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As absurd as Drag Queen story time is, your comparison was just as...Clarabelle the clown is not a drag queen with elementary students....But the fact that you and progressives 'believe' its the same, goes to show why dems are as a bad and can be even worse than their Republican counterparts....
Hamas is a dictatorship......'The Battle of Gaza'
The Battle of Gaza was a military conflict between Fatah and Hamas that took place in the Gaza Strip from 10 to 15 June 2007. It was a prominent event in the Fatah–Hamas conflict, centered on the struggle for power after Fatah lost the 2006 Palestinian legislative election. The battle resulted in the dissolution of the unity government[3] and the de facto division of the Palestinian territories into two entities: the West Bank governed by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and the Gaza Strip governed by Hamas. Hamas fighters took control of the Gaza Strip, while Fatah officials were either taken as prisoners, executed, or expelled.[3][4] The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights reported that at least 161 people were killed and more than 700 were wounded during the fighting.[1]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gaza_(2007)
Drag Queen story time is a Democratic Absurdity.......
Yale joins other top colleges in again requiring SAT scores, saying it will help poor applicants
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yale-sat-scores-ivy-league-admissions-fairness/
US 13th in the world
https://www.datapandas.org/ranking/education-rankings-by-country
Blind allegiance, thats the 2 party system now....Partisans have lost their ability to think for themselves.....All of them looking stupid and hurting the country equally, each in their own way...
Neither party is worthy of leading the US...
This election is proof positive the 2 party system has failed
Well Conway was a piece of work wasn't/isn't she..
Art Historian, clean your foot off
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As I recall, your are art history scholar.....Also I might add very, very good at exposing penny stock scams...I doubt you have researched the subject matter in question beyond confirmation bias,,,Same with dems and their part in our political strife........
Obvious matter of opinion.....Gas lighting is a fallacy used when you can not argue a point..Janice is one smart cookie, thats for sure,,,,,,But there are others out there even smarter and with more expertise in matters that she is not...
Not talking about amateur hours, nor trumps amateur hour Jan 6 coup attempt....But I will point out that was not an armed insurrection,,,We haven't seen one of those yet with thousands or even more armed to the teeth....
What I'm pointing out is civilizations rise and fall, they all follow the same pattern and last about the same amount of time...(same with rebellions too, however) we now click off one major one ant thats Income Inequity, having a strong man hit the scene, environmental changes both man made and natural, division among the ranks that grow restless...
As a former teacher you know history, and you know how to research and if you do on this subject, you may just see that we fall into that pattern very well.......Society can not take a rebellion or civil war in the modern era with out collapse.....And as I've said to Janice, denial is also a part of it...
Food for thought if your the critical thinker you claim to be......
And maybe its a big mistake for you to dismiss scholars, dems are supposed to be the intellectuals right, are you not highly educated..And what about those folks at NASA and MIT, mere slouches?
Perhaps I should have said Society is Balanced on a Pinhead, as we found out at the beginning of the pandemic
And the typical progressive gas lighting to say I'm demonizing migrants show you have not honest debate left....
Yep repubs 'too'
You sound like a little child dancing around an issue, either be a man about it and quit pussy footing around (like I said below) and do what you want to do, or not....
As usual I stick with what I said, not what you want me to say, and to my cancelled culture statement and any and all I spoken about dems and progressives too.....Now show I'm either right or wrong about you and them.....
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LMFAO
They certainly disagreed with the bond...As I said to hawk, they were not ruling on the case, thats for appeal....They lowered the bond, as you say, so he could pay it, presumably to avoid asset loss before that appeal....
So, They did disagreed with the Judge and DA on the bond set and then lowered it...Now trump can pay it and assets won't be siezed
Now it will be on to the appeal
And I also noted you left out of the fact check that higher bonds like trumps have historically been for multinationals and big corps..
So I disagree with your opinion, and disagreeing or not, seems they went against the judge and DA in favor of......As you know, the DA ask the panel not to lower it,,,,,,,Did they or did they not lower it against her wishes?
Note how quick food disappeared from the shelves at the beginning of the pandemic....Thats a pinhead.....Note things people depend on like medicines are no longer made here....We are no longer as self sufficient as we once were since we sold off industry....
What people do you suppose drive trucks and farm,,,,, They are some of the very people that may rise up...
And FWIW I read fate of empires,,,,loved the list the amateur narrator posted from him, thought is a very good fit, and its hard to dismiss Chris Hedges too...He has seen it happen in real life, but quite possibly knocks dems and corps a little to much for you to take as credible Pulitzer Prize be damned.... You also dismiss MIT and NASA and for those willing, there is slot of good subject matter out there....
So unless you grow your own food and are part of the working class, pin head is a very good way to put it...
You know as well as I and nearly everyone now, that trouble is brewing,,,As I said, Jan 6 may well be just the barricade moment from the play...
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No lampooning of dems allowed......Cancel culture is a real thing held against the dems....But not a topic
Seems there is something you want to do,,,Carry on without challenges? Carry on with one-sided its good for me but not thee....?
