Red Mosquito

The bearded belly dancers were a strange touch. In a whole load of strange.

Thought he would be against that kind of thing.

dimejinky99 wrote:The bearded belly dancers were a strange touch. In a whole load of strange.

Thought he would be against that kind of thing.

Dime, I truly think it is a sign the worst evil is on the way.

They are normalizing the idea of colonizing Palestine with a comedic video.

A dashing vibrant shade of genocide.

Wonder what the colour scheme is for the genocide in West Bank?

Hopefully something complimentary.

Lol Trump Gaza.

A man with a vision!

Actual news!


Trump budget blueprint advancing: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/politics ... index.html

Ukraine deal with Trump (war ending?): https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/europe/u ... index.html

Reckless and dangerous as it is, things are getting done

Bi_3 wrote:Reckless and dangerous as it is, things are getting done

and historically unpopular, I would guess

Bi_3 wrote:
Reckless and dangerous as it is, things are getting done

So a net "win" in your opinion?

Self wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:Reckless and dangerous as it is, things are getting done

and historically unpopular, I would guess

Definitely not, at least so far.

But is anything actually getting done? Reaching a peace deal with only the losing party in a war doesn't strike me as very valuable.

And lol at the budget.

BurtReynolds wrote:

Self wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:Reckless and dangerous as it is, things are getting done

and historically unpopular, I would guess

Definitely not, at least so far.

But is anything actually getting done? Reaching a peace deal with only the losing party in a war doesn't strike me as very valuable.

And lol at the budget.

Without knowing the details, I suspect that a deal that secures access to supplies of rare earth metals in Ukraine by placing US persons and businesses in that country is probably the best deterrent to further Russian military aggression. It doesn't get the occupied land back, but it stops the killing and gives us access to some of the materials we will need when China takes Taiwan and we don't have those fabs to depend on anymore.

Agree the budget is a joke though. DOGE causes utter chaos in DC to save like $50B and the budget adds 5-6x that this year alone in new debt.

Bi_3 wrote:
Agree the budget is a joke though. DOGE causes utter chaos in DC to save like $50B and the budget adds 5-6x that this year alone in new debt.

Who could have seen this coming??!?!?!?!?

I'll be happy when Congress starts doing it's job and giving his EOs some teeth.

Fascinate the fools and muzzle the intelligent.

BurtReynolds wrote:I'll be happy when Congress starts doing it's job and giving his EOs some teeth.

umm their job is not to just blanket fund EO's

I should have emphasized the AND part.

This thread is draining the life from the board. It should be deleted.

BurtReynolds wrote:I should have emphasized the AND part.

again...that isnt their job wether you emphasize AND or not

congress can block a EO by passing legislation that invalidates it or just not provide funding for it.

considering that the R's hold both houses maybe the problem is the EO's just arent good EOs and they realize in the next midtems if they do pass them they are basically signing up to get voted out of office

Bi_3 wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

Self wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:Reckless and dangerous as it is, things are getting done

and historically unpopular, I would guess

Definitely not, at least so far.

But is anything actually getting done? Reaching a peace deal with only the losing party in a war doesn't strike me as very valuable.

And lol at the budget.

Without knowing the details, I suspect that a deal that secures access to supplies of rare earth metals in Ukraine by placing US persons and businesses in that country is probably the best deterrent to further Russian military aggression. It doesn't get the occupied land back, but it stops the killing and gives us access to some of the materials we will need when China takes Taiwan and we don't have those fabs to depend on anymore.

Agree the budget is a joke though. DOGE causes utter chaos in DC to save like $50B and the budget adds 5-6x that this year alone in new debt.

And how much of that is for contracts to Musk and the other oligarchs Trump is indebted to?

Peeps wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:I should have emphasized the AND part.

again...that isnt their job wether you emphasize AND or not

congress can block a EO by passing legislation that invalidates it or just not provide funding for it.

considering that the R's hold both houses maybe the problem is the EO's just arent good EOs and they realize in the next midtems if they do pass them they are basically signing up to get voted out of office

Thanks for the civics lesson, but don't overthink what I said.

And given the polls, much of it isn't unpopular, and ruling parties almost always lose seats in midterms anyway. Political capital is meant to be spent.