By TheHunter Go To Post
I agree with every assessment.
And yet every single quoted person is presently working or has worked for the man in some capacity. All of them, pure swine.
eh, someone's gotta actually go and make sure that the absolute worst case situation doesn't happen. i'm not about to crucify everyone in the white house when we have a congress full of openly worse individuals
Everyone in politics is swine and outward, including all the so called "give him a chance" democrats. They stay lame.
By and large, James Mattis has done a decent job of signalling to the rest of the world that there are adults in the room.
Few and far between, but they exist.
Few and far between, but they exist.
By DY_nasty Go To Posteh, someone's gotta actually go and make sure that the absolute worst case situation doesn't happen.
There is some merit to this (see reilo!!!!!). Sorta like Musk hanging around as long as possible to effect green tech etc. I'm just wondering how many of these people are left and haven't been fired lol.
By FreezePeach Go To Post
Ohhhh to be a fly on a wall.
By HasphatsAnts Go To PostBy and large, James Mattis has done a decent job of signalling to the rest of the world that there are adults in the room.told u guys mattis is da best
Few and far between, but they exist.
Sometimes I just imagine folks dangling their keys at Trump after one of those twitter tantrums then getting a bottle.
By DY_nasty Go To Posttold u guys mattis is da bestThe same can't be said for our secretary of state however. And unfortunately that's who most of the world interacts with on a week to week basis.
He's a buffoon.
By Fenderputty Go To PostThere is some merit to this (see reilo!!!!!). Sorta like Musk hanging around as long as possible to effect green tech etc. I'm just wondering how many of these people are left and haven't been fired lol.meeting is apparently about Nunes request for documents about dossier.
Ohhhh to be a fly on a wall.
By reilo Go To PostAmazing that a guy with the nickname "Maddog" is the adult in the room.
He's pretty decent accept for his Iran Boner right?
By reilo Go To PostAmazing that a guy with the nickname "Maddog" is the adult in the room.fucking his interviewer in this current climate wouldn't even be a big dealer either!
By HasphatsAnts Go To PostThe same can't be said for our secretary of state however. And unfortunately that's who most of the world interacts with on a week to week basis.i was never.... that big of a fan of him. i do think there's a lot line towing for the sake of appearances either way though - and to a degree, that does need to exist. to a degree. its just unfortunate that when you even look mildly accountable and willing to respond in a responsible manner these days, you're an easier target than the guy who says he's gonna make Fake News Awards a thing.
He's a buffoon.
By FreezePeach Go To Postmeeting is apparently about Nunes request for documents about dossier.
If Nunes is taken down in all of this I'm going to fucking laugh so fucking hard OMG
By Fenderputty Go To PostHe's pretty decent accept for his Iran Boner right?there's a lot more to iran than just the nuclear deal
i think a lot of people kinda forget that
By DY_nasty Go To Postthere's a lot more to iran than just the nuclear deal
i think a lot of people kinda forget that
Sure ... it's called the Saudis lol.
ohhh and Israel. lol
By Fenderputty Go To PostSure … it's called the Saudis lol.well as in like... its kinda bs that we still gotta deal with them trying to bait our ships into conflict and holding our guys hostage every few weeks the same time all this gets negotiated.
ohhh and Israel. lol
By DY_nasty Go To Posti was never…. that big of a fan of him. i do think there's a lot line towing for the sake of appearances either way though - and to a degree, that does need to exist. to a degree. its just unfortunate that when you even look mildly accountable and willing to respond in a responsible manner these days, you're an easier target than the guy who says he's gonna make Fake News Awards a thing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/us/politics/state-department-tillerson.html?_r=0
His own department is in open revolt.
By HasphatsAnts Go To Posthttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/us/politics/state-department-tillerson.html?_r=0sounds normal tbh
His own department is in open revolt.
By DY_nasty Go To Postwell as in like… its kinda bs that we still gotta deal with them trying to bait our ships into conflict and holding our guys hostage every few weeks the same time all this gets negotiated.
Would Iran do this shit if we weren’t BFF’s with Saudi or IsrEl?
Strictly speaking there was always going to be animosity between Saudi, Russia and Iran. Israel and our relationship with them and cold war off and on shit with Russia just complicates things even more.
By Fenderputty Go To PostIf Nunes is taken down in all of this I'm going to fucking laugh so fucking hard OMG
By Randolph Freelander Go To Post
Well that’s anticlimactic
By Fenderputty Go To PostWould Iran do this shit if we weren’t BFF’s with Saudi or IsrEl?my issue is the upfront two faced shit
at least russia will run a proxy war or supply north korea indirectly or something. iran's military is directly agitating while asking nicely at the same time lol
By DY_nasty Go To Postsounds normal tbhhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-tillerson-state-department-special-envoys-cuts-20170828-story.html
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/07/congress-rejects-trump-plan-for-cutting-foreign-assistance-state-department-redesign-diplomacy-senate-appropriations/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/state-departments-plan-for-staff-cuts-causing-new-worry-in-congress/2017/11/15/72576ac6-ca10-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html?utm_term=.3760b8ce5ecf
Sounds like the work of someone actively sabotaging his own government agency to me.
the amount of dissonance it takes to have confidence in Trump at this point is something else
I'm sure everyone leaving his inner circle is just salty...because reasons, deep state, etc
I'm sure everyone leaving his inner circle is just salty...because reasons, deep state, etc
By Randolph Freelander Go To Post
Fucking shit...... Nunes is such shit
By Dark PhaZe Go To Postthe amount of dissonance it takes to have confidence in Trump at this point is something elseSoros bro.
