All_Pro_Bills

The truth is the cops are not going to be there to protect you and your family from an intruder when it happens. They'll respond afterward to zip up the body bags and do some investigation. They are not going to protect you. They respond to crime, not prevent crime. The problem with all the calls for more gun control is they don't do anything to address the fundamental problems that can stop or eliminate most of these mass shooting events. They are not going to take guns out of the hands of criminals or those bent on doing harm to others. All these gun control initiatives calling for more laws and restrictions do is give the government more power and control over its citizens. Why do we want to give an already overly-intrusive government, one that spies and collects all sorts of information and reconnaissance on almost every citizen through whatever means they have available even more power? A government that has over a short time militarized local and state police organizations. A government that preaches from the Capitol building, the seat of power for the federal government surrounded by fences and barriers along with thousands of armed troops and armed bodyguards and agents? A government that is somehow afraid of its own citizens but is more than willing to let you go about life in the environment outside of their fence perimeter that's safe enough for you to take your chances in every day. How about this, let Congress pass more restrictions and add an amendment making it illegal for government officials to have armed bodyguards and security forces. If its safe for us then its safe for them? Lead from the front, right? Why is it that states with the most restrictive gun control laws generally have the most crime? Simply put, because they have the most criminals resulting from social and economic conditions that drive people to crime and criminal activity, Much of it just for survival. Generally, these states blame "out of state gun purchases" for their problems but the real cause is their inaction to solve the fundamental problems of poverty. These are social issues that never seem to gets addressed and resolved. These mass shooters either hold some ideological extreme or are mentally imbalanced. What's curious about a lot of these cases is the individuals involved are "known" to the FBI and other law enforcement organizations but they never seem to do anything. Why is that? Maybe they should start checking into these leads with a little more enthusiasm?

A bit sarcastic but true to the point. Isn't it wonderful to live in a time where politics and virtue signaling are the determining factors in all circumstances and situations?

As CIGNA hires sub-standard candidates and ignores more qualified applicants their business will suffer. The quality of their workforce will suffer. Lawsuits will be filed. They will lose customers and providers. A management system perceived to be merit based will transform to one of "diversity" and performance will suffer as top performers perceive their efforts are going unrewarded. Top performers will quit and seek employment elsewhere. Competitors will exploit their weaknesses and gain market share at their expense. Earnings will suffer and the share price will fall. Money still talks so regardless of the desire to virtue signal the board of directors will fire senior management, most likely the CEO presiding over this situation along with the architects of this hiring model. This is how this will play out over time. That's how socialist approaches always resolve themselves as everything sinks to the lowest common denominator.

Pack up the news vans and get out of town. The shooters not a white guy so there's nothing to see here. 21-year-old Ahmad Al-Issa a devoted Trump hater. So I suspect the spin on the story will turn from playing up the white supremacist terrorists angle to some poor victim triggered into rage and violence by Trump. So Trumps fault on CNN and MSNBC and other MSM outlets tonight. Wait for it...

If you've ever dealt with a family member that has some behavioral or substance abuse problem you'll recognize it isn't that easy to control that person or bring the risk they pose to themselves and others to the attention of authorities. Plus the cops don't want to deal with it and their doctors, if they are even being treated, can't share much because of personal health information restrictions. I suspect almost every one of these shooters is on some kind of anti-psychotic or anti-depressant drug or another. Something that gets a passing mention if at all. Those meds are dangerous and the negative impacts are minimized by the industry. The can trigger a lot of bizarre thoughts and behavior including these mass shootings.

As for the American Way of Life I find it curious the left speaks frequently about threats to "democracy" when it suits their purposes. Democracy they say, we must protect it from those looking to threaten it. But they never express concerns or speak of threats to our "freedoms" and "individual liberties". Why is that? After all, those are the core beliefs that laid the foundation for our nation almost 250 years ago. The foundation of the republic, our legal system, the core principals expressed by various Amendments and law, the limitations placed on Government, the great documents that define it, the Declaration of independence, the Constitution, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and many others all speak to liberty and freedom. The undeniable rights of men and women. But the left? Never. A basic defect in their thinking is their view of democracy. Simply, the ability of the "majority" to dictate to the minority any and all things without regards for their rights and needs through whatever means are necessarily. That's not democracy that's tyranny.

To be fair it takes two to tango. So what is the women in these situations other than a willing participant?

That could be dangerous. What will happen if Russian hackers break into the earpiece feed and tell the President to "hop on one foot and cluck like a Chicken"? I'd be curious how the White House press secretary explains that one away.

We need to be careful. Any criticism of the all-powerful imperial leader will be met with harsh punishment and cancellation from the left. All kidding aside our country is run by a shadow government hidden from view directing a figurehead President. Something not lost on our allies and enemies around the planet. I await Biden's initial "Press Conference" where all questions must be pre-submitted and screened while answers are crafted by staff members then displayed on the teleprompter for the President to read as he is unable to comprehend and answer ad hoc type queries. The greatest country in the world has a "fake" President. Now there's a story!

