Politics

[ulukinatme]

Just reporting the facts, or the facts they want you to hear.

 

[drayer54]

Just reporting the facts, or the facts they want you to hear.

FULL INVESTIGATION. The media cannot be trusted.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

In both the first and second videos there's walls or boards behind the glass which is certainly going to affect the direction it falls. Watching the 2nd half of the 1st video I'm seeing a lot of debris on the inside of the building and not as much on the outside.

As far as the last video it looks like a lot of that isn't traditional glass panes, but it seems like a lot of the material is going away from the guy swinging the hammer. The one time the debris came towards him was when he swung above him on the upper horizontal pane (End of the video), possibly the trajectory or the makeup of that particular window caused it.

People can find videos to support whatever narrative they want, it's not going to prove anything one way or the other for either of us. The conditions aren't likely to be the same as the Pelosi's home.

you guys are ridiculous lmao. glass falls where it falls both inside and outside is the whole point and that LEO is still wrong.

 

[sixstar]

you guys are ridiculous lmao. glass falls where it falls both inside and outside is the whole point and that LEO is still wrong.

Answer my questions, cack.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Don Jr. is having a blast with this Pelosi stuff. Tickling him funny

In other news:

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

No sense in arguing with someone who can’t understand

What do you not understand? One person's twitter feed is not an accurate representation of the entire country's opinion on an event. End of story.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

 

[drayer54]

Don Jr. is having a blast with this Pelosi stuff. Tickling him funny

In other news:

The Iowa Senate Candidate here had a little tickle at violent leftists.





Pro-Democracy force in action right here-


When you have failed on the border, Afghanistan, economy, energy, inflation, and crime- you must create a false emergency on social security. We get it. You have nothing else. Jan 6th, and abortion didn't land the way you had hoped. Sorry for the red wave that is coming.

 

[sixstar]

I agree with the data but disagree with the conclusion. Categorizing it as fearmongering is a baseless assumption.

Yes, OK has a higher crime rate than NY. OK is ranked #14 in violent crime per capita, NY is ranked #27. Most of Oklahoma's violent crimes are committed in Tulsa (ranked #19 per capita) and OKC (ranked #30 per capita). NYC, by comparison, is ranked #59 per capita. NY's police force is massive.

But read the wording: "most urgent issue". It didn't say "important issue" - it says "most urgent issue"

Rural areas are hit disproportionately hard by inflation, so it's quite likely that, even if crime is important, economy is even more important in a rural state.

So yes, NY has a lower crime rate than OK, but voter focus is a result of multiple factors. Without quantifying the effect of fearmongering on voter focus, I don't know how he can make that claim.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

FULL INVESTIGATION. The media cannot be trusted.

I dont think i could imagine the insanity that goes on inside Faux News spin rooms when attempting to figure out how to spin daily news

 

[drayer54]

I dont think i could imagine the insanity that goes on inside Faux News spin rooms when attempting to figure out how to spin daily news

Was that a Fox News reporter in the prior video saying not to comment on the attacker being a nudist?

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Don Jr. is having a blast with this Pelosi stuff. Tickling him funny

In other news:

Buuuuuuutttttt they would never do that to SS....

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

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Introduced in House (08/31/2021)​

Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act of 2021

This bill establishes staggered, 18-year terms for Supreme Court Justices and limits the Senate's advice and consent authority in relation to the appointment of Justices.

Specifically, the bill requires the President to appoint a Supreme Court Justice every two years. If the appointment of a Justice would result in more than nine Justices on the Court, then the nine most junior Justices shall make up the panel of Justices exercising judicial power in cases and controversies. Further, any Justice who has served a total of 18 years is deemed retired from regular service and may continue to serve as a Senior Justice. Senior Justices may continue to perform judicial duties assigned to them by the Chief Justice. However, no Justice appointed before the date of enactment shall be counted towards such panel, nor shall they be required to retire from regular active service.

In the event of a vacancy on the Court, the Chief Justice must assign the Justice most recently designated as a Senior Justice to serve on the Court until the appointment of a new Justice.

Additionally, the Senate's advice and consent authority is waived if the Senate does not act within 120 days of a Justice's nomination

 

[drayer54]

Buuuuuuutttttt they would never do that to SS...

So all D's want to end the white privilege of gun ownership right?

 

[sixstar]

Speaking of fearmongering... this is something.

Michael Beschloss Says GOP Victory in Midterms Will Mean ‘Our Children Will Be Arrested and Conceivably Killed’​

Michael Beschloss, last night on MSNBC's "All in with Chris Haynes" (All In with Chris Hayes - NBC.com)

Well, [Biden] was absolutely candid and he was absolutely right, because, as you know, Chris, six nights from now, we could all be discussing violence all over this country. There are signs that that may happen. May God forbid. That losers will be declared winners by fraudulent election officers or secretary of state candidates or governors or state legislatures.

