The Coronavirus thread
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One would think that a rational person would be embarrassed by this. Perhaps I just proved my point.
I often tell the Libs here and on other social media that I'm not doing their homework for them. It's a good way to make them go away.
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When did the Senate vote on the Covid sanctions on China? I can find where Graham proposed the legislation, but it appears to have gone nowhere.
Everyone knows the virus originated in China, not sure why you think blaming them is a conservative original idea.
Everyone knows the virus originated in China, not sure why you think blaming them is a conservative original idea.
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The Stimulus bill is out...only around 5600 pages. I like to just jump thru random pages to see what kind of BS they add to these...from just 4 quick pages I found money for a Bison reservation, a section on green house gas research, racetrack building safety and furniture upholstery safety. What a joke. Give it a try.....just read any page and laugh at this joke of a bill.
https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/BILLS-116HR133SA-RCP-116-68.pdf
https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/BILLS-116HR133SA-RCP-116-68.pdf
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So I work budget at an Air Force research and development base....DoD funds start on page 250. Looks like the AF is getting $19.2B (thats billions) for aircraft procurement, another $2B for missile procurement, a half a billion for ammo and a last $23B for "other" procurement. That's just the Air Force because we need to get those planes up and running to attack that virus. Money....money for everyone!
Navy and Army get a big $ too.....
Navy and Army get a big $ too.....
Because the Senate is not the branch that starts the legislative process - the House is. The Senate can, as it did here, propose legislation but if the House pisses on the legislation, it's dead. ALL legislation starts in the House, and then is approved by the Senate. If both chambers agree that a bill is needed but have differing approaches, the bill goes to something called the "conference committee," consisting of both House and Senate members who work out the differences.
https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process
Civics ... try to reach the level most of us achieved in 3rd grade. Jesus, they made a cartoon of the process, I would have thought you at least understood the cartoon.
You are seriously in need of help in your entire world view. It is apparent to me that except for here, this forum, you live in a fictional world where nobody challenges your stupidity and where you think pretend is real and real is fake. Specifically, in this instance and as to the fact that China is going to wind up killing about 2,000,000 people with its virus, find one post on this forum from anybody who is middle of the road to more liberal overall (you, Tibs, Flog, blitzburgh, jitter, even Spike - whoever) critical not of Trump for the Chinese flu but instead critical of CHINA.
One. Go ahead. Find ONE. (In your endeavor, you will find at least five or six from me criticizing China for hiding the fact the disease was contagious human-to-human, lied about the disease, intentionally spread the disease worldwide, intentionally killed untold numbers in the process, but not one from anybody to the left of the group Tibs would label as racist white-supremacist conspiracy theorists.)
Go ahead. One.
P.S. Don't waste your time. Tibs never mentioned China and the virus, Flog licked China's *** like it was an ice cream cone, you said nothing and told us that Trump is a superspreader, blitzburgh filled us in on the latest Trump malfeasance ("He didn't wear a mask!! Ahhhh! What, masks don't do a ******* thing?!? Well, he said it would disappear .... AHHHHHH!!!!!"), jitter would make sure we knew how Trump could have stopped the virus from spreading by using his superpowers but refused to do so because RACISM, and on and on and on and on.
The fact you are completely unaware of the truth about liberals and Trump and the virus simply underscores your lack of legitimate perception. You can credibly argue that you never once - not one ******* time - blamed China for the Chinese virus because CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, NYT, WaPo, and on and on never blamed China, so why should you?
If you finally admit the prior point, you MAY have achieved some tiny measure of self-awareness on this issue.
Page 3214 of the pdf, page 747 of the bill:
Yeah, economic relief from the Chinese flu seems like an excellent time to be amending the law governing "energy efficient data centers."
Whatever the **** those are supposed to be.
Yeah, economic relief from the Chinese flu seems like an excellent time to be amending the law governing "energy efficient data centers."
Whatever the **** those are supposed to be.
Yeah, awesome. Americans get $600 (if that - wife and I get nothing basically because the stupid ************* are using 2019 as the qualifying income year) while Burma gets about $135 million for "ethnic and religious tolerance."
Awesome. That'll fix it. Oh, hey, look at this little tidbit:
SWEET! Asia Reassurance and Indo-Pacific Strategy get $1.5 billion! I guess we need to reassure Asia they are free to release yet another ******* pandemic, amirite??
The corruption, dishonesty, thievery, and simple robbery of the American treasury is indescribable.
Bwahahahahaha..........just send me my $600 and leave me the **** alone. Imma leave my descendants the cabin in the woods full of ammo and beans. Let the pink haired he/she's come and get their share.
Listen to this .......y'all dumbass socialists.
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Horrific. The government needs its credit card cut in half. They would rather destroy millions of lives, so they can blow money on needless bullshit, than let people work.
I think politicians who shut buisness down should have all assets frozen until they open back up. Well they can have 600 bucks. Let's see how quick things turn back on then.
They load this monstrosity with pork and give Americans who are struggling $600? Its almost unbelievable yet this is what they always do. Each transgression defies belief despite previous actions. Its mind-numbing.
