jerseyhoya wrote:Boris Johnson is prime minister as this version of reality continues to deliver

Just put that old, somewhat disturbing song 'send in the clowns' on a loop until our current hellscape arrives at its conclusion. God willing that is just a closing of a chapter, not the end of the world.

Don't you love a farce? My fault, I fear
I thought that you'd want what I want, sorry my dear
But where are the clowns? Send in the clowns
Don't bother they're here

Honest question, do they always do the two envelope thing to announce the new PM like a sad '70's game show?

The Franken thing was unfair when Tweeden seemed credible and is absurd now.

"Fire, Aim, Ready" serves no one.

jerseyhoya wrote:Boris Johnson is prime minister as this version of reality continues to deliver

Pretty good The Daily Podcast on him yesterday.

Was unaware how calculated his "I am an unkempt doofus" appearance is.

8 other women accused him of inappropriate touching. Were they all lying?

I mean, Johnson has no plan to exit the EU either. Very exciting stuff.

pacino wrote:8 other women accused him of inappropriate touching. Were they all lying?

I believe it is 8 total, so 7 others. 5 of who are anonymous and the events where these incidents took place are merely described as campaign event in such and such year for example.

one of the other named people posed for a photo and he put her hand on her waist and grabbed "a handful of flesh."

thephan wrote:Trump administration to propose rule that would cut 3.1 million people from food stamp program

Am I missing something or did the "article" not actually state what the proposed rule is? Watching the video, any rule change that would keep millionaires like the guy interviewed from receiving SNAP is probably okay with me. But, as they say, the devil is in the details.

I leave the country for a few weeks and another billionaire joins the race for president. just great.

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Speaking w/ @ImranKhanPTI yesterday, @POTUS reiterated to the world that there is no reasonable military solution to the war in Afghanistan, & that peace must be achieved through a political settlement. Pakistan committed to do all it can to achieve peace.

I think Don said something completely different.

traderdave wrote:

thephan wrote:Trump administration to propose rule that would cut 3.1 million people from food stamp program

Am I missing something or did the "article" not actually state what the proposed rule is? Watching the video, any rule change that would keep millionaires like the guy interviewed from receiving SNAP is probably okay with me. But, as they say, the devil is in the details.

It changes the rule around allowing for automatic enrollment; this will basically affect mostly seniors who have a small RSDI amount and were receiving Medicaid or buy-in or TANF recipients so we sent them something to enroll them in FS. There's no reason to get rid of this other than to make it harder for people to access a benefit they may not have realized they were eligible for. They want to add a resource requirement which will add more impediments and add more paperwork to the process

It's just unnecessary to do.

And this guy was a stunt and nowhere near the norm or who it would affect. Fox News is not news.

I liked that I could source Fox News talking about taking away support for seniors FWIW. There are other sources, but it was delicious that FNC was the lead. But you know what? Back in the 1950, where some/too many of our elected official live in their minds, you had 3 meals with you family stack including the elders. Often this was because they were all living in squallier in the same house.

pacino wrote:8 other women accused him of inappropriate touching. Were they all lying?

Probably the majority of them. That's why they are anonymous people with non-provable accusations.

A new form of due process: Trial by numbers.

Absolutely shocking that anyone today thinks that anonymous automatically means false. I mean, anyone but Brantt. Have people seen what happened to Christine Blasey Ford?

And note that Franken himself chose to step down. Public opinion tried him, fairly or not, and he found himself guilty! jesus goddamn christ.

sometimes nuance exists

JUburton wrote:Absolutely shocking that anyone today thinks that anonymous automatically means false. I mean, anyone but Brantt. Have people seen what happened to Christine Blasey Ford?

And note that Franken himself chose to step down. Public opinion tried him, fairly or not, and he found himself guilty! jesus goddamn christ.

Jesus Christ is right.

I'm not saying it went perfectly and there are certainly things to be learned here. But I'm not going to treat him as a complete victim either.

JUburton wrote:I'm not saying it went perfectly and there are certainly things to be learned here. But I'm not going to treat him as a complete victim either.

oh yeah dont get me wrong. not agreeing with brantt here!

just think often things are looked at as black and white and they never are that is all.

CalvinBall wrote:

JUburton wrote:I'm not saying it went perfectly and there are certainly things to be learned here. But I'm not going to treat him as a complete victim either.

oh yeah dont get me wrong. not agreeing with brantt here!

just think often things are looked at as black and white and they never are that is all.

Oh I know, I'm looking more at the brantts of the world.