WhitewalkerInPhilly

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Reducing the costs in government services is one thing. Handing over schools to someone who makes personal profit by making them fail is a bad idea. Betsy DeVos, along with being wildly incompetent at her job, her personal ownership in charter school and online learning. While this is not a bad thing HOLT **** is it a conflict of interest, and one that she has been exploiting. The EPA is designed to make sure that we aren't poisoning ourselves for a quick buck. Scott Pruitt committed so many ethics violations that I honestly would need a thread to list them all. And now we have approval for new uses of asbestos in commercial products...you know, the thing that causes rampant cancer? Conservativism is not malfeasance, though I think of it as a seesaw of usage. The Trump administration just couldn't be more corrupt and cartoonishly greedy if they tried. A coup? I somehow missed how an investigation (with a very broad scope in its charter) which has yielded huge numbers of felony convictions for fraud is a coup. Unless, of course, the coup target is one giant anthropomorphized fraud. Wait...this explains so much!!!

Source? I mean, I don't doubt it, but I would love to see a quote.

They're on Fox nationally! I get to watch the game.

No, no. It was his *lawyer* who plead guility to the campaign finance law AND paid off the women Trump had extramarital affairs with. It was Manafort who was guilty of bank fraud in the Ukraine...you know, the country invaded by Russia. From these responses, I am drawing a number of things. One, a hatred of Hillary so strong, that people are willing to make up wild ass nonsense. "BUT SHE IS MORE CORRUPT, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU THINK THE PERSON WHO HAS VISIBILY PROMOTED CRONIES WHO VISIBLY PROFIT FROM DISMANTLING THE SERVICES THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT IS LESS CORRUPT THAN HILLARY." I don't like her either, but Jesus people, if you can't spot how dangerously corrupt this administration is, I have a bridge to sell you, and all it takes is your Social Security number, mother's maiden name, credit card numbers and bank account information. Also...really guys. We are talking about a man who, even before he was elected, had a track record of screwing over small businesses by quoting them one number for work, and then refusing to pay it. A man who made up random ass, unsubstantiated non-sense with the birther movement and beat that horse until it became IKEA meatballs, and who only years later begrudgingly admitted that it wasn't true. A man who claimed that he saw Muslims celebrating 9/11, had that proven to be untrue, and yet he doubled down on it. A man who has committed extramarital affairs and paid hush money about it. A man who sets records at Politifact for untrue statements. But no...I'm the untruthful one.

I'm sorry...did I vividly hallucinate Trump himself saying that Don Jr. met with Russian intelligence in Trump tower, and that he knew about it but the information "wasn't good" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/msn/giuliani-trump-tower-meeting-was-originally-for-the-purpose-of-getting-information-about-clinton/ar-BBM7LgG If you want to say that it didn't have an effect, and that Trump would have won anyway...fine. But come on, how much more evidence do you need that Trump is a lying con? He lied repeatedly about what the Russia meeting was about, his campaign manager has been convicted of bank and election fraud and his personal lawyer paid off prostitutes.

I wish that I could do it at home more, because I legitimately love making gameday feasts. I've gotten pretty darn good an oven roasted wings (similar crunch, less oil and mess), ribs and nachos. Sadly, I'm in the Philly area and compete with my wife with game time, so the Bills game is rarely on. There is a wonderful group of Bills Backers in Philly. Sadly, Tavern on Broad really didn't live up to the last place (I am blanking on the name) and were kind of jerks. I have heard good things about the new watering hole Tir Na Nog.

Sorry...aren't we missing the part where Russia...helps Trump...and he is their toady? I think instead the vodka is mixed with lemonade powder. It's called "Trump drizzle juice"

Does anyone have clips of Greggo losing it when Allen throws the TD? I don't have HBO and playing against the Bills will be my only interest in this season.

Oh, they're not. They just have no problems with supporting someone who is incredibly racist, and who empowers people who are incredibly racist. I mean, I could also have mentioned women having agency in their own medical choices as something that terrifies Trump supporters, but that is harder to visualize. Name calling? It's their names. One of the groups in attendance was literally the National Socialist Movement. This is what they call themselves. After that, it's all correlation. I'm just saying: presence of white nationalists, Klansmen and Nazis: 3 dead and multiple injured College kids committing institutional vandalism (for which they should be punished): zero dead, zero injured Just saying, maybe it's the Nazis who are bad people. Crazy idea, I know.

Yes. There weren't any Nazis there. And no one got hurt. Excellent reading comprehension. *slow clap* Good boy. Do you know where there were, gathered about a statue? Riiiiigght. 3 dead, mass violence

That wouldn't be nice. How would you like it if you saw something that terrified the MAGA crows showing up to their rallies! Can you imagine them holding back their terror from something as anathema to them as this?

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/21/640435962/after-a-year-of-rising-tensions-protesters-tear-down-confederate-statue-on-unc-c Protesters Tear Down Confederate Statue On UNC Campus I figured I'd beat ya'll to the punch on this one. The protestors deserve whatever punishment comes to them. That a professor was around means that he should be fired. He simply can't condone this. That said, I'm just noting that no one gets hurt when Nazi's aren't there. Just saying.

