closing

03-29-2019 , 12:31 PM

#12730

eyebooger

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 59,947

He can just close the border?

What do we need a wall for?

03-29-2019 , 12:32 PM

#12731

otatop

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Clovis8

This guy is so galactically stupid. What does closing the border accomplish?

Also, if he has the power to just close the border why didn't he just do that day one instead of begging for $25 billion to build a wall?

03-29-2019 , 12:51 PM

#12732

smacc25

veteran

Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,969

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clovis8

The only smart thing Trump ever did was dodge the draft.

Yup.. And anytime he's on the teevee now we all get a draft.

03-29-2019 , 01:02 PM

#12733

microbet

Solar Powered

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 58,320

Quote:

Originally Posted by dinopoker

People from Venezuela haven't been coming here generally. That tells you something about how hard the trip is.

03-29-2019 , 01:09 PM

#12734

tgiggity

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Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 5,826

I though he had gotten over this border closing sherade in december. I cross every ~2 weeks and a few months ago the border was swarming with border patrol: 8-12 officers per lane with rifles, drug sniffing dogs everywhere, new barbed wire had been put up, etc. lately it's been back to normal, just a couple officers patrolling between lanes, rarely see a drug dog, the barbed wire is still up but everything calmed down a lot it seemed. still takes over 2 hours to cross most of the time, but that's america for you

i hope this buffoon closes the border on a saturday night so all the LA college bros down here partying for spring break get stranded in mexico. would be pretty hilarious seeing Trump's reaction to finding out there are American's who cross from Mexico into the US.

btw, recycled joke but I found it funny: the only murderers and rapists mexico sends to the states are college bros coming back from spring break

03-29-2019 , 01:22 PM

#12735

Namath12

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Marist has an 'A' rating according to 538 fwiw

03-29-2019 , 01:29 PM

#12736

eyebooger

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 59,947

He really could shoot someone in broad daylight and 30-40% of this country would be somewhere between okay with it and actively cheering.

03-29-2019 , 01:36 PM

#12737

tgiggity

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 5,826

Quote:

Originally Posted by eyebooger

He really could shoot someone in broad daylight and 30-40% of this country would be somewhere between okay with it and actively cheering.

if it's a brown person the number goes up and they're all actively cheering

03-29-2019 , 01:50 PM

#12738

ScreaminAsian

For President

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 33,330

https://twitter.com/ColbyItkowitz/st...25704942395393

03-29-2019 , 01:59 PM

#12739

batair

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From a guy who is frightened by birds flapping.

03-29-2019 , 02:02 PM

#12740

dth123451

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Pruitt made broke staffers put his expenses on their personal credit cards and refused to reimburse them in addition to being the most shameless grifter of any Trump cabinet member and also actively seeking ways to legalize environmental destruction

03-29-2019 , 02:11 PM

#12741

markksman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Namath12

Lol so what.

03-29-2019 , 02:15 PM

#12742

goofyballer

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McConnell, attempting to destroy irony forever, wants to change Senate rules to speed up Trump judicial appointees against Democratic "obstruction"

Quote:

Agitated by Democrats slowing down consideration of President Trump’s picks, Senate Republicans had drafted a rules change that would significantly cut the time allotted for floor debate on numerous non-Cabinet agency officials and dozens of district court judges who have stalled on Capitol Hill.

As it now stands, a nomination can be debated for a maximum of 30 hours on the Senate floor after senators invoke cloture — a vote that cuts off unlimited debate on a nomination. Under the change proposed by Republicans, those 30 hours would be slashed to two hours for all nominations except for Cabinet choices, nominees for the Supreme Court and appellate courts and some independent boards.

“This is a change the institution needs,” McConnell said Thursday. “This is a reform that every member should embrace: a functional process for building their administrations. Let’s give the American people a government they actually elected.”

McConnell railed against the Democrats, criticizing their “obstruction simply for the sake of obstruction.”

For nearly all of 2016, McConnell blocked the consideration of President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, insisting the next president should fill the vacancy.

When someone tells you "Dems did it first":

Quote:

Five years ago under Obama, the Democratic-led Senate adopted these pending changes with overwhelming support, but only temporarily. Frustrated Senate Republicans want to adopt these changes permanently, but have encountered resistance from Democrats who want the new rules to go into effect in January 2021.

In an interview Thursday afternoon with The Washington Post, Schumer argued the current scenario was far different from 2013, when 78 senators voted for the rules to speed up consideration of Obama nominees.

Quote:

Though changing the Senate’s rules often need bipartisan support, Senate Republicans are planning to invoke the nuclear option to alter them unilaterally and have planned to do so since at least their January party retreat at Nationals Park.

03-29-2019 , 02:16 PM

#12743

markksman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by batair

From a guy who is frightened by birds flapping.

Isn’t he also afraid of inclines?

03-29-2019 , 02:17 PM

#12744

Money2Burn

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Quote:

Originally Posted by +rep_lol

is there a bigger fraud and joke in the senate than rand paul

i mean murkowski and collins do a lot of pretending, but they at least claim to be republicans so you know they're deplorables at heart. rand paul and his facade of independence and principled libertarianism tho, i mean lolololol

i still believe in my heart that those rib fractures came from repeatedly being kicked while writhing on the ground in pain. and that makes me pretty happy.

Marco Rubio and Linsey Graham

03-29-2019 , 02:20 PM

#12745

batair

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Quote:

Originally Posted by markksman

Isn’t he also afraid of inclines?

And germs. And drafts. And the list would go on and on.

03-29-2019 , 02:23 PM

#12746

gregorio

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Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

People on this forum, not Trumpkins, also believe the intermittency of wind is big problem.

If I get solar panels does that mean I won't be able to watch TV at night?

03-29-2019 , 02:24 PM

#12747

Money2Burn

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian

https://twitter.com/ColbyItkowitz/st...25704942395393

Coming from a guy who is terrified of stairs. Or, wait, given the rule of Deplorable Projection, this must mean Trump’s fear of stairs is a con job of sorts. Perhaps he has a deal with Tyssen Krupp?