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A day without stupid?

My guess is hair clip to keep the mother of all combovers from dissipating into a snake of hair.
 
Keith&Co. said:
Jimmy Higgins said:
ZiprHead said:
Trump pardons Michael Milken, face of 1980s insider financial scandals
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He also just commuted Rod Blageovich's sentence.
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Setting it up as a pattern, so Stone's pardon will just slip right in there.
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Yes Trump has a pattern of setting things up as a pattern. That's why his constant mention of not leaving office has quite convinced me that he has no intention of leaving office regardless of little things like election results or term limits.
 
Elixir said:
Keith&Co. said:
Setting it up as a pattern, so Stone's pardon will just slip right in there.
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Yes Trump has a pattern of setting things up as a pattern. That's why his constant mention of not leaving office has quite convinced me that he has no intention of leaving office regardless of little things like election results or term limits.
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What about little things like Secret Service agents with guns enforcing the lawful right of the newly elected President to take office?

You are only President if the various enforcement agencies agree to obey your orders.

Shouting, "I am your Commander in Chief, and I ORDER YOU TO RELEASE ME!!!", as they drag you off in a straitjacket, is not quite the same thing as remaining in office.
 
bilby said:
Elixir said:
Keith&Co. said:
Setting it up as a pattern, so Stone's pardon will just slip right in there.
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Yes Trump has a pattern of setting things up as a pattern. That's why his constant mention of not leaving office has quite convinced me that he has no intention of leaving office regardless of little things like election results or term limits.
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What about little things like Secret Service agents with guns enforcing the lawful right of the newly elected President to take office?

You are only President if the various enforcement agencies agree to obey your orders.

Shouting, "I am your Commander in Chief, and I ORDER YOU TO RELEASE ME!!!", as they drag you off in a straitjacket, is not quite the same thing as remaining in office.
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It's not the guys with guns to worry about, it's the lawyers.
He's ALSO setting up a pattern of claiming fraud on the part of the Democrats. So he and his base will insist on recounts, verification, overhauling the voter lists, people will come forward with stories about votes being thrown into trucks driven by Hillary, Obama, the Whistleblower, Mueller and his 12 Angry Democrats, Comey and so on....
Then whatever authority says, "You lost, deal with it," that'll be appealed to a higher authority.
"Can't swear in a president if you don't know who the president actually is!" they'll insist. Not as catchy as 'if it doesn't fit, you must acquit," but it'll still catch on.
Then the Supreme Court says, "It's in America's interest, for continuity, to retain The Donald as the President until all these glaring inconsistencies can be resolved." and put Congress in charge of establishing election protections. A stopgap to infinity...
 
Going back a few days... Considering how FFvC regularly tweets just how great the economy is, I found this rather funny in a bizarre sort of way as he twists yet another obscure Presidential power intended for Real emergencies (not that Congress isn't culpable for creating such poorly written provisions):

The Dotard wants to cap federal pay increases to 1% for next year, in place of the scheduled 2.5%, after smashing Uncle Sam's piggy bank to smithereens.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...ngress-2021-alternative-plan-pay-adjustments/
Title 5, United States Code, authorizes me to implement alternative plans for pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems if, because of “national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare,” I view the increases that would otherwise take effect as inappropriate.

We must maintain efforts to put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course; Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases. Accordingly, I have determined that it is appropriate to exercise my authority to set alternative pay adjustments for 2021 pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5303(b) and 5 U.S.C. 5304a.

Specifically, I have determined that for 2021 the across-the-board base pay increase will be limited to 1.0 percent and locality pay percentages will remain at their 2020 levels.
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I should add that this one is at least easy for Congress to override, by whatever they put into next years budget will be in affect, unless FFvC decides to veto a massive spending bill...
 
bilby said:
Elixir said:
Keith&Co. said:
Setting it up as a pattern, so Stone's pardon will just slip right in there.
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Yes Trump has a pattern of setting things up as a pattern. That's why his constant mention of not leaving office has quite convinced me that he has no intention of leaving office regardless of little things like election results or term limits.
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What about little things like Secret Service agents with guns enforcing the lawful right of the newly elected President to take office?

You are only President if the various enforcement agencies agree to obey your orders.

Shouting, "I am your Commander in Chief, and I ORDER YOU TO RELEASE ME!!!", as they drag you off in a straitjacket, is not quite the same thing as remaining in office.
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I'd love for that to happen, but the world doesn't react to Trump the same way it does for almost every other person. Especially if he contests the election results.
 
Trump’s $28 Billion Trade War Bailout Is Overpaying Farmers

President Donald Trump’s $28 billion farm bailout may be paying many growers more than the trade war with China has cost them.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s calculations overshot the impact of the trade conflict on American soybean prices, according to six academic studies, a conclusion that is likely to add to criticism that the bailout has generated distortions and inequalities in the farm economy.

“It’s clear that the payment rates overstated the damage suffered by soybean growers,” said Joseph Glauber, the USDA’s former chief economist who published a review of the research in late November. “Based on what the studies show, the damages were about half that.”
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