Knowing he'll be acquitted, he could be as arrogant and assertive as he'd like. I'd imagine he'd say he's working to make America great and doing what he's entitled to as president. Many would buy that, regardless of how false it would be to anyone familiar with the law.
That's a random post in a public discussion forum. RFK Jr. referred to the "entire phylum of viruses," and there is simply no such thing. Viruses do evolve in their own, distinct ways, for which there is a classification system, but viruses collectively do not constitute a phylum.
No, but don't you genuinely find it at all curious that every medical professional is wrong or lying and only the random conspiracy stories are true? There's a good talk on the mRNA, full-virus, and universal vaccine topics here: youtu.be/QTXFcrmwSDs?..., including a couple of ad segments.
Putin did this a decade ago, for 10 days. Trump might be mimicking his idol.
I'd think Satan could do a great deal better than him.
You chose the article. Why did you pick "a fantasy, a trick, and a lie" as evidence?
Did you actually read the article? The same person continues with precisely what I told you. "The US government can use its position as a pivotal investor and buyer to set conditions in contracts [that] would relate to pricing and access, technology transfer, and reinvestment in innovation."
A single atom, probably carbon, wouldn't contain most stuff needed for a cookie and certainly not in the right proportions. You'd probably need some hundreds of molecules at a minimum.
He's 79. I'm afraid her next performance review isn't going to look great.
It will never happen if the oil and gas revenues of Russia aren't strangled significantly. That's what Ukraine's hits on Russia's oil refineries are doing, but it remains to be seen if it's successful enough.
They do all sorts of things as long as they have the support of the masses, regardless of isolated fringe incidents, many of which are probably never made public. That's exactly why the support of the public must be defeated, and that can only happen through money.
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
Most people don't actively think of the war, because of the lavish funding for the war economy and fighters being mostly volunteers drawn by the generous pay. The war isn't perceived as impactful. If money runs out, all of that falls apart.
I don't think anyone would mind if he did.
If Putin had anything resembling that degree of power, he wouldn't be blowing all their revenues and national wealth fund on lavish compensation to soldiers and their families. He'd simply force them to fight. He knows they'll have his head on a stick in a heartbeat when money runs out.
If anyone can't comprehend that 100% is all there is of anything, what hope do you imagine there is for them to understand anything at all?
It's also more complicated than a product being imported or not. When Americans farm carrots, they'll be using fertilisers, hand tools, work clothes and gloves, tractors and wagons, machinery for preprocessing, etc. All of them contribute to the price of what seems like an American carrot.
Why would you think something called an *import* tariff would be paid by a foreign *exporter* and not the domestic *importer*? It's literally in the name.
He's talked about using tariffs to stop the rest of the world from taking advantage of the US since the 1980s. He's 79, so odds are he's simply trying to make that simplistic dream from decades ago a reality. In other words, he's just phenomenally dumb.
The same two-thirds majority of the senators present is needed to convict a SCOTUS justice. Without it, they'll just be acquitted, followed by the Republicans declaring it a complete vindication and a baseless witch-hunt by Democrats who knew all they had were their usual lies.
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Ending in an acquittal they'd declare as complete vindication and proof of Democrats having nothing but their usual lies and tiresome witch-hunt theatrics. Not a winning move without a two-thirds majority in the Senate to convict.
Those are good explanations for why they're feeling the need for the false claims just now.
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Or perhaps they're receiving way too much powerful medication already?
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Yes, US import tariffs are paid for by the importer in the US. It's in the name "import tariff." I'm not sure why anyone would've thought foreign *exporters* would pay US *import* tariffs. Perhaps English isn't their first language.
For what? The reasoning behind mRNA vaccine research being led by the government?
Is Amazon showing the tariff charge separately now? I thought they rolled that back after Trump called Bezos some months ago.
Thank heavens it wasn't a sammich.
I hope civilians aren't hurt.
The reasons mRNA research was led by the government were to prevent Big Pharma from derailing it towards endless treatments instead of effective cures, and to prevent them from controlling pricing. Undoing that puts all control in the hands of Big Pharma, and that's what you're celebrating.
