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Times have changed just a little in the intervening 140 years. In any case, the Statue of Liberty was meant to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States, not immigration.

Consider that Biden has been in office for just over 2 years, then redo the math. Over a full 4 year term we are looking at 500 days. Plus he is rarely/never available to the press, either for interviews or press conferences. Also works from 10-4 most days, if not less. I am sure he can safely take care of immigration policy from his beach house.... wonder if Governor Abbot has plans to send some "pre-Americans" to Delaware?

Given that Ukraine is really not a free country, and does not have a free press, it is difficult to tell how popular he truly is. In a war situation, people will naturally support their leader no matter what kind of person he is. But no matter what, he has no reason at all to try and negotiate a settlement. If he does, the gravy train will stop. It is growing close to $200 billion- this is more than double the yearly defence budget of Russia.

Quick update- Tucker's Twitter clip is now at over 58 MILLION views and climbing.

Seems to me we have heard this all before- the panic, the vituperation, the sputtering... And on the last day miraculously a deal is reached. Speaker McCarthy to his credit was able to pass a debt bill with a full month to go before the limit. This somewhat deflated the Democrats who were ready to blame the GOP for waiting until the last minute.

Of course not. Just highlighting the scale of spending that is being done to prop up the green shirted gremlin. With a soaring national debt, adding the equivalent of another entire department is madness. Especially when the money being borrowed is probably coming from communist China.

Ukraine has now been given more money than the annual budgets of the following US government departments: Dept of Interior EPA State Department Dept of Justice ...and 4 TIMES the budget of NASA

Well, that is now north of $100 BILLION poured away on this misbegotten conflict. Imagine what could have been done in the US with that money- the roads that could be repaired, the children fed, the facilities to help the indigent... but no. Far more important to posture and pose in a useless conflict to support a country that is not at all important.

...perhaps a system of no fault insurance that was for the bike, not the rider. One that is built into the cost of the rental. Shops that do not pay for it are then liable for any damages or bills caused by uninsured riders on their rented bikes. Might raise the cost of rentals by a hundred baht or so a day, but would cover tragic situations like this.

It is strange that they could find that he did not rape her, but he DID commit battery....so a kind of semi rape? Just felt her up in the change room? Wonder how they could make that determination, given the paucity of actual evidence. I have a feeling that this was more of a general expression of disgust at his behavior towards women than a specific finding in this particular case.

Well, it wasnt a criminal case, it was civil, so the standard of proof is lower. IMHO the jury reacted based on the idea that "something" happened.... like I said, I did not know the charge could be downgraded until a standard was reached.

A new law was instituted, she took advantage of it, case closed. I think I wrote earlier that he would not be found liable for rape but would be found liable for defamation. TBH I didnt know there were lesser accusations (battery etc) included as well. I would say he should pay the lady (he has experience doing that) and get on with life.

Wow. That was fast. The Tucker should be impressed- his lawyer did yeoman work to get this resolved so quickly. So many people here were gleefully predicting that they would never hear Carlson again. He is going to make bank on Twitter. Brilliant move by Elon to drive more traffic and also to promote his new video service.

It is going to be hard to rule on the rape charge. Given there were no witnesses, no date for the offense, no medical records. How was Trump to defend himself with any kind of alibi when the date of the crime can't be determined? He certainly didnt do himself any favors in his deposition. Just his ego talking as usual. But however much you despise him, getting a judgement will be hard.

A standard Russian battle tactic from WW2 was to use obsolete equipment and poorly trained soldiers to soak up the ammo from their enemy. Then sweep in with the good stuff to overwhelm the position once the defenders ran out of ammo. Given the cost and relative scarcity of modern munitions this may also be the plan here. A/T missiles are expensive and rare- ironically probably cost more than the tanks they are shooting at.

Biden will do what he usually does- leave for his beach house. His ridiculous DHS Mayorkas can stare at the camera and chant "the border is secure" while waves of illegal immigrants charge the fences and flood the border. I think the number now is 5,000 per day. Expect it to increase.

If you see that rather extensive criminal record, it makes you wonder why this guy was still free on the streets. Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon x2 Assault against elderly or disabled Assault causing bodily injury against family member x4 etc etc

Uh, you may want to actually ASK the people in Taiwan their opinions before speaking on their behalf. Something tells me they would rather maintain their independence than join Pooh-san in his visions of grandeur.

At least we can agree on your last point! As long as you could expand it to "and Biden"....

Yeah, "that broad". Who was press secretary to a President. Graduate of Georgetown Unviversity School of Foreign Services. Studied at Oxford. Graduate of Harvard Law School. That broad. Are you for real?

You see a picture of Mauricio Garcia? Not exactly a "white" hispanic... the gang tatoos might give you a hint about it. He was so white nationalist that he went to a tony shopping mall in a city that is less than 10% black to do his crime. It may be that he was racist and bigoted, but trying to tie this to so-called white nationalism is ludicrous, at least without some concrete evidence.

Somehow, aside from the usual government hand wringing and fear mongering, I can only imagine what would have happened had the Previous Occupant of the White House been in a similar situation. Son with a drug habit, an expensive hooker habit, dated his brother's widow, impregnated a stripper... I am sure the press would have been sympathetic and not seen any connection whatsoever with the father's administration.

Hey, there is no need to talk about Biden like that! I mean, I am not his greatest fan but surely you exaggerate.

Glad to see the left has not lost its ability to rationally and logically discuss the merits of a particular issue.

Bill O was older when he was dropped. He was also embroiled in a very easy to understand scandal (sexual harrassment). A lot of his viewers rightly were disgusted by his behavior and could see the reason he needed to go. Not so here. Fox is really dropping the ball by the drip drip drip of innuendo and leaks without coming out and saying exactly their reason for cancelling Tucker. Bill's time was also long before the power of podcasts, independent media, etc.