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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

[barton]

Re:  "gun groups logic"

- and of course you will attach this to an entire nation of Trump supporters, Republicans.....

Where did you get that,  from what I posted?   Many GOP are opposed to the extreme position.  Ghost guns are already illegal,  a policy with strong bipartisan support.   In an age with 3D printers,  banning the dissemination of blueprints for them is common sense enforcement.

[kiidcarter8]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/trump_approval_index_history

TRUMP back up to 48%

51% his high water mark for the year
59% his high water mark overall

[whiskeypriest]

I am clearly missing some context for this anecdote.   Are you self-identifying as an idiot grocery virgin who lacks a filter,  or was your anecdotal reply in response to an earlier post from said idiot, and of a satiric nature?   Or,  more alarming,  did you experience some kind of trauma that erased all grocery protocols from your mind? 

OK,  guess you mean Trump.  I sometimes forget what forum I'm in.

No! NO! Our Peerless Leader is Incapable of Error!

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399916-sanders-defends-trump-claim-that-grocery-stores-require-id

Does she have any credibility left?

[Hamilton Samuels]

Yeah, man - hate those fuckers that never have to buy groceries.

I don't think anyone asserted that.

So...one should love/excuse a guy who is demonstrating how disconnected he is from the common American's experience?

Hardly a very American thing to do. We don't have royalty in this country.

[Hamilton Samuels]

I am clearly missing some context for this anecdote.   Are you self-identifying as an idiot grocery virgin who lacks a filter,  or was your anecdotal reply in response to an earlier post from said idiot, and of a satiric nature?   Or,  more alarming,  did you experience some kind of trauma that erased all grocery protocols from your mind? 

OK,  guess you mean Trump.  I sometimes forget what forum I'm in.

No! NO! Our Peerless Leader is Incapable of Error!

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399916-sanders-defends-trump-claim-that-grocery-stores-require-id

Does she have any credibility left?

Well, how much did she start with?

[FlyingVProd]

"Foreign-born individuals exhibit remarkably low levels of involvement in crime across their life course." (Bianca Bersani, University of Massachusetts, 2014. Published in Justice Quarterly.)
_______________

The immigrants come to America for a better life, and very few of the immigrants are criminals.

No wall!

Salute,

Tony V.

[facilitatorn]

Trump is a screwed criminal

The GOP is a sinking ship

Kid is a rat that should have learned to swim

[bambu-wisdom]

I am clearly missing some context for this anecdote.   Are you self-identifying as an idiot grocery virgin who lacks a filter,  or was your anecdotal reply in response to an earlier post from said idiot, and of a satiric nature?   Or,  more alarming,  did you experience some kind of trauma that erased all grocery protocols from your mind?   Or did you just mean you forgot your wallet and realized you would have to drive very carefully on your return trip?

Trump said you need an ID to buy groceries.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/01/politics/trump-grocery-shopping-id/index.html

He was sort of correct..in his generalising way.

He's also correct in demanding that all voters be required to photo-ID identify themselves on election day.
...and when registering to be added to the electoral roll...in every step of the voting process.

Can't be having fake voters!

[barton]

When I was in England,  around age 20, I attempted to buy a fish pie in a grocery and was asked for ID.   It was the checker's first day and he was confused by the pie filling being mussels in a wine sauce.   His supervisor, a kindly woman who looked like the cop* in "Broadchurch, " came over and put the young bloke's mind at rest,  that I could not get inebriated on wine-based sauces and did not need an ID.   

*Olivia Colman,  if anyone cares.   

[barton]

I neglected to mention that the fish pie was delicious.   Whoever says English food is terrible has never eaten a fish pie.   

[bambu-wisdom]

Good news!

bambu-ilk were wondering, seeking clarification.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jul/25/us-australia-alliance-rock-solid-mike-pompeo-says

US-Australia alliance 'rock solid', Mike Pompeo says


 

[bambu-wisdom]

and following on from the ANZUS Alliance good news, more wisdom...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/31/us-japan-australia-sign-infrastructure-agreement-counter-chinas/

US, Japan and Australia sign infrastructure agreement to counter China's belt and road

Australia and Japan have joined with the United States to create a scheme for investing in countries across Asia and the Pacific in an apparent attempt to counter the growing influence of China,  whose massive Belt and Road Initiative could involve as much as £760 billion of spending over the next decade.

Describing the scheme, Mike Pompeo, the United States Secretary of State, promised a new era of engagement and pledged to “oppose” any country that attempted to dominate the Asia-Pacific, or Indo-Pacific, region.

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Better late than never...but China's money [oh how was China ever allowed to become what it is today?] will be far too much to counter, seems to me.

[facilitatorn]

Good news!

bambu-ilk were wondering, seeking clarification.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jul/25/us-australia-alliance-rock-solid-mike-pompeo-says

US-Australia alliance 'rock solid', Mike Pompeo says

Crab grass-delusion, trump and Pompeo are never on the same page on foreign policy. You are being sold out by trump and trump-ilk. It should almost make you feel like we do in America.

Remove the douche

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/collusion-is-a-question-of-loyalty-not-legality/566606/

[bodiddley]

I remember when George HW 41 Bush was running for re-election and he was concerned about the economy.  He said if everybody just bought a little more, things would be fine.  So he took a photo-op trip to a suburban Virginia mall and bought some socks.  But he was so insulated from everyday life, that he didn't actually carry any money or credit cards and in front of a press gathering had to borrow money from a Secret Service agent to boost the economy with that sock purchase. 

There was also a time circa 1990 that Bush 41 saw a laser price scanner, which was early 80's technology, and marveled at it and asked many questions and was really impressed.  Of course by then it was in everybody else's daily life for nearly a decade.  [my first high school job was working as a cashier at a Shop-Rite grocery store, and they switched over to the laser scanners in either late '82 or early '83]

My favorite out-of-touch-with-daily-life incident was when China opened up a new mega-highway from the airport to Beijing for the Olympics.  And  .... (to be continued)

[facilitatorn]

I can’t wait Bo.

Meanwhile, even on those rare moments when republicans aren’t criminally suborning democracy, the are being criminally negligent on their actual responsibilities. Here’s just one critical example

http://www.vox.com/2018/8/1/17561014/immigration-social-security

Trump to boomers, “Screw you!”