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Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.

5 (45.5%)

A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.

5 (45.5%)

A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.

0 (0%)

More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.

0 (0%)

A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.

1 (9.1%)

More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.

0 (0%)

DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.

0 (0%)

Huge disruption to the day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM

[bankshot1]

Its not inane at all. It would be rational for Iran to avoid the negative consequences taken by another's pre-emptive initiative. A pre-emptive move to negate another's pre-emptive move would be logical, depending on the risk/reward parameters.

Its chess, except the pawns have mothers, fathers, wives or husbands and children. And they all bleed.

In fact, taking it a step further, its logical to assume the Trump admin knew that in taking what they characterize as a preemptive strike against an imminent threat, that the assaasination woulId be answered by Iran with a deadly response.

And that it was possible that response to the assassination, would be far more dangerous long-term than the original threat.

By unknown and horrendous magnitudes.

While the threat may have been real, it is not out of the question, that Trump was upset that Melania wouldn't put out New year's Eve, or maybe that be had tripled bogeyed the the 18th hole at Mar-A-Lago, lost a $100 side-bet and acted out, and wanted to re-establish his alphaness.

Who the fuck knows with this inept dangerous wannabe dictator.

[kiidcarter8]

You'll have to wait and read the book

[josh]

We have to trust Trump is telling the truth.

No, no we don't.

[bankshot1]

We have to trust Trump is telling the truth.

No, no we don't.

It was a rhetorical construct to underline the conundrum that Trump must call on the public trusting his word as he risks a war, when some 60% bellieve him to be a serial liar, who will lie about anything.

[josh]

[josh]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/us/politics/trump-ukraine-military-aid.html?fbclid=IwAR2tOooYWuvrp3T-qrGxJH4Uur_XB2G_WwPXg_r6gzm-sKS9NubNffuMUeM

The White House won't even disclose the shapes of the paragraphs!

Nope, nothing to hide at all. Nope.

Look! Over there! Iran!

[josh]

We have to trust Trump is telling the truth.

No, no we don't.

It was a rhetorical construct to underline the conundrum that Trump must call on the public trusting his word as he risks a war, when some 60% bellieve him to be a serial liar, who will lie about anything.

[REDSTATEWARD]

Nobody is.

[facilitatorn]

Nobody is.

If it turned out someone was, you already agreed that that would be bad.

http://qz.com/1707804/trumps-cuts-to-snap-concerns-republicans-too/

Someone did, some endless shmuck, before you got too drunk to remember anything that occurred before this Christmas.

Just another fine feature of his dumbness’ reign of terror, soon may it end.

[REDSTATEWARD]

Nobody is.

If it turned out someone was, you already agreed that that would be bad.

http://qz.com/1707804/trumps-cuts-to-snap-concerns-republicans-too/

Someone did, some endless shmuck, before you got too drunk to remember anything that occurred before this Christmas.

Just another fine feature of his dumbness’ reign of terror, soon may it end.

Nope.

[facilitatorn]

Poster boy for Syphilis strikes again.

[josh]

Wednesday’s rule change is the first of three that the Trump administration has in the works for the food stamp program, which is formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

Another would limit states’ ability to deem families eligible for food stamps based on their enrollment in other government assistance programs, an arrangement through which income eligibility limits also can be raised.

As we reported earlier, that change would strip food stamps from about 1 million households with children and render about a half-million children no longer eligible for free school meals.

The third rule would alter the calculations that go into determining income eligibility for food stamps.
...
only 2% of those on SNAP for eight years or more are nondisabled childless adults.

You want to argue that a million households with children with 500,000 children losing free school meals might not make it to millions, Ward? Is that the sophistry you are hiding behind?

You are such an inhuman asshole, blindly supporting (or lying for) your criminal "commander" in chief.


eta: quotes are from the LA Times:
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-12-05/trump-food-stamp-cutbacks

That Trump's proposal failed does not mean that the effort was not made. The question stands.

[josh]

[kiidcarter8]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/03/investing/stocks-markets-iran-drone-strike/index.html

Democrats hopeful

heh

[barton]

Wall Street poops itself whenever oil prices change a couple points.  Yet,  somehow, to certain minds it's unpatriotic to talk about alternative energy sources that would give independence from the vagaries of the global market.