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#8461 Post by llondel » Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:53 am

You are voting for the pair of them - the one in the job and the spare. Not many VPs have had to step up mid-term since the start of WW2, I think there were three and two of them went on to be re-elected in their own right. The one who wasn't was appointed by Congress.

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#8462 Post by EA01 » Fri Dec 18, 2020 8:56 am

USA Today reporting widespread hacking of US Government systems .... 'FireEye?'

Is USA today a credible bi-partisan News source?

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#8464 Post by PHXPhlyer » Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:59 pm

Fliegs:
USA Today is an nationally distributed newspaper, probably the first aside from the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ was originally mostly a financial news reporter but now has more "real news". The Wall Street Journal is controlled by Rupert Murdoch via Dow Jones Publications.
USA today is owned by Gannett, which owns local and regional newspapers.
More USA's are distributed for free in hotel lobbies and airport lounges than are sold in news stands.
They rarely do much in-depth reporting, more overview reporting, with News, Sports, Money,and Life sections.

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#8465 Post by prospector » Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:38 am

The Biden name certainly is of benefit, again.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/jo ... d=msedgdhp

" The 33-year-old, the daughter of the President-elect's brother, James, was caught after crashing her car into a tree in Pennsylvania in August 2019. She was also driving without a licence."

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#8466 Post by PHXPhlyer » Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:19 am

Trump the architect

Trump issues executive order requiring 'beautiful' federal architecture

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/21/politics ... index.html

Trump issues executive order requiring 'beautiful' federal architecture
By Caroline Kelly and Jason Hoffman, CNN

(CNN)President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday looking to ensure that federal buildings feature "beautiful" architecture, expressing a preference for classical architecture over modernist designs.

The order did not explicitly define what standards buildings must meet to be considered beautiful, saying that new federal buildings should be of classical design but not mandating that style. The order defines classical architecture as "the architectural tradition derived from the forms, principles, and vocabulary of the architecture of Greek and Roman antiquity"

and that "encompasses such styles as Neoclassical, Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Beaux-Arts, and Art Deco."
It applies to all federal courthouses, agency headquarters, DC public buildings and all other public buildings costing more than $50 million.
Arguing that some of the Founding Fathers "attached great importance to Federal civic architecture, the order laments how in the 1950s and 60s, "the Federal Government largely replaced traditional designs for new construction with modernist ones."
"The Federal architecture that ensued, overseen by the General Services Administration (GSA), was often unpopular with Americans," the order states. "The new buildings ranged from the undistinguished to designs even GSA now admits many in the public found unappealing."
The executive order also creates the President's Council on Improving Federal Civic Architecture. The council is tasked with submitting a report to the GSA administrator recommending updates to GSA's policies and procedures to incorporate the new architectural guidelines.
The move is already being met with resistance from some architects, with the American Institute of Architects issuing a statement Monday that it "unequivocally opposes" the order, but expressing relief that the order was not as powerful or as comprehensive as expected.
"Communities should have the right and responsibility to decide for themselves what architectural design best fits their needs, and we look forward to working with President-Elect Biden to ensure that," said the group's CEO, Robert Ivy. "Though we are appalled with the administration's decision to move forward with the design mandate, we are happy the order isn't as far reaching as previously thought."
The codification of federal style has varied over the years. Former Sen. Daniel Moynihan of New York wrote Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture in 1962 for President John F. Kennedy, which later became the basis for the GSA's Design Excellence Program.
"The development of an official style must be avoided. Design must flow from the architectural profession to the Government," Moynihan wrote at the time, "and not vice versa."
Trump's order derided the established protocol -- which aims to "provide visual testimony to the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of the American Government" -- stating that it "has not met this goal."
Trump has revealed strong opinions in the past on official buildings he does or does not see as stylish.
"Wish I could share with everyone the beauty and majesty of being in the White House and looking outside at the snow filled lawns and Rose Garden," he tweeted last year. "Really is something - SPECIAL COUNTRY, SPECIAL PLACE!"
Prior to becoming President, Trump expressed dissatisfaction with the appearance of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, scoffing at the iconic emerald marble on the speaker's rostrum inside the General Assembly hall.
"The cheap 12 inch sq. marble tiles behind speaker at UN always bothered me," he tweeted in 2012. "I will replace with beautiful large marble slabs if they ask me."

As long as the faucets are gold plated he will be happy.
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#8467 Post by Dushan » Tue Dec 22, 2020 2:32 pm

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Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:55 am
Could somebody enlighten me as to how the American electoral system of choosing the vice president can in any way be called Democratic. The person chosen as the running mate of the president is only chosen by the president elect. In the present case the Democrat nominee, Biden, has, by his own admission, lowered his choice down to a very small percentage of the population, by stating A his choice will have to be female, cuts his field down by 50% or thereabouts, and then that female must be of colour , cuts the field down to about 3% of the population. The one he has chosen got some 5% of the votes in her own state when a vote was taken for Democrat presidential nominee.
So, if as is very likely, Joe Biden does not see out the distance, the next president of America was chosen, on his own, by one man?? Surely I must have something wrong here???
The VP running mate is chosen by the presidential candidate, not by President Elect. IOW it happens before the election and the people vote on that ticket, or any other candidates they choose to by writing in the names.
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#8468 Post by llondel » Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:02 am

Interesting that Trump has spoken out against the stimulus bill. Is that because he doesn't want to read through 5500 pages of tripe or because Moscow Mitch has pissed him off by acknowledging Biden's victory and he wants to get back at his own side?

