US Politics Thread

domalino said:
The republican party's only platform is owning the libs, and Rittenhouse murdered 2 of them and got away with it. He's living their dream.

If he was 40 he'd be running DeSantis' biggest challenger for nomination.
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I'm not sure a convicted paedophile with no political background counts as a "Liberal", conspiracies about Pizzagate aside.
 
BayernMan said:
Being a right wing grifter is probably the easiest job in the world.

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The IRS narrative really chaps me. Of course the 87K IRS agents are meant to replace the 50-80K expected to retire in the next 5 years, including my godbrother. Only 11% of calls to the IRS go answered. Workforce has dropped 17% in the last decade. The IRS still hadn’t processed 8 million 2021 returns as of August 2022. They are criminally understaffed. My godbrother now focuses only on audits and potential fraud in the amounts of $10M and higher. He used to do $500K and higher but there’s no staff so they can only go after the biggest fish.
 
FogBlueInSanFran said:
The IRS narrative really chaps me. Of course the 87K IRS agents are meant to replace the 50-80K expected to retire in the next 5 years, including my godbrother. Only 11% of calls to the IRS go answered. Workforce has dropped 17% in the last decade. The IRS still hadn’t processed 8 million 2021 returns as of August 2022. They are criminally understaffed. My godbrother now focuses only on audits and potential fraud in the amounts of $10M and higher. He used to do $500K and higher but there’s no staff so they can only go after the biggest fish.
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What’s a godbrother Foggy?
Do you both have the same godfather or godmother but no other relationship?
 
mancity2012_eamo said:
What’s a godbrother Foggy?
Do you both have the same godfather or godmother but no other relationship?
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His parents were my godparents. I called his folks Godmother and Godfather. Wonderful people — she was a nurse and he was an engineer who worked on early space program rockets and later what he called “classified military stuff.” I’ve always been very close with their five kids :).
 
FogBlueInSanFran said:
His parents were my godparents. I called his folks Godmother and Godfather. Wonderful people — she was a nurse and he was an engineer who worked on early space program rockets and later what he called “classified military stuff.” I’ve always been very close with their five kids :).
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Like it. Might use that.
My son would be godbrother to my wife’s niece (brother’s kid). Myself and the missus are her godparents.

My mate recently described me to workmates as his brother by another mother, which is nice. We’ve known each other since school and now after totally different careers, we are working together.
I’m godfather to his son and he to mine.

I would consider them to be godbrothers.

I like the term. Might borrow it from you. ;-)
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
www.rollingstone.com

Stop Wish Casting: Trump Is Going to Cruise to the 2024 GOP Nomination

It’s terrible news for our democracy, but pretending Trump is toast won’t help us deal with what’s coming.
www.rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com
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That's a view. He makes a good point about how Trump could smack DeSantis, his former salivating lackey. But Trump is going to need a talented team, money, no more legal trouble (the news of it actually helps him, but ACTUAL trouble wouldn't), and a lot of luck. And even then, as I said before -- he's a known quantity now, not a hope. There's a reason only Grover Cleveland in near 250 years of history has been able to pull off what Trump is trying.
 
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