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I would like to take dark money out of politics
That is how these politicians get elected
Let’s see what the dems do
If they don’t they are part of the problem
Not to change the subject but can the citizens united ruling be reversed by the dems?
Wasn’t a firemen but they never had enough skaters so that was my team
No
I was skating for the firemen at the time
My family was more important than hockey
Fixed my teeth and that was it
That’s a tough game!
No way for me
I’m a sissy
Since these republicans consider everybody against them are the enemy, that makes the resistance their enemy
And we are always playing defense
Got my teeth knocked out in front of the net when I was 22 with two kids
That was my last time on the ice
The virus
Aren’t they all
I agree about the god stuff but the point of being at war and we need to protect ourselves is true
*Ugandan President’s address to his nation*.
A wisdom to share?
Uganda President KAGUTA MUSEVENI warns against people misbehaving during this COVID-19 period, *"God has a lot of work, He has the whole world to look after. He cannot just be here in Uganda looking after idiots..."*.
Below is his reported statement.
"In a war situation, nobody asks anyone to stay indoors. *You stay indoors by choice.* In fact, if you have a basement, you hide there for as long as hostilities persist.
During a war, you *don't insist on your freedom*. You willingly give it up in exchange for survival.
During a war, you *don't complain of hunger.* You bear hunger and pray that you live to eat again
During a war, you *don't argue about opening your business*. You close your shop (if you have the time), and run for your life. You pray to outlive the war so that you can return to your business (that's if it has not been looted or destroyed by mortar fire).
During a war, you are *thankful to God for seeing another day in the land of the living*.
During a war, you *don't worry about your children not going to school.* You pray that the government does not forcefully enlist them as soldiers to be trained in the school premises now turned military depot.
*The world is currently in a state of war. A war without guns and bullets. A war without human soldiers. A war without borders. A war without cease-fire agreements. A war without a war room. A war without sacred zones.*
The army in this war is without mercy. It is without any milk of human kindness. It is indiscriminate - it has no respect for children, women, or places of worship. This army is not interested in spoils of war. It has no intention of regime change. It is not concerned about the rich mineral resources underneath the earth. It is not even interested in religious, ethnic or ideological hegemony. Its ambition has nothing to do with racial superiority. *It is an invisible, fleetfooted, and ruthlessly effective army.*
Its only agenda is a harvest of death. It is only satiated after turning the world into one big death field. Its capacity to achieve its aim is not in doubt. Without ground, amphibious and aeriel machines, it has bases in almost every country of the world. Its movement is not governed by any war convention or protocol. In short, *it is a law unto itself. It is Coronavirus. Also known as COVID-19* (because it announced its destructive presence and intention in the year of our Lord 2019)
Thankfully, this army has a weakness and it can be defeated. It only requires our collective action, discipline and forbearance. *COVID-19 cannot survive social and physical distancing.* It only thrives when you confront it. It loves to be confronted. It capitulates in the face of collective social and physical distancing. It bows before good personal hygiene. It is helpless when you take your destiny in your own hands by keeping them sanitized as often as possible.
*This is not a time to cry about bread and butter like spoilt children.* After all, the Holy book tells us that man shall not live by bread alone. *Let's obey and follow the instructions of the authorities.* Let's flatten the COVID-19 curve. Let's exercise patience. Let's be our brothers' keeper. *In no time, we shall regain our freedom, enterprise and socializing."*
In the midst of EMERGENCY, we practice urgency of service and the urgency of love for others? God bless us all
The best and most intelligent public speech ever made during Covid-19.
https://www.facebook.com/396062130870297/posts/ugandan-presidents-address-to-his-nation-a-wisdom-to-shareuganda-president-kagut/904315430044962/
Long ago when my wife and I were young we took the kids to Franklin park zoo. After walking around for a while we decided it was time for our picnic lunch. We laid down a blanket and proceeded to eat. In a matter of minutes my wife started screaming. Fire ant got into her shorts and bit her in the butt.
The pain lingered on for days as she was too embarrassed to see a doctor for treatment. She finally went and dropped her draws for the doctor to look at her butt! Gave her something to put on the bites but she still has scares from those three bites.
Needless to say, that was the last of our picnic days.
