Bamafig

Trump is trying to give Thune an alibi and off ramp to do the right thing by giving him someone else to blame, for now. He needs to understand that Trump will single him out, personally, if he doesn’t get it in gear.

At least this is the 5D chess scenario that I hope he is playing out.

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I was born on December 30 I share the same shitty birthday, but I'm a bit older. I was starting to get nervous when the war ended

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My sister was also born on 12/30, one year before me. We didn’t deal with the draft but dealt with the dreaded Christmas/Birthday shared presents fraud, lol.

I wonder if it would be easy to see how many soldiers were killed in that draft by draft positions.

It’s easy to over or under hydrate them. I would say at least a 15 gallon bucket.

“Prepare for revolution”, more likely

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I thought Mexico was paying for it??

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How much money do we spend supporting illegal Mexicans? Enough to build a wall? In 2023, the House Budget Committee estimated illegals are a net loss of $68,000 per migrant. There are 10,15 or 20 million already here. Do the math for present and going forward. Stopping the flow of Mexicans means they are paying for the wall, in one way or the other.

Interesting note from the Heritage Foundation:

The Constitution seems to suggest that the Vice President is required to preside over the Senate, the text providing that the Vice President “shall be president of the Senate.” But for decades, officeholders have presided very little. In such cases, the Constitution empowers the Senate, in the Vice President’s absence, to select a “President pro tempore.”

The VP might actually have the powers discussed, but traditionally has not exercised it. Also in the article:

The Vice President can make parliamentary rulings, which can be overruled by the Senate.25 For instance, Vice President John Nance Garner made a series of pronouncements to the chamber in the 1930s. He formalized the custom whereby the Majority Leader would be recognized before all other Senators seeking to address the body. These statements, which went unchallenged by the Senate at the time, today undergird the Majority Leader’s principal formal power, which is to be recognized first and to propose the Senate schedule.26

As a practical matter, the Parliamentarian has narrowed the presiding officer’s authority over Senate procedure. This nonpartisan position was created in 1935 and provides technical advice on rules and precedents that the Vice President rarely ignores.

As an Alabaster resident, my concerns are the overwhelming chlorine smell and rock hardness of my tap water. As the city name indicates, we have a very mineral rich water source. I’ve heard, anecdotally, that we have a higher than average rate of kidney stones. My wife and I are the only people in our extended families to ever have one, for the record.

I will simply call him, “guilty”

I’m sure the little fella will get a new nickname in the Big House.

Screw that

I remember my father pointing out Mayor Vann (the last white mayor of Bham) outside of the then new BJCC. Bham was pretty nice at the time and growing.
There was a time when Bham and Atlanta were neck and neck to be the biggest metro in the south. Delta chose Atlanta for its hub and the rest is history. I’m glad they did because if I wanted Atlanta problems, I would move to Atlanta.