We could be six days away from losing our rule of law and losing a situation where we have elections that we all can rely on. You know, those are the foundation stones of a democracy.

Joe Biden is saying the same thing tonight. And a historian 50 years from now, if historians are allowed to write in this country and if there are still free publishing houses and a free press, which I’m not certain of. But if that is true, a historian will say, what was at stake tonight and this week was the fact whether we will be a democracy in the future, whether our children will be arrested and conceivably killed. We’re on the edge of a brutal authoritarian system, and it could be a week away.

What a historically bad take from a preemptive election denier.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Speaking of fearmongering... this is something.

Michael Beschloss Says GOP Victory in Midterms Will Mean ‘Our Children Will Be Arrested and Conceivably Killed’​

Michael Beschloss, last night on MSNBC's "All in with Chris Haynes" (All In with Chris Hayes - NBC.com)

What a historically bad take from a preemptive election denier.

Good effin' grief.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

There is a popular narrative that crime right now is such a major problem in places like NYC, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, Baltimore which are "blue" cities and or "blue" states. Post pandemic we seem to be experiencing higher crime everywhere. Nobody is talking about ATL, New Orleans, Dallas, Phoenix. Tulsa, OKC, Miami have Repulican mayors. Things are bad there too.

Quite a bit of gaslighting and exaggeration from people that aren't really serious about trying to fix it or taking it seriously.

 

[Rockin’Irish]

ATL, NO and here in Birmingham……violent crime is bad news. These cities do all have liberal mayors and much of the crime is black on black unfortunately. The murders especially are terrible. I’m not making a judgement, just saying what I see/read.

 

[sixstar]

My guess is that crime is probably more a function of historical city culture than of the mayor policies. I would expect to see more mayoral impact on crime prosecution rather than base crime rate.

I would love to see some data showing crime as a function of mayoral regimes to see if there is any correlation.

 

[NorthDakota]

​

Introduced in House (08/31/2021)​

Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act of 2021

This bill establishes staggered, 18-year terms for Supreme Court Justices and limits the Senate's advice and consent authority in relation to the appointment of Justices.

Specifically, the bill requires the President to appoint a Supreme Court Justice every two years. If the appointment of a Justice would result in more than nine Justices on the Court, then the nine most junior Justices shall make up the panel of Justices exercising judicial power in cases and controversies. Further, any Justice who has served a total of 18 years is deemed retired from regular service and may continue to serve as a Senior Justice. Senior Justices may continue to perform judicial duties assigned to them by the Chief Justice. However, no Justice appointed before the date of enactment shall be counted towards such panel, nor shall they be required to retire from regular active service.

In the event of a vacancy on the Court, the Chief Justice must assign the Justice most recently designated as a Senior Justice to serve on the Court until the appointment of a new Justice.

Additionally, the Senate's advice and consent authority is waived if the Senate does not act within 120 days of a Justice's nomination

I have to question the intelligence of whomever wrote that.

They go through a lot of pains to say they aren't forcing retirement. But that's exactly what it does lol, and that raises constitutional problems.

 

[drayer54]

There is a popular narrative that crime right now is such a major problem in places like NYC, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, Baltimore which are "blue" cities and or "blue" states. Post pandemic we seem to be experiencing higher crime everywhere. Nobody is talking about ATL, New Orleans, Dallas, Phoenix. Tulsa, OKC, Miami have Repulican mayors. Things are bad there too.

Quite a bit of gaslighting and exaggeration from people that aren't really serious about trying to fix it or taking it seriously.

I hope the crime denier narrative sticks for another week and then Dems wake up to cashless bail and failed prosecutions. I really do.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

ATL, NO and here in Birmingham……violent crime is bad news. These cities do all have liberal mayors and much of the crime is black on black unfortunately. The murders especially are terrible. I’m not making a judgement, just saying what I see/read.

These cities don't fit the narrative, though. You're totally correct otherwise.

 

[sixstar]

Speaking of fearmongering... this is something.

Michael Beschloss Says GOP Victory in Midterms Will Mean ‘Our Children Will Be Arrested and Conceivably Killed’​

Michael Beschloss, last night on MSNBC's "All in with Chris Haynes" (All In with Chris Hayes - NBC.com)

What a historically bad take from a preemptive election denier.

Hey @TorontoGold, please answer these two questions:

1) Do you think this nationally-televised MSM Chris Hayes segment is truthful?
2) Based on this segment, which reporter is more trustworthy: MSNBC/Chris Hayes or Project Veritas/James O'Keefe?

