All_Pro_Bills

The reality Democrats cannot seem to grasp is the messages from Peppermint Patty, Pete, and other figures do not resonate well with the voters. An afflication referred to as tone deaf. They've spent the past couple decades pandering to social justice and virtue signalling while ignoring real issues of substance. All that social justice bullsheet doesn't matter when economic turbulence hits. It only plays well when times are good and there's not much else to worry about. As such the core of their agenda has no relevance or meaning relative to life's real issues. Like how to feed and shelter a family? As they've proven to be completely tone deaf and unwilling to directly address the fundamentals, perhaps they can costume up (assuming its allowed per cultural appropriation guidelines) one of their TickTok "influencers" as Marie Antoinette and suggest to the peasants and serfs that Chipolte being pricey to "let them eat Burger King and don't forget to use a coupon" is the way to go!

I'm expecting by 2024 what Trump does or says or doesn't do or say is going to be pretty far down on the list of things to worry about.

Bills up 45-0 in SB 62 with 20 seconds left in the game the world ends!

The left is dangerous but very stupid. Their unrelenting support of substandard and unaccountable government led by weak and malicious leaders is testament to their lack of mental skills.

At the time, Zelensky stated that Trump placed no condition of digging up dirt in exchange for aid. But back then nobody showed much interest in what he had to say. Contrast that with all the interest in his virtual address to Congress scheduled for tomorrow. Carlson is not a traitor. The criteria for that is well established. The entire accusation fails the legal test as there's no formal declaration of war with Russia. Period. Don't like what he has to say? I'd refer you to the 1st Amendment. Carlson is a consistent critic of the administration and the Democrats in general. That's pretty much the role he plays. A lot of people don't like that. So they call him a traitor which is a lot easier than actually debating and critiquing the points he's making about the Biden administration's handling of the conflict and ongoing humanitarian crisis. My take of the situation is that clearly knowing what Russia considered its strategic interests, the U.S., NATO, and other governments made all kinds of overtures to Ukraine, sent lots of weapons, provided lots of assurances, talked a good game, and when the crap hit the fan, they are split and hung them out to dry leaving them at the mercy of Putin and the Russian military.

I have a couple theories but it seems pretty clear there's a lot more going on than the fate of Ukraine. From China's perspective they probably see Russia as a proxy probing Western responses and actions to aggression. I think the sanctions, asset freezing, and seizure actions have got them concerned. Concerned enough to take action and join this conflict? Doubtful. But concerned enough to poke around and feel things out. I don't see any immediate move against Taiwan. They'd need to pull off a complex amphibious and air attack without having any combat experience at that task. From Taiwan's perspective the idea would be to sink all their troop carriers in the Straits before they come ashore. With U.S. support China's move could be a military disaster and a source of embarrassment for a regime which treasures the projection of control and competence. Interestingly, though is China suddenly engaging in on again, off again high level discussions with the Saudi's over oil payments in Yuan. Saudi leadership appears to be unhappy with the Biden administration especially regarding its stance on Iran. A move to change the payment process for oil would put a major hurt on the Petrodollar system and anyone familiar with that payment system understand the implications. Something that might be scaring China is the term I saw thrown around regarding sanctions and weaponizing the U.S. dollar and that is "un-hedgeable confiscation risks". So I expect China's main purpose now is to erode U.S. financial control and dominance rather than taking any actions to engage in military confrontations.

Well, I can't say with 100% certainty who is lying and who isn't because I have no access to intelligence and security information and data. And I suspect neither do you. So how do you know for certain who is telling the truth? It ultimately comes down to what you believe and not what you know. That's my point here. Other than I evaluate the validity of anything and everything said by all the players in this conflict with skepticism.

China has called the US accusations baseless and stated "Some forces have kept smearing China on the Ukraine issue… and fabricated all sorts of disinformation". So somebody is lying.

The test is not flawed. And the assumption is the objective is to detest active infections. The virus lives and is active in the host for 5 to 7 days. A true positive test would have to be performed in that 7 day window. But the PCR test identifies the existence of viral material in the sample nasal swab and it can be active or inactive. The test does not differentiate. But the sensitivity, or amplification rate, of the test can be altered either lower or higher to produce less or more positives. Setting the amplification rate of the test sample higher produces positives for viral DNA that can be fragments or dead viral material that is present but does not represent an active infection. This "flaw" was and is known by everyone familiar with the PCR test. So scientists or officials intentionally setting and insisting on the high amplification rate knew what they're doing and to me that implies intent. The government didn't follow the science. They ignored it. I've read articles that suggest up to 70% false positives. Many viral experts have brought this issue up during the course of the pandemic but of course they got shot down or were silenced. So these admissions of ignorance and hindsight now reek of CYA.

