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Yeah, kinda. Anything I can do to contribute to the demonization. You forgot to call me 'stunning' though, as well as brave. You are slipping, my friend.

Thought someone might bring that up. Harris wanted to be PRESIDENT, not a cabinet member. I will stipulate that Kamala was more than qualified for cabinet.

You can stop campaigning. You lost. Nobody cares.

No, because men in general do not feel threatened by women. Women, however, do often feel threatened and intimidated by men, which is why there are separate private places for women to use. It is a simple matter of biology. Men are bigger and stronger. Sex crimes generally involve men attacking women. If I had a 13 year old daughter, I would be less than pleased to hear that she had to share a bathroom/changing room/locker room with a big hairy tranny.

Each member of Congress has a private bathroom in their office. There are also unisex public bathrooms available throughout the building. It isnt anti-trans, it is pro woman. Women deserve to feel safe in private spaces.

True. Very little in the way of qualifications. Except being a prosecutor. And an assistant state attorney. And the Attorney General of a rather large state. Other than that, nothing.

Smart guy, but always had the whiff of sleaze about him. I thought Gaetz might be used as a sacrifical lamb to placate the Democrats and make the other nominees a little easier to confirm.

Possibly because he had also won once before that?

I worry that the outgoing Biden team is simply doing all they can to throw sand in the works for Trump. Blinken talking about pushing all the supplies they can into Ukraine, this useless provocation that will have little impact... Ukraine cannot win without direct military aid (meaning soldiers in combat) from other countries. Which means at best a European war. Plus American involvement makes a global conflict inevitable. Obviously this is not worth the price. So, Vlad and Vlod need to sit down and hammer out something.

True. And women are about 50% of the population. So it was a tad exclusionary. BUT... proclaiming only a Black Woman? Excludes 93% of the population. Much more problematic IMHO. It is a slippery slope that gets ever more ridiculous.

Yeah, nothing wrong with taking a victory lap. Plus the Trump team is making sure that he stays in the media eye by making cabinet nominations and setting up for a smooth transition of power. Far different than 2016. And the egregious hypocrisy of those on the left is just too delicious to ignore. Chuck Schumer, for example, preaching for bipartisan cooperation. The same guy who said " I want to tell you Gorsich. I want to tell you Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price"> And the idiocy of people who, just one month ago, were claiming Trump was Hitler 2.0, setting up for a Nazi style regime. Suddenly they are lining up to bend the knee and kiss the ring. All ready to make nice and get all cooperative. Guess that means that all the fascist and nazi talk was utter BS, doesn't it?

Sad there is no death penalty available. I think in Georgia a death sentence needs to be handed down by a jury, and this was a case conducted by a judge only. We can only hope that the murdering scumbag gets a little taste of what he did to Laken Riley while he is behind bard.

It IS a problem if a woman who has PTSD and is the survivor or rape says it is a problem. What happened to "believe all women"? Plus laws are often spurred by a single event, but they do not target the particular person. They simply highlight the issue. It ensures that other women won't have the same problem in the future.

Same with Bangkok Bank. I have used the app to transfer money from my account to my wife's account with no trouble and no fees.

...should be who? I have a soft spot for Scott Jennings. He does yeoman work on CNN. Dark horse candidate? Michael Knowles.

Doug Burgum for Secretary of the Interior!

Great choice! Burgum is a solid governor, and can balance between energy interests and the environment. I thought he would have been a great candidate for President.

Lawfare?

Really looks like America dodged a bullet in not electing Harris, eh?

Actually, the problem is that the DoD is NOT run like a business. There is little oversight and almost no accountability. And nobody gets fired for debacles like the Afghanistan withdrawl.

No worries! A lot of sites do not specify what exactly he was awarded. Plus, with the debacle surrounding TIm Walz' military career, it is not a bad thing to be sceptical.

Yes, it does. From the link; Shortly after returning from Cuba, Hegseth volunteered to serve in Baghdad and Samarra, where he held the position of Infantry Platoon Leader and, later in Samarra, of Civil-Military Operations Officer. During his time in Iraq, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device, Combat Infantryman Badge, and a second Army Commendation Medal. As icing on the cake, the "Combat Infantryman Badge" is awarded to those who personally serve in active ground combat. Ready to quit now?

Noted. In the Canadian Amed Forces they were platoon commanders back in my day. I wish him luck.

He was not a Company CO but he was a platoon commander, and led his men into battle in Iraq. Effectively, as is evidenced by his Bronze Star with V (meaning for heroism). The DoD needs more warfighters and fewer bureaucrats. Whether he works out or not remains to be seen, but the intention of his choice is clear- the purpose of the military is to break things and kill people. Not to be a DEI project or social experiment.

Here https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Pete_Hegseth The V device indicates an award for heroism *Valor, hence the V. Any other questions?