Biden*'s new clothes
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I hope they aren't like the emperor's fabled new clothes.
Will Joe Biden's foreign policy team be warmongers — or genuine peacemakers?
https://www.salon.com/2020/11/11/will-joe-bidens-foreign-policy-team-b
e-warmongers--or-genuine-peacemakers/
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Warmongers.
Why should Biden's* policies be any different than Hillary's or Obama's? He's controlled by the same people.
As I posted in another thread, Trump was trying to split Russia from China (maximum pressure on China, less on Russia). Biden* is going to try to split China from Russia by easing up on China and trying to welcome them back into the fold. That's my guess, anyway.
Whether China will be taken in by this gambit is anyone's guess. But my guess is that they'll use the situation to get maximum benefit from the USA without ever really splitting from Russia.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#WEARAMASK
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Looking very much forward to sliding back into endless wars and imperialism in the Middle East too.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:With no new wars, I was looking forward to Trump cutting the defense budget and bringing the troops home. Oops! The budget's bigger and troops aren't home.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Looking very much forward to sliding back into endless wars and imperialism in the Middle East too.
US election 2020: Has Trump kept his promises on the military?
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54060026
Military spending has steadily increased since President Trump took office in January 2017.
The reduction of troops was much greater under President Obama, as both large-scale deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan ended during his years in charge.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Yes, MOAR WAR. In the ME, central Asia, and the Caucases!
This is going to be fun!
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#WEARAMASK
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Quote:If such fun happens, it is the fault of Congress. More specifically, the GOP controlled Senate. The Constitution placed the control of the military budget in Congress, not the White House. And Declarations of Wars comes from Congress, not the White House. Congress can remove a President who acts as if he controls the budget and war declarations. Even Congress knows it, but doesn't act as if it knows anything. Check their website:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Yes, MOAR WAR. In the ME, central Asia, and the Caucases!
This is going to be fun!
https://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/War-Powers/
“The Congress shall have Power . . . To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules conquering Captures on Land and Water;
“To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
“To provide and maintain a Navy;
“To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
“To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
“To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress”
—U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 8, clauses 11–16
Like many powers articulated in the U.S. Constitution, Congress’ authority to declare war was revolutionary in its design, and a clear break from the past when a handful of European monarchs controlled the continent’s affairs.
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Republicans never met a war they wouldn't cheerlead.
Democrats are no different, for the most part. They serve the same masters.
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Originally posted by reaverfan:
Republicans never met a war they wouldn't cheerlead.
Democrats are no different, for the most part. They serve the same masters.
Yup.
Watch what they do to your AOC.
Is she still Jenny from the Block?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:Their masters are their voters and their voters know in their hearts that nuking women and children in Japan was a highly moral act.
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Republicans never met a war they wouldn't cheerlead.
Democrats are no different, for the most part. They serve the same masters.
Take a look at the research about how bloodthirsty Americans are. Americans like killing civilians:
Example: In 1945, a Gallup poll immediately after the bombing found that 85% of Americans approved of using the new atomic weapon on Japanese cities. In 1991, according to a Detroit Free Press survey conducted in both Japan and the U.S., 63% of Americans said the atomic bomb attacks on Japan were a justified means of ending the war, while only 29% thought the action was unjustified.
www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/08/04/70-years-after-hiroshima-opin
ions-have-shifted-on-use-of-atomic-bomb/
Example: 59.3% percent approved of killing 100,000 Iranian civilians to save 20,000 U.S. soldiers.
http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2019/ph241/mangiaracina2/
Example: “The most shocking finding of our study is that 60 percent of Americans would approve of killing 2 million Iranian civilians to prevent an invasion of Iran that might kill 20,000 U.S. soldiers.”
https://news.stanford.edu/2017/08/08/americans-weigh-nuclear-war/
I am not even going to talk about the millions of Vietnamese/Laotian/Cambodian civilians killed by America in a vain attempt to look tough. By the way, that war was lost and the Americans that I know who have some slight familiarity with that war still think to this day the war would have been won if only a few million more civilians were killed. These are not real clear thinking Americans. But they do vote and they want killers of civilians as their politicians, either Democrat or Republican.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-23427726
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:
Take a look at the research about how bloodthirsty Americans are. Americans like killing civilians:
This from the man who says that everybody should kill their bosses and steal everything they own and who thinks that deleting your President is an appropriate action to take when you don't get your way.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:As usual for 6ix, who is a goddamn idiot missing the point: “The most shocking finding of our study is that 60 percent of Americans would approve of killing 2 million Iranian civilians to prevent an invasion of Iran that might kill 20,000 U.S. soldiers.”
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by second:
Take a look at the research about how bloodthirsty Americans are. Americans like killing civilians:
This from the man who says that everybody should kill their bosses and steal everything they own and who thinks that deleting your President is an appropriate action to take when you don't get your way.
https://news.stanford.edu/2017/08/08/americans-weigh-nuclear-war/
I let 6ix continue to be confused about why it is wrong to kill 2,000,000 people who don't deserve it and why it is also equally wrong to NOT kill 1 fat dumb fucker who does deserve it. Got to give an example:
The Deaths of 150,000 Americans Are on Trump’s Hands
Trump and his lackeys are guilty of criminal negligence, if not far worse. Who will hold them accountable?
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-trump-crimes/
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Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:As usual for 6ix, who is a goddamn idiot missing the point: “The most shocking finding of our study is that 60 percent of Americans would approve of killing 2 million Iranian civilians to prevent an invasion of Iran that might kill 20,000 U.S. soldiers.”
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by second:
Take a look at the research about how bloodthirsty Americans are. Americans like killing civilians:
This from the man who says that everybody should kill their bosses and steal everything they own and who thinks that deleting your President is an appropriate action to take when you don't get your way.
https://news.stanford.edu/2017/08/08/americans-weigh-nuclear-war/
I let 6ix continue to be confused about why it is wrong to kill 2,000,000 people who don't deserve it and why it is also equally wrong to NOT kill 1 fat dumb fucker who does deserve it. Got to give an example:
The Deaths of 150,000 Americans Are on Trump’s Hands
Trump and his lackeys are guilty of criminal negligence, if not far worse. Who will hold them accountable?
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-trump-crimes/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
This isn't an example of Americans being bloodthirsty. This is an example of Americans being cowards.
As is the overreaction to and giving up of liberties by the truckload to our government out of fear of a nearly non-lethal cold.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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I realize that Joe Biden just held a press conference where he basically dismissed the refusal of Trump and a lot of other Republicans to concede the presidential election to Biden as "embarrassing," laughing at SecState Pompeo who earlier today talked about a transition to a second Trump term, and said it will all be over and fine by Jan. 20. Maybe, but I am somebody who has taken seriously for a long time words from people like Michael Cohen and more recently Mary Trump who have said he simply will not go willingly and will continue to refuse to accept defeat. I have watched various commentators supporting him from time to time thinking, "Will they support him if he declares martial law?" Unfortunately, I think a lot of them will.