Quit pussy footing around and get on with it,,,,I think progressives especially and dems overall 'need lampooning and at least carry half the fault for where we are today in the US....
Yeah Glubb wrote the Fate of Empires.....And considering all the other sources I noted, NASA and MIT and a Pulitzer Prize winner....I think its very hard to debunk....
Point is empires fall, but those societies didn't live on the pinhead we do with maybe the exception Rome.....At least those I quoted showed some sense of critical thinking....
Lastly, they all noted one other thing, people stay in denial until its too late....
I posted that fact check earlier.....Seems the panel of 5 judges disagree with Engoron.....They had the same numbers to work with.......
You are speaking of multinationals and bigger corps
You missed this part of the fact check,, As I noted in my post, its a good read on the subject
Larger companies have paid for appeals bonds of $1 billion or more, or twice the value of the one former President Donald Trump faces.
An appeals bond that is the value of the one Trump faces is more common for larger companies than for a closely held, privately owned company such as the Trump Organization, experts said.
And
This judgment’s size is not unprecedented, according to examples provided by James’ office and an expert we contacted. A judgment that big is more common in cases involving large or multinational corporations than with a privately owned, closely held company such as the Trump Organization.
My bad,,,,,Ronna.....Know about the election denying and her phone call......All the better to contrast her with since its an under theme with repubs
Instead, for now, people focus on the out cry
All forums and news outlets do the public or themselves no favor by being one sided.......At least NBC is making efforts to let both sides be heard....And in this case it should favor the dems......
So if your in the right, no differing opinion or fact should worry anyone,,,,Attempts to squelch free speech only make those doing it look bad.......
NBC hires Rhonda McDaniel, I hope they stick to their guns and keeps her in spite of the out cry....
Seems she would make a good contrast for dems against repubs.......
Cancel Culture works against the dems...
Cohen pled guilty to millions in tax fraud to, it was by no means just a hush money case
Michael Cohen’s plea deal, explained
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/michael-cohens-plea-deal-explained
Tax fraud years: Cohen is charged with hiding more than $4 million in income from the IRS between 2012 and 2016. Most of this came from interest on personal loans he made to others. This tells us that Cohen was involved in tax fraud during some pivotal years he was also with the Trump Organization.
Financial problems timing: Cohen concealed a $14 million debt from a bank when he applied for a loan to buy an $8.5 million summer home in 2015, according to prosecutors. Why this may matter: Around this time, Cohen was working on a deal with Russians to build Trump Properties in Moscow. But he was personally struggling with money.
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Cohen faces a likely sentence somewhere in the range of 46 to 63 months — and a fine of between $20,000 and $1 million on top of back taxes estimated at $1.4 million. He has not agreed to cooperate with prosecutors at this point. Any such agreement could affect his sentencing.
Sorry about the edit
Don't see anyone calling that panel conservative.......Both parties are tending to call into question the judicial system any time a ruling goes against them......Trump will do enough of that (like he did today) for both parties....Dems should stay above that fray as much as possible......And the CO ruling was 9-0 as I pointed out.......There may be plenty of 6-3 down the road...
6 is enough to control the scrotus and not difficult to find a conservative panel.
Otherwise, stfu. Nah
I think dems would do well to listen to Carville,,,,, His criticism is ment to be constructive and he is a player for the team dem...
And Yeah, sense of humor is just that, everyone needs to lighten up a bit........And I think he made a good point in his own way,,,,,Same as Maher's criticism, they both want dems to branch out,,,As Biden once put it, govern for all....
both Maher and Carville want Biden to win...
Well glad to hear I didn't offend you and that you listen to Maher from time to time...I can remove misogynist from the list....
Maybe not you but Mahers segments are met with many a post not liking him here..And his battles with progressives are well known.........
Of course the appeals court didn't decide the whole case yet.....That will have to be appealed on the basis of the case as a whole and the judgement against..... Honestly, many a judgement has been reduced on appeal in civil cases, so...
The court only ruled on the amount of bond till an appeal is is filed and heard.....175mil still isn't peanuts but its not allowing a punishment to be incurred before an appeal either.......Which taking procession assets is........
Without politics involved, seems fair enough, considering it will be appealed
I think only multinational companies have ever had a bond so high
A good read if you care to
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/mar/22/donald-trump/trumps-454-million-bond-for-new-york-fraud-case-is/
Larger companies have paid for appeals bonds of $1 billion or more, or twice the value of the one former President Donald Trump faces.
An appeals bond that is the value of the one Trump faces is more common for larger companies than for a closely held, privately owned company such as the Trump Organization, experts said.
This judgment’s size is not unprecedented, according to examples provided by James’ office and an expert we contacted. A judgment that big is more common in cases involving large or multinational corporations than with a privately owned, closely held company such as the Trump Organization.
Progressives don't seem to like Maher either,,,I think he is quite centrist and has a bit of common sense progressives could use,,,So it was easy to paraphrase him
And I'll add misogynist to your opinions of me....
