Thursday Next Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 Wait what... Your judiciary is no longer part of the Government? http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/donald-trump-judiciary-judges-muslim-ban-immigration-government-white-house-website-branches-a7552566.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 Apparently over the weekend the ACLU received $24 million in donations. To put that in perspective they typically receive approximately $4 million in donations every year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 Wait what... Your judiciary is no longer part of the Government? http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/donald-trump-judiciary-judges-muslim-ban-immigration-government-white-house-website-branches-a7552566.html Well they only go and get in the way. Who needs a judiciary when you can just do overly complex signatures on Executive Orders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 The judiciary has always been in a tenuous position really, as is the legislature. They're both in a "how many legions does the Pope have?" position if the executive really wants to push it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 Trump and his cabinet have expressed admiration for President Jackson who, when the Supreme Court essentially ruled non-Native Americans could not enter onto tribal lands without a permit, famously said "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!" and then proceeded to force the Cherokee to move from Georgia to the Oklahoma wasteland on foot in the infamous ethnic cleansing incident remembered as the Trail of Tears. We have elected a madman racist tyrant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hot Heart Posted January 30, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 This doesn't sound reassuringly like the US has pretty good institutions... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-balloon-for-a-coup-e024990891d5#.7bzpyo6aq Interesting thought when you consider everything (e.g., Resignation/firing of most senior-level State Dept. officials; disregards for the judiciary branch and court orders; Homeland Security Council shakeup and many more) that has happened in the last 9 days that seems to test our institutions. I don't buy it, yet. What I do buy is that they're trying to tire us all out. It has been a really "WTF?" time and I personally can't keep up. I got my life to live and sort out after all. This is where groups like the ACLU comes into play. They can play ball all day if you flush them funds (see Ethan's post re: ACLU donations). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 What needs to make sure is that they don't like, as exampled in the above, bring out a ban and then pull back on a small element of it to make it seem like they're backing down when 95% of what they put in place is still there. And yeah I imagine part of it is to tire folks out. It sorta worked in his campaign, just had so much crazy shit, so much stuff that needed fact checking that folks kinda gave up trying to dispute it all. In US-UK news our Foreign Minister has stated UK passport holders can visit US, which I didn't entirely know was a potential issue. We weren't listed on the banned list afaik. Also nationwide protests/support going on too, been one in our city centre and twitter feed has a fair few showing, some pretty decent sized ones. Also I guess best sign: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 It's dual citizenship/dual passport holders (where the second nation is one of the banned ones) that Boris Johnson's clarification was for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 More evidence that Trump really ain't all there. https://twitter.com/tommyxtopher/status/826521935987298304 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 This is what happens when you have a cabinet of exclusively old white dudes. They all look the same, think the same, act the same. Might as well not even bother with them and just become a dictator proper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 But with the cabinet you can at least pretend you're not a dictator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 2, 2017 Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 After rewriting the opening song to remove the hand-cutting line in the 90s, Disney have had to make another alteration. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 https://youtu.be/MGO6poggOY0 I'm no master of the handshake, but damn is that a terrible handshake. Also has no one told him not to pull people? He does it so obviously too, that it kinda loses a lot of its "powerplay" element too. Apparently Ivanka is known for doing it too. Just makes you seem like an asshole to the other person, which in many of these cases are now world leaders. Also that "look at me" so he looks at the PM *facepalm* Anywho in other news (cos I guess I can't say "also" three times in a row) I hear China or whoever now has a handy collection of confidential documents handily illuminated and well lit for them by the phones of the staff. He's gonna be last in the chain of receiving global intelligence isn't he. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Trump pulls people because he thinks it's a power move and establishes dominance. Really, though, it just establishes him as an asshole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 How long till a fist fight when somebody have enough of that pull? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) Edit: Micheal Flynn is gone. Too much to do with Russia I guess... Edited February 14, 2017 by Mal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Game time: +45 Days (on Monday) Trump casts Redirection: Obama Wiretapped Me This spell redirects attention from his potential personal connections to the Kremlin to the left field allegation of Obama ordering an illegal wiretap of Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign. All mental willpower will now go to this claim and the original Trump-Russia investigations are now slowed or stalled. --- I swear, some intern should just give Trump a blowjob in the Oval Office and get this over with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Dude is all over the place, being all "obama wiretapped me" to picking fights with Schwarzenegger. Also these weekend trips to Mar-a-lago are straight up stealing money from the tax payer. Oh and the "Obama also met with the same russian ambasador that Sessions did"...yeah dude that's cos he's the president and not only allowed to carry out international diplomacy but it's kind of his job. Saw a tweet this morning that was along lines of it being an increasing possibility he might attempt to pull a Thatcher and go to war with North Korea. But yeah, it unfortunately worked that news coverage is now about his allegations. But it's all a short term game, after a while it'll just be "oh look Trump tweeted this thing, but hey boy that cried wolf". Also err...it's kinda slander too and FBI are a bit pissed atm cos it's accusing them of conducting illegal acts. And kinda scummy that Brietbart are pretty much acting as the presidents intelligence committee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 For someone who claims to hate fake news so much, he sure does love to generate plenty of his own. I can't believe anyone is even entertaining his claim as legitimate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1275 "world's greatest healthcare plan". sigh. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 They've pulled the bill because there aren't enough votes to pass it, despite the fact that they have the presidency and majorities in both houses. Republicans have just proved they are incapable of governing. Hooray! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 Which is quite amazing considering as I'm to understand it ACA passed despite /all/ the Republicans voting against it. So much for the worlds best healthcare plan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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