It does now.

He's right. What operation trusts big decisions like that to someone fresh out of college?

Honestly, I was kind of astounded Biden threw his hat in the ring this year. I had him pegged for a one termer, for sure. The guy had a pretty decent career in public service, and appears to be a fairly nice guy. He could have gone out on top.

2020 - Blessing

2024 - Curse

And how the Dems weren't able to stick DJT with the too old label, I'll never know. Maybe it's just that they're that bad at dirty politics.

The problem is, no matter who does the work, the farm owners want to pay wages that are less than an American would take for doing that kind of work. To someone from south of the border they're a king's ransom.

Well hell, it's both.

Years ago I saw an allusion to a paper about how the Supreme Court could bring about one man rule through a series of seemingly innocuous rulings. It would probably be very interesting reading if I could ever find it.

More corporate taxes, higher priced goods. There is no cost business will incur that won't be passed on to consumers.

Shoot, it was the classified docs case. I guess foreign entities can start lining up at the window. I wonder if he'll be getting real intel briefings every day.

Jack Smith is throwing in the towel.

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/jack-smith-trump-federal-election-interference-case-dismiss-rcna181669

I always thought the Stormy Daniels payoff being interpreted as election interference was a bit of a stretch. What we did get out of this case was the Supreme Court declaring the president above the law, so I guess in a perverse sort of way DJT ought to be very happy it was even brought.

Long delayed, in my opinion.

Semifinal football game this weekend. My football officiating career is winding down and I'm starting to feel it a little bit.

I went to a wedding this summer in NYC that I wanted to get a cotton suit for, but apparently they've gone the way of the dodo. I had a really great cotton olive suit that I wore on my honeymoon that I wish I still had, but alas! Plus, the death of the Jewish tailor men's stores seems really to have eaten into the variety of suits you can buy.

The Dad Bod does great suit reviews on YouTube, if you're interested.

Remember the episode of the Andy Griffith Show where Gomer and Barney got into a tiff and Gomer arrested Barney, shouting "Citizen's arrest!"? Kind of like that.

Since Gaetz has withdrawn and DJT has nominated Pam Bondi, we should once again remember how little it takes to buy a politician.

https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/the-trump-foundation-pam-bondi-scandal/

Look for a soft landing at Heritage.

Over in 1 day!

Now *there's* a demonstration. Think Vlad's crazy enough to do it?

That ethics report on Gaetz must have been really nasty.

Interpreted by whom? I said in an earlier thread that the Dems are going to come crawling back to the filibuster.

Heh!

I thought the analysis showed but for DJT turning his head at an extremely fortunate moment he'd be deader than a doornail. I didn't really follow that story too closely.

No one dodges a bullet in real life. It's either bad aim or luck that saves you.

Heh. A fortunate turn of the head doesn't count.

John is correct in the dictionary sense.

In the political sense, at least as I understand it, a mandate is the overwhelming majority voting for someone. LBJ beating Goldwater by 22% is a mandate, FDR beating Landon by 24% is a mandate, Nixon over McGovern by 23% - mandate, Reagan trouncing Mondale by 18% is a mandate.

What is not a mandate is Trump by a percent and a half.

Not really. But we all know that.

LOL. I wonder if there's anyone in these here United States that actually believed that.