Read your posts and you hit on a lot of the key concepts in play here. The concept of "get your own house in order" before you start trying to fix everything is appropriate. My view of the immigration issues is we got no plan along with no way to pay for any of it. If anyone hasn't been paying attention the US government biggest debtor in the history of civilization with no way to pay any of it back. Sure you might want to "help" people but your flat broke busted. So maybe help yourself first? We have more than enough problems, do we need import more problems? But given the government is going to rack up debts until they can't do it anymore, I'd like for starters from the new administration some clear and consistent articulation of the key objectives of America's immigration policy. Right now it looks like the plan is to flood the country with "asylum seekers" from Central America and deal with the consequences later. Is the only goal a humanitarian effort to "help" people? That itself generates a lot of other policy questions such as which people do you decide to help and in what manner? What are the costs and consequences of such a policy. Looking at the failure in handling the surge in asylum seekers it seems the administration ignored, either by design or incompetence, the issues and conditions that would be generated by their "all welcome" signal. It was obvious to even the uninformed that the ability of the system from capacity and capability standpoint would be overwhelmed by the influx of people. To the point here. What's needed is a systemic solution to immigration issues, both legal and illegal (or documented and undocumented if you prefer) that balances humanitarian needs along with economic, social, and border security objectives. A comprehensive and complete plan that addresses the concerns and needs of all parties. Accomplishing that is difficult under the best circumstances but given the extreme polarization of politics of the present it seems nearly impossible. Unfortunately, neither the Democrats or Republicans are capable of reaching that kind of solution. When you're engaged in a "winner take all" contest there's not much room for compromise and cooperation. My first suggestion: get new leaders.

Maybe just stop letting people in might work for now? This cluster f***k administration is one big comedy act in action. Blocking the press from seeing conditions and facilities and dismissing any concerns about COVID as that's convenient. I'm LMAO just watching these clowns screw this up and dig a deeper and deeper hole for themselves. Total fail. The only people dumber are the voters that elected them. In just a few short months they've turned America into one big joke. Trump was no prize package but this crew has already exceeded the level of incompetence achieved by the previous administration. Well done. The entire world, enemies and allies are laughing at us.

The new administration throws up a sign that says Party tonight, free booze, food, games, prizes, and music. All welcome. How many people show up?

I expect his advisors are doing more than advising. They are taking on tasks and functions which are duties of the office of the President. VP Harris is taking calls and meetings with world leaders which is a role reserved for the President unless he is unable to perform the duties of office. I've argued the party leadership knew of Mr. Biden's compromised physical and mental health but needed a "moderate" candidate that could move far enough to the right to gain enough votes in key swing states to win the Electoral College vote. All the other candidates were viewed as too liberal and none of the them polled well and would have most likely lost to Trump in 2020. The Democratic party handlers trotted out JB and fortunately enough were able to use the COVID pandemic as cover for keeping him out of sight and limiting his public appearances to minimize any gaffes or "senior moments". And it worked. Now the question is when will his usefulness as moderate leader be outweighed by the political costs of his obvious health impairments? That remains to be seen based on how events play out. That's the point in time they pull the plug and elevate VP Harris to the Presidency.

Truth is I'm a registered democrat and grew up in a pro-democrat union household. But this isn't the democratic party of my youth. This is an entirely different animal here. The current crop of leaders doesn't much care about union people except for getting their votes one day in November each year or for that matter working people in general. I'm just trying to see the humor in the tragic comedy that is unfolding before us here. Quite simply they're leading this country down the crapper both socially and economically and by 2022 there isn't going to be much support to keep that "permanent majority" in place. And admit it. Do you really believe Biden is anything more than a front man for his handlers in the shadows? 50 years from now historians will be wondered what collective insanity took place during this period.

Clear sailing for the SS America to go over the falls and crash on the rocks below. I think we saw the high point of the new administration on inauguration day. Its been all downhill from that point. How much worse can things get? My guess is we'll all be surprised. Today your glorious leader fell on the stairway leading up to Air Force One. An anonymous source reported to the Washington Post they saw former President Trump pouring oil on the steps just minutes before President Biden appeared on the scene for this flight out. House speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority leader Schummer are already scheduling a press conference to condemn this latest act of insurrection intended to "destroy our democracy". The House plans impeachment proceedings on the former President which will commence over the weekend. CNN and MSNBC are rushing reporter, uh I mean political activists, to the scene while facebook, google, and twitter bring on more fact checkers and censors to ensure the public gets the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help them God.

The US is past-peak Empire and headed down. What better "leader" to have for that at this point in history than Joe Biden? A man of deteriorating mental and physical health which perfectly represents the state of America's moral and social decay championed by the left. A uni-polar world order is transforming to a multi-polar world order and American and its citizens will experience the impacts of that change. Most appear totally oblivious and in denial of this transformation and the effect it will have on their lives going forward. As for American foreign policy we're at the point in the process where nobody is afraid of the bully anymore but the bully has yet to realize that fact. Maybe the lack of any progress from this weekend's US/China talks will make that clear? Cooperation and not conflict both internationally and domestically is required going-forward but cooperation has never been the strong suit of the progressive/war party mindset in charge at the moment.

