Koko78

He may be suicidal. Hopefully he doesn't succumb to his demons and shoot himself in the back of the head, twice, during a mugging where nothing is taken.

Well, he's off to a rousing start...

He knew?!? COLLUSION! TREASON! #IMPEACH or something...

Apparently not, as an ACTING officer does not need to be confirmed by the Senate. Never has. It also makes little sense as the position of ACTING [anything] is, almost by definition, temporary. Now, if you're advocating for him to be the permanent successor to Sessions, that's a different subject. I had no idea you were such a fan of Whitaker.

Why does he need Senate approval to be the Acting Attorney General?

So you'd show her your Louvre? Let her experience the 'Met?

Should I display my shocked face?

See, the campaign is already working!

Who wore it better? Hillary or the curtain rod?

How dare you not use the proper gender-neutral pronoun.

We'll get right on raising awareness for being kind.

The Iron Dome system ignores any rockets that aren't a danger. It won't fire if the rocket is going to hit the desert. The 80 is 95% of rockets that were actually a threat.

I've never agreed with the take that North Korea acts irrationally. They have always acted rational, if you understand that the traditional number one priority of the Kim dynasty was to continue the Kim dynasty at any cost. Almost all of their outlandish rhetoric was for domestic consumption. Same with the missile tests and nuclear tests. They never had a significant capability of threatening the continental US, but they wanted their people to believe it. It was always about getting whatever they could while internally projecting strength. I'm not completely convinced that the historical reneging was entirely the choice of the Kims. Something has changed (I don't necessarily buy into @Deranged Rhino's CIA thing, but something definitely changed.) I wonder if Lil' Kim is looking for an exit strategy. Letting South Korea take the lead for now is a good thing. Remember that the goal for both nations has always been reunification. If Lil' Kim is actually trying to get out, a gradual peace process with Seoul ultimately controlling the entire peninsula would be the way to do it. Going too fast would result in Kim being forcibly removed by internal actors, which would trigger a colossal humanitarian disaster, with a significant chance at a Best Korean civil war. The South, China, and the US would very quickly be sucked into any civil war. A slow transition would allow Kim and his allies to get the people behind it, minimizing the chance of a palace coup. I'm sure some elements in the North Korean leadership would view a transition to Seoul high treason. Getting the populace behind reunification first, through a gradual improvement in their daily lives, would be the best insurance policy. No coup would survive a popular uprising, nor could China do much if the North Korean people were backing Kim. Or, I could be completely wrong. Who ***** knows?

I wouldn't characterize Moon's engagement as 'cheating'. I think that's intentionally the beginning of the economic carrot. North Korea isn't getting our sanctions lifted at the moment, but they are starting to get trade from the South. There's no rational reason for them to stick with the deal if they're receiving no benefit whatsoever. Specifically since Kim will be quickly deposed if he is seen as weak. I think that the ultimate carrot for good behavior/denuclearization is a complete removal of both the UN sanctions and our sanctions - including eventual access to the world banking system and direct foreign investment.

Now, now, be nice. He obviously thinks what he's told to think, like the good little NPC he is.

Are you sure?

You expected more from Baskin?

Schumer has already promised to put "protections" for Mueller's investigation into the next "must pass" spending bill. He's betting he won't be blamed for this shutdown, unlike the last one. That spineless weasel still hasn't figured out that Trump has brass balls and isn't afraid to call a bluff.

Do you have any concept of what is necessary to have a presidential motorcade go through an area? Get a clue, chuckles: It's a lot more complicated than piling into a few vehicles and going.

Neither pneumonia nor sniper fire kept her from that ceremony! She's a goddamn hero!

Maybe all applicants should be screened by Pre-Crime.

She wanted attention, not to actually get in. "Influencer" is just a successful attention-seeker. That said, yes. Yes I would.

No.

Do you honestly think that people who use guns to murder others give a flying ***** about federal regulations? Does it not occur to you that they don't even care about laws like murder that carry life in prison, if not execution? This overly-emotional dipschiffery is what everyone is ragging on you about. All your proposals do is inconvenience the people who actually follow the law. They do absolutely nothing to keep guns out of the hands of the determined.

Oh, ok then.