There was a time, just a wee bit ago, that I would have agreed with you. Now, things seem different. The donor class knows that its portfolio will eventually recoup the paper losses that it is now willing to grant permission for the GQP to blow the whole thing up. It is that far over the edge.
I'll say it again: The debt ceiling is patently unconstitutional, serving no purpose than to periodically call into question the full faith and credit of the United States, in direct violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
And to think - in 1999 our biggest financial question for the next 10 years was whether we should use the projected surpluses to pay off ALL or just MOST of our national debt.
Staggering how most of the press is playing this. With the exception of a good sub-head and some reasonably objective reporting at the New York Times (I guess with Sally Buzbee's Washington Post going full-on Republican, the Times is trying to create a little competition) and, for some reason I can't figure out, ABC News, most of the corporate press is full on "genius McConnell saves the day, will embattled, stupid, dumb-ass leftist Democrats fuck this up?"
At Donald's home network, NBC, the big picture is McConnell striding down a hallway looking confident, and a headline declaring that "McConnell makes Democrats an offer for a short term fix," and fuck all.
CBS is more preoccupied with keeping Sinema from defecting to the Democrats than anything else (they sense Manchin might let the Republicans down, so they have to hold on to Kyrsten), but they still give the debt "deal" the McConnell treatment. What the hell, and, as I always say, fuck all.
Is there anyone that doesn't think Republicans are going to tank the filibuster the second they get the majority back?
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They won't get rid of the (legislative) filibuster, because they don't need to. The two things they actually care about -- budgeting (meaning lower taxes for the rich, and shredding the safety net for the poor) and judges (meaning letting corporate money run wild and back-dooring the culture war) -- are already exempt from the filibuster.
Yes, leaving it in place allows Dems to block the GOP's other legislative priorities... which are what, exactly? Sure, they might want to legislate culture war stuff, but they're just as happy to let the Dem's filibuster them, and keep doing what they're doing now, and fundraise on that stuff. And then when they're in the minority again, the filibuster remains for them to use for everything that Dems want to do. Most of which is not exempt from the filibuster.
Basically, they have little to gain and much to lose by axing it.
lol I don't even know who Bill Burr is. And I asked you what was the "good point" Chapelle was supposedly making by announcing that he was a TERF and defending JK Rowling.
But I guess it's hard to think straight when you're spending so much energy defending transphobic assholes, deflecting from the original subject (Chapelle) onto someone else (Burr, whoever that is), and doubling down on your strawman arguments, to the point where you've totally confused yourself.
I'm gonna block you for a while so I don't get any more time-wasting notices to read your childish drivel about any of this.
There was a time, just a wee bit ago, that I would have agreed with you. Now, things seem different. The donor class knows that its portfolio will eventually recoup the paper losses that it is now willing to grant permission for the GQP to blow the whole thing up. It is that far over the edge.
I'll say it again: The debt ceiling is patently unconstitutional, serving no purpose than to periodically call into question the full faith and credit of the United States, in direct violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
When the Writer's Room has a sign reading O'Brien Must Suffer, you can forgive him for being a bit emo about it.
And to think - in 1999 our biggest financial question for the next 10 years was whether we should use the projected surpluses to pay off ALL or just MOST of our national debt.
Staggering how most of the press is playing this. With the exception of a good sub-head and some reasonably objective reporting at the New York Times (I guess with Sally Buzbee's Washington Post going full-on Republican, the Times is trying to create a little competition) and, for some reason I can't figure out, ABC News, most of the corporate press is full on "genius McConnell saves the day, will embattled, stupid, dumb-ass leftist Democrats fuck this up?"
At Donald's home network, NBC, the big picture is McConnell striding down a hallway looking confident, and a headline declaring that "McConnell makes Democrats an offer for a short term fix," and fuck all.
CBS is more preoccupied with keeping Sinema from defecting to the Democrats than anything else (they sense Manchin might let the Republicans down, so they have to hold on to Kyrsten), but they still give the debt "deal" the McConnell treatment. What the hell, and, as I always say, fuck all.
Yesterday I replied to the previous post with a stock photo of a blue plastic bong over which I had pasted the letters "L" and "K."
You know... L K Bong.El Kabong.
Yes, a really juvenile and lowbrow joke. It had downsides too.
But it was "detected as spam" and deleted by the moderator.
Whaaat? I'm not even selling the damn things. Although I do not frown upon their use.
Among the mysteries...
Oh great, we can look forward to "Hamster Cruzie and the Gooey Kablooie."
Saying "well, could he do worse?" doesn't imbue that you have a confident argument for him.
Am arguing for a higher standard. Fetterman! Put him in the senate.
Is there anyone that doesn't think Republicans are going to tank the filibuster the second they get the majority back?
🙋♂️
They won't get rid of the (legislative) filibuster, because they don't need to. The two things they actually care about -- budgeting (meaning lower taxes for the rich, and shredding the safety net for the poor) and judges (meaning letting corporate money run wild and back-dooring the culture war) -- are already exempt from the filibuster.
Yes, leaving it in place allows Dems to block the GOP's other legislative priorities... which are what, exactly? Sure, they might want to legislate culture war stuff, but they're just as happy to let the Dem's filibuster them, and keep doing what they're doing now, and fundraise on that stuff. And then when they're in the minority again, the filibuster remains for them to use for everything that Dems want to do. Most of which is not exempt from the filibuster.
Basically, they have little to gain and much to lose by axing it.
lol I don't even know who Bill Burr is. And I asked you what was the "good point" Chapelle was supposedly making by announcing that he was a TERF and defending JK Rowling.
But I guess it's hard to think straight when you're spending so much energy defending transphobic assholes, deflecting from the original subject (Chapelle) onto someone else (Burr, whoever that is), and doubling down on your strawman arguments, to the point where you've totally confused yourself.
I'm gonna block you for a while so I don't get any more time-wasting notices to read your childish drivel about any of this.
My impression of the Manchin and Simena Political Theater Show is little more than two people trying to get their names in the news.
"without risking economic canned-clamity"
Geeze, Dok.
He did vote to impeach so there is that.
More like Cluster F.
Dammit, you're on to us!