Popular Post peterms Posted June 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2019 This man is deranged, armed, and dangerous. Quote US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said it is "possible" that President Donald Trump was sent by God to save Israel from Iran. In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network during a high-profile trip to Israel, he said it was his faith that made him believe that. He needs to be sectioned urgently, before he does something that kills people. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 A bit of sense from the American (non-neo-con) right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Inside a Texas Building Where the Government Is Holding Immigrant Children Quote Hundreds of immigrant children who have been separated from their parents or family members are being held in dirty, neglectful, and dangerous conditions at Border Patrol facilities in Texas. This week, a team of lawyers interviewed more than fifty children at one of those facilities, in Clint, Texas, in order to monitor government compliance with the Flores settlement, which mandates that children must be held in safe and sanitary conditions and moved out of Border Patrol custody without unnecessary delays. The conditions the lawyers found were shocking: flu and lice outbreaks were going untreated, and children were filthy, sleeping on cold floors, and taking care of each other because of the lack of attention from guards. Some of them had been in the facility for weeks. ... of course there are certain inherent costs in running a society that will be incurred, but as far as direct care, at the facilities that we have the numbers for, such as the large facilities like Homestead, it costs seven hundred and seventy-five dollars a day to care for these kids. There is no reason for the American taxpayer to have to pay seven hundred and seventy-five dollars a day to care for children who have families who love them, and are here in the United States, and want to take care of them. There are multiple kids that we could put on a plane this week to be with their parents in the United States. Many of them have never spoken with their parents since they got there. It probably ought to say seven hundred and seventy-five dollars a day not to care. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted June 25, 2019 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2019 1 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Remember the pictures of that poor Syrian kid Alan Kurdi who was found drowned and washed ashore on a beach in Turkey trying to reach Greece a few years back Well now the US and Trump have their own version of a father and his 2 year old daughter who drowned trying to cross the Mexican US border. Not a pleasant picture. Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 19 hours ago, NurembergVillan said: It's one of those quotes that has done the rounds on the internet for years. Funny, but not true. As Winston Churchill once said "most quotes on the internet are simply made up". 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 On 25/06/2019 at 12:18, NurembergVillan said: Texas Public School System product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 27, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) Edited June 27, 2019 by choffer I'm sure there's more to the story than the headline suggests but wtf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 27, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, choffer said: She was shot during an argument. The state has decided that she initiated and pressed the argument, and the shooter acted in self defence, that this therefore means she is responsible for being shot and therefore is her fault the foetus died. This is insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Chindie said: She was shot during an argument. The state has decided that she initiated and pressed the argument, and the shooter acted in self defence, that this therefore means she is responsible for being shot and therefore is her fault the foetus died. This is insane. Wow. So basically a case where they get to rave about the second amendment AND attack women’s rights. GOP porn, in other words. Sick. (edit: forgot the obvious point about racism to complete the full GOP porn hat trick.) Edited June 27, 2019 by Michelsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 5 hours ago, Chindie said: She was shot during an argument. The state has decided that she initiated and pressed the argument, and the shooter acted in self defence, that this therefore means she is responsible for being shot and therefore is her fault the foetus died. This is Alabama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Meanwhile, in response to Trump kicking things off last week, the Dems kicked things off in style with the first 10 of their 20 getting at it hardcore... errrr msnbc moderated style. Media gurus talking about how this could be a record election cycle for them, i.e., $$$$. Rather depressingly, I overheard 2 students chatting in starbucks (feck off coffee snobs!) yesterday who were talking about careers in politics. They were specifically talking about how it would be a great career choice given the deadlock in Washington, so there'll be many more years of mental election nonsense to come. Depressing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Just watched last night’s debate in full. I have to say, perhaps naively, that I like a lot of what Dems are talking about right now. Warren, Booker and Castro were impressive. I hope they narrow the field soon, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Michelsen said: Just watched last night’s debate in full. I have to say, perhaps naively, that I like a lot of what Dems are talking about right now. Warren, Booker and Castro were impressive. I hope they narrow the field soon, though. Booker is a bought and paid for shill for the pharma (somewhat, marginally understandable given the US med system) and charter school (unforgivable, full stop) industries. It'll be interesting to see how the media/dems try and blackball Gabbard and Sanders this time around. Edited June 27, 2019 by villakram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 The 2nd debate just seemed to have more firepower than the first this week. I was really really impressed by Buttigieg. Seemed to be very thoughtful and actually took responsibility for a failure unlike a few others. Everyone's saying that Kamala Harris had great debate and I don't disagree but she didn't really provide much in terms of policies. Also I wouldn't be surprised if Sanders is finished. Just running on the same platform that he did in 2016 just doesn't do it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Right-wing Democrats suck so hard: Good stuff this. It's easy to see how Terri Sewell (to pick one egregious example) is really helping the voters of Alabama's seventh congressional district here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 18 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Right-wing Democrats suck so hard: Good stuff this. It's easy to see how Terri Sewell (to pick one egregious example) is really helping the voters of Alabama's seventh congressional district here I wonder what could possibly be motivating her? Could it be money (spoiler alert, it's the money) Quote Industry Total Individuals PACs Insurance $239,220 $28,670 $210,550 Securities & Investment $126,050 $20,050 $106,000 Commercial Banks $99,850 $8,850 $91,000 Health Professionals $75,250 $1,750 $73,500 Lawyers/Law Firms $72,583 $31,933 $40,650 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Watching the second debate, Biden is a dud. Offers nothing. Harris and Mayor Pete impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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