chasfh Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 This strikes me as a pretty brazen effort to crash that part of the welfare state that doesn't benefit the people who vote for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 They are pretty tone deaf if they think they can win that battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted January 15, 2023 Author Share Posted January 15, 2023 38 minutes ago, oblong said: They are pretty tone deaf if they think they can win that battle. They'll also be out on an island as well... Mitch and Co. appear to have zero interest in another debt ceiling fight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) Good spot for him. Did you all know that Dr. Santos single-handedly invented the integrated circuit? Edited January 18, 2023 by mtutiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) On 1/14/2023 at 9:19 PM, oblong said: They are pretty tone deaf if they think they can win that battle. These particular Republicans are not working for the people. They’re working for The Man. Edited January 18, 2023 by chasfh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 12 hours ago, mtutiger said: Good spot for him. Did you all know that Dr. Santos single-handedly invented the integrated circuit? Santos obviously has a BS in science. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 12 hours ago, mtutiger said: Good spot for him. Did you all know that Dr. Santos single-handedly invented the integrated circuit? I understand this. He was part of the Apollo 22 mission and he did invent the modern computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerbomb13 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 If this is true, this is as low as you can go 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 For the Kubrick fans among us lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984Echoes Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 3 hours ago, chasfh said: Santos obviously has a BS in science. From where I'm sitting, it looks like a: BS in Life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Even this guy gets it: So strap in ... here we go-o-o-o-o--o ... ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I'm becoming very afraid. I tend to agree with Walsh a lot of the time. I still prefer the one who play guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gehringer_2 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 6 minutes ago, mtutiger said: what does it mean to 'reduce' a dog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Waiting for him to address this. especially since the GOP seems hung up on cross dressers purportedly grooming kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted January 19, 2023 Author Share Posted January 19, 2023 40 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: what does it mean to 'reduce' a dog? A sign that I watch too many cooking shows: I hate that "dog reduction" makes me think of The Great British Baking Show lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfife Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 1 hour ago, mtutiger said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted January 19, 2023 Author Share Posted January 19, 2023 More of this in the Democratic Party. And in Congress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 9 hours ago, mtutiger said: More of this in the Democratic Party. And in Congress. Oh, Jesus, for the first time, I can envision a path for those loonspuds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smr-nj Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Of all the lies, mis-leading statements, accusations of theft and fraud - both here and in Brazil, ….. why is it that the story of the theft of the “GoFundMe” $$$ set up for that homeless veteran’s therapy dog’s cancer care…. Why is this the story that makes me want to rip his arms off and beat him with the bloody stumps? I honestly don’t understand how his constituents can’t start a petition to recall him. After all, I think we could probably see and understand how they would be willing to acknowledge that the man they pull the lever for it’s not the man is sitting in that seat in Congress at the moment. That man doesn’t exist, and was just a lie built upon a lie built upon a lie. Could we call him as an actor in bad faith. Might as well not wait for the actual law to be investigated as far as his perpetrations of fraud, that he may have enacted go. That would take too long. I say as a constituent, they should be able to haul his ass back from Washington. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 10 hours ago, smr-nj said: Of all the lies, mis-leading statements, accusations of theft and fraud - both here and in Brazil, ….. why is it that the story of the theft of the “GoFundMe” $$$ set up for that homeless veteran’s therapy dog’s cancer care…. Why is this the story that makes me want to rip his arms off and beat him with the bloody stumps? I honestly don’t understand how his constituents can’t start a petition to recall him. After all, I think we could probably see and understand how they would be willing to acknowledge that the man they pull the lever for it’s not the man is sitting in that seat in Congress at the moment. That man doesn’t exist, and was just a lie built upon a lie built upon a lie. Could we call him as an actor in bad faith. Might as well not wait for the actual law to be investigated as far as his perpetrations of fraud, that he may have enacted go. That would take too long. I say as a constituent, they should be able to haul his ass back from Washington. I with you on the anger, but I would bet that most of the people who voted him in thinks he’s just dandy because they love slurping the lib tears being shed over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 I think George Santos has become a huge distraction from this Congress, and based on what I know about the current iteration of The Party, I can’t say for sure that it’s not on purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Krugman's list of some possible end arounds for the debt ceiling if the dems want to get creative: Quote Democrats could seek a “discharge petition” to force a vote on raising the debt limit despite opposition from G.O.P. leaders. This would both take time and require support from a handful of sane Republican House members..... it’s probably possible to use financial engineering to bypass the debt limit. The most famous proposal calls for minting a platinum coin with a face value of, say, $1 trillion, depositing that coin with the Federal Reserve and spending out of the bank account thus created. Believe it or not, this would almost certainly be legal...... issuing “premium bonds” when existing debts come due — bonds whose face value is the same as that of the bonds they replace, so that they don’t officially increase the debt, but offer high interest rates, so they sell for much more than their notional value..... constitutional options. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution says that the validity of public debt “shall not be questioned,” which might be construed as a reason to ignore the debt ceiling rather than default on payments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, smr-nj said: I honestly don’t understand how his constituents can’t start a petition to recall him. There is no mechanism to recall a member of Congress at the state level. The House could have refused to seat him - if there had been anything like leadership present there interested in preserving the integrity of the institution. ...OK - I did laugh as I typed those last 4 words. Edited January 20, 2023 by gehringer_2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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