It's only a matter of time before little Donnie mobilizes his armed militia groups to terrorize his enemies. By enemies, I mean anybody that won't kiss his ass!
Can I call him asshole!
That’s what scares me
While walking down the street one day a corrupt Senator was hit by an automobile and tragically died.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."
"No problem, just let me in," says the Senator.
"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from the higher ups. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity."
"Really?, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the Senator.
"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."
And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.
The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.
Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.
They played a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and the finest champagne.
Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who is having a good time dancing and telling jokes.
They are all having such a good time that before the Senator realizes it, it is time to go.
Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises.
The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens in heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him, "Now it's time to visit heaven...
So, 24 hours passed with the Senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.
"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity."
The Senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell."
So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell...
Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above
The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulders.
"I don't understand," stammers the Senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"
The devil smiles at him and says,
"Yesterday we were campaigning, Today, you voted.."
Vote wisely in November 2020
Why?
Will that change your vote?
I still am not convinced anyone has the virus. It’s hard to believe anything from this WH or the GOP.
Any one of them will have to die before I believe anything!
I need photos of one on a ventilator then an obituary printed.
Maybe we’ll see photos of him on a ventilator
That would be soooooo sad to see the potus like that
They probably will double dose with the bleach and the hydroxychloroquine.
Possibly the lights up the butt, as well.
These are all cures recommended by the president himself.
Are they looking for the sympathy vote and it’s all a ruse
Where’s VP penis?
How about him
At one time I also knew those strokes
Now I often forget my name
My first was a leading edge 8086
Two floppies
Don’t remember if it had a hdd
Probably 1985 or 6
Got good with DOS and had a hard time going to windows 3.1
Now that’s what I’m talking about!
Right on!
Republicans are bigger assholes than we thought.
Ever since the impeachment of Clinton over a blowjob they have only gotten worst.
I hated them before
Now I despise them
More than 200 retired generals, admirals endorse Biden, including some who served under Trump
WASHINGTON — More than 200 retired generals and admirals endorsed Joe Biden for president in a letter published Thursday, saying he had the character and judgment to serve as commander-in-chief instead of President Donald Trump, who has failed "to meet challenges large or small."
Some of the officers who signed the letter supporting Biden had retired only in the past few years, including Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, who served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Trump before he retired in August 2019; Vice Adm. Gardner Howe, a Navy SEAL leader who also retired last year; and retired Adm. Paul Zukunft, who oversaw the Coast Guard until 2018.
The list of signatories featured 22 retired four-star military officers, among them Navy Adm. Samuel Locklear, who oversaw all U.S. forces in the Pacific from 2012 to 2015, and Adm. Harry Ulrich, who commanded U.S. naval forces in Europe during President George W. Bush's administration.
The retired top brass signed the letter backing Biden along with nearly 300 other former national security officials and diplomats. William Webster, the former director of the CIA and the FBI, was among the signatories, along with five former defense secretaries: William Perry, William Cohen, Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta and Ash Carter.
"My own personal view is that I have a duty to be involved in civic matters of the nation that I'm a citizen" of, retired Adm. Steve Abbot said of his decision to sign the letter.
Abbot served as commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet and commander of Naval Striking and Support Forces in Southern Europe, and he later became Bush's acting homeland security adviser. He said that he believed he had a duty to speak out as a citizen and that he was troubled initially by Trump's comments about the late Sen. John McCain in 2016.
"To hear someone say that John McCain was a loser and they don't like people who become prisoners, I just knew I was going to have trouble going forward with somebody who held those views," he said.
"Over the past four years, I've seen what is a clear manipulation of our military to serve his personal needs," Abbot said. "The military has been a loyal, reliable constant in this country because of its apolitical nature. And here we had a president working to undermine it."
In August, more than 70 former senior national security officials — most of them Republicans who worked in previous GOP administrations — issued a similar letter throwing their support behind Biden, arguing that Trump had undermined America's role in the world. In the 2016 election, dozens of former Republican senior national security officials came out against Trump and became known as "Never Trump" Republicans. Many were blacklisted for jobs in the Trump administration for having signed the letters.
By law, military service members must remain apolitical while in uniform, but most senior officers stay out of the political arena even after they hang up their uniforms. Although the number of retired senior officers wading into politics has steadily increased over the past two decades, Thursday's letter was notable for the sheer number of top brass from every branch of the military who chose to endorse Biden.
