US Politics Thread 2021-24 - Page 750

Buddahaid · 02-03-25, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

I have to ask, do you live in the U.S ? If not, where do you reside ?

Not so sunny today California and near neighbor to Achtung. Born there as well as my parents and their parents unlike the son of an anchor baby in office currently.

Seriously, I hope to be proven wrong.

Commander Wallace · 02-03-25, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Not so sunny today California and near neighbor to Achtung. Born there as well as my parents and their parents unlike the son of an anchor baby in office currently.

Seriously, I hope to be proven wrong.

You just go on and on.

The point that I wanted to make is this. If you are born and bred in the U.S, why would you want your Country to fail ? Only a complete moron would want that for their Country.

August · 02-03-25, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Born there as well as my parents and their parents unlike the son of an anchor baby in office currently.

Seriously, I hope to be proven wrong.

Easy enough, Trumps father was born in New York.

Buddahaid · 02-03-25, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Easy enough, Trumps father was born in New York.

Yes, to undocumented immigrants who tried to return to Germany. Lists Fredericks citizenship to the US in 1902.

In 1901, Frederick Trump returned to Kallstadt and married Elisabeth Christ. As he had purportedly immigrated to the United States in order to evade conscription, the Bavarian Government stripped him of his citizenship in 1905. Consequently, he returned to the United States with his family.

mapuc · 02-03-25, 04:20 PM

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- Right now it's up to Trump, Mexico and Canada to sit down at the negotiating table and agree to end this, but that doesn't seem to be happening. This is something that can take hold. It requires political will to work together on a solution before this can come to an end. Right now it looks like the situation is just going to explode. And that's really bad, says Jens Ladefoged Mortensen.

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Skybird · 02-03-25, 05:26 PM

The bigger beef is Greenland, I suppose. And while there is some validity in security concerns and strategic considerations, I claim that in the very main it is about the assumed super rich deposits of ressources in the ground that are estimated to be in the range of several trillion dollars if counting all together and that become accessible with the retreating ice.

In other words: Trump is on a looting spree.

Maybe on his first foreign state visit they should raise not the star spangled banner but the black flag with skull and bones.

I read most Greenlanders dont want to be bought off by the Americans, but then also a majority does not want to stay with the Danes, for troubled historic reasons. They seem to want independency by majority. Problem ist, to be independent and thus: sovereign, you need to be able to live by your own means, and defend that. The Greenlanders currently cannot do any of the two, they depend on NATO protection and Danish subsidies.

Beside that, i say what I always say: if a regional population does not want to be owned and governed by somebody else, they have the natural right to be independent and rejecting being governed by that somebody. They just have no right to demand that others nevertheless have to pay their bills. - Maybe the Danes should let them go into independence, and then compete with Trump for the better economic offerings for ressource mining and such to keep the US in check. And vice versa. I just fear that then Trump again would be in the stronger position, the US is one united national state, the EU is not (becasue the Danes would need to brign the eU in,a one they cannot rival with the US, and thats why Trump wants right that: leave the EU out and talk only with the Danes). That gives Trump far more freedom to navigate in negotiations. I forsee bickering by the Spanish, the French, and all others who have issues with regional independence attempts. Its much harder for the EU than for the US to speak from a position of unity.

August · 02-03-25, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Yes, to undocumented immigrants who tried to return to Germany. Lists Fredericks citizenship to the US in 1902.

In 1901, Frederick Trump returned to Kallstadt and married Elisabeth Christ. As he had purportedly immigrated to the United States in order to evade conscription, the Bavarian Government stripped him of his citizenship in 1905. Consequently, he returned to the United States with his family.

Gwan with your falsehoods.

The Presidents grandfather was not undocumented at all. He entered the United States completely legally through the Castle Garden Immigrant Landing Depot in New York City.

Keep trying though. Like a broken clock someday you'll be right about something.

Skybird · 02-03-25, 05:52 PM

After Mexico, US President Donald Trump has now also granted neighboring Canada a reprieve from the tariffs he has threatened. The punitive tariffs, which were due to come into force at midnight (local time), will be suspended for a month, wrote Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on X. In return, the country agreed to make concessions on border security. Canada will rank cartels as terrorist organisations and spend 1.3 bn into strengthening border controls against Fentanyl traffic.

Reece · 02-03-25, 06:26 PM

Commander Wallace · 02-03-25, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Gwan with your falsehoods.

