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by Saint of Killers » Thu Sep 14, 2017 4:31 pm

Moggy wrote:This is all great news for getting rid of Trump. Everyone either already hates him or are on their way to hating him. :wub:

The only downside is President Pence. :dread:


Here's hoping he hired that lawyer for a really good reason. (Good for Americans/rotw, bad for him.)

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PostRe: US Politics - Trump ends DACA
by Grumpy David » Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:06 pm

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Garth wrote:It's like he just found out what ending DACA means:

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/908276308265795585


twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/908278070611779585



Yes, your hard line right wing supporters do, and that's what you promised them you idiot.


You could make a similar argument for the serving trans soldiers you want to kick out, you shithead!



I think Trump probably isn't aware of that ironically logically parallel point. :slol:

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PostRe: US Politics - Trump ends DACA
by Saint of Killers » Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:44 am

Grumpy David wrote:I think Trump probably isn't aware of that ironically logically parallel point. :slol:


The gooseberry fool that guy isn't aware of...

Trump: ‘I never even knew’ a Category 5 hurricanes existed

I bet he thought the worst that could happen is that it got slightly wetter and windier at the same time.

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PostRe: US Politics - Trump ends DACA - Update: having second thoughts?
by Saint of Killers » Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:53 am

Trump, The Koch Brothers and Their War on Climate Science.



Hearing about the Koch brothers actually makes me feel unwell.

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by Drumstick » Fri Sep 15, 2017 1:10 pm

From the short amount I've read about them; they seem like quintessential libertarian-Republicans. As long as they got theirs (via inheritance, of course), strawberry float everyone else.

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PostRe: US Politics - Trump ends DACA - Update: having second thoughts?
by Knoyleo » Sat Sep 16, 2017 12:56 pm

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by Victor Mildew » Sat Sep 16, 2017 1:33 pm

He went for the pussy, but she blocked it with her hand. Then he pushed her out of the way.

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by Irene Demova » Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:34 am

So Trump supporters tried to organise "The Mother of all Rallies" today and got totally outshone by a Juggalo march :lol:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-rally-washington-crowd-size-juggalos-insane-clown-posse-national-park-service-a7951046.html

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PostRe: US Politics - Trump ends DACA - Update: having second thoughts?
by Lex-Man » Sun Sep 17, 2017 2:16 pm

Irene Demova wrote:So Trump supporters tried to organise "The Mother of all Rallies" today and got totally outshone by a Juggalo march :lol:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-rally-washington-crowd-size-juggalos-insane-clown-posse-national-park-service-a7951046.html


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PostRe: US Politics - Trump ends DACA - Update: having second thoughts?
by Preezy » Tue Sep 19, 2017 9:23 am

Knoyleo wrote:

twitter.com/CaitrionaPerry/status/908790578321620992


He is such an alien.

She's hot though, can't deny it.

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by KK » Tue Sep 19, 2017 12:17 pm

CBS News wrote:Senate overwhelmingly backs bill to pump $700 billion into military

WASHINGTON — The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a sweeping policy bill that would pump $700 billion into the military, putting the U.S. armed forces on track for a budget greater than at any time during the decade-plus wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Senators passed the legislation by a 89-8 vote Monday. The measure authorizes $700 billion in military spending for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, expands U.S. missile defenses in response to North Korea's growing hostility and refuses to allow excess military bases to be closed.

The 1,215-page measure defies a number of White House objections, but President Donald Trump hasn't threatened to veto the measure. The bill helps him honor a pledge to rebuild an American military that he said had become depleted on former President Barack Obama's watch.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and other national security hawks have insisted the military branches are at risk of losing their edge in combat without a dramatic influx of money to repair shortfalls in training and equipment. Congress' failure to supply adequate budgets is at least partly responsible for a series of deadly ship collisions and helicopter crashes, according to McCain, the Armed Services Committee chairman.

McCain, who is battling an aggressive type of brain cancer, guided the bill toward passage as he railed against Washington gridlock and political gamesmanship. But he couldn't quell disputes among his colleagues over several contentious amendments that were blocked from votes and failed to be added to the bill.

