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(pre-)2015 Nikki Hayley - a potential candidate. 2023 Nikki Hayley - not gonna happen. She had a chance to make a difference, but just look at her flip-flop on the Confedrate Flag. Damaged goods.

One of the few societal benefits of easy access to firearms. Von Nukem - love it.

I don't remember "Drag Shows" being one of the top 10 or 25 issues with voters in the 2022 mid-term elections? But if it's so important to "protect the children", and politicians feel that parents are unable to do that, then by all means spend valuable time (South Dakota has a pretty limited legislative schedule) passing these sorts of bills. I think North Dakota had considered a bill which would invoke a $1,500 fine each time someone used a pronoun which did not match the birth certificate. Obviously wouldn't pass the First Amendment test, so thankfully that did not pass. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/north-dakota-lawmakers-reject-bill-that-would-fine-people-1500-for-using-pronouns-different-from-ones-assigned-at-birth/3051023/ What's next on the legislative agenda?

Pence to fight special counsel subpoena on Trump's 2020 election denial Mike Pence is preparing to resist a grand jury subpoena for testimony about former President Donald Trump’s push to overturn the 2020 election, according to two people familiar with the former vice president’s thinking. Pence’s decision to challenge Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request has little to do with executive privilege, the people said. Rather, Pence is set to argue that his former role as president of the Senate — therefore a member of the legislative branch — shields him from certain Justice Department demands. Pence allies say he is covered by the constitutional provision that protects congressional officials from legal proceedings related to their work — language known as the “speech or debate” clause. The clause, Pence allies say, legally binds federal prosecutors from compelling Pence to testify about the central components of Smith’s investigation. If Pence testifies, they say, it could jeopardize the separation of powers that the Constitution seeks to safeguard. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/14/pence-subpoena-trump-election-00082637

The right has already lost the culture war, they just don't realize it. The attacks on the most vulnerble among us just illustrates both how desperate they are to find someone to attack, and how despicable they are. They seem to be making thier last desperate stand on the issue of equality for trans people. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Most importantly, no vinyl. Just plans for an unusually large rug, and broom, to deal with this problem.

"Moral Compass". Hah. Good like finding even one in Thailand.

Awesome performance, Rihana crushed it. The game was exciting as well, down to the last few seconds in high-scoring affair. The commercials were pretty weak, IMO, of those I've seen - they aren't shown on the TrueVisions broadcast but are up on YT. Pre-game show was so-so. Enough of the freakin' robot dogs.

Well maybe we would if you didn't speak in riddles? What is "the parent club"? And what's the "umbrella" thing?

I'm guessing that Trump did not remit payment on the invoice for this report.

Interesting that so many find it acceptable for the State to tell parents how they can care for their children's well-being and health. Normally, unless fired about some culture-war fake idea, the right is very much against the State infringing on the family. Let parents and doctors determine the best options for children's healthcare. The State should not be involved.

He's been crusdaing against corruption for ~ 20 years. Given what I pereceive, yes a perception and also anecdotal, to be a MASSIVE increase in corruption I have to ask how successful he's been. It feels like someone, or some group, has determined that police corruption is completely out of hand, and needs to be reined in. And they are using Chuwit to expose select instances of corruption. Heck, maybe the old mafia wants to put the new mafia in check?

New details undermine Pence’s supposed ‘hero’ turn on Jan. 6 The narrative wrote itself. Then-Vice President Mike Pence, who had loyally and often obsequiously stuck by President Donald Trump through thick and thin, suddenly bucked him when his presidency was on the line. Trump wanted Pence to help overturn the results of the electoral college vote on Jan. 6, but Pence refused — even as rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol called for his hanging — all while professing to do so out of principle and loyalty to the Constitution. But perhaps Headline 1(a) involves new details about Pence’s fateful decision not to heed Trump’s calls to unilaterally help him stay in office. And it involves a cameo appearance from a man you might not have thought about for some time: Dan Quayle. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/14/new-details-undermine-pences-supposed-hero-turn-jan-6/

