US Politics Mega-thread - Page 2274

On September 08 2015 04:12 kwizach wrote:

What does Clinton's e-mail "scandal" have to do with being corrupt? When was she found to be guilty of that?

On September 08 2015 11:36 jellyjello wrote:


Not sure if this is a serious question or just a trolling...

On September 08 2015 10:55 Sermokala wrote:

No really its about video game journalistic standards.

On September 08 2015 12:01 Plansix wrote:

Corrupt requires you to be charged and convicted with a crime of some sort. Or have something beyond an investigation conducted almost entirely by the opposing party that turned up nothing criminal. Twice.

On September 08 2015 12:01 Plansix wrote:

Corrupt requires you to be charged and convicted with a crime of some sort. Or have something beyond an investigation conducted almost entirely by the opposing party that turned up nothing criminal. Twice.

On September 08 2015 12:01 Plansix wrote:

Corrupt requires you to be charged and convicted with a crime of some sort. Or have something beyond an investigation conducted almost entirely by the opposing party that turned up nothing criminal. Twice.

On September 08 2015 13:58 jellyjello wrote:


LOL, again, not sure if serious or trolling. Either way, it made me laugh.

On September 08 2015 08:52 killa_robot wrote:


What? So because someone who does harder drugs is willing to use Marijuana, Marijuana is the gateway drug? That's literally reversed.

The absolute closest you'd get to showing Marijuana is a gateway drug would be through the connections people have to make (their dealers) to get it. Said connections would likely have access to harder drugs, thus creating the gateway.

Connections they would not have to get if Marijuana wasn't illegal, I'll add.

Something has changed for John Boehner.

Figures in his close-knit circle of allies are starting to privately wonder whether he can survive an all-but-certain floor vote this fall to remain speaker of the House. And, for the first time, many top aides and lawmakers in the House do not believe he will run for another term as House leader in 2017.

The Boehner era might be coming to an end, they say.

“That’s a personal decision he has to make. I don’t know why he would want to, personally,” said Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.), when asked whether Boehner would run again. "But I do think that he feels, in his heart of hearts, he feels like he’s doing what’s best for this country — regardless of what the political consequences are. That says something about somebody."

As Congress returns Tuesday for what could be one of the most challenging stretches of his nearly five years as speaker, POLITICO interviewed more than a dozen lawmakers and aides in direct contact with Boehner. Uniformly they sympathized with his plight: Caught between an intractable right flank and a Democratic president, they say he's managed to get a remarkable amount done. But they also questioned Boehner's viability in the near- and long-term — most of them spoke privately to protect their relationship with him — as the 65-year-old speaker approaches a quarter-century of service in the House.

Boehner spent most of the summer recess crisscrossing the country on behalf of Republican lawmakers, appearing at 50 political events in more than a dozen states. But the speaker and his aides also spent time over the August break quietly touching base with scores of GOP colleagues across the spectrum — which could serve to shore up his standing ahead of a potential coup attempt by conservatives.

On September 08 2015 15:28 IgnE wrote:
I think he is talking about how she trumpets the oxymoronic gospel of "inclusive capitalism" while selling herself for corporatist influence, and how she feigns a progressive populism while being firmly entrenched in dealings by and for the 1%.

Federal funding for Planned Parenthood will clearly be a flashpoint when Congress returns this week from its summer break.

But the fate of many other health programs, from the National Institutes of Health to efforts to reduce teen pregnancy, hang in the balance as well, as lawmakers decide whether and how to fund the government after the current fiscal year expires Sept. 30.

The Planned Parenthood fight could figure prominently in the coming legislative negotiation. Many GOP lawmakers, led by those running for president, have spent the summer pummeling the group for alleged mishandling of fetal tissue for research. They have vowed not to vote for any spending bill that allows federal funding for the organization, even if that means closing down the rest of the federal government. And that is despite the assertion last week from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., that there aren't enough votes to approve defunding, given a likely veto from President Barack Obama.

But Planned Parenthood is not the only GOP health target. The House Appropriations Committee earlier this summer approved a proposed spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services that would eliminate all funding for the Title X federal family planning program, which mainly funds state and local health departments but also provides some of the federal funds Planned Parenthood receives. The House bill also zeroed out the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which conducts and funds research on how health care is delivered and paid for. And while most of the Affordable Care Act can't be fully defunded through the annual appropriations process, the bill also rescinded or transferred funds for the law's implementation that it does control.

Dozens of other health programs were set for cuts as well. And a companion Senate spending bill, also approved at the committee level, included substantial, if not quite as large, cuts to many health programs, including those aimed at preventing teen pregnancy.

The reasons for the proposed cuts go beyond ideology. Automatic reductions in both defense and domestic spending that were triggered by a 2011 budget deal, known as the sequester, are driving total available spending down, in some cases by billions of dollars. And a bipartisan two-year deal to restore some of the cuts has now expired.

On September 09 2015 03:54 farvacola wrote:
That statement is entirely consistent with igne's previous comments. Perhaps you need a finer brush with which to paint your opposition

On September 09 2015 04:41 Danglars wrote:

It gets tough after a while. European-style democratic socialism is the uniting aspect