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21 hours agoI already decided that if I ever get my hands on any, I am drilling a hole in the middle of Trump’s forehead.
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11·21 hours agoOkay, then why are we running out of ammo?
Bashar al-Assad was a brutal dictator.
Ghadaffi was beaten to death by his own people.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/4/30/battle-for-libya-key-moments-3
The Ukraine war continues because the Ukranians refuse to cede their country to an invader. Nobody is forcing them to fight.
The obnoxious thing is that these will probably go up in price as a collectors item simply because so many people will deface or destroy ones they get their hands on in coming years.
Where’s the lie?
The point is there is a difference between defending allies at their request and invading a country unilaterally.
Here in the real world, Obomber dropped way more bombs than Trump.
You can’t prove that because Trump stopped publishing those numbers.
Libya - we acted as part of a NATO mission to assist a popular revolution in overthrowing Muammar Gaddafi (dictator, war criminal, torturer, and rapist)
Syria - we acted in support of a civil war to overthrow Bashar al-Assad, a dictator who ran a brutal police state and committed numerous war crimes including using chemical weapons on civilians.
Iraq - a war started by Republican President Bush. The rest was trying to clean up his mess.
Russia - negotiations and economic pressure only. Unless you mean supporting Ukraine,v the ally Russia INVADED.
Chinese “spy balloon” - kinda grasping at straws to paint Democrats as warmongers there, aren’t you?
Totally ignoring that Democratic presidents have consistently used negotiations and economic pressure rather than military force.
Tell me honestly, do you think Harris would have had us fighting a war with Iran?
2·5 days agoMaking it with leftover Christmas ham is how I usually do it.
2·5 days agoNo. All the protest against Israel is working. More Dems are pulling back on their support.
I don’t support genocide. I recognize the unfortunate reality that either Democrats or Republicans are going to be running the country right now. Maybe one day we can get better options, it is not an option here and now.
The way I see it, Democrats are convincible, Republicans aren’t. Republicans hate nonwhites and Muslims, Democrats don’t. That makes Democrats the better option.
You and I both know why medical costs are inflated. It’s not just greed. It is to pay for all the people who go in for emergency care but can’t pay and the people who go bankrupt and don’t pay. We are all subsidizing each other’s care one way or another and I agree it’s stupid that we just don’t have universal healthcare. The thing is, til we get there, the more people who are covered, the cheaper it gets for everyone (or it should if insurance companies don’t just pocket the difference).
You don’t just throw your hands up in the air and give up because you can’t return a patient to perfect health, right? Sometimes you have to accept a less than perfect outcome is all that is available right here and now.
Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act included a cap of $35 a month for all Medicare part D plans and limits part B copay for insulin to $35 a month. Just the part D portion covered 3.3 million diabetic patients. It’s not perfect, but it’s a step closer. It’s harm reduction. The bipartisan INSULIN Act which would cut the price for everyone was introduced in March and has been held back from a vote by the Republican leadership.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4189/text
Tell me honestly if you really think if Harris had been president we would have been “killing brown people” in Iran right now.
And there’s a party whip and the power to take representatives off committees or remove their access to party infrastructure.
The whip can not take tepreststives off committees. The decision must go through the party’s internal Steering Committee or be voted on and approved by a resolution of the full House chamber.
The Speaker of the House has the authority to appoint and remove members from temporary select or conference committees at any time.
The whip can only make threats and offer new committee positions.
It hasn’t been useful for him because he appointed a parliamentarian who does what he wants.
Elizabeth McDonough has been parliamentarian since 2012
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_MacDonough
The literal only use any government institution is to enact the will of the entity that controls it.
Unless that will breaks already established laws. If the majority wants to reinstate slavery, they shouldn’t be able to just ignore the 13th amendment and the essential civil rights of millions of people.
It’s more complicated than you are presenting it. There are hundreds of representatives each with their own motivation on every different vote.
Yeah, sometimes they vote against the will of the voters (Israel). Other times, they can’t do the will of the voters because of the rules. For example budget reconciliation can be used to pass financial-only laws with a simple majority that would otherwise need a higher vote threshold to pass. The parliamentarian will say no if they try and squeeze something non-financial through that way.
Even Trump hasn’t been willing to fire the parliamentarian and blow up that system. It has a purpose.
You want to throw out the whole Constitution and start over? Fine. How many dead are worth it to you? There Conservatives are sure as hell not going to give up power without a fight and they are willing to kill to keep it.
Hoppin John
https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/classic-hoppin-john-recipe
Don’t let the number of ingredients scare you. It’s basically just bacon or ham, black eyed peas, and veggies over rice.
This version says to strain the cooking liquid (step 4). Sometimes I like leaving it in and eating it as more of a stew with cornbread (no rice).
I provided proof. Either you provide proof supporting your point or shut up.