He certainly is laying the groundwork for making an attempt. The obvious such sign was yesterday's firing of SecDef Esper, reportedly because Esper made it clear in June he would not order US troops to move on peaceful civilian demonstraters in Washington. Rumor has it he is about to replace the FBI and CIA directors also. And the Undersec of DOD is also out. It certainly looks like he is trying to stock the top levels of the military and intelligence establishment with total toadies who will do his bidding. If he makes the move and invokes the Insurrection Act or simply declares a National Emergency, which, frankly, is in his legal power. Will these newly installed flunkies stand up to him? Who will?
I am seriously worried about this, and the more I see people like Mitch McConnell and Sean Hannity just spouting rank lies about the election, my concern grows. I hope I am wrong, but I am now afraid we may be facing a very serious showdown over this, and I see the refusal of certain foreign authoritarian leaders friendly to Trump, such as Putin, not accepting the result, as a sign that they would support him if he made such a move, and we know he really likes and admires those guys. This is a very bad situation.
Is Trump Going To Attempt A Coup?
http://econospeak.blogspot.com/2020/11/is-trump-going-to-attempt-coup.
html
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He's trying to subvert a coup.
The Legacy Media, particularly the NYT and AP shouldn't have decided it was on them to call the election.
Lot's of stuff in court right now.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:Trump’s legal challenges won’t change election’s results. The president’s efforts to contest the results “are unlikely to move a single state from [Joe] Biden’s column,” and that challenges in states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are “not enough to change the final outcome.” Trump campaign and its supporters have filed state and federal lawsuits, seeking to have ballots and entire county elections declared invalid, but have yet to provide evidence of widespread voter or election fraud. As MarketWatch reports, Trump and his backers have not won any rulings.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
He's trying to subvert a coup.
The Legacy Media, particularly the NYT and AP shouldn't have decided it was on them to call the election.
Lot's of stuff in court right now.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-legal-challenges-wont-change-
elections-results-karl-rove-11605192821
Here’s Why Donald Trump Will Never Give Up
What exactly are we witnessing here? Is this an attempted coup — a real effort by President Trump to cling to power despite the outcome of the election? Or is it a pathetic, doomed-to-fail tantrum by a petulant sore loser who will soon cave under pressure?
It’s neither. The real answer requires us to take seriously what so many of us have been saying all along: Donald Trump is nuts. To put it a little more conventionally, he’s such an extreme narcissist that he can’t believe he lost. He literally can’t believe he lost. So his brain makes up stories for him, and the only plausible story in the face of hard numbers is that his enemies cheated. So that’s what he believes. And he’ll believe it forever. There’s no more chance of changing his mind on this than there is of changing the mind of someone in an asylum who believes he’s Jesus Christ.
As usual, though, this leads us back to the real question: why is nearly the entire Republican Party humoring him on this? Since they aren’t collectively insane, the only answer is that they’re willing to sacrifice the public’s belief in democracy for short-term partisan gain. That isn’t nuts. It’s just despicable.
https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2020/11/heres-why-donald-trump-
will-never-give-up/
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Quote:Can you recall which article of The Constitution specifies that the media is the authority to certify elections?
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
He's trying to subvert a coup.
The Legacy Media, particularly the NYT and AP shouldn't have decided it was on them to call the election.
Lot's of stuff in court right now.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:AFAIK recounts must be done where required or requested, according to state laws. Vote totals must be certified. There's a lot that has to happen before the voting is considered done.
Can you recall which article of The Constitution specifies that the media is the authority to certify elections?
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Wouldn't it be funny if Bernie doesn't get a Cabinet position?
Bernie Sanders says he would accept this Biden cabinet position
https://news.yahoo.com/bernie-sanders-says-accept-biden-193151101.html
Bernie Sanders says he would accept Labor secretary job if Joe Biden asks
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bernie-sanders-says-he-would-a
ccept-labor-secretary-job-if-joe-biden-asks/ar-BB1aVmSa?tblci=GiAGJ91p5Prs_JInrPOOe73wipVabLBfVIhWJYPj7zUa4SCC-00
Bernie Sanders says he would accept this Biden cabinet position
https://thegrio.com/2020/11/12/biden-sanders-labor-secretary/
Report: Sanders Interested In Cabinet Position With Potential Biden Administration
https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-sanders-interested-in-cabinet-po
sition-with-potential-biden-administration
Nothing like throwing down the gauntlet Bernie! But this bit is going to be disappeared in less than a day, as an inconvenient reminder that for all the times you took it in the @@@ for Hillary and Joe - you'll get NOTHING.
Because Joe is really NOT for the little guy.
And the same goes for Elizabeth.
x-posted with 'fallout' thread http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=63978&p=2
And if democrats don't do any different, how are they any better?
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Meanwhile, BLM is fitting Biden* for these new clothes:
'We want something for our vote': BLM co-founder demands meeting with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris saying the black vote 'won this election' and they want group's agenda to be 'prioritized'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8942119/We-want-vote-BLM-foun
der-requests-meeting-Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris.html
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Requests Meeting With Biden, Harris: 'We Want Something For Our Vote'
https://www.newsweek.com/black-lives-matter-co-founder-requests-meetin
g-biden-harris-1545913
The agenda of Black Lives Matter is far different from the slogan
https://nypost.com/2020/07/01/the-agenda-of-black-lives-matter-is-far-
different-from-the-slogan/
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Quote:The Biden administration faces major calls for reform and racial justice after a summer of protests decrying police brutality/systemic racism. Biden hasn't backed the defunding the police movement completely but is seeking to pass police reform legislation including a nationwide ban on chokeholds. If the GOP controlled Senate won't cooperate by passing laws, AND IT WON'T, Biden can do nothing. What BLM will do next is get angry at Biden, not realizing that it is the GOP that BLM should be angry with. Next step is for BLM to boycott Biden in 2024 because the GOP didn't pass legislation, which means BLM will defeat itself and help elect a Republican, maybe even Trump in 2024. And so the pendulum swings back to the GOP in 2024 or no later than 2028. It always swings back.
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Meanwhile, BLM is fitting Biden* for these new clothes:
'We want something for our vote': BLM co-founder demands meeting with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris saying the black vote 'won this election' and they want group's agenda to be 'prioritized'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8942119/We-want-vote-BLM-foun
der-requests-meeting-Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris.html
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Requests Meeting With Biden, Harris: 'We Want Something For Our Vote'
https://www.newsweek.com/black-lives-matter-co-founder-requests-meetin
g-biden-harris-1545913
The agenda of Black Lives Matter is far different from the slogan
https://nypost.com/2020/07/01/the-agenda-of-black-lives-matter-is-far-
different-from-the-slogan/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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There are all sorts of things that Biden* will quietly hide from, just like Obama* did, without so much as a peep.
And if democrats don't do any different, how are they any better?
And when nothing changes, I'll be happy to laugh at Biden's skinny bare ass parading down the street.
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Quote:This is a culture of imperialism.
Originally posted by second:
Their masters are their voters and their voters know in their hearts that nuking women and children in Japan was a highly moral act.
