That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons bring us some web forums whereupon we can gather
http://garbi.online/forum/
Trump signed an executive order signed on the afternoon of Friday February 7, aimed at rolling back former president Biden’s efforts to reduce gun violence.
The president’s order directed his new attorney general to “to assess any ongoing infringements of the second amendment rights of our citizens.”
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[Under Biden,] One of Garland’s early initiatives was launching ATF “strike forces” in five major cities, including Chicago. Federal agents helped investigate gun crimes and trace illegal guns across state lines. Now some ATF agents around the country are being re-directed to enforce Trump’s top priority: immigration.
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KRIS BROWN: “Taking away scarce resources of ATF agents whose job is to focus on those dealers contributing to those crime guns and shut them down is hugely problematic and will increase violence. It will increase death and injury in this country.”
It comes as fragile progress is being made. In 2024, gun deaths decreased for a third consecutive year, dropping 12 percent from 2023, according to the non-profit Gun Violence Archive.
Gun safety advocates say a big factor is coordinated approach led by the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. It helped shape the first significant gun safety legislation to pass in 30 years, but the office has been shuttered by the Trump administration.
From US Citizen's perspective: Yeah, we used to have "the very nature of what we are and what we have historically done" in our front pocket as well. Just be mindful of what is changing, even in Canada, and don't rely on that notion as much as you used to.Rumpy wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2025 9:00 pm because it's in the very nature of what we are and what we have historically done.
My daughter (14 yr old) showed that to me this morning. She couldn't believe it was from the White House. None of her friends can believe it either.LawBeefaroni wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2025 9:26 pm Kiddo says it has been circulating around her socials. This is blatant indoctrination of dehumanization and hate. We're in the late 1930s, people.
There's a whole list of people whose deaths would solve more problems than they would create.LordMortis wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 11:29 am How long do we have to wait for the heat attack? (I really hate how callous I am slipping toward and need to stop that slide)
Oh, I'm 100% Anya Stark at this point.Holman wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 11:52 amThere's a whole list of people whose deaths would solve more problems than they would create.LordMortis wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 11:29 am How long do we have to wait for the heat attack? (I really hate how callous I am slipping toward and need to stop that slide)
Given the size of the problems, it's not unnatural or weird to think about this.
Not having read the books, I consider the TV show to be about her. She was much interesting and protagonist like than any other (set of) character(s). And was by far my favorite.
Absolutely. But at the same time, I think it shows off the stark contrasts between our Countries. For the most part, we've been holding our heads up high and we still hold our values dear even with the changes going on down south. That gives me some hope. The only thing Trump has managed to do with us is stoke a fire under us that has united us.Unagi wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 11:18 amFrom US Citizen's perspective: Yeah, we used to have "the very nature of what we are and what we have historically done" in our front pocket as well. Just be mindful of what is changing, even in Canada, and don't rely on that notion as much as you used to.Rumpy wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2025 9:00 pm because it's in the very nature of what we are and what we have historically done.
It is “paused” in the sense that they will now conduct comically superficial review and determine that military readiness and lethality are not compromised.Enough wrote:It looks like the Doge military purge is paused now, so maybe they actually sort of kinda blinked on firing 50k DoD employees.
Mostly, yes. Not entirely however.Rumpy wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:27 pm Absolutely. But at the same time, I think it shows off the stark contrasts between our Countries. For the most part, we've been holding our heads up high and we still hold our values dear even with the changes going on down south. That gives me some hope. The only thing Trump has managed to do with us is stoke a fire under us that has united us.
Losses increased into the close as traders feared staying long into a weekend that could bring another barrage of headlines from the Trump administration, which has proposed a flurry of tariffs and other market-moving policy changes since taking charge a month ago.
