All_Pro_Bills

By the looks of things, weight and portion control for starters.

In the spirit of science and the pursuit of the truth, allow scientists, medical professionals, and researchers that are critics, skeptics, supporters, and proponents of various origin theories and conclusions the opportunity to present their case studies, evidence, and research to their peers in an open, public dialogue, and setting free from judgement, suppression, censorship. and politics. But the people running the show prefer to set the narrative and bash and threaten anyone that disagrees. And before a consensus truth can be agreed to free from politics these folks need to be removed or rendered powerless.

I expected nothing less from you. You don't seem at all curious or interested in challenging or questioning any official narrative.

My confidence is pretty high. A virus outbreak occurs down the street from a bio lab performing gain of function research on the exact virus. When it comes to "classified" briefings how does the network knows what's in a classified report? In this case those "two sources" should be arrested.

Damn you science deniers! And how a virus alleged to originate naturally in bats somehow developed the ability to infect humans more efficiently than bats without any previous contact with the human genome. Just plain old coincidence. One thing the report doesn't say is why they all lied about it for over 3 years when it was the obvious source. They know the location of the lab, the type of research, and how it was funded. Time for some confessions and jail time.

Jack Smith has a history of being a Clinton attack dog, so the characterization has merit.

This is alarming yet not surprising. As the US runs a consistent and large trade deficit with China. Receiving mostly various consumer good in exchange for IOU's converted by their central bank into investments in US Treasury bonds. So what do we have of value when they come calling to redeem those piles of IOU's or credits? Well, land in one of those things. A major contributor to the problem is Americans consume way more than they produce.

I have come to suspect there are a few paid activists on PPP demonstrated by their over the top obsession with certain people and political and social ideals. No doubt the same folks censoring on major social media have their eyes on almost everything. Why not here too? You see the same posters here 16-18 hours a day. Who's got the time or the interest for that? Ask them a football related question like about the draft and they'll tell you their windows are sealed pretty tight. Do they even know who Josh Allen is?

So if China made a deal with Mexico to park a couple Army divisions and tactical weapons along the US border our government would be okay with that action? And all the proponents of countries being able to "do whatever they want" in the examples of Ukraine would be cool with that? Because that's what Ukraine in NATO meant to Moscow. Now I'm not siding with the Russians here but failure to objectively understand your enemies goals and motivations can lead to missteps and mistakes. You may disagree with my first paragraph but based on your posting history and statements of you experience I expect you agree with my second paragraph here.

But that government was elected through the democratic process. And governments acting against the wishes of the majority of it's citizens is not unusual. So there was a coup? An insurrection. I thought our government frowned upon insurrections? The problem faced by the Ukrainian people is the historical track record of US interventions and proxy wars. Where are all the examples of the promised shinning democracies? The record reveals it never ends well for the citizens of the host country. The leaders sell out the people for money, throw their forces into a meat grinder, and in the end flee with a suitcase full of loot to places like Palm Beach. That's how this proxy war will end too. At some point Washington's attention will move to other interests.

The war effectively started after the maiden coup in 2014 when Azov Nazi's began attacking and killing ethic Russians in the east. The US engineered the conflict in an attempt to contain and isolate Russia and that has to this point failed miserably. Now China and Russia are best buddies. Great work Brandon.

No. Our "bi-partisan" government is incapable of negotiating and resorts to armed conflicts (amazingly war is the only thing dems and reps agree on) which generally result in defeat and a consistent loss of global influence. That's what we do. In case you haven't noticed this has all driven Russia and China along with several other "enemies" closer than they would be otherwise. Look around. The US empire is in decline. Broke but still spending big. You should be more worried about the personal implications of that loss of power and influence rather than people on the other side of the world.

The Illinois State police should issue a warning about the biggest genuine threat to your safety in Chicago. Mayor Lightfoot. How about that?

I saw speculation elsewhere that suggested Zelensky might actually have that dirt on the Biden's that Trump was look for way back when Vindman dropped a dime on the ex-prez. Running a little blackmail op. Theory might fit but unlikely.

The committee charter called for 13 members, 5 chosen after consultation with the minority leader. Fact The actual committee consisted of 7 democrats and 2 republicans. Fact 2 which were certainly not approved in consultation with the minority. Fact The House Speaker violated the committee's charter both in size and composition of the committee. Fact The Speaker vetoed the minority appointments and the minority determined opting out of the process was a prudent course of action. Sure plenty of other choices could have been made as long as Pelosi approved. That's dictatorial which is ironic as that type of behavior alleged to have been expressed by somebody else was a focus of the entire committee expressing constant concerns for democracy while violating the very rules governing their committee. The message, democracy only if we win.