Take a look at the research about how bloodthirsty Americans are. Americans like killing civilians:
Example: In 1945, a Gallup poll immediately after the bombing found that 85% of Americans approved of using the new atomic weapon on Japanese cities. In 1991, according to a Detroit Free Press survey conducted in both Japan and the U.S., 63% of Americans said the atomic bomb attacks on Japan were a justified means of ending the war, while only 29% thought the action was unjustified.
www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/08/04/70-years-after-hiroshima-opin
ions-have-shifted-on-use-of-atomic-bomb/
Example: 59.3% percent approved of killing 100,000 Iranian civilians to save 20,000 U.S. soldiers.
http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2019/ph241/mangiaracina2/
Example: “The most shocking finding of our study is that 60 percent of Americans would approve of killing 2 million Iranian civilians to prevent an invasion of Iran that might kill 20,000 U.S. soldiers.”
https://news.stanford.edu/2017/08/08/americans-weigh-nuclear-war/
I am not even going to talk about the millions of Vietnamese/Laotian/Cambodian civilians killed by America in a vain attempt to look tough. By the way, that war was lost and the Americans that I know who have some slight familiarity with that war still think to this day the war would have been won if only a few million more civilians were killed. These are not real clear thinking Americans. But they do vote and they want killers of civilians as their politicians, either Democrat or Republican.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-23427726
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
I want to stop it, but that isn't happening.
"We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it." -Elon Musk
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You've already been tossed aside by the Democrats, Marcos.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:The ones you like, sure. You're a fascist. Embrace it.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
You've already been tossed aside by the Democrats, Marcos.
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Originally posted by reaverfan:Quote:The ones you like, sure. You're a fascist. Embrace it.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
You've already been tossed aside by the Democrats, Marcos.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
The ones I like?
Do you think I like Ted and Cap'n Crunch?
I'm a huge fan of Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton now, am I?
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From that bastion 'source', the NYTimes itself:
Quote:
Corporations and Foreign Nations Pivot to Lobby Biden
Lobbyists and consultants are highlighting their ties to the incoming president, which have become lucrative.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/politics/corporations-and-foreig
n-nations-pivot-to-lobby-biden.html
And if democrats don't do any different, how are they any better?
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And from the LATimes:
Quote:
The ‘war on coal’ is over. The next climate battle has just begun
Joe Biden wants to reach 100% clean energy by 2035. But activists are worried he’ll choose Ernest Moniz for Energy secretary.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-11-17/climate-change-gas-b
iden-moniz
And if democrats don't do any different, how are they any better?
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Biden Starts Doling Out White House Jobs To Longtime Democratic Operatives, Campaign Staff
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-starts-doling-out-white-hous
e-jobs-longtime-democratic-operatives-campaign-staff
And if democrats don't do any different, how are they any better?
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Maybe I should rename this thread "Biden*'s thread of lies" to match the Trump thread.
When Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
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Environmental activist Erin Brockovich tells CNN's Brianna Keilar why environmentalists denounce President-elect Joe Biden's transition EPA review team pick Michael McCabe over his work with DuPont on PFOA.
When Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
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Philosopher Hannah Arendt once wrote about the banality of evil ...
Pentagon
For the defense chief post, the Washington Post has portrayed the banal face of Michele Flournoy as the pick to 'restore stability' to the Pentagon, an entirely false assertion. Recall that Fluornoy promotes unilateral global US military intervention, and advocated the destruction of Libya in 2011. By the military-industrial revolving door, Flournoy enabled many Corporate weaponry contracts amounting to tens of millions. Likewise Fluornoy is on the Booz-Hamilton board, where the swamp cannot get any deeper. As if this wretched example of an agent-provocateur for war and destruction were not bad enough, Biden is reportedly considering Lockheed-Martin banal kingpin Jeh Johnson for the DoD position, too.
State
From Libya to Syria, Yemen, Ukraine and beyond, the banality of evil is perhaps best personified by Susan Rice – apparently Biden’s premiere pick for Secretary. Rice was an abject failure at the United Nations, but all seems forgiven, probably at the behest of Biden’s donors. After her failure at the UN, Obama kicked Rice upstairs to be his National Security Advisor, a position that does not require Senate approval.
An obvious war hawk in the mold of the Democrat’s donor class, a Rice appointment could reinforce the liberal mantra that women can be just as good at interventionism as men, and ensure full re-establishment of the Neoliberal agenda in Washington. John Kerry has been flagged as a potential for State (again) too, but at age 77 and subsequent to the failure of the JCPOA Kerry is an unlikely pick.
Another potential pick among the banal Daughters of Darkness is Victoria Kagan-Nuland, architect of the 2014 debacle in Ukraine (among other things).
National Security Advisor
Banality is certainly the mark of the beast here, in the form of Tony Blinken. Well in with Michele Flournoy (above) Blinken typifies the type of banality the Deep State engages in to promote its evil, with Blinken as successful as any other Deep State actor. A major hawk on Russia and war hawk in general, Blinken is an apologist for Israel. Blinken is a war hawk on Afghanistan and Syria too, and Blinken was directly involved in CIA operation Timber Sycamore. Oh, the banality.
Another model of banality is Leon CIA Panetta who so far claims that cruising the Monterey peninsula is more fun that being in Washington. But we know that’s false and Panetta would be a logical pick. Besides being a hawk on everything, and laughing about the fact he has no idea how many wars Obama’s America was fighting – because he lost count – Panetta is simply another sycophant for evil like Hannah Arendt portrayed in her study of Adolf Eichmann.
CIA
Banal of the banal is of course Mike Morell. This incredibly vacuous excuse for a human being has been hate-mongering for years. Beside his blatant pandering support for another banal and brutal warmonger – Hillary Clinton – Mike Morell is one Neoliberal who still maintains that Saddam Hussein actively aided and abetted al Qaeda with regard to the 911 attacks.
read more at the link
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2020/novemb
er/18/biden-s-deep-state/
When Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
And if democrats don't do any different, how are they any better?
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Comrade kiki's posting fake news again.
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Hey. Check this out...
It's GWB 2.0 giving GWB 1.0 a medal.
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Pentagon
Michele Flournoy
Jeh Johnson
State
Susan Rice
Victoria Kagan-Nuland
National Security Advisor
Tony Blinken
Leon Panetta
CIA
Mike Morell
United Nations
Jen Psaki
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2020/novemb
er/18/biden-s-deep-state/
When Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
And if democrats don't do any different, how are they any better?
Secretary of State Antony Blinken - right name, wrong place
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas
Chief of Staff Ron Klain
National Intelligence Director Avril Haines
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan
UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
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I heard we will get Janet Yellin to recreate Obamanomics, strangling the economy for another 8 years. Swell.
And what job are they creating to give to Moochelle obama?
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I heard Fake News report that Obiden is only the 2nd President to have the First All-Female Communications Staff.
Trump was the 1st President to have the First.
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I heard Fake News report that Obiden is only the 2nd President to have the First All-Female Communications Staff.
Trump was the 1st President to have the First.
Lying by Omission, as is tradition.
What have you done today to earn your place in this crowded world? :)
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https://taibbi.substack.com/p/with-tanden-choice-democrats-stick
With Tanden Choice, Democrats Stick it to Sanders Voters
When Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
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Sounds like Cindy McCain can't wait to try to destroy America, in lockstep with her husband.
