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https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/washingtons-gas-prices-have-jumped-25-cents-per-gallon-since-co2-tax-took-effect Prices here have risen 17 cents per gallon while Oregon and Idaho gas has gone down 8 cents a gallon. Net effect is a 25 cent rise in gas cost if we had been allowed to follow OR and ID prices. mspart

Maybe Reich is for enforcing enhanced sentences for the use of a gun in crime. No, I don't think so. Around here, that is the first charge to be plea bargained away. mspart

Yeah, I heard about this. I heard an MSN report and no mention of the Trump Russia investigation he was working. mspart

He came back from 10-2? Gotta ask what Nashon was doing. I have not seen the match. That is an incredible recovery. I don't particularly like DeSanto but that is perserverance which is something to admire. mspart

Right now the US is 31 Trillion plus change in debt. US GDP is 20 Trillion. So right now we owe 50% more than we make. Now that is not what the govt makes, it is what all of us rubes make. The debt is way out of balance with what can be paid. With interest rates rising, the amount of interest to pay on that debt grows ever more. There is no country in the world that has overcome this kind of irresponsibility. Right now the US brings in record amounts of money year over year. Yet the budget grows at ever faster rates. There is no harm in acknowledging this. But where the Ds are right now, you would think there would be. The Rs, not always the most fiscally responsible, are saying we need to lower the deficit now in order to raise the debt limit because we are nearing the breaking point. Biden and the D Senate is saying no way. Only Manchin seems to be an adult in this regard on the D side and is looking for compromise somewhere so that a bill can be crafted and passed. Let's say Rs cave and do the debt limit alone. How much leverage will they have in the future to lower the deficit spending? About zero. This is the time for this action to happen. Lower the amount you are spending and you can borrow a little bit more. This doesn't seem as unreasonable as Biden, the great uniter, would like us to think. What did he call the Rs in this regard? https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3815262-biden-knocks-fiscally-demented-republicans-in-mlk-day-speech/ “They’re gonna talk about big-spending Democrats again. Guess what? I reduced the deficit last year $350 billion. This year, federal deficit is down $1 trillion-plus. That’s a fact. And there’s gonna be hundreds of billions reduced over the next decade. But so what? These guys are the fiscally demented, I think. They don’t quite get it,” Biden said of Republicans. Now there's a uniter we can all get behind. At least he and McCarthy are going to meet on this topic. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-were-going-have-discussion-about-us-debt-with-house-leader-2023-01-20/ mspart

Now it is not just the garage and the DC office. More docs have been found. He's been kiping classified docs since he was a senator. Seems like a habit that never changed. mspart

Doh!!! I was even looking at the name and mispelled it. I could blame it on my keyboard. I think I will. Not user error, was equipment error. That's my story and I sticking to it!!! mspart

Two silvers is great! Kudos!! mspart

Rohn pinning Albrecht. mspart

Yeah, that is a pretty sad site. mspart

I think it is Fix's year this year. I could be wrong, but I think he'll make it this time. He just needs to jump higher as he gets on the mat!! mspart

Wishing him great success with GR now. Neal didn't play much the first few years. It was his determination and work ethic and improvement that kept him on the practice squad. It did not come fast but with perserverance it did come and he became an offensive titan. Not everyone can do that. mspart

BP, Yes, thankfully world situation is not like it was over 100 years ago. And was like for almost everyone, everywhere since time immemorable. The corrupt government I think you are referring to (USA) has raised the standard of living for almost everyone in the country from what it was in 1904(1804, 1850, 1776, 1669 etc), and that of many if not most of the rest of the world. Not recognizing this fact, and it is a fact, makes our situation not congruent with the Tsarist example. Now you may say our corrupt gov saw what happened in Russia and decided to change things around so people had it better so they would not revolt. On the other hand, the Bezos of this world became rich because of conditions in the country as have many many others. It doesn't keep people down, it allows for raising oneself up. Look at the southern border, that tells you all you need to know. Corrupt gov or no, people are coming in by the millions. mspart

