US Politics Mega-thread - Page 8204

On July 27 2017 07:04 TheTenthDoc wrote:


Simple solution: ban people with ED from the military. You can even test for that, unlike being trans!

On July 27 2017 07:22 NewSunshine wrote:

People who aren't fit for service shouldn't be allowed into the military. Simple science. /s

On July 27 2017 07:23 Plansix wrote:
If you can't serve your lad or lady, you can't serve your country. It is that simple.

On July 27 2017 07:22 m4ini wrote:


Said that earlier already.

Also, ten times isn't even close to the real number, according to the DHA.

edit: sidenote, it's kinda bonkers that the military pays for that. Didn't think that being able to shag properly is a prerequisite for being a soldier.

On July 27 2017 07:25 KwarK wrote:
The proud members of our armed forces will never yield.

On July 27 2017 07:32 NewSunshine wrote:

Begs the question why they're not called the legged forces.

To be fair to the military, paying for ED meds is probably not "as many ED meds as you want are free." Unless their healthcare/insurance plans really are really super duper mega plus good, instead of just super good.

49 dollars for 18 tablets is a pretty good deal for Cialis though tbh

House and Senate Republicans clashed Wednesday over a bipartisan package of sanctions targeting Russia, Iran, and North Korea as the Senate GOP threw up a new hurdle that could significantly delay the bill's arrival on President Donald Trump's desk.

Less than 24 hours after the sanctions deal passed the House 419-3, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said his chamber would likely cut out its North Korea provisions -- which were added to the mix in the last lap of talks on the legislation at the behest of House GOP leaders -- and send it back across the Capitol. House Republican leaders responded to Corker's gambit by urging the Senate to act quickly on the bill and warning that any changes would postpone Trump's looming decision on a veto until September.

Corker, a leading author of the initial package of penalties against Russia and Iran, had stayed conspicuously silent as senior House and Senate negotiators in both parties unveiled a deal Saturday that allows Congress to block Trump from easing or ending any sanctions against Moscow.

His critical comments Wednesday morning risk reopening fellow Republicans to Democratic charges that they are delaying the bill's final passage at the behest of a president who has long dismissed U.S. intelligence agencies' conclusion that Russia meddled in the presidential election.

Two congressional sources told POLITICO Wednesday afternoon that Republicans are nearing an agreement that would allow the Senate to send the sanctions bill to Trump's desk before the August recess, although details of any such agreement remain unclear.

Corker sounded a similar note, telling reporters later Wednesday that Republicans were "a phone call away" from reaching agreement that would put the sanctions bill back on track to hit Trump's desk before the August recess. But earlier in the day, he had rattled the House GOP with critical remarks about its North Korea addition.

The North Korea sanctions are "something we have never sat down and worked through the language on like we did with the other pieces" of the sanctions package, Corker said Wednesday morning at an event hosted by the Washington Post. "So we have people in our body that want to weigh in on those issues."

"What likely will happen is we will strip out the North Korea piece and send it back to them so that the two pieces that we’ve negotiated together will remain intact," Corker added.

The office of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who first pressed to add North Korea to the bill, responded by urging the Senate to "act expeditiously" on the bill that cleared the lower chamber Tuesday.

“There has long been agreement that North Korea sanctions are due -- especially given new reports that North Korea will be able to reliably deliver a nuclear weapon to the continental United States by the end of next year," McCarthy spokesman Matt Sparks said by email.

Excising the North Korea language and forcing the House to vote again on only the Russia and Iran portions of the bill, Sparks said, "would ensure the bill does not become law" before lawmakers leave Washington for their annual August recess.

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.) sounded a similar note in a Wednesday statement, noting that the Senate failed to act on the House's North Korea sanctions "even after Kim Jong Un launched a new [intercontinental ballistic missile] that could soon be capable of hitting California."

"Further delay on North Korea is completely unacceptable," Royce added.

Corker said later Wednesday that House Republicans were fully aware of his objections to the addition of the North Korea penalties before they trumpeted a bipartisan, bicameral deal on Saturday.

"Every office, every meeting — it would be better to deal with North Korea at another time," Corker said, outlining his communications with House counterparts. "We expressed concerns about it. They decided to add it, and I don't take affront. I'm just trying to pass a piece of legislation. We've had a good working relationship."

Corker told reporters that he had a "fulsome conversation" with McCarthy about his concerns. Asked what changes he might seek to the bill, Corker said that some Republicans want to add language giving Congress the power to block Trump from making changes to North Korea sanctions — similar to the legislation's Russia handcuffs on the president, which the White House has resisted.

The White House has avoided taking any firm position on the sanctions bill, which would allow Congress to block Trump from easing or ending penalties against Vladimir Putin's government. After initially saying they would press House Republicans to give Trump more leeway to warm relations with Putin, Trump aides appeared to concede when Saturday's deal included none of the major changes they had sought by signaling they would accept the technical tweaks that bipartisan negotiators did agree to.

On July 27 2017 07:34 m4ini wrote:


Three legged?



Well, that kinda doesn't make it better now, does it? Especially not in the wake of arguing that trans people are "to expensive in maintenance".



IIRC cialis lasts for 36 hours as well, rather than 4ish for viagra. Not really the point tho ^^