All_Pro_Bills

If indeed 80 police officers were injured that day then somebody needs to be held accountable for failing to send in reinforcements while hanging the officers on duty out to dry in the face of 100K protesters. That's something nobody is in any hurry to explain. If I put my skeptic hat on I'd conclude not sending in more forces to restore order looks like somebody in charge wanted it to happen the way it did. I think its called "false flag". Look no further than the Speaker's office where the House Sargent at Arms and other security officials report. But who is asking those questions? Certainly not the Committee or our free and fair press. Even the Republican establishment won't touch it. The other thing is its not that event was "different" from 2020 events but rather what's different is the application of the law. The message I get is political crimes against the establishment, the government, and the ruling party will not be tolerated and will be punished to the fullest extent possible. Whatever you want to call it the simple fact is almost every offense committed and pursued against individuals is misdemeanor trespassing or some other minor violations of the law. You can't keep calling something an insurrection without insurrectionist. There are no indictments or warrants outstanding on that charge. So its just word-speak. But perpetrators that commit economic crimes and crimes in 2020 against private citizens and private property or crimes in support of the establishment's political and social agenda will be ignored and in many places government agents and actors care more about the felon than their victim. No society that arbitrarily enforces the rule of law based on political and ideological interests can be considered "free". And as far as democracy in this situation its an illusion. Justice and the law cannot be conditional. Conditional on the whims of leaders and political activism. It must be absolute and it must be fair. What supporters here of the establishment and the party in power fail to comprehend is government control changes. Control of Congress is likely to change with the mid-terms in November. And when the other guy takes charge don't piss and moan when people you support get run through the rigger. When committee chairs and majorities shift we're soon have lots of hearings calling into question all kinds of things and people. Its how you want it.

And the word "progress" defined as moving in the direction of a better or improved condition takes offense at being associated with any of this.

Yes, political prisoners rotting in maximum security jail deprived of due process over simple misdemeanor charges. Your a great humanitarian and supporter of democracy. And I could care less what the FBI does or doesn't do with any of these groups. And I sure don't think the event warrants all the drama and intrigue of Committee hearings as almost everybody in the country has moved on from it all and could care less about what happened 16 months ago. I'm more worried about gassing up my car and feeding the family than I am about some dumb one-sided hearings about trespassing that politicians are looking to drum up hysteria in hopes of not getting vaporized in the mid-terms. Sadly, those people "rotting in jail" likely care more about this country than the scumbags on that committee.

If your definition of "storming" is the majority of protesters entering the building, walking in the front door after being invited in, wandering around the Rotunda, taking selfies, and then leaving, sure. How about attacking and firebombing the Federal Court building in Portland for 2 months every night. Given how plainly more extreme that was shouldn't that be insurrection and under investigation too?

My assessment is I highly doubt any society or civilization left on its own that is committed to this ideology would survive. I expect a subset of a society could exist inside a larger group only because their existence is subsidized and supported by the majority that is acting "rationally" and providing them with the necessary structure, social order, and goods and services for survival. Which allows them time and resources to play around with all kinds of assorted delusions. My guess is people committed to this ideology never had a "real" job and all this gobble goop is the purview of the intellectual class.

This promises to be the Summer's smash hit made-for-TV mini series. I can't wait to see the final episode where the attackers meeting only token resistance from ill-prepared government forces in their quest to take over the seat of government power, rather than destroy and burn down the Capitol, suddenly decide without explanation to stop their assault, leave the building without accomplishing their mission, without getting arrested or detained, and then left to return home waiting to be arrested and charged with trespassing weeks later. And not a single person arrested pulled a weapon, offered any resistance, or fired a shot at the arresting officers. Yes, the world's first and perhaps only peaceful "insurrection".

What I think is these gender studies professionals are very smart people. Because they've managed to take something that is completely useless and make it into a "product" of no value they can actually make a decent living by producing through the creation of an entire "curriculum". The gender identification racket. Because what's happening in my brain when I see a dude in a dress with a set of balls is I think this guy is not a lady.

