2020 US Election Thread

[SGR]

Senate report slams Bidens for conflicts of interest, flags possible criminal activity

The GOP once again catches Hunter Biden doing calculus homework and has sent him a strongly worded letter.

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by jwb

She's being primaried from the left in this election, and her district has jungle primaries ...

TFW you imagine you understand US politics, then realise you don't.

It's funny cause the same rules that people have been proposing here for why the Republicans might not act cause it would be too controversial... They don't apply to Republicans. They only apply to spineless Democrats that then project their own cowardice onto the GOP.

Understand this... There are no such thing as norms anymore. There's no such thing as fairness. There's only what you can get away with and what you can't. Until the Dems figure that out they will always be losers.

Yep, I've been very disappointed by the Dems lack of fight, especially over getting McGahn and others to testify/obey document subpoenas. The Dems policy is to let them prevaricate endlessly through the courts, or (DeJoy, Barr) turn up for a feeble reprimand. In contrast a commentator called Glenn Kirschener ( Justice Matters ) is full of talk about "inherent contempt" and other constitutional weapons that could've forced impeachment witnesses, Trump's tax lawyers, etc to come clean at the required moment.

On the plus side, Dems got some record donations following on from the news of RBG's death = strong support to address the Supreme Court issue.
With luck, if polls and ballots go the same way, it will come to a question not of "Do the Dems dare to fight?" but of "Do the Dems dare not to?"

[OccultHawk]

Hunter get booted out the navy for coke and then lands million dollar job doing something he has no experience in a country where he can’t speak the language.

It almost seems like adding kiddie pimping to the mix is an effort to discredit the entire thing. Toss in something outlandish that won’t hurt a dead man anyway. They were probably getting kickbacks too

[SGR]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Hunter get booted out the navy for coke and then lands million dollar job doing something he has no experience in a country where he can’t speak the language.

It almost seems like adding kiddie pimping to the mix is an effort to discredit the entire thing. Toss in something outlandish that won’t hurt a dead man anyway. They were probably getting kickbacks too

We talk about the Dems being spineless, but the Republicans are pretty spineless too. As long as they remain about equally spineless, they both can profit illegitimately and we can all get ****ed.

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Hunter get booted out the navy for coke and then lands million dollar job doing something he has no experience in a country where he can’t speak the language.

It almost seems like adding kiddie pimping to the mix is an effort to discredit the entire thing. Toss in something outlandish that won’t hurt a dead man anyway. They were probably getting kickbacks too

I guess I'm supposed to care about this. I kinda feel like even in the best of times I wouldn't have. Who gives a ****. It's not your money?

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by TheBig3

I guess I'm supposed to care about this. I kinda feel like even in the best of times I wouldn't have. Who gives a ****. It's not your money?

It’s the theft of resources that belong to and should be fairly distributed to all humankind. They should dig him up and kill him again.

It is my money, thanks for asking.

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

It’s the theft of resources that belong to and should be fairly distributed to all humankind. They should dig him up and kill him again.

It is my money, thanks for asking.

You own that Ukrainian oil company?

Unrelated:

The RNC is wiring cash to Texas. Is it a 2020 battleground?

[OccultHawk]

You own that Ukrainian oil company?

1/8,000,000,000th of it, yes.

[TheBig3]

Also, and this is me just playing devil's advocate here, isn't this what happens at like, most major corporate companies? Some person gets hired because they understand public policy.

I work in the Renewables industry and they hire State Legislators all the time for their knowledge of policy and their connections. Those guys don't know about the physics of energy, and the business end of it isn't that much different than any other business.

You have land, I want to use it for energy, negotiate a price, get a financial model for the fracking/solar panels/wind turbine and see if you're going to get screwed.

If no, build
If yes, go to the Gov. Relations team and see if there are tax credits

If yes, build
If no, lobby

[Lisnaholic]

With a slew of voter-repression manouvres in Republican-run states, with measures/statements to undercut the validity of mail-in ballots and a President who has already claimed repeatedly that any result other than his victory will be due to election fraud, it's alarming to watch the speed with which America is "sliding out of democracy and into authoritarianism", as a journalist more-or-less said recently. Same journalist also said, "There is no umpire in an election." No impartial authority to see that the election is conducted fairly.

Back in 2018, I remember suggesting this rule of thumb for hanging on to democracy: Don't vote for a party that practises voter repression. Updating that, may I suggest: Don't vote for a party whose leader declares:-"We want to have get rid of the ballots and you'll have a very trans we'll have a very peaceful there won't be a transfer frankly. There'll be a continuation."


Rather like a post from elph, it's difficult to punctuate, but effectively conveys a message. (No offense, I hope, elph )