And there was much rejoicing.

I wouldn't set anything in stone, but at this point, I would assume so. We've seen some spark from him, and although 6th rounders are often expendable, it appears that he would be worth the gamble. I also don't trust that he wouldn't be picked off the practice squad.

I know. As much as I loved Tyrod's runs, it's huge to he steady in the pocket when you know a hit is coming.

Agreed. I don't want to rush him, but he is honestly much further ahead where I thought he would be.

To be fully honest, I was not happy with the Allen pick on draft night. But I just got done watching his snaps, and it looks like all my concerns were addressed. Accuracy issues? 9 of 13. Even more important, there was only one head stretching throw that I saw. (The first pass). The others were drops, quick shots to avoid a sack or throwing it up in the red zone in a spot where only his receiver had a shot. Footwork? That TD pass was a thing of beauty. Not ready for an NFL defense? He took his time, kept his eyes downfield. Yes, there were rookie mistakes and all the caveats of preseason apply, but he definitely earned time with the 1s.

Just as a note Baldy is very well regarded in the Philly area. His review of Allen is overall positive with enough critique to not be Pollyanna

At this point, I am pretty sure you are right. As much as I might wish it, I think they are pointedly not having him start week 1. After the first preseason game, I am ok with that plan. He clearly has a lot of potential, but he has a lot to learn.

I can fully agree with you on the bolded part. I don't exactly agree with the animus behind a lot of it, but there are legitimate national security concerns with open borders. At the very least, you need monitoring and review. I personally think that a more fluid response force makes sense, with a lot of coordination with military intelligence and other intelligence services. It' would also help with smuggling and trafficking through sea ports as well. The saying I heard was "the easiest way to smuggle a WMD into the country is in a bag of weed". I honestly think we can have better, more effective national security using those methods rather than a static enplacement. As to the other part...I concede you may have a point. I think that you can shame each side into doing the right thing, but the Democratic leadership is so laughably inept that I could not bear to stay with them. They might turn down a deal that gives them half of what they want if they thought they couldn't have repercussions. I am all for draining the swamp and I hoped that the term limits promise would actually yield something. But all I've seen is things get swampier.

OK, there's a lot to unpack. I will deal with boyst's rambling in a second. First, to the bolded point: ok, that's fair, but that's why I specified anti-trafficking as a pure crime bill. There are trafficked people who wind up all over the country, and who enter from all points. And that's not even talking about the financial aspects of the crime. If you keep it away from immigration, the Dems in either house lose their talking point. If the White House can't wrangle the Republicans with a law and order bill...well, then they really are impotent.they have egg on their face. Also, that was more of a retort about how somehow, business manages to occur in the Senate. The crux of my argument is that if you can get something through the House and the Dems stonewall a "help the oppressed undocumented immigrants" bill, Here is what I saw about the Senate propose compromise bill. https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/politics/dreamers-bill-immigration-graham-durbin-congress/index.html So, not perfect, but Wall money (I still contend that it's a stupid AF idea), a permanent DACA fix, no visa lottery and cuts on chain migration. As to whether it would pass the House...well, that's another problem, but at least it would have been something. So, I'm not actually hearing a critique of my proposal, as much as "I hate Obama RAH RAH RAH. I don't understand the word "authoritarian, because brokering people into unpopular political choices is just about the opposite of that" Don't get run over on your way out.

Well, that's funny. I could have sworn that a Supreme Court justice and multiple cabinet positions were appointed. I seem to recall a compromise bill that was ready to be passed that would have fixed DACA and funded the wall...but there was something about "shithole countries" and Trump killed it. When Lindsey Graham has moral high ground, hoo boy... I have no idea what this subpoena is about, but if you are talking about investigation files, they had enough for the Nunez memo...and much much more, which of course Nunez redacted to the point of uselessness. But ok, let's assume for a hot second that yes, the Democrats will simply oppose everything that Trump proposes on principle. So let them do it. Pass a clean bill with zero immigration ties in the House, focusing solely on dismantling human trafficking. Give resources to go after the white collar criminals and money launderers and "legitimate" business fronts, and breaking up organized crime. Make it about the plight of the enslaved persons, many of whom are children. Drop it into the Senate. If Democrats oppose it on principle, you have a rallying cry for the midterms. "Look at these Obstructionists! We tried to help the people they swore to help, and they slapped us in the face on spite". The Blue Wave never happens. Republicans set the legislative agenda for at least two more years. Tell me why that's a bad idea.

DC Tom pulled it up. You know I have to hand it to you. A ten percent bump is definitely something, and Trump does deserve credit for that. I just don't get why, if it is such an issue, why they aren't doing more? Republicans have the House, and can you imagine the blowback if Democrats voted down a clean anti-trafficking bill.It's handled by the DOJ, not ICE. It's not immigration law, and ? it happens all over the country so it's not just a Southern border issue. They would have zero leverage or talking points, especially with the midterms coming up.

Great, a statement. That and $50 will get you a full tank of gas. Where is the data that says that the cheerleading does jack squat?