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Call him a doddering old coot all you want, this move to put up a second prosecutor is freekin' brilliant. With the help of the DOJ, of course. The House GOP guys are bawlin' away, like he just stole their lunch. And he did.

Looks like he's planning on some kind of bankruptcy declaration re Twitter, setting up these expenses as outstanding debts. There are rumors in the business world (aren't there always?) that his business acumen has been a matter of luck, and there are the makings of a strategy to beat down the price of TSLA stock to peanuts afoot. Waiting to hear chatter about established automakers approaching him with buyout offers. If the stock drops to US$30 I might jump in myself. One article I read said that employees mostly thought of him as a brilliant jackass, now he's just a jackass. It's said half of his workforce quit. I retired from tech 20 yrs ago, at that time it seemed that at least half of the hi-tech work force in the US was on foreign worker visas. If they lost their jobs they had until the visa expiration to find a new job. My guess is the ones who've stayed on at Twitter in the US are mostly in this situation.

When UK first announced the idea of leaving the EU a few countries expressed they wanted to as well. Only one I can think of right now is Netherlands. Haven't heard much about that in a few years.

This reality show stuff started around 2000. It looks like some people are turning it into a lifestyle, as if they are living to be on camera. There is a big difference between being someone pursued by the press and one who puts on a real-time performance. I get the impression Harry is not prone to making wise decisions. I've known US combat veterans of most of the 20th/21st century wars, and I have never heard one of them recount actual battlefield encounters with the enemy. The one exception I can recall was when toking up with a Vietnam vet he confessed to a fragging incident; it wasn't a boast, he knew the incompetent officer would get them all killed, and he explained to me how he did it. (I'm not jeopardizing this fellow, he's long dead.) But a body count, never. Is it possible Harry's mom was smoking and drinking while pregnant with him?

For every one of these conmen that thrives, hundreds (or thousands) are inspired. All this fret about the bad influences the kids are getting, what about these grifters? Looks like gov't position is the most promising con to run in the 21st century. They should put DT's image on a cryptocoin.

He's sick the way defendants in the US suddenly need a wheelchair when they have to appear in court. Take him into custody upon arrival, probably will get house arrest. Anyone else remember how Dick Cheney showed up to Obama's inauguration in a wheelchair? Don't even try to convince me that he did not do it so he wouldn't have to stand up for the first you-know-what president. And then there was Bill Cosby who claimed he was blind.

Makes sense, the GOP has no use for ethics.

Damn straight! The Afghanis have gripes going back to before being visited by Alexander. Careful Harry, your relatives might hand your _ss over to the Taliban -- you won't be able to trash talk the family without a head!

Well, it looks like someone read this forum and took my advice! https://www.wnct.com/news/biden-speaks-to-brazils-lula-invites-him-to-washington-in-show-of-support/

I think it's time to bring back old-time punishments, like dunking stools and stocks. The founding fathers would approve! Wouldn't MTG look great in this chair? Those two guys on the left are "well-behaved tourists."

Here again, a Tea Party fantasy that lingers: the idea is that abolishing the IRS would mean the end of Federal taxes. What's that you say, it doesn't make sense? This is Tea Party/MAGA yammer, sense has nothing to do with it.

discharge petition We'll be hearing this term a lot in the next two years.

Didn't buy it for the time it took to read the topic title. There have already been reports of him weeping. "The poor man is sick, can't you people let be!?!" Now would be a good time for Biden to approach Lula, I think they'll get along, they're both from humble origins. They should do a reciprocal extradition pact, the first to happen will be US sends back Bolso and accepts Brazil's request for Bannon. I doubt it'll happen, but ya never know.