Well Hunter Biden's laptop will be joined by Donald Trump's laptop. How rich, and I don't mean Seth Rich. A Trump lawyer said a current aide's laptop turned in to federal investigators contained a copy of a classified folder, report says Former President Trump's lawyer turned in a laptop belonging to a former aide, outlets reported. The lawyer reportedly told federal agents the computer contained a folder with classification markings. Sources told CNN the aide did not realize the documents were classified. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-aide-laptop-copies-of-classified-docs-report-says-2023-2

Citizens living in the central city are sick of the misbehaving tourists. I think they get some 18 m tourists annually, and a lot come to party, drink all night pee and barf everywhere, and cause a fair amount of property damage. Alcohol seems to be the bigger complaint.

Joe Biden Has Plans to Change Social Security: Is Congress on Board? Prior to being elected president in November 2020, Biden released a four-point proposal that he proclaimed would strengthen America's top retirement program by extending its solvency. In no particular order, Biden seeks to: Increase payroll taxation on the wealthy Boost the special minimum benefit for lifetime low earners Raise benefits, via the primary insurance amount, for long-lived beneficiaries (ages 78 to 82) Shift the COLA tether to the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) The linchpin to Biden's proposal is to increase the 12.4% payroll tax on high earners. In 2023, all earned income (wages and salary) between $0.01 and $160,200 is subject to the payroll tax. If you work for someone else, you and your employer split this tax liability down the middle. Meanwhile, the self-employed are on the hook for the full 12.4% tax up to the maximum taxable earnings cap (the $160,200 figure). https://www.fool.com/retirement/2023/02/11/joe-biden-has-plans-to-change-social-security/ Damn, Sleepy Joe had a plan. Gettin' stuff done.

Well it's aleady a nation of meth-heads.

Nice.

I think that was sidneybear being proactively rude and intolerant, by insulting those who are pro-cannabis. When you can't fashion a logical and cogent argument, just sling thinly-veiled insults.

You shouldn't. Why do you even have to ask? It's almost like people are unsure, and are looking for validation? BTW, "shop stuff" is not sprayed with chemicals, but if it makes you feel better spreading such faslehoods carry on.

You are free to express your opinions. I think you know that. It's any competing opinions, and criticism, that you find objectionable. And then you feel all vilified and ridiculed. Anutin/Chidchob/BJT ran on cannabis legalization, specifically medical and recreational - "The California Model". They joined a coalition and got MoH and MoT. Anutin decriminalized Cannabis flower with the stroke of a pen. Isn't this what we expect politicians to do? Publish a platform, run on it, and if elected complete those things promised in the platform. The Cannabis Bill will pass in the next Parliamentary session. Nothing really will change, there will just be layers of bureucracy. Cannabis flowers will still be legal, as will personal use.

Not the first time that argument has been raised here either. Are you? Really? Again if you're happy with brick weed why do you need "get to the bottom" of why there is a market for quality cannabis? Hint: there is a market for it because people like and enjoy it.

And he added a few cherries on top. You should express your feelings to Commissioner Goodell at 345 Park Ave. And Secretary of the Navy, Commander Del Toro.

You seem to be going to extreme lengths to convince us that this brick weed is good. Don't waste your time, as long as you are happy that's all that matters. BTW, you're not the only one trying to rationalize their choice of weed, many here do it for reasons I can not determine.

Godfather 2, Senate Hearing, Frankie Five Angels sees Michael, then his brother. When it was convenient. He had many, many opportunities to act honorably prior to 11:30 AM on January 6. He participated in a meeting on Dec. 21 at the White House where, Matt Gaetz (who was there, obstensibly to beg for a pardon) says Pence was encouraging the insurrectionists. House conservatives strategize with Trump and Pence in push to challenge Biden’s win https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/21/politics/house-conservatives-trump-meeting/index.html And/or maybe Pence got wind of something nefarious in the effort to move him away from the Capitol? If I were Jack Smith I'd have a female attorney question Pence in the Grand Jury, that will put him off as he will be without "Mother".