Alexandria

the repugs are scared to death of her.

Reilly, I believe it was the Republicans that dugout that video. So, who is the creep?

lol, blahblah uses fox as his source of credibility

jody and his hannity cult will be wringing their hands over her for a long time

No organized brain activity to speak of--just random thoughts and butterfly chasing.

Dear Ocasio-Cortez: It’s Not Because You’re a Woman of Color. It’s Because You’re an Idiot.

Dear Socialist Barbie,

Congratulations on your quick rise to political success. In a world full of stuffy old codgers spouting nothing but focus-grouped talking points, you came in like a wrecking ball. A Prada-pump, Armani suit-wearing, wide-eyed wrecking ball. Based on some of your delicious tweets, you seem to think criticism of you stems from your fashionable penchant, your racial heritage, or your reproductive wonders down under.

Allow me to address each assertion.

Sure, sure, there are plenty of people who’ll take aim at your pricy wardrobe, considering you’re a socialist champion for the working class, who rocks those four-figure business suits. But what Venezuelan slumlord doesn’t have a direct line to Versace?

Yes, I suppose even in our current cultural climate where any whiff of racism is stamped out by the social media Gestapo, there may be a few errant racists who have a problem with your caramel macchiato skin tone. Personally, I think it’s lovely. Were I a woman of color, that color would be “uncooked chicken skin.” It’s winter.

Then as advanced as much of our culture claims to be, there are still plenty of sexists lurking about, sharing all their opinions on what women should be, what women should do, how women should behave, what their ideal body type is, when and how they should smile, et cetera, et cetera, lather, rinse and get left-swiped. So yes, it’s possible some of the hate you’re receiving is due to being a girl.

But let me reassure you, most of the criticism thrown your way from right-wing sites such as ours has nothing to do with your racial makeup or gender identification. No, we make fun of you because it’s painful not to. We start each day saying “We really need to choose our Cortez criticism carefully” only for you to come out blindfolded, swinging at logic with Hillary’s first model broomstick.

Some examples:

Last Friday, you threatened Donald Trump Jr., who mocked you with a meme, by donning your best mobster impression and threatening him with a subpoena. All for the crime of jabbing you online. Which is rather a big boo-boo no-no. Governmental thugs flexing their muscle to intimidate political enemies was one of the reasons we flipped our finest middle digits to the controlling Brits, thus becoming the glorious nation of America. A fact an incoming Congresswoman should know.

Before that, your besties in media were forced to fact check your Medicare claims. It’s fine to exaggerate numbers when you’re complaining about how many people are grocery shopping the week of Thanksgiving as you try finding a parking spot somewhere in your state. But when you ALL CAPS some big numbers about government programs, expect people to point and laugh at your burning pantsuited posterior.

Then there was the time Jake Tapper asked you how you’ll pay for all that free stuff you promised voters. You hadn’t a cogent answer then, nor did you later when asked similar questions and you delivered this adorable answer: see Alexandria Cortez Can’t Answer How She’ll Fund Government Proposals.

See Alexandria, you’re a fantastic moron. A glittering jewel of colossal brain farts. Yes, you are undoubtedly passionate, but you’ve channeled that passion into terrible ideas and a sense of entitlement. Personally, I find it delightfully fresh to see a new politician running to Twitter to peck out her raw thoughts, unfiltered, unchecked, unencumbered by things like knowledge or a simple double-checking via Google. Like over the weekend when you said the Constitution said nothing about presidential age limits for ladies. Aw!

I’ll give you credit at least once, though. You were able to call out the silly double standard of New York’s tax system when Bezos’ Amazon made its new headquarters announcement. The only problem was your failure to see the problem of government providing kickbacks to business, a foundational tenet of socialism, which allowed Amazon the wiggle room to make New York its second home. A socialist bashing socialist practices. Well-played.

Here’s the thing, Alexandria, those are just a few examples of either your intellectual shortcomings or your inability to read. Whether you truly believe what it is your saying, or refuse to verify the veracity of your claims, criticism of you is fair game.

Were you a finely dressed gentleman with the racial makeup of powdered sugar, we’d find mocking you just as enjoyable. Though perhaps we wouldn’t call you BuzzFeed Barbie. Maybe BuzzFeed Ken. We’ve already used Pretty Young Thing for Justin Trudeau. Who we also mock for his bad ideas and keen sense of hair. Equality.

Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean, yours are the sweetest bug eyes I’ve ever seen.

No, wait, what I meant to say is next time you’re feeling the conservative heat, usually delivered in the form of riotous laughter, take solace in knowing it’s not because you’re a “strong” woman of color who’s just challenging the status quo. It’s just because you haven’t figured out you’re dumber than a breadbox.

But keep doing you, boo. We do get a kick out of it.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shocked the political establishment by defeating a machine politician in a New York Democratic primary for Congress last June. Ever since then, Republicans and conservatives have been trying to smear her as a know-nothing socialist ditz unfit to sit in the House chamber with all those gray-bearded sages who have made the House such a model of reasoned and informed debate...