Now that's a big response!! mspart

Yes, that is true headshuck. The admin said there are no records. The admin has said many things that are untrue about this. Like there are no more records, when they knew more had been found. Even mainstream media is pushing this. Is this an effort to get Biden not to run in 2024 since he has been such a stellar President. Just one example - from Cspan as reported on CNS news. You can watch the video at this site during a speech about Martin Luther King day. https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/melanie-arter/biden-stumbles-supreme-court-justice-ketanji-brown-jacksons-name The president said that the power to redeem the soul of America lies in the hands of “we the people.” “I was reminded of that truth on the south lawn of the White House. I believe you were there, both of you, both your senators, on the south lawn of the White House when the vice president Kamala Harris and hearing these words, and I quote. ‘It took just one generation from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States.’ Those are the words of Kejan- Kejan- Ketanji Drown Jackson, our Supreme Court justice,” the president said. I think even the media normally friendly to Ds and Biden have had enough. They are finally asking tougher questions that the Press Secretary is now ducking. mspart

The D's had 2 months left in their majority after the election of 2022. The House passed a bill that was contrary to the will of the people as noted above. They chose to be completely radical on this issue rather than reasonable and as a result, they failed to get the bill signed into law. That is completely on them. Do you think any D in the House right now would vote for a bill that only allowed 1st trimester abortions? That answer is no because they didn't. mspart

Democrats have had majorities enough to pass a federal abortion law and never did. That is historically true. The bill that was before Congress would have allowed abortions in the third trimester. Totally out of whack with what the vast majority of Americans are comfortable with. https://apnews.com/article/only-on-ap-us-supreme-court-abortion-religion-health-2c569aa7934233af8e00bef4520a8fa8 The above poll from AP news shows the situation in the country. The Ds in Congress had a bill that did not reflect this at all. It would allow abortion up until normal birth. So they were completely out of step with the people of the USA. That may be another reason the bill didn't go anywhere. I think if they crafted the bill to allow only 1st trimester abortions, they could have passed it. And that is in keeping with the vast majority of countries in the developed world. But they couldn't do that because they want women to be able to legally kill their offspring up until birth, and in the case we were discussing, killing the child after a botched abortion produces a live baby. That is historical fact and it was presented earlier on this board when it happened in the new Congress. mspart

We are not Tsarist Russia, the great majority of people are not living in abject poverty in the USA. The country has way more middle class than Tsarist Russia had and that is by numbers, not percentage. I don't mind conversations about tax changes, but I don't think that is what this was about. It was about a false premise of Trump only paying $750 a year in income taxes. I showed that this is false with the data available to everyone. mspart

This is a different matter altogether. Sorry. Yes, I think we are in agreement here. mspart

The guy in NM should be behind bars if he did the shooting. But can anyone honestly say this is typical of Rs or Ds response to losing elections? He is an outlier and let him lie out there in a cold dark cell. mspart

Agreed. mspart

This is incorrect. "The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives." This is the direct quote from the decision. The people could have that done via their state representatives or their Congressional representatives. There is nothing stopping Congress from passing a federal abortion law. You will notice they chose not to do so before their majority ended. Who's playing politics with this and has been for years? If they pass it, they cannot campaign and get money by scaring people about it. mspart

Si, fue muy loco! mspart

No evidence? I gave you the evidence and you call that no evidence. Then provide more evidence. What more do you want than his personal tax returns? That is the evidence. Here is more evidence. Are the news outlets continuing to harp on the "he only paid $750 in income taxes a couple of years" or are they not? Is this a relevant conversation going on or not? The only place I am seeing this is in this board. And that only continued because I was the only one to actually present to everyone copies of the actual tax returns. And many here cannot take that at face value. It is what it is people. I did not make up those 1040 forms. That is what was provided by the congressional committee. Take it up with them. I would be seriously questioning my source of news based on this. It is either a huge lie or it is not. There is no evidence that it is not. mspart

Ok, did those tax returns get distributed to everyone in the dump? Did the NYT have access to these others as well, if they weren't counted with the returns I provided? All that is available to me are his personal tax returns. Maybe you were able to get something more but I don't think so. You are supposing with out any evidence. I am giving you the evidence that presumably NYT had to make their idiotic claim. Again, there is no more stampeding on this because i think everyone figured this out, that the NYT blew smoke. If you get a copy of their article that their claim is based on, I would like to see it. Based on what I have seen, they underestimated what he paid by 27,000%. They either have access to a lot more tax returns than anyone else does, or they blew smoke. I choose the latter because the former is not in the congressional dump that all this was based on. mspart