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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

[NeedsAdjustments]

They lay out the numbers fairly clearly.  Leaves plenty of room for parents separated from their children and having legit angst about it.  Just doesnt describe as high a percentage of the cases as the left would have you believe

"The left" (or you know, the news) doesn't cite a "percentage."  They cite the number of children separated and detained, a number that came from the Trump Administration.

[whiskeypriest]

"I am looking into 3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public,” Trump said. “Already spoke to NRA, doesn’t seem to make much sense!”

Blind squirrel found an acorn.

Bl8nd squirrel created the acorn. It is a Trump reversal of an Obama position that made it legal to sell the plans to printable guns.

[whiskeypriest]

I'd be surprised if I continue to discuss politics here.  But if this thread plays out reasonably, without rancor and name calling, and includes useful links and info, I'd happily stick around and contribute.

Been nice knowing you.

We all know only one of us provides useful links

Must be me, because your links aren't useful.

[kiidcarter8]

They lay out the numbers fairly clearly.  Leaves plenty of room for parents separated from their children and having legit angst about it.  Just doesnt describe as high a percentage of the cases as the left would have you believe

"The left" (or you know, the news) doesn't cite a "percentage."  They cite the number of children separated and detained, a number that came from the Trump Administration.

Exactly

They disregard the others - thats the point

[kiidcarter8]

Reap what you sow:

https://twitter.com/EvanDonovan/status/1024402494955417600

[NeedsAdjustments]

They lay out the numbers fairly clearly.  Leaves plenty of room for parents separated from their children and having legit angst about it.  Just doesnt describe as high a percentage of the cases as the left would have you believe

"The left" (or you know, the news) doesn't cite a "percentage."  They cite the number of children separated and detained, a number that came from the Trump Administration.

Exactly

They disregard the others - thats the point

Really?  That’s the point?  Because just a post before, your point was that “the Left” was misrepresenting the percentage of cases involved to make the problem seem bigger than it is, as if over 2,000 children, including toddlers, taken away from their parents is a problem whose horrors are captured by percentages.   

And disregarding the others when the subject is the Trump Admin taking children away from families that wanted to stay together makes sense, when those cases do not involve the Trump Admin taking children away from families that wanted to stay together.

The piece you were so anxious we read that you linked to it twice was pure bigotry couched in faux statistical analysis.  Your realizing that is maybe why you now try to misrepresent its argument, but no worries kidcarter8, everyone here already knows what kind of a person you are. 

[Hamilton Samuels]

Trump wants more tax cuts for the rich.

If the Dems can't figure out how to run against the GOP with this kind of fodder readily available, they should get out of the business of politics.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/trump-administration-wants-pass-another-135757477.html?bcmt=1

It's a big F. U.  to America, from the Trump Administration.

[kiidcarter8]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/us/migrant-children-separation-anxiety.html#click=https://t.co/SJYnOBdvwG

"My son used to be carefree.  He was not this way"

- And you took him from his home. YOU did.  Now you both have to adjust.

[bankshot1]

Reap what you sow:

https://twitter.com/EvanDonovan/status/1024402494955417600

An irresponsible, inept and corrupt President blames the free press and the journalists who dare to expose him. And the white-trash deplorables, too stupid to understand that most of them will soon be victims, as they trade democracy for pennies on the $, blames the messenger. 

[barton]

"I am looking into 3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public,” Trump said. “Already spoke to NRA, doesn’t seem to make much sense!”

Blind squirrel found an acorn.

Bl8nd squirrel created the acorn. It is a Trump reversal of an Obama position that made it legal to sell the plans to printable guns.

Yep.  How vexing must it be whenever Trump trips over policy crafted solely to give the finger to Obama.   Trump never seems to understand an issue until he takes a contrarian stance and the harmful liabilities of said stance are pointed out.   He can't just admit that the prior Antichrist administration sometimes did have a sensible idea.

Not that he really is intellectually capable of understanding why the proliferation of unregistered and invisible to metal detector weapons might be a problem.   I'm sure his concern is potential lost profits of gun manufacturers. 

Legislative sanity will come when the first whack job with a "ghost gun" is found roaming the Rayburn office building hunting fresh congress-meat. 

[REDSTATEWARD]

The Gray Lady poses a question in a Monday headline:

The $100 Billion Train: California’s future or a Boondoggle?


How about BOTH?

[barton]

You just confused Tony V.

High speed trains work in Japan,  but the Japanese actually use mass transit which is how mass transit needs to be supported.   Without massive ridership,  you just have an expensive monument to green idealism.   Many alternatives in California,  but they aren't as sexy as HS rail.    I will read the piece you cited.   

[facilitatorn]

Its nice not to be a third world state with republican office holders constantly fucking over the population and abusing the budget. It gives you the resources to implement infrastructure projects instead of letting everything devolve into derelict monuments to the New Deal.

[oilcan]

3-D printer guns will be a hundred times the nightmare that legal military style weapons are now.   Unregistered, untraceable, invisible.   If Trump can't man up and admit his administration goofed on this,  then he deserves whatever happens to him.   You'd think stopping this kind of weapon would be one matter all politicians could agree on,  at a very visceral level.   I. E. SELF PRESERVATION.  I don't get why the web hasn't exploded over this today.   The blueprints go up TOMORROW.   

[facilitatorn]

3D printed guns are being handled the way things are while our country doesn’t have a functioning presidency or legislature.

Crime owns all of the GOP. Walk down every issue and these scumbags are universally pro crime.