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House approves defense bill with veto-proof majority after Trump urges GOP opposition
The $740 billion bill ... (passed) 335-78
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/08/politics/defense-bill-house-vote-tr
ump-veto-threat/index.html
If democrats* don't do any different, how are they any better?
And when Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
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lol
Raytheon bitch boy is going to be our new Defense Secretary.
The hits just keep coming.
Maybe we can get a bunch of Blackwater people in Biden*'s cabinet too please?
We know you're still Blackwater, Academi. Fuck your name change.
What have you done today to earn your place in this crowded world? :)
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So, just to continue this thought ...
As I posted elsewhere I'm really hoping the Democrats* win both US Senate seats in Georgia, because I want them to stop hiding behind a Republican Senate and show us what they're truly made of - just like they did the first 2 years under Obama. And I want it to be obvious that the first 2 years under Obama were no fluke.
But the m$m has been awfully quiet about those races. It may be that they're already predicting at least one republican win, perhaps 2. http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=64070
In any case, I see a backstop being constructed, because after the completely unanticipated Trump win in 2016, no eventuality can be left to chance!
And that's the "recently" discovered SolarWinds hack, which - god forbid - can't be attributed to bad software and maybe even a bad (Microsoft) OS. Nope! The RUSSIANS!!! done doed it, whether they did or not! And some Democratic* Senators are already calling it an act of war. https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/530784-lawmakers-ask-whether-
massive-hack-amounted-to-act-of-war
So, forget about any promises made!! Because ... RUSSIA!!!
The other thing I've noticed is the selection of sacrificial Cabinet members. Given a republican-controlled Senate (which I believe we'll have), just like the meaningless virtue-signalling legislation of the House, these proposed appointees were put forward to indicate Biden* really, really, REALLY wants to make good on his promises. Really! Truly! Not that he'll actually campaign for them or use the power of his bully-pulpit or anything. Nope, he'll quietly and meekly fold his hands.
If democrats* don't do any different, how are they any better?
And when Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
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Speaking of M$...
Fun Fact: Did you know that the reason Windows XP was supported far longer than any other Microsoft OS was because it was installed on the vast majority of ATM machines in the US and if they didn't constantly upgrade and patch it everyone's bank accounts could have been hacked?
XP was introduced in 2001 and was still alive and kicking after Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 were released. Windows 10 came out only a year after XP was finally discontinued.
What have you done today to earn your place in this crowded world? :)
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Georgia Runoff Will Likely See Delayed Results, Litigation, And Other Drama
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/georgia-runoff-will-likely-see-del
ayed-results-litigation-and-other-drama
If democrats* don't do any different, how are they any better?
And when Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
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Cheating takes time.
What have you done today to earn your place in this crowded world? :)
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Thanks to House democrats* that overwhelmingly voted to override Trump's defense policy veto "The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly (322-87) to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill" where only "Twenty Democrats opposed the override, along with 66 Republicans and an independent" https://apicciano.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2020/12/29/democrats-and-republi
cans-in-the-house-of-representatives-rebuke-trump-and-override-his-veto-of-defense-bill/ ...
It went to the Senate that voted "81-13 to secure the two-thirds majority" where "Seven Republicans joined five Democrats and Sanders" in opposition. https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2021/01/01/gop-rebukes-trump-as-s
enate-votes-83-13-to-override-his-veto-of-defense-bill/
Make no mistake, the democratic* warhawks could have EASILY made sure Trump's veto stood. But they didn't because they are the party of war.
Oh and as an indication of the rabidity of the democratic* warhawks, "Nancy Pelosi* called the congressional vote “a resounding rebuke to President Trump’s reckless assault on America’s military and national security.”"
Expect to see more RUSSIA!!!RUSSIA!!!RUSSIA!!! in US news and in US policy, as well as MORE WAR!!! everywhere.
If democrats* don't do any different, how are they any better?
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The Sunrise Movement is an early winner in the Biden* transition. Now comes the hard part.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/02/politics/biden-administration-sunri
se-movement-climate/index.html
Sure. Now all we have to see is Biden* walk his talk.
ETA:
And then there's this
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Dark Past of Biden’s Nominee for National Intelligence Director
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/12/29/john-kiriakou-the-dark-past-of-b
idens-nominee-for-national-intelligence-director/
There were three controversial areas where Avril Haines made a name for herself and for which she should have to answer in a confirmation hearing.
And when Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
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Biden* has already put back all of the GWB people into power once the transition happens.
Yay.
The first draft of anything is shit. :)
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This will certainly be another Biden* test. What are his New Clothes™ really made from?
Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden* on climate
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-climate-wyoming-coro
navirus-pandemic-a917f51126fa2641e0713573424b2b11
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And now that democrats* have control of the Senate, Biden*'s Cabinet picks will more than likely be confirmed. So ... what DO his picks say about his New Clothes™?
What Biden’s Cabinet picks say about how he plans to govern
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-c
abinets-coronavirus-pandemic-2da5b94270676e9a42643b9b2d67d2db
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Let's not forget the Democratic * Party will also be put to the test, since ...
Democratic wins could strengthen Biden’s legislative push
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-politi
cs-georgia-4f6309e4635a57dccae6860ac6e7cc60
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Don't like Biden Polish Russian Collaborator kiki.
Tough shit
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Maybe you should call the AP NewsWire a Polish Russian Collaborator™ for filing such traitorous news stories, and see where that takes you.
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In the meantime let me put the focus back on Biden* and the democrats* where it belongs, since ...
If democrats* don't do any different, how are they any better?
And when Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
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It’s almost like Kiki wants Biden to fail!?! 
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It’s almost like Kiki wants Biden to fail!?!
No really, hahahaaha. Can you believe after denying everything that occurred over the past 4 years, she is already bitching about Biden? She's a wacko a nut. And if she has a problem with Biden, tough shit.
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Quote:I HOPE that Biden* and the Democrats* succeed. But I completely expect them to fail.
It’s almost like Kiki wants Biden to fail!?!
You know what they say - the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. And the democrats have been selling citizens down the river for decades.
So when they fail - as I completely expect they will - I'll point it out to you, who seem to think that Biden* and the Democrats* will be the great keepers of all promises and champions of the little guy, honor, and integrity.
If democrats* don't do any different, how are they any better?
And when Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
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I'll point it out to you, who seem to think that Biden* and the Democrats* will be the great keepers of all promises and champions of the little guy, honor, and integrity.
lol - Facts seem to matter so little to one who wants to be consider a "science person."
All I want from Biden is to not be Trump.
Fucksake - Trump is doing his best to destroy the GOP, so that's a bonus.
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I want Joe to admit that the fascist trumptard terrorists are anti-American and anti-democracy.
I want him to acknowledge that they are pieces of shit who cannot be reasoned with and must be silenced in every possible way. I want every Nazi who entered the capitol to be convicted of terrorism and to go to prison until they're old and gray.
You can't reason with Nazis. You have to shut them up. Deplatform them. Stop letting them talk. Get them fired from Fox News. Sue them for lying. Lock them up for sedition.