From what I saw in a post from someone looking into this, most of the support for 51st State here in Canada is from the Alberta group that has been after separation from Canada for decades now. Don't know if leaving Canada to join the US gives them the independence that they seem to want; much like those in Quebec that thought separating from Canada meant they were their own sovereign state, but still used Canadian money and got all the benefits of being Canadian, like our health care and EI.GreenGoo wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:46 pmMostly, yes. Not entirely however.Rumpy wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:27 pm Absolutely. But at the same time, I think it shows off the stark contrasts between our Countries. For the most part, we've been holding our heads up high and we still hold our values dear even with the changes going on down south. That gives me some hope. The only thing Trump has managed to do with us is stoke a fire under us that has united us.
Join the U.S.? No way, say most Canadians surveyed. But nearly a quarter may be open to it
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess at the main news source for that quarter.
MAGA 'Mericans would tolerate French speakers about as well as they tolerate Mexican speakers.IceBear wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 6:53 pm I know...heard many surveys saying how Quebecers more strongly identify as Canadian now
Some wouldn't even know the difference.
It's long and much more detailed than I've presented, but I wanted to share.Ever since World War II, the US has been the global leader in science and technology—and benefited immensely from it. Research fuels American innovation and the economy in turn. Scientists around the world want to study in the US and collaborate with American scientists to produce more of that research. These international collaborations play a critical role in American soft power and diplomacy. The products Americans can buy, the drugs they have access to, the diseases they’re at risk of catching—are all directly related to the strength of American research and its connections to the world’s scientists.
That scientific leadership is now being dismantled, according to more than 10 federal workers who spoke to MIT Technology Review, as the Trump administration—spearheaded by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—slashes personnel, programs, and agencies. Meanwhile, the president himself has gone after relationships with US allies.
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Now the breadth and velocity of the Trump administration’s actions has led to an unprecedented assault on every pillar upholding American scientific leadership.
For starters, the purging of tens of thousands—and perhaps soon hundreds of thousands—of federal workers is removing scientists and technologists from the government and paralyzing the ability of critical agencies to function. Across multiple agencies, science and technology fellowship programs, designed to bring in talented early-career staff with advanced STEM degrees, have shuttered.
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To scientists abroad, the situation in the US government has marked American institutions and researchers as potentially unreliable partners, several federal workers told me. If international researchers think collaborations with the US can end at any moment when funds are abruptly pulled or certain topics or keywords are suddenly blacklisted, many of them could steer clear and look to other countries. “I’m really concerned about the instability we’re showing,” another employee at the State Department said. “What’s the point in even engaging? Because science is a long-term initiative and process that outlasts administrations and political cycles.”
If anyone needs me, I’ll be drinking heavily in a corner somewhere,Pentagon leadership ordered all defense agencies and components to comprehensively review their existing contracts for consulting services to determine which are “non-essential” — and could therefore be considered for termination in the near future, according to a new memorandum.
Signed by Steven Morani, who is performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, the two-page memo includes instructions for officials across the Defense Department to “assess the essentiality” of such projects.
“To ensure we are accountable for every dollar we spend and that we are aligned with the President of the United States’ America First priorities and Secretary of Defense [Pete] Hegseth’s direction, Component heads will conduct a comprehensive review and validation of existing contracts for consulting services,” Morani wrote in the directive issued Tuesday.
We’re forming a club.Skinypupy wrote:If anyone needs me, I’ll be drinking heavily in a corner somewhere,
The stock market is the only opinion poll that could change Mump's behavior. One down weekend won't matter, but if losses extend through next week those March 1 tariffs are going to be delayed again.LordMortis wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 4:48 pm So I stopped watching CNBC completely at the tail end of last year but while reading a bit about S&P news today on the pullback I came across this. Even CNBC is stating the undeniable pattern clearly...
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/20/stock-m ... dates.html
Losses increased into the close as traders feared staying long into a weekend that could bring another barrage of headlines from the Trump administration, which has proposed a flurry of tariffs and other market-moving policy changes since taking charge a month ago.
