The End of the World: A Political Thread. A New Hope coming soon!
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Well for him yeah but that doesn't mean the public would want it and no way we would get both a President and VP in their 80s.
TBH I tossed my vote to the Green Party, but Bernie as VP would have been enough to get me to vote for Hillary.
Not sure if anyone is a fan of Sam Harris. I've enjoyed him on Real Time but never really followed him much. Lately I've been listening to his podcasts. He covers a wide range of topics but the most recent one is audio from an event he hosted with Christian Picciolini, an ex Neo-Nazi. It's a long ass podcast but I think just the first hour is the actual talk, and afterwards is question an answer. Anyways very good information regarding not only how hate groups operate and why people join them, but also a better way to approach the issue and trying to get people to leave.
https://samharris.org/podcasts/121-white-power/
https://samharris.org/podcasts/121-white-power/
So which part a s***ty construction project other people are doing where he ends up putting his name on it surprises anybody?
Sadly I don't think most of the US even knows that we were already building a fence under Obama or more importantly why both sides agreed to stop it. Eminent domain issues and massive cost overruns made it a dumb idea. Everyone agreed on this until the king moron started chanting about it.
Saw a headline that Ben Shapiro was getting his own radio show. The search had a clip from his Wiki page and noticed this line:
Hmm I'm sure the people currently attacking the Stoneman Douglas students didn't attack Shapiro for speaking out when he didn't have the experience of age yet.
Hmm I'm sure the people currently attacking the Stoneman Douglas students didn't attack Shapiro for speaking out when he didn't have the experience of age yet.
That's what happens when you go against the Second Amendment, which is the first and only one that matters to many right wingers (except, of course, the wealthy ringleaders, who end up often needing to avail themselves of the fifth).
Speaking of attacking Stoneman Douglas students... many of the hoaxes surrounding them:
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2...ting-and-the-Stoneman-Douglas-students/219743
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2...ting-and-the-Stoneman-Douglas-students/219743
And trump's braindead base will believe them all.
I laughed at this one. I wish I saw someone share this.....
back when America was great!And trump's braindead base will believe them all.
I laughed at this one. I wish I saw someone share this.....
And trump's braindead base will believe them all.
I laughed at this one. I wish I saw someone share this.....
isn't that from from crazy Britney Spears ?
Well, for any of us who thought that Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen was the worst lawyer in America, we're clearly wrong. Apparently, not only is that not the case, but Cohen's lawyer is apparently even worse:
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...ttorney-may-be-a-worse-lawyer-than-he-is.html
He pretty much singlehandedly destroyed what little hope they had of prevailing in the Stormy Daniels case. Another day of Trump #winning.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...ttorney-may-be-a-worse-lawyer-than-he-is.html
He pretty much singlehandedly destroyed what little hope they had of prevailing in the Stormy Daniels case. Another day of Trump #winning.
I can't believe people voted, and not voted, us into this disaster.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...a-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-rules-idUSKBN1H5346
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...a-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-rules-idUSKBN1H5346
EPA poised to announce rejection of Obama vehicle fuel efficiency rules
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to use a Virginia car dealership on Tuesday as the setting to tout its rejection of the Obama administration’s landmark vehicle fuel efficiency rules, a move that could put automakers in the middle of a battle between the Trump administration and California.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt plans to sign a declaration by Sunday that the Obama administration’s vehicle efficiency rules for 2022 through 2025 are “not appropriate” and must be revised, Reuters reported last week.
Pruitt is expected to speak at an event at a Chevrolet dealership in suburban Washington and will joined by groups representing dealers and automakers, according to people familiar with the plans.
The state of California, which has the power to effectively create its own fuel economy standards, several allied states and environmental groups are gearing up for a legal and political fight over the rules, aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions from new cars and trucks.
California Air Resources Board chair Mary Nichols said in January the board does not believe the standards should be lowered. Pruitt was in California earlier this week, but did not meet with Nichols.
Two administration officials and several automakers told Reuters the timing of proposing specific revisions to existing fuel economy standards and emissions limits remains in flux. EPA officials suggested a detailed proposal could come in late May or June, while the Transportation Department is pushing for a speedier proposal, automakers and officials said.
The EPA declined Thursday to comment on Pruitt’s plans. An EPA spokeswoman said last week “a final determination will be signed by April 1.”
Automakers want rule changes to address lower gasoline prices and a shift in U.S. consumer preferences to larger, less fuel-efficient vehicles.
Auto industry executives have not publicly sought specific reductions in the requirements negotiated with the Obama administration in 2011. But they have urged Pruitt and U.S. President Donald Trump to revise the Obama standards to make it easier and less costly to meet complex targets, which vary depending on the size of vehicles and whether they are classified as cars or trucks.
Overall, the Obama rules called for roughly doubling by 2025 to about 50 miles (80 km) per gallon the average fuel efficiency of new vehicles sold in the United States. But the Obama rules included a review by April 2018 as to whether the final years were feasible or not.
By declaring the Obama rules “not appropriate,” the Trump administration can reopen the process of setting vehicle targets agreed to by automakers in 2011.
Pruitt is expected to declare that the existing 2022-2025 model year rules on fuel economy must be revised but he is not expected to immediately propose new requirements, people familiar with the plans said. They asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to speak to the news media.
