US Politics Thread

[BarneyKook]

3 hours ago, nuckin_futz said:

 

While we're discussing Elon does anyone know what colour you'd call his flesh? I don't think it's one that's naturally occurring in nature. And how would you describe his body type? Is lopsided a body type?

 

 

Beluga White

[NewbieCanuckFan]

9 minutes ago, 24K said:

 

Well Elon, one reason is it look like it wasn't safe to land a helicopter there. 

It was Elon that recommended Kobe Bryant use that helicopter.

[Warhippy]

1 hour ago, Elias Pettersson said:

SpaceX engineers are trying to deliver Starlink terminals & supplies to devastated areas in North Carolina right now and

@FEMA

is both failing to help AND won’t let others help. This is unconscionable!! They just took this video a few hours ago, where you can see the level of devastation: roads, houses, electricity, water supply and ground Internet connections completely destroyed.

@FEMA

wouldn’t let them land to deliver critical supplies … my blood is boiling …

FEMA is running critical helicopter flights to rescue people at risk and in danger while delivering critical supplies and fuel to help those affected and Starlink employees are pissed because they do not have permission to fly randomly in to areas with no plans to drop off starlink terminals which will do sweet fuck all because THERE IS NO POWER to use them.

 

How terrible for them that they aren't allowed to interfere with vital humanitarian aid to drop off worthless bricks that will not be usable at this point in time in order for them to be able to whine online and claim that somehow the biden presidency is refusing to allow them in.

[nuckin_futz]

Probably not a great idea to film yourself committing crimes.

 

 

[SilentSam]

 

 

[Coconuts]

5 hours ago, nuckin_futz said:

 

Only the King James Bible for 'historical accuracy'.

 

Gross, shit like this is why churches should be taxed

 

If religious facets like bibles are going to be paid for by the public than churches can pay their portion 

[RupertKBD]

13 minutes ago, Coconuts said:

 

Gross, shit like this is why churches should be taxed

 

If religious facets like bibles are going to be paid for by the public than churches can pay their portion 

 

This is crying out for a class action suit on behalf of Oklahoma taxpayers.

 

There's no way public funds should be used to enrich a political candidate and even more egregious is these bible punching nitwits are using monies earmarked for education to do so.

 

If parents want their children "educated" in the bible, they can send them to Sunday School.

[The Arrogant Worms]

'Trump Bible' one of few that meet Walters' criteria for Oklahoma classrooms

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2024/10/04/donald-trump-supported-bible-one-of-few-that-meets-ryan-walters-criteria-for-ok-classrooms/75510021007/

[Coconuts]

1 minute ago, RupertKBD said:

 

This is crying out for a class action suit on behalf of Oklahoma taxpayers.

 

There's no way public funds should be used to enrich a political candidate and even more egregious is these bible punching nitwits are using monies earmarked for education to do so.

 

If parents want their children "educated" in the bible, they can send them to Sunday School.

 

Agreed on all counts, or they can pay to send them to a Christian school, there are plenty of those. 

 

It's not uncommon for some folks to go off about wanting god put back in schools, the appropriate response to that is "just yours, or all of them?". 

[JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo]

1 hour ago, Elias Pettersson said:

SpaceX engineers are trying to deliver Starlink terminals & supplies to devastated areas in North Carolina right now and

@FEMA

is both failing to help AND won’t let others help. This is unconscionable!! They just took this video a few hours ago, where you can see the level of devastation: roads, houses, electricity, water supply and ground Internet connections completely destroyed.

@FEMA

wouldn’t let them land to deliver critical supplies … my blood is boiling …

Trump literally withheld emergency funds, with the intention of never sending them, to places that voted democrat because he's a whiny bitch of a man baby. Americans, both right and left, suffered because of this. He's the most divisive president in the history of the us, full stop. This is nothing but projection and you know it. Trump's desperately trying to change the narrative on what an abhorrent piece of shit he was when when he was in office and the rubes eat it up like pablum. He's been contradicted by virtually every republican official in the region, who have praised Biden's efforts, for no other reason but trying to score cheap political points. 

[Satchmo]

This doesn't really look good on Walz.  I though I'd post it before the tweets and videos turn up.

