Phil1111

Thats more good news. Perhaps my prayers will be answered.

FIFY

Only looters of a trump casino, Mar-a-Lago, etc.

President Xi is also a despot. But he handles the covid response in exactly the opposite way trump does. While trump has completely given up on a national covid response. China and Xi recently completed a 11 million testing response in one small geographic area. Both will lie, conceal and spin covid issues. But Xi does it to stamp covid out, among other reasons. trump seems indifferent to the elimination of covid as long as personal responsibility isn't attached to him. As far as him uttering that statement in a national speech. IMO it arises out of arrogance and narcissism. But more important is shows that he doesn't understand or care about eliminating US covid. That his base thinks the same or doesn't understand the issues.

Since Ron isn't rich, clearly he doesn't read rich GOP websites like Forbes.Or the trump/GOP tax bills "America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again of 2017, 2018, 2019. You know the budgets that cut the funding of the CDC. Fast forward to 2020. So now the result is the Trump Death Clock, more than 40 million are out of work because of the trumpdemic and $8.3 trillion in new debt. The debt under trump going from $20.2 trillion to $28.5. I guess the average working GOP trump voter doesn't see those facts.

Naturally I couldn't stomach listening to trump's Oklahoma speech live. The tossed salad language inter spaced with long pauses, lies, dog whistles, etc. eventually gets around to a message. That message is the status quo of white conservatism, law and order. The big blue line of law and order. Probably a good signal for his non-chance of re-election. As learning new tricks or formulating a compromising middle ground. On race, a covid response, trade, international relations and trying to grab some of the middle political ground. Are concepts that can't penetrate a trump mind. Between his message, the shrinking demographics of the old white base, covid, poor planning and race politics. The support in a state that previously worshiped his barefaced lies, was dismal. Best line of last night. trump "the more you test the more cases you get so I told my people, slow the testing down". What did he say about himself previously " a very stable genius". One hundred and forty nine days till he gets his eviction notice.

Well I did start reading your article. From the first paragraph lie #1 Soros was the fifth largest donor not the largest.. As compared to the Koch brothers who spent $4.3 million in Wisconsin alone among the $30-$40 million to get trump elected. The insider trading fine Soros paid was less than a tenth of the fine trump paid for fraud for his trump University Scam. Furthermore was only $300k more than trump paid for theft from a charity.

Barr makes Jeff Sessions look like cub scout. Berman needs to go to the judge that hired him and submit a motion to dismiss trump's termination of employment.

Well its gone full banana. "Attorney William P. Barr said on Saturday that President Trump had fired the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, who has investigated the president’s closest associates, deepening a crisis over the independence of law enforcement and the president’s purge of officials he views as disloyal. Mr. Trump removed the prosecutor, Geoffrey S. Berman, United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, after he had refused to step down on Friday night. The president’s announcement capped an extraordinary clash over an office that has been at the forefront of corruption inquiries into Mr. Trump’s inner circle." Evidently trump is now trying to clone a couple hundred more Barr's so he can appoint them in all the important prosecutor offices. Where the trump family capos are under investigation.

No, when a ship is on fire the rats start sniffing around "Is that smoke...is that smoke?" Graham is sniffing around to ascertain if there is smoke and which way the wind is blowing. He didn't have a backbone when he was part of the Three Amigos and doesn't now.

You're not my enemy and this forum is used to b.s. about politics. To try to understand your point of view misguided as it is.

Barr is up to his old tricks again as a yes man for trump. He ordered the firing of US attorney in Manhattan, Geoffrey Berman. But Berman refused to go. He is investigating trumps closest lieutenants and foot soldiers. He's on the team that put Cohen behind bars and is now onto Giuliani. This conduct ranks as five out of five bananas for corruption.

and we have Ron.

Nah its just Zuckerberg wanting to look like he is policing content because his lawyers told him the Dem's are a comin in the new year. That a breakup, fines or laws forcing content control could be the outcome. trump will be spending like a drunk sailor in the next four months so the actions will be minimal.

Nah its a trump whistle. FOX just came out with a new poll showing trump down even more to Biden. So trump is scouring the bottom of the dungeons for every last little fascist. Every vote counts.

In a sense they do. But there are liberal traitors to that hegemony. Who want to betray "real" America. Guys like Soros, Bill Gates, and their enablers like the Dems., HRC, Biden, Pelosi, etc. They would hand the keys to communists, socialists and allow America to be disarmed. Allow America to become a part of a world order, sold by Soros. Ron?

A editorial in the NYT: Don’t Buy John Bolton’s Book. But Don’t Ignore Its Revelations He says Trump cheered Chinese concentration camps Good idea. Bolton is a traitor to the constitution by not testifying, but like trump his job is a chance to line his pockets.

There should properly be two groups. Patriots that tried to uphold the constitution, i.e Mattis and those who sold it down the river to make a buck, i.e Bolton

A pre-election photo-op to pander to his base. "The Brennan Center, a think tank and advocacy group that has pushed for criminal justice reform, dismissed the executive order as making “only cosmetic changes when the nation is ready for law enforcement’s racism to be pulled out by its roots," noting that it “says nothing“ about racial disparities in policing. While the group called the order‘s reforms a slate of “welcome changes,” it said that legislation in the House was more comprehensive and would be more effective." There are 18,000 police departments in the US each with different training programs. During the Obama government there was 25 investigations opened up on LE departments and under trump one.The Collaborative Reform Initiative in its Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has widespread support by police chiefs in the US. Under trump it was ended.

I hope your right about a somewhat widely held opinion regarding a rewrite of medical history.

Ask Warren Buffet about that.

Not true at all because deregulation only occurred in the US. Money loosing airlines led to increased flexibility, through new contracts with pilots and reduced wages for new pilots in the entire global market. Furthermore deregulation didn't allow the old contracts to be ripped up. It allowed new airlines to fly new routes. Those new routes allowed competition with the old carriers that made their contracts noncompetitive.

I'd disagree on most of that. LE is where the rule of law meets the road. The attitudes of society aren't pulling the triggers. Rouge officers are. One change at a time. Its hard enough negotiating new contracts let alone creating a new utopia of equality.

Anyone holding their breath for a vaccine in a year is likely dreaming as it has never happened before. Initial death rates for ICU patients was 1-1.5% now its under .75%.

I don't know of any police unions that are popular with the public in the US or Canada. Before or subsequent to BLM. Substantially they are the source of the problem because they seek to protect members as their number one objective. As far a lip service goes. There are contracts that state the protocols for disciplinary actions and terminations. Disagreements are sent to arbitration then the courts with the contracts interpretation not "lip service" the rule for interpretation. The objective is not to "bust the union". Its to effect change in the behaviors of the officers on the streets. Together with the necessary changes when discipline fails in the interactions between LE and the public. Its easier to change the behaviors of officers and their unions with the unions intact without trying to burn the whole house down. Furthermore as you and others have stated these LE unions are powerful. Historically changing union contracts starts with one and other unions will follow suit. That works when the side opposing unions has the stronger hand. Also when the unions have weaker hands. The airline industry's negotiations with pilots is a good example. "Union Busting" is a pipe dream.