For starters, William J. Walker Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. The person responsible for Capitol Security and the head of the office where calls for additional security were placed to that day. And either denied or not responded to. Why in the face of an obvious demonstration and known potential for violence was a "standard" officer detail deployed that day. And since the Sergent at Arms reports to the Speaker what was Nancy's role, if any, in withholding additional forces?

I'm assuming the committee will only call witnesses that have opinions and experiences that are friendly to their case. Do you think they're going to call and interview and question the people that opened the Capitol doors and invited in the protesters?

Assumption of bias? I'd say its a demonstrated fact. The most telling aspect of that is through the entire committee proceedings and hearings not a single witness has been called or has been allowed to testify that would dispute the "governments" (e.g. the committees) case. Add to that the majority chair deciding to veto the minority appointment choices. Which violates the charter defining and governing the committee's existence and all House rules of order in handling committee business and appointments. If the judicial system operating in this manner a defendant would not be allowed to call witnesses and their attorney would be chosen by the prosecutor. So we're going to hear a one-sided fictional account of the day along with some sobbing about "threats to democracy" and maybe a few PTSD stories thrown in by select Capitol Police coached up for the made-for-TV melodrama.

That's an interesting perspective because I don't consider Liz Chaney to be a conservative at all. Although I use the terms liberal and conservative very loosely in my posts I've come to modify my political views and perspectives. I'm thinking of stopping that practice. Because Liz Chaney doesn't represent the interests or views of American conservatives any better than a guy like Mitch McConnell does or for that matter any more than people like Nancy Pelosi or Chuck Schummer represent the interests or views of American liberals. Because there are two Americas. America the country and America the empire. We elect people to the House, the Senate, and the White House to represent the interests of the country. But they don't represent our interests, mostly they represent the interests of the rich and powerful that comprise and support the worldwide network of "American" interests. Many of these people they support are not even US citizens like the WEF crowd. The political elites, the powerful corporations and individuals around the world and their support systems. Trump was despised for many reasons but the major one is the fact he naively represented the interests of America the country (how dare he suggest "America First") and subordinated the interests of the Empire. That could not be tolerated. When a guy like Rand Paul gets criticized for questioning $40B in aid to Ukraine and gets called isolationist or "pro-Putin" what they really mean is he's questioning the objectives of the Empire. Because war is the empire's area of expertise. And everybody is expected to comply and automatically vote "yes". The Bushes, Chaney's, Clinton's, Biden's, McConnells, Pelosi's of the world all belong to the same club. They rarely engage in personal hostilities or conflicts among themselves. They serve the interests of the empire and the wealthy and powerful across the world not America the country. And while we go to the polls every two or four years to elect them they relegate our interests to second class status. Which brings me back to the 1/6 committee. Its just a ruse and an arbitrary punishment vehicle for anyone daring to support America the country. The real traitors are the people holding court here. They care way more about the billionaires and political elite running outfits like the World Economic Forum than they do your or I regardless of what political and social beliefs we hold. And while we all don't agree on much here we're all in the same boat here as these deceivers are out to screw us all.

Biden's EPA finalizes ethanol, biodiesel blending requirements, requiring largest amount on record https://www.yahoo.com/video/bidens-epa-finalizes-ethanol-biodiesel-221516147.html Problem is more ethanol means more corn diverted from food products which means higher food prices. Its a pick your poison choice.

Ask the Speaker of the House. Capitol security reports into the Speaker's office. I'm sure Nancy will be forthcoming and agreeable in answering all questions about why requests from Capitol Polce on duty that day for additional security were refused and ignored.

Putin's objecitve, and Xi's too, is to end the uni-polar world order where Washington gives the orders and everybody else follows the rules. Or else! Now I'm not complaining about the current system because as citizens of the Empire we derive enormous benefits from the arrangement. But that's how the world currently operates.

Did you know the National Institute of Health has analyzed the data and discovered the suicide rate of people with dirt on the Clinton's is 60 times higher than the national average?

Tonight Biden reveals the identity of the person authoring and approving the teleprompter scripts he reads which is the actual person running the US government's executive branch.