The Presidents grandfather was not undocumented at all. He entered the United States completely legally through the Castle Garden Immigrant Landing Depot in New York City.

Keep trying though. Like a broken clock someday you'll be right about something.

Even a broken clock is right, twice a day.

Buddahaid · 02-03-25, 09:29 PM

Further analysis on the midair. The helicopter acknowledged it had the passenger jet in sight to the ATC at six miles separation, requested and was granted visual separation then, and this was repeated again a bit later. The collision occurred at 325 ft AGL clearly over the established helicopter route 1 maximum altitude. The helicopter was also informed the traffic was going to be using runway 33 approach. ATC DEI bullcrap has nothing to do with this accident.

Buddahaid · 02-03-25, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Even a broken clock is right, twice a day.

Only if it has hands.

August · 02-03-25, 09:55 PM

Trump is taking on the shadow regulatory state

President Donald Trump‘s much-anticipated deregulation executive order, signed last week, goes further than anything he did in his first term. Not only does it require agencies to eliminate 10 regulations for every new one, but it also directly targets guidance documents, the unaccountable tools federal bureaucrats have long used to impose regulations without going through formal rulemaking.
And there’s plenty of guidance that needs to go.
For years, agencies have misused guidance to sidestep public input and impose sweeping mandates without congressional approval. Trump’s executive order takes aim at this practice, ensuring that guidance is treated as the regulatory action it truly is. One example? The Department of Education’s last-minute guidance on name, image, and likeness, the policy that allows college athletes to earn money through sponsorships and endorsements.
Just before leaving office, the Biden administration issued a directive forcing schools to apply Title IX equity rules to NIL deals—a move with major implications for college athletics, made without public input.
The NIL guidance requires schools to apply Title IX’s sex-based equity mandates to NIL deals, demanding that opportunities be distributed “equitably” between male and female athletes. But college sports don’t work that way. Football and men’s basketball generate the lion’s share of revenue, and NIL deals naturally follow. The guidance, however, sets up schools for legal uncertainty, opening the door to federal investigations and lawsuits if the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights decides their NIL opportunities aren’t “fair.”
More importantly, this wasn’t a law passed by Congress or even a formal regulation subject to public review. It was an unelected bureaucrat’s memo, issued with the stroke of a pen, bypassing transparency and accountability. And NIL is far from the only example — guidance is used to impose unfunded mandates on Medicaid, dictate policing practices, and even regulate the wording of local traffic signs.
At the Center for Practical Federalism, we’ve been tracking this abuse of guidance across agencies, and the problem is only growing. That’s why Trump’s executive order is so significant: It doesn’t just clean up the mess Biden and previous administrations left behind, it ensures guidance is treated as regulation, subject to cost limits and review.
But one executive order isn’t enough. In 2020, the Trump administration required agencies to publicly disclose their guidance and clearly label it as non-binding, a critical first step. But for real, lasting reform, Congress must act to codify limits on guidance abuse, preventing agencies from using it as a backdoor for sweeping policy changes.
The NIL directive is a textbook case of why this matters. It’s time to restore proper boundaries on agency power, and Trump’s executive order is the first major step in the right direction.

Jennifer Butler is a Senior Policy Advisor at State Policy Network’s Center for Practical Federalism.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/r...ulatory-state/

Commander Wallace · 02-03-25, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Only if it has hands.

I was referring to you and agreeing with August..

I think a better analogy would be even a blind Squirrel can find a nut now and then.

Buddahaid · 02-04-25, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

I was referring to you and agreeing with August..

I think a better analogy would be even a blind Squirrel can find a nut now and then.

Ha! A blind person can "see" things those with tunnel vision miss.

