StrangeSox

Balta or anyone else in the area, do you know of any good local charities that could use donations for hurricane relief efforts?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 26, 2017 -> 09:30 PM) Now you guys are stereotyping Stabler and Benson too? It's getting out of control. Lol

Over a thousand rescues just last night. FEMA guy was on CNN, and they're were asked "are you prepared to be here for months?" Response: "we'll be here for years"

QUOTE (New Era on South Side @ Aug 26, 2017 -> 04:44 PM) To put it simply, was Goff wrong in that segment? And was Chuck given a fair shake to talk? Just curious because people seem to think the show is too liberal. That reaction was towards what Chuck said.

Trump asked Sessions about closing case against Arpaio, an ally since ‘birtherism’ http://wapo.st/2iBnu1c

DoJ had no role in this decision. Pure strain Trump. https://twitter.com/LauraAJarrett/status/90...src=twsrc%5Etfw "Law and order" has been dog whistle for "crack down on black and brown people" The transgendered ban is also being put in place without the DoD having finished their report.

Banner day for Trump. Issued the full transgendered ban and he pardoned Joe Arpaio, the Arizona sheriff who had been held in contempt of court for violating orders to stop illegally targeting immigrants.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 24, 2017 -> 09:03 AM) ONE MORE DAY TIL VILLAINS owns

QUOTE (New Era on South Side @ Aug 25, 2017 -> 07:49 AM) Did anyone hear Chuck from St. Charles on the Bernstein and Goff show the other day? The dude was extremely prejudice and borderline racist and Goff went off on him. Goff has been off the air since but I confirmed with him on Twitter that he hasn't been suspended. Take a listen. Of course, this lit off a bunch of firecrackers with people on Facebook and on the text line, people who are probably too afraid to call in with uneducated and ignorant viewpoints.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 24, 2017 -> 07:43 PM) I hope none of you guys live by Corpus Christi/Houston. 25 inches of rain sounds like a lot. edit: Didn't see StrangeSox post earlier, but yeah, looks bad I thought I heard as much as 30 inches in some places on the news last night

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 11:28 AM) The number of counties with zero providers on the exchanges is dropping. If Nevada's governor had signed that state's Medicaid buy-in option, it'd be much lower. Obamacare’s Bare County Problem Looks Solved, for Now

The Republican Establishment Stands Behind Trump Of 146 state party chairs and national committee members asked about President Trump's response to Charlottesville, only seven were critical.

I know bmags has posted about housing issues before, but this seems....bad Here's why that buyer may not plan to live in your home It's not mentioned in the article, but I've read that in at least some markets, investors are buying up apartment buildings to turn them into de facto hotels via AirBnB, which reduces housing stock and lets them get around all sorts of legal requirements they'd have if they were legitimate hotels.

We took a little road trip to see it, first trying to head towards Bloomington and then shot over to Champaign. Champaign had fairly clear skies and it was neat, but my wife and I are already talking about going to see the totality in 2024. I don't think I've seen a single person who saw the totality and said "overhyped" or something like that. There's an annular eclipse in 2023, too, that'll travel across the western and southwestern parts of the country. https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgo...t14Agoogle.html

didn't pitch a perfect game right out of the gate, obviously another bust!

yeah I think that's pretty much what they did?

There have been a handful of convictions, but the vast majority of the Bundy group at both Oregon and Bunkerville in 2014 are being acquitted of crimes they were photographed and filmed committing, such as pointing weapons at federal law enforcement. No convictions for 4 men in Bundy standoff case

That happened during the campaign, too. The initial "BUILD THE WALL" "LOCK HER UP!" high wears off after a little while, and then you're just left with a 70-something year old man who's mind is steeped in conspiracy theories and narcissism ranting incoherently for another hour.

What a ridiculous move by ESPN. I can't imagine a single person cared that there was someone named "Robert Lee" who was going to be covering that UVA game. edit: eh maybe not a "ridiculous" move, pretty much agree with bmags' take below thinking about it a bit more

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 23, 2017 -> 08:31 AM) It seems these rallies are just to appease his ego and have the basket of deplorables cheer him on. On one hand, you can't hold it against him if this was a campaign rally, but the guy is the President. He can't act like this. The night before he reads about how the country needs to come together, but this was all about the exact opposite. And the lies, OMG the lies, or at least the deceit. His take down of McCain was ridiculous. His accomplishments...insane. His threatening to shutdown the government until they agree to fund the wall (Were's Mexico) crazy. He also tried to get the attendees riled up by claiming the dishonest media turned the cameras off. He clearly isn't fit for the job, and as much as I think Pence might be worse in many ways, this guy can't have the nuke codes. He needs to go. There are plenty of things to criticize Clinton for during the campaign, but I think this video clip was one of her more insightful and correct moments. https://twitter.com/TUSK81/status/897668630300819456 There is no other Trump. This is who he's always been. There will never be a "pivot." Winning the nomination didn't temper him. Winning the Presidency didn't temper him. There was never any real reason to think it would, and any thoughts that he would were delusional. Strap yourselves in for another 41-89 months.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 08:15 PM) Trump apparently got into a profanity-laced argument with McConnell because he didn't protect him from Russia investigation. Here's the original NYT story https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/us/polit...nell-trump.html It doesn't seem to be getting the attention it probably deserves due to Trump's insane rally, but Trump being in an open war with Congress makes it much less likely that he'll actually be able to get any of his policy goals (as vague and ill-formed as those may be) done. It would also seem to make it more likely that he'd veto a budget or continuing resolution out of spite, which would shut down the government, or that he'd veto a debt ceiling increase out of spite, which would probably crater the economy.

Here's an Afghanistan cartoon from 2010, good for any decade!