You can't make peace with people who want you dead.
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A ‘ghastly future’ unless extraordinary action is taken soon on sustainability
“That we are already on the path of a sixth major extinction is now scientifically undeniable.”
The paper suggests concrete changes that could help avert catastrophe. Among them: completely and rapidly ending the use of fossil fuels, strictly regulating markets and property acquisition, reigning in corporate lobbying and empowering women. But it also acknowledges that humans’ innate “optimism bias” has led some to ignore the warnings about our planet’s future.
“By the time we fully comprehend the impact of ecological deterioration, it will be too late,” Blumstein said.
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/extraordinary-action-planet-sustain
ability
Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2020.615419/full
I wonder what Biden* and the democrats* are going to do about it.
If democrats* don't do any different, how are they any better?
And when Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
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Jaime Harrison Said to Be Pick for Next D.N.C*. Chair
Mr. Harrison, a veteran of South Carolina politics, was the Democratic* nominee against Senator Lindsey Graham and shattered fund-raising records.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/politics/jaime-harrison-dnc-chai
rman.html
Biden* Taps Veteran Interventionist Samantha Power* to Head USAID
Power* lobbied Obama* to intervene in Libya from her post at the National Security Council* in 2011
https://news.antiwar.com/2021/01/13/biden-taps-veteran-interventionist
-samantha-power-to-head-usaid/
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Hot again: 2020 sets yet another global temperature record
Earth’s rising fever hit or neared record hot temperature levels in 2020, global weather groups reported Thursday.
While NASA and a couple of other measurement groups said 2020 passed or essentially tied 2016 as the hottest year on record, more agencies, including the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, said last year came in a close second or third. The differences in rankings mostly turned on how scientists accounted for data gaps in the Arctic, which is warming faster than the rest of the globe.
https://apnews.com/article/2020-global-temperature-record-b4f5556cbdb2
b0b4de6c86d52642db4e
I wonder what Biden* and the democrats* are going to do about it ... after all those decades of doing nada.
2020 a été l’une des trois années les plus chaudes enregistrées
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2021/01/14/2020-a-ete-l-une-des
-trois-annees-les-plus-chaudes-dans-le-monde_6066279_3244.html
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I want Joe to admit that the fascist trumptard terrorists are anti-American and anti-democracy.
I want him to acknowledge that they are pieces of shit who cannot be reasoned with and must be silenced in every possible way. I want every Nazi who entered the capitol to be convicted of terrorism and to go to prison until they're old and gray.
You can't reason with Nazis. You have to shut them up. Deplatform them. Stop letting them talk. Get them fired from Fox News. Sue them for lying. Lock them up for sedition.
You can't make peace with people who want you dead.
Wow.
Authoritarian much, Hitler?
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Since democrats* don't have Trump to hide behind anymore, maybe they'll be hiding behind Schumer*.
Fate of Biden agenda rests with Schumer in 50-50 Senate
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-biden-cabinet-impea
chments-bill-clinton-3f565d3736d2cb84f68c60891a617187
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And here's a great opportunity for Biden* to show he's not like previous democrats: repair the Open Skies Treaty, and get it ratified in the US Senate.
Russia follows US in withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty
https://apnews.com/article/military-facilities-moscow-europe-russia-e5
8019b80ae95e12007265aedfac229b
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And here's a great opportunity for Biden* to show he's not like previous democrats: repair the Pen Skies Treaty, and get it ratified in the US Senate.
Russia follows US in withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty
Why do you and your doppel twit SIGHEIL, even bother posting on this board about Biden?
Select to view spoiler:
We already know you're going to hate everything he does
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We already know you're going to hate everything he does
Nope. I've been posting about Biden*'s promises for months now ... and he might possibly even keep a few of them.
But on the other hand ...
... if democrats* don't do any different, how are they any better?
And ... when Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
It's called accountability.
Maybe you should try it some time.
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Oh, here's another Biden* pick, who requires no Senate ratification.
Biden to name David Cohen deputy director of CIA
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-name-david-co
hen-deputy-director-cia-n1254343
It's called bringing the CIA pigeons home to roost.
David S. Cohen
CIA Mission: Destroy the Whistleblower and Perfume the Stench of ‘Operation Merlin’
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/02/04/cia-mission-destroy-whis
tleblower-and-perfume-stench-operation-merlin
With CIA Help, NYPD Moves Covertly in Muslim Areas
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2011/08/24/cia-help-nypd-moves-cover
tly-muslim-areas
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Biden* Administration Urged to Take Fresh Look at Domestic Terrorism
First-ever White House post and more funding to combat violent extremists floated by working group that advised president-elect’s team
President-elect Joe Biden, who has said he plans to make a priority of passing a law against domestic terrorism, has also been urged to create a White House post overseeing the fight against ideologically inspired violent extremists and increasing funding to combat them, according to people who have advised his team.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-urged-to-take-fresh-
look-at-domestic-terrorism-11605279834
If democrats* don't do any different, how are they any better?
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Biden plans early legislation to offer legal status to 11 million immigrants without it
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-15/biden-to-send-cong
ress-bill-to-legalize-11-million-immigrants-who-lack-documentation
Just what we need - unequal justice.
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Biden* fills out State Department team with Obama* veterans
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-biden-cabinet-antony
-blinken-foreign-policy-e7026ce218735c9faec9c7349aefb51e
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This is the agenda Democrats should pursue under Biden's leadership
Opinion by Bernie Sanders
The headlines dominating the news understandably deal with the outrageous behavior of President Donald Trump and the attempted coup he inspired at our nation's Capitol.
Yes, it was important for the House of Representatives to impeach Trump. Yes, the Senate must convict him. No president, now or in the future, can lead an insurrection against the United States government and get away with it.
But as enormously important as that is, we must not lose sight of the pain and anxiety of millions of working families all over this country, as they suffer through the worst public health and economic crises in the modern history of our country. In fact, many working families are facing more economic desperation today than any time since the Great Depression.As a result of the pandemic, tens of millions of our fellow citizens have lost their jobs and incomes. Hunger is at its highest level in decades, and 40 million could be on the brink of eviction when the federal moratorium expires at the end of January. While more than 24 million people in our country have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, tens of millions of Americans are uninsured or under-insured.
Amid so much economic suffering and despair, when many Americans have lost faith in their government -- and when millions are prepared to accept lies about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election -- it is imperative that Democrats pass a bold and aggressive economic agenda within the first 100 days of Joe Biden's presidency. Now is not the time to think small. It is the time to think big and to restore faith among working families -- Black, White, Latino, Asian American and Native American -- that in a democratic society, government can respond to their needs.
Failure to adequately respond to the economic desperation in America today will undermine the Biden administration and likely lead Democrats to lose their thin majorities in the US House of Representatives and US Senate in 2022. Democrats suffered significant loses in 1994, two years after President Bill Clinton's victory -- and, in 2010, two years after President Barack Obama's victory.
We must not repeat those mistakes.
The danger we face would not be in going too big or spending too much but in going too small and leaving the needs of the American people behind. If Republicans would like to work with us, we should welcome them. But their support is not necessary. In 2010, Sen. Mitch McConnell was willing to sabotage the economy to advantage Republicans, doing everything he could to make Obama a "one-term president."
