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Augiedog (2,546 posts)
The supremely stupids are trying to figure out how immunize Trump but not Dem presidents.
The presidential oath that all presidents swear to protect and defend the United States Constitution from all enemies (excepting Trump by his own admission) will require President Biden to get rid of the orange anus. His failure to do so could result in his own justifiable impeachment.
This bizarre Twilight Zone scenario that the supremely stupids are entertaining as a valid exercise of constitutional rationality has gone down the rabbit hole of Hollywood “B” movies. They are trying to defend the indefensible in an ultimate attempt at installing a ‘King’ whom they believe will end the idea of no man is above the law as long as it’s a white man.
The convoluted anti intellectual thinking being promulgated in the dark corners of the Stoney edifice is the ultimate result of the anti ‘Woke’ clan. Their desperate fears of an educated electorate coming for them along with the clear demographic shifts evident for the future clearly terrorize these robe wearing wanna be priests of lawlessness.
Immunizing the orange anus without providing the same for President Biden would be a transparent step to far even for them. Although they might just go full fascist, remove their conical masks and burn down the whole experiment in democracy.
I find it almost impossible to believe we are having this argument in this country. Absurd, as it obviously is, here we are nonetheless. I try to think of an analogy that wakes up the sleeping populace to the danger presented by this conservative…no, strike conservative and insert whatever pejorative you like for them…court majority. Perhaps this analogy will help; this is like removing all the bones from a human being.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218897348
SamKnause (13,101 posts)
Behind the facade of normalization, even high-income lifestyles have been ghetto-ized.
Consider the defining characteristics of a ghetto:
1. The residents can't afford to live elsewhere.
2. Everything is a rip-off because options are limited and retailers / service providers know residents have no other choice or must go to extraordinary effort to get better quality or a lower price.
3. Nothing works correctly or efficiently. Things break down and aren't fixed properly. Maintenance is poor to non-existent. Any service requires standing in line or being on hold.
4. Local governance is corrupt and/or incompetent. Residents are viewed as a reliable "vote farm" for the incumbents, even though whatever little they accomplish for the residents doesn't reduce the sources of immiseration.
5. The locale is unsafe. Cars are routinely broken into, there are security bars over windows and gates to entrances, everything not chained down is stolen--and even what is chained down is stolen.
6. There are few viable businesses and numerous empty storefronts.
7. The built environment is ugly: strip malls, used car lots, etc. There are few safe public spaces or parks that are well maintained and inviting.
8. Most of the commerce is corporate-owned outlets; the money doesn't stay in the community.
9. Public transport is minimal and constantly being degraded.
10. They get you coming and going: whatever is available is double in cost, effort and time. Very little is convenient or easy. Services are far away.
11. Residents pay high rates of interest on debt.
12. There are few sources of healthy real food. The residents are unhealthy and self-medicate with a panoply of addictions to alcohol, meds, painkillers, gambling, social media, gaming, celebrity worship, etc.
13. Nobody in authority really cares what the residents experience, as they know the residents are atomized and ground down, incapable of cooperating in an organized fashion, and therefore powerless.
Talking about biting the hand that feeds. Palestinian terrorists on Wednesday attacked the U.S. pier being constructed off the coast of Gaza, the Israeli TV channel i24NEWS reported.
Gaza “terrorists launched mortars at the maritime construction site, damaging several pieces of engineering equipment,” the TV channel revealed. ” In addition, one person was slightly injured while running to a protected area.”
The U.S. military is involved in the construction of the floating dock. It is unclear if American servicemen or civilian contractors were present at the site during the terrorist attack.
Last month, President Joe Biden announced the decision to construct a floating pier for large-scale aid delivery to Gaza and supply aid through trucks and airdrops. “I’m directing the US military to lead an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the Mediterranean on the Gaza coast that can receive large ships carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters,” President Biden declared on March 7.
mvd (65,173 posts)
23. Hi Deb
Reply to debm55 (Original post)
Wed Apr 24, 2024, 12:00 PM
Never had an official one but now I work at home doing video games for goals and surveys. Doesn’t bring in a lot but it is a fun way to earn money.
How are you? I am ok now. That last donation I got really saved me and mom - I feel mom would have gone to the hospital. I have some plans for this month but even if I get short there will be no DU fundraiser. Would just have to go through it somehow.
U.S. economic growth was much weaker than expected to start the year, and prices rose at a faster pace, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
Gross domestic product, a broad measure of goods and services produced in the January-through-March period, increased at a 1.6% annualized pace when adjusted for seasonality and inflation, according to the department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for an increase of 2.4% following a 3.4% gain in the fourth quarter of 2023 and 4.9% in the previous period.
Consumer spending increased 2.5% in the period, down from a 3.3% gain in the fourth quarter and below the 3% Wall Street estimate. Fixed investment and government spending at the state and local level helped keep GDP positive on the quarter, while a decline in private inventory investment and an increase in imports subtracted. Net exports subtracted 0.86 percentage points from the growth rate while consumer spending contributed 1.68 percentage points.
