Octopus Overlords

Alefroth wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:36 pm So is Milei's big plan just austerity?

Holman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:16 pm He was often shown lifting a chainsaw in the campaign, the promise being that he would carve away big chunks of government.

Holman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 1:14 pm

Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 1:11 am The man had a VERY awkward and disturbing paranoid (schizophrenic?) episode during an interview that aired on TV. Not sure if it was this thread, but somewhere I called it that that ended his political career, it was so bad.

I would say I can't possibly understand how anyone would vote for him after that, but we have our own little special example...and to be clear, I'm talking about Trump, here.

This is a case of Argentina being willing to try *anything* but the status quo.

They've got inflation over %140 and a history of of swapping back and forth between dictatorships and elected leaders within living memory. I believe they've made a huge mistake here, but it's not one that's impossible to explain.

Holman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:29 pm A car exploded today at the Rainbow bridge (near Niagara Falls) after crossing into the US from Canada.
The explosion killed the people in the car and wounded a customs officer. MSM new outlets are being cautious. Right-leaning news is already declaring it a terror attack and accusing Biden of leaving America vulnerable.

Holman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:29 pm Right-leaning news is already declaring it a terror attack and accusing Biden of leaving America vulnerable.

gilraen wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:52 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:29 pm Right-leaning news is already declaring it a terror attack and accusing Biden of leaving America vulnerable.

Vulnerable to...Canadians?

Holman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 6:08 pm

gilraen wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:52 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:29 pm Right-leaning news is already declaring it a terror attack and accusing Biden of leaving America vulnerable.

Vulnerable to...Canadians?

Hamas entering through Canada.

Victoria Raverna wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:14 pm It was a traffic accident?

https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/ra ... index.html

Victoria Raverna wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:14 pm It was a traffic accident?

https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/ra ... index.html

The man had plans to attend a KISS concert in Canada but when that was canceled, the man went to a casino in the US instead, investigators believe. The crash occurred sometime after the couple left the casino, law enforcement sources said.

gilraen wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:22 am Flying a Bentley, no less.

gilraen wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:22 am Driving a Bentley, no less.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:05 am Most terrorists drive up to the target before detonating. They don't fly their car into a nearby parking lot.

Victoria Raverna wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:14 pm It was a traffic accident?

https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/ra ... index.html

The man had plans to attend a KISS concert in Canada but when that was canceled, the man went to a casino in the US instead, investigators believe. The crash occurred sometime after the couple left the casino, law enforcement sources said.

I'm making the drinky-drinky motion.

The guide shared talking points to respond to conservative rhetoric about subjects from immigration to the economy. One slide included responses to when someone claims "Trump secured our border!" to reply with a "No he didn’t," followed by claims that "All he did was separate families, put children in cages, and leave behind a broken immigration system for Joe Biden to clean up."

Holman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:29 pm MSM new outlets are being cautious. Right-leaning news is already declaring it a terror attack and accusing Biden of leaving America vulnerable.

The two people killed when their car crashed into a border checkpoint in Niagara Falls and exploded in a fiery wreck were identified Friday as a western New York husband and wife whose family owns a lumber business and several hardware stores in the Buffalo area.

The Niagara Falls Police Department named the couple as Kurt P. Villani and Monica Villani, both 53, of Grand Island, New York, a leafy Buffalo suburb close to the falls.

Online business records and the company website indicate the victims’ family owns Gui’s Lumber and seven Ace Hardware locations in western New York, his family operating the business since the mid-1980s. A man who answered the phone Friday at a number listed for Gui’s Lumber declined to comment.

Holman wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2023 3:35 pm So they tried to go a canceled KISS concert and then hung out at a casino instead.

I'm guessing the explosion was a bit of gasoline and a whole lot of blood alcohol.

Ex-President Jimmy Carter has attended a memorial service for his wife Rosalynn in Georgia in one of his only public appearance since entering hospice care 10 months ago.

Mr Carter, 99, arrived at the service in a wheelchair and dressed in a dark suit, flanked by his four children.

He was joined in Atlanta by his successors, Presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, as well as a host of other US political leaders.

All four living first ladies - Melania Trump, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton - were among those who attended the service. However, former presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama were invited but not present.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., announced Tuesday that he is dropping the bulk of his monthslong hold on hundreds of military nominations.

Tuberville told reporters that he has lifted his hold on all military promotions three-star and below, amounting to over 400 promotions.

“I’m releasing everybody. I still got a hold on, I think, 11 four-star generals. Everybody else is completely released from me.” Tuberville told reporters. “But other than that, it’s over.”

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:45 pm Sen. Tommy Tuberville drops his hold on hundreds of military nominees

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., announced Tuesday that he is dropping the bulk of his monthslong hold on hundreds of military nominations.

Tuberville told reporters that he has lifted his hold on all military promotions three-star and below, amounting to over 400 promotions.

“I’m releasing everybody. I still got a hold on, I think, 11 four-star generals. Everybody else is completely released from me.” Tuberville told reporters. “But other than that, it’s over.”

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:08 pm I'm hoping someone told him the story of Admiral John Byng for inspiration (a deep cut for Isg).

Byng was court-martialled and found guilty of failing to "do his utmost" to prevent Minorca from falling to the French. He was sentenced to death and, after pleas for clemency were denied, was shot dead by a firing squad on 14 March 1757.

El Guapo wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:55 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:45 pm Sen. Tommy Tuberville drops his hold on hundreds of military nominees

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., announced Tuesday that he is dropping the bulk of his monthslong hold on hundreds of military nominations.

Tuberville told reporters that he has lifted his hold on all military promotions three-star and below, amounting to over 400 promotions.

“I’m releasing everybody. I still got a hold on, I think, 11 four-star generals. Everybody else is completely released from me.” Tuberville told reporters. “But other than that, it’s over.”

That's great news, though I'll want to see him, you know, actually do it.

What prompted the change?