In the interview, Ocasio-Cortez argues for raising the top federal income tax rate on the richest Americans to as much as 70% from the current 37% and using the money to convert the country to renewable energy.

Conservative heads exploded. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) accused her on Twitter of wanting to “take away 70% of your income and give it to leftist fantasy programs.” Right-wing anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist implied that the “expropriation” of 70% of “your production” was coming uncomfortably close to “slavery.” Pro-Trump commentator Ryan Fournier declared that he was “not going to work my ass off for the rest of my life for 70% of my income to go to the government.”

All three, and anyone else speaking out in this vein, displayed their rank ignorance of how the federal income tax works. That’s the charitable explanation of their reaction. The only other explanation is that they know how it works, and they were lying about her proposal. (Ignoramuses or liars? You make the call.)

Power Crux, I vote for ignorance

well then post up your climbing video and prove us wrong

And I bet that she thinks it is actually 70% also.

In spite of the loud, raucous ranting from the Right when Obama used his Executive powers for similar purposes?

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer who has implicated the president in campaign finance crimes, will testify publicly to the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 7.

Except for the "shitstorm" will be about how they whole investigation has nothing on Trump and will be about the corruption of the Dems and the COLLUSION between Hillary, The Obama administration, and the DOJ/FBI.

Except for the "shitstorm" will be about how they whole investigation has nothing on Trump and will be about the corruption of the Dems and the COLLUSION between Hillary, The Obama administration, and the DOJ/FBI

Jody, I don't understand how a reasonably intelligent person like yourself

On Thursday, Trump hosted a roundtable at a McAllen Border Patrol station with Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, local law enforcement officers and local officials including McAllen Mayor Jim Darling. Displayed in front of the President was a table filled with seized contraband, which included over $300,0000 in cash, “gold-plated and diamond encrusted” machine guns and large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents pointed out all of the items were spotted or apprehended at various legal ports of entry and checkpoints, including Laredo POE.

CBP officers also showed Trump blown-up photos of tunnels that were dug to get guns and drugs across the border. Neither border patrol agents nor President Trump explained how a border wall would help stop the flow of drugs through tunnels and legal ports of entry.

McAllen Mayor Jim Darling, who is not affiliated with a political party, tells TIME that even if it was not Trump’s intention, the roundtable appeared to make the case for increased funding at legal ports of entry instead of the wall.

“I thought that showed that ports of entry are working,” he says. “I understand he’s trying to make a point, I’m a little theatrical myself, most politicians are. I understand that, I understand why someone would say ‘Okay, those were all confiscated at the point of entry, so what’s that gotta do with people crossing the river?'”

Meanwhile, Julie Hillrichs, spokeswoman for the Texas Border Coalition, a group of border mayors (including Darling), county judges and border communities focused on issues that impact border quality of life for more than 2.5 million people, tells TIME the Coalition believes the real way to increase security at the border would not be a wall, but increased investment in the legal ports of entry that already exist in their area.

“We have never supported the wall,” Hillrichs says. “The Border Coalition has consistently over the years stated we believe the wall is a wasted investment.”

it can be said that every driver in california has exceeded the speed limit at some point in time

since everyone is guilty

why does anybody get a speeding citation

It works until the cheese ones get a 50 dollar angle grinder and cut through to the carmel side in 10 minutes. The carmel ones are actually paying for the angle grinder from their insatiable appetite for yellow cheese powder which they buy by the ton. They also hand out free carmel treats for life once the cheese kernels breech the wall.

Since everyone knows all the Swiss butter ones are armed to the teeth and there's nothing to be gained there, nobody bothers them.
-fear

President Trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal details of his conversations with Russian President Vladi­mir Putin, including on at least one occasion taking possession of the notes of his own interpreter and instructing the linguist not to discuss what had transpired with other administration officials, current and former U.S. officials said.

apogee

climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy

Jan 13, 2019 - 06:11pm PT
Hey, Jody...looks like you are in an ever-shrinking minority of Americans regarding the true responsibility for this shutdown....

Support for the wall is increasing. Still less than half. But support is 42 percent, up 8 points from a year ago.

As far as eminent domain, I hadn't really thought about that. But at first glance, it doesn't seem like the amount of land taken would be all that much.

JohnM, it is a narrow ribbon of land. A few feet wide at most. If there is a home smack dab on the border, build the wall around it.

Back to Alexandria Palin-Cortez.


That is pretty funny.

JohnM, it is a narrow ribbon of land. A few feet wide at most. If there is a home smack dab on the border, build the wall around it.

socialism=today's Democratic Party

Trump spoke to “Fox & Friends” in 2013 and was asked who would be fired during a government shutdown.

“Well, if you say who gets fired it always has to be the top,” Trump said. “I mean, problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top and the president’s the leader. And he’s got to get everybody in a room and he’s got to lead.”

He said that further down in history, “when they talk about the government shutdown, they’re going to be talking about the president of the United States, who the president was at that time.”

But childish attempted personal attacks say more about your IQ than they'll ever say about his.

You know, Jody's political views are dogmatic as hell and seemingly based on emotion, not reason.

But childish attempted personal attacks say more about your IQ than they'll ever say about his.

