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How did he get 200 Billion since the election? You say it but you don't say how? mspart

Here we have RV, a self proclaimed budget hawk, complaining about someone digging into spending and rooting out waste. This is really funny. Oh yeah, right. RV wants more taxes but no tightening of spending except in DOD expenditures. mspart

Is Brooks injured? mspart

That's why the Feds are looking at this now. CBS tried to cheat and it is right there. Rather than reporting the news, they wanted Harris to look better than she did. They edited the interview so that that was the case. mspart

They were funny and usually spot on. A few times the chumps were stumped and they played those as well. mspart

So we are to wait until the womens soccer team is 100% trannies before we take action here? And we should wait until the majority of women's athletic scholarships are given to trannies? There is a thing called Nip it in the bud. That stops growth. Easy to do earlier rather than later. mspart

That's a good question. But since this is a recent social contagion/phenomenon I would venture to guess it is markedly higher 2020-2025. I have heard on the radio that the majority of those saying they were the opposite sex were very young boys who said this from very young age to adult hood. Young girls did not participate in this stuff until just recently and it has exploded for boys and girls. So are we to expect that this is a natural rather than contrived situation and that hundreds and thousands of boys and girls have been wanting to be the opposite sex for centuries? There is no evidence of that. There have been eunuchs that were emasculated and they were not considered women. They were just considered no threat to the harem of the big guy. This stuff is not new, the new part is that the incorrect thought that you can transition from one sex to the other. That can't be done. That is science. mspart

3 months to think about it!! Where did you ship to? mspart

Very telling graph. Germany is in big doo doo. mspart

Perhaps. mspart

Ah but it is now. Before school programs, after school programs. 4 year old kindergarten, and people are working on getting preschool in the public schools. mspart

I like that principle. mspart

In other words, Trump is a Buffoon and it wouldn't help him anyway, but Harris is not a buffoon and it would help her. Plus she is a woman and needs all the advantages she can get. That is what is being said by Trip. One standard for all would be welcome. mspart

Yep, the Tappet Bros were the funniest show, laughing at their own jokes was hilarious. mspart

The left is against anything that threatens their power. That is why the left is squealing so loudly about USAID. They are supporting funding trans operas in Colombia and LGBT comic books in Peru. Obviously they are because they are not condemning those expenditures, just saying they are all good and no action should be taken. It has been shown the USAID has been behind regime changes. There are reports that they helped fund the CIA effort to get rid of Trump 1.0. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bombshell-usaid-cia-state-dept-played-role-in-1st-trump-impeachment-top-reporter-in-america/ar-AA1yxvbf?ocid=EMMX&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1 mspart

80% increase over 10 years is way more than the inflation rate for those years. HOwever, where that money goes is the question. And I asked that question at the beginning, do the teachers get increases or is it the admin and new buildings with state of the art sports and drama facilities? mspart

The conditions in which they work sucks. That's why there is a shortage. You are a Middle School or HS teacher, you have a freakishly good chance of being assaulted by a student or the class is held hostage to an unruly student(s), such that you cannot deliver the content you need to get out. And there are no repercussions to the student. We have given students so many rights and privileges that they can disrupt the learning environment and assault staff with virtual impunity. And the real problem is the parents who think their little johnny is such an angel and couldn't do this and don't punish the cherub at home for their behavior in school. It is a societal decline that has been in the making for decades. I am old enough that I was spanked in elementary and one time in jr high. They called it swat in jr high. More manly. We never had the kinds of issues in the 60's and 70's that they have now. Teachers had it easy back then. Because if you did something at school and got punished, you prayed your parents didn't find out because it would be worse at home. That doesn't happen anymore. No amount of money will change that. That would have to be a societal change. mspart

Bondi suing sanctuaries. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14370855/attorney-general-pam-bondi-warning-states-illegal-aliens.html Attorney General Pam Bondi warned sanctuary cities they 'are going to be next' if local officials continue to harbor and protect illegal aliens over the safety of citizens. Speaking with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Bondi, 59, shared how under her leadership the Justice Department sued the city of Chicago and its mayor Brandon Johnson earlier in the day over its progressive sanctuary policies. 'Not only did we sue today the city of Chicago, we sued the state of Illinois, we sued the mayor, we sued the governor, and we sued others,' she said. The Department of Justice also put a pause on all federal funding to sanctuary states and cities and nonprofits, according to a memo Bondi sent out Thursday. Will the states win this one? I don't think so. Constitutionally, federal law is superior to state or local law. Period. mspart

