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Or, and here is a real shocker, no one gives a shit because its sending a letter to the school bully to please stop being mean. Its pointless, toothless and will not change a single thing for anyone involved.
It could mean something if it was the first step on a long road to reining in Israel. But as you said yourself, Trump and the GOP will ensure that does not happen
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When was the last time any nation gave two shits about a piece of paper with a UN sticker on it? Every country ignored their rules and mandates on a daily basis!
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On December 24 2016 16:59 LegalLord wrote:
Anyone pleased with lame duck Obama and the last minute policy pushes he's been approving? They seem almost universally retarded from what I've seen, meant to make life more difficult for Trump as he starts.
Also, I just took my first good look at the Trump Twitter account in about a month. He has definitely been pulling his A-game lately.
I'm ambivalent.
On the one hand, I liked some of the policies, on the other hand, as a principle I don't like doing last-minute policy pushes so much.
They don't look to me to be about making it more difficult for trump per se, as about protecting important things to make sure they aren't trashed recklessly.
of course you and I are probably focusing on different policies. we might come to more similar conclusions on individual policies.
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Trump apparently intends to dissolve the Trump Foundation.
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On December 25 2016 08:15 LegalLord wrote:
Trump apparently intends to dissolve the Trump Foundation.
Surprising, but probably a good move.
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On December 25 2016 08:15 LegalLord wrote:
Trump apparently intends to dissolve the Trump Foundation.
With ~$1 million in assets, about $500k a year in spending, and 0 staff, I think it's safe to say it was little more than a shell.
Probably would have cost him more in lawyer fees and fines to get everything sorted out than the foundation was worth anyway.
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Merry Christmas y'all 
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Indeed, Happy Holidays everyone. Have a safe and joyous season!
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merry christmas and happy holidays.
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Merry Christmas. Next year I'm celebrating Saturnalia instead, I invite everyone to join me.
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One man wrote a check for $10,000 to an organization that helps women get elected to office, saying he was “embarrassed” that Donald Trump won the presidential election.
Someone else walked into the office of an organization advocating for immigrant rights and handed over a bag of cash he had just collected from members of his local community civics group.
From smaller local organizations to household names such as Planned Parenthood and the ACLU, nonprofit organizations across the US reported fundraising tallies many magnitudes higher than in previous years as they approached their end-of-year donation drives.
“This is always our big time of year, but this year it’s huge,” said Loretta Prescott, development director for the Immigration Legal Advocacy Project in Maine. “Instead of giving gifts, people are making donations to causes they believe in.”
Progressive causes in the US saw a spike in donations immediately after the election on 8 November from voters dismayed, outraged or even frightened by the outcome. In the weeks since, this wave of strategic giving has compounded.
Planned Parenthood has received more than 300,000 donations in the six weeks since the election, 40 times its normal rate. Around half the donors were millennials and 70% had never given to the family planning organization before, a spokesman told the Guardian.
Women’s reproductive rights are considered under threat on many fronts from an incoming Trump administration. Vice president-elect Mike Pence has such a reputation for being anti-abortion that since the election, 82,000 of Planned Parenthood’s donations have been from pro-choice supporters making gifts to them in his name.
The ACLU donations web page crashed the day after the election as visitors increased by 7,000%, and in the next five days it raised more than $7m from 120,000 donors. Now it says it has raised almost $23m from more than 300,000 individual gifts in just online donations.
Advocacy consulting group 270 Strategies – created in 2013 by veterans of Barack Obama’s two presidential election campaigns and which specializes in advising progressive causes on grassroots organizing – said many of its hundreds of clients were reporting a surge in support.
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A woman should be elected when a female candidate happens to be the best candidate for president. I see no virtue in choosing a woman for being a woman.
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On December 25 2016 12:10 GreenHorizons wrote:Show nested quote +On December 25 2016 08:15 LegalLord wrote:
Trump apparently intends to dissolve the Trump Foundation. With ~$1 million in assets, about $500k a year in spending, and 0 staff, I think it's safe to say it was little more than a shell. Probably would have cost him more in lawyer fees and fines to get everything sorted out than the foundation was worth anyway.
I would bet he's happy to dissolve it lol. It doesn't even make sense to dissolve it considering how small time it is. It's PR to make it look like he's resolving his conflicts.
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On December 26 2016 04:03 LegalLord wrote:
A woman should be elected when a female candidate happens to be the best candidate for president. I see no virtue in choosing a woman for being a woman.
I do see virtue in donating to causes that a rapist president might not support.
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On December 26 2016 04:03 LegalLord wrote:
A woman should be elected when a female candidate happens to be the best candidate for president. I see no virtue in choosing a woman for being a woman.
There's a point to be made about why the first female leader of the UK and SK were conservative. I think a point could be made about a different perspective on a problem or a different way of management but I doubt any of that can get through with a party of identity politics.
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On December 26 2016 04:33 Sermokala wrote:Show nested quote +On December 26 2016 04:03 LegalLord wrote:
A woman should be elected when a female candidate happens to be the best candidate for president. I see no virtue in choosing a woman for being a woman. There's a point to be made about why the first female leader of the UK and SK were conservative. I think a point could be made about a different perspective on a problem or a different way of management but I doubt any of that can get through with a party of identity politics.
Umm The wicked witch aka maggie thatcher was not technically conservative. Or do you think that T May is the first woman prime minister? ;O.
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On December 26 2016 04:40 MyTHicaL wrote:Show nested quote +On December 26 2016 04:33 Sermokala wrote:On December 26 2016 04:03 LegalLord wrote:
A woman should be elected when a female candidate happens to be the best candidate for president. I see no virtue in choosing a woman for being a woman. There's a point to be made about why the first female leader of the UK and SK were conservative. I think a point could be made about a different perspective on a problem or a different way of management but I doubt any of that can get through with a party of identity politics. Umm The wicked witch aka maggie thatcher was not technically conservative. Or do you think that T May is the first woman prime minister? ;O.
She was a part of the conservative party when she was elected how much more technical can you get. Nice respect to someone who should inspire women to leadership.
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Merry Christmas!
and Happy 26 days until President Trump! Peace on earth to our divided country.
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On December 26 2016 04:03 LegalLord wrote:
A woman should be elected when a female candidate happens to be the best candidate for president. I see no virtue in choosing a woman for being a woman.
Woooossshhhhh
That's the sound of the point going over your head.
Its not about 'not electing a women'
Its about electing someone who thinks 'Grab em by the pussy' is acceptable.
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