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tjg_marantz wrote:Can someone fix my post? I can't even edit. Yay mobile

pr0ner wrote:LOL.

Trump is deleting some of his tweets supporting Luther Strange now that Strange has lost to Roy Moore in Alabama.

Kurth wrote:

malchior wrote:On a personal note I was at a random Fox and Hound for MNF last night in NC. Several people stood for the anthem, hands on hearts, hats off. And then stared down the rest of us with eyes of judgement for not participating. It was fucking creepy. There are a lot of very malleable minds out there. Hoping to impose their very angry worldview on others. I find it comforting that Trump is a huge fucking moron and hasn't truly capitalized on that. We could be in far worse trouble I think. But that is short-term comfort.

I've never heard of a Fox & Hound, so I had to google it to see it's a sports bar chain (incidentally, I found out it's also an "Unassuming gay bar providing a comfortable environment for drinks, pool, pub fare & drag shows" in downtown Portland).

I cannot comprehend people making such an ostentatious show of faux-patriotism in a public place and acting indignant when others didn't follow suit. To me, that's so over the top it's beyond creepy. That shit scares the hell out of me and really does make me feel like we're at the point of us/them in this country where a good portion of the population is completely and totally alien to me.

Rip wrote:

pr0ner wrote:LOL.

Trump is deleting some of his tweets supporting Luther Strange now that Strange has lost to Roy Moore in Alabama.

Some staffer tweeted that stuff. Trump supported Moore all along........

tjg_marantz wrote:Check out @Blueraydre’s Tweet:.

Remus West wrote:I would have been tempted to kneel and shout out that I was protesting their idiocy. I wouldn't have done it because I can't fight well one v one let alone one v many but I would have been tempted.

tgb wrote:

tjg_marantz wrote:Check out @Blueraydre’s Tweet:.

Who is that? Boy, he's good.

tgb wrote:

tjg_marantz wrote:Check out @Blueraydre’s Tweet:.

Who is that? Boy, he's good.

LawBeefaroni wrote:

tjg_marantz wrote:Can someone fix my post? I can't even edit. Yay mobile

Done.

Good video.

Holman wrote:Jeff Sessions just said the NFL should have a rule requiring players to stand for the national anthem.

In a way, it would be interesting to see something like that implemented. Protesting players could easily find ways to protest while standing. Would Sessions call for ever-more-elaborate rules against raised fists? Certain facial expressions? Foot-tapping?

Kurth wrote:100% agreed. And that guy is Nick Wright from Fox Sports 1.

At a joint White House press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Trump described the challenges faced by the U.S. territory in the aftermath of the storm but touted the work being done to bring "water, food and supplies" to the island.

"Everybody has said, it's amazing the job we have done in Puerto Rico," said Trump. "We're very proud of it."

Vorret wrote:http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bombard ... -1.4308590

I sure hope we retaliate somehow to that ridiculous bullshit

Holman wrote:He. Can't. Stop. Lying.

At a joint White House press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Trump described the challenges faced by the U.S. territory in the aftermath of the storm but touted the work being done to bring "water, food and supplies" to the island.

"Everybody has said, it's amazing the job we have done in Puerto Rico," said Trump. "We're very proud of it."

A Trump administration lawyer on Tuesday urged a U.S. appeals court in Manhattan to rule that federal law does not ban discrimination against gay employees.

The U.S. Department of Justice is supporting a New York skydiving company, Altitude Express Inc, in a lawsuit brought by former instructor Donald Zarda, who accused the company of firing him after he told a customer he was gay and she complained. Zarda died in a BASE-jumping accident after filing the lawsuit, and his estate took over the case.

Judges on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals focused their questions on whether discrimination against gay workers is a form of unlawful sex bias under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That law bans discrimination based on workers’ sex, race, religion and other traits.

Justice Department lawyer Hashim Mooppan told the court that Congress never intended for that law to protect gay workers against bias. And in recent years, he said, lawmakers have repeatedly declined to pass bills that would prohibit employment discrimination against gay workers.

During the Obama administration, the Justice Department had not weighed in on the case. But the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which appeared at Tuesday’s hearing on behalf of Zarda’s estate, has been arguing for five years that bias against gay workers violates the law. The EEOC is an independent federal agency that enforces Title VII.

POTUS wrote:Derp derp derp, derpy derp

Donald Trump travel ban against DPRK citizens expected to affect dozen of visitors.

Donald Trump wants toughest travel he can have. The travel ban of Kim Jong-Un is far more tough.

malchior wrote:The Trump administration still hasn't waived Jones act restrictions that are delaying aid to Puerto Rico. He is claiming the shippers don't want him to waive the restrictions. You can't make this level of mendacity up.

The Department of Homeland Security, which waived the act after hurricanes Harvey and Irma, did not agree an exemption would help this time.

On Monday, U.S. Representative Nydia Velázquez and seven other representatives asked Elaine Duke, acting head of Homeland Security, to waive the nearly 100-year-old shipping law for a year to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria.Gregory Moore, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, an office of Homeland Security, said in a statement that an assessment by the agency showed there was “sufficient capacity” of U.S.-flagged vessels to move commodities to Puerto Rico.

“The limitation is going to be port capacity to offload and transit, not vessel availability,” Moore said.

Skinypupy wrote:I was reading up on this last night, and while I wouldn't put it past Trump to be doing something awful, I'm not sure that this particular decision really has much effect. From a Reuters article:

The Department of Homeland Security, which waived the act after hurricanes Harvey and Irma, did not agree an exemption would help this time.

On Monday, U.S. Representative Nydia Velázquez and seven other representatives asked Elaine Duke, acting head of Homeland Security, to waive the nearly 100-year-old shipping law for a year to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria.Gregory Moore, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, an office of Homeland Security, said in a statement that an assessment by the agency showed there was “sufficient capacity” of U.S.-flagged vessels to move commodities to Puerto Rico.

“The limitation is going to be port capacity to offload and transit, not vessel availability,” Moore said.

Thanks to the law, the price of goods from the United States mainland is at least double that in neighboring islands, including the United States Virgin Islands, which are not covered by the Jones Act. Moreover, the cost of living in Puerto Rico is 13 percent higher than in 325 urban areas elsewhere in the United States, even though per capita income in Puerto Rico is about $18,000, close to half that of Mississippi, the poorest of all 50 states.

tjg_marantz wrote:Check out @Blueraydre’s Tweet:

Check out the video. He puts it exactly how it is. Hopefully some people here will listen to what is said.

stessier wrote:Nick Wright.

LawBeefaroni wrote:If I understand correctly, lifting the ban also allows shipments from neighboring islands now, not just from US ports. Seems like it would allow quicker response to specific needs in some cases.

The Trump administration is reportedly forcing evacuees from Puerto Rico to sign promissory notes ensuring full repayment for transportation costs and is keeping evacuees' passports as collateral.

MarketWatch reported on Thursday that the State Department is using a longstanding but discretionary policy to ensure that evacuees pay transportation costs, which are based on “the price of the last commercial one-way, full-fare (not discounted) economy ticket prior to the crisis.”

Passports won't be returned to evacuees until payment is received, according to the news outlet, which cited the State Department's website.

Holman wrote:Jeff Sessions just said the NFL should have a rule requiring players to stand for the national anthem.