The Chinese don’t control the canal. Don’t now. Hint king firms controlled the adjacent ports. But they don’t make transit decisions or set and receive fees
For that transit. Panama as a sovereign nation did and still does that.
So no, not a win. A smokescreen to make another billionaire even richer IF the sale gets approved.
Like every other credit card there were limits. How high the limit was translated into how much training and documentation the card holder had to have annually. Much of that purchase card structure replaced old fashioned purchase orders.
And it make sense a park might need this kind of limits to deal with stuff on the ground. Chainsaws and lumber and road gravel aren’t cheap.
Well it’s a win for billionaires. But if Trump think black rock buying the ports - which still requires Panama giving the ok - means he can tell them to do things he’s not paying attention.
They also want to close the office in Norman Oklahoma that develops, tests and installs new rather radar and the office in Asheville North Carolina that house our weather climate and ocean data archives.
The Hatch Act only applies at the federal level. It bars precisely nothing at the state level - though many similar laws exist in states for similar reasons. It also doesn’t apply to elected officials.
If it’s morally wrong then what’s there to argue about? We as a nation have aided and abetted enough moral wrongs that we should really get in the habit of aiding and abetting the moral rights. Unless you prefer immorality with your coffee.
This is the fallacy - that some day the GOP - which is walking across the door step of permanent minority party rule for which they have a 60 year investment - is going to at some point turn away from the instrument of that success.
On “Open Mic for the week of 3/10/25”
Nothing says authoritarian like making freedom itself a felony.
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On “So Let’s Put Together a Democratic Party Ad Campaign”
Democrats - the party that makes America work for all the people.
On “Open Mic for the week of 3/10/25”
You really aren’t paying attention are you?
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And yet they won’t. Because reasons.
On “Zelenskyy’s Pop-In: Why?”
Nice to know you too support dictators taking over whatever territory they feel entitled to, borders and agreements and freedom be damned.
On “Open Mic for the week of 3/3/2025”
Nothing authoritarian about this at all.
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Or, Harris is mulling running for CA governor and he needs some daylight.
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The Sacramento Bee is satire.
On “The Real First 100 Days”
My fired federal colleagues would beg to differ on the no consequences statement.
As would farmers who have lost USDA support AND contracts to sell food to USAID.
But sure - tell us again how all this is just a media circus signifying nothing.
On “Open Mic for the week of 3/3/2025”
Having sacked everyone at USAID who could probably do this, I Susie T contempt citations will have to be issued.
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The Chinese don’t control the canal. Don’t now. Hint king firms controlled the adjacent ports. But they don’t make transit decisions or set and receive fees
For that transit. Panama as a sovereign nation did and still does that.
So no, not a win. A smokescreen to make another billionaire even richer IF the sale gets approved.
"
Like every other credit card there were limits. How high the limit was translated into how much training and documentation the card holder had to have annually. Much of that purchase card structure replaced old fashioned purchase orders.
And it make sense a park might need this kind of limits to deal with stuff on the ground. Chainsaws and lumber and road gravel aren’t cheap.
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Every federal department had its purchase cards and travel cards set to that limit.
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Well it’s a win for billionaires. But if Trump think black rock buying the ports - which still requires Panama giving the ok - means he can tell them to do things he’s not paying attention.
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No one is moving back.
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That’s funny. They don’t even field candidate of aldermen down here. But you do you.
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They also want to close the office in Norman Oklahoma that develops, tests and installs new rather radar and the office in Asheville North Carolina that house our weather climate and ocean data archives.
On “Musk vs Gore”
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My five things is between me and my supervisor. You aren’t him.
I am also very well aware of the logging - it’s been a fact of life for years.
On “Open Mic for the week of 3/3/2025”
For us that means the weather service, satellites, our officer corps and some fisheries enforcement. And that’s it.
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The Hatch Act only applies at the federal level. It bars precisely nothing at the state level - though many similar laws exist in states for similar reasons. It also doesn’t apply to elected officials.
On “Musk vs Gore”
So far DOGE’s response to that fact is to fire 7000 workers and consolidate offices. Doesn’t seem like he’s after ending improper payments.
On “Group Activity The Full, Unedited Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance Video”
Russia doesn’t intend to give any of it back. I suspect they also intend to keep going eventually. This doesn’t in in Ukraine unless we let it.
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Come back to me when we exceed the $1 Trillion we wasted in Iraq.
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If it’s morally wrong then what’s there to argue about? We as a nation have aided and abetted enough moral wrongs that we should really get in the habit of aiding and abetting the moral rights. Unless you prefer immorality with your coffee.
On “Open Mic for the week of 3/3/2025”
This is the fallacy - that some day the GOP - which is walking across the door step of permanent minority party rule for which they have a 60 year investment - is going to at some point turn away from the instrument of that success.