The so-called Corporate Average Fuel Economy rules sought to double the average fuel efficiency of automakers’ fleets, or complete lineup of cars and light trucks, to about 50 miles (80 km) per gallon by 2025.
While automakers want relief from the Obama rules, they are pressing the administration to avoid a battle with California and maintain a single, nationwide set of fuel efficiency requirements.
In New York, Toyota North America (7203.T) Chief Executive Jim Lentz said at an Reuters event on Thursday that automakers would face higher costs if they had to manage fuel economy by each individual state.
Lentz said individual state emissions requirements could result in Toyota getting “towards the end of the year and I no longer can sell SUVs,” depending on the state’s fuel economy numbers. “It would be an absolute nightmare for us to figure out.”
When fuel rules were written in 2011 amid high gas prices, fuel efficiency was the second highest attribute considered by Toyota buyers, Lentz said. Today it is 10th.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to use a Virginia car dealership on Tuesday as the setting to tout its rejection of the Obama administration’s landmark vehicle fuel efficiency rules, a move that could put automakers in the middle of a battle between the Trump administration and California.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt plans to sign a declaration by Sunday that the Obama administration’s vehicle efficiency rules for 2022 through 2025 are “not appropriate” and must be revised, Reuters reported last week.
Pruitt is expected to speak at an event at a Chevrolet dealership in suburban Washington and will joined by groups representing dealers and automakers, according to people familiar with the plans.
The state of California, which has the power to effectively create its own fuel economy standards, several allied states and environmental groups are gearing up for a legal and political fight over the rules, aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions from new cars and trucks.
California Air Resources Board chair Mary Nichols said in January the board does not believe the standards should be lowered. Pruitt was in California earlier this week, but did not meet with Nichols.
Two administration officials and several automakers told Reuters the timing of proposing specific revisions to existing fuel economy standards and emissions limits remains in flux. EPA officials suggested a detailed proposal could come in late May or June, while the Transportation Department is pushing for a speedier proposal, automakers and officials said.
The EPA declined Thursday to comment on Pruitt’s plans. An EPA spokeswoman said last week “a final determination will be signed by April 1.”
Automakers want rule changes to address lower gasoline prices and a shift in U.S. consumer preferences to larger, less fuel-efficient vehicles.
Auto industry executives have not publicly sought specific reductions in the requirements negotiated with the Obama administration in 2011. But they have urged Pruitt and U.S. President Donald Trump to revise the Obama standards to make it easier and less costly to meet complex targets, which vary depending on the size of vehicles and whether they are classified as cars or trucks.
Overall, the Obama rules called for roughly doubling by 2025 to about 50 miles (80 km) per gallon the average fuel efficiency of new vehicles sold in the United States. But the Obama rules included a review by April 2018 as to whether the final years were feasible or not.
By declaring the Obama rules “not appropriate,” the Trump administration can reopen the process of setting vehicle targets agreed to by automakers in 2011.
Pruitt is expected to declare that the existing 2022-2025 model year rules on fuel economy must be revised but he is not expected to immediately propose new requirements, people familiar with the plans said. They asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to speak to the news media.
The so-called Corporate Average Fuel Economy rules sought to double the average fuel efficiency of automakers’ fleets, or complete lineup of cars and light trucks, to about 50 miles (80 km) per gallon by 2025.
While automakers want relief from the Obama rules, they are pressing the administration to avoid a battle with California and maintain a single, nationwide set of fuel efficiency requirements.
In New York, Toyota North America (7203.T) Chief Executive Jim Lentz said at an Reuters event on Thursday that automakers would face higher costs if they had to manage fuel economy by each individual state.
Lentz said individual state emissions requirements could result in Toyota getting “towards the end of the year and I no longer can sell SUVs,” depending on the state’s fuel economy numbers. “It would be an absolute nightmare for us to figure out.”
When fuel rules were written in 2011 amid high gas prices, fuel efficiency was the second highest attribute considered by Toyota buyers, Lentz said. Today it is 10th.
Russian bots are rallying behind embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham as advertisers dump her show
http://www.businessinsider.com/russ...-laura-ingraham-amid-advertiser-exodus-2018-3
- Russia-linked Twitter accounts are rallying in support of Fox News host Laura Ingraham after she drew scorn for mocking Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg's grades on Twitter.
- According to one website that tracks Russian propaganda on Twitter in near-real time, the hashtag #istandwithlaura saw a 2800% jump in 48 hours.
- Another website that monitors Russia's disinformation campaign found that @ingrahamangle, @davidhogg11, and @foxnews were among the top six Twitter handles that Russia-linked accounts have tweeted at in the last 24 hours.
- Companies have pulled their ads from her show, and& Ingraham announced this weekend she will take a "pre-planned vacation" amid the exodus.
http://www.businessinsider.com/russ...-laura-ingraham-amid-advertiser-exodus-2018-3
Trump proposed Putin visit Washington in March 20 phone call, Kremlin says
Once again it's Russia that lets us know of these things happening.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...one-call-kremlin-says/?utm_term=.ea6d9f33e8a9
Once again it's Russia that lets us know of these things happening.
Let's invite someone who just murdered a person, and tried to murder two others. Don't forget the election infiltration.
Buttery mails.
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