Random Political Thoughts Inc.

[Doc]

On 5/2/2025 at 12:06 PM, Orlando Buffalo said:

Democratic Senator Tim Kaine announced on the floor of the Senate that:

 

“The United States didn’t inherit slavery from anybody. We created it.”

 

A stunningly stupid statement.

[reddogblitz]

42 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

 

 

I think he’s genuinely insane 

 

This has been going on for a long time.  I remember being in Vancouver, BC on bidness about 15 years ago and had to pass 2 or 3 on location movies sets between my hotel and the office.  I was told they get good tax incentives for shooting there so they do.

[B-Man]

 

 

Could be very serious news.

 

 

[Roundybout]

11 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Could be very serious news.

 

 

Seems bad 

[JDHillFan]

The “classic American breakfast plate” now features french fries. Which out of touch dufus ok’d this pic? Is Redhawk now working for The Atlantic? 

[Roundybout]

43 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:

The “classic American breakfast plate” now features french fries. Which out of touch dufus ok’d this pic? Is Redhawk now working for The Atlantic? 

Notice the empty whisky glass? Looks accurate to me.

[JDHillFan]

14 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

Notice the empty whisky glass? Looks accurate to me.

If that is Redhawk’s breakfast I would agree with your assessment. 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

On 5/4/2025 at 7:52 PM, Doc said:

 

A stunningly stupid statement.

Well, not really.  He's a rather bright guy.  The rest of the story from 5 years ago (You guys really dig for this marginal stories.  He's not a threat.  He had to be persuaded to run again).

 

 

“The first African Americans sent into the English colonies came to Point Comfort in 1619. They were slaves, they had been captured against their will, but they landed in colonies that didn’t have slavery — there were no laws about slavery in the colonies at that time,” Kaine explained. “The United States didn’t inherit slavery from anybody. We created it. It got created by the Virginia General Assembly and the legislatures of other states. It got created by the court systems in colonial America that enforced fugitive slave laws.”

In a statement to National Review, Kaine attempted to clarify his remarks — which were much longer than the prepared speech released by his office.

“There was no law mandating slavery on our shores when African slaves came ashore in 1619. Did slavery already exist in the world? Of course. But not in the laws of colonial America at the time,” Kaine explained. “We could have been a nation completely without the institution. But colonial legislatures and courts, and eventually the U.S. legal system, created the institution on our shores and maintained slavery until the 13th Amendment. As I said, we didn’t inherit it. We chose to create it.”

 

[Roundybout]

 

 

 

This is EXACTLY what Michelle Obama was crucified for. Why?

[B-Man]

 

 

 

 

 

[thenorthremembers]

On 5/8/2025 at 9:38 AM, Roundybout said:

 

 

 

This is EXACTLY what Michelle Obama was crucified for. Why?

 

Nobody, regardless of political affiliation, should be taken to task for this.  The food they serve in public schools is a plague on American youth.  

[Roundybout]

47 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said:

 

Nobody, regardless of political affiliation, should be taken to task for this.  The food they serve in public schools is a plague on American youth.  

Certainly, but I recall Michelle Obama was absolutely eviscerated by republicans for this same plan. You can’t have it both ways. 

[thenorthremembers]

2 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

Certainly, but I recall Michelle Obama was absolutely eviscerated by republicans for this same plan. You can’t have it both ways. 

 

I completely agree.  I dont condone that blowback at all.  Its a pretty common-sense thing I think everyone can agree upon. 

[K D]

9 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

Certainly, but I recall Michelle Obama was absolutely eviscerated by republicans for this same plan. You can’t have it both ways. 

And we all agree healthy food is important so no you can't use your food stamps on soda and junk food. Can't have it both ways. Free or reduced price HEALTHY food for all students is something I can get behind. Growing up my wife didn't know if she would have food at home but luckily she had food at school except it was all crap. But it beats eating cereal for dinner at home.

[B-Man]

 

 

OH, I'M SO OFFENDED !

 

 

 

New window at the Vatican

            

 

 

       

 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

Perhaps this is why he hasn't ended either of the wars he promised to...

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-has-skipped-out-on-all-but-12-of-his-daily-intelligence-briefings/ar-AA1EvC6C

[Albwan]

Meanwhile, outside of the stupid racist and nazi distractions, a real grown up adult problem.

 

Congress needs to address debt ceiling before its August recess to prevent default, Treasury secretary says

By Tami Luhby, CNN

Updated: 6:06 PM EDT, Fri May 9, 2025

Source: CNN

    Lawmakers have until August to address the debt ceiling or the US could default on its obligations for the first time ever, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote to congressional leaders Friday, urging them to act even sooner, “to protect the full faith and credit of the United States.”

    The projection gives Republican lawmakers – who control Capitol Hill – a firmer deadline of when they have to pass their massive budget reconciliation bill, which aims to increase the debt ceiling along with extending the 2017 tax cuts and slashing federal spending.

In his letter, Bessent said there is a “reasonable probability” that the cash and extraordinary measures that are allowing Treasury to continue paying the nation’s bills in full and on time will be exhausted in August, pointing out that is when Congress is scheduled to be in recess. But he noted that the projection is subject to “significant uncertainty.”

    “Therefore, I respectfully urge Congress to increase or suspend the debt limit by mid-July, before its scheduled break, to protect the full faith and credit of the United States,” he wrote.

Treasury has been using cash and extraordinary measures to pay the nation’s bills in full and on time since January 21, when the US hit its roughly $36 trillion debt ceiling. Once the nation reaches that cap, which it has done repeatedly, it can no longer borrow to cover its obligations in full and on time. A default would likely cause global economic upheaval.

House GOP leaders are closely monitoring projections for the so-called X-date, when the government could default, House Speaker Mike Johnson said at an Axios event in late April.

     “That’s a big pressure point, and we don’t know exactly when that X date will fall,” Johnson said, noting at the time that he was working under the assumption it could be as early as the beginning of June. “We can’t be caught flat-footed on this.”

However, the caucus remains divided over how to address all three of its goals in the “big, beautiful bill,” leaving leaders with the tricky task of constructing a package that can get enough GOP votes to pass both chambers.

In March, Bessent told lawmakers that he would continue using extraordinary measures – which are largely behind-the-scenes accounting maneuvers – through June 27.

      The Congressional Budget Office in March projected that the “X-date” would be reached in August or September.

Though they control Congress, Republicans are divided over how to handle the debt ceiling. The House has included a $4 trillion increase to the cap in its budget resolution, while the Senate version raises the limit by $5 trillion. President Donald Trump has pushed GOP lawmakers to address the limit as soon as possible.

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