The Democrat Utopia

[B.B. Hemingway]

2 minutes ago, knapplc said:

What the actual hell with that Pelosi statement about George Floyd's "sacrifice!!??!' 

 

Idiot.

 

Do politicians use speech/statement writers anymore?

[knapplc]

10 minutes ago, B.B. Hemingway said:

 

Do politicians use speech/statement writers anymore?

She needs to hire someone to write her retirement speech. 

[Omaha-Husker]

17 minutes ago, knapplc said:

What the actual hell with that Pelosi statement about George Floyd's "sacrifice!!??!' 

 

Idiot.

 

Maybe this was the decided upon type of comment somewhere in the party??? The Minneapolis mayor with a similarly bizarre way of framing this.

 

 

 

 

[knapplc]

2 minutes ago, Omaha-Husker said:

 

Maybe this was the decided upon type of comment somewhere in the party??? The Minneapolis mayor with a similarly bizarre way of framing this.

 

 

 

 

That ain't it. Sheesh.

[BigRedBuster]

24 minutes ago, Omaha-Husker said:

 

Maybe this was the decided upon type of comment somewhere in the party??? The Minneapolis mayor with a similarly bizarre way of framing this.

 

 

 

 

Nowhere close to the same. 

[knapplc]

Of course they blocked it, because that's how these things play out. 

 

But this was worthy of rebuke. It was a stupid thing to say and a completely unforced error by another Democrat, a party who seems barely able to get out of their own way.

 

 

[Notre Dame Joe]

2 hours ago, knapplc said:

What the actual hell with that Pelosi statement about George Floyd's "sacrifice!!??!' 

 

Idiot.

I took it to mean the resulting protests and riots generally which was the last straw for the 2020 election.  It wouldn't be news if Pelosi merely thanked the demonstrators. 

[Bigred_inSD]

Tomi Lahren backtracking one the absurd bs comments is quite fun.

[funhusker]

5 hours ago, Notre Dame Joe said:

Trump doesn't get a choice, as former President the Secret Service follows him everywhere. I don't know how you transpose Waters' remarks onto a minor R official.  Some guy says the police are blameless but quietly demands that no police come near him?

 

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What the f#&% are you talking about?

[TGHusker]

6 hours ago, Notre Dame Joe said:

Trump doesn't get a choice, as former President the Secret Service follows him everywhere. I don't know how you transpose Waters' remarks onto a minor R official.  Some guy says the police are blameless but quietly demands that no police come near him?

 

I really hope you mean "censured."

Oops. Spelling error. Thanks for catching it

[Moiraine]

3 hours ago, Omaha-Husker said:

 

Maybe this was the decided upon type of comment somewhere in the party??? The Minneapolis mayor with a similarly bizarre way of framing this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This wasn’t nearly as bad. 

[knapplc]

 

[knapplc]

 

 

Katie Porter is a national treasure. 

[TGHusker]

3 hours ago, knapplc said:

 

 

Katie Porter is a national treasure. 

Related:

While $20billion is pocket change in today's federal budget, it would go a long way in helping families, single parent homes, etc esp at this time of covid and job losses.

 

https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-fossil-fuel-subsidies-a-closer-look-at-tax-breaks-and-societal-costs

The United States provides a number of tax subsidies to the fossil fuel industry as a means of encouraging domestic energy production. These include both direct subsidies to corporations, as well as other tax benefits to the fossil fuel industry. Conservative estimates put U.S. direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry at roughly $20 billion per year; with 20 percent currently allocated to coal and 80 percent to natural gas and crude oil. European Union subsidies are estimated to total 55 billion euros annually.

Historically, subsidies granted to the fossil fuel industry were designed to lower the cost of fossil fuel production and incentivize new domestic energy sources. Today, U.S. taxpayer dollars continue to fund many fossil fuel subsidies that are outdated, but remain embedded within the tax code. At a time when renewable energy technology is increasingly cost-competitive with fossil power generation, and a coordinated strategy must be developed to mitigate climate change, the broader utility of fossil fuel subsidies is being questioned.

[knapplc]

Gerrymandering is wrong. Why we don't have a national prohibition against it is beyond me.