They are sad, unhappy, depressed, and most likely mentally ill people that should be ignored. A bunch of Buzzkills..

All this coordinated and controlled from Trump's secret Moon base with support from aliens from the Orion constellation.

Left can't make much political hay out of this tragedy as the perp looks to be some sex addict and pervert. Being sexual perversion is something they wholeheartedly support it might be a no go for any of their favorite issues.

Its all scripted and rehearsed. Some anonymous source plants a derogatory story in the media. Saying they heard or saw something "illegal" or "unethical" or the mother of all concerns "unconstitutional threat to democracy". The media doesn't bother to do any legwork like verifying sources or following up to confirm anything. So the media runs with it. Then, queue all the outrage. Which has already been prepared as they've been clued in on what story is going to break and when. Everyone starts running around raising concerns about "threats to our democracy". This routine goes on for about a week or two monopolizing the news cycle. All kinds of deep state scumbags express their concern to like-minded press outlets. Here's the fun part. Later, when nobody is paying attention, the said media issues a retraction on the back page or on a 3 AM show as facts trickle out which conflict with the story planted by the anonymous source. The story provided by unnamed sources proves to be BS. But that doesn't matter. The objective is met and the damage is done. Rinse and repeat as necessary. What never happens is this. Never, ever does anyone go back and confront or "out" that anonymous source or question their motivation or bring any kind of charges or exposure to them. The real "crime" isn't what initially happened or what supposedly happened. Its the false story planted in the press to fabricate and manufacture a crisis or issue. That's the real threat to our democracy. A compliant press more than willing to assist political operatives in creating false stories. And to boot having "fact checkers" in place to ensure their false story is not challenged by anyone, heaven forbid, with real facts and knowledge or just the brains and common sense to sniff out all their BS.

The Pegula's need to give Beane a shot at the Sabres GM job. Or at least get the GM's and coaches into the same room and say (pointing to the Bills side) "this" works and (pointing to the Sabres side) "that" doesn't. Do more of "this" and stop doing "that".

Move diverse and dumber. Look at falling SAT test scores and "racist" standardized testing over time and tell me that focusing on diversity is working. Its cultivating an increasing larger number of idiots and mental incompetents that can't even do basic math or speak or write a simple sentence with correct syntax. More and more people have no tangible skills. The average kid in Baltimore high school "graduate" for example can't even read at a 6th grade level. That is sad. This country is going down fast. Soon there will be nothing to fight over. But by all means keep on believing your BS. Hurray for diversity! The battle cry of social decay and failure.

Market research showed that none of the Democratic primary candidates would beat Trump in the key swing states as they were all seen as "too liberal". So the party trotted out poor old Joe Biden and positioned him just far right enough to score enough of the moderate votes in swing states to gain the required electoral votes. But hiding his failing mental and physical health was necessary and conveniently the COVID pandemic situation provided a perfect excuse to limit his public exposure. Only the mentally challenged or the most devoted followers of the party can claim they see no issue with his mental condition. Its obvious. For all purposes VP Harris is assuming and carrying out many duties assigned to the President and by all accounts seems to be doing a good job. At some point Biden will step down or be removed via the 25 Amendment.

Math isn't racist. Mathematical principles have been a foundation of civilizations for 1,000 of years. Babylonians, Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Mayans, Chinese, Asian Indians, and so on. All these civilizations developed and used math. Math has no race. I suspect if alien civilizations exist somewhere out in our Galaxy they use math and the fundamental principles of it. The people denouncing math as racist are failures. They are responsible for developing and educating children in various basic concepts. Like math. They are academics, education administrators, and intellectuals. They and their programs and curriculum have failed in providing children the necessary training and education to succeed in life. To blame themselves or point a finger at each other is to admit failure, to admit they are not somehow intellectually superior. So they find another target. The inert and non-sentient discipline of math is the target. And they develop some crackpot idea that somehow children of color are different and that they are incapable of comprehending the concepts of math. Not only is this insulting but the very foundation of the idea is racist. So really why are we even listening to these people?

So what happens when rates go up? The 10Yr US Treasury is at 1.635%. All this additional supply (1.9T) will put stress on rates to go higher. Who is going to step up and buy all this supply? What astute investor or fund wants to "loan" the US government money for 10 years at about 1.6% when they can put their funds into the equity markets and pull down 10, 20, 30%? That move is a guaranteed loser. Plus inflation is on the rise and pretty quickly. Most likely the Fed will step in through additional QE purchases to hold rates down by increasing the size of their balance sheet. A likely consequence will be a weaker US dollar. So pick your poison. Higher rates or a loss of purchasing power in your paycheck denominated in a currency that is losing value. This will all happen rather quickly. I hope people are preparing for this likelihood and not ignoring the obvious risks. Because there won't be anybody left to bail anyone else out when the SHTF.