Yes. Perhaps Epstein got caught long ago, maybe early 1990s, and was allowed to continue on the condition he'd record foreign leaders and royalty in compromising situations. The files could contain evidence of decades of extremely shady intelligence gathering, explaining why no one can release them.
The qualified career professionals resigning from key positions in the CDC didn't work for any corporation (although now they might). Researchers have massive incentives to prove other researchers wrong. Why do you think they all agree and you're the only one clever enough to see through it?
What about them? The files and videos should expose many if not all of them.
What do you think qualifies you to judge and dismiss the competence of medical professionals and researchers?
Yes, they are. The CDC guidelines aren't some random recommendations. They directly affect insurance coverage, the need for a prescription to receive the vaccine, and the prescribing doctor's liability for use extending beyond the CDC's guidelines or FDA's approval.
A political opposition is relevant when people are choosing between a good potential future and an even better one. When the current leader's chosen path simply leads to ruin, money runs out, and people no longer see a future for themselves, they'll remove that leader.
While tens of millions of people didn't even register to vote.
Has anyone informed him of incinerator ovens being miraculously 100% effective against absolutely all pathogens?
Ooops! So close...
With what?
Destroying their revenue streams would collapse Russia. Doesn't help right now, of course. They should be dealt with in a more permanent manner afterwards, though, such as by removing their nuclear capabilities.
Impeachment without a two-thirds majority in the Senate to convict would only lead to Trump declaring full vindication and baseless witch-hunt by flailing Democrats who knew all they had were their usual lies. Not a winning strategy and was already tried and shown to fail before.
Unfortunately, then it'll just be Vance taking instructions from Miller, Vought, and whoever else has been giving Trump the coordination for Project 2025. Don doesn't seem to be doing much besides playing golf and airing out demented ramblings of no consequence.
I'll say October 14th. I've also never got one of these wrong (or right, but nevermind that).
The most natural outcomes from a two-party, winner takes all system are a deeply divided and resentful society or a full dictatorship. I don't see how it could ever work well, except temporarily or with an outside threat serious enough for Americans to unite against.
Isn't that pretty much exactly what they're expected to do with the antichrist?
Cue the gubernatorial campaign funding irregularity investigation to start in 5.. 4.. 3..
It's one of the most hazardous mistakes in politics to get deluded by conspiracy theories that attempt to vindicate the failures that could be learnt from and corrected for the next round, blaming them instead on some vague external factor, leading to the same mistakes being repeated.
That isn't true. Putin can remove his opponents, but he absolutely relies on the Russian people not turning on him. Good money from oil and the war economy is the only thing keeping them from ending Putin. Hitting their revenues is the only way to defeat Russia without killing everyone else.
*Principal. The core issue is that if Europe changes its own rules retroactively, even rules as basic as those governing property rights, then it constitutes implicit approval for other countries to do the same, at their discretion, with European property.
What do you mean by that?
This looks so wonderfully peaceful and relaxing.
This way, there'll be a lot more opportunities to mess it up completely.
What if that's the best he can do to make another person happy?
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The tariffs have already been ruled unlawful by a federal court and an appeals court. Trump will probably appeal to SCOTUS, who will make the final determination or refuse to consider the appeal.
Sure. It'd mean any American who returned with one would have to pay an import fee to their own government. The rest of the world wouldn't care.
Is part of that because the government is taking money from them, or is it all due to decreased revenues and increased regular costs?
And was nearly 100% predictable and instantaneous, even in less than optimal conditions, unlike most modern replacements.
Yes, exactly right.
Would anyone be genuinely surprised if he turned out to be the only client requesting little boys?
If people dumb enough to take that advice really do their own research, it should work out pretty nicely for the rest of us. The vast majority of them won't survive their own stupidity, swimming in sewage and popping hydroxychloroquine pills for life-threatening conditions.
I wouldn't say particular care was needed to see the blatantly apparent.
A two-thirds majority in the Senate also allows removing SCOTUS justices through impeachment.
We could also put a solid supermajority in Congress by choosing good candidates, dispensing with the useless ancients, and getting the tens of millions of sleeping voters to vote. A supermajority defeats the president's veto, and a two-thirds majority in the Senate can remove him from office.
