The Trump 2nd Term

[Dilip Panjwani]

I hear that Trump is bullying Republican Senators to go into recess, so that he can get his whole team in place without Senate approval.
It is called a recess appointment. He can get his whole team in place without Senate approval for 2 years.

Sounds like an abuse of power to me.

You may also have heard that Big Pharma is planning to bribe the senators big-time to prevent RFK Jr.'s appointment! Politics is rotten, whichever way you look at it...

[Frank Dixon]

The outcome of the potential sentencing for Donald Trump's 34 felony convictions in New York remains undecided, as of now. One thing that is certain: Trump will NOT be sentenced anytime soon on this matter. Further conferences involving the judge, prosecutors, and Trump's lawyers are scheduled for next week, with the judge conceding that the situation is unprecedented in American legal praxis and history.

[Bob Gillanders]

I hear that Trump is bullying Republican Senators to go into recess, so that he can get his whole team in place without Senate approval.
It is called a recess appointment. He can get his whole team in place without Senate approval for 2 years.

Sounds like an abuse of power to me.

[Vlad Drkulec]

The only one which seemed a stretch was Matt Gaetz who was busy burning down the house when Democrats were in disarray. Fortunately push back from Senate Republicans yielded a much better candidate in Pam Bondy. If you want to get something done, put a woman in charge.

[Bob Armstrong]

I'm having trouble keeping up - the clouds are gathering around so many of his nominees........he's going to need 'til Jan. 20 to get the list stabilized/finalized!

When must Trump present his cabinet/Officer nominees to the Senate for confirmation?

Bob A (Hunkered down in Helms Deep for the foreseeable future)

[Bob Gillanders]

Sorry Bob A. your rapsheet is insufficient for the Trump cabinet. LOL

Trump's second choice is Pam Bondy. One of his lawyers from the first impeachment with a questionable background.

[Bob Armstrong]

Dilip - perceptive as always - my dream job!



Bob A (A Trump Sycophant Wannabe.......NOT!)

[Dilip Panjwani]

Matt Gaetz has stepped down from his bid to be Attorney General. Hurrah!!
1 down, rinse and repeat....

Who will Trump pick next? Could it be.

1. Rudy Giuliani
2. Hulk Hogan
3. Don Jr.
4. Roy Moore
5. George Santos

So many to choose from.

Would our resident lawyer, Bob A, be eligible if conferred the US citizenship?

[Bob Gillanders]

Matt Gaetz has stepped down from his bid to be Attorney General. Hurrah!!
1 down, rinse and repeat....

Who will Trump pick next? Could it be.

1. Rudy Giuliani
2. Hulk Hogan
3. Don Jr.
4. Roy Moore
5. George Santos

So many to choose from.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan, who oversaw Donald Trump's fraud case (the payoff / hush money case) which led to 34 felony convictions, recommended today that the sentencing in the case, already postponed several times, be postponed further, until president-elect Trump has completed his presidency.

There are no felony convictions until he is sentenced. He has not been convicted. The point of putting this case into suspended animation is to hold this Sword of Damocles over Trump's head. Trump cannot appeal until there is a sentence. This case will be reversed on appeal .This resolution is also illegal as under New York state law, sentencing must happen within one year of the conclusion of the trial.

Apparently there is a path forward for Trump and his lawyers absent a conviction as outlined by Alan Dershowitx.

[Bob Armstrong]

Americas - USA

Health Overseer

Medicare & Medicaid

Overseer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (the massive federal health care bureaucracy that covers more than a third of Americans): Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru.

Oz dispensed nutritional and lifestyle advice on his show, portraying himself as a trusted doctor capable of explaining health matters in an engaging and approachable way. But his show also blurred the line between medical advice and advertising, failing to make clear to his audience just how closely he worked with the companies he pitched. He made a fortune as a salesman.

Agency

If confirmed by the Senate to lead CMS, Oz would oversee Medicare, Medicaid, children’s health insurance and the Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare.” The programs cover more than 160 million people, from newborns to nursing home residents.

CMS also plays a central role in the nation’s $4.5 trillion health care economy, setting Medicare payment rates for hospitals, doctors, labs and other service providers. Government payment levels become the foundation for private insurers. The agency also sets standards that govern how health care providers operate.
The agency has more than 6,000 employees and a $1.1 trillion budget.

Associated Press (AP) – 24/11/19



24/11/19 Helms Deep Update

[Frank Dixon]

Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan, who oversaw Donald Trump's fraud case (the payoff / hush money case) which led to 34 felony convictions, recommended today that the sentencing in the case, already postponed several times, be postponed further, until president-elect Trump has completed his presidency.

[Dilip Panjwani]

... a utopian Libertarianism where everyone is dedicated to the common good. That is as silly a concept as I've ever heard, totally against human nature.

It is Bob's Marxism where everyone is expected to be dedicated to the common good, and you would be right in calling such a system "as silly a concept as I've ever heard, totally against human nature". Libertarianism is the opposite, being totally aligned with human nature, where everyone works for their own good, without harming others. Everyone benefitting from that is the expected outcome...

[Pargat Perrer]

.... The smaller the federal government, one that only deals with things that are critical and can't be performed by the private sector, the better.

Arguments that capitalism is bad because some people are corrupt ignores that government is also made of people.

The difference is that if I don't like the way that say WalMart does business, I can avoid doing business with them. The same cannot be said for a federal government.

No, the solution is not the SIZE of government being minimized ... because so many things government does give us a civil society, which no private sector member cares about.

The solution must involve the idea that individual members of government don't PROFIT from having that role. They must be totally altruistic. But as I just wrote in another post about Dilip's Libertarianism ideals, this simply cannot happen.

The real answer is that THERE IS NO SOLUTION. Cycles will happen regardless of how we feel about it. Therefore .... prepare for the cycle. If you know it's going down .... prepare for that. We live very short lives, even if we live to 100. None of us can create utopia on Earth. Don't even think about that. Give what you can to others, and enjoy the satisfaction in that.

[Pargat Perrer]

Joe Biden's Daughter Ashley Confirms Legitimacy of the 'Showers with Dad' Diary Entry

Unfortunately politics does not generally attract decent people. No matter the party.

What does attract decent people? I don't know if there is a singular answer to that. But true enough, politica definitely is not the answer.

I propose a new definition of voting; voting with money. But you just can't get enough people interested because money is their lifeblood. Not enough people will commit to using money as a powerful lever. Besides that, it is a double-edged sword.

I just fall back as I always do on the inevitable ... that great societies must collapse, always, due to the role of human nature. Dilip Panjwani imagines a utopian Libertarianism where everyone is dedicated to the common good. That is as silly a concept as I've ever heard, totally against human nature.