We cannot let him play the same games again.
The Senate's 60-vote threshold to pass major legislation has become an excuse for inaction. But let's be clear: We have the tools to overcome these procedural hurdles. As incoming Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, I will use a process known as budget reconciliation that will allow us to pass comprehensive legislation with only 51 votes.
This is not a radical idea.
When the Republicans controlled the Senate during the George W. Bush and Trump presidencies, they used reconciliation to pass trillions of dollars in tax breaks for the wealthiest people and most profitable corporations. They also used reconciliation to try and repeal the Affordable Care Act in 2017. Today, Democrats must use this same process to lift Americans out of poverty, increase wages and create good-paying jobs.
First, we must increase the direct payments passed by Congress in December from $600 to $2,000 for every working-class adult and their children. On this issue, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, several Republicans in the House and the Senate and undoubtedly millions of struggling Americans -- who wanted more stimulus in December --would agree.
But given the enormous crises facing the country, that is not enough. Through reconciliation, we must
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Biden*'s solicitor general will play critical role in early efforts to undo Trump policies
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/solicitor-general-biden/in
dex.html
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Biden plans for tougher stance on Russia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-russia-nuclear-
treaty-extension/2021/01/21/4667a11e-5b40-11eb-aaad.html
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https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/alien-biden-immigration-la
w/index.html
Biden's proposed bill, if passed, would remove the word "alien" from US immigration laws, replacing it with the term "noncitizen."
But nobody is concerned about LEGAL RESIDENT non-citizens, Joe*. Those LEGAL RESIDENT non-citizens followed the rules, and met the requirements, and are welcome aboard! They're concerned about the people who broke the law and live in the US without any legal right to do so.
But THANKS! for giving us a show of 3-card monte.
And THANKS! to the m$m for conflating one category with the other.
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Quote:There's plenty of dissembling, hair-splitting, and deception on both sides.
Why Big Oil Isn’t Worried About Biden’s Executive Orders
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Why-Big-Oil-Isnt-Worried-Ab
out-Bidens-Executive-Orders.html
He promised “no new fracking” ... Last week the administration also issued Secretarial Order No. 3395, which implemented a 60-day suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for federal land and water. ... This week President Biden followed that action up with Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. The biggest takeaway from this order was an indefinite “pause on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands” until a comprehensive review on the climate change impacts can be completed."
The author starts out by talking about oil and gas drilling generically, but then laser-focuses on fracking.
But then Joe* has layers of good-sounding, well-publicized fluff, along with hidden and not-so-hidden realities that negate the PR.
Joe* can do zero about EXISTING leases in whatever form they take - whether it's conventional drilling or fracking, oil or gas. And considering there are thousands of existing, unexercised leases, not having new leases is moot. There are plenty of existing, unexercised leases for years to come, maybe even decades. So while Joe*'s campaign promises and executive orders sound promising, because they're focused on NEW leases, in reality, they're meaningless.
Then there's Joe*'s blunt statement, which clearly points to the real limitations of his campaign rhetoric:
Quote:And among the limitations on banning or even limiting fracking meaningfully, besides existing leases, is the fact that most drilling is on PRIVATE land. And Joe* can't touch them by Executive Order.
“Let me be clear, and I know this always comes up, we’re not going to ban fracking.”
But even THEN, Joe* doesn't ban fracking on Federal land either, where he DOES have some power. He merely PAUSES it
Quote:
on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands” until a comprehensive review on the climate change impacts can be completed.
Joe* and oil and gas leases? A non-starter. Joe* and fracking? Joe* already wrote that off in terms of Executive Orders.
For fracking to be BANNED - everywhere - Congress would have to pass a law. Is Joe* going to propose it to Congress? Is he going to campaign for it? In other words, is Joe* the democrat* who's going to FINALLY address climate change? Well, he's already promised he's "not going to ban fracking".
Or then, is he merely Joe*, wearing his New Clothes™ all over town?
And when Biden* fails to keep his promises - or even promote them - I'll be happy to laugh at his skinny saggy ass parading all over town in his New Clothes™.
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https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/alien-biden-immigration-la
w/index.html
Biden's proposed bill, if passed, would remove the word "alien" from US immigration laws, replacing it with the term "noncitizen."
But nobody is concerned about LEGAL RESIDENT non-citizens, Joe*. Those LEGAL RESIDENT non-citizens followed the rules, and met the requirements, and are welcome aboard! They're concerned about the people who broke the law and live in the US without any legal right to do so.
But THANKS! for giving us a show of 3-card monte.
And THANKS! to the m$m for conflating one category with the other.
That's their fucking bread and butter.
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You could have a dog in a dress and he’d still be la less embarrassing president than Trump
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You could have a dog in a dress and he’d still be la less embarrassing president than Trump
Obviously not a fan of Sky News.
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What a piece of shit.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/02/12/biden_to_begin_a
llowing_migrants_waiting_in_mexico_to_enter_us_145238.html
Democrats are going to lose their asses in 2022.
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Quote:I don't care about embarrassment myself. I look at what politicians DO.
Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
You could have a dog in a dress and he’d still be (a) less embarrassing president than Trump
For example, your country is EXTREMELY stingy when it comes to letting people in. And yet, you want the US be the opposite of your country and open our doors to everyone and anyone, even people who entered illegally. Why the double standard? Why should the US not control the number and type of people allowed in, like your country does? That's one area where I agree with Trump.
I look at the US record on global warming. And frankly I see literally NO difference between democrats* and republicans in terms of RESULTS - ie CO2 and other global warming gas emissions. Sure, the democrats* are better at empty gestures, for example Obama signing onto the Global Climate Accord. But it's unenforceable until it's ratified by 2/3 of our Senate, and Obama never put it up for a vote or campaigned to change the politics about it. And Biden* won't either. And Biden*'s executive actions on, say, oil and gas drilling are as toothless as they are pointless, since they're too small and incomplete to change anything and will disappear with the next president, as all Executive Orders do. They're just more meaningless blather.
Then I look at the threat of nuclear war. The US's biggest adversary is Russia, and BOTH countries are actively developing new nuclear weapons and systems. That won't change any time soon. But what WILL change is how the US relates to Russia. The democrats are bound and determined to 'punish' Russia at all turns to try to cripple it economically, and at the very least to antagonize it continuously. Trump was a deeply welcome relief in that dynamic. Why do YOU want the US and Russia to be in a perpetual state of Cold War II, Magon's? Do YOU feel safer from nuclear threat with that going on?
Then I look at Clinton* and the democrats*- and how they set the stage to unleash the great meltdown, failed to punish the wrongdoers, failed to right the legal wrongs they created, and sold US manufacturing to China. At I see at least Trump TRIED to make an issue of it, by increasing tariffs.
So, I don't look at rhetoric, or gestures, or your embarrassment, as being at all important. I look at results. Which is why I post: And if democrats* don't do any different, how are they any better?
Maybe you can answer that. If democrats don't get results and they're wrong on Russia, wrong on immigration, wrong on trade, craven and inactive on global warming, and wrong on the constant presence of US troops around the globe, why do you prefer them?