Every delay is a triumph for team 45. Second anniversary of that phone call has past. The man with the orange face is ahead so far. So what now? Two weeks until the hearings. The length of time for the hearings. Sundry adjournments on the horizon. Mid-year is when the primary battles begin, maybe they can get a stall until after Election Day 2024, so that pushes it to 2025. Georgia might be improving from the corrupt, racist cesspit it has been since the Civil War, but it still has a way to go. I'm still curious how this perpetual delay business is supposed to play out in the end: if the accused dies before the conviction is that the same as winning? For the life of me, I could not see But I heard a brand new joke Two men were standing upon a bridge One jumped and screamed 'you lose' -- John Prine, "The Late John Garfield Blues"

They stormed the capitol on a Sunday. Huh? Brazil is very much a Catholic/Christian country, though their elections are held on Sundays. Brazil does not have an extradition treaty with the US. The best thing the US can do right now is deport Bolso: the US backed a military junta there for decades, and a lot of the people, even the younger generations, still see the US as an adversary. The deportation would greatly bolster the US's image with the populace.

Filing a lawsuit is effectively communicating with DT in his own language: MONEY! Anyone who has ever received a death threat after he publicly denounced them should get on it. That's a lot of people. Maybe even Fauci?

There is a knowledge gap, to put it nicely. Lots of retirees strike a bold, patriotic stance against socialism, a remnant sympathy from the Cold War years. So the GOP says "ok, we'll get rid of Social Security and Medicare." Then the geezers go ballistic saying "YOU CAN'T DO THAT! THOSE ARE OUR RIGHTS!!" This, in a nutshell, was what the Tea Party was about, grass-roots outrage against something they didn't understand. Kansas learned the hard way. They put Tea Party pols spouting "less spending! Smaller gov't" in office, and when public service things started disappearing the people said "hey, what's going on?" Well, this is what you voted for! I think the lesson learned for the Kansans was reflected in that vote last year where they voted to uphold abortion rights. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin is the one pushing to get the annual review of the SS system passed. Uh-huh. A large part of the GOP base (pre MAGA) is people over 60 -- they sure are gonna love ya, Ronnie. But the GOP is good at gift-wrapping the turds, so they get these things past their voters (that's what all those pollsters are for). It's like the airlines did with taking all the comforts away saying "this way you only pay for what you want" and in doing that the cost of flying went up.

Thanks buddy, that pic ruined my dinner. Let's see if the rest of The House lets that fly. Like these other promises ol' Kev handed out like xmas treats. Do not underestimate the length of time the GOP is willing to beat a dead horse. Benghazi! was three years. There is NO reason to believe they will not continue with it.

Yes. Like they did with their voter suppression moves -- it hadn't occurred to them that it could discourage their own from voting, like it did last November. Ready, fire, aim.

If there is one thing I learned last year it is that these House investigations yield NOTHING! Look at the 1/6 thing: they dug up all this stuff and what is the most stringent thing they can do? Refer it to DOJ. That's it. DOJ may be too busy to get to it. If a GOP president were due to be inaugurated this year that report would be binned. Members of Congress that get subpoenaed can tell the committee to shove it without consequence, like Jordan did. If they get to a grand inquisition over Hunter's laptop it will embarrass the Biden family -- he's on his own vid smoking crack, for chrissake. The worst it will get is they can rain on Biden's re-election. If Joe runs again. Maybe they'll hype it that Hunter's laptop has an AI that will cause it to morph into Skynet, as in the Terminator movies. ???? The senator came down here showing everyone his gun handing out free tickets to the wedding of his son. Bob Dylan's Memphis Blues from 1966

trump, elon, kanye, and now harry All suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder, but of a different type.

Let's not forget that MAGA has no real policies: they stand for whatever DT said most recently. And an hour later he'll likely deny saying it. Let's not forget who is really running the GOP. The babble and bravado is still where it's at. Maybe we should all call him "my Kevin." These promises Kevin made can be reneged, and I'm sure there are others in his party who are resolving to keep the nutters who think they will be controlling him on a short leash. (Actually I think Boebert would look hot on a short leash, but I digress). What, a politician not keeping a promise? And aren't certain people going to be floored if and when the Dems start using the motion to vacate just for the fun of it. This Republican Party is brought to you by the letter K. As in Kevin. And K Street.

I'd say camellias. They'll wilt on the vine forever but refuse to die.

He's in.

He just lost again, #14