Just what needs 5500 pages anyway? Did it get mixed up with the print run of War and Peace? A true relief bill shouldn't need more than half a dozen pages - detail who's eligible, specify the amount, note that it's tax free, extend a few other things such as unemployment benefits and the eviction moratorium that are due to expire, and that's just about it for the man in the street. None of this crap of trying to add unpalatable stuff on to try to get it through when no other way will work. If they want to do a business relief bill then they can do that separately.

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#8469 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:25 am

Pardons sink Trump further into swamp of his own shamelessness
Analysis: President sanctions first federal execution of a woman in 67 years – but war criminals, fraudsters and Russia-linked cronies go free..
This deranged sociopath and the fact that a substantial minority of Americans still support the piece of excrement just shreds whatever moral authority America had left in the world...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... melessness
The pardon power is something of a quirk, more redolent of a medieval monarchy than a constitutional republic. Perhaps that is why Trump finds it so attractive as he enters full King George III meltdown with America slipping from his grasp.
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#8470 Post by llondel » Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:37 am

At least George III had an excuse, medical science has a plausible medical reason for his descent into madness. Trump is clearly in perfect health and so cannot use that excuse.

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#8471 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:02 pm

The world has gone fecking mad...
A recruitment drive by the Boy Scouts of America is proving "highly damaging" to the Girl Scouts, lawyers acting for the latter organisation say.

The "infringement" meant many parents mistakenly signed their daughters up for Boy Scouts, thinking it was Girl Scouts, lawyers said.

In response, the Boy Scouts accused the Girl Scouts of starting a "ground war".

The Boy Scouts dropped the word "boy" from its recruitment programme, and opened up to female members, in 2018.

It said at the time that it was renaming the Boy Scouts programme Scouts BSA as it prepared to allow girls to join.

But the Girl Scouts said the change would erode their brand, calling the move "uniquely damaging" to them, filing an initial lawsuit in November 2018 against trademark infringement.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55460888

TGG, Scout First Class, Owl Patrol Leader... :))

Simple back in the old days... very young girls wore brown and were Brownies. The older girls in blue were Girl Guides and liable to guide your in the right or wrong direction!
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#8472 Post by prospector » Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:03 am

And in the meantime , back in the apparent woke capital of the world, England, we have these players.

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/510455-top-bri ... aign=Email

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#8473 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:09 am

prospector wrote:
Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:03 am
And in the meantime , back in the apparent woke capital of the world, England, we have these players.

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/510455-top-bri ... aign=Email
Meanwhile in London (England, for those that don't know)...



Note, the proper use of the word "woke", as in "woke up up, got out of bed"...

Misusing the word "woke" doesn't make anybody "un-woke". More like **** brain, or living, dead...

PS - Tell barkingmad that too!

Also note that you become one of the Kremlin's useful idiots by quoting their organ, RT...
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#8474 Post by prospector » Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:14 am

Come on, catch up, whatabout the use of the words "Gay", "rainbow people" etc, all have had there original meanings corrupted by common usage in todays world.

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#8475 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:15 am

prospector wrote:
Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:14 am
Come on, catch up, whatabout the use of the words "Gay", "rainbow people" etc, all have had there original meanings corrupted by common usage in todays world.
Yes, I give you that, but let's not let any other good English words be misappropriated... ;)))
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#8476 Post by prospector » Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:24 am

That article appeared in the RT press, but, like many of the articles that appear in that publication, it was scribed by an international journalist, this particular one by someone who would appear to have a background in stirling English news organizations, such as the BBC???

"By Charlie Stone, author and journalist who has worked for the BBC, several national newspapers in the UK and international media."

"Also note that you become one of the Kremlin's useful idiots by quoting their organ, RT.." What crap, I get my news from many sources, and I would put RT amongst the better more accurate sources..

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#8477 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:28 am

prospector wrote:
Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:24 am
That article appeared in the RT press, but, like many of the articles that appear in that publication, it was scribed by an international journalist, this particular one by someone who would appear to have a background in stirling English news organizations, such as the BBC???

"By Charlie Stone, author and journalist who has worked for the BBC, several national newspapers in the UK and international media."
Also true, but the very clever use multiple truths, assembled out of context to corrupt truth in pursuit of their own nefarious agendas....

Come on Prospector, you know that!

PS - I am not denying the truth inherent in some of the vignettes noted in that article by the way.
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#8478 Post by prospector » Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:33 am

" Also true, but the very clever use multiple truths, assembled out of context to corrupt truth in pursuit of their own nefarious agendas.."

And what news source, and from what country, is not guilty of the same behaviour??.

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#8479 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:37 am

prospector wrote:
Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:33 am
" Also true, but the very clever use multiple truths, assembled out of context to corrupt truth in pursuit of their own nefarious agendas.."

And what news source, and from what country, is not guilty of the same behaviour??.
Goodness gracious, I am going to have to agree with you again, yes, but my point is that we need to look above this crap, not let our own prejudices, and a priori beliefs, get in the way and we may, just, find half a truth in the ensuing melange... ;)))
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#8480 Post by prospector » Mon Dec 28, 2020 1:38 am

" Goodness gracious, I am going to have to agree with you again,"
That is not the way to have an animated discussion!!!

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