All_Pro_Bills

Did it ever occur to you that Chinese influence peddling, what they refer to as "elite capture" is not the monopoly of any single person or entity? Spread across our country and society. And no single entity or person has the exclusive rights on shilling for China. Their influence is everywhere, both parties, in social media companies, Hollywood and entertainment, sports (particularly the NBA), national news organizations, in grant monies to universities, public and private research facilities and organizations. You can cite all the examples you want about Trump but that doesn't exonerate anybody else from being in on the deal.

And I'm the one sniffing glue! Wow. Power to the people? Sure if you mean by the people the rich and powerful political elite and global oligarchs. Those people, yeah power to them. To the average citizen. Not so much. This administration is making life for "the people" far more difficult in every way possible. And what's the deal here? You're obsessed with Putin. Billsy is obsessed with Trump. Maybe you two should start dating?

My savior? LMAO. You are the idiot. A delusional idiot. Look at all the comical and mythical beliefs you constantly defend. You should grow up, get a job, and find some purpose.

There are way too many narcissists with an over-inflated opinion of themselves out on social media. Maybe this person scores a 3 out of 10 she might be able cook spaghetti. Serve up some decent meatballs with it and the score goes to 4. Make a decent homemade pizza and some wings?

That's how the participation trophy generation rolls! Every time I read this topic title I laugh. Because it sounds like the name of some touring ice show.

First rule of war. Don't believe your own propaganda. Lots of dead civilians and soldiers would disagree with your assessment of "winning". You should talk with some real life Ukrainians like I have such as my sister-in-law and her family along with people from their church we met while volunteering to help with aid packages and donations and get a different perspective than the ain't war great idea. They also have a lot of insights and opinions of their government which differ greatly from the "democracy" story you're swallowing hook, line, and sinker. You might want to ask yourself, "what do I really know?". Not much really.

Putting your allegiance behind the Democrats here is like sitting in a room full of dynamite with the fuse lit so laughing isn't an appropriate response. Running as fast as you can away from it all would be a better course of action. But have at it. The economy is cratering and at the end of the day that's all anybody is going to care about. Poor Joe's mind is deteriorating at an accelerating rate so he's not going to last through the end of the year. He might be gone before the Summer is over. Before he causes too much more damage to everything. Kamala will take over. All the usually suspects will celebrate the coronationof a WOC to the top job. And then reality will set in. That's all going to be quite a hoot. I'll be prepared. Will you?

Thankfully our new leadership is doing a much better job. You must be proud. Did you get your check from Xi this month?

Thanks you Dr Freud.

On Friday I listened to an interview with some political strategist, the name I can't recall, and their take on Trump was he isn't going to run in 2024 because there is no evidence of an organization or plan to develop an organization necessary to manage and run such a campaign. And until there are signs of this the smart bet is he isn't running. And rather than run, has decided to play the role of some power broker. In that capacity he'd be free to annoy the opposition, whether the Democrats or the Republican establishment, as much as is possible.

I think the difference is perspective. Biden is seen as dealing from a position of weakness. Trump was not. Biden's earlier tough talk calling the Saudi's a pariah state in response to the brutal and savage Khashoggi murder that every Middle East observer knew was ordered at the highest levels while also knowing nothing would be done about it. And now due to high oil and gasoline prices, suddenly forced to go begging for an increase in oil output due to mainly self-inflicted damage caused by bad policy. And seeming to come away hat in hand. Not a good look. Trump expressing a desire to strengthen and renew relationships whether just optics or a true intention. Watch for further humiliation as Putin makes the rounds after Biden's Middle East visit. Its guaranteed his trip will be more productive than President Biden's. The fundamental problem we face is way too many countries are pivoting towards alliances with Russia and China along with non-US controlled organizations because for whatever reason they may have, they view the U.S. as an increasingly unreliable partner and an Empire in decline.

Prediction: Like all good neocon or neoliberal members of the political class, Liz will go to some defense industry bankrolled "think tank" lobby that advocates for war and foreign interventions 24/7 pushing for action against the next "threat to democracy" and wait it out there for 2 to 4 years before jumping back into a run for some elected office somewhere.

But that's not the same bill and 15 weeks is not a ban. Its in line with what almost every other western nation has in effect.

it works something like this: Questioning any premise or principle of woke ideology in the minds of virtue signalers is equivalent to hate. Because if you don't unquestionably agree with woke views, regardless of facts or logic or reality, you're suffering from a lack of moral or ethical values while spreading hate. Which in turn requires hating on you because you are not worthy of being "liked" since you are an oppressor. Its a unique form of mental illness.

