The US is a Banana Republic

[JerryBaumchen 1,362]

11 minutes ago, SkyDekker said:

Am I the only one that sees the irony in the guy who came up with "build the wall" as a soundbite because the presidential candidate he worked for was too stupid to remember to talk about immigration, now is getting arrested for defrauding people who thought they were donating to build a wall?

Hi Sky,

No,

Jerry Baumchen

[SkyDekker 1,465]

The FEC is supposed to administer, investigate and enforce the campaign finance laws. Right now Kanye West is breaking those, but the FEC cannot vote to start investigating campaign finance violations, because Trump hasn't nominated enough commissioners for there to be a quorum.

 

[turtlespeed 220]

1 hour ago, SkyDekker said:

The FEC is supposed to administer, investigate and enforce the campaign finance laws. Right now Kanye West is breaking those, but the FEC cannot vote to start investigating campaign finance violations, because Trump hasn't nominated enough commissioners for there to be a quorum.

 

I suppose he will get his in the end then? Do you think?

[wmw999 2,444]

After the election the immediacy goes down. Because, after all, the FEC is more about protecting ongoing elections.
Wendy P. 

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8 minutes ago, wmw999 said:

After the election the immediacy goes down. Because, after all, the FEC is more about protecting ongoing elections.
Wendy P. 

Illegal is illegal and should be prosecuted.

[ryoder 1,590]

1 hour ago, SkyDekker said:

The FEC is supposed to administer, investigate and enforce the campaign finance laws. Right now Kanye West is breaking those, but the FEC cannot vote to start investigating campaign finance violations, because Trump hasn't nominated enough commissioners for there to be a quorum.

 

I think it is amusing that the Trump campaign thinks Kanye could take votes from Biden. In my opinion an obviously mentally-ill candidate is more like to attract the voters who are already unable to identify the other mentally-ill candidate.

[wmw999 2,444]

32 minutes ago, turtlespeed said:

Illegal is illegal and should be prosecuted.

There’s that whole statute of limitations thing. Also the benefit-worth-the-cost thing. 
It’s kind of like saying you’ll spend whatever it takes to catch every lady welfare cheat. Program cost: 5 billion. Enforcement cost: 10 billion. But at least we punish people. 
Kanye is a musical and business genius, who is mentally ill and a political joke. 
Wendy P. 

[SkyDekker 1,465]

14 hours ago, turtlespeed said:

Illegal is illegal and should be prosecuted.

True, you have been so vocal about the ongoing Hatch Act violations......

[SkyDekker 1,465]

15 hours ago, turtlespeed said:

I suppose he will get his in the end then? Do you think?

Depends. He is GOP backed. If Trump wins is re-elected he simply won't bring forward commissioners. No quorum on FEC no investigations.

[turtlespeed 220]

4 hours ago, SkyDekker said:

Depends. He is GOP backed. If Trump wins is re-elected he simply won't bring forward commissioners. No quorum on FEC no investigations.

That would be wrong.

[turtlespeed 220]

18 hours ago, wmw999 said:

There’s that whole statute of limitations thing. Also the benefit-worth-the-cost thing. 
It’s kind of like saying you’ll spend whatever it takes to catch every lady welfare cheat. Program cost: 5 billion. Enforcement cost: 10 billion. But at least we punish people. 
Kanye is a musical and business genius, who is mentally ill and a political joke. 
Wendy P. 

I'm aware of that.  What is the cost to look into the alleged violations?

I haven't heard much of anything on them, nor the Hatch Act violations.

[SkyDekker 1,465]

1 hour ago, turtlespeed said:

I'm aware of that.  What is the cost to look into the alleged violations?

I haven't heard much of anything on them, nor the Hatch Act violations.

just last night was one large Hatch Act violation.....one of many many many many in this administration. If you haven't heard of it at all, you may want to broaden your news sources.

[richravizza 28]

 

On 8/20/2020 at 10:43 AM, SkyDekker said:

Considering how closely Canada's performance is tied to the US' performance, I think I have plenty of skin in the game. 

The US has spent decades telling the world they are he best at everything and that they will be happy to use military might to "convince" those who disagree. Being told you are wrong is not "salt in our wound".

And, I am not outraged at all. I am stunned by the stupidity on display in the US and the general unwillingness to help the country. The invention of "deep state", "Q" and all the other insane conspiracy theories are enough evidence of that.