https://nypost.com/2025/02/05/media/cbs-releases-unedited-video-of-60-minutes-interview-with-kamala-harris/ Trump-appointed FCC chair Brendan Carr got the full transcript and video on Monday after a tug-of-war with the Tiffany Network, which has defended the editing as a standard practice for “time, space or clarity.” But a CBS source told The Post on Wednesday that the “60 Minutes” edit did Harris “a lot of favors and makes her seem more succinct.” In a question from “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker about what the US could do to stop the war from spinning out of control, Harris provides a rambling, 140-word answer, according to the full transcript. “Well, let’s start with October 7th. Because obviously, what we do now must be in the context of what has happened. And as I reflect on a year ago, and that 1,200 people were massacred, young people at a festival, at a music festival, 250 hostages were taken, including Americans, women were brutally raped,” Harris began. “And as I said then, I maintain Israel has a right to defend itself. We would. And how it does so matters. And as we fast forward into what we have seen in the ensuing weeks and months, far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed. And we know that, and I think most agree, this war has to end. And that has to be our number one imperative, and that has been our number one imperative. How can we get this war to end?” The version that was broadcast showed a succinct, 56-word reply. “Well, let’s start with October 7th. Twelve hundred people were massacred, 250 hostages were taken, including Americans. Women were brutally raped. And as I said then, I maintain Israel has a right to defend itself. We would. And how it does so matters. Far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed. This war has to end,” Harris said. This is just one example. Read the article. Is this election interference? Is it an attempt to make the candidate sound better than she actually does? Is it an attempt to trick people to think she has more intelligence than she actually has? They are presenting this as an interview. You don't get cuts in the interview if you are watching live. You watch live. And that is what the television audience were presented, an interview that seemingly was live but apparently was not. This is the equivalent, in my mind, of an unpaid campaign contribution that should have been in the Harris documents as such. mspart

And he (Trump) has said as much. Nice try Trip. Actually he wants Greenland for it street value. Classic scene from Better Off Dead - Great movie. mspart

Here in WA the WIAA which rules HS sports, have made a new criteria for sports - Girls and open (boys, girls, trans). That is the deal here. mspart

Just the fact that these guys are saying this is not an issue that needs to be addressed are really saying they don't want it addressed. It is disingenuous in the extreme. It is seemingly a crazy situation where conservatives are the ones concerned about fairness to women, this was the Ds franchise for decades. Now it is clear to everyone in the country that the Ds are no longer for women. They are no longer really for anything other than that which destroys law and order in society. That is apparent. mspart

With all the concern over government paying media sites, NPR is fair game. NPR represents a minority viewpoint and the government forces everyone to pay for it. NPR is quite successful on its own and now has paying sponsors, and that is against the law. They should be defunded. https://jonathanturley.org/2025/02/02/this-is-npr-npr-faces-reckoning-on-what-it-is/ Many of us have noticed that NPR has ramped up its sponsor statements with taglines about the products or firm’s clientele. Carr wrote, “I am concerned that NPR and PBS broadcasts could be violating federal law by airing commercials. In particular, it is possible that NPR and PBS member stations are broadcasting underwriting announcements that cross the line into prohibited commercial advertisements.” The support for noncommercial radio and television stations fell under different regulations. It is hard to see the sponsor acknowledgments not as commercial advertising. It is common for for-profit outlets to have hosts read commercial sponsors. Noncommercial educational broadcast stations-or NCEs are prohibited under Section399B of the Communications Act from airing commercials or other promotional announcements on behalf of for-profit entities. NPR claims it gets only 1% funding from the government. https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3950550-the-truth-about-nprs-funding-and-its-possible-future/ NPR may receive little direct federal funding, but a good deal of its budget comprises federal funds that flow to it indirectly by federal law. Here’s how it works: Under the terms of the 1967 Public Broadcasting Act, funds are allocated annually to a non-governmental agency, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, overseen by a board of presidential appointees. That corporation, in turn, can choose to support original programming produced by public television or public radio — but, by law, must direct much of its $445 million funding (scheduled to top $500 million next fiscal year) to local public television and public radio stations across the country, via so-called “community service grants.” Here’s where things get tricky. Local stations, if they want to broadcast “All Things Considered,” “Fresh Air” and other programming produced by NPR or competitors such as American Public Radio, must pay for it. Indeed, in its consolidated financial statement for 2021, NPR reported $90 million in revenue from “contracts from customers,” a significant portion of its $279 million and much more than 1 percent. Such revenue was exceeded only by corporate sponsorships, which totaled $121 million. One can think of these funds as federal grants that have been sent from Washington — but returned to it. What’s more, local stations are actually required by law to do so. The 1967 act specifies that, of funds they received from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, “23 percent of such amounts shall be available for distribution among the licensees and permittees of public radio stations solely to be used for acquiring or producing programming that is to be distributed nationally and is designed to serve the needs of a national audience.” In other words, if a local public radio station decided it no longer wanted to carry “Morning Edition,” it would not have the discretion to use some portion of its federal grant to support, for example, local newsgathering. So NPR gets more than 1% of its funding from the government. So a cut to PBS funding would impact them greatly. The law needs to be revisited. I loved Car Talk, I listened to it most every saturday. So I listened to NPR usually on a drive to work and back. However, their coverage of things got increasingly political and leftist. I stopped listening to NPR years ago when I couldn't stomach their news programming anymore. The only show that was non political was Car Talk. All the others news and others were much to leftist. And that is being funded by the government at least in part. That is wrong. So it is a small thing but has a big impact I think. NPR specifically needs to be defunded. They can make it on their own. mspart

So according to RV, you can tax to get 80% more to spend and get worse results and that is ok. Who decides where the money goes? Does it go to the teachers? Does it go to admin costs? Buildings? for 80% more, there should be something we could see that is better than it was. Student outcomes is not one of them. mspart

I guess it depends which side you are on. Those that are exposing corruption are the good guys or they are the bad guys. mspart