"We are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. We love our country. Unfortunately, we also fear for it," they wrote.
The retired officers and officials said the country needs a principled, honest leader who shows empathy for fellow citizens, values alliances, makes informed decisions and takes personal responsibility.
"While some of us may have different opinions on particular policy matters, we trust Joe Biden's positions are rooted in sound judgment, thorough understanding, and fundamental values," they wrote.
"The current President has demonstrated he is not equal to the enormous responsibilities of his office; he cannot rise to meet challenges large or small. Thanks to his disdainful attitude and his failures, our allies no longer trust or respect us, and our enemies no longer fear us," the letter says.
"Climate change continues unabated, as does North Korea's nuclear program. The president has ceded influence to a Russian adversary who puts bounties on the heads of American military personnel, and his trade war against China has only harmed America's farmers and manufacturers," it says.
Several retired African American military leaders signed the letter, including retired Lt. Gen. Walt Gaskin, who commanded Marines in western Iraq; retired Lt. Gen. Willie Williams, who served as the No. 3 in the Marine Corps; and retired Lt. Gen. Ronald Coleman, who became the second African American in the Marine Corps to reach three-star rank.
A number of retired ambassadors also signed on, including Robert Blackwill, who was Bush's deputy national security adviser; James Cunningham, who was ambassador to Israel and Afghanistan under both Republican and Democratic administrations; and Robert Ford, a former ambassador to Algeria and Syria.
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I can’t take this shit
It’s so upsetting for me
Ever since I recovered from terminal cancer life is so important to me
Especially young kid’s lives
Our only hope is the youth
Kids may be smart enough to see the damage the GOP is doing
Ignoring climate change, incompetent in dealing with this virus that will probably kill 300k to 400k including their parents and their grand parents and especially the collusion with the Russians which to me is treason
Forgot to mention some kind of gun control. The only reason there won’t be any school shootings is because most schools are empty.
Cult members wear tee shirts that say they would rather be a Russian than a democrat
Meaning, they don’t give a shit and will vote for the asshole anyway
"I am not 100% sure but I don't think this is a trump supporter."
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214064630
I wanted to be a hippie but I was too busy supporting my family
But I wish we had gone to Woodstock
To correct that error
I saw Jimmie Hendrix twice in Boston
That would work!
Thanks
He’s not the problem
We know who he is
His enablers and cult members are the problem
Now how do we lose them?
For sure
Even though the elite are his people
I just don’t get it
What is wrong with his supporters
Honestly I think the main thing is racism and he is openly racist
Nothing else matters
Comprehensive list of trump supporting the troops
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After reading this how can any American vote for this traitor?
Just posted by a friend. Trump vs the military:
A few reasons vets are turning against the president
*He promised he'd stop the neverending wars. He didn't even try.
• ?In May 2020, the White House ended National Guard deployments one day before they could claim benefits
• ?The Trump admin seized 5 million masks intended for VA hospitals. Kushner distributes these masks to private entities for a fee, who then sells the masks to the government
• ?Trump fired the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after he warned superiors that COVID19 was spreading among his crew. The virus subsequently spread amongst the crew.
• ?After Iran's retaliatory strike, 109 US troops suffered brain injuries. Trump dismissed these as "headaches"
• ?On July 20, 2017, in room 2E924 of the Pentagon, Trump told a room full of Generals, "You’re a bunch of dopes and babies"
• ?Pardoned multiple war criminals, which stomped on long standing military values, discipline, and command. Trump has no military experience (May&Nov, 2019)
• ?Trump mocked Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and uniform. He threatened said purple heart officer, resulting in the Army providing him protection
• ?Trump’s Chief of Staff worked—in secret—to deny comprehensive health coverage to Vietnam Vets who suffered from Agent Orange.
• ?There is a facility in Tijuana for US veterans that Trump deported. Wounded war vet, Sen Duckworth (D) marked Veterans Day 2019 by visiting this facility
• ?Russia took control of the main U.S. military facility in Syria abandoned on Trump’s orders. Russia now owns the airstrip we built
• ?On Oct 7, 2019, Trump abruptly withdrew support from America's allies in Syria after a phone call with Turkey's president (Erdogan). Turkey subsequently bombed US Special Forces.