It should be pointed out, foreign despots and regimes that our government has traditionally provided protection to as long as they go along with Washington's rules.

Can't citizens of California steal up to $950 worth of stuff and not get charged with a crime? Or am I just thinking of San Francisco? Because put into practice that could translate to free gas and groceries! PS: I'll be lobbying my state government to adopt this inflation fighting innovation!

Before we commit the existence of human civilization to this idea, which I see as a fantasy, why don't these dreamers build out a demonstration project of a community of 100,000 inhabitants running solely on green energy and show us all how its going to work economically and effectively? Without using oil or gas or conventional resources to build or run it. Hint: they know it won't.

So what does censoring views from Nobel Prize winners and recognized experts on virology and COVID have to do with Putin?

Let's be honest here. They just censor and block ideas and information they don't like. Propaganda, hate speech, and misinformation they agree with gets posted.

No argument from me. I'm just pointing out the position Russia took in the negotiations with the U.S. delegation.

I don't know about the radical left here, but my contention is the U.S. government is no more or less reliable than the Russian government when it comes to telling the truth and both are elaborate and sophisticated sources of propaganda developed and perfected during the Cold War era. Since almost everything they report on and say is unverifiable, unless you've got firsthand observations or information from being on the ground over there, how can anyone know for sure if they're telling the truth or just making it up? It's a matter of trusting the source. And I trust neither. Nor do I trust the mouthpiece networks that just parrot the story and ask no critical or probing questions. I base my assessment on a record of mis-information and bullsheet. For example, I'm still waiting for those WMD's to show up. That doesn't make me an enemy sympathizer. It makes me a concerned and engaged citizen that demands truth and accountability from the government. Neither of which they care to provide.

Suggesting Carlson is pimping for Russia is like saying a Bills fan that admits Belichick is a good coach is rooting for the Patriots.

Has anybody heard from Dr. Anthony "the science" Fauci? He seems to have quietly disappeared from public appearances since the war in Ukraine ended the COVID pandemic.

The thing about the original Flat Earth belief is that it was the prevailing mainstream narrative at the time. So when I see it invoked to discredit and address some potential alternative explanation or view I find it a bit comical. Defended by kings, the clergy, and governments that held to the theory. Thinkers and dissidents expressing forbidden views, being censored and persecuted for expressing the view that the Earth was a sphere and was not the center of the solar system or the universe. Astronomical observations and calculations proved it. The science of the day. But the authorities would have none of that. Regardless of the truth questioning and challenging their authority could not be tolerated. At the risk of severe penalties up to and including death. You got to have a lot of conviction in your belief to go to that extreme. The Earth was flat so it was proclaimed. Until we say otherwise. We should all think of that when processing the official story in the here and now.

Nuland knows everything about what is going on in Ukraine being the architect of the Maiden Protests and overthrow of the Yanukovish government which set all these events in motion during the Obama administration. My guess is she intentionally "slipped up" in Senate testimony and admitted to the bio labs to front-run the story. She's too smart to reveal something without any important purpose.

They're going to have to dig a little deeper because the dominant religion in both countries is Christian Orthodox. Ukrainian and Russian respectively.

Perhaps you're "missing" my attempt at sarcasm and maybe you need the save space? Which is a concept I will never understand. But my point was you've got to be incapable of logical thinking to believe anything this administration proposes will be achievable and realistic because they have demonstrated no capability to do anything. That's why they need a population of idiots that will easily be fooled. Is there anyone that really thinks life under Biden is all of a sudden going to turn positive?

Graham never saw a war he didn't like. He's a member of the Washington uni-party neocon/neoliberal war council. There people are dangerous. If they had their way we'd all be fighting and dying in trenches and foxholes across the planet. Funny the war hawks are usually the stay way back from the front lines with the women and children kind of characters while the people opposing getting involved in every conflict are soldiers and combat veterans that have seen action, lost friends and fellow soldiers, and don't take getting involved in every dust up and fight lightly.

And... one of the first things new President Biden did was issue an executive order called "Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis" which killed Keystone XL while also freezing new drilling leases. Sure the industry has lots of leased land as Jen points out in WH press conferences while failing to mention you also need drilling permits. Activists lobbied investment and private equity firms, Wall Street Banks, state and private pension funds, and other large investment pools of money to sell, stop, and starve the domestic oil industry of capital. This effectively eliminated the shale drillers from capital markets. The big players cut capital spending budgets. Add to this the Green New Deal and the message delivered to the industry that we're not going to need you much longer. So who in their right mind commits billions to exploration and drilling in that kind of environment combined with efforts to starve the industry of capital?

A chronic and obsessive struggle with TDS.