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Coming right out the gates with all the hits.
Pelosi's going to put funding for American baby killing in the Covid package. But Biden* will welcome illegals with open arms by the millions and raise their kids for them.
Is it any wonder why Democrats can't maintain any power for any period of time? They're so bad at their job nobody has to manufacture a pandemic with China to get them booted out.
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P.S. Who the fuck knows when they're going to vote on a Covid package.
They're too busy fucking off trying to impeach a citizen because they're terrified he's going to win again in 2024 if they can't ban him from running again.
Rigging the game is all that Democrats know and all they care to know.
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Land encounters per month US Southwest border
FY 2020 (starts October)
Oct 45,129
Nov 42,643
Dec 40,565
Jan 36,585
FY 2021 (starts October)
Oct 71,922
Nov 72,091
Dec 73,923
Jan 78,323
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters
But the numbers that have REALLY taken a jump are unaccompanied children and single (males) adults while family units have dropped relatively.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters/us
bp-sw-border-apprehensions
It looked like people were gambling Biden* would win and be most welcoming.
So.... About this "Caravan"
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=62745&p=7
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Can slavery reparations happen under the Biden administration?
https://news.yahoo.com/slavery-reparations-happen-under-biden-19500047
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WH: Biden would 'support' study on reparations
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idOVE01ERQ7
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Quote:Republicans Scramble for a Strategy to Oppose the COVID Relief Bill
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
P.S. Who the fuck knows when they're going to vote on a Covid package.
They're too busy fucking off trying to impeach a citizen because they're terrified he's going to win again in 2024 if they can't ban him from running again.
Rigging the game is all that Democrats know and all they care to know.
How do you say no to something most people want?
Wednesday, Feb 24, 2021 5:40 PM
Congressional Republicans returned to Washington this week with a sense of alarm about a looming legislative predicament: Democrats' $1.9 trillion relief package, which Republicans chose not to collaborate with, is, if anything, only gaining popularity as it hurtles toward the finish line.
The legislation—which would, among other things, extend unemployment benefits through the summer, offer generous aid to state and local governments, provide more money for vaccine distribution, increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, and send a round of $1,400 direct payments to most Americans—has consistently polled at wildly enthusiastic levels. A Politico/Morning Consult survey released Wednesday morning pinned support for the package at 76 percent, including 60 percent support among Republicans. A CBS/YouGov survey earlier this month showed 83 percent overall support. One of the worst polls for Democrats this month came from Quinnipiac University—and it still showed 68 percent support, including 37 percent of Republicans.
With the House expected to pass the bill on Friday and the Senate to follow in the coming weeks, Republicans have their work cut out for them if they want to change the public’s mind.
More at https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/covid-relief-bill-republic
ans-opposition-scramble.html
or https://web.archive.org/web/20210225025007/https://slate.com/news-and-
politics/2021/02/covid-relief-bill-republicans-opposition-scramble.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Biden orders strikes in Syria
The strikes follow rocket attacks on American forces in the region in the past two weeks
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said he was "confident" (the target) was used by the same Iranian-backed Shia militias that had fired rockets at US and coalition forces
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/25/politics/us-iraq-iran/index.html
This comes after US troops "weren't" redeployed to eastern Syria.
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The legislation—which would, among other things, extend unemployment benefits through the summer, offer generous aid to state and local governments, provide more money for vaccine distribution, increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, and send a round of $1,400 direct payments to most Americans—has consistently polled at wildly enthusiastic levels. A Politico/Morning Consult survey released Wednesday morning pinned support for the package at 76 percent, including 60 percent support among Republicans.
People love free shit.
It's all the stuff that isn't about unemployment and stimulus payments in there that people don't want to see passed. It's through giving away a bunch of free money that politicians get all that shit nobody wants passed in there too.
They really should have left that $15 minimum wage out of there.
http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=64178
Even Bernie admits it would increase the costs of goods and services to the government.
And no free money to illegals or their children, please.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9324401/Biden-cut-end-virtual
-meeting-says-hes-happy-questions.html
We were asking that question months ago.
They're doing even better keeping a muzzle on him and hiding his dementia now than they did before the Election*.
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Originally posted by second:
I realize that Joe Biden just held a press conference where he basically dismissed the refusal of Trump and a lot of other Republicans to concede the presidential election to Biden as "embarrassing," laughing at SecState Pompeo who earlier today talked about a transition to a second Trump term, and said it will all be over and fine by Jan. 20. Maybe, but I am somebody who has taken seriously for a long time words from people like Michael Cohen and more recently Mary Trump who have said he simply will not go willingly and will continue to refuse to accept defeat. I have watched various commentators supporting him from time to time thinking, "Will they support him if he declares martial law?" Unfortunately, I think a lot of them will.
SECOND goes on obsessing and wringing his hands about an event which not only never happened, it was never going to happen.
It's always fun going back and chuckling over someone getting hysterical about nothing.
And SECOND posts about others being cowards??
Anyway, I intend to place all of my observations about Biden* here.
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Second is a Trumptard.
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Depending on China for power grid transformers is as brain dead as depending on China for N95s or for antibiotics.
Quote:MORE AT https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/the-grid/biden-rescinds-tru
Biden Rescinds Trump Order Banning Chinese Involvement in the U.S. Power Grid
By IER
February 4, 2021
In President Biden’s executive order revoking the international permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, several climate and energy-focused executive orders by the Trump administration were also revoked. It suspended for 90 days Trump’s “Executive Order 13920 of May 1, 2020 (Securing the United States Bulk-Power System). The Trump order sought to ban, replace, and set new criteria on bulk-power system electric equipment coming from a foreign country or national that poses a national security threat. According to Biden’s executive order, the fate of the executive order and America’s bulk power system will be determined jointly by Biden’s Secretary of Energy and his Director of the Office of Management and Budget. It is up to these 2 political appointees to recommend whether a replacement order should be issued.
Trump’s Order
Trump’s order “prohibited any acquisition, importation, transfer, or installation of bulk power system electric equipment by any person or with respect to any property to which a foreign country or a national thereof has any interest, that poses an undue risk to the bulk power system, the security or resiliency of U.S. critical infrastructure or the U.S. economy, or U.S. national security or the security and safety of U.S. persons.” The Department of Energy was tasked with identifying existing bulk power system electric equipment that violated the order and “develop recommendations to identify, isolate, monitor, or replace this equipment as appropriate.”
Issued on December 17, 2020, Trump’s Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette issued a “prohibition order designed to reduce the risks that entities associated with the People’s Republic of China pose to the Nation’s Bulk Power System” to be effective on January 16, 2021. “The order prohibits utilities that supply critical defense facilities (CDF) from procuring from the People’s Republic of China, specific bulk power electric equipment that poses an undue risk to the bulk power system, the security or resilience of critical infrastructure, the economy, national security, or safety and security of Americans.”
Background
China has become the world’s leading supplier of transformers, which presents significant challenges to U.S. grid security
mp-order-banning-chinese-involvement-in-the-u-s-power-grid/
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ABOUT THAT CARAVAN ...
