Joe Walsh Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Well, we know our president is on Russia's side. And now we know which side the Republican House is on: House Republicans are seeking to defund the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the sole federal agency that exclusively works to ensure the voting process is secure, as part of proposed federal budget cuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/19/politics/dean-heller-trump/index.html Wow, that's an impressive lack of awareness right there. Edit: Realized it might not be apparent from the link - Trump threatened Senator Heller on the Healthcare issue and made a broad similar threat to other GOP Senators. Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Well, we know our president is on Russia's side. And now we know which side the Republican House is on: We've known that since at least May. “No leaks, all right?” Ryan says to his fellow Republicans in the recording. “This is how we know we’re a real family here … What’s said in the family stays in the family.” Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 They say it takes two to tango. And three to have a conspiracy charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/19/politics/dean-heller-trump/index.html Wow, that's an impressive lack of awareness right there. Edit: Realized it might not be apparent from the link - Trump threatened Senator Heller on the Healthcare issue and made a broad similar threat to other GOP Senators. Yikes. Everywhere I see President Trump in his current job, whether in domestic politics or international diplomacy, his words and actions tell me that he's out of his depth. He simply does not understand the game he's trying to play. Tom, aylwin13, Iuz the Evil and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Everywhere I see President Trump in his current job, whether in domestic politics or international diplomacy, his words and actions tell me that he's out of his depth. He simply does not understand the game he's trying to play.Agree 100%. What is the outcome he's attempting to achieve? Alienate a Senator who's got no incentive to support him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 John McCain Diagnosed With Brain Cancer No word yet on whether this ends his career in the Senate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 It's not like you actually need a brain to be in the Senate these days. Too far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Everywhere I see President Trump in his current job, whether in domestic politics or international diplomacy, his words and actions tell me that he's out of his depth. He simply does not understand the game he's trying to play. I believe this phenomenon was called The Peter Principle, back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 John McCain Diagnosed With Brain Cancer No word yet on whether this ends his career in the Senate. Looks like some in the GOP leadership may get their wish. Way to keep it classy, GOP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Everywhere I see President Trump in his current job, whether in domestic politics or international diplomacy, his words and actions tell me that he's out of his depth. He simply does not understand the game he's trying to play. But he's determined to win it - and he can't be ejected from the game for challenging every single call a ref makes so he'll keep on doing so. He only really cares about his supporters (in so much as he cares about anyone) - that's why he's still acting like he's on the campaign trail: he doesn't care about the presidency - he only cares about being (re)elected to it. This has been obvious the entire time and yet here we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 As to the "abortion murders" the sample size is really small, and with only 10 incidents in 20+ years I cannot think of a single statistical test that could turn such low magnitude data into anything. Though if you do know of such a test, I'll calculate it. The first published Poisson test (1898), on the randomness of soldier deaths due to horse kicks in the Prussian army, suggests that this test could be run on this dataset to check the probability that murders of abortion clinic personnel really are randomly distributed over time. I have done Poisson tests on other datasets for the exact same reason (seeing if rare events were occuring in a way consistent with a truly uniform probability over time). My experience leads me to suspect that the uniform rate hypothesis will be rejected at a healthy confidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 John McCain Diagnosed With Brain Cancer No word yet on whether this ends his career in the Senate. I don't especially like McCain's politics, but nobody deserves this. The downside is that Arizona is a decidedly Red State, and whoever they inevitably elect to replace him will be a dyed-in-the-wool tea Party loyalist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 This isn't truly political, but just too brilliant for words: Japan's first lady pretends not to speak English rather than chat with Donald Trump. Joe Walsh, Twilight, aylwin13 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Looks like some in the GOP leadership may get their wish. Way to keep it classy, GOP. Diana Orrock should be publicly censured for this. It's disgusting. In today's political world, I don't see it happening, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Everywhere I see President Trump in his current job, whether in domestic politics or international diplomacy, his words and actions tell me that he's out of his depth. He simply does not understand the game he's trying to play. If I think too much on it, I'm left with the impression that the political class and media are trying to play chess and Trump is playing Calvinball... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 If I think too much on it, I'm left with the impression that the political class and media are trying to play chess and Trump is playing Calvinball... Badly, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 If I think too much on it, I'm left with the impression that the political class and media are trying to play chess and Trump is playing Calvinball... Not to give any credit to Trump, but the poltical class and media definitely aint playing chess. I see the media and Trump trying to make Dumb and Dumber a trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Sean Spicer has resigned. That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Been rumored to be coming for some time. His job was particularly thankless under this administration, but he shot his own foot a lot. When you're a political media spokesperson, and you become the story rather than the line you're delivering, you've failed at your job. Joe Walsh and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Senate "Health Care" Bill does not meet criteria for budget reconciliation Byrd Rule, will need 60 votes to avoid filibuster Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 US intelligence agencies caught Jeff Sessions discussing campaign with Sergey Kislyak prior to November 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech priest support Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Does anyone else think the U.S. needs to get rid of the electoral college and go to a straight majority vote? aylwin13, Twilight and wcw43921 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 That would be require huge and sustained demand from We The People, because we'd have to amend the Constitution. But there are things we can do state-by-state that are legal under the constitution, such as instant runoff voting and proportional representation. FairVote.org is working toward both, and I'm thinking of contributing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Does anyone else think the U.S. needs to get rid of the electoral college and go to a straight majority vote? Or at least reform the Electoral College so that it reflects the will of the voters rather than distorts it. Lucius Alexander Palindromedary Party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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