10b4me

Social climber
Lida Junction

Jan 16, 2019 - 09:23pm PT

Brad, jodie is the king of ad hominem attacks on his political opponents, here on st.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has canceled two upcoming events in Los Angeles and New York as she recovers from surgery in December that caused her to miss oral arguments at the Supreme Court earlier this month.

The 85-year-old jurist was scheduled to appear at Los Angeles' Skirball Cultural Center on Jan. 29. The 92nd Street Y in Manhattan also confirmed that a conversation between Ginsburg and financier David Rubenstein slated for Feb. 6 is being rescheduled.

…man... you’d have to be a special kind of stupid to think you’re “winning” when you sign a letter like that...

Somebody needs to start a 'Nancy Pelosi Appreciation Thread'.

Regardless of issue and party I think all of Congress and Executive Branch, and all their direct employees, should forfeit their pay for the any shutdown periods; without exception.

Elaborate, 10b.

Personally, I think it was a perfect strategy.

How does that play into Trump’s hands?

From what I understand, Pelosi’s trip has been in the making for several weeks now.

Except that this trip has been in the works for several weeks now.

PC, take a deep breath and relax a bit. It is still early.

I've been to 57 states."
-Barack Obama

They are crossing where there is NO WALL.

And if that happened, Trump voters, how would you feel about the eminent domain issues it would create when the federal gov't grabbed tons of private land?

President Donald Trump visiting the troops in Iraq on December 26, 2018...5 days after the government shutdown began.

President Trump has the moral high ground, as he always does against the Democrats.

Trump criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday for attempting to visit troops in Afghanistan.

Aren't you splitting some awfully fine hairs, there, Edward?

Fritz

Social climber
Choss Creek, ID

Jan 18, 2019 - 12:08pm PT
A simple equation:

Bragman = Trumpist = dementia

Thank you for making sure everyone knows their place.

Especially the obvious trolls.

Bragman wrote: President Trump has the moral high ground, as he always does against the Democrats.

... as a simple man guided by Christian faith and a love for my country and family, I am quite easy to figure out.

Here's what you need to know about the border wall

In fiscal 2018, Border Patrol apprehended 6,259 people with some kind of known criminal record. It is not clear how many of those apprehensions occurred on the border with Mexico versus Canada. But even if all of those apprehensions occurred on the southwest line, that would account for 2 percent of total apprehensions there.

CBP breaks down the data by crime type, although some people have multiple convictions.

Just over half of the prior convictions were for illegal entry into the U.S. — a crime often charged as a misdemeanor. About 1,000 were for DUI. Drug and gun convictions totaled about 900. About 500 were for assault, battery or domestic violence, while 328 were for burglary, robbery or theft and 78 for unspecified sexual offenses. Three were for murder.

A 2018 study by the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute looked at 2015 conviction data in Texas, finding there were 56 percent fewer criminal convictions of unauthorized immigrants than native-born Americans. The rate for legal immigrants was 66 percent below Americans.
The study did show that unauthorized immigrants were more likely to be convicted of "gambling, smuggling, vagrancy and kidnapping" but those crimes account for 0.18 percent of all convictions in Texas in 2015.
Another study published in the journal Criminology last year suggested there was less crime in areas with higher populations of unauthorized immigrants.

Drugs are mainly entering the U.S. through the ports of entry.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the lead agency in multinational drug trafficking investigations, reported in its 2018 assessment that Mexican cartels largely prefer using passenger vehicles and semi-trucks to smuggle hard narcotics through the ports of entry — not through areas in between.

For the first 11 months of fiscal 2018, nearly 67,300 pounds of methamphetamine were seized at the ports of entry, whereas nearly 10,400 pounds were seized by Border Patrol agents at points between the ports, CBP reports.

Anyone who wears the red hat, the uniform of the new nazi party needs to be called out!

a KKK & Nazi apologist & a supporter of the dick tater

Fred Trump was a member of the KKK - "the apple has not fallen far from the tree"

Cue Wade Icey Picture share...



fiat.


The definition of a fiat is an order or decree, or any arbitrary order.

An example of a fiat is a legally binding decree that is issued by a king.


If you voted for him
If you support his actions
you are supporting the son of a member of the KKK, who follows Hitlers advice to Lie about everything, all the time

and to
scapegoat
a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.

FEED the FEAR OF OTHERS- TO GAIN CONTROL.
Putting people in "Concentration Camps" separating children & interning them, having some of them disappear...
So using Nazi tactics. If you deny or apologize for those policies that behavior makes you, tacitly A KKK & Nazi supporter.



tacitly
in a way that is understood or implied without being directly stated.

What happened to the 'nazi' thread? And the 'collusion berder' thread?

I really don't have any idea what happened to those threads.

At this time, Bloomberg intrigues me more than the rest of the aspiring 2020 Dem herd.

I can't believe you don't know what happened to them.

We have very different minds.

Shout out to the Puerto Rican that is stirring the pot. Go girl!

He has a cool head and I can most easily envision him being able to stand up to & knock down Trump's wall of bullsh#t. The only other Dem candidate that might have that kind of ability would be Biden.