I'm sure everyone leaving his inner circle is just salty…because reasons, deep state, etc
By DY_nasty Go To Posti for one welcome our van wilder antagonist presidente
Van Wilder has class, man. That’s some shady ass shit if true
By DY_nasty Go To Posti for one welcome our van wilder antagonist presidente
Van Wilder was absolutely a bros before hos kind of frat boy. He would never pull that kind of stuff.
https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21733424-some-cities-plan-give-people-marijuana-convictions-priority-when-setting-up-legal
So about that so cal meet up lol
Besides California, seven other states and the District of Columbia have legalised the sale of recreational marijuana. But California is different in two ways. First is its size. With legalisation, California—the world’s sixth-largest economy—instantly became the largest legal market for recreational marijuana. A study by the University of California Agricultural Issues Centre at the University of California, Davis predicts that sales from recreational cannabis will eventually reach $5bn a year. The state already sells marijuana worth more than $2bn a year for medical purposes. For comparison, Colorado sold $1.3bn in total, for recreational and medical use, in 2016.
Second, perhaps unsurprisingly for a state seen as a Petri dish for socially liberal policy, California’s new regulations are notably progressive. For a start, they allow residents convicted of drug offences that would not be crimes under the new order to have their records expunged. Between November 2016, when Proposition 64 was passed, and September 2017, 4,885 Californians petitioned to reduce or void their convictions. Donnie Anderson, chairman of the California Minority Alliance, which champions people who have been harmed by drug criminalisation, applauds this initiative. “In the past, if you were white and caught with marijuana you would be let off. If you were black or Latino, you were not,” he says. A study by the American Civil Liberties Union, an advocacy group, found that between 2001 and 2010 African-Americans were more than three times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession as white Americans, despite similar consumption rates.
California’s law also allows those convicted of past marijuana crimes to enter the cannabis industry. Jolene Forman of the Drug Policy Alliance, a pressure group, says this is ideal for two reasons. First, it allows people who have been operating black-market cannabis businesses to become legal. Second, it gives people harmed by the war on drugs the chance to profit in the legal cannabis industry.
With the revenue raised from recreational marijuana sales, California hopes to reduce some of the harms of criminalisation. After deductions for cannabis research and community programmes in the areas most affected by past marijuana policies, among other things, three-fifths of tax revenues from the purchase of recreational marijuana will go towards anti-addiction programmes and education about drug abuse. A fifth will go towards cleaning up environmental damage caused by illegal cannabis-growing. For comparison, the largest share of tax revenues in Oregon, another deeply progressive state, goes to a general education fund.
Some cities in the Golden State are taking things even further. In Los Angeles, residents with past marijuana convictions will not only be allowed to buy licences to sell the drug, but will be given priority. Under the city’s “social-equity programme”, low-income Angelenos who have previous marijuana convictions or who have lived in areas with disproportionately high rates of arrest for marijuana offences will be given preference when licences to open marijuana retail businesses are granted. Oakland, San Francisco and Sacramento have introduced similar initiatives.
So about that so cal meet up lol
By FortuneFaded Go To PostSo you are being punished for previously following the law?
That's an interesting interpretation.
They're letting the people with the more entrepreneurial spirits get to the front of the line because they previously took the fall for terrible policy. On a more cynical level, they're balancing the playing field, because white people who sold and consumed weed at the same rate as everyone else weren't arrested under the old system because reasons. No point in pretending the starting line was the same for all parties.
MD needs to get off it's ass and fully legalize green, and use some of that money to fix Baltimore City schools. How the fuck are kids supposed to learn when it's colder in the building than outside, ffs. How the hell is a kid supposed to write with mittens on, or focus when their body is just trying to stay warm. Classrooms looking like the teachers and students are prepping for an expedition in Antarctica.
All of that tax money and nothing gets done in this state, unless Howard County takes a hit.
All of that tax money and nothing gets done in this state, unless Howard County takes a hit.
By EldritchTrapStar Go To PostMD needs to get off it's ass and fully legalize green, and use some of that money to fix Baltimore City schools. How the fuck are kids supposed to learn when it's colder in the building than outside, ffs. How the hell is a kid supposed to write with mittens on, or focus when their body is just trying to stay warm. Classrooms looking like the teachers and students are prepping for an expedition in Antarctica.
All of that tax money and nothing gets done in this state, unless Howard County takes a hit.
Looks like it's getting pretty close. MD General assembly is due for a new vote on it this month actually: https://www.mpp.org/states/maryland/