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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

December 25, 2020 11:12 AM Forum: Politics

Republicans Put On Tea Party Hats Again: Reject $2000.00 Stimulus

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer
Of course they did.....because of all the waste and pork in the rest of it. 
Here's what the porky pigs from the GOP put in there:
From the Senate GOP bill released last week:
--$1.75 billion to build a new Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters in downtown Washington

The Trump administration abruptly canceled plans in 2017 to build a suburban FBI campus. Instead, it pushed to keep the agency’s current downtown location, saying officials wanted it to remain across the street from the main Justice Department building, and the White House is pushing for funds to construct a new building. Keeping the FBI downtown would prevent the redevelopment of the site, which is near the Trump International Hotel. Both Democrats and Republicans have widely criticized the inclusion of the funds in the bill. “You have to be near the Justice Department,” Mr. Trump said last week. “They had sites way out in Virginia, way out in Maryland, I said the best place is right where it is…. So we have that in the bill. It should stay.”

--$377 million for renovations to the West Wing of the White House and a screening facility

This is another proposal from the White House. Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Friday that much of that funding would “pertain to safety protocols,” including filtration systems, enhanced communication ability and other “needs highlighted by the pandemic.”
"-Assorted spending on defense systems and weapons" 
"the bill replenishes Defense Department funds that were redirected in previous years by the administration to help build the wall along the border with Mexico. "
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-stimulus-proposals-arent-limited-to-coronavirus-spending-11596538800

December 26, 2020 01:53 AM Forum: Politics

Republicans Put On Tea Party Hats Again: Reject $2000.00 Stimulus

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer
reads like a drop in the bucket compared to the list of things from the left in the bill.....

Still trying to wrap my head around "gender studies in Pakistan" lol
Of course there's a lot of pork in there but the pakistan gender stuff is not part of the stimulus bill; it's part of the defense bill that's cobbled with it in the 1.4 trillion dollar omnibus that is bound up with the covid relief bill.

December 26, 2020 06:44 AM Forum: Politics

Republicans Put On Tea Party Hats Again: Reject $2000.00 Stimulus

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer


So you are too stupid to use google as well? lol
Are you? Lol!

December 27, 2020 03:04 AM Forum: Politics

Republicans Put On Tea Party Hats Again: Reject $2000.00 Stimulus

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck
Great reply, I wouldn't have expected anything less from you. 

LOL <snort> middle finger emoji inserted here: 

(did I miss anything else your peabrain routinely responds with?)    wink
It's his progressive cognitive decline on display that routinely prevents him from stringing two sentences together in a coherent manner. It's probably been amplified by his recent bout with covid. He either shared it or contracted it from his anti-masker friends after a weekly or daily get together at a backyard barbecue while discussing the planned-demic... 

January 1, 2021 02:05 AM Forum: Politics

Republicans Put On Tea Party Hats Again: Reject $2000.00 Stimulus

Posted By Rod Kaufman

The nauseating hypocrisy of the Republicans displayed in graphic form:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/12/31/gop-deficit-stimulus-checks-romans-newday-vpx.cnn
It should be emphasized the chairman of the fed, a Trump appointee,  wanted an even bigger stimulus.  Why? Because the purpose of a stimulus is to stimulate the economy. Even though there are those who would receive a $2000.00 stimulus check  and don't deserve it because they're already working at a good job, the overall effect of the money received is an infusion of it back into the economy as people begin to spend it. Thus, more goods and services are consumed, more people are hired to provide those goods and services and the economy thrives. The stock market has already received a positive upswing, known as the  "Biden Boost" which is far greater than that of Trump's initial election victory, the Republicans would rather put politics ahead of the well-being of the economy of the country and prefer to blunt any improvements in it so they can pin blame on Biden if the economy falters...

December 25, 2020 04:28 AM Forum: Politics

Canada To Achieve Herd Immunity With Vaccine First

Posted By Rod Kaufman

While we're basically worse than third world in the USA...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmfLkEuyWdo

December 25, 2020 06:11 AM Forum: Politics

The Excalibur Projectile: Reaching Our Adversaries Before They Reach Us...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

On time and on target:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/12/24/us-army-precision-artillery-test-orig-bdk.cnn

December 25, 2020 11:29 AM Forum: Politics

Powell Says WH Aides Won't Let Her Help Trump

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Gee, I wonder why...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/531651-powell-says-aides-wont-let-her-help-trump

December 25, 2020 11:37 AM Forum: Politics

Sheriff's Deputy Removed From Duty After Interlude At Bates Motel...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

I happened to watch the movie, "Psycho" on Turner Classic Movies the other week and I was surprised to see it's still on the lot just as it was when the movie was shot there and so, I suppose, was the deputy who apparently got caught with his pants down:
https://nypost.com/2020/12/23/open-mic-catches-la-deputy-having-sex-at-universal-studios/

December 25, 2020 11:48 AM Forum: Politics

The Border Wall...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

In pictures...
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/12/23/donald-trump-final-days-border-wall-construction-lavandera-pkg-vpx-lead.cnn