• ?Trump sent thousands of American troops to defend the oil assets of the country that perpetrated 9/11
• ?In Sept 2019, he made an Air Force cargo crew, flying from the U.S. to Kuwait stop in Scotland (where there's no U.S. base) to refuel at a commercial airport (where it costs more), so they could stay overnight at a Trump property (which isn't close to the airport). Trump’s golf courses are losing money, so he's forcing the military to pay for 5-star nights there.
• ?In Sept, 2019, Pentagon pulled funds for military schools, military housing funds, and daycare to pay for Trump's border wall.
• ?In Aug, 2019, emails revealed that three of Trump's Mar-a-Lago pals, who are now running Veterans Affairs, are rampant with meddling. "They had no experience in veterans affairs (none of them even served in the military) nor underwent any kind of approval process to serve as de facto managers. Yet, with Trump’s approval, they directed actions and criticized operations without any oversight. They wasted valuable staff time in hundreds of pages of communications and meetings, emails show. Emails reveal disdainful attitudes within the department to the trio’s meddling."
• ?Veterans graves will be "dug up" for the border wall, after Trump instructed aides to seize private property. Trump told officials he would pardon them if they break the law by illegally seizing property
• ?Children of deployed US troops are no longer guaranteed citizenship. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (August 28, 2019)
• ?On Aug 2, 2019, Trump requisitioned military retirement funds towards border wall
• ?On July 31, 2019, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who were prosecuted war criminals
• ?Trump denied a U.S. Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his citizenship interview (Reported July 17, 2019)
• ?Trump made the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign event (July 4, 2019)
• ?Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade (reported July 2, 2019)
• ?In June, 2019, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better "aesthetic appearance"
• ?Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (June 6, 2019)
• ?Trump started his D-Day commemoration speech by attacking a private citizen (Bette Midler, of all people) (reported on June 4th, 2019)
• ?Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported June 4th, 2019)
• ?On May 27, 2019, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain
• ?Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (May 15, 2019). The ship's name was subsequently covered. (May 27, 2019)
• ?Trump purged 200,000 vets' healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment system) (reported on May 13, 2019)
• ?Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter parentless (April 16, 2019)
• ?On March 20, 2019, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn't thank him for his funeral
• ?Between 12/22/2018, and 1/25/2019, Trump refused to sign his party's funding bill, which shut down the government, forcing the Coast Guard to go without pay, which made service members rely on food pantries. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise
• ?He banned service members from serving based on gender identity (1/22/2019)
• ?He denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity (on-going. Published Jan 18, 2019)
• ?He tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen (Jan 16, 2019)
• ?When a man was caught swindling veterans pensions for high-interest “cash advances," Trump's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined him $1 (Jan 26, 2019)
• ?He called a retired general a 'dog' with a 'big, dumb mouth' (Jan 1, 2019)
• ?He increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost (2018)
• ?He finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties (Dec 26, 2018)
• ?He revealed a covert Seal Team 5 deployment, including names and faces, on Twitter during his visit to Iraq (Dec 26, 2018)
• ?Trump lied to deployed troops that he gave them a 10% raise (12/26/2018). He tried giving the military a raise that was lower than the standard living adjustment. Congress told him that idea wasn't going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, he lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama's. It wasn't.