 

[TorontoGold]

Hey @TorontoGold, please answer these two questions:

1) Do you think this nationally-televised MSM Chris Hayes segment is truthful?
2) Based on this segment, which reporter is more trustworthy: MSNBC/Chris Hayes or Project Veritas/James O'Keefe?

I don't think my GF even thinks of me this much.

1) The guest he brought on seems to be hyperbolic, I don't know anything over than what you posted.
2) Project Veritas will continue, and always be, among the worst sites out there next to Palmer Report and Infowars.

 

[NorthDakota]

Speaking of fearmongering... this is something.

Michael Beschloss Says GOP Victory in Midterms Will Mean ‘Our Children Will Be Arrested and Conceivably Killed’​

Michael Beschloss, last night on MSNBC's "All in with Chris Haynes" (All In with Chris Hayes - NBC.com)

What a historically bad take from a preemptive election denier.

These people are just having a hard time.. They don't believe themselves. If you thought someone was gonna kill or arrest your children, you wouldn't amplify their voices in primaries. And you'd put together a half decent message during campaign season.

I don't think my GF even thinks of me this much.

1) The guest he brought on seems to be hyperbolic, I don't know anything over than what you posted.
2) Project Veritas will continue, and always be, among the worst sites out there next to Palmer Report and Infowars.

Hey! Palmer Report rules.

 

[ulukinatme]

Don Jr. is having a blast with this Pelosi stuff. Tickling him funny

In other news:

Eh, video from 2010. Looks like he was asked about this just a week ago. Looks like the video was taken out of context and didn't include everything. The idea was to transition Social Security so that tax payers own it. Basically they were looking to privatize at least a portion of it, allow citizens to invest their own money how they want.

In his own words: A conversation with Sen. Mike Lee

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But in a way that wouldn’t affect anyone who’s now retired or even within, I don’t know, a decade or two of retirement. I’ve talked about other ideas conceptually about, you know, dealing with this issue — is one of the problems that I’ve seen, it’s, it’s been sort of proven some of the concerns about this. Congress has raided the Social Security trust fund over and over again, I’ve seen it happen while I’ve been in the Senate. They take money out of it to pay for other government spending, knowing that it’s going to go insolvent, we’re contributing to its insolvency. So, over time and, I think, we oughta look to, after we get it solvent, and look to the idea of allowing people, if they want to, to at least identify some portion of their social security payments to go into a private account if they want to.

 

[ACamp1900]

I’m all for options here,… being forced into trusting the gov with my retirement while they rape my paychecks?? Not my ideal scenario. I know some distrust the private sector and that’s reasonable but I distrust the gov much more and prefer options.

 

[sixstar]

I don't think my GF even thinks of me this much.

1) The guest he brought on seems to be hyperbolic, I don't know anything over than what you posted.
2) Project Veritas will continue, and always be, among the worst sites out there next to Palmer Report and Infowars.

To recap: MSNBC televises that a red wave will result in:

• elimination of democracy
• arrests and potential killing of children
• a brutal authoritarian system

I applaud you for sneaking away from your party line, but you have to admit that this is more than just "seeming hyperbolic"

If the elections are a red wave, and I quote this post in 6 months, and none of that happens, will you admit that the segment was baseless fearmongering?

And finally to confirm: despite Chris Hayes agreeing with these three points, you trust MSNBC more than James O'Keefe, correct?

 

[ulukinatme]

Crime Rate is an important statistic, but so is total number of violent crimes.
New York is #4 in total violent crimes at 70,339.
Oklahoma is #24 in total violent crimes at 18,255.
So yes, statistically you're more likely to have a violent crime in Oklahoma based on Crime Rate, but there's also nearly 4 times more violent crimes in New York overall. I'm guessing that's mostly in the bigger cities like NYC and not so much the suburbs and rural areas.

Just saying I can see why New Yorkers, especially ones that probably live in the cities, would be more worried about violence than in Oklahoma. For context, Oklahoma's biggest city is Oklahoma City at 687,000. NYC is sitting at 8,467,000. There's a lot more people crammed into one area.

Crime Rate by State 2026

Discover population, economy, health, and more with the most comprehensive global statistics at your fingertips.

worldpopulationreview.com

 

[NDMatt91]

I think Dems keep the Senate and add a seat (PA), making it 51-49. I don't want it to happen, but I think it'll happen because of the horrific slate of candidates that the GOP had emerge from the primaries. I also don't have any faith in the American electorate. They say that they're concerned with inflation, the economy, the border, crime, and give Biden approval ratings in the low 40's on average, but I don't really buy it. I don't think they'll back up their concerns with how they vote. My guess is GOP underperforms in the House as well and only picks up 20 or so seats.