02-03-25, 05:26 PM	#11241
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,748 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The bigger beef is Greenland, I suppose. And while there is some validity in security concerns and strategic considerations, I claim that in the very main it is about the assumed super rich deposits of ressources in the ground that are estimated to be in the range of *several trillion dollars* if counting all together and that become accessible with the retreating ice. In other words: Trump is on a looting spree. Maybe on his first foreign state visit they should raise not the star spangled banner but the black flag with skull and bones. I read most Greenlanders dont want to be bought off by the Americans, but then also a majority does not want to stay with the Danes, for troubled historic reasons. They seem to want independency by majority. Problem ist, to be independent and thus: sovereign, you need to be able to live by your own means, and defend that. The Greenlanders currently cannot do any of the two, they depend on NATO protection and Danish subsidies. Beside that, i say what I always say: if a regional population does not want to be owned and governed by somebody else, they have the natural right to be independent and rejecting being governed by that somebody. They just have no right to demand that others nevertheless have to pay their bills. - Maybe the Danes should let them go into independence, and then compete with Trump for the better economic offerings for ressource mining and such to keep the US in check. And vice versa. I just fear that then Trump again would be in the stronger position, the US is one united national state, the EU is not (becasue the Danes would need to brign the eU in,a one they cannot rival with the US, and thats why Trump wants right that: leave the EU out and talk only with the Danes). That gives Trump far more freedom to navigate in negotiations. I forsee bickering by the Spanish, the French, and all others who have issues with regional independence attempts. Its much harder for the EU than for the US to speak from a position of unity. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 02-03-25 at 05:43 PM.

02-03-25, 05:52 PM	#11243
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,748 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	After Mexico, US President Donald Trump has now also granted neighboring Canada a reprieve from the tariffs he has threatened. The punitive tariffs, which were due to come into force at midnight (local time), will be suspended for a month, wrote Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on X. In return, the country agreed to make concessions on border security. Canada will rank cartels as terrorist organisations and spend 1.3 bn into strengthening border controls against Fentanyl traffic. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

02-03-25, 06:26 PM	#11244
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,857 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	__________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

02-03-25, 09:29 PM	#11246
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,333 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Further analysis on the midair. The helicopter acknowledged it had the passenger jet in sight to the ATC at six miles separation, requested and was granted visual separation then, and this was repeated again a bit later. The collision occurred at 325 ft AGL clearly over the established helicopter route 1 maximum altitude. The helicopter was also informed the traffic was going to be using runway 33 approach. ATC DEI bullcrap has nothing to do with this accident. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

02-03-25, 09:55 PM	#11248
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,244 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Trump is taking on the shadow regulatory state President Donald Trump‘s much-anticipated deregulation executive order, signed last week, goes further than anything he did in his first term. Not only does it require agencies to eliminate 10 regulations for every new one, but it also directly targets guidance documents, the unaccountable tools federal bureaucrats have long used to impose regulations without going through formal rulemaking. And there’s plenty of guidance that needs to go. For years, agencies have misused guidance to sidestep public input and impose sweeping mandates without congressional approval. Trump’s executive order takes aim at this practice, ensuring that guidance is treated as the regulatory action it truly is. One example? The Department of Education’s last-minute guidance on name, image, and likeness, the policy that allows college athletes to earn money through sponsorships and endorsements. Just before leaving office, the Biden administration issued a directive forcing schools to apply Title IX equity rules to NIL deals—a move with major implications for college athletics, made without public input. The NIL guidance requires schools to apply Title IX’s sex-based equity mandates to NIL deals, demanding that opportunities be distributed “equitably” between male and female athletes. But college sports don’t work that way. Football and men’s basketball generate the lion’s share of revenue, and NIL deals naturally follow. The guidance, however, sets up schools for legal uncertainty, opening the door to federal investigations and lawsuits if the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights decides their NIL opportunities aren’t “fair.” More importantly, this wasn’t a law passed by Congress or even a formal regulation subject to public review. It was an unelected bureaucrat’s memo, issued with the stroke of a pen, bypassing transparency and accountability. And NIL is far from the only example — guidance is used to impose unfunded mandates on Medicaid, dictate policing practices, and even regulate the wording of local traffic signs. At the Center for Practical Federalism, we’ve been tracking this abuse of guidance across agencies, and the problem is only growing. That’s why Trump’s executive order is so significant: It doesn’t just clean up the mess Biden and previous administrations left behind, it ensures guidance is treated as regulation, subject to cost limits and review. But one executive order isn’t enough. In 2020, the Trump administration required agencies to publicly disclose their guidance and clearly label it as non-binding, a critical first step. But for real, lasting reform, Congress must act to codify limits on guidance abuse, preventing agencies from using it as a backdoor for sweeping policy changes. The NIL directive is a textbook case of why this matters. It’s time to restore proper boundaries on agency power, and Trump’s executive order is the first major step in the right direction. Jennifer Butler is a Senior Policy Advisor at State Policy Network’s Center for Practical Federalism. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/r...ulatory-state/ __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.