Rich get richer.
Poor get poorer.
Politicians. Democrats and republicans are all crooks.
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******* commie libtards. Trump should veto the **** out of this bill. Get a load of this ****:
Stimulus Bill:
$25 Million for Pakistan gender programs
$1.4B for Asia Reassurance Initiative Act
$250M in Palestinian aid
$85M to Cambodia
$700M to Sudan
$135M to Burma
$130M to Nepal
Only $600 for each American.
$500 million to Israel
$300,000,000 for Migrant and Refugee Assistance pg.. 147 DA FUQ?!
$10,000 per person for student loan bailout
$100,000,000 to NASA, because, who knows why.
$20,000,000,000 to the USPS, because why not
$300,000,000 to the Endowment for the Arts – because of it
$300,000,000 for the Endowment for the Humanities/ because no one even knew that was a thing
$15,000,000 for Veterans Employment Training / for when the GI Bill isn’t enough
$435,000,000 for mental health support
$30,000,000,000 for the Department of Education stabilization fund/ because that will keep people employed (all those zeros can be confusing, that’s $30 BILLION)
$200,000,000 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program
$300,000,000 to Public Broadcasting / NPR has to be bought by the Democrats
$500,000,000 to Museums and Libraries / Who knows how we are going to use it
$720,000,000 to Social Security Admin / but get this only 200,000,000 is to help people. The rest is for admin costs
$25,000,000 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building / I kid you not it’s on page 136
$7,500,000 to the Smithsonian for additional salaries
$35,000,000 to the JFK Center for Performing Arts
$25,000,000 for additional salary for House of Representatives
$3,000,000,000 upgrade to the IT department at the VA
$315,000,000 for State Department Diplomatic Programs
$95,000,000 for the Agency of International Development
$300,000,000 for International Disaster Assistance
$90,000,000 for the Peace Corp pg. 148
$13,000,000 to Howard University pg. 121
$9,000,000 Misc. Senate Expenses pg. 134
$100,000,000 to Essential Air carriers pg. 162. This of note because the Airlines are going to need billions in loans to keep them afloat ($100,000,000 is chump change.)
$40,000,000,000 goes to the Take Responsibility to Workers and Families Act This sounds like it’s direct payments for workers pg. 164
$1,000,000,000 Airlines Recycle and Save Program pg. 163
$25,000,000 to the FAA for administrative costs pg. 165
$492,000,000 to National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) pg. 167
$526,000,000 Grants to Amtrak to remain available if needed through 2021 pg. 168 (what are the odds that doesn’t go unused) Hidden on page 174 the Secretary has 7 days to allocate the funds & notify Congress
$25,000,000,000 for Transit Infrastructure pg. 169
$3,000,000 Maritime Administration pg. 172
$5,000,000 Salaries and Expensive Office of the Inspector General pg. 172
$2,500,000 Public and Indian Housing pg. 175
$5,000,000 Community Planning and Development pg. 175
$2,500,000 Office of Housing
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It's disgusting. Throwing millions of dollars around on bullshit like it's Monopoly money.
This is what you get when you vote for commie democrats. They care about terrorist countries, not America. All of this money was taken from our paychecks.
A year-end spending package meant to provide Americans with economic relief during the Chinese coronavirus crisis includes using United States taxpayer money to fund border security in foreign countries.
As part of the more than 5,590-page spending bill, the deal provides the country of Jordan with “up to $500,000,000” in taxpayer money “to provide assistance to the Government of Jordan to support the armed forces of Jordan and to enhance security along its borders.”
Likewise, the bill gives $250 million in taxpayer money to the countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman for “enhanced border security.” Specifically in Lebanon, the bill gives taxpayer money to “secure the borders” of Lebanon.
The bill also spends $700 million in taxpayer money on “assistance” for Sudan and its citizens.
The provisions are coupled with direct relief payments for Americans that are half of the $1,200 originally delivered in the CARES Act passed earlier this year. The bill provides $600 stimulus checks for individuals and $1,200 stimulus checks for couples, as well as additional money for each child a couple has.
A year-end spending package meant to provide Americans with economic relief during the Chinese coronavirus crisis includes using United States taxpayer money to fund border security in foreign countries.
As part of the more than 5,590-page spending bill, the deal provides the country of Jordan with “up to $500,000,000” in taxpayer money “to provide assistance to the Government of Jordan to support the armed forces of Jordan and to enhance security along its borders.”
Likewise, the bill gives $250 million in taxpayer money to the countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman for “enhanced border security.” Specifically in Lebanon, the bill gives taxpayer money to “secure the borders” of Lebanon.
The bill also spends $700 million in taxpayer money on “assistance” for Sudan and its citizens.
The provisions are coupled with direct relief payments for Americans that are half of the $1,200 originally delivered in the CARES Act passed earlier this year. The bill provides $600 stimulus checks for individuals and $1,200 stimulus checks for couples, as well as additional money for each child a couple has.
