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1 day agoCan’t say for sure, but Hillary is an old-school politician who tries to create consensus. Trump is a fire breather who thrives on controversy.
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2·2 days agoTotally related to the issue.
The issue is that the IRS is underfunded because big GOP contributors don’t want to have to go toe to toe with an agency that can make them pay taxes.
That’s why Trump got a surge of money after his New York City trial lose; rich folks hate the idea that the law might be used against them.
Nancy Reagan was personally soft on abortion, but she knew it played to the base, so she was gung ho to overturn Roe V. Wade. That was until she found out stem cells might be able to help Ronnie’s dementia, then she was all for using corpses to make medicine.
4·2 days agoThe one I mentioned is a 2010 series from the BBC I just saw on BritBox streaming service.
I saw that one after I saw the 2016 version with Elijah Wood.
So the older version was ‘new’ to me.
Sorry for any confusion.
tl, dr = Every dollar spent investigating the richest means another $12 in taxes. This is with no new tax laws, just enforcing the one’s on the books.
The latest version of Dirk Gently has an episode where the Pentagon is desperately searching for the most powerful computer program on Earth.
You type in your conclusion, say “I want to invade Switzerland” and the program will search the entire interwebs to come up with a logical, fact based analysis that explains why it’s a reasonable thing to do.
1·6 days agoBy Grabthar’s hammer I swear that was an inadvertent pun.
Ian MacDonald has a great science fiction trilogy. The first book is 'Luna: New Moon."
Does a great job of worldbuilding along with pushing a sweeping saga.
Have you checked the maker’s site?
low effort post
Exactly what effort did you put into your [I use the term loosely] joke?
I mean, if you want to talk about effort, you could take the time to repudiate all the Trump pardons and show how they benefitted the country.
Once working colonies become a thing, any organic matter will be worth its weight in uranium.
It’s kinda problematic. ‘Rainbow kryptonite’ would be more appropriate,
https://www.dexerto.com/comics/superman-pink-kryptonite-supergirl-2520937/
Talk to anyone who was old enough to vote for Clinton.
It wasn’t a big dramatic floor fight in Congress. People started talking about doing away with the ATF, and the idea seemed to be gaining momentum, and then it just…vanished.
First, you’ve proven my point about how the interwebs can lead us into stupid, inane, meaningless arguments that prove nothing.
Second, comic book Batman always carries krytonite in case Supes goes rogue, and that beats some surfing gear any day of the week.
This is one of my favorite stories.
The ATF completely screwed up the raid on the Branch Davidian Church in Waco back in 1993. It was indenfesnable and a lot of people started saying that the Agency should be abolished and its responsibilities moved to the FBI.
“Small government” GOPs blocked any mention of the idea, because they were worried about having the FBI looking into gun crimes.
I like to put it this way.
Television is like binoculars and the internet is like a microscope.
Watch TV and you’ll see all sorts of things from a distance, and kind of get an idea of how they interconnect. A good general idea of what’s going on.
Use the internet and you’ll end up spending six months arguing over which version of Batman had the most effective utility belt.
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/why-nra-blocking-obamas-surgeon-general-nominee/
Obama wanted to do this, but the NRA blocked his choice for Surgeon General.
So, Trump gets a pass on what happened to the Kurds?
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-09-17/kurds-have-paid-dearly-for-trump-s-reckless-withdrawal-from-syria