Politics And Current Events

[CBear3]

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/40211 ... nist-japan

caveat, Cuomo's remarks about American greatness are pretty stupid. But this is truly a gem of a response.

I mean, it's good and all, but the "greatest" thing we did was have a country that exists coast to coast and is practically impervious to enemy occupation. So when the rest of the the first world spent 30 years rebuilding we got a head start.

When you think of the country as a position player in sports where we have these debates about legends, and greatness; America is great. So while there's lots of things we do badly, it's kind of like saying Dan Marino could throw a beautiful deep ball, but he couldn't tackle for ****.

[Freddy Rumsen]

To answer Troy's question the idea behind a celibate priesthood is that initially it wasn't exactly a picnic being a minister in the church. It wasn't exactly a labor which led itself either to long life or simple living so it seemed a bad idea to bring a wife and kids into that scenario. So it was one of those things that had a good beginning (i.e. - making widows is not a loving thing), but became the "married to the church" concept later on.

Though, to be fair (I say this personally) being married to a minister still ain't exactly the easiest thing. It's basically like being married to a first responder when it comes to being called out at all hours to handle situations, plus the (whether people want to admit it or not, and I do what I can to protect my wife from it) added pressure of being a model citizen and parent at all times.

[eddy]

President Trump in an interview attributed his decision to revoke ex-CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance to his role in early stages of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Trump told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that he considers Brennan and other former intelligence officials whose clearances he's considering revoking among the leaders of the investigation.

“I call it the rigged witch hunt, [it] is a sham. And these people led it!” Trump told the newspaper hours after it was announced Brennan's clearance was being revoked.


“So I think it’s something that had to be done," he added.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... ssia-probe

[tifosi77]

So, in public and on the record, he's saying he invoked his executive authority in a punitive manner because of the roles people played in investigating his campaign.

2018

[eddy]

MAGA

[Tomas]

To answer Troy's question the idea behind a celibate priesthood is that initially it wasn't exactly a picnic being a minister in the church. It wasn't exactly a labor which led itself either to long life or simple living so it seemed a bad idea to bring a wife and kids into that scenario. So it was one of those things that had a good beginning (i.e. - making widows is not a loving thing), but became the "married to the church" concept later on.

Though, to be fair (I saw this personally) being married to a minister still ain't exactly the easiest thing. It's basically like being married to a first responder when it comes to being called out at all hours to handle situations, plus the (whether people want to admit it or not, and I do what I can to protect my wife from it) added pressure of being a model citizen and parent at all times.

As far as "married to a job" goes, these are some of the 1872 Oklahoma rules for teachers:

[NailedPenguin]

Just fixing another thing Obummer wouldn't do

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ied-senate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/po ... b426f7cc60

It’s time for Obama to take that responsibility head-on and start to restore in U.S. intelligence agencies some semblance of responsibility to the Constitution and the public.

It’s time for Barack Obama to fire John Brennan.

[Trip McNeely]

Just fixing another thing Obummer wouldn't do

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ied-senate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/po ... b426f7cc60

It’s time for Obama to take that responsibility head-on and start to restore in U.S. intelligence agencies some semblance of responsibility to the Constitution and the public.

It’s time for Barack Obama to fire John Brennan.

Ahh yes, Trump is doing it for the Constitution. Not because Brennan says mean things about him

[Viva la Ben]

Holy mackerel!
Trump's military parade is now estimated to cost $92 million – $80 million more than earlier estimate
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/16/trump-m ... mated.html

[CBear3]

To answer Troy's question the idea behind a celibate priesthood is that initially it wasn't exactly a picnic being a minister in the church. It wasn't exactly a labor which led itself either to long life or simple living so it seemed a bad idea to bring a wife and kids into that scenario. So it was one of those things that had a good beginning (i.e. - making widows is not a loving thing), but became the "married to the church" concept later on.

Though, to be fair (I say this personally) being married to a minister still ain't exactly the easiest thing. It's basically like being married to a first responder when it comes to being called out at all hours to handle situations, plus the (whether people want to admit it or not, and I do what I can to protect my wife from it) added pressure of being a model citizen and parent at all times.

Second paragraph agreement. My Father-in-Law just retired from the Disciples of Christ. And often times the kids get the worst of it.

[Dickie Dunn]

Holy mackerel!
Trump's military parade is now estimated to cost $92 million – $80 million more than earlier estimate
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/16/trump-m ... mated.html

We're still doing this **** thing? I thought he got distracted and forgot about it.

[Viva la Ben]

****** crickets from the supposed party of fiscal responsibility. 12 million to 92 million what the ****!

[Freddy Rumsen]

I'm pretty sure no one believes the GOP cares about fiscal responsibility.

[Viva la Ben]

Just wait until the democrats are in control again.

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

Everything will be free and perfect so it doesn't matter.

[shafnutz05]

(In fairness, I think #7 is a bit unfair and not like the others. They should have stopped at #6.)

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

She's lucky to only have 20k in debt tbh.

[shafnutz05]

She's lucky to only have 20k in debt tbh.

Right?

[Dickie Dunn]

20K in debt? Did she only go for one semester? Or did she think that community college degree was going to lead to a life of fame and riches? The world needs answers.

[AuthorTony]

I'm trying to figure out why the ink on the top line is different from the ink in the middle. And why the A's and N's look like different people wrote them.

[Viva la Ben]

Russian

[Troy Loney]

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/20 ... ast/house/

It'll be interesting to bump this up against the cook political report in the coming weeks.

[grunthy]

She's lucky to only have 20k in debt tbh.

Right?

I mean 20k is a lot for a bachelors of barista.

[grunthy]

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/20 ... ast/house/

It'll be interesting to bump this up against the cook political report in the coming weeks.

538 did so well two years ago.

[count2infinity]

Oh? Did they give Trump a 0% chance of winning?