EPTAt that point it’s just a billions dollars sign saying “i have a bigger penis than liberals and we hate mexicans.”
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Biff The Understudy
France8072 Posts
At that point it’s just a billions dollars sign saying “i have a bigger penis than liberals and we hate mexicans.” | ||
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Neneu
Norway492 Posts
The security is also terrible at recognizing knives. Not long ago I were unknowingly traveling with a leatherman in my backpack, going through 3 securities without being stopped. I did not discover the knife before I were in SF, traveling all the way from Norway and doing a 1 day stop in Iceland. The security we have now is to catch stupid terrorists, act as a deterrent to other stupid terrorists, give passangers a sense of safety, give trust in that the government is doing something to increase our safety and increase spending at the shops behind the security. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
On January 06 2019 22:46 JimmiC wrote: I feel like Trump is getting walled in by his own position. Trumps campaign rhetoric on the wall both ensured that he would never get it through Congress and that he would look very stupid if he did not get the wall. What's funny is that his supporters still think it might happen. They should really be going with the "serious but not literal" interpretation here. | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
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iamthedave
England2814 Posts
On January 07 2019 06:36 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: You don't understand you will never stop drugs unless you have a see through iron slatted wall-fence. It will stop 100% of cartel built drug submarines trying to cross the desert. It works as a symbol because people don't understand that drug cartels are actually really sophisticated and can move their product around in ways more complex than by foot. I swear, sometimes I think your politicians believe drug rings are all like Crazy 8 from Breaking Bad. | ||
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Wulfey_LA
932 Posts
On January 07 2019 09:53 iamthedave wrote: It works as a symbol because people don't understand that drug cartels are actually really sophisticated and can move their product around in ways more complex than by foot. I swear, sometimes I think your politicians believe drug rings are all like Crazy 8 from Breaking Bad. Half of America thought Donald was a successful billionaire with a non-bankrupt real estate business thanks to The Apprentice. | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22298 Posts
Wonder how they 'forgot' one of their program was expiring. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
On January 08 2019 00:19 JimmiC wrote: I had really thought the shutdown was all about grandstanding and some quick compromise was going to come with both sides declaring victory. still holding out hope that brexit will be like this | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22298 Posts
On January 08 2019 00:19 JimmiC wrote: Step 1 of the Trump presidency is the acknowledge the normal rules no longer apply.I had really thought the shutdown was all about grandstanding and some quick compromise was going to come with both sides declaring victory. Now trump is threatening to declare a national emergency and the Dems are more dug in than ever. Zero might be right it might last until tax returns or longer. Anyone have idea what a government shutdown costs? There really is no telling how long this is going to go on for and how its going to end. For now all the Dems need to do is send a clean CR to the senate every once in a while and wait for them to make the first move. | ||
KwarK
United States43962 Posts
On January 08 2019 00:19 JimmiC wrote: I had really thought the shutdown was all about grandstanding and some quick compromise was going to come with both sides declaring victory. Now trump is threatening to declare a national emergency and the Dems are more dug in than ever. Zero might be right it might last until tax returns or longer. Anyone have idea what a government shutdown costs? http://time.com/money/5494004/government-shutdown-costs-trump-border-wall/ TLDR: a lot. A few weeks of the value of the labour of gov employees who will get paid but not work. Plus a broader economic loss due to the gov being a major participant in the economy. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22298 Posts
On January 08 2019 00:28 ahswtini wrote: The problem with Brexit is that some people want a hard Brexit and by voting down a deal they force it to happen while still being able to hide behind 'we could have gotten a better deal'.still holding out hope that brexit will be like this Not sure if the same reasoning can be applied to the government shutdown. Some things the Republicans don't like will be hit by it but so will everything else, and there is no hiding behind a better deal. | ||
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KwarK
United States43962 Posts
On January 08 2019 00:50 Gorsameth wrote: The problem with Brexit is that some people want a hard Brexit and by voting down a deal they force it to happen while still being able to hide behind 'we could have gotten a better deal'. Not sure if the same reasoning can be applied to the government shutdown. Some things the Republicans don't like will be hit by it but so will everything else, and there is no hiding behind a better deal. The problem with Brexit is that there isn’t actually a government in the UK at the moment that has the power to govern. The EU has spent two years negotiating with people who have no power who are being propped up by an opposition who are somehow even worse. Hopefully the serious politicians in the EU will realize that the political structures in the UK have just ceased to function and just pretend none of this ever happened. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
On January 07 2019 23:16 Plansix wrote: Having worked in landlord tenant law for years, this is very bad and will lead to the poor and elderly being evicted. Because of the way these programs are set up, the landlord will have a tough time getting information from the housing authority that is handling the federal assistance. The tenant will have to do everything and keep up with the housing authority after the shutdown ends. Needless to say, the people with these leases are often the least capable of navigating something like this alone. https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1082275667834691585 It's just going to get worse and worse. First is these people getting kicked out of their homes in the middle of winter. The scariest to me is this: Administration officials are also looking to see what is legally permissible as they determine how to grapple with the 38 million Americans who could lose access to food assistance next month because the Agriculture Department is also caught up in the shutdown. As soon as this week, the agency could begin notifying states that it might not be able to provide the expected levels of financial assistance for food programs. 38 million might not be able to feed themselves. More than 10% of the US population. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
On January 08 2019 00:54 KwarK wrote: The problem with Brexit is that there isn’t actually a government in the UK at the moment that has the power to govern. The EU has spent two years negotiating with people who have no power who are being propped up by an opposition who are somehow even worse. Hopefully the serious politicians in the EU will realize that the political structures in the UK have just ceased to function and just pretend none of this ever happened. The problem of the government is that both parties have both remain and leave voters. The proportions are not split exactly 50-50, but it is enough that neither parties want to have a postion where they will alienate the otherside, no matter which course of action they would want to openly take. Despite being the most polarising issue, neither major party are polarised in the same way that USA would be for instance. Similar issue, different circumstance. But further discussion would be better suited elsewhere I imagine. | ||
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Excludos
Norway8254 Posts
On January 08 2019 02:33 Plansix wrote: Not excited for that. People get worked up real fast when they can't feed their kids. Like, lighting shit on fire worked up. And this isn't one of those things where there is no one to blame. There is a very clear line of who to blame and why the situation exists. Very clear! It's the obstructionists Democrats who have been controlling both houses for years! Or at least that's what you'd think if your news intake was Fox News and Trump's Twitter feed. | ||
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