Am I the only one that sees the irony in the guy who came up with "build the wall" as a soundbite because the presidential candidate he worked for was too stupid to remember to talk about immigration, now is getting arrested for defrauding people who thought they were donating to build a wall?

So your motivation is money? LOL how rich, and on the coat-tails of America no less. How ironic,...how does that work, now that the S&P 500 is back to record highs? Did you sell your profits and get back in at the beginning of the CCP virus? maybe add  some TSLA , AAPL ?.Oh, I'll stop right there..don't want some to confuse my critique with a personal attack.

Just so I'm clear this is no personal attack it's an attack on your stink'n  think'n,A special  sort of intellectual dishonesty required, to start such a rag,coupled with a steroid shot of aggro arrogance and hatred for the American President,mental masturbation.

The level of false moral equivalence is how you amuse me.

How many  Venezuelan citizens would welcome those  mercenaries? Better yet, how many of them would jump out of their "banaana republic" and jump into ours. Ever heard of the Maduro Diet, it's all the rage in Caracas.Perhaps, your bitter that an oil rich nation, that was suppose to be that gold standard of socialism, turned regressive Dictatorship like so many before it. Any projection ? Then  you phase it as some sort of binary perspective

Venezuelian poor good guy, America big bad aggressor.

As for Q and their ilk,they come from a perspective of "if the shoe was on the other foot".Imagine if candidate Obama was in Trumps shoes, and the CIA didn't come to him with their concerns, but started to build a case against him, instead.Crazy Deep State Americans and their disdain of bureaucracy and technocrats.How easy it is, for the common man,  the little man to be crushed, accused, tried and convicted.

Your last statement I can agree,A fool and his money soon depart.

 

[gowlerk 2,190]

24 minutes ago, richravizza said:

 

So your motivation is money? LOL how rich, and on the coat-tails of America no less. How ironic,...how does that work, now that the S&P 500 is back to record highs? Did you sell your profits and get back in at the beginning of the CCP virus? maybe add  some TSLA , AAPL ?.Oh, I'll stop right there..don't want some to confuse my critique with a personal attack.

Just so I'm clear this is no personal attack it's an attack on your stink'n  think'n,A special  sort of intellectual dishonesty required, to start such a rag,coupled with a steroid shot of aggro arrogance and hatred for the American President,mental masturbation.

The level of false moral equivalence is how you amuse me.

How many  Venezuelan citizens would welcome those  mercenaries? Better yet, how many of them would jump out of their "banaana republic" and jump into ours. Ever heard of the Maduro Diet, it's all the rage in Caracas.Perhaps, your bitter that an oil rich nation, that was suppose to be that gold standard of socialism, turned regressive Dictatorship like so many before it. Any projection ? Then  you phase it as some sort of binary perspective

Venezuelian poor good guy, America big bad aggressor.

As for Q and their ilk,they come from a perspective of "if the shoe was on the other foot".Imagine if candidate Obama was in Trumps shoes, and the CIA didn't come to him with their concerns, but started to build a case against him, instead.Crazy Deep State Americans and their disdain of bureaucracy and technocrats.How easy it is, for the common man,  the little man to be crushed, accused, tried and convicted.

Your last statement I can agree,A fool and his money soon depart.

 

Did you take a long time to compose that, or does free form nonsense come easily to you? But I should congratulate you and your hero the Orange Menace for, as you say, not yet turning the magnificence that was once to be seen in the USA into something as low as the most messed up nation in the hemisphere.

[jakee 1,489]

5 hours ago, richravizza said:

How many  Venezuelan citizens would welcome those  mercenaries? Better yet, how many of them would jump out of their "banaana republic" and jump into ours. Ever heard of the Maduro Diet, it's all the rage in Caracas.Perhaps, your bitter that an oil rich nation, that was suppose to be that gold standard of socialism, turned regressive Dictatorship like so many before it. Any projection ? Then  you phase it as some sort of binary perspective

Wow, it's so obvious now - us liberals are only attacking Trump because we're mad that Venezuela is showing how corrupt, hardline Marxist governments ruin their countries. Why couldn't I see that before?