I call bull sheet. What the committee leadership didn't want was anyone on the committee that would ask questions they didn't want answered. Period.

Pete shouldn't like that situation either. Because the underlying "logic" behind Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity is that absent all racism and biases, the natural state of things would be for all demographic groups to be proportionally represented in all occupations and fields. In that "optimal" arrangement there would not be too many or too little representation in anything. At that point all that's needed is some authority to ensure those proportions are enforced. And the end game a loss of freedom to choose your occupation or line of work. Short white guys that can't hit a three pointer don't despair, the NBA will soon be calling you.

Well reality is what reality is and these federal agencies have formal responsibility and accountability to perform oversight and address these emergencies and disasters and once again they're not doing their job. Do us all a favor and stop covering for their incompetence with lame excuse after lame excuse.

To quote the link right from the BEA a federal agency: Current-dollar GDP (not nominal - my words here) increased 9.2 percent, or $2.15 trillion, in 2022 to a level of $25.46 trillion, compared with an increase of 10.7 percent, or $2.25 trillion, in 2021 (tables 1 and 3). Or Google this "what is the total 2022 US GDP?"

I've heard of mixed marriages. In fact, my niece married a Jets fan but it didn't work out!

BEA statement puts estimate of 2022 US GDP at $26.15 Trillion. https://www.bea.gov/news/2023/gross-domestic-product-fourth-quarter-and-year-2022-second-estimate Fiscal year 2022 defense spending around $778 Billion. A fun fact is that if you add the budgets of the next 7 biggest spenders China, Saudi Arabia, India, France, Russia, Britain, and Germany the US spends more than those 7 combined. But where the $1.9 Trillion quote in the post a couple entries above is coming from who knows?

British film awards come under fire because all award winners were white. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64707017

That at a minimum a partial fallacy. Let's use NYS as an example. These were NYS top 10 exports in 2021. Gold: US$14.7 billion (16.3% of New York’s total exports) - my notes this is the NY Fed & NYMEX Diamonds (unmounted): $9.6 billion (10.6%) - my notes this is the diamond district in Manhattan Hand-drawn paintings, drawings: $4.5 billion (5%) Jewelry articles clad in precious metal: $3.9 billion (4.3%) Rubies, sapphires, emeralds: $1.3 billion (1.4%) Silver: $1.137 billion (1.3%)- my notes this is the NYMEX Parts of assembly machinery: $1.135 billion (1.3%) Aircraft including engines, parts: $1.06 billion (1.2%) Integrated circuits (processors/controllers): $1.01 billion (1.1%) Original sculptures, statues: $911.8 million (1%) Here's Kansas 2021 as an example: Aircraft, aircraft parts including engines: US$2.1 billion (16.7% of Kansas’ exports) Beef (boneless, fresh/chilled): $1.1 billion (8.6%) Soybeans: $607.3 million (4.8%) Corn: $583.7 million (4.7%) Wheat, meslin: $500.5 million (4%) Beef (boneless, frozen): $472.9 million (3.8%) Grain sorghum: $379.9 million (3%) Ethyl alcohol, other denatured spirits: $232.9 million (1.9%) Dog and cat food for retail sale: $214.6 million (1.7%) Modems, similar reception/transmission devices: $155.8 million (1.2%) NYS is a great example of a financialized economy where not much in terms of real good is produced. Kansas is not. Which has more "value"?

When you get right down to it the debate isn't so much about what books get approved or banned. It comes down to who gets to decide which is which. Until recently school boards and educators such as teachers had free reign to decide. And then parents got involved, raised their concerns and objections, organized and then began to get some say which resulted in the transfer of control and power to make those choices of the hands of schools and districts. What the people supporting the schools and districts, and in most cases they're liberal educators or their supporters, are really pissing and moaning about isn't in opposition to some form of censorship. They're mad because power has been taken away from them.

Rather than something to do with the actor or act itself, I think it all boils down to an individuals willingness and ability to objectively assess a situation rather then do it subjectively by employing various experience filters, personal preferences and biases, likes and dislikes, to the target topic. A subjective example might be person 1 does X and person 2 also does X. I like person 1 so it was okay but I don't like person 2 so its not okay. Like an enemy kills 100 civilians and that's a war crime but our side kills 100 civilians and that is brushed off. And objective assessment would be eliminating my like or dislike of person 1 or person 2 and simply assess the action X on its own and conclude both person 1 and 2 were either both good or both bad. In the civilian example above both are bad. When it comes to political debate we get a lot of subjectivity and while I can admit some level of that behavior in my views it would be nice if the people doing it with regularity would admit to it too. To those folks, admit your biases, confess your sins!