 

As fraud scandals erupt in Minnesota on Gov. Tim Walz’s watch, accountability is in short supply

 

One state audit found that bonus checks intended for frontline workers during the pandemic were handed out to undeserving recipients. Another criticized a Minnesota state agency for failing to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in taxpayer-funded mental health and addiction programs. A third detailed lax oversight of a program to feed needy kids which federal prosecutors say resulted in the nation’s largest Covid-era fraud scheme.

But when confronted with these and other troubling examples of waste, fraud and abuse, some state agencies working under the administration of Democratic Gov. Tim Walz repeatedly minimized or dismissed the allegations, the state’s nonpartisan auditor, Judy Randall, told CNN.

A CNN review of audits – and the responses they prompted – as well as interviews with statewide politicians and pundits, found that Walz has been a hands-off leader when it comes to seeking accountability for episodes of fraud and mismanagement on his watch. What’s more, some state agencies headed by his appointees have responded defensively in recent months to the audits – a dynamic that Randall, who has worked in the department for 26 years, has found surprising.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/04/politics/walz-audits-fraud-accountability-invs/index.html

 

[SilentSam]

    This .  

     IS THE NOOSE THAT HANGS TRUMP   

 

 

aprx. 30 days before he called for a riot  and violence on Capitol Hill.

( Jan 6 2021 )
 

 

why didn’t SCOTUS pick up in this..?

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by SilentSam

[The Arrogant Worms]

1 hour ago, JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo said:

Trump literally withheld emergency funds, with the intention of never sending them, to places that voted democrat because he's a whiny bitch of a man baby. Americans, both right and left, suffered because of this. He's the most divisive president in the history of the us, full stop. This is nothing but projection and you know it. Trump's desperately trying to change the narrative on what an abhorrent piece of shit he was when when he was in office and the rubes eat it up like pablum. He's been contradicted by virtually every republican official in the region, who have praised Biden's efforts, for no other reason but trying to score cheap political points. 

'Give me a call': Pete Buttigieg calls Elon Musk's bluff on hurricane relief claims

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-pete-buttigieg/

[The Arrogant Worms]

‘Put Aside Hate and Pitch In’: GOP Mayor and Ex-Wrestler Kane Sets the Record Straight on Hurricane Aid Rumors

 

https://www.mediaite.com/news/put-aside-hate-and-pitch-in-gop-mayor-and-ex-wrestler-kane-sets-the-record-straight-on-hurricane-aid-rumors/

[24K]

1 hour ago, Satchmo said:

This doesn't really look good on Walz.  I though I'd post it before the tweets and videos turn up.

 

As fraud scandals erupt in Minnesota on Gov. Tim Walz’s watch, accountability is in short supply

 

One state audit found that bonus checks intended for frontline workers during the pandemic were handed out to undeserving recipients. Another criticized a Minnesota state agency for failing to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in taxpayer-funded mental health and addiction programs. A third detailed lax oversight of a program to feed needy kids which federal prosecutors say resulted in the nation’s largest Covid-era fraud scheme.

But when confronted with these and other troubling examples of waste, fraud and abuse, some state agencies working under the administration of Democratic Gov. Tim Walz repeatedly minimized or dismissed the allegations, the state’s nonpartisan auditor, Judy Randall, told CNN.

A CNN review of audits – and the responses they prompted – as well as interviews with statewide politicians and pundits, found that Walz has been a hands-off leader when it comes to seeking accountability for episodes of fraud and mismanagement on his watch. What’s more, some state agencies headed by his appointees have responded defensively in recent months to the audits – a dynamic that Randall, who has worked in the department for 26 years, has found surprising.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/04/politics/walz-audits-fraud-accountability-invs/index.html

 

Definitely not a good look but then again, you can pretty much say the same thing for every administration state or federal at some point or the other. 

 

Heck, if we are holding ti that standard, every President in US history is guilty of that with how much unaccountable money being flushed down the drain to the pentagon. 

[nuckin_futz]

 

Is he doing blackface?

[SilentSam]

Fire with Fire lol !

 

 

 

 

 

[Gurn]

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/colorado-judge-who-sentenced-election-denier-tina-peters-to-prison-receives-threats/ar-AA1rIKJr?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=7c34206a9f6f4f0eb77e9c798f465564&ei=11

"Arural Colorado county courthouse beefed up security Friday after threats were made against staff and a judge who sentenced former county clerk Tina Peters to nearly nine years behind bars and admonished her for her role in a data breach scheme catalyzed by the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.

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a lot more at link.