[SkyDekker 1,465]

15 hours ago, richravizza said:

 

So your motivation is money? LOL how rich, and on the coat-tails of America no less. How ironic,...how does that work, now that the S&P 500 is back to record highs? Did you sell your profits and get back in at the beginning of the CCP virus? maybe add  some TSLA , AAPL ?.Oh, I'll stop right there..don't want some to confuse my critique with a personal attack.

Just so I'm clear this is no personal attack it's an attack on your stink'n  think'n,A special  sort of intellectual dishonesty required, to start such a rag,coupled with a steroid shot of aggro arrogance and hatred for the American President,mental masturbation.

The level of false moral equivalence is how you amuse me.

How many  Venezuelan citizens would welcome those  mercenaries? Better yet, how many of them would jump out of their "banaana republic" and jump into ours. Ever heard of the Maduro Diet, it's all the rage in Caracas.Perhaps, your bitter that an oil rich nation, that was suppose to be that gold standard of socialism, turned regressive Dictatorship like so many before it. Any projection ? Then  you phase it as some sort of binary perspective

Venezuelian poor good guy, America big bad aggressor.

As for Q and their ilk,they come from a perspective of "if the shoe was on the other foot".Imagine if candidate Obama was in Trumps shoes, and the CIA didn't come to him with their concerns, but started to build a case against him, instead.Crazy Deep State Americans and their disdain of bureaucracy and technocrats.How easy it is, for the common man,  the little man to be crushed, accused, tried and convicted.

Your last statement I can agree,A fool and his money soon depart.

 

I honestly have no idea what you are talking about or even trying to convey. American educated?

[jakee 1,489]

1 hour ago, SkyDekker said:

I honestly have no idea what you are talking about or even trying to convey. American educated?

Venezuela Venezuela?

 

 

[richravizza 28]

On 8/18/2020 at 6:01 AM, wolfriverjoe said:

So you are against requiring ID for voting?

Last time we conveyed you inferred all Trump voters are racist since your responding to me,I'll poke back.

 

[richravizza 28]

11 hours ago, SkyDekker said:

I honestly have no idea what you are talking about or even trying to convey. American educated?

It's a direct retort to the title of your thread. Canadian educated? 

Try taking it slow, digest one sentence at a time, it might help your condition of moral superiority. 

Here's some of that skin I was talking about, and the left owns it all.

 

 

[billvon 2,990]

1 hour ago, richravizza said:

It's a direct retort to the title of your thread. Canadian educated? 

Try taking it slow, digest one sentence at a time, it might help your condition of moral superiority. 

Here's some of that skin I was talking about, and the left owns it all.

Here's some more skin (literally.)  See that shoe embedded in the murderer's car?  Good chance that there's some skin left in that.  The right owns this.
 

[billvon 2,990]

Here's right wing murderer Steven Carillo.  He killed a cop, Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller of the Santa Cruz sheriff's departmant.  Carillo is part of the Boogaloo movement, a movement that got a huge boost when Trump called on his supporters to "liberate" states that have restrictions due to COVID-19.

The right very much owns this.

[billvon 2,990]

Here's a still of Patrick Crusius right before he opened fire in a Texas Walmart killing 23 people.  After he was arrested investigators discovered his white nationalist anti-immigrant manifesto on 8chan.

The right owns this one also.

[billvon 2,990]

I could continue but I will stop here.  Listing all 49 people murdered in the US by right wingers in the past four years would waste a lot of bandwidth.

[richravizza 28]

On 9/1/2020 at 5:51 PM, gowlerk said:

Did you take a long time to compose that, or does free form nonsense come easily to you? But I should congratulate you and your hero the Orange Menace for, as you say, not yet turning the magnificence that was once to be seen in the USA into something as low as the most messed up nation in the hemisphere.

 Super easy and since The State of California, particularly LA County is crushing the small businesses it gives me time. Check out AB5

Damn dude, why so glum, other than Saul Alinsky's disenfranchised we're doing pretty good.So when was the last time you were south of the US border? Some Objectivity please.

Messed up Nation? Please. You should own a piece of it.

"Even during a global pandemic you can sell a cockroach in America, and make a buck "  

 

[richravizza 28]

41 minutes ago, billvon said:

Here's some more skin (literally.)  See that shoe embedded in the murderer's car?  Good chance that there's some skin left in that.  The right owns this.
 

Bill don't let emotions get the better of you, tit for tat and all that.

That bandwidth of stats can be found at the FBI.