Among them was a proposal by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, that would have protected transgender service members from being kicked out of the armed forces. Gillibrand and McCain seek to achieve the same goal through separate legislation they introduced late last week. That bill also is supported by Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Armed Services panel.

Approved by the Armed Services Committee by a 27-0 vote in late June, the overall Senate bill provides $640 billion for core Pentagon operations, such as buying weapons and paying troops, and another $60 billion for wartime missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. Trump's budget request sought $603 billion for basic functions and $65 billion for overseas missions.

With North Korea's nuclear program a growing threat to the U.S. and its allies, the bill includes $8.5 billion to strengthen U.S. missile and defense systems. That's $630 million more than the Trump administration sought for those programs, according to a committee analysis.

North Korea last week conducted its longest-ever test flight of a ballistic missile, firing an intermediate-range weapon over U.S. ally Japan into the northern Pacific Ocean. The launch signaled both defiance of its rivals and a significant technological advance.

The legislation directs the Defense Department to deploy up to 14 additional ground-based interceptors at Fort Greely, Alaska, an increase that will expand to 58 the number of interceptors designed to destroy incoming warheads. The department also is tasked with finding a storage site for as many as 14 other spare interceptors, and senators envision an eventual arsenal of 100 with additional missile fields in the Midwest and on the East Coast.

The White House, in a statement issued earlier this month, called the order for more interceptors "premature" given the Pentagon's ongoing review of missile defense programs.

Despite the push for the additional billions in military spending, major hurdles need to be cleared before all the extra money materializes. Lawmakers will have to work out a deal that lifts the caps on federal agency budgets, including the Pentagon's, mandated by a 2011 law. Congress has passed temporary relief from the limits before, but senior military officials have urged for the law to be repealed altogether.

As their House counterparts did, the Senate bill rejects Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' plan to launch a new round of base closings starting in 2021. He told lawmakers in June that closing excess installations would save $10 billion over a five-year period. Mattis said the savings could be used to acquire four nuclear submarines or dozens of jet fighters. But military installations are prized possessions in states and lawmakers refused to go along.

The bill allots $10.6 billion for 94 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, which is two dozen more than Trump requested. The bill also provides $25 billion to pay for 13 ships, which is $5 billion and five ships more than the Trump sought.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-ove ... -military/

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by Preezy » Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:23 pm

USA! USA!

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by Photek » Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:38 pm

Knoyleo wrote:

twitter.com/CaitrionaPerry/status/908790578321620992


She despises him, she's gonna divorce the pleb as soon as he's not President anymore.

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PostRe: US Politics - Trump ends DACA - Update: having second thoughts?
by KK » Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:41 pm

In the relative short term, I can see why so many Americans - particularly those from poorer backgrounds or with limited prospects - join the military. Long hours and average to poor pay is offset with free or heavily subsidised housing, health benefits that would otherwise break the bank, and the opportunity to live in places you probably wouldn't have otherwise. Okay, so you may hit the buffers at around, what, 35? thus you keep hearing about so many US veterans in dire circumstances, but I guess you can cross that bridge when you get to it.

If you're smart, surely not paying any or small amounts of rent should allow you ample opportunities to save.

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PostRe: US Politics - Trump ends DACA - Update: having second thoughts?
by Lex-Man » Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:52 pm

Photek wrote:
Knoyleo wrote:

twitter.com/CaitrionaPerry/status/908790578321620992


She despises him, she's gonna divorce the pleb as soon as he's not President anymore.


She's there till he pop his clogs.

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PostRe: US Politics - Trump ends DACA - Update: having second thoughts?
by Photek » Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:54 pm

I'd pop her clogs if you know what I mean. :datass:

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PostRe: US Politics - Trump ends DACA - Update: having second thoughts?
by KK » Tue Sep 19, 2017 2:00 pm

Photek wrote:I'd pop her clogs if you know what I mean. :datass:

You'd buy her new shoes. :datass:

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by Photek » Tue Sep 19, 2017 2:01 pm

KK wrote:
Photek wrote:I'd pop her clogs if you know what I mean. :datass:

You'd buy her new shoes. :datass:

Nope I'd kill her. :datass:

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