If I'm understanding you correctly, we agree: the Democrats aren't going to do any of the things listed in the original post, because a Republican minority can and will block them with filibusters, unless some Democrats break ranks, removing the need for filibustering.
The EU has no such authority over private companies. The agreement said EU companies "are expected" to make investments of that size. But you can also "expect" Santa Claus to bring you presents. The US negotiators aren't stupid; this is why they set the goal for 2028, at the end of his term.
You forgot about failing to remove the filibuster option and just whining about getting blocked by the Republicans until losing their majority in Congress again.
Filibusters can be blocked with a simple majority. You know, the way the Republicans did in 2017 to confirm Trump's SCOTUS appointment. That's exactly the kind of thing Democrats won't do, instead writing strongly worded letters to the no one who cares.
The immune system needs rest. It's the opposite of muscles that need exercise. Just lie down and rest.
I'm not sure how much clearer he could've been about it. This is just the way he communicates: when he says he doesn't know, he does. When he claims to know everything, he knows nothing. When he's going to do something horrible, he doesn't say he won't and sometimes admits he will.
He said repeatedly he didn't know about the plan, which was probably true, considering he doesn't read or understand. I don't think he ever said he wouldn't implement the plan.
Not that it makes any practical difference, with a Republican majority there.
Exactly. I don't know why it's so hard for many people to grasp. Maybe they can't read.
They could impeach with a simple majority in the House, but it takes a two-thirds majority in the Senate to convict. Without it, he'll just be acquitted, which he'd declare his complete vindication and proof of a witch-hunt by lying, flailing Democrats.
What would impeaching them accomplish, when the Republicans clearly aren't going to convict them? Another acquittal would just have them declaring total vindication and witch-hunt.
He may try to declare martial law, and based on what he heard from Zelenskyy, he might think he could postpone elections indefinitely. But that isn't how martial law works in the US. It won't give him that power.
Or you just jinxed it.
So, nuking them from orbit might no longer be the only way to be sure.
That's what happens when the most powerful people on the planet, American voters, either choose to put all that power in the hands of this administration, or leave the choice for other voters to make.
It'd take a two-thirds majority in the Senate to convict. Impeaching is easy with a simple majority in the House, but an acquittal would just lead to him declaring himself fully vindicated and the charges a desperate hoax and witch hunt by flailing Democrats who knew they had nothing.
It only takes a simple majority in the House to impeach but a two-thirds majority in the Senate to convict. It would only benefit Trump to get to declare another victory that "vindicates him fully" and proves Democrats have no clue how to play the game, except to lose.
That could backfire fast and hard, when people woke up to the reality they don't get paid one cent for the days they're on strike, except for limited cases where a union's strike fund or state-level unemployment benefit might compensate some part of the loss.
Impeachment accomplishes nothing positive without a two-thirds majority in the Senate to convict. An acquittal would just be declared as another "vindication" of what they're doing.
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That sounds really interesting. I wonder if anything ever came out of this Linux concept. 😇
He might have been thinking about "three for the price of one" types of offers, insisting to his sycophants it can exceed 100%. He'd be measuring an increase in the amount of product per price instead of a reduction in unit price.
The Republicans eliminated the filibuster for confirming SCOTUS appointments in 2017: www.politicopro.com/blog/supreme...
He might have thought about "three for the price of one" type of deals. If he told his sycophants it's more than 100%, they could've settled on talking about an increase in the amount of product per price, rather than a reduction in unit price.
That would be the point.
Who would've thought having justices appointed by a simple majority between the political parties for which they're supposed to enforce boundaries could be a bad idea.
It would fit his childish thinking perfectly.
This was in the Project 2025 plan. I'd expect everything else in it will be attempted.
Do you genuinely believe when the police discover an undetonated wartime explosive, for example, they are forbidden from requesting the military to dispose of it? This is the simplest example I can think of.
No. You are trying to confuse the distinction between national defence forces and internal law enforcement. The first is under the authority of the defence ministry and the second under the ministry of the interior (together with the regular police). They are separate, not the same.
Not a problem as long as you're one of the sharper bulbs