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The Biden administration has told the Department of Homeland Security not to speak freely about the growing border crisis, according to Breitbart, which spoke with a "senior-level law enforcement source" within DHS who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"The situation with media relations now is night and day compared to the last administration," said the official. "We have been advised not to speak on immigration issues at the border and to rely on DHS’s Office of Public Affairs and the White House Press Office to handle messaging."
The verbal order applies to senior law enforcement leaders within DHS and has no formal expiration date. It comes as the administration is struggling to manage the growing crisis caused by changes in border security and immigration policies leading to a spike in illegal crossings at the border.
As local communities along the border continue to grapple with the release of migrants into their communities, the administration is facing criticism even amongst their own ranks, Breitbart reported.
The report comes after senior members of the Biden administration - DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Susan Rice - visited several cities in Texas to observe the border crisis first hand. Members of the press were not allowed to accompany the officials' visit to Border Patrol stations and a Health and Human Services detention facility for unaccompanied minors.
According to a source familiar with the DHS media restrictions, the prohibition is designed "to prevent the imagery of overcrowded facilities from circulating."
Meanwhile, a viral video tweeted on Sunday by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) reveals: "The tip of the iceberg near Yuma, AZ as immigrants begin to flood into the US responding to magenta>@JoeBiden ’s open border, catch and release policy."
The tip of the iceberg near Yuma, AZ as immigrants begin to flood into the US responding to @JoeBiden’s open border, catch and release policy. How many have COVID? pic.twitter.com/8Cu3k88etZ
— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) March 7, 2021
Meanwhile, Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents and the Yuma County Sheriff's Office broke up yet another human trafficking operation, where they found 18 migrants packed into a smuggling stash house - arresting the migrants and transporting them to the Yuma Station for processing, according to Breitbarti.
#YumaSector and @YumaSheriff discover 18 illegal aliens in stash house. These inter-agency relationships are vital to safeguarding our community and dismantling these human smuggling operations. Details: https://t.co/rUeU9BCVOJ pic.twitter.com/fBj9mu2hPb
— Chief Patrol Agent Chris T. Clem (@USBPChiefYUM) March 4, 2021
Last month, Border Patrol agents in Arizona arrested 11 Iranians who illegally crossed the US-Mexico border. Five women and six men from the "special interest" country were traveling as a group.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-admin-silences-dhs-over-bord
er-crisis-viral-video-shows-flood-migrants-streaming
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I’m happy to take questions if that’s what I’m supposed to do, Nance, whatever you want me to do,”
*feed cut*
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Yeah. I brought up that cut feed a few days ago.
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so not funny anymore now that he actually won* the election*.
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In addition to forgetting what the Pentagon is called, and forgetting his own Scy Defense's name, Biden* is letting Kamala Harris talk to other world leaders instead of him
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Monday, the Washington Post noted that Vice President Kamala Harris is taking an "unusually large role" in shaping Biden's foreign policy - having spoken with six world leaders independently of Biden, and was a "vocal participant in deliberations over how to respond to Iran-backed militias’ attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq, as well as whether to sanction Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi," according to the White House.
Of course, both Biden and Harris did refer to the "Harris administration" on more than one occasion during the 2020 election.
Whoever voted for Biden* sure bought a pig in a poke!
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Nobody voted for Biden*. Even the 10's of millions of actual legitimate votes that were cast in his name voted against Trump.
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Quote:Maybe the GOP should start giving Biden* the same treatment that Trump got.
'Weekend At Biden's?' Handlers Shut Down Yet Another Q&A After Public Appearance
by Tyler Durden
Tuesday, Mar 09, 2021 - 15:28
For the third time in as many days (the previous two detailed here), President Biden's handlers abruptly panicked at the prospect of him answering a question from the press.
Today's debacle takes place in a DC hardware store as double-mask-wearing Biden stares blankly at the store owner during his polite introduction, then becomes distracted by people on an upper level of the store.
As the owner tries to address Biden again, Biden’s handlers suddenly become agitated and one is repeatedly heard saying, “come on press, let’s go, we’re gonna move out.” “Let’s go you guys, come on let’s go,” she repeats herself as one of the reporters tries to ask Biden about “the crisis at the border.”
Biden’s handlers aggressively prevent the press from asking POTUS any questions after his brief remarks at a D.C. hardware store pic.twitter.com/kTXFIe9ERM
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 9, 2021
What are the handlers so afraid of?
Biden's gaffes - or put more gently 'senior moments' are mounting and the world is starting to notice.
It has been 48 days since President Biden took office and he has yet to hold a formal press conference, and as Sara Carter reports, even the most liberal White House partisan reporters are growing restless.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said last week that Biden will hold a press conference “before the end of the month,” but a Washington Post op-ed is calling for Biden to hold a press conference as soon as possible.
“Last month would have been better, and this week would be better than next,” the WaPo editorial board wrote on Sunday.
“Avoiding news conferences must not become a regular habit for Mr. Biden,” the editorial board warned. “He is the president, and Americans have every right to expect that he will regularly submit himself to substantial questioning.”
Each of Biden’s 15 most recent predecessors – including former President Donald Trump – held a full news conference within their first 33 days in office.
.@Kevinliptakcnn notes that an analysis of the past 100 years shows President Biden’s 15 most recent predecessors all held a formal solo press conference within 33 days of taking office. Biden has not and it’s day 42.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 3, 2021
Biden’s exchange of questions from reporters at the end of an event are no substitute for a formal press conference, WaPo media critic Erik Wemple said.
“These often perfunctory exchanges are no substitute for formal, solo news conferences at which reporters can ask follow-up questions,” Wemple said.
“Answers are supposed to be more than a couple of words long, and the president’s thoughts on a wide range of issues can be mined.”
We couldn't help but think of this...
If it wasn't so sad, it would be funny!
And it's not just "fair right conspiracy sites" that are questioning President Biden's health.
A new poll conducted by Rasmussen Report found that 50 percent of Americans question President Joe Biden's physical and mental fitness.
Quote:
Nancy Pelosi unveils 25th Amendment bill that seeks to strip presidential powers..
Too bad that never went anywhere. It would be hi-larious to see Biden* hoist on the DNC's petard.
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When asked "[how] confident are you that Joe Biden is physically and mentally up to the job of being President of the United States?" 50 percent said they were "not confident" while 48 percent said they were "confident" or "very confident."
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Meanwhile, Kamala Harris continues to speak to foreign Presidents and Prime Ministers as if she were President.
The list is currently
Prime Minister Trudeau (Canada)
WHO Director Tedros
President Macron (France)
PM Netanyahu (Israel)
PM Erna Solberg (Norway)
List of world leaders that Biden* has spoken to?
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List of news conferences where Biden* had a Q&A?
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This is playing out exactly as I said it would. They'll get Biden to come out on a balcony and give people the "Papal wave" but won't let him talk face-to-face with... anyone.
How long do they think they can keep this going? How many drugs are they going to have to pump into Biden* to prep him for a normal Q&A, just so he can pay attention to the voices whispering in his earpiece?
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Dude is straight up pudding brains.
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