A 5 Judge panel decided,,,,They must all be Trumpers eh.....Just like the 9-0 SC ruling on CO.....
Maybe the appeals court understand what is obvious to all except dems......
It will further the narrative that dems are abusing power, Jail em or break em,,,,not so unlike other countries do and the US never did until now.........
Dems had plenty without the over reach, to bad they chose extremes
On the bright side, you get the hush money trail beginning in april.....A case the feds turned down, then bragg, then a reversal due to political pressure?
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4554214-judge-sets-trumps-hush-money-trial-for-april-15-rejecting-further-delay/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/nyregion/trump-bond-reduced.html
The ruling by a five-judge panel of appellate court judges is a crucial and unexpected victory for the former president, potentially staving off a looming financial disaster. Had the court denied his request — and had he failed to obtain the full bond — Mr. Trump was at risk of losing control over his bank accounts and, eventually, even some of his marquee properties.
Again, the polls most be meaningless..... Mid 60% disapproval and mid 30s approval throughout Biden's tenure....
Yeah, chose the 6min one due to short attention spans here.....No doubt the kid was an amateur in his narration but content was very similar to other writings on the subject.....Maybe you'd have to debunk them all, a trait in all collapsing societies....
NASA
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/heres-how-nasa-thinks-society-will-collapse/441375/
MIT
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/heres-how-nasa-thinks-society-will-collapse/441375/
Turchin
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/can-history-predict-future/616993/
https://eand.co/how-societies-collapse-91fcd98f03d3
Our buddy Hanauer on pitchforks (add the h if you want to watch)
ttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx2Y5HhplI
Modern Society can't take an uprising.... Be it left or right.....I can now see the left getting riled up if Trump should win and then met with opposition.......Look at how vulnerable society is by using the beginning of the pandemic as an example.....Anyhoot, all agree, society's never see it coming till its too late....
The 'Poseur is a nice touch, you have your opinion and I have mine...Progressives do have a reputation, not sorry in the least to speak it out loud....
To take the opinion further, you and yours do more to divide the country than anyone else.....And somewhat Quoting Maher they 'act like a bunch of 'mean girls' .....Not a good look and certainly a break down in manners and civility....Not much at setting an example either......
Well you're back into pure progressive style.....Must say it doesn't look good on you....
Enjoy,,,knew what I'd see if I checked back in....But enjoyment of this kind in the world, goes to show where we're at and where we are headed.......
Particularly like Glubb's list, the complexity part and maybe our trigger, the pandemic, you'll like the first two segments also
Edit: Its how he governed especially at the beginning and most of all at this point in time....Bad move in my opinion...
I don't mind liberal thinking in the old context of years ago...To me progressives have gone overboard on what they advocate for now days....And they paint the dem party as such......
Guess it boils down to the primaries and who controls them for both parties....Now the center loses out with the 2 party system....
(Remember, 70% didn't want Biden to run again, and 70% didn't want either to run again)
Let you go for now, you all enjoy
GN
Yep and that author confirmed what I said, what we've seen and there is much more as I said, whether you want to believe it of not has no bearing on it.......Maybe you are just more progressive and he seems about right to you...
Put plainly, someone deserved that insult, its was kind considering....I don't engage in the insult thing personally,,,But the one in question was funny and well deserved.......
Yes, Biden is governing as a progressive. But that shouldn’t surprise you
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-05-16/joe-bidens-governing-as-a-progressive-thats-a-surprise-only-if-you-werent-paying-attention
I'm not going to look it back up but it was a legal scholar on all the trump cases about the more you attack him thing...common sense also comes into to play
Be as condescending as you like, that doesn't change matters or make you right,,,,Id be obliged if you cut that crap out..
Oh and if you care to look, much a has been written about Joe and the progressives,,that one had a good headline and shows how he governed right out of the gate
I call BS on the 'insult',,,,,someone has quite the history, to say the very least....
Great time to be offended, lol.....But someone else is even more so,,,,so their was a little medicine back...
Like I say, progressives can be quite the hypocrites, especially in the offensive category.....
Good on the past,,,Gallop has the current numbers as posted and others saying the same....
Edit..I didn't say trump was a centrist......I said Biden should have governed like one.....Even just for politics sake, independents are up to 49% and then there are Moderates in the 2 parties......Note his approval rating overall, and his approval rating on all the issues but one....
Trump represents an anti everything to people......Many are at the point they don't even like him much.......
Pointing out congress is good and you're right....But its an anti establishment vote,,,,And dems aren't so different, their candidates are more and more to the extreme progressive side.....But you don't see older dems leaving like they probably should.....Guess that's why they look like the status quo on top of their governance......
I don't disagree with you about the craziness, still its a result from....I can understand you and dems being befuddled by it all.....But that's all the further you have been willing to go and has been since he hit the scene....
One person put it well, the more everyone goes after him, the more popular he gets......Thats how it was in 2016 and how its shaping up now...