I'm stating facts. This bill is 15 months old. Am I right or wrong about that?

The video clip above is from February 2021. The twit presents it as something recently proposed after the SCOTUS ruling. That's a lie. HR 705 was introduced in the House on February 2, 2021. It was referred to a House committee on 3/22/21 and went nowhere. The introduced HR bill did not outlaw abortion. The Congressional record (https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/705/committees) states: This bill makes it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform an abortion (1) without determining whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat, (2) without informing the mother of the results, or (3) after determining that a fetus has a detectable heartbeat. It provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical (but not psychological or emotional) disorder, illness, or condition. A physician who performs a prohibited abortion is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. A woman who undergoes a prohibited abortion may not be prosecuted for violating or conspiring to violate the provisions of this bill.

In hindsight I think Marv was a great leader. A guy that got the team to rally around each other and the objective and kept them focused in a way few other coaches could have at the time. Getting them them back to the SB 4 straight times when failure to win the big game added an extra psychological burden on the staff and the players going into the next season. But i do agree his head coaching performance wasn't anywhere near his leadership level for the reasons and examples you stated. Some of that I think might have been a style that delegated a bit too much authority and input to the offensive and defensive assistants to game plan and play call on game days. And when things didn't go well just sticking to that instead of taking charge and jumping into the drivers seat. The biggest of these blunders was to not pull aside Marchibroda and Kelly during SB25 where they simply refused to run the ball when the yards where there for the taking. Thomas had what, 15 carries for 135. I would have run him until his legs fell off and forced the Giant out of that defense and then let Kelly air it out.

That was a pretty good summary above. What I find interesting is the 4 SB's were against teams from the NFC East that from my memory employed similar schemes. Most prominently, the NFC teams won the physical game in the trenches on both sides of the ball. And kept the Bills high-powered offense under wraps. Given that I'm always curious why across the 4 seasons the Bills front office and coaching staff failed to make any major scheme or personnel changes to address the flaws exposed in SB25 that carried through to the 2nd encounter with the Cowboys. All while employing completely transparent and predictable game plans and schemes with no surprises in each SB appearance.

I'd like to add the definition of what might be considered "evidence" in these hearings is quite different from a court room setting. A lot of the smoking gun testimony is inadmissible hearsay. Something like Bob testified to the committee that Sue told him that Kevin talked with Nancy and she told him that Evan was talking to Steve about something and Joe told him that Tom was planning on robbing the bank down the street. So there you go. Bob's testimony is proof that Tom is guilty of planning a bank robbery. Instead of Bob's testimony a court would need to hear from Joe, the person that actually talked to Tom.

The core problem is the Colorado River system does not have the capacity to support 40 million humans along with the surrounding environment. So eventually either somebody identifies another source of water to restore a balance with nature or people move out.

So what's the age limit proposal from these loons on this post birth abortion concept? Maybe 18 years old? Because on the surface the entire idea sounds a lot like plain old homicide to me. On another note, if your kids don't turn out to be like you expected then at least you have another potential option! 🙄

I hear ya. While I've lived in the suburban car-culture for a while I've come to the conclusion that living arrangement is one of the biggest waste and mis-allocation of resources in history. You can't get much of anywhere without a car for one. And most of the land could be put to better use as farmland, forest or other natural states for wild life and nature preservation.

One other thing to consider. American's, especially those living in suburbs and rural areas, are more dependent on the automobile, drive less fuel efficient vehicles, and drive more miles than citizens of other countries. US residents use more fuel per capita than people in other developed countries. So the impact of rising fuel prices is greater. The US consumes approximately 9.4 million gallons of gasoline per day. At 42 gallons per barrel. How much more gas do we use? 1.9 times Australia per capita 1.2 times Canada 4.5 time Denmark 10.4 times France 5.0 times Germany 7.0 time Italy 3.4 time Japan 4.6 time Netherlands 5.2 times Norway 3.7 times Sweden 5.0 times UK

Meanwhile, hundreds of political prisoners sit in maximum security facilities in solitary confinement for over a year without due process facing prison conditions harsher and more extreme than they'd experience if actually convicted on the charges they face. But let's worry about turncoat Ray.

If you can't stand the heat then don't become a government informer and operative while claiming to be a victim.