RunningMn9 wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 10:15 pmWe’re forming a club.Skinypupy wrote:If anyone needs me, I’ll be drinking heavily in a corner somewhere,
President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign led by his defense secretary to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks.
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Trump said he’s nominating retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine to be the next chairman. Caine is a career F-16 pilot who served on active duty and in the National Guard, and was most recently the associate director for military affairs at the CIA, according to his military biography.
Caine’s military service includes combat roles in Iraq, special operations postings and positions inside some of the Pentagon’s most classified special access programs.
However, he has not had key assignments identified in law as prerequisites for the job, including serving as either the vice chairman, as a combatant commander or a service chief. That requirement could be waived if the “president determines such action is necessary in the national interest.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a statement praising both Caine and Brown, announced the firings of two additional senior officers: Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Jim Slife.
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Hegseth had previously taken aim at Brown. “First of all, you gotta fire, you know, you gotta fire the chairman of Joint Chiefs,” he said flatly in a podcast in November. And in one of his books, he questioned whether Brown got the job because he was Black.
“Was it because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt — which on its face seems unfair to CQ. But since he has made the race card one of his biggest calling cards, it doesn’t really much matter,” Hegseth wrote.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to let Donald Trump immediately fire the head of a federal watchdog agency after a judge's order had temporarily blocked the Republican president from ousting the official.
The court postponed action - for now - on the Justice Department's request to lift the judge's February 12 order that had temporarily blocked Trump's removal of Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel while litigation continues in the dispute. The independent agency protects government whistleblowers.
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Dellinger sued after receiving an email on February 7 informing him that Trump had fired him "effective immediately," offering no reasons for the decision. Dellinger's lawsuit said Trump exceeded his powers as president in moving to dismiss him, given that federal law permits removal from the post only for "inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office."
A federal judge on Friday largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that seek to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson in Baltimore granted a preliminary injunction blocking the administration from terminating or changing federal contracts they consider equity-related.
Abelson found that the orders likely carry constitutional violations, including against free-speech rights.
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The plaintiffs — including the city of Baltimore and higher education groups — sued the Trump administration earlier this month, arguing the executive orders are unconstitutional and a blatant overreach of presidential authority. They also allege the directives have a chilling effect on free speech.
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Abelson, who was nominated by Democratic President Joe Biden, agreed with the plaintiffs that the executive orders discourage businesses, organizations and public entities from openly supporting diversity, equity and inclusion.
"The harm arises from the issuance of it as a public, vague, threatening executive order," he said during the hearing.
Abelson's ruling does allow for the attorney general to investigate and prepare a report on DEI practices in accordance with one of the orders, but it blocks enforcement.
In his written opinion, Abelson found reason to believe the orders are unconstitutionally vague, leaving federal contractors and grant recipients with "no reasonable way to know what, if anything, they can do to bring their grants into compliance."
We'll see if the trends of fearing the post stock market Friday close EOs and firings and DOGE insanities forms. The market took a month to catch on but catch on it has, at least according to stock watching news.Kraken wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 10:28 pmThe stock market is the only opinion poll that could change Mump's behavior. One down weekend won't matter, but if losses extend through next week those March 1 tariffs are going to be delayed again.LordMortis wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 4:48 pm So I stopped watching CNBC completely at the tail end of last year but while reading a bit about S&P news today on the pullback I came across this. Even CNBC is stating the undeniable pattern clearly...
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/20/stock-m ... dates.html
Losses increased into the close as traders feared staying long into a weekend that could bring another barrage of headlines from the Trump administration, which has proposed a flurry of tariffs and other market-moving policy changes since taking charge a month ago.
Hopefully that'll either pause the tariffs or lessen them. My understanding from reading the news sites is the negative economic indicators are factoring in the impact of tariffs on inflationLawBeefaroni wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:40 am It was down mostly due to economic indicators. Consumer confidence numbers fell q0% and pointed to higher inflation. New home sales down. Walmart lowered profit expectations on Thirsday.