• ?He fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays
• ?He tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extrascheduler rating (Dec 17, 2018)
• ?He called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he's most thankful for himself (Thanksgiving, 2018)
• ?He urged Florida to not count deployed military votes (Nov 12, 2018)
• ?He canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain (Nov 12, 2018)
• ?While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, he didn't attend the ceremony at a US cemetery due to the rain -- other world leaders went anyway (Nov 10, 2018)
• ?He used troops as a political prop by sending them on a phantom mission to the border and made them miss Thanksgiving with their families (Oct-Dec, 2018)
• ?He stopped using troops as a political prop immediately after the election. However, the troops remained in muddy camps on the border (Nov 7, 2018)
• ?Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many vets to run out of food and rent. (reported October 7, 2018)
• ?Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections (July 5, 2018)
• ?Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families face this problem as of April 2018)
• ?He forgot a fallen soldier's name (below) during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day (Oct 23-24, 2017)
• ?He sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, and sends contractors to pick them up, resulting in a commando being left behind, tortured, and executed. (Trump approved the mission because Bannon told him Obama didn't have the guts to do it) (Oct 4, 2017)
• ?He blocked a veteran group on Twitter (June 2017)
• ?He ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records (2017-present)
• ?He deported veterans (2017-present)
• ?He said he knows more about ISIS than American generals (Oct 2016)
• ?On Oct 3, 2016, Trump said vets get PTSD because they aren't strong (note: yes, he said it's 'because they aren't strong.' He didn't say it's 'because they're weak.' This distinction is important because of Snopes)
• ?Trump accepted a Purple Heart from a fan at one of his rallies and said: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” (Aug 2, 2016)
• ?Trump attacks Gold Star families: Myeshia Johnson (gold star widow), Khan family (gold star parents) etc. (2016-present)
• ?Trump sent funds raised from a Jan 2016 veterans benefit to the Donald J Trump Foundation instead of veterans charities (the foundation has since been ordered shut because of fraud) (Jan, 2016)
• ?Trump said he has "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military" because he went to a military-style academy (2015 biography)
• ?Trump said he doesn't consider POWs heroes because they were caught. He said he prefers people who were not caught (July 18, 2015)
• ?Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam (1998)
• ?For a decade, Trump sought to kick veterans off of Fifth Avenue because he found them unsightly nuisances outside of Trump Tower. 1991
• ?Trump dodged the draft 5 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs.
• ?No Trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 5 generations, and every branch of the family tree. In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214036726
Scores of current and former law enforcement chiefs endorse Joe Biden and call Donald Trump a 'lawless president' despite wrapping his campaign in laws and order' rhetoric
List includes 190 sheriffs, state attorneys general, prosecutors, former police chiefs, and U.S. attorneys
It comes as Trump continues to center his campaign around 'law and order'
Names come from such states as Arizona, Colorado and Michigan, and Ohio
Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign has amassed more than 190 endorsements from sheriffs, prosecutors and attorneys general even as Donald Trump centers his campaign around a call for 'law and corder.
The list includes former sheriffs, state attorneys general, and U.S. attorneys. Many come from battleground states such as Colardao, Michigan, and Arizona, during a campaign when protests and violent clashes in cities has become an undercurrent of the campaign.
Some of those lending the name to the effort, which was reported by Fox News, blasted Trump as a 'lawless' president.
Among them was Noble Wray, the retired police chief of Madison, Wisconsin. “It’s ironic that a lawless president claims to be the ‘law and order’ president,” Wray told the network. “We are at a crossroads with this nation, and we need a president that has always prioritized the safety of Americans and their families.”
Said the Biden campaign in a statement Friday morning: 'Their endorsement comes on the heels of Donald Trump’s attempts to characterize himself as the ‘Law and Order’ president despite failing to condemn violence, his gross mismanagement of the coronavirus, and his incitement of chaos, destruction and violence as a way to rally his base and advance his political agenda. Additionally, 23 Democratic Attorneys-General have already endorsed Biden.'
Biden's list came out a day after the former vice president toured Kenosha, Wisconsin and met with the family of Jacob Blake, who was shot in the back seven times by a police officer.
Trump had visited a day earlier, where he toured small businesses turned to rubble and met with law enforcement members who support him – including Sheriff David Beth, who has already drawn controversy for his 2018 comments calling for a group of black shoplifters to be warehoused for life.
Late Thursday, Trump tweeted: 'Why aren’t the Portland Police ARRESTING the cold blooded killer of Aaron “Jay” Danielson. Do your job, and do it fast. Everybody knows who this thug is. No wonder Portland is going to hell!' He tagged the Justice Department and the FBI.
Michael Reinoehl, 48, an Antifa gunman who had admitted shooting Danielson, a Patriot Prayer supporter, died later in a shootout with U.S. Marhsalls.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8698059/Scores-current-former-law-enforcement-chiefs-endorse-Joe-Biden.html
There’s no way the red states will be honest with those numbers
The republicans are all lying pieces of fecal matter!
Hitler burned the books
Dump insists that books are wrong and to ignore them and you should believe him about everything!
Even though his teachers say he was the dumbest student they had, he insists that he is a genius
A stable genius