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-Great Cultural Revolution
Jen Psaki defends Barrack Obama's 500-person 60th birthday party and dismisses fears the star-studded bash could spark a super-spreader: Joe Biden won't attend
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/03/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  the laws for thee are not for me, fuck that piece of shit. Fuck everyone that attends.
Posted by: Chris || 08/03/2021 1:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Today August 3rd is/has been announced as National BOOB Day.
The most fitting place to Comment on this Commemoration falls to this Headline.
Posted by: Wholumble Wholuth1596 || 08/03/2021 3:43 Comments || Top||

#3  This is no birthday party, this is a celebration of a political and social takeover.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/03/2021 5:37 Comments || Top||

#4  I hope they all die of the Chinese Plague. But maybe they'll get the Nigerian monkey pox. That's good too.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 08/03/2021 5:56 Comments || Top||

#5  A great Birthday gift would be a few thousand illegal immigrants dropped off at the party.
Posted by: Airandee || 08/03/2021 6:38 Comments || Top||

#6  'the star-studded bash could spark a super-spreader'

So Kamala is invited?
Posted by: Retard Strength || 08/03/2021 7:57 Comments || Top||

#7  Worst excuse for a president we have ever had.
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/03/2021 11:14 Comments || Top||

#8  Terrific optic: "Eviction moratorium lifted, The One throws lavish party at his $12 million mansion"
Posted by: Matt || 08/03/2021 12:00 Comments || Top||

#9  ^ nice catch, Matt
Posted by: Frank G || 08/03/2021 12:01 Comments || Top||

#10  A great Birthday gift would be a few thousand illegal immigrants dropped off at the party.

They'll be bikini waxing the landscape before the party, working in the kitchen during the party and cleaning up afterwards.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/03/2021 12:20 Comments || Top||

#11  Heard he IS the acting President.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 08/03/2021 15:15 Comments || Top||

#12  "Jen Psaki defends"
Psaki would defend an elderly deviant that gropes random girls.
Oh, that's right, she works for Biden. Already has.
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/03/2021 15:20 Comments || Top||

#13  #5 A great Birthday gift would be a few thousand illegal immigrants MOAB dropped off at the party.

FIFY!
Posted by: Nero || 08/03/2021 16:53 Comments || Top||

#14  A great Birthday gift would be a few thousand illegal immigrants dropped off at the party.

I'd settle for a bunch of drag queens crashing the party.
Posted by: Raj || 08/03/2021 17:30 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Biden's infrastructure bill doubles annual funding for commission run by Manchin's wife
[WASHINGTONTIMES] President Joe Biden
...... 46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem mschine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family......
’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package is set to be a boon for the wife of Sen. Joe Manchin
...Dem senator-for-life from West Virginia. Manchin is one of the approximately one Dem senators who exhibits more integrity than Jello, often even representing his constituents...
III, a West Virginia Democrat and key swing vote for the White House’s agenda.

Mr. Biden’s legislation, as written, greatly expands funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The federal agency, which is responsible for promoting economic development in the 13 states that make up Appalachia, is led by Mr. Manchin’s wife, Gayle.

According to language included within the infrastructure bill, which was released Sunday night, the ARC is set to receive an additional billion dollars over the next four years. The new funding is set to increase the agency’s federal budget by more than 50% annually.
Posted by: Fred || 08/03/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


#2  He learned well at the feet of Robert Byrd.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/03/2021 12:22 Comments || Top||

#3  Greasing the skids with high cream butter.
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/03/2021 15:21 Comments || Top||

#4  He can't be bought, but a 99 year lease should not be that difficult to arrange.

WAPO, 24 Aug 2014- How a senator’s daughter became CEO of the company at the center of the EpiPen controversy
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/03/2021 16:02 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Senate Infrastruction Bill is 2700 pages long
[Senate.gov] the Table of Contents is 17 pages long and calls itself the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act"
Posted by: Lord Garth || 08/03/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Senate’s Infrastructure Bill Funds Welcome Centers for Migrants
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/03/2021 9:16 Comments || Top||

#2  For crying out loud, these lefties despite their claims to being environmentalists sure do destroy a lot of trees. Does anybody read these bills. Must have a tremendous amount of pork in it. Ima thinking the American people are getting hosed once again--the devil is in the details.
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/03/2021 11:12 Comments || Top||

#3  Instead of these crazy bills, let's just give each member of Congress $10,000,000 to spend as they see fit. They could help their constituents, they could blow it all on booze and broads, invade Somalia, whatever. No questions asked. It would be a lot cheaper than the infrastructure bill and would accomplish the same purpose.
Posted by: Matt || 08/03/2021 12:36 Comments || Top||

#4  Make it $10,000,000,000. and the US taxpayer would still come out ahead by a very substantial margin.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/03/2021 13:46 Comments || Top||

#5  Is it me or are American legislators verbose? In my country, it's unheard of for laws to be be that lengthy

Do the 2700 pages include the regulations? If not I shudder at the regulation page count.
Posted by: Percy Flotle3938 || 08/03/2021 17:19 Comments || Top||

#6  Not verbosity.

It requires specific language to make sure statutes are modified to allow port barrel projects and then to define the pork barrel project.

and 'infrastructure' is just a name for 'anything some rep wants funded' so it includes all manner of projects, not just highways and rail and transit
Posted by: Lord Garth || 08/03/2021 17:36 Comments || Top||

#7  #5 No, it doesn't include the regulations.As of 2014, the latest year I could find on quick review, the Code of Federal Regulations has over 175,000 pages. So another 10,000 pages or so won't really matter. It's almost like they were trying to discourage people from knowing what the law is.
Posted by: Matt || 08/03/2021 17:56 Comments || Top||

#8  I agree w Matt on this.

The legislation passed frequently establishes or modifies, the U.S.Code. There are 50+ titles of the USC, some of these are thousands of pages long.

Sometimes a federal agency will adopt USC language verbatim in the CFR, sometimes it will create additional language. In fact frequently, the USC language will require the Secretary of some department to promulgate regulations to execute the USC
Posted by: Lord Garth || 08/03/2021 18:10 Comments || Top||

#9  In fact I suspect actual 'infrastructure' expenditures are only a minor part of the bill. the bulk of it is pork projects, studies for things like "how fast Ketchup flows down an incline'. Not to mention Planned child sacrifices parenthood, NAACP, New Socialist Green Deal, etc... All hidden in the bowels of this 2700 page monstrosity.
And the will be given only a few hours to read the entire thing.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 08/03/2021 18:42 Comments || Top||



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