So what are you saying? This is what you said and I quote "as if there is some excuse besides easy access to murder weapons". What I'm hearing from that is nothing in particular about the disposition of the killer or their mental state, or life experiences are of any importance. Did I get it wrong? And if so can you explain your intent? My problem with that theory is that almost everyone has "easy access to murder weapons". You and I and probably everyone else on this board has easy access to weapons. But I expect nobody here is disposed to act in that manner. So while access to weapons is certainly one factor, the root cause is something other than access to weapons. And it sits between the ears of these maladjusted young men.

So you propose that happy, well adjusted young men are prone to shooting sprees because they have access to "murder weapons"? That's quite a theory.

It sounds like you did some rational and sound planning so you seem to be in relatively good shape. The majority of Americans don't have an emergency fund or financial plan that can cover an unexpected $500 expense.

I would add to this, the credit rating agencies knowingly attaching "A" ratings to mortgage bundles they knew were garbage. Which allowed Wall Street to peddle these investments as "safe" to both funds and individual investors. On top of it all for one reason or another, firms like AIG which provided insurance against loss on these bundles didn't have the "reserves" and capital on their books to pay off when lenders came calling. All in all a classic example of systemic fraud generated by a delusional policy to expand home ownership to unqualified buyers.

So you propose a war on mental illness? Because any way you look at it, somebody has got to be out of their mind to go into a school and kill a bunch of kids.

Fuel cells have been around for a few decades and several companies have been tinkering around with the technology with some niche products. The concept itself was demonstrated in the 1800's. Combine hydrogen and oxygen and you get combustion and water as output. Fuel cells can be very efficient which provides a solution to many needs. But unless you have a lot of "free" hydrogen floating around and available the problem is the energy to produce hydrogen is most often greater than the amount of energy the recombination of hydrogen and oxygen produce. And most of the current hydrogen production processes depend on other energy inputs to produce the gas. Its the financial equivalent of spending a dollar to earn 80 cents. I just can't imagine the technology scaling up to the necessary level unless the idea of using nuclear fission or fusion reactors to produce the gas could be scaled up. Or some yet to be discovered technology.

The problem is they're not very good at math or understanding the realities of the physical world. The fossil fuel era provided a one-time big boost to human existence and population facilitated by a high density energy source. A one-time endowment of nature. Everything around us is based on it. And social and economic progress over time have been built upon the ability to harness more and more efficient and higher output levels of energy. Human workers, animals, wind, water, burning wood, steam, petroleum. Renewables are a step backward unless you want to take a leap of faith in the all-mighty God of technology to come up with something more efficient. Where's the details of the plan? Just lots of high level horseshit. It would take close to 12 Billion standard solar panels to replace one day of US gasoline consumption. A conversion factor being 29 panels per gallon of gas, 44 gallons per barrel, 9.4 million barrels per day. Placed end to end about 8 million miles long (4x2 panels). Where's all the material, physical space, and construction for all that coming from? that's just one application. And only domestic consumption. We need a real plan produced by electrical & civil engineers and other professions, One that will work. Not pronouncements from political idiots.

My problem with Joe's team isn't so much they've caused all these problems but that they seem committed to making everything worse. You've got an Energy secretary that doesn't know anything about energy, a Commerce secretary that doesn't know anything about commerce, a Transportation secretary that doesn't know anything about transportation, an Agriculture secretary that doesn't know anything about farming. When Joe's first act was to kill Keystone I immediately started building investment positions in energy funds and ETF's. Given that and other moves designed to intentionally destroy the domestic energy sector it was an easy and almost 100% guaranteed investment decision.

Well thought out exchange of views, but I'll ask the same question I do anytime I see anyone quoting the validity of the Mueller investigation. Given the zeal of the anti-Trump camp to nail him for the smallest of infractions like j-walking, why hasn't anyone been indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced for any crime or campaign violation if the investigation produced evidence of illegal activities such as conspiring with a foreign entity against the government? How can something that goes on for over a year and spends millions of dollars on legal fees and lawyers and interviews that produced tons of evidence just get a readout and then gets dropped? My read of the summary was Mueller's conclusion that they might be innocent but we can't prove it. A conclusion that defies the basic premise of the entire legal system. A presumption of innocence and the need to prove guilt, not disprove it.